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ix out of 10 Australians have never interacted with an Aboriginal Australian. How can there be so little contact with a culture that has helped frame this country?

As a person raised in rural North Queensland, this figure surprises me. I shared my school classroom with children from all races and backgrounds. We sat side by side, not recognising how the level of melanin in our skin could shape our future lives. We ate lunch together, read together and played handball together – as equals.

As I matured, the naïvety of childhood made way for reality. It is this reality that former music exec and reality TV star Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson unearths in this week’s cover story. Speaking exclusively to My Weekly Preview, Dicko questions assimilation and asks how as a nation we can ignore 40,000 years of heritage and culture? It is a thought-provoking story.

Also this week, we chat with councillor Jason O’Pray about a beach matting trial – a terrific initiative improving the lives of many.

And, on a festive note, together with Sunshine Coast Council we launch the My Christmas publication. The guide has all the fun, family-friendly activities happening in the region. Be sure to grab yourself a copy.

Candice Holznagel Editor

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MEAT-FREE MUSCLE MAN Jay Acharya from Mountain Creek is a champion bodybuilder who was told he’d never make it as a vegetarian.

WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON?

Brisbane at the Brisbane Classic this year. Seeing my parents be so supportive and doing them proud is one of my driving forces. This goes for my legend of a coach Leon Stensholm and our team Body By Leon.

One includes a studio for fellow physique/bodybuilding athletes, a healthy and more convenient meal service for athletes and lastly self-development for my upcoming competitions next year, as I will be making my debut as a pro athlete.

CAN YOU NOMINATE A DAY IN YOUR LIFE THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A TURNING POINT?

YOUR FAMILY INCLUDES. . .

The day I decided to step into the world of fitness modelling and acting. That day changed everything and since then I have travelled and gone through so much it really has been a journey and is priceless.

Mum, Dad and all of my legendary friends who support me in everything I do.

DO YOU HAVE A NICKNAME? J, Legionprince.

YOUR GREATEST REGRET?

FIRST CAR?

Not starting what I’m doing now earlier. I have truly been on an amazing journey and the experiences and relationships I have made; I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

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FAVOURITE BOOKS?

PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT?

John Marsden’s Tomorrow, When the War Began series.

Again, winning my title as a professional athlete was amazing.

I attained the goal I had set a year ago, and a lot of planning, time and effort had gone into this. Seeing your plans come to fruition is an awesome feeling in itself. Secondly, doing this all as a vegetarian. I had always been told that I won’t do well since I don’t eat meat, and that I won’t ever get ahead in the competitive industry sticking to such a diet.

WHAT ARE YOU READING NOW? A variety of self-development and skill development books to further help my business and create a better version of me.

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FAVOURITE SONG? Lil Wayne – Mirror. Labrinth – Earthquake.

BEST ADVICE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN? Be productive. Make the most of the time you have. This is something my father always said to me growing up and still does to this day. He would ask me every day what I had done that was productive and contributed to self-development, and improving my skill set for the future.

YOU ARE HAPPIEST WHEN? I’m with family and friends. Training. Achieving goals and hitting targets as planned.

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I moved over to the Sunny Coast in 2007 from New Zealand and have been here ever since. I really do live in paradise.

There are a few places, but Mooloolaba beach is definitely up there on a hot summer’s day.

Lack of discipline and drive. I know and see so many people who have dreams and aspirations, however they cut themselves short and don’t believe they could ever achieve them. Everyone is so much more capable than what they believe.

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IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ON THE COAST, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

IF YOU COULD TELL YOUR 18-YEAR-OLD SELF ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

I would add something more to do for the younger people.

Do more. Work harder, get out of your comfort zone and make the plunge into whatever it is that you are wanting to do.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED ON THE SUNSHINE COAST?

It’s a beautiful place. Amazing beaches, good weather – for the most part, friendly people and still has a lot of nature in the area. I guess what I’m saying is, it isn’t a concrete jungle.

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DICKO’S OUTBACK ADVENTURE A REALITY CHECK New Coast local Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson speaks exclusively to My Weekly Preview about his life-changing month in the outback. WORDS: Leigh Robshaw

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an ‘Dicko’ Dickson is a household name.

You’ve seen him on Australian Idol, Australia’s Got Talent, My Restaurant Rules, Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu, Dancing with the Stars and The Celebrity Apprentice, but his new show is like nothing he’s done before.

The TV and radio personality, who moved to the Sunshine Coast in January, spent the month of June in the Australian outback for series two of the SBS show, First Contact – an experience that has stayed with him.

It was the quickest ‘yes’ I’ve ever given to a TV show,” he tells My Weekly Preview. “I absolutely love living in Australia. I’ve been here for 15 years. I’m a proud Australian citizen but I also know this wonderful country, despite its sunny disposition, is hiding a dirty secret.

“This continent was forcibly removed from its original owners and the result of that is still being felt now, with first nations people being at the bottom of the pile with nearly every single indicator of success we hold dear – education, health, child mortality rates, suicide rates, education, housing, employment opportunities, incarceration rates. It’s a bewildering litany of inequality and something we have to fix.”

Series one of the show aired on SBS in 2014 and won the 2015 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Factual Program. The series attracted national attention for its treatment of contemporary Australian attitudes towards Indigenous Australians. Series two will feature six celebrities, including Dickson.

“I got asked to do the celebrity version – for want of a better word. Six well-known Australians going to hang out with blackfellas,” says Dickson. “Six out of 10 Australians have never had any contact with Aboriginal Australians, which is kind of startling in itself. I know they’re only two per cent of our population, but it’s such a huge heritage we share.

“The first step for me was the realisation I knew next to nothing about Aboriginal culture. I’m a bleeding heart leftie, but like most Australians, it’s like I filed it into the too-hard basket. It seems a bewildering task – where to start, what to do? I think if I’m honest, most suburban Australians I speak to would rather this just went away.

“For me it was a recognition that something’s got to be done and this month away for me, I knew it wasn’t presenting me with any answers. What I hoped I would get was a couple of better questions.”

Dickson was so moved by the experience he came back to his home in Maleny and devoured 20 books on Aboriginal culture.

“I realised how ignorant I was,” he says. “I had no clue about what had happened. It was clear to me the Indigenous story had been written out of Australian history between Federation and the 1960s. That was the thing that affected me.

“It would be like me going back to England and telling people prior to 1788 all history was going to be wiped. No Romans, no Middle Ages, no English Civil War, no Queen Elizabeth, no Spanish Armada. That seemed to me like it would cause an uprising, yet that’s exactly what we expect of our First Nations to do. Forget about 40,000 years of heritage and culture. We just say, ditch that, you’re better off with us. What a terrible waste. As Australians, why can’t we have a shared heritage? How fantastic to live in a culture that goes back that far – we shouldn’t be sweeping this under the carpet.”

In person, Dicko is not the tough-talking ‘nasty’ judge Australia got to know – and in many cases, dislike – on the first series of Australian Idol in 2003. He still has that no BS edge, but he comes across as a warm, sincere man who thinks more deeply than many Australian viewers might give him credit for.

Some of the people he connected with while filming First Contact, he’ll never forget.

“One of the most important moments on this show happened in a place in the Northern Territory called Elliott,” he says.

“I met a woman who was living in a tiny house with 25 people. It was a shocking state of affairs. She was doing her best – she got eight kids washed and fed and off to school every day. She said to me, ‘Dicko, when are white Australians going to stop measuring us by their standards? They want us to be a 10, but we’re a one. The best we can do is try to be a two. When we’ve done two, we’ll have a crack at three. She described a pragmatic approach for elevating the status of her family and loved ones. It was devastating that even she acknowledged the dream is beyond her lifetime.

“The thing that struck me was the amount of death – and young death – in every community. Some places I went to, it was almost like an epidemic. If that was white kids in a white community, there would be a Royal Commission. It’s this absolute avalanche of death that affects every one of these communities and I have no idea how they get through it. Actually, I don’t think they do get

“It’s this absolute avalanche of death that affects every one of these communities…”

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Top: Ian Dickson on location in outback Australia.

Centre: With Natalie Imbruglia Below: With host Ray Martin and cast members

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through the grief.” seen the rise of Donald Trump, Brexit and Dickson is a humanist who has seen all the re-emergence of One Nation. humans as essentially the same – until now.

“If people have thoughts and they can’t “Having spent a month with blackfellas, I express them in an intelligent and calm way realise we’re very different. The way they see because they’re so scared of being branded the world is very different to the way this, that and the other, it just manifests into Europeans see the world. A very smart man in something harder to deal with.”

Arnhem Land said blackfellas see the world in It’s safe to say that the side of Ian Dickson circles and we see the world in straight lines. we’ll see in First Contact is a far cry from the We have a concept of life that’s locked into the reality TV judge. In fact, he comes across as a notion of time. They have a notion that’s not bit of a softie and there’s no doubt the attached to time, it’s attached to place. It’s a experience impacted him deeply. pretty fundamental difference.”

“The country is just remarkable,” he He recalls an interaction he had with a says. “I remember the first time I came to young girl in Kununurra, who was going to Australia, flying over the interior and Wyndham to see her mob.

“We said, ‘Hey Ruby, how long are you going for?’ And she said, ‘till I get back’.

“I think it’s kind of liberating that we can make some allowances and forge a togetherness, but tailor it to their needs and our needs.

There’s no point trying to hammer away at this thing we call assimilation.”

Dickson says government inability to make any major inroads to addressing Indigenous inequality is dictated by being locked into A Yolngu man paints Dicko in Bawaka, Arnhem Land three-year-cycles. When government does respond, he says it’s the kind of knee-jerk reaction we saw seeing the red dirt, it’s so vast. Do you know after the exposure of appalling conditions in what the remarkable thing is? When we met detention centres in the Northern Territory. all these Indigenous people from WA to He’d like to see them take action that’s not Cape York to Arnhem Land to the centre, driven by polls or the 24-hour news cycle, but every blackfella said, welcome to my stops short at defending the controversial country. I belong to this country and you’re Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. welcome. They feel like they are attached to “I would never shy away from the the land like children to a mother. conversation,” he says. “I’m not scared by That’s something we can all learn from. words. This big discussion about 18C and “I enjoyed every second of it. the Racial Discrimination Act – I’m actually I felt honoured to be allowed into these fine with people talking about stuff communities and to be given such a regardless of how ugly it is, because privileged view, even of the dark stuff, conversations need to happen. It’s the lack the sad stuff. I’d challenge anyone to go of conversation and the inability for us to on this month-trip and not be affected accept we have to have a dialogue that has by it.”

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DICKO ON MOVING TO THE SUNSHINE COAST As a record company executive in the UK and Australia, Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson has lived a glamorous life and worked with many high-profile artists including George Michael, Celine Dion, Ozzy Osbourne, Primal Scream, Jamiroquai and Pearl Jam. He fell into a successful TV and radio career when he arrived in Australia and has walked many a red carpet. But in January this year, he waved goodbye to the bright lights and moved to Maleny with his wife Mel. “About 10 years ago, Mel went to a yoga retreat in Maleny and came back to Sydney and said, ‘we’ve found the most beautiful place in Australia and we’re going to live there one day’. I said, dream on, whatever. In August last year we came up to the Coast and were staying in Noosa. We came up to the Range for a few days and three days later, we’d bought a house. We went back to Sydney and thought, shit, what have we done?

“I’m thrilled, I love it. I go down to Sydney now and everyone is so filled with their own self-importance. It’s the best move we ever made.”

One week a month, Dicko flies to Sydney for work commitments, including his role as ambassador for the Western Sydney Wanderers. He’s no stranger to flying – during his stint on Fox Network’s The Next Great American Band in 2007, he commuted between Sydney and LA every week. But he’s always happy to land back in Maroochydore and head up the hill to Maleny, where he says he feels more creative, particularly with writing.

“It’s good to be able to live between the two but it’s beautiful up here,” he says. “Once you’ve found paradise, stop looking.

“I just love it the way it is, I hope there’s not too many more subdivisions around Maleny. I have places I stop and just gawk at the scenery and I can’t believe how beautiful it is at certain

times of the day.”

After a long hiatus, Dickson has started managing a band again, a group of “local lads from Caloundra” he declines to name.

“I’m very excited to be working with them, we’ve got a whole bunch of stuff we’re doing. I never thought I’d get back into music again. It just felt right and the Sunshine Coast has such a vibrant music scene – everything from Peregian Originals, the Caloundra Festival, the Woodford Festival and what goes on around Maleny.

“Music finds a way out. People who are into music can only do music, that’s what they do, whether it’s busking out the front of IGA in Maleny or hanging out at Crystal Waters on a Friday night playing guitar.”

Dickson’s favourite hangouts include Maleny’s Shotgun Espresso, where he’s often spotted sitting at an outside table having coffee with friends, and the Spicers Tamarind and Spicers Clovelly restaurants, which he says friends in Sydney rave about.

He and Mel are regulars at Maleny’s Outspoken literary talks and he gives a special mention to Maleny musicians Linsey Pollak and Rob Longstaff.

“I’ve got one of Rob Longstaff’s posters in my dunny from one of his gigs at the old Upfront Club. It’s great you can wander into town and see someone like Rob playing – he’s very talented.

“We went to the launch of the Macedonian film organised by Linsey Pollak and afterwards the Unusual Suspects played. That’s fantastic. We would never have done that stuff in Sydney. It would have been on the other side of town. When that stuff happens in Maleny, you feel welcome. It has been a real shot in the arm for our social life.”

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FILL A SHOE BOX THANK YOU BRUNCH WILL HONOUR VOLUNTEERS The Sunshine Coast’s hundreds of volunteers will be recognised next month when Sunshine Coast Council hosts a thank you brunch at Lake Kawana Community Centre. The event coincides with International Volunteer Day on December 5. “Each year hundreds of volunteers enrich life on the Coast by supporting a diverse range of community organisations and Council community programs and services,’’ mayor Mark Jamieson says. “Events, programs, community organisations, disaster and emergency efforts are just some of the areas of service that depend on the freely given time, skill and passion of volunteers.”

The Rotary Club of Kunda Park is seeking support from the wider community for its school shoe box project. The club has teamed up with students from Kuluin State School, who have spent the past month collecting school items such as pens, books and rulers, which will be placed into boxes and shipped to less fortunate Papua New Guinea. The shoe boxes will be collected from the school on November 30. To find out more about the Kunda Park club phone Caroline on 0422 438 876.

Stockland and Code Club Australia are teaming up for the inaugural Young Innovators’ Day to educate children on the importance of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Seventy-five per cent of the fastest growing occupations require STEM-related skills and knowledge. The free December 10 event, hosted by tech entrepreneur Lili Scout at USC, will feature interactive activities and an introduction to new technologies including robotics, virtual reality, coding workshops, gaming and 3D printing. The day is for children aged eight to 15. Visit eventbrite.com.au and search for Young Innovators’ Day.

KIDS INVITED TO JOIN READING CHALLENGE Throughout December and January, you can decide whether you want to be a hero or a villain through the annual Summer Reading Club at your local Sunshine Coast Council library. The Australian Summer Reading Club is an annual program that encourages reading among children and young people. To join the fun, children need to read five books of their choice over the summer holidays.

Then they complete the reading log and hand it in to their local library by January 16. “This Summer’s Club is packed full of adventurous things – everything about super powers, dastardly villains and flying heroes,” says councillor Jenny McKay.

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Sunshine Coast Grammar Student, James Luu is celebrating his greatest achievement yet, securing the highest score in Australia for the 2016 Australian ICAS Mathematics Challenge in Year 4. It is the first time in Grammar’s history that a Year 4 student achieved the number one spot. Identified as a gifted and talented student at Grammar, James has been nurtured in accelerated mathematics.

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COUNCIL DISASTER HUB WINS NATIONAL AWARD The development of an innovative disaster hub that delivers real-time information on disasters to reduce public risk has resulted in Sunshine Coast Council winning a 2016 Resilient Australia Award. The SCC Disaster Hub gathers disaster intelligence from numerous sources to improve decision making for the council, first-response agencies and community members. Director of the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience Dr John Bates, said the hub was an exceptional initiative by the Sunshine Coast Council.

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Gifts have been exchanged to recognise a relationship between the Sunshine Coast and Tatebayashi City in Japan spanning two decades.

Our region’s gift is an installation of 20 patinated copper leaf forms, one to mark each year of the Sister Cities’ relationship, riveted onto rusted steel rods using copper rivets from Tatebayashi. The work is titled Bending 5. The installation can be arranged to suit the space and place. Councillor Jenny McKay presented the gift to a Tatebayashi City delegation at the Caloundra council chambers on Tuesday.

NEW $2.98M BRIDGE Construction of a new $2.98 million dedicated pedestrian and cycle bridge across Eudlo Creek on David Low Way at Maroochydore started this week.

The Queensland Government contributed $2.24 million towards the project. The new three-metre-wide bridge will be built north of the existing road bridge, separating motorists from pedestrians and cyclists and improve cyclist connectivity to the Maroochydore foreshore and the Maroochydore town centre.

BIG LAUNCH FOR CLEANTECH START-UP Sunshine Coast Innovation Centre start-up graduate Enopte has launched its new smart renewable battery system to compete on the world stage. The floor stackable power block lithium battery system plugs into the existing power supply to monitor and store enough energy to essentially take a property off the grid. Enopte is part of the region’s growing clean technologies sector and is identified as offering some of the best opportunities for future growth. “Their new product was fully developed here on the Sunshine Coast from design concept to software creation,” councillor Steve Robinson says. “The system plugs into the existing power supply in homes or businesses to provide more options for everyone to reduce their energy usage without even thinking about it.” Pictured: Cr Steve Robinson and Enopte CEO Mark Leckenby

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Vieira, whose advocacy for film has led to an estimated $1.5 billion worth of investment in Australia’s film industry, is a member of the Sunshine Coast Council’s Arts Advisory Board and is actively promoting our local film industry.

The Board is developing a 20-year plan targeting our region’s cultural future and as part of that, Vieira’s role is to help build the identity of the Coast as an arts destination for tourism and industry.

“The Sunshine Coast has been very clear with us that there’s an industry there that needs support and nurturing and I’ve been coming up at least once a month to meet with the Sunshine Coast Council,” she says. “I’ve looked at Heliport Studios at Buderim, which is owned by Allan and Barbara Pease. It’s an incredible world-class sound recording studio, but you wouldn’t even know it was there. It could be used for incredible work in film and TV but its under-utilised because there’s no awareness it’s there.

“We also have a location team that has spent time on the Coast getting photos of different locations to make sure we are pitching the Sunshine Coast for any opportunities that come up. We’ve been taking photos of a whole range of things, from facilities to actual potential locations where you could set up a production office. We have an online library that we use and producers use to pitch against a script, so we’re doing photos to make sure we really sell the Sunshine Coast.”

Vieira says one of the key priorities for the Coast’s screen industry is to have its own identity.

“There’s no reason for it to look like the Gold Coast,” she says. “The Sunshine Coast has the opportunity to be the home of independent cinema in our state. We’re looking at how we build a crew base there, how we bring people together to collaborate, what sort of infrastructure is needed.”

Vieira is teaming up with local talent like Livia Hanich, a producer and editor who has been based in Los Angeles for 25 years and recently moved to the Coast. Hanich has worked on primetime scripted programming for Paramount, Warner Bros, Fox, Sony, Universal and HBO. “She’s done some incredible television,” says Vieira. “She’s a person with world-class skills.”

Vieira is also working with Sunshine Coast author Sue McPherson, whose novel Grace Beside Me is being made into children’s television series.

Above: Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira with George Clooney and Keith Urban

“She’s an Indigenous woman with a beautiful Indigenous story. I think she’s a real up and coming talent from Eumundi.”

Vieira says she’s always had a love of film and television and began her career working for the Queensland Events Corporation, securing international events for Queensland.

That led to a job seeking international productions for Queensland, which progressed to a role with Oz Film where she was based in Los Angeles for 10 years.

“My job was to get international development money for Australian productions,” she says. “I loved that job so much. It was about building relationships and selling how creatively Australia can work and the talent that’s here.”

During her decade in LA, Vieira worked with major film studios, met her husband and gave birth to her son. She mixed with A-list celebrities like Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush and had Robert de Niro and Al Pacino over to her house. Sons of Anarchy was filmed in her house, an exciting experience for such a die-hard film and TV lover.

“LA has a big place in my heart,” she says. “I lived in a wonderful community.

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actors is they’ve usually made their Aussie community in the US and are really supportive of each other. Anthony LaPaglia has been opening doors for Australian directors trying to get a break in the US and Heath Ledger was really famous for opening his doors to Australian actors trying to get a break.”

Vieira joined Screen Queensland in 2014 and wasted no time shaking things up.

“One of the things that was really appealing to me was having been in Queensland, then gone overseas for 10 years, I was able to come back and see not a lot had changed in terms of people’s careers and opportunities. Screen Queensland had made headlines like: ‘Lights, Camera, Inaction’. There was a real opportunity coming in here to rebuild relationships with the industry and really look at the culture of Screen Queensland, how we operate, what we needed to do to get better outcomes.”

In July, Queensland Premier and Arts Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk announced an additional $30 million for Screen Queensland over the next four years to lure new screen productions and develop world-class screen content.

“We’re the best funded we’ve ever been,” says Vieira. “At the moment we’re supporting 30 film festivals across the state.”

Two of those are the Caloundra Film Festival and the Noosa Film Festival.

“I think it’s really important that people can engage with screen content you can see outside a cinema complex,” she says. “Australian stories you don’t get to see alongside a blockbuster. If you miss the one weekend it’s on at the cinema, you don’t get to see the film. Film festivals bring us stories about us, stories that are culturally really significant for us as Australians.”

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TRAVEL

Two camels rests near the Al-Khazneh Treasury carved into the rock at Petra, Jordan. Petra is one the new Seven Wonders of the World

The Siq is the main entrance to Petra

A WHOLE NEW WORLD Time comes to a standstill in Jordan’s rose-red city of Petra.

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etra was immortalised by poet John William Burgon as the “rose-red city half as old as time”.

But the morning I visit this southern Jordan town, which dates back to around 300BC, time has come to a standstill.

Lying in their shops set among the colourful cliffs, Bedouin women look bored.

“Please come look,” they beg in English.

“Every day no business.”

I was expecting to be squished into the sprawling site with a million other tourists.

But at 7.30am, hardly anyone but the Bedouins who work there are around.

Still, the city unknown to the West until

the 1800s is nothing like I’ve ever seen.

Petra, with its unique buildings carved out of red, white and orange stone, was declared one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in 2007.

And as the numbers start picking up by mid-morning, I see more visitors pass through the site’s dramatic entry. The Siq, a 1.2 kilometre gorge between towering cliffs, is the only way in and out of the city. Horse carriages driven by Bedouin men send loud echoes of “clip clop” off the rock faces.

And then, seemingly out of nowhere, Petra’s most famous building emerges.

The Treasury is intricately designed and

remarkably preserved.

Here you meet eyeliner-wearing men, who try to sell you a ride on their camel.

You should also be prepared for their flirting. Many a western woman, including a New Zealand-born nurse who still lives with the Bedouin, have found love in Petra.

“I love your smile,” a young bandanawearing man says to an Australian woman trying to photograph camels.

Though the Treasury is the most visited site in Petra, it’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Days could be spent in the city.

Ignore your burning legs and follow a sign promising the “best view in Jordan” up another hill. It’s only then you can fully appreciate the size of the building set against the valley beyond.

I feel pleased with myself as I start to make my way back down the stairs.

Back on the street, more women plead with me to look at their shops. Over a cup of tea, one lady tells me business has been bad since the conflict broke out in Syria, to Jordan’s north. It’s a shame to think many thousands of people might miss out on seeing Jordan’s biggest draw card because of neighbouring conflicts.

I reflect on Burgon’s awed closing line: “Match me such marvel save in Eastern clime, a rose-red city half as old as time”.

The writer was a guest of Movenpick, Qantas, Emirates and Visit Jordan.

IF YOU GO: GETTING THERE Qantas flies through Dubai in partnership with Emirates. Their sale fares in November start from $773 one way.

STAYING THERE The five-star Movenpick Petra resort (movenpick.com/Jordan/Petra) is beside the entry to the site.

PLAYING THERE One-day entry to Petra is about $90 for people who have spent at least a night in the country. Two days is about $100 and three days is about $110. It will cost you about $165 for a one-day pass if you’re not going to spend a night in Jordan.

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PARKLAKES PROMOTION

EXCITING TIMES AHEAD FOR BLI BLI AND PARKLAKES 2 Bli Bli represents a symbol of the Sunshine Coast’s recovery with the multimillion- dollar infrastructure and urban development investment transforming the area from an isolated sleepy village to one of the most popular residential communities on the Sunshine Coast.

Living in Bli Bli means that you are central to all the action and still surrounded by natural beauty.

The idyllic masterplanned residential community Parklakes 2 in the heart of Bli Bli is delivering unparalleled lifestyle in keeping with the developers’ original vision of bringing generations together.

Inside this community is a future Prep to Year 12 Catholic school to open in January 2019 and the over 50s Luxury Lifestyle Community Halcyon Lakeside with a full suite of 5-star resort facilities.

With the beautiful views of Mt Coolum, canopies of trees, lakes and the central park with waterfront café/tapas bar and lots of open space; you truly are surrounded by natural beauty and modern convenience at Parklakes 2.

Bli Bli Shopping Precinct is only minutes away and is currently being extended to

include a medical centre, gym, tavern and hotel.

“The Bli Bli Village Centre will give the community a retail heart and a shopping and commercial sector that local residents could only dream about. Bli Bli is a community which has delivered on its promises, and is evolving to be one of the most in demand communities on the Sunshine Coast thanks to its local infrastructure as well as easy access to local beaches, the airport and new CBD,” says Michael White, owner of White’s Supa IGA. There is a real confidence in the Sunshine Coast market and the solid demand for land at Parklakes 2 seen in the past year highlights that more and more people want to build their own home instead of renting.

“We are finding that our buyers have done their research and even before they come to see us many have already decided to build at Parklakes 2, it’s a lifestyle choice for most people. They want to enjoy the outdoors at their doorstep and many buyers are building their second or third home and don’t want to compromise on space or privacy,” developer Robert Flipp says.

“After more than 30 years in property development we have never experienced this level of continued activity and it’s evident that Bli Bli now is a vibrant community well sought after.”

The final stages are now selling at Parklakes 2 and with an average lot size of 640m2 there is room for ample parking, a pool, shed and a large outdoor entertaining area.

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MY OPINION

EXTREME LEGO STORAGE IDEAS

A LOT OF GIVE AND TAKE

Sami Muirhead goes to great lengths to find the answer to one of life’s greatest mysteries – what is the best way to store Lego?

Rebecca Grisman says the Coast’s deeper beauty lies in the generosity and kindness we show towards those in need.

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ego is what we parents buy our kids in the hope the block building is feeding their little minds and honing their motor skills.

It is also lots of fun to be a kid again and build stuff with your child. It brings mindfulness and simple happiness to actually make something. So in a perfect world, it is the gift that keeps on giving.

Except when Lego goes rogue. And it always goes rogue.

The little pieces in that one box inevitably get split up. Bits get lost. Pieces become weapons under your feet, crippling you in the middle of the night.

Keeping an entire set in its box and all together is about as easy as running a marathon in flippers.

I lie awake at night thinking about cheesecake and how I should be storing our pesky pieces. I know. I am completely tragic. We started off with great intentions and planned to keep each unit with its box or within a bag but I left the kids alone with the Lego for 10 minutes and the pieces were scattered across the house and I have found them in the washing machine and even in the pool.

So I have started a new obsession with friends: asking them how they store their Lego. It seems colour coding is huge. Other friends tell me placing each set or colour in

zip lock bags is a failsafe option. Many use huge sliding draws, a few implement plastic jars, and one perfectionist custom-built a table with storage bins hanging off the side.

Upcycling old fishing tackle boxes is a genius idea and one family just throws it all on a sheet and rolls the whole damn thing up.

One mum I know has a binder where the instructions to each piece are hole punched, laminated, and popped into the folder. Wait for it. In alphabetical order. The rest of us do not stand a chance.

So in the pursuit of perfect and practical Lego storing, I went as far as tracking down the only Lego professor in the Southern Hemisphere. Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught. Ryan is an Aussie who is living the dream job of many kids: he is paid to build Lego.

The dad is the curator of the new global exhibition called Wonders Of The World. The Lego display will travel the nation and then the globe, but first it is premiering at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. It took 5000 hours to build the epic structures and I think storing the pieces would have been the last thing on Ryan’s mind. More than 50 amazing models will be on display including a giant Lego Arc de Triomphe and Empire State Building.

Ryan answered my question wisely: “The correct way to store Lego is the way Mum tells you to store it.” A smart Lego professor indeed.

“Ryan is an Aussie who is living the dream job of many kids…”

Sami Muirhead is a radio announcer, blogger and commentator.

For more from Sami go to twomadrabbits.com or you can hear her on Mix FM.

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he Sunshine Coast region is often noted and celebrated as an extremely generous community for its widespread support for myriad causes and charities. Some simple online research this week provided me with lists of more than 200 registered charities across several categories. That did not include schools, churches or volunteer led organisations that are not officially registered as deductible gift recipients (DGRs) with the Australian Taxation Office.

It also doesn’t account for the range of invaluable voluntary groups like Rotary, Lions and U3A, to name just a few, who give their time and skills to creating and supporting activities for charitable purposes.

It adds up to a lot of good community work being done by many. Much of it is unseen, day to day, yet the ripple effects can impact many lives and even generations of local people.

Social media in some ways makes it easier to share and shine a light on the many big hearts and willing hands that we are so fortunate to have in our local neighbourhoods. Although there are many, many causes out there seeking some attention and support it can be an easy way to share a moment, a photo, a memory and a need.

In the past few weeks I’ve been moved to tears and to donate time, money, food, books and gifts for several local causes. Just some of them included supporting the

annual Day for Daniel, which means a lot to our region; primary students fundraising for rebuilding a sister school in Fiji destroyed by Cyclone Winston in February; Ken Mills Toyota’s innovative pop-up restaurant in their car servicing shed to support 5000 at risk children on the Coast via SunnyKids; and buying homewares for the Pathways College that’s under construction in Caloundra by STEPS.

“I’ve been moved to tears and to donate time, money, food…”

My favourite cause lately, however, has been gathering 35 gifts for little ones and their committed teen mums who are completing high school through the STEMM program at Burnside State High School.

As Christmas draws closer there will certainly be many more appeals and causes to come that anyone of any age can become involved in. My small son is already saving up for choosing several injured and rescued native wildlife to sponsor as gifts for his friends and cousins this year.

It is the diverse tapestry of our Coast’s communities and organisations that makes up the fabric of our regional character and this time of year brings out many stories and also many hands to make things happen.

Rebecca Grisman is a communications specialist who has lived on the Sunshine Coast for more than 20 years.

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GAME CHANGER UPDATE

FROM THE MAYOR

WHAT’S ON TOP 3

1 One of the very pleasant duties our councillors get to enjoy at this time of year is attending the various graduation and speech nights held by our local schools.

We are very fortunate to have so many outstanding educational facilities in our region and our visits to meet the students and staff always provide some memorable moments.

Since graduation night season started in late October, I’ve enjoyed being a guest at Chancellor State College, Caloundra State High School, Nambour Christian College, St John’s College Nambour and Suncoast Christian College – with more to come.

What has stood out at each school is that we have hundreds of very intelligent and engaged students heading into further education and the workforce.

They have their sights firmly on the future and can see the pathways we are developing here on the Coast for their future careers.

Another standout feature is the great cohesion that exists between the students and the dedicated teaching and administration staff.

It’s all helping to build capable, confident young people who will do their families and our region proud. Best of luck!

Mark Jamieson Mayor Sunshine Coast Council

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Learn how to make your own doggy-licious treats at home using the finest ingredients.

Come along to Pupcakes at Coolum Library on Monday, November 28 from 10-11.30am. It’s free. Register via what’s on tab at council’s website.

IT’S GO TIME FOR AIRPORT Our Sunshine Coast Airport expansion plans are about to take off.

With the major project approvals already in place and access to a $181 million loan from the Federal Government now confirmed, council is able to go ahead with the construction of the new runway, apron expansion and related infrastructure.

It’s expected the new airport will be ready for passengers and freight by Christmas 2020. The expansion project will contribute $4.1 billion to the Sunshine Coast economy between 2020 and 2040 and result in 3500 fewer dwellings being affected by noise by 2020.

It will ensure we have an airport that can accommodate larger, more fuel efficient aircraft, enabling more direct flights to more locations in Australia, Asia and the Western Pacific. Those new routes will boost our tourism and international trade and help our export businesses.

METERS TO SWITCH OFF Shoppers will be able to take advantage of meter free parking in the Caloundra CBD during the Christmas and New Year period. It will run for six weeks starting from Saturday, December 10 to Sunday, January 29. The two-hour time limit will still apply in order to support customer turnover for local businesses.

MAKEOVER FOR STADIUM Sunshine Coast Stadium, our region’s premier outdoor sports and events facility, will have its capacity boosted to around 10,000 thanks to a $2.5 million project now underway.

The upgrade includes family friendly turf hills along the eastern, northern and southern sides which will provide great views of the playing field and a 36 square metre LED scoreboard/replay screen.

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Come along to the final Sunshine Coast Events Network workshop and networking event of the year, The Social scene, on Thursday, December 1 at the Maroochy Surf Club. Join in the workshop at 6pm and learn more content planning on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Bookings essential via our website.

If you’d like to do business with council, come along to our special workshop in Nambour on December 9 (8-9.30am).

It’s designed to assist your business better understand council’s procurement requirements, processes and be more successful when submitting tenders and quotations to council as well as other levels of government. Contact 5475 9929 to book.

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For event listing and full detail visit www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

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VULNERABLE HABITAT SAFE AND SECURE An incredible 27.5 hectare eucalypt and rainforest habitat in the foothills of Buderim will be protected and enhanced for many future generations to come thanks to your annual Environment Levy contribution.

Council’s latest Environment Levy Land Acquisition Program purchase at 62-124 Crosby Hill Road, is one of the largest remaining vegetated lots in the Buderim area.

It’s home to tall habitat trees along with a number of the Coast’s protected plant and animal species, including the biggest owl in Australia – the powerful owl.

The $1.25 million property is a significant addition to council’s conservation estate and increases the amount of land purchased through the Environment Levy to more than 2860 hectares since the early 1990s.

Just over one third (1052 hectares) has been acquired since 2008.

We have already identified numerous important and vulnerable plant and wildlife species on the site and our council officers are excited to undertake further assessments to find out what else is sheltered in the fully vegetated, diverse

YOUR LEVY AT WORK

TIPS You can discard up to three old mattresses at no charge at council waste management and resource recovery facilities. Visit our website for details.

Did you know there are 30 dog parks and off-leash areas across the Sunshine Coast?

Visit council’s website to find your nearest location.

eucalypt and rainforest habitat.

Amongst the tall habitat trees we have already discovered are some of the largest grey gum (Eucalyptus propinqua) and pink bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia) trees on the Sunshine Coast.

These old weathered trees are a valuable asset for wildlife because the hollows

provide habitat dwelling id essential i lh bi ffor tree d lli animals including koalas, sugar gliders, small bats, owls, cockatoos and other birds.

The reserve is also in a significant corridor for koalas in this region.

It had been owned for the past 100 years by an early pioneering logging and farming family, the Crosbys.

Keep up to date with employment opportunities at council.

We post vacancies on our website every Friday and you can subscribe for emailed job alerts.

Find more hints and tips online at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

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THE PLANNING FOR A SUSTAINABLE COASTAL VILLAGE Sekisui House invites the community to visit us for information and have your say.

Sekisui House Australia is preparing a new proposal for the development of a 5 Star international eco-tourism resort, conference facilities, apartments, terraces and single dwelling homes around a coastal village centre and public open spaces on our 19 hectare beachfront site at Yaroomba.

This will be a new plan to create a sustainable coastal village based on principles developed in partnership with the community. We listened to community feedback about our previous proposal and will be making reductions in the hotel height and in the size of the residential community.

Sekisui House is Japan’s most respected and successful community builders, with an international reputation for creating environmentally thoughtful and high quality developments that integrate with the natural environment.These same values, and our respect for the Sunshine Coast’s natural beauty and sustainability, will be paramount in our planning for Yaroomba Beach.

The new proposal being developed will offer a medium-density and medium-rise development. It will be a venue for locals and a drawcard for tourists, setting a new benchmark for the Sunshine Coast.

Sekisui House has signed an agreement with Starwood Hotels to operate The Westin Coolum Resort & Spa at Yaroomba Beach, and Starwood will bring its

international tourism experience to the process of planning for the first 5 Star hotel on the Sunshine Coast in nearly 30 years.

The Yaroomba Beach site is a disused former golf course and is recognised as one of only two key, undeveloped Tourism Focus Areas on the Sunshine Coast – specifically set aside as primary locations for tourism related activities, facilities and infrastructure.

Establishing a 5 Star eco-tourism resort will generate hundreds of local jobs and inject millions of tourism dollars into local businesses every year. Importantly the 5 Star ecotourism resort will be developed in the 1st stage.

The important parabolic and frontal dunes that adjoin the site are not owned by Sekisui House, not included in the project and will not be developed.

Sekisui House is targeting world class sustainability outcomes for the site, maintaining some of the mature vegetation and reducing the amount of imported fill under the new framework.

Sekisui House is highly awarded for sustainable development in Australia and overseas and these values will be applied to the Yaroomba Beach project.

Please visit our website, join our database for updates and share your feedback.

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LOCAL NEWS

BEACH MATS A BIG HIT

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isiting the beach is something many people take for granted.

But for some of the Sunshine Coast residents who are looking forward to a day out at Maroochy Beach tomorrow, it has been a once in a lifetime opportunity – until now.

Hundreds of people are expected to turn out to witness the second beach matting trial, which gives people living in a wheelchair the chance to feel the ocean.

The first trial, held at Alexandra Headland earlier this month, was hailed a success and Sunshine Coast councillor Jason O’Pray has no doubts this weekend’s event will be just as rewarding.

O’Pray committed $2500 towards the cost of the matting while not-for-profit organisation 121 Care kicked in $1500.

“We had about 40 people living in chairs at that trial,’’ he tells My Weekly Preview.

“It was not only one of my greatest days at work but one of the greatest days of my life in general.

“There was a four-year-old boy squealing because he had never been on the beach.

“It’s something we all take so much for granted, it’s such a powerful thing.’’

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BUSINESS & FINANCE

WHICH SHARES HOLD THE TRUMP CARDS? Anthony Ward is from Ord Minnett in Buderim.

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hat a confusing world we live in. Post the Trump victory, let’s look at how we see the state of play in domestic equity markets. As we have outlined before, we felt the ASX200 would largely remain range bound in the near term, between 4900–5400, with the upside being limited by persistent risks around growth, not just globally, but also domestically.

We wouldn’t be surprised to see markets continue to trade within this range.

Following Trump’s victory, we think a rally above the top end of our target near term is even more difficult given the uncertainty around policy direction and

implications for markets outside the US. However, we are comfortable for the time being that the market’s downside can be limited to around 4900, as policy on balance remains accommodative (and rate cuts even become a possibility again in several countries, including Australia), while valuations would be more attractive, as price-earnings multiples move back to longer term averages and dividend-bond yield gaps widen again.

For the Australian share market, early beneficiaries of a Trump win would be companies leveraged to the defence sector (e.g. Austal), rising US rates (e.g. QBE Insurance), and the US economy in general (e.g. Orora, Westfield). Of these, we are fundamentally more positive on names like Austal, Orora and Westfield.

More broadly, given our view of a range bound market, one does have to remain selective, and we are comfortable with the themes we have been advocating for within our equity market.

Yield Plus: companies with more moderate yield and which are growing

“Post the Trump victory, let’s look at how we see the state of play…” earnings and therefore can grow dividends over time (e.g. AGL, Duet, Perpetual, Westfield, Goodman Group).

Leverage to a declining AUD/USD: if anything, rising bond yields in the US will

see the gap between rates in Australia and the US close further, providing more relative support for the US dollar against the AUD. The key ways to play a rising USD (relatively to the AUD) would be a US dollar exchange traded fund (e.g. USD.AXW) or ASX listed companies with more exposure the USD (e.g. Orora, Treasury Wine).

Structural growth stories or cycle defenders: that is, companies that are leveraged to structural trends such as the ageing population, or who are less dependent on the Australian economic cycle, given our concerns on the Australian economy. These include companies like Service Stream, Healthscope, and Ramsay Health Care.

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John Gallagher from Argon Law steps readers through the key considerations to know when buying a property off the plan.

Ryan Oliver from MLC Advice Buderim talks about the three insurance types all small business owners should know about.

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plans and schedules provided to you earlier, as well as provisions specifying a sunset date by which the development must be completed.

The contract should also include a provision requiring the developer to rectify any defects that may become evident during the first few months after you settle.

Experienced lawyers will ensure that important matters are properly covered.

In summary: • Do your research and get a clear picture of how it will all fit together • Beware of rental guarantees • Get the contract reviewed by a lawyer.

There is obviously a lot more involved in off the plan property transactions so if you have any questions contact your lawyer.

For more information, contact Argon Law on 5443 9988 or email: enquiry@argonlaw.com.au.

uying off the plan, although often a great way to get started with property or build an investment portfolio, can also be filled with many traps for inexperienced or ill-informed investors.

Entering into a contract to buy an apartment or townhouse before construction has finished is known as buying off the plan.

It’s a good idea to research the developer and the location and try to get as clear a picture as possible of the dwelling you will actually receive. Study all plans, drawings and schedules of finishes and even ask an architect for an opinion about them.

Get a good understanding of how the body corporate will be structured and how much you can expect to pay each year.

Beware of rental guarantees as they can give you a false impression about the return you can expect to receive.

The proposed contract of sale and associated disclosure statement from the developer should include copies of the

Any advice in this publication is of a general nature only and has not been tailored to your personal circumstances. Please seek personal advice prior to acting on this information.

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ll business owners can relate to the hard work and commitment it takes to shape an organisation into a success.

But, what would happen to your business if you, one of your partners or a key employee were no longer able to work?

How would the business pay its share of any debts or working capital? Would the business continue to run profitably? Would there be any business partners or their spouses who would want their share of the business to be sold?

These are all great questions to consider.

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If you are on the part or full Age Pension you will find how these upcoming changes will affect you and what strategies are available to you to maximise your retirement income.

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If you do not currently have a solution to any of the above circumstances, please contact MLC Advice Buderim on 5476 5117 to arrange a complimentary discussion about your business needs.

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read recently that Stephen Hawking has suggested with the way the planet’s going, we only have about 700 years to find a new place for us all to live. That’s nowhere near enough time for my wife to pack. If the world was seriously going to end though, say in the next few weeks, I’d hope someone could knock up an underground bunker for me ‘coz at that point I’d be too busy out on the town maxing out credit cards and burning bridges.

I learnt this week that RSVPing to a wedding invite “maybe next time” isn’t quite the right response. It went down like a toasted cheese and glass sandwich. Never mind that I’ve spent a fair bit of the last week worried sick that if one of my kids turns out to be a famous painter, then I’ve quite possibly thrown away millions of dollars worth of their artwork.

In other news this week, another Mars robot has beamed back pictures of nothing from the red planet. No pictures of ESPN,

beer or nasty adult movies, proving once and for all that men are not from Mars.

Marriage is tough, right? It really is. It has its good times and it’s not so good times. But it’s also supposed to be permanent. It’s like a big tattoo that yells at you. My cousin Damien has had two very unlucky marriages. His first wife ran off with another bloke. The second one didn’t.

This week’s brew comes courtesy of the legends at Newstead Brewing Company in Brissie. I’m a massive fan of the Newstead crew and their Out & a Bout Pale Ale is a real treat. The brewery itself is located on Doggett Street in Newstead, a street named after Brisbane’s 40th mayor Harry Doggett. The Pale Ale is a tribute to the great man and the somewhat unsavoury streets of Newstead in the early 1900s, where if things got a little dicey, you’d be asked to take it outside.

The Out & a Bout packs a tasty little punch, featuring a pine needle bouquet with an orangey, fruity palate it’s a cracking modern style all occasions ale that you should treat like a cab after a big day at the races and get into it. Remember for every beer we drink this coming festive season, God takes one minute off our lives and puts it onto Derryn Hinch’s. What’s a dozen minutes right?

I give the Newstead Out & A Bout Pale Ale 4 out of 5 thumbs up.

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EVER WANTED TO MAKE YOUR OWN FAIRY OR TROLL HOUSE? The trolls and fairies are coming and a young Sunshine Coast author is prepared to teach you how to create the perfect environment for them.

Join Samara Welbourne, the 16-yearold author of the children’s craft book How To Make Fairy Houses, and get the kids making their own whimsical and gorgeous fairy houses or troll caves during the Christmas holidays.

Samara’s book gives step-by-step instructions on how to make fairy houses and troll caves using fast drying craft glue, cardboard, plastic pots and other bits and pieces found in most cupboards or craft shops.

Samara will dedicate an hour each to

Samara’s book gives step-by-step instructions on how to make fairy houses fairies and trolls to share everything she knows at Sandy Pages Bookshop in Coolum Beach, where books and fairy kits will be available.

Meet Samara at Sandy Pages Bookshop on November 27 from 11am until 1pm.

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SUNSHINE COAST SPRING HAY RUN Don’t miss a weekend of free entertainment at the Caloundra Power Boat Club as the venue thanks the community for supporting its Buy a Bale fundraising campaign.

The venue is hosting a Spring Hay Run event, which will run over two days and culminate in the send-off of 750 bales of hay to drought-stricken western Queensland.

It will kick off on Saturday, November 26 with performances by award-winning artists Kelly Cork, Fiona O’Shea, Col Finley and Graham Jensen with a farmer’s market from 4pm to 9pm and fireworks at 7.30pm.

A bush poet’s barbecue breakfast will start the day on November 27 and the trucks will be given a royal send-off at 10.30am. Those who wish to stay on can enjoy performances by Richo Richardson, Will Day, Kristy James Band, Col Finley, Nellie and Chris Staff, Seleen McAlister and Drew McAlister.

Money raised from the two-day event will go towards fuel costs for the trucks.

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OUR 50TH YEAR

TRANSPORT NETWORK UNIFIES A REGION

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY

The double lanes of the Sunshine Motorway are filling up and it’s only getting busier, but it wasn’t that long ago that motorists were driving on sandy tracks to get around the Sunshine Coast, writes DOT WHITTINGTON.

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sk anyone who has served in local government and they will tell you that roads (along with rates and rubbish) were the big issue during their tenure.

During the late 20th century, the list of projects to seal roads around a division was not only a key election platform, but was the subject of regular review at council meetings.

It was a challenge, as there were lots of them – rough tracks with kerb and channeling still just a dream.

In the beginning, there was the Cobb and Co route between Brisbane and Gympie. It operated from 1868 to 1880.

Rail came next, with the opening of the Brisbane to Landsborough line in 1890, and the following year its extension to Nambour and on northwards to Cooroy.

Trams connected Palmwoods with Buderim and Nambour with Mapleton and the sugar cane train line was brought into service for beachgoers.

Even in 1925, less than a century ago, the “means of access” for visitors to Maroochydore from Brisbane was detailed

From left: A crowd gathers for the official opening of a new bridge over the North Maroochy River at North Arm in 1966. Horse and buggy on the road from Buderim to Mooloolaba, mid 1930s. Construction of the David Low Bridge at Bli Bli, late 1950s

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in a tourist guide as: “Rail to Yandina (69 miles) thence per Coulson’s motor launch to destination.

“Rail to Nambour (65 miles). Tram to Deepwater, thence motor launch to Maroochydore. Rail to Palmwoods (60 miles); tram to Buderim (7 miles) thence conveyance to destination (3 ½ miles).

“Conveyance to Maroochydore; arrangements for hire to be made locally.

By this latter means a good round trip could be undertaken, embracing Palmwoods, Buderim Mountain, Maroochydore and return either via Nambour or Yandina.’’

And then came motor cars and the serious business of building a road network for this new form of transport which quickly gained popularity.

It wasn’t until the 1960s, that road construction became a serious business to open up a growing region. Bridges were key to these routes and that meant money.

It was an expensive business and priority setting was keen.

When Alfred Grant applied to start

development at Kawana, approval was granted on condition that the Nicklin Way and a connecting road to Point Cartwright was built.

This included construction of three bridges at Currimundi Creek, the Mooloolah River and Tuckers Creek.

Construction of the bridge over the Maroochy River at Bli Bli opened up the David Low Way heading north.

And by the 1970s, a coastal route from Caloundra to Noosa was reality, albeit still rudimentary.

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In 1872, 40,0000 hectares from Noosa Heads south to Sunshine Beach was proclaimed by the Queensland Government as a Reserve for Aboriginal Mission purposes. It included Noosaville and Lake Weyba. The Reserve was cancelled in November 1878, with the announcement that 1700 acres would be opened for selection from January 1879 at an upset price of seven shillings and sixpence an acre and 8250 acres would be surveyed for auction.

DID YOU KNOW? • William Clark had experimented with sugar cane growing at Bli Bli in the 1860s, but in 1869, a group of Quakers took up land near the junction of the Mooloolah River and Sippy Creek. They planted sugar cane and erected a crushing mill. It was abandoned after severe flooding in the 1870s.

• Pioneers referred to the rainforests as scrub, partial rainforests as bastard scrub and land with hardwood as forest land.

The 50th Anniversary of the Naming of the Sunshine Coast will be celebrated on August 1, 2017. In the lead up to the occasion, My Weekly Preview will each week take a look into our region’s past. If you have any historical photos or stories to share, feel free to email: editorial@myweeklypreview.com.au

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MOTORING PREVIEW

LIVING UP TO THE HYPE Mercedes-Benz has stayed a step ahead of the pack with its technology-rich new E-Class sedan.

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ercedes-Benz describes this as the most technologically advanced car they have ever built. Which is a bit like singling out Bradman’s finest innings, or Donald Trump’s greatest gaffe (not that it’s done him too much harm).

Still, when the world’s pre-eminent carmaker places such lofty expectations on a new model, the pressure to deliver is immense. Yet somehow, the new MercedesBenz E-Class lives up to the hype.

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It delivers luxury, technology, style and refinement in measures we couldn’t have dreamed about just a few years ago, such has been the pace of change, and advancement, in the luxury car segment.

Mercedes calls this the 10th generation E-Class – although technically the company only adopted its letter-first naming convention in 1993. But it’s the latest expression of Benz’s love affair with the executive saloon format that started as far back as the early 1950s.

While it sits only midway up the Mercedes pecking order, the E-Class has in many ways been a standard-bearer for the famous three-point star for most of that time – with every successive model an evolutionary step forward.

The problem, of course, is that it’s increasingly difficult to keep raising the bar.

These days, technology is the dominant currency when it comes to selling cars in this very discerning part of the market and it’s here that Benz has put most of its focus.

Style, comfort and high-end specifications are a given, whether you’re shopping for a Beemer or a Benz, an Audi or an Infiniti, Lexus or Jag. While Jaguar has marked out its territory as the sporty, stylish alternative, the Germans are duelling for the technology edge – a battle to cram as much electronic wizardry as possible into their respective offerings.

Enter the “smartest” Mercedes ever.

Benz suggests that the new E-Class is a “major step towards autonomous driving’ – with some critics already dubbing it as the car that virtually drives itself, thanks to a new range of passive and active driver aides unveiled in its safety suite.

Central to that is a Drive Pilot function that controls the speed, steering and distance to the car in front using a series of sensors. Adaptive cruise control and self-parking systems further reduce the onus on the driver.

Active lane-departure mitigation and autonomous collision avoidance make this car almost impossible – or at least very difficult – to crash.

The E-Class will initially be offered in five model specifications in Australia – with a choice of four-cylinder turbo petrol and diesel engines (the E200 and E220d), a six-cylinder petrol V6 (E350) and turbodiesel (E350d) and a twin-turbocharged sixcylinder (E400). An even more powerful eight-cylinder petrol variant, plus an electric hybrid, will be unveiled in the new year.

We drove the new E-Class in its least expensive, most basic form – the turbocharged, four-cylinder E200 – using a two-litre petrol engine delivering 135kW and 300Nm. With a starting price of $89,900 plus onroad costs, it’s about $10-grand more expensive than the previous entry-level model, although technology and comfort continued over>

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MOTORING <from previous page have both been substantially ramped up.

In fact first impressions suggested the E200 feels more like the flagship S-Class limousine – both in appearance and functionality.

Key to that is the widescreen cockpit format – first unveiled in the S-Class - with side-by-side 12-inch, high-definition display screens replacing the customary instrument panel and command-screen format.

The screens can be customised to suit the driver’s preference – with three main modes and an almost limitless range of customised formats.

Navigating the two screens is simple, thanks to two little touch-pads, which replace buttons or scrolling dials, on the steering wheel controls. They work by brushing your finger over them – the same technology as your smart phone – bringing new meaning to the term fingertip control.

The two screens stretch two-thirds of the way across the Benz’s dash, which is distinguished by a curving, sculpted swathe of timber panelling that dissects the cabin.

It’s beautiful, tasteful and seriously luxe.

The turbine-style airvents, piano black finishes and sleek centre console evoke both the S-Class and the smaller C-Class, establishing a clear design ethic across the Benz sedan range.

Outside, the family lineage is equally

unobtrusive, with the power being delivered in a seamless, intuitive fashion.

Put it all together and this bigger, better E-Class further advances perhaps the world’s best passenger saloon.

A car worthy of Bradman. Or maybe even the next President of the United States.

MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS HOW BIG? It’s the German equivalent of the Holden Commodore – so it’s amply-sized for a full family with all their luggage.

HOW FAST?

strong, particularly from the front and rear.

Dynamically, the E-Class has always been a personal favourite with its flat, well-resolved handling and peerless ride and quietness.

This model continues that tradition.

OK, the 135 kilowatt turbo four hardly delivers firecracker performance – but it’s perfectly adequate and many Benz devotees would never ask for more performance than this car delivers.

But I’d be inclined to spend at least the additional $3000 to step up to the dieselpowered E220, which boasts substantially

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more torque and, as a bonus, a ridiculously frugal thirst of just 4.1L/100k.

Many will no doubt be tempted to look further up the model range but the next step up is a big one – $134,900 for the E350d.

Historically, high-end European brands have tended to deliver slightly spartan trim in their bargain-basement models – after all, the Germans use the basic E-Class as taxis – but that is far from the case with the E200.

It is, of course, whisper quiet, as we’ve come to expect of vehicles of this pedigree.

The nine-speed auto is as efficient as it is

Well, the model we’ve tested here is the least powerful of the range – so it’s not a worldbeater. If you want more grunt, there’s plenty available as you step up the model range – but at a price.

HOW THIRSTY? The turbocharged, four-cylinder engine and its ultra-smooth, ultra-efficient nine-speed auto transmission allows this big car to deliver a very respectable 6.4L/100km.

HOW MUCH? Again, this is where the entry-level model tested here makes a compelling case. At $89,900 plus onroads, it’s almost as affordable as the smaller, less-sophisticated C-Class with many of the features found in E-Class models costing twice as much.

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MOTORING

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HELPING HAND

unshine Coast charity SunnyKids has received a boost to the tune of $30,000 thanks to the generosity of a Maroochydore car dealership.

Ken Mills Toyota Maroochydore’s fourth annual Millsy’s Donation Drive centred on a ‘You drive, we donate’ campaign. For each vehicle taken for a test drive at either the Maroochydore or Nambour dealership during a two week period in October, the company donated $40 to SunnyKids.

A fun night of food and fundraising at the Ken Mills Toyota Service Centre’s Pop-Up Restaurant also contributed to the cause.

“The event is somewhere between a car yard sausage sizzle and a very elaborate restaurant, and in the middle you have the pop-up restaurant,’’ explains Brett Mills.

“Obviously it is a car workshop by day, but the incredible team who are my staff at Ken Mills Toyota transformed it into a restaurant for 150 people in under 24 hours.

“We are a big supporter of SunnyKids and we wanted an event where like-minded people can get together. We have one big table down the middle; it’s a communal kind of event, we share food, break some bread, have a drink and raise money for that awesome charity which supports the kids in our community.

“As a father and long term resident of the Sunshine Coast, it is something I am especially proud to be involved in.”

SunnyKids CEO and founder Chris Turner says the donation drive forms an essential part of the SunnyKids program.

“Without the support of Brett Mills, himself a dedicated family man, we simply wouldn’t be able to reach the number of vulnerable children that we do,’’ Turner says.

“Put simply the $30,000 raised by Brett and his team will secure support for an additional 62 children, and for that we are very grateful.”

Brett Mills with SunnyKids CEO Chris Turner

THE NEXT GENERATION Mazda Motor Corporation has unveiled the next generation Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV. The fully redesigned model, which refines every element of Mazda’s design and technology, will be launched in Japan in February before being rolled out to global markets.

The model is engineered in line with human sensibilities to deliver responsive performance that conforms to the driver’s expectations, according to a statement

released by Mazda.

It also prioritises passenger comfort and adopts G-Vectoring Control, the first of the SKYACTIV Vehicle Dynamics vehicle motion control technologies.

The body colour lineup includes the newly developed soul red crystal.

While, the powertrain lineup comprises the SKYACTIV-G 2.0 and 2.5 petrol, and SKYACTIV-D 2.2 diesel engines.

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MOOLOOLABA OPPORTUNITY

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PROPERTY

THE POWER OF PRINT TO SELL HOMES

Getting the best price for your home can be as simple as ensuring your property reaches the eyes of as many people as possible.

Roxanne McCarty-O’Kane looks at how marketing makes a huge impact in the final instalment of a five-week series.

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he proof is in the pudding, both statically and anecdotally – it pays to invest in a thorough marketing campaign when selling your property.

CoreLogic RP Data studied the sales history of 850,000 houses across a two-year period and found a combination of print and online advertising will sell homes faster and get the best price.

The study, released in 2015, found residential properties sell on average seven days faster than those advertised only online and data compiled from Brisbane research shows properties advertised across both print and online experienced a 12.5 per cent increase in success rate and an increase of 5.8 per cent (or $27,000 for the average home) in the sale price.

Define Property principal Ross Cattle says as much as trends shift to online, there is always a prominent place for print when marketing properties. In fact, the power of the combination of the two is irrefutable.

“We have tracked where buyers have come from for over a decade and a prime example of combining print and online was a four-bedroom, deep water access, waterfront apartment that was very unique,” he says.

“We had 48 viewings over four weeks and 39 of those [potential] buyers came from print, not online. Why? Because of the uniqueness of the property, we attracted people into the market that weren’t looking online and we had people that were not actively looking at buying, but once they saw the apartment in the property magazine, they decided it was time to move.”

Cattle says restricting advertising to online only, in this case, would have excluded the 39 potential buyers and this is a huge gamble for sellers to take for the sake of saving money on advertising by restricting the number of mediums they market their property on.

“I have been working in the coalface of real estate now for 19 years and time and again, I find if you cover all bases with marketing, it might cost you $1000 or $2000 on marketing, but getting sucked into free listings could cost you more and that could be tens of thousands more by not getting the best potential price,” he says.

“It is also important to look at other aspects of marketing, like the tried and true door knock. We did this on a street where a property had been open listed for four months and we invited the neighbours to inspect the home and it was sold for $1.5 million to a buyer we had attracted from three houses away.”

More recently, a property at 62 Oloway Crescent at Alexandra Headland was marketed by Define Property across both print and online and over a four-week period, it set the record for the most-viewed property for the agency this year.

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“If this isn’t a reason to utilise print, I don’t know what is” Ross Cattle

“When we look at the numbers to see how the buyers found the property, we were delighted by the even spread between print, online, signage and street marketing,” Cattle says.

He says it is as simple as thinking whether you wish to target the best buyer from a pool of four or five, or attract a larger pool of 20 or 30 potential buyers.

“It’s critical to attract more people to ensure the highest sale price. One of the only ways to boost the price is to attract more people, so the more you can reach through different mediums, the more chance you have of doing that. Don’t undersell your biggest asset.”

Cattle says convincing the owner of an Alexandra Headland property to invest in a marketing strategy after his property was listed for 14 months resulted in the property selling a week before a listed auction for $8000 more than the original list price off the back of an average print campaign.

“If this isn’t a reason to utilise print, I don’t know what is,” Cattle says.

He says it is important for sellers to find an agent that could help them to set a realistic price range for their property.

“You don’t have to list at a price and auction is always a great way of ensuring you don’t undersell, but you need to go into any marketing campaign knowing what is realistic and while there is always the exception to the rule and some properties just have no benchmarks to compare, in most cases there is evidence to give you a range,” he says.

“Once you have the range, it’s about a good broad range of marketing ensuring your covering every angle.

“The other important thing is presentation and keeping the lawns mowed and the house clean before you go to the market and during the campaign as this can make a difference in price and the speed of selling.”

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PROPERTY

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

Here’s a preview of hot auctions taking place on the Sunshine Coast in the next seven days:

LOT 39 EUMERALLA CRESCENT,

A list of what’s recently sold on the Coast:

LANDSBOROUGH $225,000 / Vacant land

124 PERWILLOWEN ROAD, BURNSIDE $410,000 / 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Carolans First National Nambour, Vanessa Brunton

73-77 GREENWOOD CLOSE, BUDERIM Auction on site Saturday November 26 @ 2pm Next Property Group 1300 400 777 Craig Porter 0411 554 880 Loren Wimhurst 0415 380 222 18 BROOKFIELD COURT, DIDDILLIBAH Auction on site Saturday November 26 @ 2pm Riddell Real Estate 5442 1888 John Pyne 0418 710 209 Gary De Paoli 0408 731 412

MARKET TRACKER

360 Townsend Road, Buderim 360 TOWNSEND ROAD, BUDERIM SOLD PRIOR TO AUCTION 3 bed, 3 bath, 2 car Define Property Agents 5478 2477 Ross Cattle 0410 625 758

Next Property Group, John Skerlak LOT 28 JARRAH WAY, LANDSBOROUGH

6 PERINDI CHASE, CURRIMUNDI $470,000 / 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car RealWay Property Consultants Caloundra, James Reynolds

$239,000 / Vacant land

15 SNOWDROP AVENUE, CURRIMUNDI $463,000 / 3 bed, 1 bath, 2 car RealWay Property Consultants Caloundra, James Reynolds

$237,000 / Vacant land

LOT 37 EUMERALLA CRESCENT, LANDSBOROUGH $259,000 / Vacant land Next Property Group, John Skerlak

$243,000 / Vacant land

Next Property Group, John Skerlak LOT 50 JARRAH WAY, LANDSBOROUGH

Next Property Group, John Skerlak LOT 51 JARRAH WAY, LANDSBOROUGH

Next Property Group, John Skerlak LOT 1/97 MUDJIMBA BEACH ROAD, MUDJIMBA

4 TRINIDAD STREET, KAWANA ISLAND

$310,000 / Vacant land

SOLD PRIOR TO AUCTION

Next Property Group, Ingrid Ludbrook

4 bed, 2.5 bath, 2 car 19 SOLANDRA STREET, NAMBOUR

Next Property Group 1300 400 777

$333,000 / 4 bed, 1 bath, 2 car

Karen Jones 0405 122 526

Carolans First National Nambour, Warren Nonmus

18 Brookfield Court, Diddillibah

23 INNSBRUCK COURT, MONS

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23 RELIANCE PLACE, PELICAN WATERS $1,380,000 / 5 bed, 3 bath, 3 car

6 bed, 3 bath, 2 car

Next Property Group, Kerri Johnston

Belle Property Buderim 5456 0219 Bevan Horsnell 0412 512 257

4 Trinidad Street, Kawana Island

*As supplied by contributing real estate agencies

RURAL LIVING AT ITS BEST

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erched atop a 7586m2 block, there’s plenty to love about this charming home. With wrap around decks that capture the picturesque outlook, the property offers the best of rural living, and yet is only a short drive to major facilities. The main deck overlooks the surrounding grounds and inground pool. The property also has a three-bay shed. The home itself features four bedrooms plus a separate study area. There are two separate living areas plus a formal dining room. The country style kitchen features stone benches and plenty of cupboard space.

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569 PAYNTERS CREEK ROAD, ROSEMOUNT 4 bed, 2 bath, 3 car $649,000 Harcourts Buderim 5445 2777 Jarrad McCarthy 0410 052 219

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for sale

Developer offers lease back opportunity on ‘Showcase Home’ at 17 Hidden Place.

• This is the actual view from this showcase, waterfront home. A home you could add to your investment portfolio whilst receiving an excellent financial return backed by a 3+2+1 lease back agreement.

• Great urban design with chic industrial interior styling offering a total of 352 m2 of luxury living area with beautiful north facing views across the lake, this three bedroom lifestyle home offers the best of waterfront lifestyle living in the heart of Maroochydore.

• Upstairs the main bedroom likewise has north facing lake views, and is complimented with an additional retreat area and separate study.

• The swimming pool and patio flows out to provide private access to the lake’s shoreline.

$950,000

for sale

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Tranquil park side setting, perfect for your new home at lot 56 Roundbush Circuit.

• Our sixth residential land release, the Hervey Precinct plan centres around two beautiful, landscaped parks; a small relaxing community green space with a second, much larger landscaped parkland that boasts a children’s playground, a lot like our Wises Parkland.

• Ideally located, this homesite looks over the smaller community green space right in the heart of the Hervey Precinct affording its lucky residents a great view on nature.

• The lot also provides ample setbacks and flexibility to design and build the home of your dreams with a north facing back yard retreat. An affordable opportunity, you can look to build a home that is all about you, plus it’s freehold so there are no body corporate fees.

• Buying off the plan today will secure you this homesite and with titles expected before the end of the year, you’ll have plenty of time to find the builder of your choice and make plans.

$240,000

for sale

269m2 Allotment

20 Mackenzie Drive. A stunning, north facing waterfront homesite with it all!

• Here’s your opportunity to enjoy the best that our Mackenzie Precinct has to offer!

• One of the exclusive allotments with direct access to our stunning lakefront foreshore, yet this homesite offers an affordable entry point to owning your own waterfront home.

• With 400m2 of land to work with and ample setbacks, you have plenty of scope to plan and design the home you’ve always wanted. And have it all within walking distance of Maroochydore’s exciting and evolving CBD. • North facing panoramic views across the lake to the Savannah and Trinity Precincts are the highlights of this generous parcel of land, a homesite that is singing out to become one of the best examples of our Sunshine Cove waterfront lifestyle.

$455,000

400m2 Allotment

Call Scott on 0402 079 271 or Penny on 0434 006 144 S U N S H I N EC OV E R E A LT Y.C O M * Images are presented for illustration purposes only.

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PROPERTY

RARE OPPORTUNITY From page 44

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ocated on the tip of the prestigious Carwoola Crescent cul-de-sac, this home boasts 27.8 metre Mooloolah River frontage. The property has direct and easy ocean access, spectacular views and is within walking distance to Mooloolaba beach. Prized pieces of real estate like this are rarely offered to the market. Sitting on a 711m2 block, the home has securegated entry. The ground level features multiple living areas, master bedroom, ensuite and opens into outdoor zones. Upstairs youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find a further four bedrooms and separate living space for kids or guests

20 CARWOOLA CRESCENT, MOOLOOLABA 5 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Auction on site Saturday November 26 @ 9am Next Property Group 1300 400 777 Alan Riley 0422 723 719

RIVER AND OCEAN VIEWS

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ommanding a magnificent presence on this rare double block in a landmark position is this timeless three storey residence. The site has dramatic views of the Pacific Ocean on one side and Mooloolah River and harbour on the other. On entering the beachside gatehouse, a sea of terracotta tiles line the front courtyard and driveway leading to both the triple car garage and formal entry. The home has two separate living zones. On the ground floor there is a kitchen and two living area. There are also two bedrooms and a two-way bathroom.

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16 PACIFIC BOULEVARD, BUDDINA 6 bed, 3 bath, 3 car Auction on site Saturday December 17 @ 2pm Elite Lifestyle Properties 5444 0111 Mark Unkel 0412 738 675

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MOOLOOLABA

AUCTION

51 POINSETTIA AVENUE AUCTION TODAY

LOADS OF SUMMER FUN IN MOOLOOLABA Tastefully renovated and immaculately presented this four bedroom family home offers plenty of space (786m2), to spread your wings. Two separate living areas overlook the sparkling inground pool. The kitchen boasts stone bench tops, Bosch appliances and a generous walk in pantry. Four bedrooms, all with BIRs, main with ensuite. Family living room opens to alfresco dining beside the pool. Refurbished throughout, double garage with storage, remote doors and secure access to home.

Room for boat or caravan. Poinsettia is one of Mooloolabaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great family avenues. The Sellers have given this home a new lease on life, come see the result that makes it all worthwhile.

AUCTION Saturday, 10th December 2016 at 12:00pm, On Site INSPECT Saturday 11:30am - 12:00pm MOOLOOLABA 5444 0800 JEAN HAMER 0419 034 500 WEB www.fnmooloolaba.com.au

MOUNTAIN CREEK 23 GALAH PLACE

MINYAMA 13 JARRAH STREET

OFFERS OVER $490,000

BEST BUY IN BRIGHTWATER?

RIPE FOR RENO

Situated in the sought after suburb of Brightwater, this beautifully presented family home was built by the very popular Plantation Homes. With north facing open plan living areas spilling onto a very generous covered entertainment area this is a very easy living space to enjoy. The large island beach and subdued tones in the cabinetry and bench tops make the kitchen a real focal point for the home. There are 3 good sized bedrooms plus a separate study plus internal access from the garage all located on a quiet cul de sac.

Attention renovators - This well positioned 3 bedroom Minyama home awaits your guiding hand. The home features 2 separate living areas, master bedroom with ensuite, a large north facing covered rear terrace plus detached double garage. With increased prices of renovated homes in the area this home could be modernised and transformed into a work of art. Walk to local shops or to the Mooloolah River to throw a line in or a pathway across the road leads to a local treasure - Jessica Park. Kawana shopping centre and Mooloolaba beaches are a short drive away.

INSPECT By Appointment MAROOCHYDORE 5443 3377 PAUL ANGELL 0438 468 378 and LISA ANGELL 0438 443 979 WEB www.fnmooloolaba.com.au

INSPECT Saturday 9:00am - 9:45am MAROOCHYDORE 5443 3377 PAUL ANGELL 0438 468 378 and LISA ANGELL 0438 443 979 WEB www.fnmooloolaba.com.au

Beerwah - 5494 6444

Maroochydore - 5443 3377

Nambour - 5441 1344

Caloundra - 5438 2166

Mooloolaba - 5444 0800

Sippy Downs - 5450 1515

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SOCIALS

HALL CONTRACTING 70TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Family-owned business Hall Contracting celebrated its 70th year in business over cocktails, canapĂŠs and cake at The Lakehouse Sunshine Coast on Thursday, November, 10.

More than 150 guests including Member for Fisher Andrew Wallace and Mayor Mark Jamieson, as well as company staff members and representatives from the construction, dredging and engineering industries, came together to mark the milestone.

Peter Hall, Karen Smallholme

Peter Hall, Mayor Mark Jamieson, Brian Hall, Cameron Hall

Helen and Brian Hall

Two generations of Hall family members took to the stage to look back on seven decades of operation and honour the legacy of company founders Les and Mary Hall, who established the business in 1946. What started as a humble sand and gravel supply business has since grown into Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest dredging contractor, with operations in Australia, Asia and the Pacific Islands.

Photos: Supplied.

Kathryn McDougall, Jason & Lisa Hunt

Christie Rowlingson, Tara Williams, Tracie McCurdy

Michael & Emma Capper

Nicole & Adrian Allen

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Jodi Tyrer, Cathie Waters, Denise Giblin

Kristine Hazelwood, Janelle Camp

Telena & Brad Thompson

Greg Busse, Anne Busse, Phil Carn

Karen Smallholme, Mark Hall, Helen Hall

Cameron & Meg Thomas-Hall

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PROPERTY

BEAUTIFUL BUDERIM This super-sized family home sits in an elevated position on a private, fully landscaped 2605m2 block in a quiet Buderim pocket. The two-level home has five bedrooms, office, three bathrooms plus powder room, media room and expansive open plan living and dining, which flows out to a verandah and rear timber deck. The central galley-style kitchen features stainless steel European appliances and Caesar stone benches. The home also has hardwood floors and ceiling fans. It has a double lock up garage with extra storage and sparkling inground pool to keep you cool in summer. It is located less than 10 minutes to schools, Buderim Village, Mooloolaba and Maroochydore.

16 CEDARA PLACE, BUDERIM 5 bed, 3.5 bath, 2 car Auction on site Saturday December 10 @ 2pm Property Today 5444 2222 Jamie Holbrook 0418 500 081

Suburb, Street569 Name Rosemount, Paynters Creek Road 4 $649,000 Elevation, Space and Character Perched atop a spacious 7,586m2 block, capturing cooling breezes and providing ample space between neighbouring properties. Wrap around decks, 2 separate living plus dining, 3 car garaging. Only a short drive to major facilities.

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AUCTION

Maroochydore, 9/52 Alexandra Parade 2 2 1 Auction unless sold prior Best Beachfront Buying Conveniently positioned in a beachfront pocket of Maroochydore, this well appointed and spacious unit offers a style of living that will have you feeling like every day is a holiday. Only 40 metres to the beach, this is true beachfront living.

Friday December 2nd at 4pm, on site View Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm harcourts.buderim.com.au /QB2433 Justin Boyanton 0458 608 257

Suburb, Street Buderim, 18-20Name Millstream Court Character, Charm and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;On Topâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Delightful Queenslander with beautiful wooden floors, modern kitchen with stone benchtops, spacious elevated deck, 3 bedrooms plus study/4th bedroom. 3 split system air conditioners,log burner, walk-in linen cupboard and more.

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THE RESURGENCE OF NAMBOUR

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o what’s the first thing that springs to mind with the mention of the word: Nambour? We all know Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan spent their formative years there, it was the birth place of Maroon’s legend, Billy Slater, and tennis icon Pat Rafter carved his junior tennis career out on the Washington Street courts.

But the town is more than the Big Pineapple and Big Cow put together.

Nambour is enjoying a resurgence in music, art and café culture, and thanks to events like TramFest and some creative local businesses, confidence in Nambour as a place to live, study and work is on the move. There is a rising population, an increasingly younger demographic and a real buzz around town.

Local councillors have been proactive in revitalising the community that sits in the geographical heart of the Sunshine Coast. And according to recent industry data, Nambour housing is on the move at a similar pace with several new offerings coming to market. The lifestyle of Nambour is a great mix of relaxed and rural, funky and friendly. It offers a diverse range of services – education, health, retail, sports facilities and serves as the

transport hub of the hinterland.

For first home buyers, families or investors, its housing options represent fantastic value, with land on average 25 per cent cheaper than other hinterland towns. The town’s proximity allows for easy

access to the airport, or highway connections to Brisbane, Noosa and beyond. Some of the regions best beaches are only 15 minutes away.

One of the newest developments to emerge is The Grove Nambour Heights,

Unit 8/17 Bindaree Crescent, Mooloolaba

LARGE PENTHOUSE ͵ MODERN COMPLEX IN MOOLOOLABA Located in Mooloolaba ‘s heart, within easy walking distance to the beach and restaurants, yet far enough away to be peaceful and relaxing.

This exclusive private penthouse boasts a prime posi on overlooking Mooloolah River with a green outlook.

The three-level, modern building of only 8 apartments and private pool, is a ghtly held and owner-occupied.

The open-plan floor area is about 284m2, offering three bedrooms, two bathrooms, internal laundry and two car spaces plus a large lock-up workshop and storage area.

The internal stairs take you to an enormous roof-top garden which boasts drama c panoramic views – an ideal posy for entertaining, soaking in the sun and watching the background river ac on. On hand is a sink, electricity, large umbrella and covered area.

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which boasts large family lots and marries the relaxed hinterland existence with the convenience of a vibrant township.

Available blocks are well positioned, boasting views and great elevations to maximise summer breezes.

The team behind the development have a deep affinity for the place and people, being born and bred in the region and proud Nambour High School alumni.

“Our development projects always have our community and our enviable lifestyle at their heart,” says Highgate Property director, Andrew Pitcher.

“We focus on delivering good value land and houses to first home buyers, families, retirees and investors. We love helping young people get started in the property market with quality homes in great locations.”

The sentiment is echoed by fellow director, Shane Gierke: “It is important to us that we engage professionals from the area to plan, engineer, create and build our projects so the whole community benefits.”

“We are excited about The Grove Nambour Heights and are considering more projects around this location in coming years for its value and growth potential.”

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ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS EVER ͵ MORTGAGEE AUCTION An incredible opportunity to secure without a doubt one of the most sought a er loca ons on the coast.

This triple level beach residence is posi oned in between the ocean and river and has views overlooking the harbour, Buderim and back over the ocean.

The home is situated on one of the largest beachside allotments of 820m2 and offers the following; 6 bedrooms, two large open plan living areas, formal si ng/bar area, 3 car garage, 3 bathrooms and the main bedroom occupies the top floor with incredible views!

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Large back yard with in ground pool and several outdoor entertaining areas. Superb property and an incredible opportunity.

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his property located in the highly sought after Rainforest Sanctuary showcases a level of quality and style. It is within walking distance to multiple educational facilities including Matthew Flinders, Siena Catholic College and the University of the Sunshine Coast. The home has generous indoor and outdoor living areas and is ideal for family living and entertaining. It features four bedrooms plus a self-contained one bedroom granny flat. The home has ducted airconditioning, double garage and outdoor entertaining area overlooking the inground pool.

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• 2 separate living areas plus alfresco patio • Well equipped kitchen with gas cooktop • Light filled, fresh beach ambiance • Walking distance to beach, cafe`s • Blue chip beachside suburb • Invest now in an exceptional lifestyle!

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8 ATHERTON CLOSE, BUDERIM 5 bed, 3 bath, 2 car Buyers Over $815,000 Next Property Group 1300 400 777 Anne Wallace 0418 769 466

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BUDDINA BEACH COTTAGE Located only a hop, skip and a jump from the beach and new cafe set at Point Cartwright, this beach cottage is worth checking out. The home has the ambience of yesteryear with some finishes of today. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s situated on a corner block with a north-facing backyard that has side access. There is room for the boat and caravan and plenty of space for the kids to play.

The master suite has a new ensuite, plus there are an additional two bedrooms. The property is located close to Kawana Shoppingworld.

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9 ALKIRA STREET, BUDDINA 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car Auction on site Thursday December 1 @ 6pm Team Godwin Real Estate 5444 0258 Minka Jenkins 0488 550 063

BUDERIM 16 Cedara Place This super-sized family home sits in an elevated position on a private, fully landscaped 2605m2 block in a quiet Buderim pocket surrounded by premium homes. Offering a superb lifestyle for the family that loves to entertain, there is something here for all to savour! Over two levels, the home is complete with 5 bedrooms, office, 3.5 bathrooms, media room, expansive open plan living flowing out to wraparound verandah and rear timber deck, galley style kitchen, double lock up garage with extra storage, and sparkling inground pool to keep you cool in summer.

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AUCTION THE ADDRESS OF SUCCESS! TO BE SOLD WELL BELOW REPLACEMENT COST! 48 Tantula Road East, Alexandra Headland Perched high above Alexandra Headland and capturing some of the most amazing views offered on the Coast, this stunning Ken Down designed masterpiece will appeal to the most astute buyer. With its commanding northern aspect and breathtaking panoramic views which take in the spectacular coastline and overlook the beautiful Alex Forest Bushland Park, Mount Coolum and the Ninderry Hinterland, the outlook offers something for everyone’s taste. The home itself is an exploration of luxury, design and functionality and was developed to create a true sense of warmth while offering a welcoming ‘home retreat’. Relax knowing this position is an investment in your future and secures absolute elevation with never to be built out views! Make no mistake, this sensational home must be sold and represents an opportunity rarely seen and not to be missed.

• Stunning position high above Alex • Perfect northern aspect • Amazing 200 degree panoramic views • Architecturally designed by Ken Down • Beautiful decks offering absolute privacy • Functional layout with great separation • Self contained guest area • Abundance of natural light throughout • An opportunity not to be missed

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Price: $2m Plus Buyers Inspect: Saturday 12-12.45pm, Thursday 5-5.45pm Alan Riley 0422 723 719 Loren Wimhurst 0415 380 222

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THE HOME THAT THINKS IT IS A 6 STAR PENTHOUSE! 8 Riverview Avenue, Buderim It will only take one minute to appreciate the outstanding quality that this masterbuilt home boasts.

In fact, it is much more like a 6 star penthouse (minus the body corporate fees). Take the stairs, or the internal lift to what is undoubtedly the hub of the home, and if you’re not impressed by what this level offers then you never will be! The kitchen would not be out of place at the Marriot and the backdrop enjoys one of Buderim’s finest, true north facing, 200 degree views that simply says WOW! Entertaining from the deck will never be a hardship as words don’t do this justice! You have to view to fully appreciate everything this home offers!

4 Bed | 3 Bath | 2 Car • Stunning panoramic views • Inground magnesium pool • Internal lift • Electronic security gates • Absolute quality throughout • Easy care, extremely low maintenance • True north facing allotment

Price: Buyers From Mid to High $1M Inspect: Saturday 1-1.30pm Craig Porter 0411 554 880 Alan Riley 0422 723 719

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AUCTION AUCTION DECEMBER 2ND AT 5.30PM - THE ULTIMATE ALEX BEACH HOUSE 44 Mary Street, Alexandra Headlands Very rarely does a property in the coveted Golden Triangle come to market. This iconic beach house is set on a remarkable 1,042m2 of premium land. Enjoying a wonderfully private elevated position, with majestic sweeping ocean views. Architecturally designed by Blackburn & Jackson, this is a lifestyle opportunity of superb quality and tranquillity, seamlessly balancing timeless traditional beach house character with style and functionality. Just a stroll to all Alex has to offer, beaches, dining and more. Do not let this opportunity pass you by, motivated vendors require a sale on or before auction day.

3+ Bed | 3 Bath | 8 Car • Superb Golden Triangle home on 1042m • Breathtaking ocean views • Perfect northern aspect • Stunning private balcony • Inground salt water pool • Stroll to beach, dining and shopping • Architecturally designed

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AUCTION OUTSTANDING VALUE - BOUTIQUE ACREAGE - 13 MINUTES TO MOOLOOLABA BEACH 9 Mckeiver Court, Glenview A true, 5 bedroom home including a generous sized master suite with stylish ensuite and walk in robe, PLUS an office. Numerous living zones and a chef’s kitchen with preparation kitchen as well, all looking out to the stunning inground pool where you can watch the kids whilst preparing your meals. The outdoor under cover entertaining area enjoys a view over one of the nicest two acres I will sell this year. Bring the horse, or buy one for the kids for Christmas. A two bay shed, chicken coup plus heaps more. Call Craig Porter now to view.

5 Bed | 3 Bath | 4 Car • Prime easy care 2 plus acres • 5 bed, 3 bath, plus office • Stunning inground pool • 2 bay shed • Bring your horse • 5 minutes to University of the Sunshine Coast

Auction: On Site, Saturday December 10th at 1pm Inspect: Saturday 11-11.45am Craig Porter 0411 554 880

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AUCTION A TRUE DUAL LIVING RESIDENCE IN BUDERIM’S HEART 73-77 Greenwood Close, Buderim This stunning property is situated in the heart of Buderim’s most sought after and exclusive small acreage enclave just minutes to Matthew Flinders Anglican college, the Sunshine Coast University and only 9 minutes to Mooloolaba Beach. The home itself is more like two homes with great versatility in the floorplan (available on request). The separate formal living zone enjoys air conditioned comfort with vaulted ceilings and timber floors throughout. Whilst entertaining from the main kitchen which features Miele appliances you can keep an eye on the kids in the stunning 14 x 9 metre pool. A second driveway leads down to the 9m x 7m shed to house those extra toys.

6 Bed | 3 Bath | 6 Car • 2 residences - 700m under roof • 9m x 7m separate shed • Walk to Matthew Flinders Anglican College • 5 minutes to Buderim’s main street • 10 minutes to Mooloolaba Beach • 5kw Solar Power • Alarm and intercom system 2

Auction: On Site, This Saturday November 26th at 2pm Inspect: Saturday From 1.30pm Craig Porter 0411 554 880 Loren Wimhurst

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GLAMOROUS YET FAMILY FRIENDLY MOOLOOLABA WATERFRONT 7 Aldinga Place, Mooloolaba Unparalleled in elegance, location and design this stunning family home has been cleverly designed to cater for everyone’s needs. Beautifully crafted with an intuitive understanding of the interplay between natural light, flowing spaces and multiple living entertaining zones, this exquisite home is calling out for a new family to love and enjoy it as much as the current owners have. Entertainers will delight in its bright, open modern floorplan. Everything in this home works extremely well to accumulate into the perfectly sophisticated yet relaxed coastal family home. With nothing but positives for the location, design, functionality and lifestyle, secure this for your family’s future today.

6 Bed | 3 Bath | 2 Car • 797m with 19.8m water frontage • Cleverly designed with multiple living zones • Flawless, sophisticated and functional • Gourmet kitchen with butler’s pantry • Secure and private, ducted air conditioning and c-bus • Expansive covered alfresco with kitchen 2

Price: Mid to High $1,000,000’s Inspect: Saturday 10-10.30am Kate Jewry 0404 817 916

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A DREAM POSITION FOR YOUR DREAM HOME… 32 Culbara Street, Mooloolaba

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car

With deep waterfront positions a rare commodity in Mooloolaba, it would be hard to go past one of the last remaining original style residences in this sought after precinct. Situated towards the eastern tip of Culbara Street with panoramic broadwater and river views, this property provides an ideal entry to a superb deep water lifestyle. Chosen by the owners originally for its sheltered location just off the Mooloolah River, it has been over 35 years since the property has been offered again to the market. An easy walk to Mooloolaba beach, shops and restaurants, you will relish the lifestyle being in the heart of the Sunshine Coast. Don’t miss out!

• Prime positioned deep waterfront • Stunning 18m broadwater frontage • Beautiful Mooloolah River views • Boat ramp with side access • Tidy home in original condition • Perfect site for redevelopment • Unlimited future potential

Price: Expressions Of Interest Closing Tuesday November 29th Inspect: Saturday 3-3.45pm Alan Riley 0422 723 719

AUCTION AUCTION SATURDAY 3RD DECEMBER - LUXURY WATERFRONT LIVING 14 Royal Close, Wurtulla Hurry, this beautiful waterfront home will be sold on or before auction day. Completely renovated and designed to meet the expectations of a new home buyer, this exquisite single level residence defines low maintenance luxury waterfront living. Located in what is soon to be one of the most serviced areas on the Sunshine Coast, just minutes from the new University Hospital and medical precinct, stroll to Wurtulla beaches, shops and public transport. This is a rare opportunity to purchase an as new home in such a prime location. Call Karen today.

4 Bed | 2 Bath | 3 Car • 20m canal frontage • Complete quality renovation • European appliances • 2kw solar system • Professional landscaping • Room for boat and caravan • Video intercom + pin code entry

Auction: On Site, Saturday December 3rd at 10am Inspect: Saturday 10.45-11.15am, Thursday December 1st 5-5.30pm Karen Jones 0405 122 526

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FANTASTIC OVER 50’S FREEHOLD LIVING - IN CENTRAL CALOUNDRA 2 Bed | 1 Bath | 1 Car

62/4 Caloundra Road, Caloundra

Private and spacious this well maintained centrally located villa is an easy stroll to medical facilities, shops, cafes, transport and beach. This villa represents fantastic value with low body corporate fees and a guaranteed relaxing lifestyle Price: Mid To High $300,00’s all year round with a choice of two private outdoor covered Inspect: Saturday 10-10.30am areas, one with a Vergola roof. Move in and enjoy!

Wednesday 2-2.30pm Carmel La Macchia 0400 300 545

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY 2/9 Nelson Streeet, Golden Beach

For those seeking privacy, peace and space, low body corp and double car + storage should look no further. A block of only 3 units-one unit per floor, 20 metres to the beach with views over to Bribie - don’t come on the market every day.

Unprecedented space and style - more like a small house than a unit. Ideal weekender, live in or extremely appealing investment.

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car

Price: Buyers Over $599,000 Inspect: Saturday 10-10.30am Andrew Dyce 0410 504 764 Kerri Johnston 0412 580 184

A BEACHSIDE SANCTUARY 3/30 McIllwraith Street, Moffat Beach Here lies a rare and exclusive opportunity to secure a north to water gem in millionaire’s strip.

Boasting sea views on either side from Point Cartwight to the north, sweeping around over the headland to the east and over Shelly Beach coastline to the south. A private residential boutique complex of only four. Indulge yourself in low maintenance living with all the trimmings. First class spacious, open plan, apartment living. Recently refurbished with clean, white coastal palette, adds to the sense of light and space. This is a lifestyle investment, exceptionally placed at the centre of this unique waterfront playground.

3 Bed | 2 Bath | 2 Car • Modern, stylish, renovated unit • 3 spacious built-in bedrooms • Separate laundry - ample storage • Balconies to the front and rear • Loads of glass enhancing views Price: Buyers Over $900,000 • Reasonable Body Corporarte Inspect: Saturday 1-1.30pm • Low maintenance living with all the trimmings Kerri Johnston 0412 580 184

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his classic Moffat Beach house has undergone a makeover from a lowset two bedroom brick shack to an elegant, two-storey family home. The home has four bedrooms, a study/retreat, two bathrooms, two separate living areas, well equipped central kitchen, a covered alfresco entertaining patio overlooking the fully fenced backyard, plus double carport. The kitchen includes stone benches, quality stainless steel appliances and gas cooktop. The home also has ceiling fans, louvres for cross ventilation, floating timber floors and is within walking distance to the beach.

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Price: Buyers in the $800,000’s Inspect: Saturday 1.00 - 1.40pm • A first class, quality, modernised Queenslander – open plan, Contact: Kirk Patrick 0439 395 599 Gary De Paoli 0408 731 412 spacious, large veranda and high ceilings, timber floors • Chefs gourmet kitchen with Caesarstone benches, 900m gas www.riddellrealestate.com.au Property ID: 403889857 selection of schools, 15 minutes to the beach

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SUIT HOME BUSINESS, TRADESMAN, SUPERSIZED FAMILY - DUAL LIVING! • Versatile options on offer with 2 separate residences joined by a covered walkway, each with own entry • Dual living possibilities, extra income potential or perfect for the super sized family • 1¼ acres, landscaped and situated in a cul de sac • Main residence is 4 beds, 3 living, 2 baths, kitchen • Other with ensuited bedroom, kitchenette, open plan living

Auction: On site, This Saturday November 26th at 2pm Inspect: Saturday 1 - 2pm Contact: John Pyne 0418 710 209 Gary De Paoli 0408 731 412 www.riddellrealestate.com.au Property ID: 403889856

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I Wake Up In ....Buddina Just 10 houses from the beach and a hop, skip and a jump to the new cafe set at Point Cartwright. You could say this is the phone call you have been waiting for. The hard work has been done with still room for you to put your own finesse and touches to this terrific beach cottage that still has the ambience of yester year and with some finishes of today. A lovely corner block with a north facing back yard with room for the boat or caravan and still enough room for the kids to play.

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THINGS WE LOVE • Master suite with beautiful new ensuite • North facing backyard with side access • Still room to put your own touches to it • Fantastic location close to the beach, river and Kawana Shopping Centre

Auction On site Thursday 1st December at 6pm View: Saturday and Sunday 11:00am-11.45am Web: www.teamgodwin.com.au Contact: Minka Jenkins 0488 550 063

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2/18 Blackall St, WOOMBYE

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COOLUM LIFESTYLE All Cypress pine weatherboard exterior construction, internal timber flooring, VJ 1/2 wall features and lined ceilings including deck area. Upstairs provides a large open plan living area, well equipped kitchen and dining with connecting, spacious east facing deck providing ocean views among the native plantings.

Three large bedrooms with the master bedroom boasting an ensuite and direct access to the deck to enjoy the morning coffee and sunshine. Internal stairs lead down to a rumpus or multi-purpose room, which is large enough to create another two bedrooms. There is a third bathroom downstairs, which offers an opportunity to create a granny flat or dual living facility.

30 SCRUB ROAD, COOLUM BEACH 3 bed, 3 bath, 2 car $875,000 Riddell Real Estate 5442 1888 Kirk Patrick 0439 395 599

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NAMBOUR: 10 Hocking St Sat 10-10.40 Very well presented tidy timber home, recently updated, fresh paint and well maintained.

3brms, 1bath, 1carport. Back verandah, bbq area is privatised by established trees. Quiet location, walk to town services. Mid $300,000’s COOLUM: 30 Scrub Rd Sat 11.30-12.30 Unique & stylish, Coolum Coast Classic! Superb presentation, large east facing deck, views to the ocean. 3brms, 3bath, 2car + ig pool. 2 mins walk to the beach MAKE YOUR OFFER! $875,000 COES CREEK: 157 Coes Creek Rd Sat 12-12.40 Elevated position backing onto farmland. Ideal for 1st home buyers or investors. 3brms, 1 bath, modern kitchen, storage downstairs. Dble garage. Neat and tidy! Verandah, hardwood flooring, 797m2 block. Will Not Last!! $385,000 WOOMBYE: 96 Diddillibah Rd Sat 1-1.40 Elite, modernised Queenslander on private 1.6 acres. 2 storey home with 5 brms, 3bath. O/plan living area, dining and gourmet chef’s kitchen.

Fantastic all weather recreation area overlooking the acreage backyard + ig pool. 5 wide bays, high roller door access, internal storage loft & power + a connecting 6mx6m open bay. 2 mins drive to the main street of Woombye. A magnificent property. Buyers in the $800,000’s DIDDILLIBAH: 18 Brookfield Crt Sat 1-2 AUCTION TODAY Options available! 2 separate residences joined by covered walkway. Dual living possibilities, extra income potential or a super sized family home. 5brms, 3 bathrooms, 3 car accomm.

Situated on a lush, leafy, private 1&¼ acre at the end of a dress circle cul de sac. Landscaped OWNERS WANT OUT gardens are well established, verandahs with north aspect. Rare opportunity to acquire a property that offers space and options. Inspect today.

Auction on Site 26.11.2016 @ 2pm WOOMBYE: 5 Lancaster Close Sat 1-1.40 Lowset brick home, neat and tidy. Situated on a 2 987m block at the end of cul de sac. 3brms, 1bath, 1carport + covered outdoor entertaining area plus many extras! Great 1st home. $389,000 WEST WOOMBYE: Architecturally designed home, space for the family. 3brms, 2bath, 2 living, 2 car accom.

North facing veranda/outdoor entertaining, ig pool, large grassed area for the children.

(5597m2) High $600,000’s NAMBOUR: Opportunity knocks! 1341m2 land with 2brm + sleepout cottage. Live in and renovate or subdivide (s/j council appr) – block is zoned Medium Density Residential, suitable for townhouse or unit development. $419,000 Agent On Site 2-2.40 HORIZONS NORTH Land For Sale! Level building sites available, some with views. Block sizes from 800m2, offering wide frontages. Ideal location, easy access to shopping, coastal beaches and more. $295,000 From

Gary De Paoli 0408 731 412 John Pyne 0418 710 209 Kirk Patrick 0439 395 599 Virginia Brown 0400 763 837

CURRIMUNDI $375pw 1 1 2 Brand new with quiet laneway entry. Handy to beach, shops and transport. Available now.

BUDDINA $390pw 1 1 2 Lovely unit, short walk to shops, library, beach and restaurants, ideal location, open plan. Available now.

MERIDAN PLAINS $440pw 2 2 3 Light and airy unit close to schools, kindy, Aldi shops and hotel. Fully fenced. Pet on application. Available now.

MAROOCHYDORE $450pw 1 1 4 Commercial zoning – small business, office space separate from the home. No pets. Available now.

2 2 3 LITTLE MOUNTAIN $450pw Spacious unit close to schools, shops and only minutes to the Coasts beaches and Bruce Highway. Pet possible.

CURRIMUNDI $475pw 2 2 3 Brand new with office. Courtyard is easy care gardening. Handy to beach, shops and transport.

Available now.

GOLDEN BEACH $490pw 3 2 3 Highset beach house with water views, lovely fenced front yard and in a very central location. Available now.

KAWANA ISLAND $485pw 2 2 3 Fully furnished family home handy to the new hospital and furnished with quality furniture. Available now.

KAWANA ISLAND $500pw 2 2 4 Lovely family home in quiet cul de sac surrounded by waterfront walking paths and parks. Pet possible.

Available now.

MINYAMA $590pw 2 2 3 Waterfront home freshly painted, boat ramp, modern bathrooms and new carpet. Rumpus room. Available now.

MINYAMA $900pw 2 2 5 Large family home with pool, pontoon and jetty. Access the ocean or relax by the water. Available 12th December.

PH: 5437 8806 www.platinumproperties.com.au platinum@platinumproperties.com.au

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THE BEST IN WOOMBYE FOR THE LEAST 26 COBBS ROAD A combination of low maintenance materials with lavish use of timber to accent the cathedral ceilings gives a most inspiring appearance to all rooms. There is not another home for sale with a Woombye address that can match this enviable combination for character or price. To match the integrity of the design and build, is outstanding functionality which includes 5 bedrooms and two bathrooms and a wide private entertaining deck overlooking tropical greenery.

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9.20 Miniseries: The Politician’s Husband. (M) 10.20 Hard Quiz. (PG)

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 MOVIE Love Actually. (2003) (M) Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley. A series of interlocking vignettes.

11.20 To Be Advised.

6pm Nine News.

6.30 Cricket. Third Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 2. Night session.

From Adelaide Oval.

8.45 MOVIE RoboCop. (2014) (M) Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton.

11.05 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (MA15+)

6pm WIN News.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Living Room. (PG) 9.00 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) Guest quizmaster is Mack Horton.

10.00 MOVIE Fat Pizza Vs Housos.

(2014) (MA15+) Angry Anderson, Nick Giannopoulos, Ashley Avci.

6pm Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 David Attenborough’s Wild Singapore.

8.30 MOVIE Charlie Wilson’s War. (2007) (M) Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts. A congressman conspires to support Afghan rebels.

10.25 SBS News.

SATURDAY

6pm QI. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Doc Martin. (PG) Martin clashes with the local vet.

8.20 Grantchester. (M) A vicar becomes embroiled in a murder.

9.05 Inspector George Gently. (M) An inspector investigates a murder.

10.40 Call The Midwife. (M)

6pm Seven News.

7.00 MOVIE Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. (1971) (G) Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson.

9.10 MOVIE Dumb And Dumber To. (2014) (M) Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle. Lloyd and Harry try to find Harry’s long-lost daughter.

6pm Nine News.

6.30 Cricket. Third Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 3. Night session.

8.45 MOVIE Yes Man. (2008) (M) Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper.

10.50 MOVIE The Big Bounce.

(2004) (M) Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise.

6pm Territory Cops. (PG) 6.30 Scorpion. (PG) 7.30 MacGyver. (M) 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. (M) Terrorists seize a school formal’s venue.

9.30 Hawaii Five-0. An undercover ATF agent is murdered.

10.30 To Be Advised.

11.30 48 Hours. (M)

6.30pm SBS World News.

7.30 Secrets Of Britain: Secrets Of Selfridges. Explores the stories behind Selfridges.

8.35 MOVIE Monty Python’s Life Of Brian. (1979) (M) Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin. A young man is hailed as the Messiah.

10.20 The Legacy. (M)

SUNDAY

6pm QI. (PG) 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Crowded House Live At Sydney Opera House. (PG) Crowded House perform at the Sydney Opera House.

10.00 MOVIE 20,000 Days On Earth. (2014) (M) Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Kylie Minogue.

6pm News.

7.00 Sunday Night.

8.00 Border Security: America’s Frontline. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Blended. (2014) (M) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon-Covey.

Two families go on an African wildlife holiday.

6pm Nine News.

6.30 Cricket. Third Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 4. Night session.

From Adelaide Oval.

8.45 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

9.45 The Amazing Noughties. (PG) 10.45 Hyde & Seek. (M) 11.45 Public Morals. (M)

6pm Family Feud: Sunday.

6.30 All-Star Family Feud.

7.30 Modern Family. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE The Fault In Our Stars.

(2014) (M) Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff.

10.55 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Round 21. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Race.

6.30pm SBS World News.

7.30 This Is Greece With Michael Scott: Northern And Central Greece. Part 1 of 4.

8.30 Egypt’s Lost Queens. Explores the lives of four female pharaohs.

9.30 Miniseries: The Hollow Crown.

(M) Part 3 of 4.

MONDAY

7pm News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads. (PG) 8.30 Restoration Man. A couple restores an Edwardian Baptist church.

9.20 Plumpton High Babies: Ten Years On. (M) 10.20 Lateline.

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) The guys take Howard to Las Vegas.

8.30 MOVIE Robin Hood. (2010) (M) Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew Macfadyen. An archer returns home to England.

6pm Nine News.

6.30 Cricket. Third Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 5. Night session.

From Adelaide Oval.

8.45 MOVIE Swordfish. (2001) (M) John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry.

10.45 To Be Advised.

11.45 Undateable. (M)

6pm WIN News.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 All-Star Family Feud. (PG) 8.30 Life In Pieces. (PG) John attempts to look younger.

9.30 The Odd Couple. (PG) Oscar tries to live up to Murph’s reputation.

10.30 To Be Advised.

11.30 WIN News.

6pm Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Supervet. (PG) Nurse Steph’s cat is poisoned.

8.30 O.J. Simpson: Made In America. (M) Part 2 of 5.

10.20 Cyberwar: Stuxnet The Digital Weapon.

TUESDAY

7pm News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Simply Nigella.

8.30 Rick Stein: From Venice To Istanbul. Rick discovers piadinas, street food dating back to Roman times.

9.30 Richard Flanagan: Life After Death. (MA15+)

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 First Dates UK. (M) 8.40 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.

(M) Presented by Gordon Ramsay.

9.40 Never Teach Your Wife To Drive. (M) 10.40 Chicago Fire. (M)

6pm Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Kevin Can Wait. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Wedding Crashers.

(2005) (M) Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams. A womaniser falls in love.

10.50 2 Broke Girls. (M) 11.20 20/20.

6pm WIN News.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Modern Family. (PG) 8.30 NCIS. (M) 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) Sam and Callen go undercover as firefighters.

10.30 NCIS: New Orleans. (M) 11.30 WIN News.

6pm Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? David Wenham. (PG) David Wenham looks at his family tree.

8.30 First Contact. Part 1 of 3.

9.30 Exodus: Our Journey To Europe. (M) Part 2 of 3.

10.40 SBS News.

WEDNESDAY

7pm News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Upper Middle Bogan. (M) Bess decides to spend Christmas in New York.

9.00 Rosehaven. (M) 9.30 Please Like Me. (M) 9.55 Adam Hills: The Last Leg.

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG) 8.00 Air Rescue. (PG) 8.30 Gold Coast Medical. (PG) Tragedy ensues after a onepunch attack.

9.30 The Blacklist. (MA15+)

6pm Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Wild New Zealand.

8.40 Chicago Med. (M) 9.40 Medical Mysteries: My Face Won’t Stop Growing. (PG) 10.40 Embarrassing Bodies. (MA15+) 11.40 Murder In The First. (MA15+)

6pm WIN News.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Jamie’s Festive Feast. Jamie prepares party-themed dishes.

8.30 MOVIE Independence Day. (1996) (M) Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum. Earth is attacked by aliens.

11.20 Hawaii Five-0. (M)

6pm Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 World’s Busiest Railway. (PG) Part 3 of 4.

8.30 First Contact. Part 2 of 3.

9.35 Trapped. (MA15+) A body is found in a small fishing port.

THURSDAY

YOUR PRIME TIME TV GUIDE

6pm QI. (PG) 6.30 QI. (M) 7.00 News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.30 Doctor Foster. (M) Part 3 of 5.

9.25 Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home: Recycled. (PG) 10.15 Lateline.

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 8.30 Katherine Mills: Mind Games.

(PG) Presented by Katherine Mills.

9.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) The gang heads to the North Pole.

11.30 The Goldbergs. (PG)

6pm Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Great Getaways. (PG) 8.30 World’s Best Commercials. (PG) A count down of the best holiday commercials.

9.30 20 To One. (PG) 10.30 To Be Advised.

11.30 The Mysteries Of Laura. (M)

6pm WIN News.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 David Attenborough’s Fishing Leopards. (PG) 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (M) 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (MA15+) 10.30 Blue Bloods. (MA15+) 11.30 WIN News.

6pm Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Heston’s Great British Food. (PG) A look at Britain’s favourite dishes.

8.30 First Contact. Part 3 of 3.

10.35 SBS News.

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6.30pm Seven Local News. 7.00 News.

7.30 Martin Clunes And A Lion Called Mugie. (PG) 8.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Escape To The Country.

7.30pm MOVIE The Waterboy. (1998) (PG) Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk.

9.30 MOVIE Ted. (2012) (MA15+) Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane.

11.30 Defiance. (M)

6pm MOVIE Madagascar. (2005) (PG) 7.45 MOVIE Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. (2007) (PG) 10.30 MOVIE Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. (2013) (MA15+)

6.30pm Friends. (PG) 7.30 David Attenborough’s Life In Cold Blood. (PG) 8.40 MOVIE Zodiac. (2007) (M) Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. 11.50 Dalziel And Pascoe.

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 MacGyver. (PG) 8.30 Miniseries: Brock.

(M) 10.30 24: Live Another Day. (M) 11.30 Nash Bridges. (M)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.05 The Simpsons. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. 8.00 The Grinder. 8.30 MOVIE The American President. (1995) (PG)

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Highway Thru Hell. 8.15 Would I Lie To You? 8.45 Rosehaven. 9.15 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 Comedy Next Gen.

6pm MOVIE Raising Helen. (2004) (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Notting Hill.

(1999) (M) Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Richard McCabe.

11.00 Air Crash Investigation. (PG)

6.30pm MOVIE Shanghai Knights.

(2003) (PG) 9.00 MOVIE RED. (2010) (M) Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman.

11.30 1000 Ways To Die. (MA15+)

6pm MOVIE Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. (2008) (PG) 7.45 MOVIE Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. (2009) (PG) 10.45 MOVIE Daybreakers. (2009) (MA15+)

7pm MOVIE Letters To Juliet. (2010) (PG) 9.10 MOVIE City Of Angels.

(1998) (M) Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Dennis Franz. 11.30 My Crazy Christmas Obsession. (PG)

6pm Last Man Standing. (PG) 6.30 Extreme Fisherman.

7.30 Nature’s Great Events. 8.30 Miniseries: Brock. (M) 10.20 Rosewood.

(MA15+) 11.20 Rosewood. (M)

6pm MOVIE Mr. Peabody & Sherman.

(2014) (PG) 7.50 To Be Advised. 8.50 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 9.20 Sex And The City.

(MA15+) 11.20 The Loop. (PG)

7.30pm Stan Lee’s Superhumans. 8.10 No Strings Attached. 8.30 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends. 9.20 The Girl Who Became Three Boys.

6pm The Zoo. 6.30 Animal Airport. (PG) 7.00 Dog Patrol. (PG) 7.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 The Art Of The Architect. (PG) 10.30 Original Features. 11.30 House Wreck Rescue. (PG)

6.10pm Seinfeld. (PG) 6.40 MOVIE Remember The Titans.

(2000) (PG) 9.00 MOVIE Underworld.

(2003) (MA15+) 11.30 1000 Ways To Die.

7.20pm MOVIE Meet Dave. (2008) (PG) Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks. 9.15 MOVIE Head Of State.

(2003) (M) Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Dylan Baker. 11.05 Two And A Half Men. (PG)

6pm Walking The Nile.

(PG) 7.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. (PG) 9.00 Major Crimes. (M) 10.00 Rizzoli & Isles.

(M) 11.00 The Closer.

(M)

6pm Family Feud: Sunday. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 CSI: Cyber. (M) 8.30 Lands Of The Monsoon. (PG) 9.30 MOVIE Reservoir Dogs. (1992) 11.30 48 Hours.

6pm Family Feud: Sunday. 6.30 Raymond. 7.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show.

9.30 Party Down South. (MA15+) 10.30 Sex And The City.

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Class.

8.30 Humans. 9.20 Revenge Porn. 10.10 Inside Amy Schumer.

10.30 Sexy Beasts.

11.00 Dating The H*Bomb.

6.30pm Seven Local News. 7.00 Seven News. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. (PG) 8.30 Foyle’s War. (M) 10.45 Air Crash Investigation.

(PG) 11.45 Bargain Hunt.

6pm American Pickers.

(PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 7.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG) 8.30 Australia’s Deadliest.

(PG) 9.30 MOVIE Underworld: Evolution.

(2006) (MA15+) 11.40 Bad Ink.

6pm Regular Show.

(PG) 6.30 Adv Time.

(PG) 7.00 The Middle.

(PG) 7.30 Science Of Stupid. (M) 8.00 Top Gear: Middle East Special. (PG) 9.30 MOVIE Body Of Lies.

(2008) (MA15+)

6.30pm Friends. 7.30 David Attenborough’s The Blue Planet. (PG) 8.40 Ready For Takeoff. (PG) 9.40 Weird Wonders Of The World. (PG) 10.50 Death Row Stories.

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 Undercover Boss.

(M) 8.30 MOVIE The Transporter. (2002) (M) Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze. 10.30 The League. (MA15+) 11.30 Nash Bridges.

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.05 The Simpsons. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. 8.00 Fresh Off The Boat. 8.30 MOVIE Buffy The Vampire Slayer. (1992) (PG) 10.20 Scream Queens.

TUESDAY

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Seconds From Disaster. 8.30 Good Game. (M) 9.00 The Agony Of… (M) 9.30 Love Hotel. 10.45 Inside Amy Schumer.

11.10 Sexy Beasts.

11.40 Humans.

6pm Crash Investigation Unit. (PG) 6.30 Seven Local News. 7.00 Seven News. 7.30 The Indian Doctor. (PG) 8.30 Endeavour. (M) 10.30 The Border. (PG) 11.30 Bargain Hunt.

6pm American Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.00 Motorway Patrol. 8.30 Ice Road Truckers. (M) 9.30 MOVIE Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans. (2009) (MA15+)

6pm Regular Show.

(PG) 6.30 Adv Time.

(PG) 7.00 The Middle.

(PG) 7.30 Outback Wrangler. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Beverly Hills Cop II. (1987) (M) 10.30 MOVIE Beverly Hills Cop III. (1994) (M)

6.30pm Friends. (PG) 7.30 New Tricks. (M) 8.40 Heartbeat. (M) 11.00 Cold Case.

(MA15+)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 48 Hours. (M) 8.30 Hillary: The Man Who Conquered Everest. (PG) 10.30 Rosewood.

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.05 The Simpsons. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.30 MOVIE Norbit. (2007) (M) 10.30 How I Met Your Mother.

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Seconds From Disaster. 8.30 The Gypsy Matchmaker. 9.20 Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff. 10.25 Sexy Beasts. 10.55 Class.

11.40 First Dates UK.

6.30pm Seven Local News. 7.00 Seven News. 7.30 Doc Martin. (PG) 8.30 Lewis. (M) 10.30 The Border. (PG) 11.30 Bargain Hunt.

6pm American Pickers.

(PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 7.30 Tricked. (M) 8.30 Ink Master. (M) 9.30 MOVIE Underworld: Awakening. (2012) (MA15+) 11.10 What Went Down.

6pm Regular Show.

(PG) 6.30 Adv Time.

(PG) 7.00 The Middle.

(PG) 7.30 Airplane Repo. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE The Island.

(2005) (M) 11.15 Baggage Battles.

11.45 Toy Hunter.

6.30pm Friends. (PG) 7.30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot. (PG) 8.30 DCI Banks. (MA15+) 9.30 The Brokenwood Mysteries. (M) 11.30 Silent Witness.

(MA15+)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 Extreme Fisherman. (PG) 8.30 Megafactories. (PG) 9.30 Megafactories.

10.30 Moments Of Impact. (PG) 11.30 Sons Of Anarchy.

6.30pm Neighbours.

7.05 The Simpsons.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother. 8.00 Futurama. 8.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Futurama. 9.30 The Simpsons. 10.00 Bob’s Burgers.

7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 The Human Camera. 8.45 Sexters. (MA15+) 9.30 Hack Live. 10.25 Inside Amy Schumer. 10.50 Hard Quiz. 11.20 Sexy Beasts. 11.50 Comedy Next Gen.

6pm To Be Advised.

6.30 Seven Local News. 7.00 Seven News. 7.30 Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em. (PG) 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. (M) 10.30 The Border. (PG) 11.30 Mr Selfridge. (PG)

6pm American Pickers.

(PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.00 Family Guy. (M) 9.30 American Dad! (M) 10.30 Hardcore Pawn.

(M) 12am What Went Down. (PG)

6pm Regular Show.

6.30 Adv Time. 7.00 The Middle. 7.30 Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen X. 8.30 MOVIE Into The Blue. (2005) (M) 10.45 MOVIE Into The Blue 2: The Reef.

(2009) (MA15+)

6.30pm Friends. (PG) 7.30 What’s Your Emergency? (M) 8.30 Amazing Medical Stories. (PG) 9.30 Embarrassing Bodies.

(M) 10.30 Filthy Rich.

11.30 Helicopter Heroes. (PG)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 48 Hours. (M) 8.30 Megastructures Breakdown. 9.30 Cops: Adults Only. (PG) 10.30 Undercover Boss. (M) 11.30 Epic Meal Empire. (PG)

6pm Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.05 The Simpsons. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. 8.00 New Girl.

8.30 MOVIE G.I. Joe: Retaliation. (2013) (M) 10.40 How I Met Your Mother.

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SURF REPORT

with MWP’s man in the water

At last the Sunny Coast welcomed a few decent waves mid-week thanks to the Coral Sea low which fed our ENE swell window. Hope you got into a few and let’s hope it’s the start of things to come.

This weekend looks like the early risers will be rewarded with a couple of feet of swell on Saturday, but onshore wind won’t last too long so the earlier the better.

Sunday is expecting a southerly wind change so try Moffat, Dicky to Currimundi, and the Alex to Maroochydore stretch. Get out there and enjoy.

FISHING REPORT with Wayne Nilsson from Maroochydore Fishing World

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7pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Seconds From Disaster. 8.30 Other People’s Breast Milk. 9.20 Raped.

10.20 Peep Show.

10.50 The IT Crowd: The Internet Is Coming.

FRIDAY

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WEDNESDAY

4-DAY FORECAST

THURSDAY

DIGITAL CHOICE

ESTUARY: Whiting and flathead on the drift from the Twin Waters weir to Maroochy bar using yabbies, with the low tide concentrating fish in the gutters. Work the areas just pumped for bait. Jew on live bait as the tide slows around bridge pylons with plastics also returning fish. The warmer weather has brought on the mangrove jack with live bait working wonders.

SURF: Not as much action along the beaches as in the rivers, but the rising night tides are still producing tailor, bream and some unstoppables attracted to mullet fillet and pillies with Mudjimba and Pincushion the most action. Maroochy Beach for whiting and dart in the early morning.

OFFSHORE: Conditions have not been favourable of late but the calmer conditions slowly returning.

Closed season for spanner crabs from November 20 to December 20. So fishing for mixed reef fish is the go. The hottest time of the day seems the quietest, so early mornings and evening fishing most favoured by seasoned offshore brigade. Mackerel starting to show up as the water temperature rises.

FRESHWATER: Impoundments firing at present with the rising barometer best. Deep diving lures and live shrimp working well in Somerset, Bjelke Petersen and Boondooma, but our little local creeks are also producing well for bass on shallow divers and poppers as they move down to breed.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 20)

TAURUS (Apr 21-May 21)

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The new moon activates your adventure zone so your motto for the next few months is from birthday great, writer Mark Twain “Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.

Dream. Discover.”

Don’t accept things at face value.

With the new moon and Neptune stimulating your research zone, look beneath the surface to discover what’s really going on. Group activities will also be confusing so pay attention to the finer details.

Get ready for a relationship renaissance, as the new moon kick-starts your love life. Attached Twins shift into a serious new phase of a long-term partnership, while some singles will go on a promising first date.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 23)

LEO (Jul 24-Aug 23)

VIRGO (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Tuesday night’s new moon highlights health and fitness over the next few weeks. But - if you overindulge at celebrations - then you won’t fit into your clothes by Christmas! Venus and Uranus also fire up some divine discontent in your house of love.

The new moon encourages you to tap into your inner muse and be a creative cat. As Madonna (a fellow lion) sings, it’s time to “Express Yourself”. But don’t let imaginative daydreams turn into escapist delusions.

Home Sweet Home is a veritable minefield this week! A relationship with a loved one could end up in a mess, as you misread each other’s words and motives. So avoid jumping to conclusions and don’t hesitate to ask for some firm clarification.

LIBRA (Sep 24-Oct 23)

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 22)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23-Dec 21)

The new moon sends a social media or education opportunity your way.

But don’t sit on the sidelines and limit yourself Libra! And don’t let negative self-talk stymie your upward trajectory. You are far better at what you do than you think you are.

Are you worrying about a money issue? This week, avoid being uncharacteristically rash with cash and credit. And don’t let a friend or family member bulldoze you into a financial situation that you really don’t feel comfortable about.

Has a certain person been undermining your confidence?

A close friend, family member or work colleague is unhappy with your current choices but you must formulate your plans to suit yourself, not others.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 20)

AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19)

PISCES (Feb 20-Mar 20)

Venus is vamping through your sign so aim to be the most charming Capricorn you can be. Some solo time is favoured on Tuesday, when the new moon stimulates your privacy zone. Friday is a fabulous day to take a calculated risk, especially at work.

Tuesday and Wednesday are the days to do something unexpected, as Uranus unleashes the adventurous Aquarian within. But if you are too impatient, distracted (or even reckless) then you could find yourself involved in an argument or accident.

How’s your career going? With the new moon activating your job zone, you need to have a long think about adjustments that would improve your work experience in 2017. Have the courage to follow your intuition - it will point you in the right direction.

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Solve all the clues and reveal the eight-letter word spelled down the middle of the grid.

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THE LAST WORD

LOOK MUM, NO HANDS Richard O’Leary asks, would a driverless car make a better choice than a human driver in a crash?

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hat has two faces, is as big as an elephant and runs as fast as Usain Bolt?

The first fully driverless, electric shuttle bus, which is being trialled in Perth.

OK, not the best riddle of all time, but accurate nonetheless.

Why two faces I hear you ask?

Well, when you don’t have a driver the front and back of a vehicle lose their importance – the RAC Intellibus can drive in either direction without turning around.

I was a passenger in this vehicle recently and I have to say you get over the bus being driverless really quickly.

Any apprehension about safety dissipates within a few minutes of travel – the trial only allows the bus to go 11 kilometres an hour despite its capability to approach the speed limit in a school zone (which makes it closer to O’Leary than Olympic champion speed).

The cameras, GPS, and odometry combine with incredibly conservative settings so any car within cooee sets off the autonomous emergency braking.

To be honest, within a kilometre or two, the greatest threat to one’s personal wellbeing is the potential to die of boredom.

But that’s exactly what you want if you are the organisers of the trial.

It did get me thinking though about the challenges faced as more driverless vehicles begin to operate on our roads.

Those in the know predict that the widespread release of autonomous vehicles could be with us by 2020.

Which poses a really important ethical question – how are these vehicles going to be programmed to avoid risk?

There was recently a really interesting article on just this dilemma in the New York Times.

It posed the conundrum of a car in a scenario where it either had to run off the road and risk killing its passengers, or

plough through a crowd of people. How does the algorithm weigh up the right course of action?

Would the car make the same decision as the humans who are travelling in it?

And if the computer chooses poorly, who is responsible? The car maker, the programmer or the poor person sitting in the car?

This question was posed in a series of studies, which were recently published in the journal Science.

Most people said the car that avoided large scale loss of life at the expense of the people it was carrying was the most ethical vehicle – yet just about everyone agreed they would only buy a car programmed to do the exact opposite.

It may be hands-free driving, but it seems we still have a firm grip on self-interest.

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