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Have they found love or just friendship?

Making waves

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Andrew Pink shares his incredible tale of survival

The pros and cons of a multi-billion dollar plan

Cricket is on this summer season

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INSIDE THIS MONTH

FROM THE EDITOR

Have coast girls found their farmers?

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When you’re having a bad day, read about Sunrise Beach father Andrew Pink’s incredible story of survival, recovery and triumph to put your own life into perspective. Paralysed in a freak surfing accident in January, I spoke to Andrew following his climb to the summit of Mt Coolum to raise money for the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Helicopter. Read his story on pages 6-7 to find out why this service holds a special place in his heart.

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Meanwhile, Chris Taylor takes a look at the pros and cons of the $1.2b surf ranch development proposed for a sensitive Coolum floodplain site. Do the benefits outweigh the risks? See pages 8-9.

Sport

We all know international travel is off the cards for a while, so our suggestion is to holiday at home or simply take your tastebuds on a holiday. What is Bunny Chow and where do you get it? Turn to page 24.

Travel, entertainment, food, puzzles, letters to the editor, real estate and sport – it’s all inside. Please sit down, relax, grab a cup of tea or coffee and enjoy the first edition of the Sunny Coast Times.

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We hope you continue on this journey with us because as locals, we know what’s important to our community. Please connect with us on Facebook and Instagram to share your thoughts and ideas. Your feedback and input are important. Locals for locals, we’re here for you.

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In this month’s edition, Seanna Cronin headed to the beach to catch up with the two Sunny Coast contestants on the latest season of Farmer Wants a Wife and discovered they’ve become great friends during the process. Did they find true love or are they hoping there are plenty more fish in the sea?

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Locals helping locals W HILE multinational corporations may have turned their backs on regional communities and their thirst for newspapers, local publishers are stepping into the void.

Sunny Coast Media director Neil Coningham, who has owned the popular Hinterland Times newspaper for several years, said now more than ever it was important that locals stepped up to help locals. And that’s why he’s created the Sunny Coast Times.

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Looking for forever love Coast girls reckon they are the wives their farmers are looking for

By SEANNA CRONIN

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OMANCE tragics have been tuning in each week to see hopeful larrikin farmers find true love on a crazy reality show that has a track record for matchmaking, marriages and babies.

Farmer Wants A Wife is arguably Australia’s most successful dating series, resulting in nine marriages and 20 children - worldwide it boasts 99 weddings resulting in 225 kids - and two Sunny Coast women have put their hearts on the line in the hope of finding the man of their dreams in the show’s highly-anticipated reboot.

Buderim’s Madison MacKenzie and Caloundra’s Justine Adams both auditioned for the season 10 reboot, neither thinking they would make the cut.

While their main objective is to find love, the women have unexpectedly formed a close friendship in the process.

“We started the whole journey from day dot together, from the first initial phases of the interviews to finding out we were accepted and then filming,” Madison said. “Seeing Justine (when we were filming) was like being home, as weird as that sounds. It was therapeutic in a way and she always made me feel calm.”

Justine, who is no stranger to the country having grown up in Roma and the Lockyer Valley, was happy to take on the role of older sister to Madison, whom she nicknamed Barbie.

“That got blown out of proportion the other night when I said ‘Bye bye Barbie’ on the show. I say that to her all the time,” she said.

“I remember on the plane (when we flew to Sydney to begin filming) us looking at each other and thinking ‘What have we got ourselves into?’. The producers said not to make friends in the process but when you’ve got the support of the girls who weren’t on your farm, it’s that neutral voice of someone going through the same experience.”

Madison is matched with Goolgowi sheep and cotton farmer Harry, 29, while Justine is matched with Crookwell merino farmer Neil, 43.

“A girlfriend tagged me in the advertisement and I replied jokingly ‘I’m going to apply tonight’. A few other school mums jumped on and said ‘You should, it would be great’. I ended up applying that night and the rest is history,” mum-of-two Justine said.

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“I didn’t think it would go any further than it did. It’s just a different platform and it appealed to me to meet someone that way. We chose our farmer and then they had to choose their women so it’s a mutual match in a way.”

Growing up on a farm near Esk, northwest of Ipswich, 24-year-old dental practice manager Madison said it’s the only reality show she would have considered.

“I remember watching it when I was little and looking back at it as an adult, it’s the most genuine show there is. It’s heartwarming and welcoming and authentic,” she said.

“Growing up on a farm teaches you to be a bit tougher and it makes you hit the ground running fast.”

Both women said they went through a roller coaster of emotions as they navigated the many awkward moments of dating the same man as three other women.

“Sometimes I thought ‘This is so degrading. I would never compete for a man in a real life situation’ but you’re in that situation on Farmer and before you know it you’re halfway through,” Justine said.

“I can’t compare it to anything else. Everything’s heightened and your emotions are intense.

Caloundra’s Justine Adams.

Karissa, Megan, farmer Neil and Justine.

Karissa and I formed a nice friendship but it was uncomfortable because at the end of the day Neil has to pick somebody.”

Farmer Harry with Ashley, Madison, Karlana and Stacey 

Buderim’s Madison MacKenzie quickly received the nickname Barbie on the show.

Despite the awkward moments and opening up their dating lives to the nation, both women said their experiences on the show were positive.

“It was one hell of a whirlwind emotionally, but it’s definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I’m so glad I did it. I had the best time in my life and came away more with more good memories than negative ones,” Justine said.

Madison added: “I think I’ve come out of the show with way thicker skin and also just being open and talking about my feelings more. I’ve never been someone who can just sit down and say ‘this is how I’m feeling and this is why,’ so it made me be a stronger person who’s able to openly talk about feelings without feeling silly.”

Viewers will have to tune into the final episodes on August 23 and 24 to find out if Madison or Justine find love with their farmers.

“People are messaging me going ‘Did you marry the farmer?,” Justine laughed. “Someone messaged me going ‘I don’t have a sheep farm but I have a worm farm if things don’t work out for you and Neil’.”

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When hope enables you to climb mountains

By MICHELE STERNBERG

“I couldn’t talk at first because my lungs were full of water. He held my neck and knew what to do. Luckily he didn’t take me into shore and pump my chest, he took me further out and let the ocean support my body weight and I was able to cough the water up. But I was completely paralysed when I got to hospital. I couldn’t feel a thing from my neck down.

“It was very scary. At first I was so relieved that I was alive because I really came close to dying in the water. I remember it quite clearly. I was so pleased that I was alive and still breathing and then obviously there’s the thought that I’m not moving; what’s happened? And the next thing I knew the rescue helicopter was hovering over me and that’s when I knew it was quite serious.”

Andrew Pink and his family look out over the ocean that almost claimed his life this year

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ix months after a horrifying spinal cord injury in the surf left Sunrise Beach father of three Andrew Pink completely paralysed, he has amazed the medical fraternity and climbed Mt Coolum.

This incredible story of hope, determination and success is one Andrew now wants to share because, as he says, the world needs more positive stories.

The accident happened on Australia Day, 2020. It was a glorious day and he took his two sons, Ethan, 13, and Reuben, 10, for a surf at Noosa.

Within hours, Andrew was lying paralysed in a hospital bed in Brisbane, listening to doctors tell him he would never walk again.

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Andrew remembers the day clearly.

“In a nut shell, I was surfing. I came off the board and hit my head on the sand. I was completely conscious but as soon as my head hit the sand I was paralysed. I couldn’t move a single muscle. And I was face down in the ocean, sinking,” he said.

Andrew remembers slowly sinking downwards, powerless, unable to move, and thought at that moment he was a dead man.

He credits the first person to reach him with saving his life, and his recovery. Professional surfer Dean Brady was also in the water during with Andrew that day.

Quite serious is a bit of an understatement. Andrew had suffered an incomplete C3/C4 cervical spinal cord injury and the prognosis was that he would remain a quadriplegic – unable to move from the neck down.

But from the lowest of lows, Andrew has pulled himself up – mentally and physically.

“I stood up after 10 days which was a massive sign of hope and within about two weeks I started taking small steps and within about three weeks I started feeding myself with my right hand. It’ been like being a toddler learning to walk again and learning to move. It’s just learning everything again.

“I’m doing a whole range of therapies – occupational therapy, physiotherapy, pilates and a whole range of other things – to try to get things moving again but, obviously, with a spinal cord injury it is very unknown. When you damage your spinal cord you do damage it for life, unfortunately, so I probably will be left with life changing injuries.”

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“I definitely have faith in doctors, they obviously have to give a worst case scenario but I am very determined and I think I’ve been very lucky.”

Andrew says he now appreciated the smaller things in life.

“Waking up every morning, being able to get out of bed and stand up, I’m grateful for. Just being able to walk down the beach with my kids … all sorts of things.

It definitely has changed my perspective on life for the better.

Doctors initially told Andrew that he would never walk again.

Andrew is feeling on top of the world having conquered Mt Coolum. 

Can he do too much as part of his recovery?

“It’s a fine line because with my level of injury I should really be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. I’ve been told so many things that it’s hard to know what the outcome is going to be.

“I first of all got told I’ve never walk and then I started wiggling my toes and then I was told I’d never move my hands and then I started moving them. I got told my bowels and everything were never going to work again and then they started working so I’m just never giving up hope seeing what’s going to happen.

“I spent two weeks in a hospital bed trying to come to terms with the fact that I was never going to be able to move my legs or my arms again, that was a long two weeks. So every day I can do normal stuff, I’m very grateful.

“My recovery is not complete. My left side is still quite weak so, for example, I still can’t run. I’ve got some issues with my left leg, my left hand and arm are still quite weak. I’d say they’re about 60%.”

Nevertheless, Andrew plans to compete in the 5km event at the Noosa Triathlon in November – a promise he made to himself while still confined to a hospital bed.

“My next challenge is I’m desperate to surf again. I would definitely love to surf again. I’m missing the feeling of catching a wave… my boys are pretty much out in the

ocean every day so just being able to spend time with them is priceless so I’m keen to even if I can’t surf, I’ll be out there on a boogie board. I just want to get back out there.”

Andrew, wife Emily and their three children Ethan, Reuben and Cecilia only moved to Australia in September last year from Devon in the UK yet, despite the freak accident, he still loves their adopted country and has no plans to return home. Instead, he’s hoping to join the public speaking circuit to inspire others who need to hear his story of hope.

“I spent days on the internet trying to search what my life was going to be like, and it was all pretty negative.

If I had found someone like myself with my story, I would have been so encouraged to push forward so that’s my plan.”

In the meantime, he has a $3200 cheque, raised by his Mt Coolum walk, to hand to the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Helicopter crew who also played a major part in saving his life when they plucked his paralysed body from the surf and transported him to Brisbane’s spinal unit.

It’s incredible to think how much has changed since then.

Watch Andrew’s amazing journey of recovery on Instagram @ANDREWPINK01

Andrew raised $3200 for the RACQ LifeFlight Helicopter by walking up Mt Coolum.

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As top professional surfers prepared for the first World Surf League (WSL) event since the pandemic at Kelly Slater’s California Surf Ranch this month, local community groups fighting a second proposed WSL wave pool on flood-prone land at Coolum West met with the Minister for State Development Kate Jones to discuss their concerns.

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he $1.2b Consolidated Properties Surf Ranch development, packaged as a “world class tourism icon”, should be recognised by the State Government for what it really is, says Organisation of Sunshine Coast Association of Residents (OSCAR) president Melva Hobson. It is an intensive mixed-use urban development on rural-zoned land that would pose a potential catastrophic flood risk to the region, and irreversible damage to the ecology intrinsically linked with the Maroochy River Catchment, she says.

“Developers can claim they have solutions to mitigating floodwaters when it comes to developing floodplains, but, when an extreme event occurs, whether it be on the site itself or downstream of a river, the developer is nowhere to be found.”

Community Group Representatives are opposed to the development on flood-prone land.

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A change.org petition “Please Don’t Open The Flood Gates ON Coolum West”, addressed to multiple key state ministers and the premiere, has been launched online, supported by over 1,000 signatures in its first week, says Hobson. Photos on the page show the floodplain site just north of the Sunshine Coast Airport, already impacted by tidal inundation, submerged in flood waters in 1992 and 2011.

the Sunshine Coast Council to the developer and WSL as a much better fit for the project.

Consolidated Properties CEO Don O’Rorke says the residential component of the broader development is required to make the wave pool commercially viable. “We have always been honest and transparent about that.”

Continued on page 11 Coolum surf ranch aerial view

The groups representing the Coolum Residents’ Association, Surfrider Foundation, Development Watch, Friends of Yaroomba, Sunshine Coast Environment Council, and OSCAR, also called upon State Government to stand by their own legislation when reviewing the Surf Ranch application.

As the location of the current proposal is outside the Urban Footprint under the South East Queensland Regional Plan, the proposed retail precinct and 1500 lot residential subdivision are prohibited development. The groups are concerned the developer is lobbying the State Minister for Development under the Economic Development act, which affords a streamlined planning and development assessment framework that applies to “declared priority development areas” (PDA’s) within the state.

If a PDA is granted, Hobson says it would not only push through an inappropriate development that is not permitted under current planning instruments, it completely disregard’s the Sunshine Coast Council, State Government, and Unity Water’s Blue Heart initiative.

Responsible for the management of the Maroochy River Catchment in light of climate change and rising sea-water

levels. Also, she adds, on land that has acid sulphate soils which could easily negatively impact on the pH levels of the declared fish habitat.

Known for his trademark aerial stunts, Coolum resident Julian Wilson show’s what’s possible on an artificial wave, competing at the Surf Ranch’s Fresh Water Pro.

The six community groups also recently urged State Government not to use COVID-19 as an excuse to greenlight the large-scale development at a time of economic uncertainty.

At the centre of the much-touted 510-hectare Sunshine Coast Surf Ranch development is a Kelly Slater Wave Company (KSWC) designed wave pool, widely regarded as one of the best artificial waves in the world.

The WSL acquired a majority stake in the KSWC in 2016, and if a suitable Queensland development is given the go-ahead, their second wave pool would be the first of its hydrofoil design outside of the US. All of the community groups opposing the current proposed Surf Ranch location say they do not have an issue with a stand-alone wave pool facility, with a focus on sustainability being built on the land. But they are against the intense urban development put forward by Consolidated Properties. They suggest the Maroochydore CBD or Beerwah East alternatives previously offered by

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From war zones to the Oscars, Leisa has seen it all

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he launch of new local newspapers is a win for communities and for journalism, according media identity Leisa Goddard, who had her start in journalism on the Sunny Coast and went on to became one of Australia’s top television reporters.

Leisa, who started her career as a 19-year-old cadet journalist at the Sunshine Coast, said local news was a powerful voice for residents, business owners and governments.

me how to tell a story in a way that connects with the audience,” she said.

Leisa said local news is such an important training ground for young reporters who can learn from experienced journalists who value the essential role of community-focussed news.

“As a journalist writing for a local newspaper you quickly learn how privileged you are to help give people who may not otherwise have one, a voice,” Leisa said.

In the nearly 30 years since leaving the Sunshine Coast Leisa has been a foreign correspondent for Network Ten, worked as the United States Bureau Chief based in Los Angeles covering events as varied as a Presidential inauguration and Hurricane Katrina to the London bombings and the Oscars.

“Local news focuses on stories in a way that connects communities and helps people understand how big issues, even national issues, can impact their day-to-day lives,” she said.

A mother of two, she’s been Logie-nominated for reporting while under enemy attack covering the Afghanistan War and worked for Seven’s Sunrise, Today Tonight and Nine’s A Current Affair.

It’s almost 30 years since Leisa walked into the old Sunshine Coast Daily office at Maroochydore where she covered everything from breaking news and court stories to property and feature writing.

“As journalists you are there when history is made but it’s more than just covering the big events. Journalism, at all levels including local news, allows you to help people use their voice to try to influence social and political change,” she said.

“When I started our team of photographers were still working in darkrooms where they would develop film and print the photos that would be in the paper the next day.

At night, if you were on the late shift, you would feel the Hi Sal, building slightly shudder when the printing press fired up.”

Leisa Goddard had her start in newspaper journalism on the Sunny Coast and says every community needs its local paper.

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“I was 19 when I earned my cadetship at the Sunshine dramatically changed but people will always want to know Coast Daily and I will be forever grateful to the editors and about what is happening in their backyard and that is why the very patient chief of staff and sub-editors who taught local media is so important,” she said.

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Jobs versus environment From page 9 He says greater details and planning regarding issues like residential or flood mitigation will be commissioned once the State has considered the proposition. The developer is currently awaiting feedback from all three levels of government as to how an application for their Surf Ranch project may be processed.

O’Rorke says the Sunshine Coast region is definitely not immune to the economic impacts of COVID-19, but our plan to deliver the Surf Ranch and generate investment, economic development and create jobs remains solid.

“The Surf Ranch project will provide 10,000 jobs over the life of the project. With local proponents Consolidated Properties Group and Hutchison Builders (which has an office on the Sunshine Coast), the project will be focused on securing local employment for the region and supporting local businesses.”

Along with mass job creation and over one billion dollars in investment, the wave pool has also been promoted by O’Rorke and WSL as a potential boost to Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic bid following surfing being introduced at Tokyo’s postponed 2020 games.

First announced last September by the WSL and KSWC Australia, Asia, and Oceania General Manager Andrew Stark, who promoted the Surf Ranch as a potential replacement for the now-defunct Hyatt Hotel Coolum. He said the development would include a sixstar eco-resort, tourism accommodation, indigenous cultural experiences, a school, beaches, farm-to-plate cuisine, a micro-brewery, and other food and beverage experiences, along with a 20,000-spectator stand.

Once completed, O’Rorke says the Surf Ranch is designed to be a premium experience based on worldclass technology. “In Australia we are committed to creating an experience for all levels of ability and a range of products and events. While our Lemoore facility has been a tremendous success, we know that this business model must be adapted to reflect Australia’s conditions.”

Surf Rider Foundation Australia's Stephen Jamesey leading a local environmental protest.

Costs so far to use a Sunshine Coast facility once completed are rumoured to be around $550 a wave.

“Not somewhere a tradie or family can casually drop in for a surf after work or on the weekend”, says Surf Rider Foundation’s Steve James.

The site floods during big rain events.

He says it didn’t take long for local surfers to see through what it really is. “It’s all about dollars and cents, but we’re about living here. They (the developers) don’t live here, but we’re the ones that do - and want to raise our families and leave a legacy”.

Coastal feedback If you love the ocean and our coastline, you might want to have your say on ways to manage beach erosion and saltwater inundation. The Sunny Coast Council has an online survey open until 5pm on Sunday, August 30. The feedback will go towards creating a protection strategy for the next 80 years.

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Aaron Mears and Petrina King in the Pinbarren garden, Lulu's Place.

By SEANNA CRONIN

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HILE some of us spent lockdown learning how make sourdough bread or binge watching TV, a growing number of locals have been turning their suburban yards into productive gardens.

Permaculture expert and educator Aaron Mears said he has seen an increased interest in home gardening and sustainability during the coronavirus pandemic.

“The COVID lockdown has put us in a very vulnerable position. In Western cultures we’re used to going to the shops and buying what we need, so to go to the shops and see empty shelves strikes fear in the heart of any parent wanting to put food on the table for their family,” he said.

“Growing your own food is a great way to alleviate that stress and take your power back.”

Permaculture is a term coined by Australian scientists Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in 1978 and refers to the design principles used to create sustainable land use and living.

Aaron was working as a mental health nurse in Sydney when he first became aware of the concept through Australian permaculture designer Geoff Lawton’s 2009 documentary Greening the Desert.

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“We had a lot of rural and remote farmers coming in with all sorts of mental health issues - they were dealing with the drought and being under the thumb of big banks and agriculture companies - to the point where they were going to end their lives,” he said.

“I’d show that (documentary) to my patients and to see that spark of hope in their eyes proved to me … that I needed to get this message out there to the younger generation.”

Aaron left nursing and earned a teaching degree before moving to the Coast to start up a permaculture farm, Lulu’s Perch, with his mum at Pinbarren.

“Permaculture is absolutely huge on the Sunshine Coast. The Permaculture Noosa club is the first and longestrunning permaculture group in the world,” he said.

“It’s an amazing subtropical zone. We have very fertile soils, and we get the coastal breezes and rain.

It’s beautiful, sunny and the perfect humidity. If you’re on the Sunshine Coast you’re in the perfect spot for growing food.”

Aaron uses the 5-acre property, which he runs with the help of his partner Petrina King, to teach six-month permaculture design courses.

“The beautiful thing about permaculture is it’s all about thinking outside of the box,” he said.

“You can create gardens in incredibly small spaces.

It’s all about revitalising your front and back lawns and seeing them as green spaces. If you’ve only got a tiny space, then start growing vertically.”

Horticulture student and charity worker Casidhe Steel, 19, is currently enrolled in one of Aaron’s courses and said it has deepened her love of plants and sustainability.

“It’s another step for me to expand my knowledge base and how to implement a lot of things I’d been learning (in horticulture) but in an organic way,” she said.

“I live in Maroochydore and it’s really awesome to find out you can implement these things in really small spaces and how you can recycle and not waste as much as you usually do.

“I’ve extended my veggie garden, I’ve learned how to make liquid calcium out of egg shells and I’ve started a worm farm.”

“We made a whole library of online videos for kids to watch at home, and we’ve had some amazing kids send us photos and videos of the work they’ve done in their gardens,” he said.

“When we came back from lockdown and were able to go back into schools the kids were ecstatic with the work they’d done during lockdown. They now understand the necessity of being able to look after yourself. They’ve felt what it was like to hear mum say ‘We can’t get that at the shops’. For them to get into the garden and start growing it for themselves, it was hugely rewarding for them to know they have the ability to do it.

“They’re actively going into the garden and picking snow peas and tomatoes and scoffing them down; they call them garden lollies. It’s incredibly rewarding for us to see kids going into the garden and eating to their heart’s content.”

Even if you’re apartment-bound or time-poor, Aaron said you can still support the region’s growers.

Adults aren’t the only ones getting their hands dirty in the garden. Through The Living Classroom, which he founded with mentor Daniel Deighton, Aaron also teaches children of all ages how to grow their own food.

“There are local groups who are selling produce and there are local swaps happening all over the Sunshine Coast such as Harvest Swap run by Leonie Orton. Fifty to 60 people will meet at one person’s garden - you can bake a cake and take in return what you think covers the products you bought.

The program, which is normally run in schools, has been adapted to social distancing measures and online learning.

“It’s all about making a tight-knit community based around the common luxury of cooking and eating food.”

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HE preschooler could see the problem, understand the consequences and offer a solution.

She had reached into a rumble bag of common plastics littering our parks, playgrounds and beaches. The long, thin white lollipop stick she pulled out could float and be taken out to sea.

It could be mistaken for food by marine creatures, killing them or making them very ill.

While it could break down into smaller pieces over time, the stick’s plastic will never totally disappear.

The young girl was participating in an early learning program by Sunshine Coast-based Ten Little Pieces.

The business educates and empowers, reinforcing the mantra that the simple individual act of collecting ten little pieces of rubbish anywhere anytime can create a collective greater good.

Founder and director Alison Foley knows the power to turn the tide of the world’s toxic plastic pollution lies in the hands and minds of children.

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But an unencumbered child’s mind is a lesson to us all.

“All the knowledge in the world means very little without action,” Alison says.

“We have to change. We have to stand up for what we believe in.

“It’s not somebody else’s problem anymore: it’s very much ours. Kids get that very quickly.

“That’s what give me goose bumps and that’s what gives me hope – that with the right support, we can turn the ship around.”

The seed was sown for Ten Little Pieces one beautiful summer day at Noosa’s Main Beach.

“I had the children hot, tired and cranky, whingeing for the long-promised ice cream,” Alison remembers.

All this youngster needed was to be asked: “What could we do instead? What can we use to stop that lollipop stick getting to the beach?”.

“I packed up the beach kit, shaking the sand off the mat, and I said to my children that an ice cream was going to cost them ten little pieces of rubbish.

Without the constraints adults often put on problem-solving, anything is possible.

“It was a throwaway line. But what shocked me … they came back to me with armfuls and bagfuls of bottletops and cigarette butts and plastic wrappers.

After some considered thought, the girl’s answer was simple and logical, yet has the potential to be a game-changer in the confectionery industry.

“What if the stick was made from lolly? Then there wouldn’t be any waste at all.”

“So we washed our hands and we went to the ice cream store, and my six-year-old (Liam) said to the ice cream store lady could he please have his in a cone because he didn’t want the little plastic spoon that came with the cup.

With help from Alison and the child care centre director, that young girl has since reached out and contacted the main Australian confectionery manufacturer with her idea for lollipop sticks made from lolly.

“That’s that moment of cognition. The process of a boy putting together what he consumed with what could end up on the beach and the car ride home talking about where did it come from how did it get there, what would happen if we didn’t pick it up.”

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Alison says busy families often find it difficult to commit to a big beach clean-up but that doesn’t necessarily prevent taking action.

Educating children is one of the most effective agents of cultural change,” she says.

“When you provide children with the scientific facts, when you show them pictures of entangled birds or turtles that have ingested plastic or baby chicks that have been fed beakfuls of debris, they take that new knowledge on board very quickly and they change their behaviour.

The power of her message is its simplicity: just pick up ten little pieces of rubbish.

Every little piece makes a difference. Every little effort matters.

“There’s this beautiful Maya Angelou quote that says: ‘Do the best you can until you know better and then when you know better, do better’.

This easy to repeat mantra has created a movement that already has gained 12,000 Facebook and 3000 Instagram followers with a growing global following.

“It doesn’t take forever. It doesn’t cost anything. You can do it anywhere.

“So what I see with children particularly is that they absorb that. They don’t have the kind of blinkers or the barriers and the resistance to change that adults do.

“A street clean anywhere is effectively a beach clean.

Anywhere that you see litter, it can make its way into our waterways and out to our oceans.”

“What kids do is that they change their behaviour. Then they change their family’s behaviour.

“They influence the types of plastics that are available in their school canteens and they change culture from there so it’s a ripple effect.”

The two years since taking that first step and starting her business has been a steep learning curve for Alison, taking her out of her comfort zone in public speaking and writing submissions but also delivering a rich stream of collaboration locally and internationally.

Ten Little Pieces has since become a 5 Gyres Ambassador (a global network of change-makers shifting the culture away from single-use plastics and towards a resilient, natural planet), a partner of the United Nations Environment Program – the Global partnership on Marine Litter, and they won the 2020 Sunshine Coast Australia Day Award for Environment and Sustainability.

More adventures beckon from the horizon for Alison who has been selected as one of 300 female crew for eXXpedition: all-female voyages, exploring the impact of plastic and toxic pollution in our oceans through a global network of multidisciplinary women who can contribute to world-class scientific studies. Led by ocean advocate and skipper Emily Penn, who says that although there is no one “silver-bullet” solution to the problem of plastic pollution, there are hundreds of solutions and, using their unique skill sets, the women can tackle the problem from all angles.

While the voyages have been in hiatus since COVID-19 began, Alison is due to sail In May next year on Leg 11 from Tonga to Fiji through waters afflicted by the debris that’s accumulating in the South Pacific Gyre.

In the meantime, the Ten Little Pieces movement continues to spread far and wide but especially through her curriculumlinked school-based education program.

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HE need to act on marine plastics is now.

That was spelt out in a speech Ten Little Pieces founder and director Alison Foley gave to State Parliament for the Waste Reduction and Recycling (Plastic Items) Amendment Bill 2020 in August.

“Through my studies with the United Nations Environment Program and the University of the Netherlands last year for the Expert Stream of Marine Litter, I am familiar with the horrifying projections for plastic pollution entering into our oceans and wholeheartedly support the restriction and design of any product or packaging that has a life hundreds of years longer than its usefulness with disastrous environmental and health impacts,” she told the parliamentarians.

“The urgency of the transition required has been highlighted by the Pew Charitable Trust’s Breaking the Plastic Wave Report released on 23 July, 2020.

“In it, there is a revision of the current estimate of how much plastic is entering our ocean: 11 million tonnes a year.

“The annual flow of plastic into the ocean will nearly triple by 2040 to 29 million metric tonnes per year or the equivalent of 50kg of plastic per metre of coastline worldwide. Eighty per cent of this plastic comes from land-based sources.”

“I believe rapid and immediate change away from single use plastic is not only possible, it is imperative for the survival.

I’m convinced that this will come from a combination of factors including education and policy to restrict single use plastic production and distribution. I’m also motivated to encourage anti-littering education and see anti-littering law enforced whilst single use plastic is still in production”.

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outdoor stage and lawned area – include a friendly onehorned goat called Major, a few sheep, two miniature cows, Jimmy the donkey, ducks, chickens, geese, guinea fowl, a family of peacocks (including Andrew Peacock – “You have to have a sense of humour around here,” says Synda), two miniature ponies, a horse, dogs and a cat.

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Our Backyard also has a therapy pool (“It’s just magic to see kids floating for the first time and laughing,” Synda says), bird aviaries, a chicken coop, picnic area, Chippie’s Corner workshops for woodworking and Metal Heads and Motors (metalwork and mechanics), Tech Connect IT program and early intervention centre for newborns to pre-school age.

The “purple brigade”, as they call themselves in their purple shirts and jackets, makes it all happen and includes John “Macca” McCarthy – an ex-Noosaville State School special education teacher who can now be found pottering about the Metalheads and Motors workshop, hosting classes with his charges including former student Zeke.

The best “reviews” of the work and progress found here are seen in the smiles, laughter and happy chatter of members and staff throughout the day. And visitors can’t help but get caught up in the ambience.

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Synda Turnbull with art work from the Kiss My Art program on the wall of the toilet block and changerooms.

HE playful driver of the all-terrain vehicle hits the horn twice as he approaches the garden roundabout.

The “beep, beep” pierces the tranquillity, as if a grinning Casey Jones has blown the whistle from the engine of his train.

And almost in unison comes the reply.

“Beep, beep” yells the gathered group beside the office, gesturing with their arms, as if pulling down on the horn of a passing train on that bygone railroad.

It’s a scene that no doubt has played out dozens of times before. And it’s all part of the fun and games between members, staff, volunteers and visitors at Lake Cooroibah’s Sunshine Butterflies.

Five years in the making, the property had to be cleared (the grass was so high it was almost impossible to spot the three dams) to create a blank canvas, before the pool area was renovated and the road widened to allow a change of use and access for the expected volume of cars to the property.

The Walsh family, including son Curtis, now rents the onsite house, the only shed was gutted and extended to become the office, and even the former carport has been reimagined and totally rebuilt as a therapy room for medical experts including an exercise physiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist and nutritionist.

Every day at the McKinnon Drive facility, called Our Backyard, is a major production.

Volunteers, government and corporate grants and sponsorship, working bees and donated labour and expertise of companies including Shadforth Civil and Sunshine Gardens have created a space more akin to a beautifully landscaped holiday resort or country retreat than a sterile health institution.

The 2ha educational, respite and recreational “oasis” within the wallum bush of the Noosa countryside aims to provide young adults living with a disability the skills, general health and well-being to improve their quality of life, help them live more independently and contribute to their inclusiveness in the community.

An Activities Shed donated by the Australian Defence Force – that was surplus to needs and sitting in a crate from the Vietnam War era – came together “like a giant meccano set” and now houses the Farmyard Cooking School kitchen where many ingredients are supplied by surrounding garden beds filled with herbs, salads, vegies and a variety of fruit trees.

Synda, 50, a former Noosa Arts member, award-winning actor, past Sunshine Coast Theatre Alliance president and theatre columnist, is clearly a much-loved member of the 90-strong team playing their special part in the day-to-day operation.

Members currently make winter favourites such as oven-baked sausages, mash and peas, with cookies for dessert made out on the covered verandah in view of the paddocks and stables.

At times, marketing co-ordinator Synda Turnbull must feel like she’s back on stage in the theatre.

Every day has a new “audience”: 30 to 40 of the 400 members, who all need support to varying degrees for a full spectrum of conditions ranging from mild intellectual disabilities and Down Syndrome to severe physical problems.

The participants are not only entertained throughout their 9am-3pm day on site but they also renew friendships, learn new and interesting skills and have hidden creative talents drawn out of them while feeling comfortable in the leafy surrounds.

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for-profit “one-stop shop”, as Synda calls it, for information, support, resources and activity programs to individuals and families living with a disability.

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Programs such as Drama Queens, Rockability instrumental music and Kiss My Art also are held in the Activities Shed, bringing more positive changes to participants’ lives.

“People come here barely speaking due to anxiety or being non-verbal and leading insular lives.” Synda says.

“But when we see them on stage with microphone in hand, smiling and dancing and getting into the music and having fun, it’s life-changing for them and for us.”

The Animal-Assisted Therapy and Farmability animal care menagerie – just downhill from the children’s playground,

Being only five minutes from Tewantin, the registered NDIS provider’s “wings” reach into the community with off-site services supporting independent living houses and one-onone support, for example, while special education students such as Sunshine Beach State High School’s Sunshine Farmers also visit.

Community Access activities such as shopping, plus wellbeing and fitness programs from horse riding, boxing, sailing and rowing to tenpin bowling also help create wellrounded individuals.

Synda readily admits her background in theatre circles has helped her immensely at Sunshine Butterflies to provide a welcoming atmosphere and always be “on” and peppy.

“Being in the theatre, with lots of weird and wonderful people, teaches you to be very accepting of people’s differences,” she says, matter-of-factly.

“That’s something that’s very important here, inclusion and acceptance.

“In a small space (in a production), you may find transgender people, drag queens, adults and older people.

“Having people aged eight to 80 interacting is something really rare. You don’t even have that in community sport. That’s what’s unique about community theatre.”

With Our Backyard’s plans for an on-site café, training shed and greenhouses to sell hydroponic produce including strawberries, Synda has found herself playing a part in something much bigger than any run-of-the-mill business.

As the words painted in large letters on the wall of the Sunshine Butterflies office tell visitors: “Awesomeness happens here”.

For more information, call 5470 2830 or email admin@sunshinebutterflies.com.au and visit www.sunshinebutterflies.com.au Sunshine Butterflies marketing co-ordinator Synda Turnbull with members Laura (middle) and Georgia.

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Education for the future USC students enjoy the sunshine at USC’s Sunshine Coast campus.

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id you know the Sunny Coast has more than 5000 apprentices and trainees and 13,000 vocational graduates across more than 100 registered training organisations and almost 2500 university students graduating every year?

These glowing educational outcomes are highlighted in a new publication and showcase video, titled Creating Brighter Futures.

This joint initiative between Education Sunshine Coast and Sunshine Coast Council shines a light on our region as not only a spectacular place to live, work and play, but also a vibrant and engaging place to learn.

Creating Brighter Futures highlights the region’s education offerings from primary, secondary, vocational and tertiary and tells the story of outstanding student experiences and achievement in areas such as robotics, coding, 3D printing and design, the arts, sport, science, urban planning, business, education and health.

Professor Joanne Scott, who is president of not-forprofit organisation Education Sunshine Coast, said the coast offers outstanding lifelong education opportunities.

“Our region’s educational offerings prepare students to contribute locally, nationally and globally in the 21st century,” Prof Scott said.

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“We have two universities that prepare world-ready graduates through career-focused leaning. Together USC and CQUniversity offer more than 400 courses ranging from short courses through to undergraduate, post graduate and research degrees with a mix of on-campus and online learning.”

Sunshine Coast Economic Development portfolio Councillor Terry Landsberg said Creating Bright Futures aims to acknowledge the importance of education and training, especially during challenging times, such as the impacts of covid-19.

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“Our schools have a record of performance of academic excellence, with many among the top performing schools in Queensland, achieved through outstanding staff and world class curriculum within contemporary and natural learning environments.

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“Creating Brighter Futures is a tribute to the effort and dedication of our region’s teachers, academics and professional staff, many of whom continue to face uncertainty as the education sector continues to adapt to the changes brought on by covid-19,” Cr Landsberg said.

“Education is a human endeavour and the transition to a new Sunshine Coast economy in a post covid-19 world requires the skills and talent of the community to be retained, re-trained and developed to ensure the region has an agile workforce that is fit for the future.

“This publication especially helps our young community members and their parents to understand the educational opportunities that exist here on the Sunshine Coast, both now and into the future.”

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FOOD DRINK AND DINE

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hen we think of organic food it is usually in terms of health benefits. Choosing not to consume chemicals and additives is known to improve health. It’s a lesser known fact that choosing organic food, cleaning products and skin care is also a more ethical and sustainable choice for the future of the planet.

There is no doubt that the burning of fossil fuels by some of the largest companies in the world are the main contributors to greenhouse emissions but what can we do as individuals? Consumer choice can be very powerful. By choosing organic produce we support organic farms who are striving to improve soil health making it more resistant to climate change.

Did you know that organic farms, which generally have lower yields, outperform conventional farms during drought?

Climate change has many contributors but agriculture and food production is one of the more significant contributors to global warming.

Nitrogen-based fertilizers and farm animals generate greenhouse gases, including methane and nitrous oxide. Conventional farming depletes soil of carbon.

While organic farming practices help to offset carbon emissions by trapping the carbon in the soil.

Bioshop Noosa Founder Uwe Wullfen has been in the organic food industry for more than 25 years and has seen first hand the benefits of organic farming on the land.

“We have a very close relationship with our farmers and often visit the farms. Unlike conventional

farming, I’ve seen slow and steady improvements in quality, yield and soil health,” Uwe said.

“Organic farming is about long term sustainability. Of course anyone can get large yields from a monocrop but the soil is left depleted making it necessary to add more synthetic fertilizers and increase pesticides every growing season. We will not be able to do this for much longer.”

At Bioshop, the goal is to make organic produce a staple in every household with organic produce families can afford.

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Address 7 Mill St. NAMBOUR Phone 07 5352 3197 OPEN Dine-In or Takeaway Mon to Fri: 8am - 3pm Sat: 8am - 12pm (open Fri nights soon) Mill Street Kitchen & Pantry in the heart of Nambour is passionate about Sunshine Coast produce. We aim to provide simple, wholesome and flavoursome food, letting the amazing produce on the coast shine through. A fully stocked bulk room selling all your pantry staples.

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Address Shop 6, 1 Maleny St. LANDSBOROUGH Phone 07 5439 9444 OPEN Mon to Fri: 7am - 3pm Saturday: 7am - 2pm Family Tree Cafe is our family owned & operated cafe born from our love of great coffee & wholesome fresh food. New Menu has All Day Breakfasts, and lots of yummy treats made daily in house from local & organic produce. GF & V options available. Where the food is made with love & customers are family.

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FOOD DRINK AND DINE THE TWO GEMS I SAMPLED WERE: Beyerskloof Pinotage – Dry Rosé 2019 This looks as pretty as it tastes. As pink as fairyfloss in the glass, this gorgeous rosé simply melts in your mouth and has a long, smooth finish of sweet strawberries. Yes, a smooth finish in a rosé (you heard it here first).

This is a delicious, medium bodied rosé layered with sweet red berries and hints of buttery, creamy notes that add complexity.

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f you’ve never heard of a pinotage wine, don’t worry, it’s a very South African thing. But there’s no reason we shouldn’t be enjoying it alongside our more traditional cabernet sauvignons, merlots and sauvignon blancs more often.

The pinotage was born when one bright spark merged pinot and hermitage grapes. If I’m being totally honest, I think the two varietals consummated their union in my mouth. Wow. A bit of history, if you’re interested…

The pinotage grape variety was created in South Africa in 1925 by Abraham Izak Perold, the first Professor of Viticulture at Stellenbosch University, and it now makes up 6% of the vineyard area in South Africa but is considered a symbol of the country’s distinctive winemaking traditions.

Prof Perold was attempting to combine the best qualities of the robust Hermitage with Pinot noir, a grape that makes great wine but can be difficult to grow. Not surprisingly, it was almost called Herminoir. The nutty professor planted four seeds from his cross in the garden of his official residence at Welgevallen Experimental Farm and then apparently forgot about them.

Years later the university sent in a team to tidy up the overgrown garden, just as Charlie Niehaus happened to pass by. He was a young lecturer who knew about the seedlings and rescued them. The young plants were moved to Elsenburg Agricultural College under Perold’s successor, CJ Theron. In 1935 Theron grafted them onto newly established Richter 99 and Richter 57 rootstock at Welgevallen.

Meanwhile, Perold continued to visit his former colleagues. Theron showed him the newly grafted vines, and the one that was doing best was selected for propagation and was christened Pinotage. The first wine was made in 1941.

Keep this one in the fridge for those nights when you have cooked up crispy skin salmon to serve with a fresh salad of mixed greens (make sure you have peppery rocket in there).

Kanonkop Kadette Pinotage 2018 The red. It’s a medium to full-bodied wine which is bold and smooth and spicy. From the Stellenbosch region, this is an inoffensive, velveteen glass of deliciousness that must be served to friends at least once. With a wonderful complexity on the palate, and rich aromas of fruit and mocha, it also has a long dry finish.

Ageing in used French oak barrels produces a lean, muscular structure and supple tannins. This definitely drinks well upon release, but will improve in flavour until 2025.

Goes well with a triple cream brie, but truly sings when paired with a spicy meat curry which brings out the depth of flavour and character in the wine. It would be just as good with a rich tomato pasta, a steak or a chunky beef pie if it’s a casual Sunday afternoon food pairing you’re looking for.

The Kadette also offers a touch of nostalgia as I had to rattle through my cutlery drawer in search of a corkscrew. Yet it was nowhere to be found. Surely I threw this out a couple of years ago when every bottle arrived as a handy screw top? The picnic basket proved the source of my eventual satisfaction, holding a chrome-plated relic from past romantic interludes by the Maroochy River.

Pinotage is distinctly a New World wine, with plantings predominantly in South Africa, New Zealand and the US. Doesn’t sound like the French or Germans have taken to the idea … yet.

And, I may be wrong, but your stock standard bottle shops on the Sunny Coast won’t offer a pinotage option, but try Dan Murphy’s and you might be lucky. Otherwise, there are many online wine sellers that stock the pinotage varietal, as does the Zebra Crossing store in Wises Road at Buderim which specialises in South African wines and foods.

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The on-site café offers a coffee fix as you drink in the atmosphere that is akin to Brisbane’s Paddington vintage outlets but all under the one roof here.

Day trip adventures are easy when we live in paradise

The GPS went into overdrive as we decided to “spread the shopping love” and plotted a route into the Mary Valley for lunch on the verandah of the Kenilworth Hotel (I recommend the vegetable lasagne), with the added bonus of watching the people parade of Saturday visitors.

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The afternoon held more foodie delights at Kenilworth Dairies, opposite the popular park in Charles St, as I stocked up on smoked club cheddar plus garlic and pepper varieties, chilli chutney and sundried tomato mustard.

The Kenilworth Bakery was doing its usual roaring trade, with doughnuts a clear crowd favourite.

Brouhaha Brewery,Maleny. Supplied by Visit Sunshine Coast

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OAD trip. Girls’ big day out. Retail therapy.

Those eight little words are enough to get my heart racing with excitement and put a big smile on my face in anticipation. They’re also enough to send my husband scrambling for his mobile phone to check our bank balance.

But he also realises, during these covid-19 crazy times, that I need to 1. Get out of the house 2.

Explore the region and help our local economy and 3. Have a laugh with friends, face-to-face.

Our Yandina Markets sojourn ended with bags loaded up on Mr Spice chilli flakes and spicy taco seasoning, finger-lime trees, farm-fresh produce, a sterling silver dress ring, quirky bath mats made from recycled rags, and fabulous baggy pants, a ski jacket and poncho.

With a strong coffee and buttermilk doughnuts to die for, we were good to go.

Next stop: The Collective Haus vintage clothing and furniture/home décor store down the road in Farrell St. Set up in a former church, this treasure trove of funky fashion, childhood memories and collectors’ dreams is somewhere to spend hours browsing the racks and display rooms, trying on clothes and imagining Sixties sideboards and Seventies ottomans in your own home.

So four fun-starved women set the Google Maps app from our Kawana base to Yandina (yes, it’s been a while) one Saturday morning and made an early start for the famed markets.

I have a confession to make at the outset: while I am a manic bargain hunter and markets “tragic”, I have never been to the bustling Yandina Markets in my 35 years as a local.

But I know friends who visit almost weekly from as far as Noosa, Caloundra and Bli Bli, so that’s recommendation enough for me.

And I’m happy to report the experience was how I remember my first visit to Eumundi or Kuranda markets in the late eighties/early nineties – when second-hand household goods, retro knick-knacks and vintage clothing reigned, where you could fill shopping baskets with the weekly harvest of the region and gardens with seedlings and healthy saplings, find talented artisans before they made a name for themselves, and walk away a few thousand calories heavier because you couldn’t resist the treats on offer.

And we couldn’t walk past Big Boss Chocolate Co, set back slightly off Elizabeth St, where I indulged in a single Cointreau truffle for “dessert” and a handful of chocolatecoated ginger plus dark chilli choc take-home gift bags for the males left at home.

Still enjoying our leisurely drive in the country, we headed to Flaxton and a store we’ve always been meaning to visit on the Blackall Range: Lost Treasure Shop and Café, incorporating Gumboot Junction and Groovy Records, at 927 Maleny-Montville Rd, Balmoral Ridge.

For more than an hour, we lost ourselves in the vintage and “reloved” fashion, eye-catching socks and funky gumboot designs, retro homewares and handbeaded denim, as well as classic albums from the Sixties and Seventies.

To toast another successful girls’ shopping excursion, we stopped in at a favourite haunt – Brouhaha Brewery in Coral Street, Maleny – for a cheeky chardonnay before the journey home from the Blackall Range via Landsborough.

Every route is a scenic one when you join the dots of townships on the Sunshine Coast hinterland map.

Discovering our own backyard is a great way to spend a day or, better still, take it nice and slow and extend the fun overnight.

And it won’t harm the bank balance, either. Hubbie will be so pleased.

The Collective House is packed with unique finds. Photo by Sandra Mackenzie

It's worth the drive to sample Kenilworth Dairies' products.

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Boerewors and vetkoek are two of the specialties at Zebra Crossing cafe.

There’s no zebra on the café menu, but you will find bunny chow, vetkoek and a boerewors roll.

avocado with garlic aioli and a tomato and onion mix can be ordered with roast chicken or biltong ($14).

For the uninitiated, bunny chow is not a rabbit dish.

It’s actually a delicious, melt-in-the-mouth South African mutton curry which is served in a loaf of bread with tomato relish and chutney. Not too spicy, it’s a rich warming meal and at just $15 is more than enough to fill an empty tummy.

Speaking of biltong (which is strips of dried and cured meat for those wondering), the Biltong Bar fills the rear wall of the Zebra Crossing and, just like a lolly bar, you can grab a paper bag and fill it with a variety of mixed flavours to take home.

For those who are not keen on the loaf of bread, order the curry and rice – it’s the same divine mutton curry with a serve of rice, tomato mix and chutney.

The café serves an all day breakfast, too, if you’re craving eggs on toast, a bacon and egg roll, French toast, an omelette, eggs benedict or a Kalahari breakfast (two free range eggs, boerewors, bacon, tomato and toast).

Plus there’s the usual coffees, teas and cold drinks and a selection of sweets in the display fridge.

The last time I tried boerewors was at a backyard barbeque and the home owners happened to be South African. The sausage-like boerewors is rolled around into a coil shape and has more of a salami texture. Once cooked, it’s chopped up into pieces sized for the occasion.

Zebra Crossing owners Stephen Shelley Scholfield has sourced specialist butchers to prepare the varieties he sells, both from the fridge or served up with caramelised onion in a fresh bread roll ($8). Think hot dog, but better!

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nternational travel is on the backburner at the moment, but it’s still okay to dream.

One of my favourite countries is Africa so I took myself along to the Zebra Crossing in Wises Rd at Buderim and let my tastebuds enjoy a holiday.

Grab a table with a map on top so while you’re waiting for your meal to arrive, you can explore the African continent … and dream. *The writer was a guest of Zebra Crossing.

Mutton curry and rice, pictured here with a house salad topped with their signature garlic aoli.

If you want something really different, try the vetkoek ($14). It’s essentially a hamburger, but with a deep fried bun (lighter than it sounds) filled with curried mince, African chutney, herbs and tomato. One bite into the crispy bun exterior gives way to a light and fluffy interior and releases the rich flavour of the contents. I can’t rave enough about this bun. It was so good.

This menu has a lot of familiar dishes (such as nachos and samosas, both $15) that are served with a South African twist. Hot chips ($7) come with African salt and sauce of your choice. Even the salad of feta, spinach, cucumber,

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T IS one of Africa’s major tourism drawcards, but behind the annual Great Migration spectacle across the Serengeti in northern Tanzania and Kenya’s Maasai Mara is a race for survival.

OOSA’S Rothschild Safaris is continuing its roaring success in the luxury travel industry after being named world’s best safari company for the fourth time in eight years.

Wildebeest numbering more than 1.5 million are followed by 200,000 zebra and a 300,000 mix of Thomson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, eland and impala in a massive trek in search of fresh grazing and good-quality water.

New York-based Travel + Leisure magazine, which is considered an authority in worldwide luxury travel, with a readership of 4.8 million, has honoured Rothschild Safaris in its 2020 World’s Best Awards list as No.1 Safari Outfitter.

It is the largest and longest overland migration on Earth and the second-largest mammal migration (that gold medal goes to 10 million fruit bats which descend into a tiny patch of swamp-forest in Kasanka National Park, Northern Zambia, from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, over about 90 days from late October to mid-December each year).

Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards is an annual survey that rates major aspects of the travel industry from airports, cities and cruise ships, to hotels and islands. The survey asks readers to rate operators based on their staff and guides, itineraries and destinations, activities, accommodation choices, food and beverage, and value for money.

Considered one of the “Seven Wonders of the Natural World”, these eight million rumbling hooves move in a predictable fashion across the open plains but the timing is dependent on the rainfall patterns. As the crow flies, the Great Migration covers about 600km, but research has found that individual animals might cover as much as 2000km – up to 40 km in a single day.

Wildebeests are members of the antelope family, most closely related to oryxes and gazelles. They can weigh up to 270kg and be 2.4m in length.

Their circle of life starts in the south of the Serengeti between January and March when half-a-million calves are born within weeks of each other. With the onset of drought in May, the massive wildebeest herd sets its sights on the Maasai Mara to the north, with its high green grass after the rainy season to feed the masses.

But lying in wait along the journey are about 3000 huge Nile crocodiles on river crossings and the large population of Serengeti lions keen to collaborate to run down and go in for the kill on a cornered animal within the pack. Predators including spotted hyena, golden and black-backed jackal are always on the lookout, too, for an unsuspecting calf straying from its mother.

Rothschild Safaris founder Leora Rothschild believes unparalleled local knowledge, attention to detail and personal service have been at the forefront of her company’s leap forward to the premier position from its No.5 spot in the 2019 awards.

Serengeti to their calving grounds to complete the circle.

You can watch YouTube videos or David Attenborough documentaries until the cows (or Cape Buffalo) come home but nothing beats witnessing this sensory explosion for yourself at various key vantage points or perhaps by light plane and hot-air balloon.

To avoid human crowds in peaks of the seasons, perhaps stay in two different parts of Serengeti National Park: one in the heart of the migration and one in a quieter, more remote location to feel “in the wild” among the many species that remain territorial and don’t stray from their home turf.

Still heading north by July and August, the migration will have spread out across a broad front.

The must-haves on any safari are binoculars (even simply to spot animals from your lodge balcony), plus a camera – preferably a digital SLR camera with one or more lenses or any camera with a minimum range of 200mm for wildlife shots, as well as a dust-proof bag or carry case.

But perhaps the migration’s greatest obstacle arises in September when the Mara River gushes through the northern Serengeti from Kenya’s nearby Maasai Mara Game Reserve and the crossing by the great numbers is dominated by panic and confusion (occurring no doubt once again on the way south).

Leave the brightly-coloured clothes and camouflage gear at home and instead take along light fabrics and loose-fitting clothing that dries fast, hat, as well as a warm jumper or jacket and scarf, sturdy walking shoes, insect repellent, sunscreen and lip balm plus a reusable water bottle.

The return journey to the short-grass plains of the Serengeti begins with the rains in late October that have produced nutritious green shoots. By December, the herd has passed Serengeti Visitors’ Centre in Seronera in the central

So there’s nothing left to do but plan your Great Migration safari for some time in the future and be prepared for all your Discovery Channel dreams to become a reality.

“We are over the moon to have had the ongoing support and trust of our clients which has resulted in being voted No.1 twice since 2017,” Leora said.

The travel company, which began 22 years ago from Leora’s lounge room, was the result of her strong connection with the Africa of her childhood, her passion for the landscape, wildlife, people and culture, plus her deep desire to share that with others.

Rothschild Safaris operates in several wildlife-based destinations in Asia, Australia and South America but Africa remains the firm favourite with clients the world over.

“Africa, sooner or later, steals everyone’s heart,” Leora said.

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Hard to pronounce and even harder to explain

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wo-time Queensland Music Award winners Mzaza doesn’t particularly fall into any specific musical genre, and certainly none that is considered mainstream in their Aussie homeland.

At the helm of the band is former Sunny Coast resident and lead vocalist Pauline Maudy.

“It is hard to describe our music. We write new music but we are very influenced by music and cultures from around the Mediterranean and the Balkans,” Pauline said.

“I think it’s always easier to transmit the songs and what the music is about with people in the room. Our genre appeals to people who are keen on travel or who are curious about places.”

The band’s accomplished multi-instrumentalists play violin, shah kaman (a spikefiddle of Persian ancestry), guitar, double bass, accordion, darabuka (Turkish hand percussion), cajon, tapan and bendir (frame drum). Add to that the lead vocals and four backing vocals and you have some small sense of the music this group creates.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Mzaza was due to release their album The Birth and Death of Stars in June, but covid-19 put a stop to their plans of an album launch and tour of Europe. However, Europe’s loss is Queensland’s gain as they prepare for a multi-stop regional tour.

“We were supposed to be on tour in Europe at the moment and we should be playing in Sicily right now.

Having all of that crumble was really quite demoralising,” Pauline said.

“We’re the first regional tour to happen after the pandemic and it’s just so heart-warming to know all these towns are looking forward to having us come play.”

Their newest show premieres at the Brisbane Festival in early September, before the band goes on the road to perform about 15 shows, from the Gold Coast to Townsville and Longreach.

“The show we’re doing on the Sunshine Coast is a little bit special. It is not just the concert, it is based around the theme of our latest album, the birth and death of stars which was recorded in Greece “The themes that emerged feel more relevant today than ever now that we’ve been through the pandemic.

It’s about exploring our connection and disconnection to the world around us, the universe, each other and when we lose that connection we lose our wellbeing in a way and we start manifesting our own downfalls as human beings whether that be in our own lives, what we do day to day or what we do as a society.

things that we use to transmit the stories and the themes.

There is a bit of everything – slow, intricate beautiful songs that are full of emotion and history and there are upbeat, really fun songs that just make you want to get up and dance.”

So far 2020 has been disruptive for everyone in the music and entertainment industries.

Lead vocalist Pauline Maudy used to live on the Sunny Coast

“This show is really about exploring some stories of human beings around that and getting some perspective back of our connection and that feeling of when we are in nature, we feel like we belong and we know what our place is in the universe and you get that serenity.

“I found I didn’t play a lot of music during the lockdown and I felt quite flat. I think when I went back to rehearsing a couple of weeks ago I get something from music that is so tied to my wellbeing and my connection to other people and it’s so important to me.

“That whole time over the last three or four months we’ve been in survival mode … and there’s still a degree of uncertainty to be honest.”

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“We have been working with a theatre director to help bring the stories and songs to life so it’s more than a music concert with elements of theatre and art.

“While our music isn’t mainstream, it’s a lot more mainstream in Europe.

“We had many concerts planned that have had to be cancelled and postponed, so this is really exciting to be getting back on the road.

“World Music favourites MZAZA is a must see”

“A lot of us have suffered from disconnection and have also been reminded of the importance of each other and of nature around us in the last few months and we hope that we can keep people feeling that and feeling that hope of the good things we can hold onto.

“Some of our influences come from the fact that I migrated to Australia from France when I was 13 and my dad grew up in Morocco and my mum in France. When we came to Australia, the Sunshine Coast was our first home and my mum still lives at Woombye.

“During covid it was really hard and it’s still hard. We couldn’t really do the Zoom thing or the in-person thing because we’re a large band,” Pauline said.

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The jazz sessions are popular post-covid, with gigs selling out quickly.

features a two-course dinner along with a show from world-class jazz artists.

Thriving after lockdown

Three shows run since lockdown all sold-out quickly and have been filled with an enthusiastic audience who have been loving the live performances from amazing musicians, up close and personal.

Watching jazz musicians interact, play off each other and improvise is a unique live experience that you can’t get online. Taking in the swinging vibes, brilliant musicianship, blistering solos and serious humour while enjoying great food and smooth brews is a fantastic experience.

he world is certainly walking through interesting times.

The covid19 crisis has affected many businesses and has just about wiped out the arts industry with live performances now a rarity, but the local jazz scene seems to be thriving under the current conditions.

“These shows have been so popular”, says Robyn, “we’ve had huge waiting lists for these events. Coronavirus restrictions mean that seating is limited due to spacing requirements so we can’t sell as many tickets as we normally would. Hence we’re encouraging people to book early.”

A new jazz event started after lockdown has seen a huge demand from patrons on the Sunny Coast.

So why is the jazz thriving when other places are struggling to have live entertainment?

Local jazz artist and event organiser Robyn Brown has been working in collaboration with the Glass House Brewery in Mons Rd at Forest Glen to run a regular jazz night which

“I think jazz works really well under the current restrictions”, says Robyn.

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“Jazz lovers like to sit and really enjoy the music. It’s not like a party atmosphere, these are people who like to enjoy a glass of wine and a beautiful meal while they watch and listen to the artists.

“They are really interested in the music so they want to watch what the musicians are doing.

“We’ve already had sell-out shows from Mal Wood, Galapagos Duck and myself. Coming up we have awardwinning vocalist Ingrid James, and Brazilian artist Eddie Gazani.

“We may have to put on more shows to keep up with demand! Feedback from the patrons has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic.

“They love the interaction with the musicians, the great food, the atmosphere. We all come out buzzing! It’s great because we can support local artists and this wonderful local business.”

This hidden gem in Forest Glen also offers some of the finest brewed craft beer on the coast.

To book go to www.stickytickets.com.au/TheJazzSessions If you want to be a hip cat, head on down to The Jazz Sessions at the Glass House Brewery, Forest Glen.

Coming up: 23 August, 6pm – Galapagos Duck – SOLD OUT 27 September, 6pm - The Ingrid James Quartet 18 October, 6pm – Eddie Gazani & Friends album launch

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n experienced market operator who established and operates a number of successful markets in San Diego is set to commence a weekly food and artisan market from Sunday 23 August at The Metropolitan (MET) within the new Maroochydore CBD.

progresses, people can relax in the park, partake in some food and a drink or two while they enjoy the live entertainment.

StrEATside Market operator Andrew Sisley said with covid-19 restrictions easing in Queensland the time was right to commence the weekly market which will operate every Sunday from 11am until 8pm.

“As the sun sets for the final stanza, we welcome the night-time guests who can select their dinner from our range of food stallholders as the entertainment continues until closure at 8pm,” he said.

“We have some fantastic food and artisan operators locked in, but we are open to accommodate a few more as we build the market over the long term. There’s no doubt that the opening day is going to be exciting, but our goal is to continually innovate and evolve to ensure people have a good reason to bring their family and friends back each week.

“Food stall operators along with artists and performers have taken a massive hit as a result of the Coronavirus so it’s great to be working with so many fun people and provide us all with an opportunity to generate a sustainable, long term business well into the future.

“Along with the stallholders, we will have a range of live music performances, a dedicated picnic area with soft blankets for people to relax under the shade of umbrellas as well as some fun lawn games. It will be just like a Sunday picnic in the park, but you don’t have to bring anything, there’s lots of food and entertainment and best of all, entry is free,” Andrew said.

Andrew said the duration of the markets from 11am until 8pm would enable patrons to experience the event without impacting the rest of their day.

“We appreciate many people have a range of commitments on a Sunday, including children’s sport and work but our market promises a different vibe as the day progresses. The morning visitors will experience the energy of the opening as they prepare for lunch then as the day

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Andrew said he was mindful of the current covid-19 implications and said he was committed to ensuring the StrEATside markets becomes a leader in covid safe practices.

Sunday markets in the Maroochydore city centre will run all day and into the night.

“We will have abundant sanitisers available across the whole market and we will be compliant with all other health and safety requirements to ensure all our guests have an enjoyable and safe experience whenever they visit.”

SunCentral City Activation Project Manager Bronwyn Adams said she was excited to see the MET host a weekly cultural event which has the capacity to comfortably cater for large groups of people.

“We’ve already seen how well the MET precinct comes to life after undertaking a range of events onsite after we opened stage one of the new Maroochydore City Centre in August last year. Covid-19 has had a significant impact on how we’ve been able to use the MET for the last four months so it’s great to see this and other programs bring the MET to life again creating a dynamic atmosphere right in the heart of our emerging CBD.

“I am particularly looking forward to supporting the Coast’s best food and beverage vendors as well as artisan producers and musical talent, a vital industry for our community wellbeing during this time,” Bronwyn said.

To enquire about hosting a stall, visit www.streatside.com.au

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Somewhere over the rainbow?

I enjoyed the Hinterland Times' recent article ‘Feathered Friends ... or Foes’.

I wondered whether you might be able to do an article on the missing rainbow lorikeets. I am in Montville and have not seen any all year and really miss them. I used to get lots. From previous articles I have read it may be a paralysis virus of some kind that seems to hit them every so often in different parts of Eastern Australia, but I am also wondering whether we might have any further ideas which flower or plant may be causing it.

For instance, why are there none in Montville but only 15 mins away in Maleny they are still present. Is there a plant that has become trendy in Montville!?! (I do not know what the situation is in other Hinterland areas e.g. Mapleton.)

In fact, I have hardly seen any king parrots, rosellas (both crimson and blue/yellow), honey eaters, butcherbirds, bowerbirds this year. I normally get lots of all these having the sort of garden that normally attracts lots of different types of birds. All I am getting is damn miners (hate ‘em) and peewees (the latter enjoying destroying my house and car windows with their poo).

Life is not the same without all these beautiful birds. Interesting that this problem has occurred at the same time as COVID-19, but of course I am mindful there is probably no link.

With kind regards, Christine Smith

Valuable vine research My name is Renee Ulbrich and I am a Masters student at the University of New England. I am looking for natural populations (not planted) of the Birdwing Butterfly Vine (Paristolochia praevenosa) in South East Queensland for my research.

If you have naturally growing vines on your property and would like to be a part of an exciting project, that will further our understanding of the ecology of the butterflies and their habitat, please contact me. reneeulbrich@live.com Renee Ulbrich

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Lest we forget Each year on August 18, Vietnam Veterans’ Day and the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, Australians pause to reflect on the service and sacrifice of those who served during the Vietnam War. The first Australian troops from the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam arrived in 1962 and over the course of the war around 60,000 Australians served there, with our involvement ending with the Royal Australian Air Force flying humanitarian missions and evacuating embassy staff in April, 1975.

Tragically, 521 Australians died and more than 3,000 were wounded.

On 18 August 1966 Australian soldiers fought in one of their fiercest battles during the entire Vietnam War, the Battle of Long Tan, a brutal action that saw 18 Australians killed and 25 wounded.

As we commemorate the service and sacrifice of those who served and died in Vietnam, it is important to acknowledge that many Vietnam veterans were deeply affected by their service.

Vietnam veterans were instrumental in establishing the Vietnam Veterans’ Counselling Service, now known as Open Arms. This service has been providing mental health and support services for Australian veterans and their families every year since 1982 and is their enduring legacy.

All Vietnam veterans can be proud that Open Arms supported more than 30,000 veterans and their family members last year and that it has made a life-changing difference to countless veterans and their families and I know it will continue to do so into the future.

Vietnam veterans also set up the Long Tan Bursary, a program that provides education support to the children and grandchildren of Vietnam veterans, helping them gain the skills and qualifications needed to pursue their chosen career. Applications for the 2021 Bursary open today and eligible descendants of our Vietnam veterans can apply online at avcat.org.au/scholarships/.

As a nation, I encourage all Australians to acknowledge and honour the Vietnam veterans who gave so much in the service of our country, as well as recognise the rich contribution Vietnam veterans continue to make to our community.

Lest we forget.

Darren Chester, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel

Well done Councillor Johnston!

It was so heartening to see the people being heard at the recent Ordinary Meeting of the SCRC, where Councillors voted to refuse Stockland’s application for a residential development at Twin Waters West/Pacific Paradise eight votes to two votes. Well done to all those who worked so hard to stop this.

Our new Councillor, Winston Johnston did us proud, standing up and explaining that he had seen too much flooding in that area in his lifetime to think a development there should even be considered. I was very pleased to hear him reiterate that councillors should be supporting the community, not the pockets of developers.

Jason O’Pray’s refusal motion was supported by the majority of councillors and only opposed by Councillors Cox and Landsberg. Deputy mayor, Joe Natoli, did a great job too and it was an excellent debate. I was glad to see Council supporting development only when it is sustainable. My fingers are crossed that this continues.

Well done also to Kathryn Hyman, who put her everything into this cause and wouldn’t back down, no matter how hard it seemed.

Now we just need a positive outcome on the 150 units which have had approval to be built on our floodplain in Palmwoods, opposite the Churchill Street corner on Montville Road, by the bridge. Sunshine Coast Council needs to change their allegiance on this one, as at the moment they are with the developer Sekisui against the community…

James Baker, Palmwoods

Politicians protest too much?

Can someone tell me why politicians are often such children? So much huff and puff trying to put the other parties down, rather than focussing on their own backyard. I’m so tired of it. This level of immaturity from supposedly intelligent people makes me wonder why we bother voting sometimes.

Whether you are Labor or LNP or Greens, Republican or Democrat, Conservative or Labor, stop the stupid name calling and tit-for-tat and just get on with the job of making your party a decent one that cares about community and the enviroment more than corporations and fat cats.

Okay, rant over.

Lucy Benjamin, Witta

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT “The anniversary exhibition will take gallery visitors on a walk down memory lane along a timeline filled to the brim with images and documents mapping the extraordinary history of the gallery.

“There’s also a Director’s Cut, with each of the past four directors and myself selecting two collection works to showcase in this exhibition.

“The Sunshine Coast community has been a wonderful supporter of the gallery over the past 20 years and I look forward to The ceremonial cutting of the cake for the Caloundra Gallery's 20th birthday. welcoming everybody to this remarkable exhibition.” ake a walk down memory lane during a special Marie Pigott, a long-term member and president of exhibition that celebrates the gallery’s 20th Friends Regional Gallery Caloundra Inc for the past six years anniversary this year. said the gallery held a special place in her heart.

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The anniversary exhibition features works from the Sunshine Coast Art Collection, Sunshine Coast Art Prize winners from 2006 to 2019 and images showcasing the gallery’s history.

Caloundra Regional Gallery first opened its doors on August 11, 2000, featuring an exhibition by local artist Peter Hudson.

Gallery director Jo Duke, who arrived in September last year, said she was honoured to be a part of this significant time in the gallery’s story.

“The Friends played an integral part in establishing Caloundra Regional Gallery and providing ongoing support over the past 20 years,” Ms Pigott said.

“The Friends aim to support the gallery, our sponsors and patrons who support the gallery and the community who also support the gallery.

“With this backing, it’s always exciting when we have raised sufficient funds to say to the gallery, ‘where is your wish list?’ and be able to provide those essential items and finance innovative programs, including the Local Artists,

Local Content art prize.

“I would like to say thank you to all past and present Friends members - It’s been hard work but a wonderful ride.”

Gallery directors include Sandra Conte (Clarke) 20002004, John Waldron 2004-2012, Nina Shadforth 2012-2016, Hamish Sawyer 2016-2019 and Jo Duke 2019-current.

The Caloundra Regional Gallery building was designed by local architects, Bark Design.

Community Portfolio Councillor Rick Baberowski said the modest gallery had helped build an enthusiastic and loyal audience for visual arts in the region.

“I remember being at the opening, thinking that Bark Design had done a fantastically creative conversion of a small existing office space into a flexible gallery space with just enough capacity to serve us while we learn and grow as a region.

“Twenty years later, we have certainly learned and with amalgamation we have certainly grown.”

He said as the only publicly operated gallery in the southern Sunshine Coast region, the Caloundra Regional Gallery played a critical development role in the creative industries and cultural identity of the region.

“Well done to all concerned and I would like to thank the artists who contribute their work, members of the arts community and members of the Friends, who were all involved in championing for a gallery and who are an integral part of the gallery’s history and future.”

The exhibition will be on display until October 4, 2020.

Owned and operated by Sunshine Coast Council, Caloundra Regional Gallery is located at 22 Omrah Avenue and is open Tuesday to Friday 10am – 4pm and Saturday and Sunday 10am – 2pm.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

View club connects friends after 25 years apart

By CLAIRE WALSH

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lmost two years ago now, my husband and I moved from Sydney to Maroochydore to begin our retirement. Having lived in London, Sydney and Hong Kong for all our lives it was a welcome change to swap the hustle and bustle of city life for the calm of the Sunshine Coast!

We arrived not knowing a soul, but with our daughter and her family in Brisbane not far away we thought it would be an opportunity to meet new friends and have old ones to visit and we were very excited.

We lucked out with our choice of apartment complex.

Everyone was so very welcoming and we settled into our new home and routine very quickly.

I was asked by a lady living in the complex if I would like to go along with her to a VIEW meeting. I had never heard of VIEW I must admit. Fran explained the club to me and I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to meet more people and make a contribution at the same time.

Former gallery director Nina Shadforth at the 20th birthday party.

Local artist Peter Hudson.

Past Gallery Director, John Waldron, inaugural director of the Sunshine Coast Art Prize

Jo Huthnance and Jacqui Azzopardi.

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Well, the first opportunity came in the form of the monthly outing which was a lunch at Harry’s in Buderim.

I was very impressed. This seemed like my sort of club!!

As we sat down at the table Fran began the introductions to the people sitting around me. A lady sitting next door but one was introduced as Pam and as I greeted her I almost did a double take. I know her I thought. However, she did not show any sign of recognition. “What’s Pam’s surname?” I asked Fran. Fran told me and it confirmed that this had to be who I thought it was. I leaned across and spoke to Pam again. Saying “Pam you don’t recognize me do you? Claire Walsh” Pam looked at me again and nearly fell off her chair.

So because you are wondering … Pam and I were friends over 25 years ago in Hong Kong and our husbands had got on particularly well!! We had been introduced through a mutual friend as we were already in Hong Kong and Pam and Peter were coming up from Sydney too. We had many fun times with Pam and her husband and three girls out on boats and going to dinner. Our children were babies but Pam’s girls were teenagers then.

Well you can imagine how much we both had to catch up on. We had left Hong Kong in 1992 and Pam and her family stayed until 1999. With no Facebook or other social media back then we had not managed to keep in touch, I guess mostly because our children were at different stages of life and we were all always so busy.

No mobile phones either, so we had really lost touch.

Deputy Mayor, Cr Rick Baberowski

VIEW CLUB Friends Claire Walsh and Pam Andrews reunited after 25 years

My children were adopted in Hong Kong and Pam had even met my daughter as a baby before I did, as she was a volunteer in the unmarried mother’s home that Emma came to us from.

How funny that when Pam and her husband eventually returned to Australia and settled in Alexandra Headland we should pop up 20 years later just under 1km away! We obviously swapped phone numbers this time and no sooner had I got in the door at home after the lunch when my phone rang and it was Pam’s husband blown away by this coincidence.

So, thank you Fran for introducing me to VIEW and the opportunity to reconnect with some old friends again. Much has evolved from this chance meeting. Our families have reconnected again. We are all grandparents now and have met each other’s grandchildren.

We regularly go out together for dinner or the movies and the best bit is that Pam’s husband introduced my husband to the Maroochydore Cricket Club and he is now the president. This has well and truly got him out from under my feet and given him his own introduction to new friends on the Sunny Coast! The “boys” also go to the gym together twice a week and take themselves out when Pam and I are at VIEW events!

Inaugural Caloundra Regional Gallery director Sandi Conte and present director Jo Duke.

HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY

Breathe in the fresh air of the gardens at Ikatan Spa

by KATRINA THORPE

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ou can actually feel the rejuvenating energy from plants when surrounded by the greenery of nature and what you feel is real as plant foliage has been found to absorb air-borne pollutants, filter dust and bugs and therefore improve air quality. Amongst the greenery, you breathe in phytoncides, which are the organic compounds produced by evergreen trees and research has shown them to be associated with improvements in our immune defence system.

While this may seem a bit hippy trippy, hug a tree kind of activity; forest therapy is actually a thing of the past. In the 1800s, ‘forest therapy’ was used as part of the treatment to help cure tuberculosis. Physicians set up Sanatoriums amongst the pine forests in Germany and Adirondack forests of New York, where all patients in the sanatorium facilities reported benefits from the forest air.

You may have heard the term ‘forest bathing’ it’s a term used to describe immersing yourself in greenery of a forest and it’s as simple as taking a relaxing, mindful stroll or sitting still under a canopy of trees. Forest bathing seems to significantly help a multitude of ailments caused by excess stress. Being amongst the canopy of trees helps increased parasympathetic nervous system activity which prompts rest, conserves energy, and slows down the heart rate while increasing intestinal and gland activity.

Test results also reported to lower stress and cortisol levels, lower blood pressure, improve mood, helped with ability to focus, improve sleep and energy levels as well as increase in general happiness for people who spend time in forest, or a green garden, regularly.

While you may not have access to a forest or a green garden you can create your own green space with pot plants or take time to go to a local park. When looking for a place to go on your day off, for a weekend or holiday consider spending time in the county. Take a short drive to the hinterland to enjoy the National Park trails, scenic hill climbs or walks in the country and feel the wellness benefits of the hinterland greenery only a short drive from the coast.

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“IMAGE” F

or well over a decade I’ve authored three books (currently finishing my 4th) and written hundreds of articles about our “Image” (spirit, soul and body) published in newspapers and magazines worldwide. My “Image” concept was birthed years ago from my personal pursuit to find out who and what I was from the inside out. My Identification, Appearance, Metamorphosis, Grace, and Encouragement, IMAGE landed in my heart and I’ve been growing and changing ever since. Finding my answers is a process that has become my passion and making a difference in the world through “Image” my purpose. I discovered we all have a spirit (our inner being), soul (our mind, will and emotions) and body and each of them play a role through which we get to experience the amazing gift of life.

Each month I will endeavour to inspire you with topics that will enhance your image and help you become the best version of yourself, the person you were always intended to be through sincere transformation and authenticity. I believe we are all born at the right time, with the right gifts to deliver and celebrate our unique image with the world. Age, race, or gender doesn’t matter because our image is the true gift and waits only on us to be released.

My hope is that each month within “Image” you’ll discover and uncover new dreams, purpose and passion to fulfill and demonstrate beautifully your one of a kind, amazing image.

We are a combination of our hopes, dreams, and desires and by unlocking the principles within IMAGE we can change and manifest them into our reality.

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I’ll explore ideas that will both challenge and encourage you to transform allowing you to thrive with intention and potential. Our true image isn’t based on our appearance but on who and what we identify with this is the essence of who we really are and produces the platform for who we can become.

I’ll support you as you excavate your soul, unearth all that is within you and help you heal your way to wholeness as you capture your new and enhanced image.

You’ll learn fresh ways to make a difference in the world around you through serving others with your purpose and venture together as we reveal your extraordinary spirit, soul and body. And through truthful self care, self awareness and self love you’ll create an image you’ll be very thankful for as you connect to your uniqueness and expose your astounding image masterpiece.

We are all born with an abundance of potential inside us and I look so forward to IMAGE inspiring you to never stop growing and changing and becoming the best version of you. Let’s journey together through “Image” as we revolutionize ourselves and help the world around us with our one and only image.

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HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY ACUPUNCTURE

COUNSELLING & LIFE COACHING continued

Anthony Brown Acupuncture Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner.

Member (fellow) AACMA. Anthony has 35 years clinical experience, 30 of them here on the Sunshine Coast and Hinterland.

26 Coral St, Maleny Ph: 5435 2555

Astrid de Ruiter – Psychotherapist & Certified Mindfulness Teacher Offering quality mindfulness training, groups or individuals and mindfulness and body based counselling and psychotherapy. Caring, down to earth, effective with more than 12 yrs experience. Ph: 0401 624 757 www.sunshinecoastmindfulness.com.au

BEAUTY THERAPISTS

Louisa D Pearce – Peer Specialist & Social Worker Compassionate, holistic help for people with complex mental health challenges, including suicidality, depression, schizophrenia, BPD and DID. NDIS rebates available. Ph: 0490 165 654 www.louisadpearce.com.au

Emmanuelle’s Beauty For all your beauty needs, facials, lash extensions, lash lift, waxing and more contact Em on 0410 670 519. Monday-Friday, evening appointments also available.

3/66 Maple St Maleny.

BOWEN THERAPISTS

HAIRDRESSERS AND BARBERS Nellies Creative Hair Design Cut and Colour specialists.

Nellie, Annette and Jenny offer you the opportunity to have exceptional hair using great product at fantastic prices.

21 Coral St Maleny – Ph: 0438 785 443

Bowen Therapy – Bronwyn Huckle Specialising in Bowtech, the original Bowen Therapy technique. Treating health issues in babies, childen & adults. Montville therapy rooms. Monday to Friday by appointment.

Ph: 5442 9371 Christian Dunham Gentle yet powerful and suitable for all ages, Bowen Therapy stimulates the body to rebalance, promoting healing, pain relief and the recovery of energy. Ph: 0448 303 013 www.christiandunham.net Kathy Blackburn Dip. Bowen Therapy (Bowtech).Gentle effective treatment of Back Pain; Migraine; RSI ; Tennis Elbow; Knee, Ankle & Foot Conditions; Menstrual/ Hormonal irregularities; Chronic Fatigue; Respiratory Conditions and MORE. Health fund rebates. Ph: 5429 6180

CHIROPRACTORS Maple Chiropractic Maleny Dr. Stephen Lowe, Dr. Samuel Lowe, Dr. Catherine Metcalf, Dr. Rebel Hungerford Concession, family rates & HICAPS available.

Gentle, effective care for the whole family.

45 Maple Street, Maleny. Ph. 5494 3322 www.maplechiropractic.com.au Hinterland Chiropractic Dr Josephine Sexton. Using gentle, safe and effective techniques to maintain spinal health and wellbeing. Concession rates, Family discounts and HICAPS available.

21 Bunya Street, Maleny. Ph: 5435 2987 Dr John Pirie Chiropractor & Applied Kinesiologist Gentle hands on chiropractic using applied kinesiology. Over 30 years in private practice. Families welcome. Mon, Tues, Thur 2:00 – 5.30pm; Fri 9:00am -12noon 19 Coral Street Maleny, Ph: 5435 2155 www.siaholistichealth.com.au

COLONIC HYDROTHERAPY Hinterland Colonics Health & Wellness Certified Colonic Hydrotherapist & Naturopath.

Call us for all your cleansing and detoxification needs. Our medical grade equipment is single-use, sterile and disposable. Flexible appointments 7days 0401 750 255

COUNSELLING & LIFE COACHING Ruth Donnelly - Holistic Counsellor Heart-centred approach to healing trauma, building emotional wellbeing. Integrating body psychotherapy, mindfulness, artistic therapies, Reiki, Acutonics, Bush Flower Essences, Dru yoga. Ph: 0409 564 276, ruth@ruthdonnelly.com.au, www.heartmindconnections.org

HOME CARE RangeCare Offering in-home and respite care services to support independent living. Our tailor-made services are available to everyone in the community. We can deliver your home care package. Ph: 5445 7044 Visit: www.rangecare.com.au

HOMEOPATHY Pauline Ashford - B.H.Sc, Complementary Med & Homeopathy Classical homeopathy; Lymphatic drainage; Dorn spinal, joint and headache therapy; EFT - Emotional Freedom Techniques; Reiki 130 Ansell Rd Witta – Ph: 5494 4101 E: malenyhomeopathy@gmail.com

HYPNOTHERAPY Mary (McGrory) CrawfordPowerful Transformations Member of AHA/NRHA – Specialising in grief, depression and anxieties, quit smoking, weight loss, now introducing Past Life Regression (Michael Newton Institute). Ph Mary 0457 230 952 www.powerfultransformations.com.au E: mary@powerfultransformations8.com Christian Dunham Specialising in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, a combination of clinical hypnotherapy and psychotherapy used to treat depression, anxiety, PTSD, phobias and other chronic conditions.

Free initial consultation. Ph: 0448 303 013 www.christiandunham.net

MASSAGE THERAPISTS The Stillpoint - Katie White I am delighted to announce that The Stillpoint is open again – observing all recommended Health & Safety guidelines. Please phone me on 0400 722 786 to make an appointment.

26 Coral St Maleny.

Health Ascension Massage - S’raya Professional therapist specialising in Remedial Massage with Hot Stones. General postural aches and pains, sporting injuries. Online bookings and HF Rebates available. 0413 158 555 Reviews on www.tripadvisor/healthascension www.healthascension.com.au The Wellness Haven Restoring health and wellness physically, emotionally, mentally & spiritually.

Remedial massage & deep relaxation massage, kinesiology, reiki & sound therapy, naturopathy.

Appointments & walk-ins welcome. Bookings via 0466 018 137 or www.wellnesshaven.com.au

MASSAGE THERAPISTS continued Mark Milne Remedial Therapies Call to book your deeply relaxing and therapeutic treatments at my Flaxton Clinic for Remedial & Relaxation Massage, Acupressure, Trigger Point Dry Needling & Movement Therapy.

Phone 0429 420 046

MEDICAL CENTRE Ochre Health Medical Centre Offering onsite Doctors, experienced nursing staff and Allied health services.

Ph Maleny: 5494 2388; Ph Montville: 5442 9144 Book online at www.ochrehealth.com.au

NATUROPATH Pascale Richy Naturopath BHSc Herbal and Nutritional Medicine, Dietary and Life style Coaching. Optimise health and wellness with an evidence based, holistic and inclusive approach. Hormones, gut, weight, immune and mental health issues.

Ph: 0423 615 413 E: info@pascalerichynaturopath.com

NDIS REGISTERED PROVIDER SUPPORT2U-local community business providing disability supports NDIS Reg No. 4050054299 Providing high quality care for disability support, community participation and customised outings for your needs.

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OPTOMETRIST Hammond Optometry Deborah & Stephen Hammond are proud to be local, independent eye healthcare providers servicing the Hinterland since 1999. Focused on quality eyecare and eyewear for you and your family, giving your eye health and vision the best personalised attention it requires and deserves. 44 Lowe St Nambour Ph: 5476 2333

PERSONAL TRAINER, FITNESS, DANCE Get Active!!!

Group Fitness & Personal Training Join me for a fun affordable and social way to achieve a fit and healthy body. All fitness levels welcome, fully qualified trainer. ‘Your Goals Are My Goals’. Rachel Ph: 0423 618 945 Email: rachel.lockman@yahoo.com.au

PSYCHOLOGY Sheenah Turnbull – Clinical Psychologist Counselling for depression, anxiety, stress, grief, trauma, relationships, adjustment to life changes, children, youth, adults.

Medicare rebates Sunshine Coast Hinterland and Surrounds – 0417 075 172 E: sheenahturnbull@gmail.com Hinterland Hypnotherapy - Psychologist Quantum Consciousness - Expand your Personal Universe. Mindfulness. Increase Good Habits, Remove Bad Habits, Anxiety, Stress.

Medicare / Healthfund rebates may apply.

Contact Matt Vance 0415 463 976 www.hinterlandhypnotherapy.com.au AUGUST 2020 SUNNY COAST TIMES

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ACCOUNTING Chartered Accountant with Masters of Business Administration Many years’ experience in the commercial world.

Strategic planning, management accounting and business systems advice and expertise.

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Your accounts: more accurate, less stressful, and less time consuming than you ever thought possible. 0481 065 908 intersect@intersectbookkeeping.com.au

LEGAL SERVICES continued

REAL ESTATE continued

Lember and Williams (the LAW team) Carolyn Williams – City Expertise, small town service. Stirling on Bunya, 13 Bunya Street, Maleny. Ph: 5495 1499 Email: carolyn@landw.com.au www.landw.com.au

We dare to be different!

Our results speak for themselves, so if you are looking to sell your property DON’T SIGN ANYTHING .. .Call us.

Ph: 07 5478 5288 or check out www.rogerloughnanrealestate.com.au

Baker Robinson Lawyers Steve Robinson, 20 years experience.

Professional and friendly Legal Team.

Suite 7, 43 Maple St Maleny. Ph: 5494 2665 E: maleny@brlawyers.com.au www.brlawyers.com.au

Brant & Bernhardt Property At Brant & Bernhardt Property we understand that it's all in the attention to detail, even the little things matter. Learn how ‘We Can Sell Yours Too!’ Dee 0423 259 931 Susan 0428 573 170

VETERINARY CARE TRAVEL AGENTS

FINANCE Doug Tognolini – iQ Money Management “Growing & Protecting your Wealth” We provide a full range of financial services including; Superannuation (including SMSF’s), Retirement Planning, Wealth Creation & Life Insurance. Ph: 5442 2764 / 0409 594 044

GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGN Flowering Design Working at home? Your online presence is crucial now! We are ready to refresh your site, create a new one, or add an online shop.

Leanne 0438 179 748 www.floweringdesign.com.au

LEGAL SERVICES Easton Lawyers Tove Easton Principal Lawyer Your Local Lawyers in Maleny 62 Maple St, Maleny. Ph: 5494 3511 Email: tove@eastonlawyers.com.au

District Vets Maleny Veterinarian Susan Portas and her team provide professional, compassionate care for your pets.

Hours Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri 8am-6pm; Wed 9am-5pm and Sat 9am-12noon 7 Myrtle St Maleny Ph: 5499 9077

MTA Travel - Petrina Frankham Mobile Travel Agent Whether you’re a first time traveller, curious traveller, thrill seeker or the escapist, I look forward to bringing your travel dreams to fruition. Ph: 1300 365 688 (ext 258) pfrankham@mtatravel.com.au www.mtatravel.com.au/pfrankham

Montville Veterinary Clinic Est. in 2004 and operating as a branch of our Sunshine Hinterland Veterinary Clinic in Nambour. We take pride in personalised pet care. 26 Kondalilla Falls Rd Montville Consultation by appointment: 0401 012 884

REAL ESTATE RE/MAX Hinterland Local Knowledge - Global Reach Ph: 07 5408 4220 - remaxhinterland.com.au Maleny - 2/10 Maple St - 0447 737 737 Ray White Maleny One of the leading real estate agency’s for the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.

Unit 1, 5 Maple Street, Maleny Ph: 5499 9966 http://raywhitemaleny.com.au/

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TRADE AND SERVICES AIR CONDITIONING Range Airconditioning Lic. No L016305 Supply and installation of high quality, energy efficient, ducted and wall mounted reverse cycle, split air conditioning systems for cooling, heating and de-humidification.

Ph Yelma on 5494 3459 or 0421 488 048 E: rangeaircon@gmail.com

ANTENNAS Jim's Antennas Digital & problem reception specialists.

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Call Craig Titheradge today for a free quote.

Ph: 131 546 www.jimsantennas.com.au

ASPHALT DRIVEWAYS Roll Formed Driveways Roll Formed Driveways provides a range of asphalt, bitumen and road base to residential, commercial and civil customers. Trust us to complete your project. Call us for a free measure and quote. PHONE (07) 5446 7104

CARPENTRY Patios, decks, renovations, new work All aspects of carpentry from planning to the finished product. All work guaranteed Qld BSA No 103-1105 Ph Steve: 0402 167 355

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CARPENTRY continued

CLOCK REPAIR continued

Window Wizard - Timber Window Specialist Restoration, glazing, repairs, modifications, sash cords, spirals, Queenslander homes and more.

Call Rommy 0404 757 552 www.window-wizard.com.au Blackwood Built Carpentry -QBCC15099402 Premium carpenter with over 20 yrs experience, specialising in all forms of high-end carpentry including decks, outdoor living areas, custom stairs, timber floors, small extensions, renovations and finish carpentry. 0400 523 914 rick@blackwoodbuilt.com.au

Master Craftsman clock and watch maker Repairs to clocks or watches from old to new, over 45 yrs experience. Free quotes in your presence when bringing your timepiece, house calls and small repairs on the spot.

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Located at the Mundoo Boulevard entrance, the $83m Market Lane Residences comprises 146 spacious two- and three-bedroom apartments elevated across 14 levels over two towers. Six SOHO (small-office-home-office) townhouses along with retail will make up the ground floor.

Habitat Development Group director Cleighton Clark said he was pleased to be able to commence construction after the original project timeline was delayed due to covid-19 restrictions.

“Covid-19 is creating lots of disruption through the economy, but we’re looking at our investment in the future city centre as a five to 10-year investment. Covid-19 could be with us for many years, but our philosophy is that life goes on and you can’t sit idle forever.

Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson said he was looking forward to seeing the Habitat team commence construction at Market Lane.

“Having people live close to where they work in our new city centre adds to the vibrancy and activation of the city core, which is an important and attractive feature of some of the leading cities across the globe,” Mayor Jamieson said.

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Designers have drawn inspiration from some of the world’s most liveable cities to create Aura, a development on the southern edge of the Sunny Coast that will one day be home to around 300,000 people.

Harmony is a residential precinct adjacent to the Chancellor Park development at Sippy Downs. Its location is 12km from Mooloolaba beach, a 20-minute drive to the Sunshine Coast airport and an hour to Brisbane.

This master-planned community at Bli Bli has been completed in several stages, with Parklakes 2 currently offering vacant land for sale.

Aura is located 10km from beaches, 90km from the Brisbane CBD and 30km from the Sunshine Coast Airport and is already home to the Baringa Retail Precinct, which includes a variety of food and shopping options.

Set on 378 hectares, it will deliver more than 4800 homes for 12,000 future residents.

In the next three to five years, construction will be completed on the city centre and people’s place. This heart of the city of Aura will include a Southbank-style lagoon, urban parkland, dining precinct and major retailers.

The suburb is planned to provide schools, shopping, parks, playgrounds, cycleways, sports fields, entertainment and employment opportunities.

Around 20 education and learning centres are proposed including up to eight private schools, up to five public primary schools, up to two public high schools, up to four early learning centres, and an urban university.

The first of these schools, a revolutionary new science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) focused state primary school is now open in Baringa and Aura’s first state high school due to open in 2021 and Catholic School P-12 in 2023.

The estate has a 6 ‘leaf’ national EnviroDevelopment certification and will include 100 hectares of open space, 60km network of pedestrian path and a new town centre when complete.

Being adjacent to Sippy Downs means easy access to the University of the Sunshine Coast, Chancellor College junior and senior campuses and private schools, as well as several early learning and childcare centres.

The estate has been designed with a grand network of parklands and green spaces that thread through and connect the entire community so that more than 90 percent of all Harmony residents will be within 250 metres of a local park. Housing options are a mix of high density through to traditional 800sqm house blocks.

A display village opened this year and is a one-stop location where you can tour 35 architecturally designed display homes which offer the latest in home design.

Nestled to the north-west of Bli Bli central, and just 10km from the closest beach at Mudjimba, the suburb is home to lakes, wildlife and wetlands. Designed with environmental sensibility at the forefront, the area as been designed to promote an active lifestyle with nature trails and walking tracks spread throughout the community. The Local waterfront cafe and spacious central park is a meeting place for social gatherings with neighbours and friends. With a village-meetsurban atmosphere and a safe, familyfriendly community.

Parklakes is also within easy walking distance to Good Samaritan Catholic College.

In support of the developer’s vision to conserve the natural environment at Parklakes 2, innovative floating wetlands have been designed to enhance the health of the lake system, providing a sustainable natural habitat for local wildlife and vegetation. This system also improves the health of local waterways and assists with storm water filtration.

Future plans for Aura include four large recreation parks, five district sports parks and two major sports parks, including a proposed sports stadium at Aura.

There will be a multitude of places and opportunities to get outdoors and get active.

Caloundra South or Aura is a large 2350 hectare urban development at the southern end of the Sunshine Coast which will create around 20,000 dwellings and provide homes for 50,000 people. 

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Julie Evitts local Real Estate Agent with One Agency “Coolum” has been servicing the Sunshine Coast from Noosa to Maroochydore for over the past 6 years.

In this time Julie has sold over 200 properties ranging from $500,000 to $2 million homes.

Julie lives and breathes real estate and adores all types of properties and comes with much knowledge and experience.

As a senior sales agent she is also a qualified licensed Buyers Agent.

Julie is a specialist in Coolum beach and also in surrounding acreage properties and sells in all areas from Ninderry to Pomona and beyond.

With a 5-star rating on ratemyagent read her testimonials from seller & buyer reviews, all Julie’s past and present clients rave about her impeccable service with repeat customers and referrals from happy clientele.

Julie goes that extra mile with her well-presented open home inspections and many people comment on how great the advertising of the property is advertised from photos & signboards to brochures they are top notch and extremely professionally presented.

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SPORT would be more difficult to control because there would be a larger concentration of players.

“With first grade starting earlier in the day, there will only be two teams and that will make life easier.”

Sunshine Coast Scorchers coach, Ash Holznagel was also expecting the representative team to get a full season in but said it would be totally different from previous years because of the pandemic.

“The social distancing and sanitising will be the way forward,” he said.

Holznagel said there had been some big losses in the squad with captain Peter Dein moving to Toowoomba for work and Alecz Day not expected back until mid-January as he recovers from his heart attack.

“They are both huge losses but that means greater opportunities for our younger players coming through,” he said.

“We have some good, young players coming through and some new blood coming in as well.”

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Sunshine Coast Scorchers coach Ash Holznagel at Kerry Emery Oval in Maroochydore. Holznagel is getting prepared for a full season of cricket starting in early September.

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HE Sunshine Coast Cricket Association says the 2020 season will begin as normal despite the continued presence of covid-19, but there will be no spitting on balls to give them a shine.

SCCA Media Officer Pat Drew said it would need a huge setback for the season not to begin as planned on September 12.

“It will be a big learning process,” Drew said. “The rules (surrounding covid-19 protocol) will be set and we have to know what the rules are.

“We need to be able to observe those and educate players, so they become accustomed to the rules.

“The players want to play, so they do not want to risk breaking the rules. There is no way that there is going to be bad will. No one will want to sneak around what is in place.

“If someone does break the rules as we have seen in the NRL, we have to make sure we get around that because we are running the risk of the season being shortened if we do not.”

Drew said the competition’s umpires had been briefed on the rules set in place for a season under the threat of coronavirus and would be charged with enforcing them.

“But in the lower grades that could be a problem. Even when the clubs are doing fielding practice, players must have their own baseball gloves.

“There can be no transference or body contact.”

The 2020-21 campaign will have some fixture changes, with the T20 games now to become part of the regular season.

Previously players could use saliva on cricket balls in order to help shine one side to help the ball swing.

The T20 games will be followed by three rounds of two-day games, seven one-day matches and four twoday games to finish off the season after the one-day final leading into the semi-finals and grand final.

That will not be allowed under the new protocols and Drew said players would have to find other ways to shine the ball.

Each club will continue to have home and away fixtures, something that Drew says is a big plus for the competition.

Dressing rooms at Coast grounds will also have restrictions on the amount of people allowed in at one time, while players would have to use their own equipment.

“One of the good things about the Sunshine Coast is we do not have a central venue,” he said.

“There will be no shared club gear,” Drew said.

“That will not affect the higher grades because everyone has their own pads, gloves etc.

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“All the towns on the Coast as they were developing had their own cricket grounds and some of them are better than the Premier Grade grounds in Brisbane.

“The good thing about having separate grounds is it will be easier to control. If we had a central facility that

With the start date for the representative season set for September 5, Holznagel took his squad for an intraclub trial game at Hervey Bay last week, with trials against Ipswich and Sandgate/Redcliffe also scheduled.

“I think it’s going to be an interesting season,” Holznagel said.

“We are strong in the bowling department. A few years ago, our strength was batting and not bowling.

“We have plans in place and as long as they go out and compete hard and work to those plans and play to the best of their ability as a coach, I am a happy man.”

Holznagel said he was hoping former Maleny junior Nick Selman would return from the UK but was unsure how the COVID-19 outbreak would affect his travel plans.

Selman, who played for the Scorchers last year, is now playing in county cricket in Wales with Glamorgan.

Holznagel said he would love Selman to come back.

“It’s exciting he gets the chance to play first class cricket, but it’s also exciting that he loves playing for us for part of the year,” he said of the 24-year-old batsman.

“It is a good story of no matter who you are or where you come from, if you really want something it’s achievable and he’s found his way to first class cricket, which is fantastic.

“He should be coming back but with the COVID we just don’t know.

“If Nick comes back, I am comfortable with the group.”

Holznagel said it was important that the Scorchers continued to provide the best possible avenue for Coast cricketers to pursue their dreams of playing at the highest level.

“I have always tried to do the best by the Coast and believe in our players.

“We have a new captain Angus Lovell, who takes over from Peter Dein. He will captain all three formats and he had a tremendous season for us last year.

“He is another Sunshine Coast junior like Nick Selman who is looking to make a career out of cricket, and we have been trying our best to give him that opportunity.”

Phil Dillon is the editor of wicketsandpickets.com

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“We live by the ocean and it’s a pretty important part of our lifestyles. Everyone loves jumping in the water every day. It’s really good for your mental health and to have that bit of exercise,” he said.

URFING played a key role in the health and wellbeing for many of us during the height of coronavirus lockdowns this year, but the sport hasn’t escaped the effects of the pandemic that forced the cancellation of key events including the 46th annual Pa and Ma Bendall Memorial Contest.

“With the shutdown of a lot of the gyms and sporting events the numbers in the surf have increased dramatically. We’ve definitely seen a huge increase. It’s been very busy.

Windansea Boardriders president Terry Landsberg said the event, traditionally held over the Easter long weekend at Moffat Beach, is one of the most important events in the state’s surfing calendar.

“We’ve had a few low pressure systems spinning up and that has attributed to a few little ground swells and one big one where we were fortunate to get a couple of good days. It’s been a good start to this year with a very consistent run of swell and light and favourable winds.”

“For us as a club, we always look forward to running it. It’s a wonderful event that brings not only people from across Queensland but interstate and even people from overseas compete in the event,” he said.

With restrictions easing, Windansea has resumed its monthly competitions and planning is underway for the Caloundra-based club’s 50th anniversary celebrations in November.

“The decision to cancel the event wasn’t taken lightly. It’s the longest running surfing event in Queensland, the second longest in Australia and I believe the third longest in the world.

“At this stage the reunion’s a goer,” Terry said. “We had our annual general meeting the other night and we were very mindful to have it out in the park. A lot of members are a little apprehensive in how we move forward. We’re very supportive of each other and we’re all concerned about everyone’s wellbeing.

“We were guided by Surfing Queensland, who did advise us all competitions were to cease. In turn, we stopped running our monthly club competitions as well.”

Terry, who is also the Councillor for Division 2, said the combination of limited sporting and exercise options and favourable weather conditions have resulted in a busy past few months on the water.

Lillly Branger surfing the waves.

“I think we’re all in a stage where we just want to see the other side of this downturn. You’ve got to be positive in life, look to the future and care for each other.”

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