Sunny Coast Times May 2021

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FROM CALOUNDRA TO NOOSA ISSUE #10 May 19 – June 15, 2021

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Work of local children’s author to be beamed from space: Pages 10 – 11

PLUS Celebrating our seniors Pages 34-35

Smooth moves

Man on the land

Taste for success

Dance nights helping people overcome stress

Digital guru brings a fresh approach to farming

Three generations of Noosa restaurateurs

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FROM THE EDITOR

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eading is one of those very few activities that not only entertains us but is also hugely beneficial for our brains. The scientific evidence behind its positives is overwhelming: increased intellect, improved memory and focus, reduced stress – the list goes on.

With two young daughters, books are strewn (often quite literally) around our house. As parents, we strongly believe in the importance of reading to children to help their development.

One of my eldest daughter’s favourite books has always been Mopoke by Philip Bunting. A gift from her uncle, it is a whimsical picture book that joyfully plays on words and is accompanied by charming illustrations. Since then, Philip’s work has been a firm favourite in our house.

Unbeknown to me until very recently, Philip is actually based here on the Sunshine Coast. When I reached out to him to see if he’d like to be in a story, he told me about his work being read from space as part of the National Simultaneous Storytime. The planets aligned (so to speak) and this month he is featured as our cover story (see pages 10-11).

Speaking of all things literary, the Sunny Coast Times is continuing to receive great interest in the Poets’ Corner section. It’s wonderful to see the talents of our local poets across a variety of genres. Unfortunately we now receive so many submissions we can’t include them all, but rest assured they are all read and appreciated. You can read this month’s Poets’ Corner on p33.

From the team here, we hope you enjoy all this month’s features and regular columns. And, just as importantly, if you’ve picked up a hard copy, we hope you enjoy reading it in its printed form and appreciate the benefits that brings.

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Dance all your troubles away

by CHRIS GILMORE

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ife’s stresses getting you down? Try letting go of your inhibitions and losing yourself in the rhythm and beat of music, thanks to a group of like-minded people who meet for a weekly boogie.

No Lights No Lycra is your chance to dance it out in the dark for an hour each week without judgment or being selfconscious.

The founders of the Caloundra group, Theresa Malin and Margaux Ellis, say it is a chance to express yourself in whatever way you feel. Not only can you shake out your stresses to an eclectic range of music, they say it is also a great workout.

“We come solo or with friends, but when we are in the space we dance independently and get in our own groovy zone without chatting so we can lose ourselves in the music,” Theresa says. “Of course, clapping, whooping, cheering and singing along are all welcome.”

While the Caloundra group has only been running since November, No Lights No Lycra has been operating worldwide for more than 10 years in places including London, New York and Mumbai. So what inspired Theresa and Margaux to start it up?

“For the joy of dancing in the dark!” Margaux says. “We both had been to other No Lights No Lycras in Mountain Creek, Melbourne and as far away as Brooklyn. We were both looking for a long time to set one up in Caloundra so we could attend ourselves and were put in touch via a venue inquiry. Starting one together made it much more manageable outside of our day jobs.”

The organisers say they take turns to create the playlists, which cater to all tastes, and participants are even encouraged to request a favourite song.

“Lots of our tunes are ones you know like ’70s, ’80 and ’90s favourites, but there’s also super-new stuff plus some random old musical numbers and Bollywood hits,” Theresa says. “It is about letting go to the music so it is not important you know all the songs, it’s about letting your body move to the rhythm and beat. But it is fun when your song comes on – we take several requests every week.

Margaux adds: “You'll often hear Theresa giggling on the dance floor at one of my random funky selections.

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The Caloundra group is a “drug, alcohol and douchebagfree zone” for men and women of all abilities, and ages range from the 20s to 70s.

Theresa and Margaux do warn that some songs contain swear words or adult concepts and may not be suitable for young ears.

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igital design entrepreneur Ben Johnston is conquering a brave new world of farming.

At age 37, Ben is a refreshing Gen Y breed of “man on the land” – one who brings an accomplished business nous and professional approach, without being tied to traditional farming methods of generations of farmers before him.

As such, The Falls Farm he operates with his long-time partner Jess Huddart and their extended families at Mapleton is far from your average producer.

For starters, you may not have heard of many of the wide varieties of fruit, vegetables and herbs grown there.

You might be surprised to realise seasonal crops include exotic cucamelon (Mexican sour gherkins), betel leaf, Brazilian spinach, kang kong water spinach, ping tung long aubergine, red okra, tromboncino (a type of squash), costa romanesque zucchini, black krim tomato, chioggia beetroot, Tahitian lime, Buddha’s hand lemon and snake bean.

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“It’s great for us because we don’t go through any middle man. We have that direct relationship with them, which means that on their menus, they know where it’s come from – the provenance.

“So they’ll often say (on the menus) ‘This is The Falls Farm beetroot’ or something like that and that then adds to their narrative as well.

“So it goes both ways and it gets our brand recognition as well.”

All produce is picked 24-48 hours prior to delivery twice a week to lock in the freshness and flavour.

“It’s just grown from word of mouth between the chefs and that’s something we’re pretty proud of,” Ben says on a tour of the “gardens”, as he calls them.

“They’re obviously recommending based on the quality of the food and the fact is we’ll

get the orders in from the chefs on Sunday evening, or we try to, and then we’ll pick all day Monday.

“It literally goes out of the garden into the cold room and it’s on their door at midday Tuesday, and so there’s that freshness of the food obviously from a taste perspective but a longevity perspective too.

“It’s not going to Rocklea markets (in Brisbane) and being triple-handled.”

Spring asparagus is the farm’s largest crop, with 1200 head in season from September to November.

But the more exotic plants and fruit trees are in demand because few farms, if any, in Queensland grow them.

In the orchard, for example are yuzu: an Asian citrus delicacy with nasty spikes.

And while The Falls has only about 20

plants, Ben adds that “no one grows them on any scale in Queensland”.

Their very distinctive taste isn’t quite orange or lime but it is sought-after for cocktails and desserts. Up the road, Brouhaha craft brewery has used it in one of its beers.

Ben pauses the farm tour to pick some tamarillos straight from the branch and share their sweet taste – a cross between a tomato and passionfruit with an inedible, thicker skin than a tomato.

The insides are great to be eaten on their own like a fruit, put in a salad with tossed kale, feta and nuts, or maybe used in a salsa with oven-fried kale.

While most produce in the 21st century is grown for the look and shelf life, Ben is using the best scientific knowledge and technology available to get back to basics with our food.

He is passionate about regenerative farming practices: a holistic approach that starts with soil health and understanding soil’s microbial make-up.

“Everything comes back to that: how that then relates to the quality of the food that you’re growing; the nutrient density,” he says.

“There’s technology coming out that surrounds being able to understand and measure the nutrient density of food and that allows a couple of things: it allows you to tell whether it’s got any chemicals in the make-up – and this will be consumer-grade technology – and also then essentially how tasty it’s going to be from the nutrients.”

Ben believes regenerative farming practices are vital not only for growing produce for taste and health benefits but also as a

potential driver to reduce the effects of climate change.

It’s certainly been a steep learning curve for him.

Born into a family of artists, the former Flaxton lad started his working life as a graphic designer and established his credentials as a digital design entrepreneur (now with studios in Brisbane and the US) through Josephmark, which takes on big digital projects and platform web design.

But he and Jess (his first employee in the digital business) wanted to escape the international rat race and get their hands dirty in the rich soils of the Blackall Range.

Their beautiful property with a backdrop of gum trees now provides the wholesome, more down-to-earth life for them and daughters Florence, 3, and Juniper, 6 months.

“It balances. I was spending time in boardrooms and in front of a computer but I grew up with hands in the soil in the bush and there was just that yearning,” Ben says.

He leaves most of the day-to-day running of his design business, with a staff of 35, in good hands under management but laughs that he could be taking a call with a major client in the US while wearing Blundstone boots and a soil-stained shirt after driving around an excavator all day.

Both sets of parents have taken on roles to help The Falls Farm succeed – from bookkeeping and maintenance to babysitting and the myriad other little jobs that need doing.

Ben’s mum, internationally recognised artist Christine Ballinger, acts as farm manager, bringing with her a background in science, education, the arts and arts management, but also a long-held love for growing food as a hobby.

So there’s certainly never a dull moment for Ben in his life, Mark II, as a farmer, surrounded by family. And you get the feeling he wouldn’t want it any other way.

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Restaurateur Luc Turschwell in his son’s restaurant serving up his famous boulloubaise

Hospitality pedigree continues

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t’s lunchtime at Bombetta restaurant in Noosa Junction and sitting around the table is Noosa food royalty – Luc Turschwell, his son Pascal and teenage grand-daughter Anais.

If you don’t know the Turschwell name, you’ll certainly know the restaurants: Belmondos, Cafe le Monde, Gaston, La Sabia, Ricky’s, Gaston II and, most recently, Bombetta.

The restaurant is virtually an extension of the family home where you’ll find Pascal and Kristie, as well as Anais, serving customers and delivering that personal service the family is so famous for. Today they’re all happy to sit around the table to talk food.

Patriarch of the family, Luc has been in the kitchen all morning preparing his famous bouillabaisse and he brings it out in the oversized pot it was cooked in.

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by Pascal’s childhood mate Dan Learoyd, who has also joined us for a bite to eat.

Forty years ago, Luc was among the trailblazers of Hastings St, including Leonie Palmer and Pierre Otth, who helped put the emerging region on the map.

Luc arrived in Noosa in the late 1970s with his wife and two young children, originally planning a quick stop-off on a road trip from Sydney to Darwin, before heading through Asia back to his home in France.

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restaurant. But Luc’s place was very different.

And he called it Belmondos.

“We put our heart and soul into it. We had handmade pottery by Michael Pugh in the restaurant because we thought it would be better than ordinary plates,” Luc says.

“We had a Moroccan room, outside seating which they didn’t like at first because nobody had ever done it in Queensland, and a view to the beach.

“When you walked down the street you could smell all these new things because I would use chilli and olive oil and garlic.”

And what was the most popular dish on the menu? The bouillabaisse, of course.

One busy night, a table of 10 turned up.

It was another milestone evening that would change his fortunes – and that of Noosa – forever. Among the hungry diners was food and wine writer for The Australian newspaper, Len Evans.

“That night it was very busy. It was noisy and full of people and I had no idea who was at a table of 10 people … for me they were tourists, I looked at them the same way as everyone,” Luc says. “The following weekend in The Australian there were two pages on Belmondos.

“That did it for us and from then on it was ‘whoosh’ ... we became famous overnight.”

Luc didn’t have formal kitchen qualifications but took inspiration from his childhood.

“My mother was an amazing cook,” he says. “She was the best of the best and I used a lot of that (lived experience) from my origins growing up in north Africa in a French colony.”

As much as Luc says he didn’t want his children following in his footsteps, the pride he has for Pascal’s achievements are clearly evident.

“It’s a tough business.

Very tough. I didn’t want my children to go into restaurants,” he says with a shrug of the shoulders.

“But they make their own choices.”

Funnily enough, Pascal says that of his own children even though both have plenty of experience on the floor while still at high school.

“Anais helps us out in the restaurant, especially on school holidays. Zara used to too, but she’s working at Sum Yung Guys now,” he says.

“I don’t want them to go into the restaurant business, hopefully they won’t.

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in mining – he’s a geologist – and the other has a doctorate. And I was the sucker who stayed in restaurants, but I don’t regret it.

“I saw how hard my parents worked and all the nights … that wasn’t normal so I never really wanted to do that.”

Instead, he did a Bachelor of Business and paid his way through uni by working in restaurants.

“I felt comfortable. Three restaurants and

one catering company later, we’ve been pretty successful,” he says.

Pascal and his wife Kristie opened Bombetta in 2017 after selling Gaston II in Hastings St. While Pascal doesn’t see his daughters following in his footsteps and entering the restaurant business, if history tells us anything it’s that children make their own choices in life.

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Author shoots for the stars

by CHRIS GILMORE

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he work of an award-winning Sunshine Coast children’s author and illustrator is about to quite literally blast off to a whole new level.

Philip Bunting’s book Give Me Some Space! will be read from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Shannon Walker to more than a million children around Australian and New Zealand as part of the annual National Simultaneous Storytime.

The Eumundi-based author, whose books are filled with witty words and playful pictures, says the opportunity to have his work read from space came simply from good fortune.

“Each year an Australian author is selected to create and read a picture book to as many children around the country as possible, simultaneously,” Philip says. “The idea to extend National Simultaneous Storytime to the International Space Station was the brainchild of the Australian Libraries and Information Association and the publisher, Scholastic. I was just in the right place at the right time – pure luck, as with most things in life!”

Give Me Some Space! follows space-obsessed Una on her mission to leave Earth behind as she tries to discover life

in space. Philip, a father-of-three, thoroughly researches all the topics he writes about, so for this book he collaborated with a NASA astronaut.

“I spend my days around a few space cadets of a different kind, so working with a NASA astronaut was a real treat,” he says. “NASA were keen to keep the fictional narrative as true to real life as possible, without tinkering with the plot. So their input was largely minor adjustments to the non-fiction facts that are scattered throughout the book.

“I guess NASA’s most significant change was to the way Una initially escapes the Earth’s gravitational field and into space. The original story saw her take off in a giant weather balloon filled with hot air from talk-back radio. Very wisely, NASA were having none of this, and quite rightly insisted that the only way Una could reach space was in a rocket. So we made that change. The fact Una’s space helmet is explicitly an upturned fish bowl was fine. And

also she reaches the Kuiper belt at the edge of the solar system in a sweet 20 pages or so – that’s a journey that would actually take around 10 years at the rate of one million miles per day. That was fine too.”

The 38-year-old has been publishing picture books since his debut four years ago with Mopoke, which was created for his young daughter.

“I began writing and creating picture books quite by accident,” he says. “Mopoke was my first attempt, which was published all the way back in 2017. It was created as a gift for my little girl, Florence. I had it printed and bound as a one-off by a photo-book printer.

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“It was my better half Laura who twisted my arm and convinced me to send it out to a few publishers. I printed eight copies and had eight offers to publish within a fortnight.

Mopoke won a few nods and gongs around Australia and around the world, which gave me further encouragement to try writing a few more.”

Originally from England, Philip lived in Sydney and Brisbane before settling in Eumundi in 2017.

“I grew up in England’s Lake District – literally just down the road from Mr McGregor’s Garden of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit fame, and a stone’s throw from Mrs Tiggy-Winkle’s place – and had a deep connection to the land, mountains, rivers and culture. While I haven't been here that long, I feel a similar connection to the places and people on the Sunny Coast. We are blessed to have an incredibly rich and diverse landscape to thrive in.

“The Lake District is a pretty tough, working-class rural area, now mainly farming and tourism, but the arts are held in pretty high esteem there, and I’m sure growing up in The Lakes had a massive impact on the path that I’ve chosen to follow.”

Philip’s work has been published in more than 30 countries and he’s received recognition from organisations including the Children’s Book Council of Australia, as well as making the list for Britain’s Kate Greenaway Medal. And he is hoping to add to the accolades later this year.

“My fingers and toes are currently crossed for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards. My book Not Cute made the shortlist for the Picture Book of the Year 2021. The winners are announced on August 20 – so wish me luck!”

But Philip says his enjoyment in creating books comes not from awards but from doing something he’s passionate about every day.

“Beyond my little family, my proudest achievement is being able to work a job that I love,” he says. “I worked hard to get to where I am via slightly less fulfilling careers, but I know there has been a great deal of luck involved too. We spend a ridiculous proportion of our lives at work, and so to have a job that both pays the bills and provides meaning and inspiration is priceless. As a parent, I will do my very best to ensure my three kids follow their own paths to similarly fulfilling careers in whichever disciplines float their little boats.

“I fell into this line of work but I love the whole process.

I always say that I have more fun making my money than I do spending it.”

He also loves how books can bring people together.

“I like the idea of books providing a platform for connection between generations,” he says. “Books are a

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500-year-old technology, but still there are few activities that we can engage children with that have the same connective qualities. The focus that books allow for – through the exchange of ideas, dialogue and even play – is hard to beat.

“Ultimately, my goal is to leave the world in better shape than it was when I got here. The best way I can do this, with my very limited skill set, is to synthesise the few little bits of wisdom I’ve picked up over the past few decades and package them in an entertaining way for the next generation.”

Philip has had more than 20 books published since his debut, with more to come in the months ahead.

“Me, Microbes and I will be published in June,” he says. “This one’s a mosey around the microbial world to meet a few of the microscopic friends, foes, fun guys and fartmongers you never knew you had.

“The World’s Most Pointless Animals will be published in July. This one is an 80-page compendium of some of Mother Nature's most questionable creations.

“And I am also working with the Sunshine Coast Council at the moment to create new artwork for one of their Story Seats in Kenilworth.”

He has also recently worked with council on a new kidsonly library card. The card design features a creature created by Philip called the Pythonidae Bookmunchii Sunnycoastius, more commonly known as the Common Bookeater Python.

“I hope that my silly illo will help to encourage a few more Sunny Coast kids to join the library, and check out the amazing resources our libraries provide – for free!” Philip says.

“I should warn you, however, that the Common Bookeater Python (Pythonidae Bookmunchii Sunnycoastius) is a particularly persistent predator, and they get especially hungry at this time of the year … so keep your books close.

“I have worked with Sunshine Coast libraries on a number of projects now, and they are wonderful to work with. Our libraries are excellent thanks to the dedication of their staff, and so I’m always keen to help contribute to their ongoing success however I can.”

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family’s terrifying ordeal with a critically ill two-year-old has seen them throw their full support behind Wishlist’s latest project on the Sunshine Coast.

On February 5, the Goodrich family’s daughter Charli, 2, suffered a collapsed lung, which prompted an emergency helicopter flight from Kingaroy Hospital to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Charli’s mum Letisha Goodrich said that in the week leading up to the hospital trip there were no major warning signs and Charli was given the “all clear” after multiple visits to the doctor.

“Charli’s health continued to deteriorate on the first night at SCUH and we learned she also had respiratory syncytial virus and pneumonia,” she said.

Charli was put onto life support as her little body started “shutting down” and was then flown to the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane for critical care.

“Doctors later told us while Charli was on life support and in surgery at the Children’s Hospital that she was battling sepsis, which is an extreme immune response to an infection and can be fatal,” Mrs Goodrich said.

“It’s a frightening sight to see your daughter with all these tubes attached to her and knowing there is very little my husband and I could do.”

Charli spent a week in critical care hooked up to life-saving machines to keep her heart beating, and a further two weeks on a machine to support her lungs.

On March 9, the toddler was transferred back to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital for care, which was when Mrs Goodrich and her husband were able to stay at Wishlist House in Birtinya.

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“We live three hours away in Kingaroy which made it impossible for us to travel back and sleep in our own bed,” Mrs Goodrich said.

Wishlist’s latest project is the Wishlist Centre, with construction on the four-level facility to be built opposite SCUH to start in the coming months. It will provide 18 self-contained rooms to support patients and families who need to be close to SCUH for ongoing treatment.

Wishlist CEO Lisa Rowe said a $12 million Federal Government grant would fund stage one of the Wishlist Centre, however more funding was needed for the fit-out before opening in late 2022.

“Additional funding is needed to ensure Wishlist Centre is a comfortable and supportive environment for patients and their families during an ongoing health crisis,” Ms Rowe said.

“Our current accommodation facilities – Reed House and Wishlist House – are increasingly busy, especially with patients and family members from Kingaroy, Gympie, Cooloola, Maryborough and surrounds.”

Thankfully Charli is now back at home in Kingaroy learning to walk, talk and eat again. She is expected to make a full recovery in the next 12 months.

“Wishlist House was a godsend for our family and provided comfort and stability during our darkest days,” Mrs Goodrich said.

“I see so many posts on Facebook and hear that families are struggling going back and forth to see loved ones who need treatment on the Sunny Coast.

“Not many know about the wonderful work Wishlist does and what they offer families needing somewhere closer to stay and have peace of mind knowing they are closer to loved ones.”

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Watching the Coast grow

Murrays staff and partners from the Sunshine Coast, Caboolture, Gympie and Roma offices, including long-time employee Jenelle Boyle (third from left)

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lot has changed on the Sunshine Coast in the past four decades – just ask Jenelle Boyle.

Jenelle has worked with Nambour-based surveying and town planning firm Murray & Associates for the past 42 years, and later this year she will help the business mark 75 years since its founding.

“The Sunshine Coast is more a northern suburb of Brisbane now,” Jenelle says. “With the changing Bruce Highway, Brisbane is only a stone’s throw away compared with what seemed like an eternity to get there in the early ’70s.”

It’s a sentiment echoed by director and principal town planner Blake Bell, who has been with the business for 19 years.

“I have witnessed the transition from being primarily a tourist destination to now being recognised as a prosperous economy for business, investment and employment on the back of major infrastructure projects within our region,” he says.

“Importantly, the Sunshine Coast has retained its natural beauty, lifestyle and natural environment and beaches that we all enjoy and draw us to the region.”

Murray & Associates officially reaches the 75-year milestone in October, but a celebration was held at Pier 33 in Mooloolaba on May 7. The business was founded in Nambour in 1946 by Fred Murray, although Blake says the Murray family’s association with surveying dates back much further than that.

“James Nicholas Murray served in World War I and was responsible for surveying the trenches and tunnels in the steep

slopes above Anzac Cove,” he says. “Since then the Murray family have all been involved in the field of surveying over four generations, through Fred Murray, Mark Murray and sons Jack and Toby Murray.”

Fred Murray was a prominent figure in the region, serving as a councillor and chairman of Maroochy Shire, and later being awarded an OBE for his commitment to the community. He was also the president of the Society of Registered Surveyors.

Jenelle says the business has a proud history serving the Coast and has helped shape the region.

“There are not too many areas within the Sunshine Coast where you won’t find a survey plan which has been either signed by Fred himself, or a staff member – particularly prior to probably the ’90s. There were not a lot of survey firms on the

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Coast when I commenced in 1979.”

Associate and registered cadastral surveyor Kyle Kenna, an employee of 12 years, says the business has forged many connections around the Coast.

“The firm was the first surveying company on the Sunshine Coast,” he says. “Fred started the firm and was very influential in the Sunshine Coast community. A lot of surveyors have worked

at Murray & Associates throughout the years and have gone on to start their own firms on the Coast. There are always people at different job sites coming up and saying they either used to work at Murrays or they know someone that has worked at Murrays. I believe it is important to build on the legacy as the company has had a major influence in shaping the Sunshine Coast and will continue to do so.”

Since its founding all those years ago, Murray & Associates has been involved in many of the biggest projects on the Coast, for both private and government clients. But Blake pays special tribute to one of the Coast’s most prominent figures.

“I have enjoyed working on a vast array of projects for Mal Pratt (Pratt Property Group) who has been a mentor to me, from a young planner to where I am today, and respect what he does for the local community,” he says. “This involves a range of projects including retirement facilities, shopping centres, office towers and various projects for the Maroochy Surf Club and the Mal Pratt Youth Development Foundation. I also find it fulfilling assisting worthy causes such as the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.”

The business now has offices in Nambour, Maroochydore, Caboolture, Gympie, Chinchilla, Roma and Emerald and employs 44 staff – 33 as surveyors, survey assistants, town planners or drafters, and 13 in administration and operations. It maintains its head office in Currie St, Nambour, where it has been since the mid-1970s.

Staff have also showed remarkable loyalty: almost half of employees have been there more than 10 years, and a quarter of them have been there more than 20 years.

Blake puts this down to the workplace environment that has been nurtured at Murrays.

“There is a ‘family’ culture at Murray & Associates and we like the workplace to be enjoyable and fun at the same time,” he says. “I think the culture and workplace environment has a lot to do with loyalty and the hard work that all staff put in for the company.”

Jenelle, of course, has shared an office with more than her fair share of colleagues.

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“I’ve seen a lot of staff come and go, quite often to further their career, however, there is certainly a longevity regarding employment – look at me!” she says.

“We’ve had long-serving staff, definitely, but there’s also been the repeat offenders – quite a few have gone and returned, on more than one occasion.

“As with most businesses, there is certainly more leniency now in working hours, particularly for parents and carers, where management acknowledges that working hours need to allow for flexibility. There are not too many employees who wouldn’t find themselves needing to adjust their working day at some time.”

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The list of benefits for drinking organic wine are long: no harmful chemicals, fewer sulphites, less added sugar, fewer additives, hangovers are not as bad, higher concentrations of antioxidants.

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I compared three easy-to-find brands: Farm Hand 2020 Organic Cabernet ($14-17), Hear No Evil 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon ($16-20) and Nature’s Harvest 2020 Organic Shiraz ($12-13).

The hardest part was looking past the vintage year on the label. I generally prefer a bit of age on my reds, but with the limited range of organics I had no choice. Note to self: set a few bottles aside to drink at a later date.

An older organic wine won’t necessarily go bad faster, although the lack of sulphites that act as a stabiliser might mean it reaches its peak drinking time sooner. Ageing well is more to do with the tannins, which organic wines still contain. Tannins give wine a sharp tang so young wines will have a harsh flavour, but after a few years that same wine becomes more mellow as the tannins break down. As long as any red wine is kept sealed, cool and dark it shouldn't ever go "bad".

Farm Hand 2020 Organic Cabernet blends shiraz/syrah and cabernet sauvignon grapes to produce a rich, dry red that fills your nose with the scent of ripe berries. Better with food, such as steak or roast lamb, it’s easy on the palate.

The Nature’s Harvest Shiraz definitely benefitted from being decanted and left for a day before drinking. It gave the wine time to become rounder in the mouth to release the full flavours of spicy plum with hints of pepper. That being said, it is completely acceptable to take to a barbecue and, as with any of these wines, there’s no big hangover the following morning.

By far my favourite of the three was the Hear No Evil 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, which also came in at a slightly higher price. Full of blackberry, plum and cedarwood spice, it’s softer on the tannins and has a lingering finish. So perhaps just one extra year in the bottle does make a difference.

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n the world of craft beer, the term collaboration will prick ears with anticipation as it usually means two breweries have come together to make an exciting new beer that may never be made again.

For Brouhaha Brewery’s first birthday there was a collaboration featuring four local breweries who all had a hand in deciding the recipe for a limited-release pale ale.

Renowned interstate and international breweries also regularly collaborate by partnering up with local Aussie breweries to make a unique beer that encapsulates the skills of both brewers. Moffat Beach Brewing Co recently teamed up with Deep Creek Brewing in New Zealand. Both breweries have made award-winning IPAs so when you put two hop heads together, it’s no wonder the final product was an amazing west coast style IPA called Hazard Reduction.

But collaboration isn’t just limited to getting two breweries together, it can be a business from a completely different industry. Take the recent collaboration between Eumundi Brewery and Bundaberg Rum for example. They teamed up to make the Eu-Bundy IPA with beer from Eumundi blended with a limited-release Bundaberg Rum. Bundy Rum fans lined up to buy this one in droves and locals also snapped it up in record time.

Eumundi Brewery is also currently running a promotion asking for the public to weigh in and suggest which beer they make next.

Whether it’s to create a beer together or to support a local business or good cause, collaboration can be a great

opportunity to connect to a larger audience and build strong business partnerships instead of treating them purely as competition.

This month sees our business hit the magic five-year mark of running brewery tours on the Sunshine Coast. I can still remember when I had the idea to start the business and told a mate of mine. His response was, “Does the Sunshine Coast even have one brewery, let alone enough to necessitate a brewery tour business?” (Wayne’s World fans will know that reference.)

We’ve enjoyed five years of educating locals and visitors on different beer styles, local stories and plenty of good times.

This year we decided to celebrate our birthday by doing something a little different and collaborate with a relative newcomer to the region, Aquaduck. That’s right, we are taking a brewery tour on the water in their awesome machine. This unique birthday tour will kick off at 2.30pm on Sunday, May 30, and take us on a cruise through the Mooloolaba canals while enjoying a few local beers. The Aquaduck will then drop us off to Blackflag Brewing where the birthday celebrations will continue.

Wearing my tourism hat I know all too well how much our region needs to work together to ensure we are a sought-after destination with great things to offer visitors. Collaborating with other local businesses on the Sunshine Coast is one sure way to help make that happen. We have been collaborating with local breweries for five years and that has made our industry so much stronger.

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Unitywater is delivering the local adaptation of the program through Gibber Educational and Smart Approved WaterMark as part of its drought response.

Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, Walter Smart and Friends is a high-energy 40-minute performance about water use and waste, featuring original music and songs, costumes, comedy and multimedia.

The program is being delivered to 20 schools in Unitywater’s catchment across the Sunshine Coast, Noosa and Moreton Bay. Unitywater executive manager customer and community Katherine Gee said she hoped the program would provide the next generation with information about water conservation in a fun and entertaining way.

“We’re proud to pioneer this new approach to getting children excited about the water cycle and conservation, and empower them to use what they need and never waste it,” she said.

“We hope they’ll take their learnings home and pass on some good water-saving reminders to their parents, carers and friends.”

Gibber performer Phoebe Tweddle said it was rewarding performing in a show that had such an important message behind it.

“It’s great to work with young people and really instill those good habits at the start,” she said.

“The biggest thing is how much of a difference individuals can make and how small things add up.

“Having it through song and through dance, that kind of repetition is a really great way for them to have fun while they are learning all of those key points.”

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Design students named as finalists

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proposal for dissolvable cutlery has seen three Year 9 students at Matthew Flinders Anglican College selected as finalists in the 2021 Sunshine Coast Telstra Innovation Awards.

Students Henri, Jessica and Lorenzo, who are part of the school’s Innovation Club, hope the idea will solve the significant environmental problem of plastic cutlery used for takeaway meals and eating out.

The awards aim to encourage innovation and creativity, and teach students new skills relevant to industry and critical thinking.

As finalists, the students have access to four weeks of virtual mentoring sessions with entrepreneurs and industry experts.

On June 23, the 12 finalist teams will present their developed concept in a live ‘pitch’ to the evaluation panel, from which the winner will then be announced.

The students’ design is timely as the Australian government prepares to ban the supply of single-use cutlery from September 1 this year.

MFAC head of technologies Natalle Sutton

said it was exciting for students to be given real-world opportunities to explore new interests and develop their passions.

“The Innovation Club aims to give our students ownership over their projects as they learn how to use critical thinking, creativity, problem solving and collaboration throughout the design process,” she said.

“Aside from having a lot of fun together, students are also finding that these skills are important and adaptable to support any subject area.”

The students’ design proposal is to use a water-soluble, biodegradable PVA filament to 3D-print cutlery and other plastic products as an alternative to single-use plastic utensils.

The printer filament is environmentally friendly, non-toxic and dissolves in water. This means that instead of adding to landfill once it has been used, 3D-printed items will dissolve in natural moisture, thus becoming a liquid.

“Our idea has the potential to be vital to Australian communities and businesses who will need to provide alternate products,” Henri said.

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HISTORY

Celebrating a church centenary

The Yandina Baptist Church today. Photo courtesy of Ron Buchanan

HISTORY

by LEE GOLEBY Genealogy Sunshine Coast

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Church members Nellie Collie, Lottie Ensbey and Amy Hirst in Melbourne to attend the 1938 Christian Endeavour Convention.

Photo courtesy of Margaret Colley

n January 1921 the Baptists in Yandina achieved a goal they had been working towards for 10 years: their own church building. Since the first official Baptist service in Yandina in January 1911, the congregation had been holding services in other church buildings or in private homes. Then, in 1921, the Rev Thomas Uren Symonds, of the Baptist Home Mission, acquired the Pomona Union Church building, which was transported to Yandina to be used by the Baptist Church. The official opening of the building was in March 1921. The Yandina Baptist Church was officially constituted in June that year.

The Yandina Baptist Church centenary weekend will be held on June 5-6. On the Saturday from 1.30pm there will be a book launch and special guest speaker. The Sunday will include the centenary worship service with guest preacher Pastor Jason Elsmore, the director of movement for Queensland Baptists, followed by a light lunch. A history display with a range of photographs, documents and memorabilia will be open both days.

A stunning banner featuring historical photos has been created by the craft group for the occasion. Several other artworks are planned to mark the event.

The 70-page centenary book Harvesting a Century of Life: Yandina Baptist Church 1921-2021, compiled by the centenary committee, traces the life of the church from when the first

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The 2021 centenary banner displayed by Cathy Stone and Pauline Gray. Photo courtesy of Lee Goleby

Baptist families settled in the Yandina area in 1910, to the present time. Information has come primarily from newspaper items, Baptist Church Archives Queensland, Yandina Baptist Church archives and personal memoirs. It is a significant publication, being the first detailed compilation about the history of Yandina Baptist Church.

The book tells of the Baptist Home Mission in the area, the progress of the Yandina Baptist Church over time, the lives of the pastors that marked that progress, the church buildings, the groups such as Sunday school, Christian Endeavour, the Ladies' Guild and CIYA (Connections in Yandina Area), and finally memories contributed by some current and past members. Subheadings, photographs and excerpts make the book suitable for browsing as well as in-depth reading.

For many years the Yandina Baptist Church was part of a wider district church that included Nambour and Maroochydore.

The centenary book will, therefore, be of interest to church members from these locations as well. A church does not exist in isolation, but as a part of a community, and so the centenary book contributes to the written history of Yandina and the Sunshine Coast.

To keep up-to-date with the schedule for the centenary celebration, visit yandinabaptist.org/centenary-celebrations.

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Suburb a long-time favourite

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It is well serviced by shops both ‘on top’ around King St, as well as around North Buderim, Wises Rd and Mountain Creek.

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Vegepods make growing plants much simpler

The Garden Shed Nursery and Cafe owners Dave Jarrett and Amanda Lamb with chef Adam Bradford-West

Garden team branching out

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acked by a team with a wealth of experience and expertise, the Garden Shed Nursery and Cafe has arrived at Flaxton – and, best of all, it’s chemical-free.

Dave Jarrett and Amanda Lamb are no strangers to running a nursery – they had an established set-up in Palmwoods before realising they needed a bigger space for their expanding business.

“My background is in farm management, helping property owners to improve their soil, water and plant health, because this work has a direct impact on the quality of the produce that we as consumers pick up at our local market,” says Dave, who is also an organic farm consultant.

“We noticed that home gardeners had many of the same questions and product needs as our organic farming clients, so Amanda and I took our farm-consulting model and started the original Garden Shed Nursery in the back blocks of Palmwoods in 2015.

“We cover everything from soil and plant health to creating chemicalfree food forests and self-sufficient vegetable gardens. We teach people about growing in small spaces, and offer soil testing as well.”

Amanda adds: “Our nursery supplies fruit trees, natives, flowers, giftware and hardware, alongside a knowledge centre that teaches an integrated approach to gardening and food production.”

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which is one of the simplest ways to get a healthy veggie garden started straight away. The team can help you select your Vegepod kit as well as sorting all your soil, plant nutrition and watering and drainage requirements. Patissier Aurelien Menuet with some of his mouth-watering creations There is also a shiny new Parisian-style cafe with indooroutdoor seating, run by experienced chef Adam Bradford-West.

“I share Dave and Amanda’s vision for quality produce, sourced from chemicalfree farms and served in unique Dave and environments,” says Adam, as he Amanda in serves a delicious, creamy housefront of the blend coffee called Botanique business – French for botany, and a nod to the previous French owners.

“Together with patissier Aurelien Menuet, I have created a menu inspired by Flaxton’s mix of farmland and coastal views, and will be serving both breakfast and lunch options using locally sourced meats, fruit and vegetables from regional farms.

“Aurelien is designing a French patisserie range with an Australian twist that you will not have seen before.”

The Garden Shed Nursery and Cafe is a perfect pairing of food, plants and knowledge, with the cafe officially opening in early May. “Amanda, I and the whole team look forward to welcoming everyone to share our space and become part of our family,” Dave says.

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A rude awakening

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uring the 18-plus years I have had the pleasure of living on my property in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, I have studiously recorded sightings of the various birds that have honoured me with their presence. My bird list today numbers an impressive 164 species. Although not the rarest of my visitors, I take great satisfaction that, on a few occasions, the fascinating, nocturnal bush stone-curlew (Burhinas grallarius), also known as bush thick-knee, has made a visit.

Endemic to Australia, with the exception of a small breeding population in southern New Guinea, the bird’s stronghold is Queensland, especially the northern part, and in other states it is deemed vulnerable, threatened and even, in New South Wales, endangered. A visit by the bush stone-curlew is, therefore, rather special.

The birds are not migratory. Indeed, they are most reluctant to leave their chosen locality as evidenced by the efforts, several years ago, to remove a bird from the Maroochydore Rd soccer complex, only to find that the bird returned within a day. From time to time, however, possibly due to weather conditions, they may relocate and, quite recently, a pair of birds could be regularly seen amid the landscaping around the Noosa Civic shopping centre car park.

Slim and about 50cm long from tip of bill to end of tail, these very long-legged, ground-dwelling birds tend to remain inactive during the day, particularly favouring the protection offered by tall grasses or the shade at the base of large trees, where their camouflaging bark-like plumage provides the confidence they will remain undetected.

An environment that provides the range of amphibians, reptiles, insects and smaller mammals that form its diet, together with the protective vegetation, is where the female bird will choose to nest, although nesting is probably a misnomer. The two well-camouflaged

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Both parents then incubate for about four weeks during which, should a potential predator approach, the nesting parent will either “freeze” while covering the eggs, relying on its camouflaged plumage, or, if necessary, stand and raise its wings in an aggressive posture while simultaneously emitting a threatening harsh hissing sound to deter the wouldbe attacker. A successful hatching will see the young chicks walking within hours and fully grown after seven weeks, during which time they learn to mimic their parents in the “freezing” posture.

I became aware of the first arrival of our bush stone-curlew when, at 3am,

I was awakened by what sounded like a screaming banshee – the loud “weeloo” call being repeated over and over again. An almost full moon allowed me to tell that a pair of the birds had just alighted on the mowed grass at the side of the dam, some 100m from the house, an ideal site that would provide an abundant food source. Naturally, I hoped that the birds would stay around and possibly decide that this was an ideal location for nesting in the future.

Sadly this was not to be but there have, over the years, been several nights when the plaintive, eerie call has disturbed our slumber and I remain hopeful that, one day, a pair will remain and call our property home.

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Annual walk The Sunshine Coast Reconciliation Group’s annual Aunty Betty Memorial Walk will be held in Buderim on June 2.

Participants will meet traditional custodians the Kabi Kabi people at the corner of Lindsay Rd and Harrys Lane on Wednesday, June 2, for a guided walk in Buderim Forest Park from 10am-noon. A morning tea, dance and music will follow to celebrate Reconciliation Week.

Drink it in NightQuarter will host the fourth Craft Beer and Cider Festival from May 28-30. Festival-goers can try exclusive brews, ciders, cocktails and spirits, plus there will be food, live music and more. Visit nightquarter.com.au.

Long lunch The Paws for a Cause long lunch on May 29 will raise money for the Sunshine Coast Animal Refuge (SCARS).

Tickets for the three-course lunch in Buderim include all drinks. Visit sippycreek.com.au.

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Help for tourists

Unusual sight

More than 40 volunteers have put their hand up to man the new Caloundra Community Information Centre, which has officially opened on Bulcock St. The volunteers are ready to provide tourist information, directions and local event information.

“The Caloundra community expressed a need for an information centre and I’m extremely proud to be here to launch this important facility,” Councillor Terry Landsberg said.

It is the result of a partnership between Sunshine Coast Council, Caloundra Tourism, local businesses and volunteers.

It will operate from 9am-3pm Monday to Friday and 10am1pm weekends and public holidays.

Pictured are John Orning (Caloundra Tourism), Cr Landsberg and Brady Sillivan (Caloundra Chamber of Commerce) with volunteers.

Caloundra Evening VIEW Club has enjoyed a fun morning at Golden Beach, with 18 members donning ponchos and waiting for the pelicans to arrive.

Besides the pelicans wondering what a group of women was doing clad in purple, they did have the added bonus of bait fish that members brought along.

Lots of photographs were taken and one will be submitted to the national VIEW body for a competition and fundraiser. The local club’s theme was ‘Fun and frivolous’.

Caloundra Evening VIEW Club welcomes women who are interested in supporting education for disadvantaged local youth and friendship. Monthly dinner meetings include an interesting guest speaker.

Full bloom Caloundra Floral Art Society meets on the first Friday morning of each month at the Caloundra Indoor Bowling Association Hall at Burke St, Golden Beach, from 9am-noon. Phone 5437 2686 or 5444 4827.

Fine tuning Maroochy River Country Music Club holds practice nights on Thursdays at the Bli Bli hall, 87 Willis Rd, from 6.45pm for a 7pm start. $4 entry covers hall fees, with free tea and coffee.

Expo returns The 36th annual Queensland Garden Expo will take place from July 9-11 at the Nambour Showgrounds.

Event manager Marion Beazley said that while it was disappointing last year’s expo had to be cancelled, the resulting increase in people gardening provided an exciting opportunity for this year’s event to attract new visitors.

Oh my word The Buderim Craft Cottage will host a calligraphy and papercraft exhibition from June 5-13. Open 10am-2pm weekdays and 10am-3pm weekends. Entry is free.

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Nambour

Treasure trove

Invitation to visit

Now in its 30th year, Collectorama is more popular than ever.

With 150 dealers present, it is the place to acquire iconic pieces: an elegant lamp, storage trunk, vintage tablecloth, chandelier, interesting chair, tea-set, picnic basket, art glass or French wire conservatory furniture – who knows what will turn up on the day!

The next fair is on Saturday, May 29, from 7am-2pm at the Nambour Showground, which is weather friendly and has a relaxed country town ambience.

Admission is $6, parking is free. There’s food trucks, coffee and an ATM on-site. The fair supports local wildlife rescuers WILVOS. For more details phone Tom on 0418 744 887 or visit facebook.com/CollectoramaFair.

Pictured is long-time stall-holder Isobel.

With a motto of ‘Fun, friendship and fellowship’, the Probus Club of Currimundi invites retirees and seniors to come along to monthly meetings to get to know some of its friendly members.

As well as the monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, the club offers a range of regular activities such as golf, tennis, bowls, walking group, book club, craft group, day trips and more.

The next meeting is on June 9 at the Caloundra Indoor Bowls Club, Burke St, Golden Beach. Phone 0458 753 922 or visit probuscurrimundi.org for more information.

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Fundraising festival

If you’ve ever wanted to watch a helicopter water bombing, see firefighters respond to a blaze or observe a mock crash scene rescue, don’t miss the Emergency Services and Disaster Preparedness Expo.

The event will be held at the Sunshine Coast Stadium at Bokarina on Sunday, May 30, from 10am to 2pm.

“The expo will offer people of all ages the opportunity to both learn how to prepare for emergencies and see first-hand how emergency services personnel respond when the worst happens,” Mayor Mark Jamieson said.

Pictured are QFES Assistant Commissioner Gary McCormack, Cr Jamieson and QPS Inspector Mike Miley with emergency services mascots.

The Noosa Come Together Festival and Noosa Busking Championships return on June 5-6.

Now in its sixth year, the festival raises funds for Sailability, which teaches sailing skills to people with disabilities, as well as Riding for the Disabled and the Disabled Surfing Association.

The event, held on the Noosa River foreshore, includes an online auction, laser show, children’s rides, international food stalls, two music venues and more.

In 2019 the team raised more than $20,000.

The online auction depends on prizes donated from the community. For more details visit noosacometogether.com.au.

Peregian Beach Business Association is hosting Enchanted, to raise money for permanent lighting throughout the trees in the village, on May 22. The over-18 party will include music, roving entertainers, free drinks for the first hour and gourmet bush tucker. Tickets are $70 through Humanitix.

Craft exhibition The Buderim Craft Cottage’s Mixed Media Group is delighted to present its annual Mixed Media Exhibition at the centre’s independent gallery at 5 Main St, Buderim, from 10am-4pm on May 27-30. Visit buderimcraftcottage.com.au.

History chat Associate Professor Jon Prangnell will speak at Caloundra Family History’s general meeting on June 17 at 1.30pm via Zoom. His areas of interest include archaeology, heritage and museums. Visit caloundrafamilyhistory.org.au or phone 0409 932 229.

Food and fashion Buderim VIEW Club members have enjoyed a morning tea by Cafe 65 and fashion parade by Friends Boutique of Buderim. The club holds its lunch meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at Buderim Tavern.

Busy schedule Peregian Springs

Missing link

Awards recognition

A new two-metre-wide pathway stretching nearly 300m along Havana Road West in Peregian Springs is providing a key missing link for residents.

Division 9 councillor Maria Suarez said the new pathway, between Brushbox Way and the Sunshine Motorway, was a high priority given the number of people who used it, including Coolum State High School students.

“The footpath construction on Havana Road West will greatly increase the safety of all of our residents who walk, ride and scooter to school and nearby attractions,” Cr Suarez said.

Coolum State High School Principal Troy Ascott added: “Parents are extremely relieved and thankful that the footpath is now built.”

Pictured are Year 10 students Regan, Heidi and Ella with Mr Ascott.

Nominations are now open for the Sunshine Coast Community and Gala Awards.

The awards were founded by Danielle Trask, a mother of two and director of Katwalk for Kids Charity, to recognise local organisations that support individuals in need alongside their families.

There are multiple categories and judges include Chris Flannery from the Sunshine Coast Falcons, Mark Skinner from The Board Meeting Charity, MP Andrew Wallace, media personality Tam Wrigley (pictured right) and Ms Trask (pictured left).

The award winners will be announced at The Shed at Aussie World on August 21.

Nominations close on June 10. Visit sunshinecoastcommunityawards.com.au.

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Caloundra Evening VIEW Club members so far this year have enjoyed a friendship dinner, the AGM and an International Women's Day high tea, as well as monthly meetings. For more information phone 0428 136 308.

Monthly meet-ups Maroochydore VIEW Club meets for lunches on the fourth Friday of each month at the Maroochydore Surf Life Saving Club. To find out more phone 0418 793 906 or visit view.org.au.

All welcome Twin Waters VIEW Club meets on the second Thursday of each month at 11am for an 11.30am start at the Loose Goose Restaurant, Ocean Drive, Twin Waters. Phone 0409 585 487 or email twinwatersviewclub@gmail.com.

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inger-songwriter Felicity Urquhart and Waifs member Josh Cunningham are bringing their new album The Song Club to the Imperial Hotel at Eumundi on May 28.

Felicity has long been one of the best loved and most decorated country singersongwriters in Australia, while Josh is renowned as a member of the beloved and multi award-winning folk-rock trio.

Both have both enjoyed lengthy, successful, enduring musical careers. A collective haul of Golden Guitars, ARIA Awards, multi-platinum album sales and extensive touring over nearly three decades forms a body of work that serves as a ready definition of success.

In January 2020, Felicity and Josh were invited to join Song Club – a creative collective that tasked members with writing a song a week. This challenge gave the pair a lifeline to creativity and community as well as an abundance of new material, enough in fact to make a whole album, aptly titled The Song Club, out now via ABC Music.

Long-time admirers from afar of each other’s work, the pair consider it an honour to be creating music together.

“To harness our collective passion for story and song and get to tell our own story in the most personal way through the most personal medium we know is truly inspiring,” Josh says. “I can’t think of a time when I’ve felt such a need for the healing force of music.

The world seems to be groaning under the burden of upheaval on many fronts and while music doesn’t make hard realities disappear, it certainly softens them and provides an opportunity for folks to celebrate and come together. In the face of all that’s wrong in the world, music will always be right.”

Felicity adds: “Even though a destination may be unclear, being deeply rooted in the important fundamentals and having a true travelling companion gives a sense of confidence that you’re on the right path.”

Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets are $35 (plus booking fee) through Oztix. It is an 18plus event. No door sales.

THE JAZZ SESSIONS Beloved opera for great cause ‘World-class Jazz’ A $54 + bf, 2-course dinner and show

fter all that has happened since January 2020, it seems like a decade ago. But it was then that Australia’s worst recorded summer of bushfires devastated many communities on the east coast.

Shortly thereafter, the Maleny Singers decided to devote their annual musical production to support the Maleny Fire Brigade.

Of course, many community events were cancelled last year because of COVID, but the group is still keen to support our firefighters.

The group will perform The Yeomen of the Guard, one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s more durable comic operas, at the Maleny Community Centre on June 12 at 6.30pm and June 13, 19 and 20 at 2pm.

With long-time favourites Colin Dunn, Evalee Sharples and Viera Keogh in lead roles,

the singing should certainly be memorable. It should also be a great spectacle, with costumes coming from all over the country, many of them for free, as other communities join in to help the effort.

Critics say this is one of Arthur Sullivan’s best scores, and the storyline, although as full of quip and humour as ever, carries more emotional weight than others in the repertoire.

The Maleny Singers was formed in 2003 under the guidance of musical director Margaret Taylor. She started her career as a member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company before joining the English National Opera Company, with whom she sang 25 major roles.

For tickets visit trybooking.com/BPMNW. To join the Maleny Singers mailing list email malenysingers@gmail.com.

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The casts of (clockwise from main) The Truth About Camping, Embers and Carol’s Christmas.

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fter the successes of comedy A Turkey's Tail and musical Mamma Mia!, Noosa Arts Theatre is preparing to present its popular one-act play competition for the 44th year, with three great plays on the one program.

First up is The Truth About Camping, written by New South Welshman Gavin Critchley, which will remind you of all the joys of roughing it in the great outdoors. Putting up the tent (why does there always seem to be a few poles left over?), burning your meal on the camp fire, mozzies, sleeping bags that are either too hot or too cold ... and that's if you even find a level spot.

Next is Embers. When Dorothea Mackellar wrote "I love a sunburnt country" she wasn't pulling any punches. Most of us may know someone affected by the savage bushfires of 2020, or have had first-hand experience of their fury and unpredictability.

Noosa certainly got a huge scare as well. Written by Victorian Natalie Burns, Embers is an emotional roller-coaster that will leave you gasping as you come to terms with the all-consuming reality of bushfires and the unquenchable human spirit.

The final play is Carol’s Christmas … and what's not to love about Christmas? All that preparation; decorating the tree, the house, the front yard; buying that unique gift; and getting stuck talking to a slightly "merry" relative you only see once or twice a year. What about that turkey? Is it ready? But what happens when there is a an even bigger issue at hand? New Zealander Richard Harris has penned a yuletide romp with his one-act play that will leave you wanting seconds.

The theatre has been running the National One-Act Playwriting Competition since 1978. With the Nimmo Prize for

best play worth a cool $5000, it attracts entries from playwrights from all over Australia and many other countries. Scripts are judged anonymously by a professional panel of three industry experts. The finalists are selected on the quality of the writing, not on subject matter. The audience is also asked at each performance to vote for the Nancy Cato Audience Choice Award.

Presentation of awards takes place after the final performance.

Shows run from May 20-29, with both evening and matinee sessions. Tickets range from $23-$32. Visit noosaartstheatre.org.au or phone 5449 9343.

Small Talk promises big show

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ed by long-time doyen of double bass Peter Walters, Small Talk is an extraordinary collection of talent and creativity in improvisation and new music. But don't be swayed by the term “new”, as Peter’s group is rooted in the traditions of jazz, blues, latin and all things groove.

Small Talk will be performing on the Sunshine Coast at the Jazz Sessions on Sunday, June 20, from 6pm.

Augmented by the gorgeous singing style of Kristina Kelman, the evening will prove an exciting journey into jazz and creativity, soulful expression, charm and wit, and eclecticism.

Peter (pictured) has been at the forefront of jazz performance in Brisbane for more than two decades. As a bassist, he is highly sought after for his superb accompaniment of singers and instrumentalists alike. Classically trained by Ken Poggioli from the Queensland Symphony, he quickly established his jazz credentials with strong and imaginative playing.

He is a deft soloist, displaying a complete command of whatever style he is playing be it bebop, blues, rock, soul, latin, manouche

or contemporary jazz. He has backed some of Australia's finest jazz performers such as Kerry Biddell, Vince Jones, Wiley Reed, James Morrison and Don Burrows, as well as international artists Vanessa Rubin, Sheila Jordan, Johnny Griffin, Clifford Jordan, Annie Ross, Don Menzer, Richie Cole, Joachim Kuhn, Jason Rebello, Andreas Oberg and more.

Primarily a vehicle for Peter's compositions and arranging skills, Small Talk was formed after he discovered his masters student Dominic Kingsford was a fine bass player and composer. They collaborated on a two bass projects and now they are furthering the scope of their efforts into the quartet format.

Along with compelling arrangements of classic standards such as All Of You, Alice In Wonderland and Norwegian Wood, Peter has written some exciting small-group compositions.

Held at the Glass House Brewery in Forest Glen, a $54 ticket entitles you to a two-course dinner along with the show. Visit stickytickets. com.au/TheJazzSessions.

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The work of five female artists exploring the theme ‘landscape’ is gracing the Butter Factory Arts Centre at Cooroy.

The exhibition Landscape as Muse touches on topographies, environments, outlooks, views, perspectives, vistas and aspects.

The group show features two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks in a variety of media and styles.

The five artists (pictured) – Ann Brown, Kerry Harrison, Wendy Talbot, Sheena Walsh and Jo Williams – hail from the Fraser Coast.

Their work is running in the Butterbox alongside the Creamery and Foyer exhibition Let’s Play Wild, by Laura Vecmane and Ketakii Jewson-Brown. The two artists explore themes of playfulness and wildness in its many facets.

Gallery co-ordinator and curator Alicia Sharples says: "As humans we are not separable from our environment or the influence it has on us. The two new exhibitions by female artists explore different themes of nature's influence on our human experience, one where the influence over the artists’ creative practise is not always discernible.”

Both exhibitions run until June 13 at 11A Maple St, Cooroy.

Sunshine Coast Council is on the lookout for a group of brave, opinionated, fierce and adventurous people aged 9-13 to perform in a theatre production for Horizon Festival 2021.

I’ve Been Meaning To Ask You is a work full of questions, asked by young people and answered by adults, such as “why do you have to go to work?” and “how come adults drink to have fun?”.

Over two months, the group will collaborate with the Good Room to design and deliver their performance, presented in partnership with the Events Centre, Caloundra, and Critical Stages.

No previous acting experience is necessary. Submissions close on May 30. Sign up at horizonfestival.com.au/ performanceopportunity.

The Horizon Festival is on from August 27 to September 5.

The full festival program will be released on June 16.

Image by Stephen Henry.

The Jazz and Blues Collective presents All You Need Is Love on Sunday, June 6, from 1.30-4pm The special guest will be award-winning Queensland jazz vocalist Ingrid James. She has been described by Folkestone Jazz Club in the UK as an artist who can “move gracefully between traditional jazz and soulful blues with a powerful, yet sultry vocal resonance” and “someone who does not appear to follow the style or phrasing of any of the jazz divas – she is a one off in her own right”.

The show will celebrate incredible melodies from the ’30s to the ’70s, from Cole Porter and Carlos Jobim to the Beatles and Beach Boys.

Doors open at Maroochydore’s Millwell Road Community Centre at 1pm. A coffee van will be on-site from 12.30pm, and you are welcome to bring food and BYO (no glass for drinking).

Tickets are $25 or $23 for seniors, visit ticketebo.com.au/ jazz-blues-collective.

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Festival returns The sold-out Big Pineapple Music Festival returns to Woombye on May 22 after being shelved last year due to COVID. The line-up includes Peking Duk, Alison Wonderland, Dune Rats, the Amity Affliction, Bliss n Eso, G Flip, Winston Surfshirt, Thelma Plum and many more.

Sunday session The first Caloundra Chorale Pleasant Sunday Afternoon concert for 2021 is on June 6 at 2pm at the CCSA Hall in Nutley St, Caloundra. Hosted by Bev Gourlay and husband Aart Schouten, you will be enchanted by performances by a capella quartets the Chandons and Swish, baritone Trevor Mitchell and Amanda Zinn. Entry is $10 or $5 for CCTC members.

Nambour

Mudjimba

Lockdown tome

Art at the Old Ambo

Local author Joni Scott Ryall has released her latest novel, The Last Hotel, about the upside of lockdown. Inspired by the author’s real-life experience in Italy during March 2020, it is a heart-warming tale of love and loss, and of finding joy in the simplest of pleasures.

“It’s sort of like a lockdown form of The Marigold Hotel but with a younger cast and set on the beautiful French Riviera,” she says.

Joni, from Mudjimba, and her husband John (pictured) went to Italy for medical treatment on her right arm, and arrived just as the virus erupted in the north of the country.

On return, Joni started to write the book in quarantine, tapping away with her left hand on her old iPad. “If you believe in magic and serendipity, you will find it here in The Last Hotel,” she says.

The Last Hotel is now available at Harry Hartog in Sunshine Plaza and online, in paperback and ebook.

The Old Ambulance Station is hosting an outstanding exhibition of artworks by 28 leading printmakers from the Sunshine Coast and beyond.

The show, called Editions and curated by Sandy Doble and Ken Munsie, features more than 150 newly created artworks.

It includes artists’ books, ceramic pieces, framed wall art and printed silk, and is a stunning showcase of the professional skills of printmakers of all genres.

All artworks are for sale, plus there will be an artisan shop selling smaller pieces. Several artist-run printmaking workshops are on offer during the exhibition.

It is open daily from 10-4pm until May 29 at 80 Howard St, Nambour. For more information phone 0403 283 183.

Pictured is Interconnection by Sandra Pearce.

Delve into heritage Ilana Cowan’s Connected is the current exhibition at the Maroochydore Library Artspace. Influenced by her long association with textiles and batik, the paintings offer a reflection of the artist’s heritage and surroundings.

The free exhibition is open from 11am-5pm until May 22.

Casting call Casting is under way for Sunshine Coast-produced web series Piper and Laura. The series was spun off from screenplays written by Patrick Gillett about a decade ago.

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A fond farewell Those who watched the funeral of Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, would have been rewarded with a service filled not only with love and compassion but, more importantly, an intimate insight into the life of a wonderful human being who adored his family and cared so deeply about many causes with a genuine empathy for others.

His innate sense of fun, his traditional values and concern about the environment brought him close to many in all walks of life. He was a man for the people and yet he loved the simple life. His family meant everything to him and his unwavering love for the Queen over a period of 73 years of marriage is a testament to his morals and Christian values.

It was a simple yet traditionally elegant funeral and would have brought tears to many who watched.

May we all remember him and what he has brought to the world. And may his family and strong Christian values be upheld forever as he now rests in peace.

Jan Hopkins, Reesville

Population problem Paul Prociv (April SCT) is right on the mark when he says the housing crisis complained of by Jessica Lawrence is really a crisis of excess population. The same can be said of just about every complaint people make: inadequate infrastructure, traffic jams, pollution, environmental destruction, climate change – the list goes on.

There is scarcely a single problem today that would not be eased by population control.

The problem starts at the top. While births exceed deaths in Australia by 100,000 per annum, both major parties in Canberra are hellbent on restoring the massive immigration we had before COVID, despite polls showing most people are against it. The result will be that every problem we now have will be made worse.

State and local governments are also complicit. Both will not be happy until south-east Queensland is paved over.

Correspondents who complain should start their spiel by complaining about excess population. Whatever your cause, it’s a lost cause without population control.

Trevor Sauer, Mapleton

Dogs saving lives I have devoted the latter years of my life since 2015 as an unpaid volunteer with local not-for-profit charity Smartpups, and have seen some wonderful, heart-warming results of children’s (and their families’) lives being turned around due to the intervention of a Smartpup.

Kruiser was the first graduate of the scheme. He spent years at the side of Heather, who has temporal lobe epilepsy, saving her life on numerous occasions.

Now Kruiser has sadly gone and Heather faces another challenge. After having a seizure in public and not getting a warning for the first time in 11 years she finds herself in the process of fundraising for a new companion.

It doesn’t matter how small the donation is, it all helps.

So please join me in helping Heather.

Terry Clark, Woombye

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with Allan Blackburn 1. Who was the leader of the mutiny on Bligh’s ship Bounty in 1789?

2. In a game of Test cricket, how many players are on the field during an innings?

3. In the research organisation CSIRO, what does the “S” stand for?

4. What type of transport sometimes can have a gull-wing door?

5. How many millilitres in a centilitre?

6. What kind of living thing is a broadbill?

7. Of what religion is the Koran (or Quran) a holy book?

8. In Microsoft Word applications, what icon represents the “cut” function?

9. In which country did Peters Ice Cream originate?

10. What is the name given to a playing card that can be assigned any value by the holder?

11. What is the capital city of Austria?

12. How many countries have a population of more than one billion?

13. What insect transfers Ross River virus?

14. What country is the subject of Bill Bryson’s book Down Under?

15. If a substance has a pH of 4, is it acidic, basic or neutral?

16. Who succeeded Bob Hawke as Australian Prime Minister?

17. What is 100 squared?

18. In our alphabet, what letter is the last consonant?

19. In Waltzing Matilda, who came “down … mounted on his thoroughbred”?

20. What is the major university in Townsville?

Across: 1 Applaud, 5 Pastor, 9 Advantage, 10 Undue, 11 Mats, 12 Dumpling, 15 Sultana, 16 Israel, 17 Tic, 19 Twilit, 21 Easiest, 24 Haymaker, 25 Etna, 28 Drive, 29 Rembrandt, 30 Beat up, 31 Shortly.

Crossword answers:

1. Fletcher Christian 2. 13 3. Scientific 4. Car 5. 10 6. Fish (swordfish) 7. Islam 8. Scissors 9. Australia 10. Wild card 11. Vienna 12. Two 13. Mosquito 14. Australia 15. Acidic 16. Paul Keating 17. 10,000 18. Z 19. The squatter 20. James Cook University

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Clap (7) Priest (6) Benefit (9) Unwarranted (5) Floor coverings (4) Rounded mass of steamed dough (8) Seedless raisin (7) East Mediterranean democracy (6) Involuntary muscular contraction (3) Dusky (6) Least difficult (7) Knockout punch (8) Sicilian volcano (4) Compel (5) Dutch master (9) Work over (4,2) Soon (7)

Down

Down: 1 Alarmist, 2 Pivotal, 3 Anna, 4 Dean, 5 Prejudiced, 6 Sculptress, 7 Old-time, 8 Reign, 13 Parliament, 14 Rattletrap, 18 Stealthy, 20 Wayside, 22 Extinct, 23 Shady, 26 Xmas, 27 Trio.

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Scaremonger (8) Crucial (7) "Black Beauty" author --- Sewell (4) Faculty head (4) Biased (10) Statue-maker (10) Bygone (3-4) Prevail (5) Legislative assembly (10) Rickety vehicle (10) Furtive (8) Edge of the road (7) Permanently inactive (7) Fly-by-night (5) Yuletide (4) Group of three (4)

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DAWN ON THE NOOSA RIVER Noosa folk are frankly freaky Down the river path they hobble Shuffling, jogging, joints now creaky Drooping tum and buttocks wobble Emerging when the day is dawning Focused, grim, bereft of smiles Tortured Lycra greets the morning Ghosts of youth for seeming miles.

They stumble on in vain pursuit Past yacht club and the river trips Retain, maintain, a hint of youth A symphony of replaced hips.

With hearing going, gums now showing I too have trod that path in hunger Quixotic dream of mind now slowing Elusive hope of staying younger.

Inevitable is the end for all So ‘ancients’ join in glorious quest And vow to bow to natures call Flush Noosa of this creeping pest.

And should you feel like EXERCISE Seek Chardonnay and glasses Then gently lay down on your bed Until the feeling passes! © Angus Richard

SUNRISE Where the blue of the sea Meets the gold of the day That’s where you’ll find me Sunshine in my hair

COOLUM NIGHT SERENADES

GRAND OLD TREE Grand old tree you once were sapling slim

Was it for this you grew to be a grand old tree?

Always, the rolling sea.

Usually, Bell frogs tolling Possums growling Palm fronds rustling.

Sometimes, Geckos clicking Crickets chirping Thunder rolling Precious rain falling Cane toads croaking Flying foxes foraging Occasionally, Late-night revellers partying Distant motorway murmurings Golden Riccardo barking A lone car passing.

As dawn approaches, Kookaburras chorusing Rosellas chattering Black cockatoos calling.

But … always, always The deep and abiding, rolling sea.

© Ray Barraclough

© Astrid Heckler

but now cut down to common usefulness, yet to be stripped to planks and roughened edge.

What beauty now for you?

The birds that woke your morning leaves have taken now their final leave.

So you lie fallen.

And earth's embrace that nurtured roots and surged through sap, has now become your soil shaped shroud.

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THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER'S HAND 'Twas battered and scarred, and the auctioneer Thought it scarcely worth his while.

To auction off the old violin but held it up with a smile.

"What am I bid for the old violin?

Who'll start the bidding for me?

One dollar. One. Who'll make it two?

Two dollars. Who'll make it three?"

Going for three ... but no, from a room far back a gray-haired man came forward and picked up the bow Wiping the dust from the old violin,

and tightening up its strings, he played a melody pure and sweet, as sweet as an angel sings.

The auctioneer, with a voice that was quiet and low, Said, "What am I bid for the old violin?" as he held it up with the bow.

"One thousand, one, who'll make it two?

Two thousand, who'll make it three?

Three thousand once, three thousand twice, going and gone" said he.

The people cheered, but some of them cried,

"We don't quite understand, what changed its worth, Quick came the reply, "The touch of the Master's hand."

Whenever your life is out of tune And no melody soothes your soul, Look to the Master whose gentle touch Will bless you and make you whole.

Like an old violin with so little worth, A life may be far less than grand, But may be transformed in a moment you see,

By The Touch of The Master's Hand. © Sandra J. Wolfe

Waves at my feet Look to the horizon Our eyes shall meet!

Send us your poems – we love receiving your creative work!

© Irene Sunn

To submit your work for possible publication email editor@sunnycoastmedia.com.au. Word limit per poem (due to space) is 300 words.

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ADVERTISING FEATURE: SENIORS

Making the most of the golden years

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ccording to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in June 2018 an estimated 3.9 million Australians were aged 65 or over. This represents 16 per cent of the total population.

Life expectancy is increasing as well. At 65, men can expect to live another 20 years and women another 22 years, which is seven years longer for both than in the 1960s.

That is why the Sunny Coast Times this month is featuring some of the businesses that are working to ensure the health and wellbeing of our older residents.

Remaining active is a crucial part of staying healthy in later years. The Sunshine Coast presents many great opportunities for exercise, be it walks along the coast or in the hinterland, sports such as golf and bowls, or swims at our renown beaches – the options are endless.

We are also lucky to have many organised exercise programs. Council runs Healthy Sunshine Coast, which offers free and lowcost classes across the region. There are also countless fitness, yoga and pilates studios around the Coast, many of them catering specifically to older people.

Then there are one-off events such as the Sunshine Coast Memory Walk and Jog, which will be held on June 13 at Kawana Surf Club.

Currently there are an estimated 90,000 people living with dementia in Queensland. Funds raised will help provide invaluable support, education and resources for people living with dementia, their carers, families and friends.

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Supporting clients to live happily and safely at home for as long as possible is at the heart of what Care Connect does.

We build relationships with our clients and their families, and work together with them to identify their needs and goals, connecting them with the care and support they deserve through government-funded programs such as Home Care Packages and our extensive network of partner service providers.

Care Connect is one of Australia’s largest not-forprofit in-home care specialists, operating across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. Over the past 27 years, more than 40,000 Australians have trusted Care Connect to provide their support, through a planned and co-ordinated approach to care needs, independent advice and range of services.

Sunshine Coast Client Adviser Danielle is pictured above.

Carers That Drive is a unique service matching caring, qualified drivers with people who need help getting out.

In 2009 Suzie Coghlan was spending a lot of time on the road. Between looking after her child with disability, and her ageing parents, she saw the need for a personalised service that helped people get around and maintain their independence.

So Suzie established Carers That Drive. Medical appointments, social outings, share rides, family visits, companion animal outings; Carers That Drive grew to support people wherever there was a need.

This year, Suzie partnered with local Buderim businessman Paul Sutton to bring Carers That Drive to the Sunshine Coast.

‘I’ve known Paul’s family for over 30 years,’ says Suzie.

‘Paul’s values and experience are a perfect fit for Carers That Drive, and I’m confident that our contribution to the wellbeing of Sunshine Coast residents is in the best of hands.’

Sunshine Coast Knee and Hip Clinic I am Dr George Parker, orthopaedic surgeon at Sunshine Coast Knee and Hip Clinic. I have been performing hip and knee replacement surgery on the Sunshine Coast for over 17 years.

I believe in aiming for excellence in the performance of these surgeries as well as working closely with patients and their families, their general practitioner and other allied health professionals to provide a safe and caring environment for each individual patient.

My goal is for you to have your hip or knee replacement using modern surgical techniques to get the best possible results. As well as this, you can feel comfortable that you will be looked after by a team of caring professionals, not only during the surgery but also as importantly before and after your hip or knee replacement.

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National recognition for stroke treatment

Get going, get creating

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by KERRIE FRIEND

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ith the past year being the way it’s been, a lot of us have turned to creativity for some much-needed solace in this time of great change. One of the more beautiful things that has happened during this global disruption has been that a lot of people have used this time well and sought creativity. I personally began painting again after years of putting aside my love and enjoyment for it and found that it has brought me great joy. It’s so good for the soul to use our imagination and creativity in some way, shape or form. It’s never about being perfect in our expression, it’s about being creative.

This allows the majesty of life to flow to us and through us as we partake in the act of inspiration and creativity.

I believe everyone has creative talent in some form dancing within them. We can choose to write, bake cakes, decorate houses, be a fashionista, arrange flowers, decorate homes, take photos, do colouring books, create gardens and so much more. These are all acts of self-expression and creativity, and

can even inspire others to begin using their own personal creative cleverness. It’s about conveying ourselves in ways that delight our senses and help us feel more aligned and alive. It’s a beautiful expression of being fully present in the power of inspiration. And it’s not reserved exclusively for those who being creative seems to come easily to. Some of us may have to dig a little deeper but creativity is available to us all. It’s an invaluable way of serving our inner-most feelings and that’s an astonishing benefit of being creative.

Creativity opens our heart and is so good for our image (spirit, soul and body) because it allows us to express and not suppress what lives within our soul. Finding your creative flow will let your life sing a new song. It’s more important than you may think and helps in so many other areas of your life also. It improves our overall health and well-being including aiding our mental health, anxiety and sleeplessness. Creativity improves our mood, produces feel-good hormones, boosts our immune system

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and has been known to reduce dementia, depression and helps coping with isolation.

There are so many benefits to being creative so be sure to excavate your soul and explore your creative options, then enjoy all of its astonishing rewards.

Here are just a few other suggestions that might help your exploration: create new recipes, design clothes, knit, invent, make botanical collages, declutter, journal, learn pottery, dance, write poetry, scrapbook, create photo books, learn an instrument, create vision boards, garden, restore furniture and so on. There are so many wonderful choices but ultimately it’s about what makes you blissful creatively. And lastly, don’t compare your creativeness with others as we’re all uniquely made with our own gifts and talents and our individual inspiration just needs somewhere to get going and get creating. Enjoy!

God bless, Kerrie

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Caloundra carer has been recognised with a national Stroke Foundation award.

Eleanor Horton (pictured) was announced as the President's Achievement Award winner in an online celebration. The award acknowledges an individual who has made a significant contribution to the foundation and shown dedication to improving stroke services.

Eleanor is a carer for her partner Patrick, who had his first stroke in 2000. She also cares for her parents and works as a university senior nurse lecturer.

“Being a carer was not in my life plan, but I am so fortunate to be able to be involved with the Stroke Foundation and to be able to make an impact on the lives of patients and their families,” she said.

She also represents carers on the Stroke Foundation Research Advisory Committee and has influenced the development of stroke policy and care design and implementation. She has also been involved with the Australian Stroke Coalition, the Queensland Stroke Clinical Network and with many research projects, ensuring survivors of stroke, consumers and carers are engaged meaningfully and their voices are heard.

“Stroke recovery can be a long journey and have a huge flow-on effect to loved ones,” she said.

“I would like a world without stroke – and the future of stroke care and research looks exciting."

Stroke Foundation president Professor James Angus congratulated Eleanor on being named the President’s Achievement Award winner.

“I can’t speak highly enough of Eleanor's drive, dedication and leadership as a carer consumer,” he said.

“Eleanor has championed evidencebased stroke research at every opportunity and has demonstrated ongoing commitment for improving all aspects of acute care and rehabilitation for survivors of stroke and their families.”

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Hardware chain to open in Aura

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unshine Mitre 10 will be the first to call the new trade and construction precinct at Stockland’s Aura Business Park home, having signed a contract for three commercial blocks of land.

The sale marks the launch of the new precinct within the Aura Business Park.

This new purpose-designed trade and construction precinct, positioned alongside the Bells Creek Arterial Road, which will directly connect to the Bruce Highway, will house key brands in the industry to create a one-stop destination for tradies and residents’ construction supply needs.

Sunshine Mitre 10 general manager Neil Hutchins (pictured left) said Aura Business Park’s new construction precinct provided a unique opportunity for the business to open the 20th store in the Sunshine Mitre 10 network, which is this year celebrating 110 years in operation.

The Aura store development will also follow the opening of Sunshine Mitre 10’s new multi-million-dollar flagship store on a 13,000 sq m site at Nambour later this year.

With 50,000 residents set to build their homes at Aura, the new precinct is sure to be in high demand as construction shows no sign of slowing down.

Launched in 2018, Aura Business Park is already home to more than 50 businesses and is surrounded by an active and fast-growing residential community.

Mr Hutchins said the Aura store would be Sunshine Mitre 10’s eighth site on the Sunshine Coast, and part of a steadily expanding network across Queensland, employing more than 400 staff.

“With Aura being a thriving hub of construction with thousands of homes being built over the next 20 years, we know there will be a huge appetite from tradespeople, owner builders and homeowners alike,” he said.

“With Aura to be home to 50,000 residents, it fits with our focus on community; supporting community and sporting organisations in the towns in which we operate.”

Matthew Byrne (pictured right), senior economic development manager at Stockland, said the growth of business in the region was aligned with Aura’s ambition to become a city where people can live, work and play.

“Aura is a next-generation urban community, carefully designed to seamlessly connect business hubs with the thriving community surrounding them,” he said.

“We’re positioned in the heart of the largest investment zone in the region, close to key infrastructure.

“From prospering home-based businesses to the booming Aura Business Park, it is the place to be for businesses on the Sunshine Coast.”

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Population is swelling

by ANTONIA MERCORELLA CEO, Real Estate Institute of Queensland

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hile other parts of the country are worried about the drastic reduction in overseas migration, the same can’t be said for the Sunshine State. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ regional population data for the 2020 financial year, we have welcomed plenty of new residents into our capital city as well as in regional areas – but from other parts of the country rather than from overseas.

In fact, Greater Brisbane had the highest percentage population growth of all capital cities, with an increase of 1.9 per cent (or 46,900) people in the year ending June 2020, according to the ABS. The population in the rest of the state also increased significantly – up 1.4 per cent or 35,400 over the same period.

With data sets of this type there is always a lag between something happening and it being officially reported. This time around, this gap is probably even more pronounced given the calendar period for this data only includes the first few months of the pandemic. Alas, it will be some time before we get a more fulsome picture of how the pandemic has impacted where people decide to call home.

In the meantime, though, it’s clear our state is set for a continuation of the strong market conditions we are currently experiencing. Part of the reason for that assessment is that the biggest contributors to our population growth are interstate migration as well as natural increases. Conversely, net overseas migration was the major contributor to population change in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart over the 2020 financial year, according to the ABS. Our rising population, coupled with a low supply of properties for sale and rent, are part of the reason why property prices and rents are rising too. Indeed, according to the latest Queensland Market Monitor, every major region up and down

the coast recorded positive median house price results in December. Weekly rents are also rising in the face of a significant under-supply in many locations, which is an issue that will take some time to remedy given the low levels of investor activity over recent years.

The ABS data does provide a snapshot of where many of our new and existing residents are choosing to live in Queensland. New land estates and master-planned communities are remaining attractive to many buyers and renters, with Pimpama on the Gold Coast named as the area with the largest population growth – up by 2700 people in a year. The suburb also recorded a population uplift of 14 per cent over the year.

Springfield Lakes near Ipswich continues to be in demand, with 2000 more people now calling the suburb home than the year before. And the master-planned community of Ripley, also near Ipswich, recorded the highest percentage growth rate of 20 per cent, with Pallara-Willawong in Brisbane's south coming in second with a population uplift of 16 per cent.

Here on the Sunshine Coast, Caloundra West recorded the second highest figures for population growth, with 2200 new residents over 12 months.

With the vaccine roll-out well under way across the country, we are all hopeful of a return to some semblance of normality in the months ahead. However, it may well be some time before overseas travel, let alone migration, returns to the levels that we had before the pandemic. While our tourism areas such as the Gold Coast and Cairns are keenly missing these tourist dollars, it’s clear that our state more generally is well placed to handle the years ahead, which is good news for property buyers, owners and investors.

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IN BRIEF

Appointments confirmed Sunshine Coast Council has endorsed the reappointment of Morgan Parker, Alison Quinn and Paul McLean as directors of SunCentral for a further two years.

SunCentral was established by council in early 2015 to oversee the development of the new Maroochydore City Centre on council’s behalf.

Council also confirmed its support to the board for the election of Mr Parker to be the new chairperson through to October, following the decision of Doug McTaggart not to seek renewal of his term.

Mayor Mark Jamieson said the trio – along with continuing director Peter Sherrie – would provide excellent stewardship to move SunCentral into its next phase of operations.

“I look forward to working with the board on this journey ahead in creating an outstanding city centre of which every Sunshine Coast resident can rightly be proud,” Cr Jamieson said.

Investigation works Sekisui House will undertake investigation works on its Yaroomba Beach site over the coming months in preparation for the planned start of development.

Sekisui is still waiting for the judgement from the Court of Appeal in relation to the Yaroomba Beach development approval.

That proposal would create a new coastal village that offers a variety of housing choices.

An earlier approval for the site, for a gated estate of apartments and houses, is still current and will also be accommodated in the site investigation works to be conducted.

The investigation works include geotechnical testing, services identification and surveying.

Project director Evan Aldridge said it was prudent to collect additional site information required to cover both development options while waiting for the judgement later this year.

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Women’s Origin returns to Coast

Beerwah Bulldogs players (from left) Emma Liesegang, Katrina Murray, Karla Ebbage, Sophie Ebbage and Angela Hassan.

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he Sunshine Coast will again host the women's State of Origin rugby league clash on Friday, June 25, after last year's fixture was disrupted by COVID-19 restrictions.

The Maroons will have the chance to defend their breakthrough title win in front of a possible capacity home crowd at Sunshine Coast Stadium, after the NRL confirmed the series would be played in the Sunshine State for another year.

Queensland captain Ali Brigginshaw (pictured left with NSW skipper Kezie Apps) played an instrumental part in last year's 24-18 victory over NSW at Sunshine Coast Stadium, which was the first women’s Origin clash played in Queensland.

While last year’s clash was a sellout, crowd numbers were capped at 4800 due to COVID restrictions. The Queensland skipper is hopeful this year’s match will again be a sellout but this time at the ground’s maximum capacity of 10,210.

"It wasn't the best experience for all our fans and family with the restrictions so I'm really happy for everyone it's back on the Sunny Coast," Brigginshaw said.

"I thought we needed another opportunity here after winning the trophy. I think we need to fill this stadium with as many people as we possibly can and put on the spectacle it should've been minus COVID-19.

"We want to be in the community, at fan days and tick the boxes properly. It just wasn't what it should've been for both teams and that was no one's fault.

"It was still amazing to see maroon in the crowd and family members who haven't been able to make it to games in Sydney be there.

"But now we want it to be even bigger this year. That's what gets you through, a big crowd and playing in front of your friends and family.”

NRL CEO Andrew Abdo said the Sunshine Coast deserved hosting rights again following the success of 2020.

"Women’s Origin is one of the highlights of our calendar and we’re excited to see it return to the Sunshine Coast," he said.

"Last year’s game was an incredible success, albeit with COVID restrictions.

"We’re looking forward to giving the Sunshine Coast community the opportunity to fill Sunshine Coast Stadium this year.

"Women’s rugby league is the fastest-growing part of our game and this year we will create history with two female coaches – that’s a great acknowledgement of the talent in our female ranks."

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Footy team to the rescue

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women’s rugby league team has come to the aid of a Sunshine Coast nursery business that was facing a severe labour shortage due to the pandemic drastically reducing the availability of international backpackers to work at its facility.

Beerwah-based Hedging and Screening needed to place 180 tonnes of blocks to help with the production of hedging plants.

Owner Jeff Geldard says there are only three full-time staff at the nursery and placing the blocks would have taken many weeks without temporary workers. He said he normally could rely on a backpacker centre at Maroochydore to find temporary workers, but with the number of young overseas visitors seriously depleted by COVID, he found help from the local Beerwah Bulldogs women’s rugby league team.

“We have more than 9000 blocks to move and each block weighs almost 20kg, so having just three of us to do the job would have killed us,” he said.

“We need these blocks in place to support our large hedging plants. I can normally rely on backpackers to come for a week or so but with that option unavailable I had to think outside the square, so I approached the Beerwah Bulldogs.

“Fortunately, the Bulldogs’ women’s team came to our rescue. They have been fantastic and they looked upon this as a team-bonding exercise and giving something back to the community.

“They have been able to shift around 2000 blocks a morning.

“We are now sponsoring the club thanks to the efforts of the players and we host a barbecue lunch for them every day.”

Bulldogs open women’s co-coach and manager Glenn Tomokino said up to 15 players a day helped place the blocks.

“This a great thing for our women players to have been involved in to support the community and an important local business, and the sponsorship we received has helped pay for player registrations,” he said. “It’s a win-win for all concerned.”

Know your responsibilities when anchoring

by JOHN GASPAROTTO Caloundra Volunteer Coast Guard

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t is critical that boat skippers have appropriate anchors onboard and be ready to correctly deploy them in an emergency.

Caloundra Coast Guard commander Roger Pearce says anchoring is an invaluable safety measure, especially in the event of an emergency.

“If your vessel becomes disabled, anchoring correctly will keep the vessel safely aligned with the bow head on to the prevailing wind and waves,” he says.

“Effectively, anchoring correctly will also allow you to maintain your position and prevent your vessel being blown away, either offshore or on to the shore, while you call for and await assistance.

“The anchor, chain and line must be of sufficient strength and durability to secure the vessel and must be appropriate for that purpose in the area of operation of the vessel.

“The chain and/or line must be secured to the anchor and vessel at all times.

“Boaties are reminded that it is illegal and dangerous to anchor in shipping channels, and to tie up vessels to navigational aids such as channel marker piles or buoys.”

When anchoring at night or in time of reduced visibility correct anchor lights must be switched on when the vessel is at anchor.

The correct anchor light for vessels less than 50m long is an all-round white light with a visibility of at least two nautical miles.

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Creations on the lake

by CHRIS GILMORE

Jason Hatcher with his model USS Tennessee and dock, all 1:48 scale and built from scratch (apart from the tug)

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he Coast is preparing for an invasion of naval ships in June – but fear not, they’re all replica vessels.

The Sunshine Coast Model Boat Club is preparing for a regatta on June 6 themed around the D-Day landings in Normandy, exactly 77 years since they occurred in 1944.

Vice-president Jason Hatcher says the club has more than 50 members, with meets usually taking place in a lake behind the Sunshine Coast University at Sippy Downs. He says model boat ownership has allowed him to satisfy his interest in naval vessels.

“As I little kid I was very artistic with drawing and painting, and had a massive interest in naval ships, battles and building plastic models,” Jason says. “When I was 10 years old my mother, who passed when I was 15, took me to look at HMAS Brisbane when it was docked in Adelaide. I was fascinated with its construction, size, its reserved power and dominance. I decided at that time I was going to join the navy.

“When I got to the stage of joining defence at 18, I realised that any ship on the high seas is also a massive target – at least in the army you can hide! So I joined the army and loved it, and

For more on the Sunshine Coast Model Boat Club visit scmbc.org.au.

deployed a number of times. I still serve today in reserves as an instructor.”

But the club is not just for navy ships, with members having a range of different boats.

“We have small and large sailboats, 18th-century square rig ships, tugs, speed boats, submarines that dive and fire torpedoes, various navy ships, pleasure craft and more,” Jason says. “One guy has a remote-controlled guy on a surfboard that zips around. There’s even a 3m cargo ship that is designed to sink then raise itself again.”

So what is it that attracts model boat enthusiasts?

“It varies from person to person,” Jason says. “Sometimes it is a form of relaxation, sitting on the water's edge and making a sailboat dance on the water with the wind as its only power as you chat with your mates. For others it's pushing the limits of one's knowledge with physics and construction to build and drive a speedboat at its maximum capacity.

“For me personally it's the journey of construction and

This scratch built ship of Jason's is designed to sink and raise itself again

Rick Mayes' Sea Empress

Charity golf day to help worthy cause

True tests of endurance

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itness buffs are gearing up for a weekend of gruelling offroad challenges as part of the Sunshine Coast MultiSport Festival on May 29-30.

Held around Beerwah State Forest on the shores of Ewen Maddock Dam, the festival includes both mountain bike and trail run opportunities.

The Trail Run Australia event on May 29 offers halfmarathon, 11km, 5km and free kids Mud Rats courses. Or for a true test of endurance, the LunarC 12hr XC MTB event involves mountain biking through the night from 9pm until 9am the next day either solo or in teams of two, four or six.

“We are so thrilled to host this MultiSport event in such a beautiful area as Queensland’s Sunshine Coast,” event director Robyn Lazenby says. “The area is often known for its beautiful beaches but we’ve discovered that the hinterland holds some spectacular hidden treasures and presents the perfect backdrop for a weekend of off-road action. Landsborough is an amazing place and athletes can expect a weekend of action, hurt and fun on amazing trails.”

creativity; to push my mind to develop and work out how I can make it look, drive and sound as real as possible; to have as much detail as I can. The majority of my boats are built from scratch, not a kit. There’s sense of pride and achievement when you achieve what you set out to do.

“Some of the boats are true works of engineering and art.

You are only limited by your imagination.”

Jason, 49, from Witta, says the atmosphere is very relaxed and visitors are most welcome to come and sit in the shade by the lake, have a barbecue at the facilities provided or have a go themselves.

The club is also hopeful of securing a purpose-built clubhouse and boat ramp at a freshwater lake where people can visit and view the on-water activities easily. He says members foster a sense of camaraderie where expertise is freely offered to others.

“Whenever anyone brings a new boat or project to the club, everyone is keen to look, comment and discuss, to learn themselves or to offer advice,” he says. “The beauty of the Sunshine Coast Model Boat Club is that there is a lot of knowledge that is readily shared to help people with their projects.”

The amount of time and money spent on the boats is completely at the discretion of the owner, and tinkering with the creations is all part of the fun.

“Someone can buy a small speed boat online for about $40, which comes with everything you need,” Jason says. “At the other end of the scale would be someone like me who has a fully enclosed 5m by 2.3m trailer to transport a fourmetre battleship, several ships and boats, which all up would be tens of thousands of dollars.

The general rule is that the more detail, the more things that move and make noise, the more things that can stop working or break. But that's part of the journey too.”

K Image by Jeff Kingston

So whether you’re a hardcore athlete, a weekend warrior, someone who just loves getting into the outdoors or a family with kids, there’s courses and distances for everyone.

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atie Rose Cottage Hospice is hosting its inaugural charity golf day on Sunday, May 23, at Noosa Springs Golf and Spa Resort.

Gather your friends and family for a fabulous day of golf while raising funds for the Doonan-based hospice.

With an 8.30am shotgun start, the day includes 4BBB competition, egg and bacon roll on arrival and a twocourse lunch. The spectacular lunch venue overlooks the course and there will be a small selection of generously donated charity auction items, plus a raffle.

Katie Rose Cottage Hospice chairperson Carol Raye thanked the Charity Golf Day Committee of Chrissy Hordern, Simon Gamble and Peter Catchlove for their tireless work in putting the event together.

Entry is $75 for Noosa Springs members or $145 for non-members.

For bookings visit katierosecottage.org.au.

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