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From the editor After breaking touring records in 2019 and following a further sell-out tour of Australia in 2021 with A Taste of Ireland, A Celtic Christmas takes to the stage at Venue 114 on December 18, 7.30pm. Watch two star-crossed lovers twirl beneath the mistletoe as award-winning Irish musicians complement the world’s best Irish dancers to deliver an energetic, heart-warming performance that will leave your feet tapping, eyes shining and your soul wanting more.

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When it comes to sharing the family’s favourite Christmas recipes, there’s no such thing as oversharing. In this week’s edition we can only be grateful to NightQuarter owner Michelle Christoe, who hasn’t held back on giving us her Nan’s delicious pudding and brandy sauce recipe, and Sunshine Coast foodie Martin Duncan, who says the only way to go is with a Buderim Ginger recipe for glazed ham. While the radio host with the most, Todd Widdicombe, gives us the raw prawn on how to keep these little orange delicacies fresh.

It’s a big life, especially for some. This week, we speak to surf photographer Andrew Carruthers, whose life, right from the very beginning showed signs of being different. Read on and you will find out about the man who is diving deep, not only to capture the magnificence of Sunshine

Coast waves, but also to examine and better our daily lives. Meanwhile, in news we keep you up-to-date with the council’s drive to bring smart business to our area with the latest ‘Get a boost of Vitamin SC’ campaign; the state of the sleep bus as it readies to provide beds and our own Urban Angels and their generous community work.

Additionally, we share some bright and colourful tips to jazz up your Christmas decor in our regular My home feature.

In terms of business features and expert columns, check out pages 44 and 45, and if you’re up for something a little less serious don’t miss our regular columns with Sami and Ashley along with the thought-provoking words from Jane Stephens.

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poverty A new report shows federal and state governments are failing disadvantaged Australians, including the tens of thousands of children who live in poverty.

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ustralia has made no progress in a commitment it made six years ago to halve the number of people living in poverty by 2030.

New research shows unless urgent action is taken, between 280,000 and 550,000 young Australians born in the next decade face a future of poverty.

A report by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) titled Disrupting Disadvantage says the country needs to fundamentally change how it identifies and supports disadvantaged people and urges the use of data to act earlier to prevent children being locked in a cycle of poverty.

CEDA chief economist Jarrod Ball says the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are yet to be revealed.

“But there is already evidence the pandemic has further exacerbated the financial, employment and health hardships of Australia’s most vulnerable,” he says.

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“Unless Australia addresses these issues now, we will be entrenching the next generation of poverty and disadvantage.”

In 2015, Australia committed to halving the number of men, women and children living in poverty by 2030 under the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals initiative.

Six years on, Australia has made no progress against this commitment with the proportion of Australians living in poverty remaining above 13 per cent.

“What is of most concern is that despite making no progress towards this commitment to significantly reduce poverty, governments have set no intermediate targets, milestones, reform actions or reporting frameworks to change course,” Mr Ball says.

“By choosing to do nothing and ignoring the need to change Australia’s piecemeal social support system, we are making a choice as a society to commit too many young Australians into entrenched disadvantage.”

Close to one in five (or 17.7 per cent) of Australian children under the age of 15

are living in poverty, and research shows they are three times more likely to experience poverty in adulthood.

Support for the disadvantaged is fragmented and disconnected, spread between federal and state governments with little information sharing between programs, resulting in individuals and families slipping through the cracks, the report says.

CEDA wants to see shared data across all levels of government to address this problem and identify those most at risk, enabling early intervention strategies to break the cycle of disadvantage.

CEDA recommends a new intergovernmental agreement by 2025, linking federal government data, such as Medicare and Centrelink, with that from state governments, such as health, child protection and justice data.

It would work in a similar way to New Zealand’s integrated data infrastructure.

“We have an obligation to use all the tools at our disposal to overcome entrenched disadvantage,” co-author of the report and CEDA senior economist Cassandra Winzar says.

Local Woolworths stores are part of an ambitious donation target to raise the equivalent of seven million meals this Christmas, to help support charity partner OzHarvest meet the growing demand for food relief across Queensland.

One in six Australian adults are now considered severely food insecure and more than half of the people affected by food insecurity go a full day each week without eating.

To mark the seventh annual Christmas Appeal with OzHarvest, Woolworths Queensland aims to join in achieving a record fundraising amount of $3.5 million, in partnership with customers, to support Australian families in need – this is the equivalent of seven million meals.

Sunshine Coast Woolworths customers can buy a 50 cent token when they shop in store or online, which will help provide the equivalent of a meal to those in need.

Customers can also choose to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar, with proceeds going to the Christmas Appeal.

Fifty cents will also be donated from every limited-edition OzHarvest Santa cookie sold in store from November 24.

Woolworths has committed to a donation of $500,000 to kick off the appeal.

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The ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ poster was originally created by the British Government in 1939 to help the morale of the British Public before the beginning of the Second World War. The slogan was barely known in the decades past and almost lost to time until one was found and displayed in an English bookshop in 2000. Since then it has become a popular poster, with many different iterations being used for a multitude of situations. Companies have begun cashing in on its popularity, selling merchandise of all kinds with the famous line.

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13 seconds The longest recorded flight of a chicken.

The average amount of time per day koalas sleep.

26 The number of bones in your foot.

13 The number of letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.

1960 – The first episode of Coronation Street airs. The world’s longest running TV soap opera, this British production follows the life of people living on Coronation Street, a fictional street in a fictional suburb of Manchester.

1965 – A Charlie Brown Christmas airs for the first time on television. The popular animated musical special about Christmas was based on Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip called Peanuts.

1979 – The World Health Organisation officially certifies that after a number of concentrated vaccination campaigns around the world, smallpox has been eradicated.

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ow do Santa, Christmas crowds and festive foods successfully traverse the path from snowmen to sandcastles? In our southern hemisphere summer, an outdoor barbie may replace the indoor oven, but in most other ways, it looks like Sunshine Coast locals settle for traditional fare – albeit with prawns and lashings of seafood.

Champagne makes an early appearance – even on Christmas morning for some families – along with Christmas puddings, pavlovas, glazed hams, roast pork and the humble barbecue chook.

This year, we talk to Sunshine Coast locals about their choice of culinary delights for Christmas and in the spirit of giving, they share their favourite recipes with our readers.

GINGER GLAZED HAM Recipe from Buderim Ginger • Half leg ham • 3 tsp dijon mustard • ¼ cup orange juice • 1 cup brown sugar • Jar Buderim Ginger Original Ginger Marmalade • Cloves

Martin Duncan with Tanya from Bakies Cafe Caloundra

Martin Duncan – Sunshine Coast Foodie, Sconetime host, brand ambassador Bassett Barks Martin says for him, a great Christmas day dinner means enjoying a picnic on the beach.

“However, this year is a bit sad as my dear mum is down south and has been locked down for months and will stay down in New South Wales.”

In keeping with the Christmas spirit of sharing and caring, Martin is bringing together a circle of friends and food.

“I’m rounding up my closest friends who can’t get to family and we will celebrate life, friendship and how blessed we are to live on the Sunny Coast.”

As a food lover, Martin starts festive feasts on

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Christmas Eve. “Christmas Eve will be traditional fare with leg ham, prawns and pavlova and/or Christmas pudding,” he says.

“My favourite Christmas treat is a glazed ham, and my favourite thing is to bring out the ham on Christmas Eve with little hot rolls with butter and mustard whilst having a beverage or two,” he adds as a warm smile wafts across his face.

“Oh, my – yum!” he exclaims.

While Martin says he does enjoy a fine Christmas pudding, there is one special delight that takes his fancy.

“I love, love, love a good pavlova (must have berries and passionfruit on top of cream),” he explains.

On Christmas Day neighbours and friends are descending on Martin’s home to share in something a little different.

“As most of us used to like to travel we are having a French feast with oysters, pate, terrines and Yule log for dessert,” he says.

METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 180°C (fan forced 160°C).

2. Use a small knife to cut around ham shank about 10cm from the end. Run a knife under the rind, around the edge of the ham. Gently lift the rind off by running your fingers between the rind and the fat. Score fat making a diamond pattern.

3. Place ham in a baking tray, cover with foil and cook for 1.5 hours.

4. Meanwhile combine mustard, orange juice, sugar and marmalade in a saucepan, stir over medium heat for five minutes until marmalade dissolves (some whole ginger pieces may not completely disolve). Remove from heat and cool.

5. Stud the ham with cloves and brush evenly with the glaze.

6. Bake in oven, basting occasionally, for one hour or until golden brown.

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CHRISTMAS PUDDING (NAN’S)

SERVING

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Michelle Christoe – Director, Food Focus Australia, Malt Shovel Taphouse and NightQuarter

Add a seasonal summer twist to your pudding and serve with fresh mandarin or preserved blood orange.

Michelle says due to COVID, hospitality work demands and relatives living interstate, she misses being with her immediate family. However, that doesn’t mean being alone. Instead, she has her in-laws and a large work family to celebrate with throughout the festive season.

On Christmas day, she says: “I have grown up around our beautiful beaches so traditionally we head out for a surf followed by croissants, mangoes and champagne.

“We always sit around the family table with bonbons dismantled with paper hats goofily on our heads, enjoy fresh prawns, honey glazed ham, turkey, cranberry sauce and chat potatoes... all smothered in gravy of course.”

Nevertheless, despite all that tasty food, there’s really only one thing on Michelle’s mind: “To be honest, I never eat much of the main course. For me, it is all about dessert and the brandy sauce! I have a teaspoon of Christmas pudding, three tablespoons of ice-cream and then fill the rest of my bowl with brandy sauce. It is my grandmother’s recipe and I look forward to having it every year. I treasure the brandy sauce and always make too much, so I can savour it for days as a special treat.” *Michelle has shared her Nan’s Christmas cake recipe and brandy sauce recipe.

Soak mixed fruit in brandy and leave covered till ready: • 225g currants (or chopped dates), 225g chopped raisins, 225g sultanas,125g chopped mixed peel 1. Butter a large pudding bowl.

2. Cream 225g butter with 225g brown sugar.

3. Beat in four eggs (one at a time).

4. Add 225g breadcrumbs (from stale bread not packet), ¾ cup SR flour, ½ tsp of each – salt, S mixed spice, ground nutmeg, m ginger, cinnamon and bicarb g ssoda,125g almonds.

5. Add mixed fruit soaked in brandy. b 6. Add small glass rum.

6 7. Place in pudding bowl with lid.

8. Steam in saucepan of boiling water (water one-halfway to top of bowl) for four hours adding more water as necessary.

9. Reheat on day for around two to two-and-a-half hours.

To serve – turn out onto plate To flame – heat a little brandy gently in saucepan, ignite and pour over pudding on table.

BRANDY SAUCE (NAN’S) 1. Cream ¼ cup butter with 1 cup brown sugar.

2. Add 2 tbs brandy slowly.

3. Add three well-beaten egg yolks and ½ cup cream 4. Cook in saucepan over low heat and stirring at all times with wooden spoon for ages (about 10-15 minutes) until thick and creamy (until it thickens on the back of the wooden spoon).

5. Remove from heat 6. Add three stiffly beaten egg whites when cool.

Todd Widdicombe – Husband and father of four, 92.7 Mix FM Drive announcer “Our family is bang up for a good old Aussie Christmas feast no matter where our mob has gathered. This year it’s at our joint here at Warana and we’ll be celebrating with a mix of hot and cold culinary delights,” he says.

“We always have a solid triple smoked ham on the go, there’s a coupla barbecue chooks, a hot La’Mackle (boneless lamb roast wrapped in crackling.”

Todd doesn’t hogg the job all to himself, he dutifully entrusts his bro-in-law to curate a perfectly roasted pork on the Webber.

“It’s a five-can job,” he explains.

However, Todd takes full responsibility for the prawns, which for the Widdicombe household appears as an esky full of worldfamous Mooloolaba prawns.

“It wouldn’t be Christmas without prawns,” he emphatically states. “This year I’m thinking of bringing back the good old ‘Strayan’ prawn cocktail as an entrée with my not-very-secret homemade seafood sauce. As long as there’s plenty of prawns for the prawn peeling comp, she’ll be apples.”

As always, there’s no discussion when it comes to dessert choices: “A firm favourite every year is my mum’s trifle. Sure, the pav’s a treat and we all love a good plum pud, but the classic trifle is KING. Also, because my mum Jen is 88 now, it’s a bowl of brandy with a dash of sponge, jelly and custard in it! Happy days.”

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hanks to the new state-of-theart city centre at Maroochydore, an international runway, and international submarine cable, the Sunshine Coast is already a magnet for big thinkers and innovative business people.

In a campaign to further highlight these features and attract even more work and economic opportunities to the region, while keeping the relaxed Sunshine Coast lifestyle at the forefront, the Sunshine Coast Council is launching Vitamin SC (Sunshine Coast).

The campaign title is a quirky take on the positive benefits a boost of vitamin C brings to our bodies. However, in this campaign – the emphasis is on the benefits a boost of Vitamin SC brings to business. For instance, it points to the Coast’s affordable business locations, growing regional economy, the region’s broadband cable’s superfast data speeds, $12.5 billion in Sunshine Coast infrastructure investment, and supportive

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Sunshine Coast Council is launching the Vitamin SC campaign to encourage business leaders to consider the operating on the Sunshine Coast

business networks.

The council’s economic development portfolio councillor Terry Landsberg says the campaign is aimed at out-of-town business leaders, encouraging them to consider the Sunshine Coast as a potential business location for some or all of their operations.

“By attracting these entrepreneurs to the Sunshine Coast, we are future proofing our region and ensuring our residents can grow up here, study locally and secure a prosperous career here,” Cr Landsberg says.

“Thanks to the region-shaping infrastructure projects delivered by the council, state and federal governments and the commercial sector, the Sunshine Coast is offering just that opportunity.

“This is the smart place for businesses.

We are opening up new and exciting employment opportunities including professional jobs our residents would otherwise need to relocate to, outside the Sunshine Coast.”

“The Vitamin SC video series highlights some of our very best entrepreneurs and the perks they enjoy by working here.”

Cr Landsberg says the Vitamin SC campaign is not designed to attract more people to the region. Rather, it aims to attract new businesses that will provide new high-value employment opportunities.

Caloundra Chamber of Commerce CEO Brady Sullivan says as the region continues to grow, it is important to have conversations about talent development and retention.

He says the Sunshine Coast is no longer just a region where people come to live by the beach and work in hospitality and retail, but a place where children can grow up to become lawyers and engineers in their own backyard.

“We need to be saying to people there are significant job opportunities here across a range of roles,” Mr Sullivan says.

“It’s no longer just hospitality roles, we have three insurance firms in town now. You can come here and choose to be a lawyer or an engineer or you can pull beers or work in retail – all the jobs are here.

“We need to be future focussed in developing talents and create a 10-year plan to develop talent and opportunity for

kids on the Coast.

“We need to say we understand what the future trajectory looks like here on the Sunshine Coast.”

Mr Brady says in the Caloundra area the once 75-plus age demographic is becoming younger, with many residents between 45 and 60. He says Aura is attracting an average age of 29.3 who, for the next 10 to 15 years, will be locked into the region raising children and paying mortgages.

“That age down there is really young and if that pool of people is in their thirties across the next 10 years, then their interest is developing opportunity and jobs and I think that’s where that future focus is.

“We don’t need to lose the feel and culture of the Sunshine Coast, we just need to be having a future-focussed conversation on what the Sunshine Coast looks like in 15 years’ time and what we need to do to bridge that gap.”

Scan this QR code for more information on the Vitamin SC campaign.

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AIMING FOR 5000 BAKSLAPS A Sunshine Coast man who lost his sister to melanoma is hoping for a record number of people joining Australia’s Biggest Bakslap.

After Tess’ death in 2012 from inoperable melanoma in the middle of her back, Raphael McGowan (pictured) learnt that is one of the riskiest areas of the body. He created Bakslap in 2017 to promote sun safety and this year hopes to set a world record for the number of people applying sunscreen within a 24-hour period, aiming for 5000 participants. This year’s event will

be held online on December 12. “I didn’t want Tess’ death to be in vain and after doing a lot of fundraising and research, we found that getting sunburn on your back is the most at-risk place for developing fatal melanoma,” Mr McGowan says. “With skin cancer numbers on the rise, particularly in southeast Queensland, we are constantly working to raise the awareness of sun safety and this event is an easy and fun way for people to participate. “The event has grown and grown over the past three years and to help manage logistics in the current COVID-19 environment, we’ve taken it online so we can get more people to help spread the word about sun safety as we head into the summer period.

“The previous record was set last year when 3190 people participated; we are working hard to reach more people so we can achieve our goal.” Over the past five years, Bakslap has increased its distribution to more than 80 retail outlets across most states and is also sold in Singapore and the USA. More recently Bakslap has formed a partnership with Cricks Volkswagen Sunshine Coast, where Mr McGowan recently took possession of a new Volkswagen Caddy Van with Bakslap branding to help promote sun safety. To register for Australia’s Biggest Bakslap visit: bakslap.com/ australiasbiggestbakslap.

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The Queensland Country Women’s Association (QCWA) invites secondary and tertiary students in Queensland to apply for a range of 2022 bursary offerings. There are 22 bursaries on offer, between $500 and $2500, covering different ages and areas of study.

QCWA state president Sheila Campbell says the annual bursary campaign is one of the association’s great joys. “Education is a cornerstone of the QCWA, so we offer a number of bursaries every year to assist Queensland students with the cost of their studies,” she says. “For some, one of the QCWA’s bursaries could mean the careerdefining difference between continuing their studies or not.” In 2022 QCWA will mark 100 years there are five new For information and application forms, visit qcwa.org.au/ student-bursaries. Application close January 31, 2022.

NEW ALL-DAY PARKING RATE Mooloolaba’s undercover ParknGo car park will have an all-day capped price fee for the next six months. Built Infrastructure group executive Tom Jamieson says access to Mooloolaba will be easier with the new flat rate parking fee of $5.

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VOLUNTEERS RECOGNISED Volunteers are the backbone of every community and on December 5 they were recognised across the region for International Volunteers Day. John Ognino has been volunteering his time with not-for-profit organisation Suncare Community Service for almost a year. Currently studying veterinary science at university, he says the opportunity to volunteer gives him the chance to work with people who need company, and learn skills to help him in the future. Mr Ogino currently visits Suncare customer Ernest Tebby once a fortnight, where the pair work on building model boats together. “Ernest was a master builder before he retired, so he’s the project manager and directs me as to what we’re working on each visit,” Mr Ogino says. “I love that building model boats offers a diversity of different challenges, which require different approaches.” With volunteer numbers across the region declining since the onset of the COVID pandemic, organisations, like Suncare, are always in need of help. Visit suncare.org.au.

University of the Sunshine Coast students who created concepts for apps to help visitors organise Brisbane holidays for the 2032 Olympics, improve learner driving, and encourage community and business networking USC students Jordyn Krogh have won four and Jackson Cameron awards at the 2021 GovHack event. Thirteen USC engineering and computer science students across three teams came first in their categories after “hacking” open government data to develop potential solutions to real-world problems within 46 hours. Little Mountain’s Alexander Barnes was part of the team behind BrisLympics, a one-stop travel, accommodation and information app to help visitors plan their Brisbane stay in 2032.

Meanwhile Jordyn Krogh of Caloundra says the app DRIVE (Driving Reality with Innovative Virtual Experience), aims to increase the meaningful experiences of learner drivers, not just help them log more driving hours.

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Sunshine Coast community portfolio councillor Rick Baberowski says the Heritage Levy plays a key role in bringing the Sunshine Coast Heritage Plan 2021–2031, endorsed in February 2021, to life.

TOP AWARD FOR LIGHTNING MANAGER The manager of the Sunshine Coast’s top sports team has been recognised with a prestigious state award.

Sunshine Coast Lightning CEO Danielle Smith has been named the Queensland Sports Administrator of the Year for 2021, at the QSport Awards in Brisbane. Ms Smith, who is also a Melbourne Storm board director, has been a strong advocate for sport in Queensland during the COVID-19 pandemic. She says she is humbled by the recognition and proud of the evolution and success of the club since its inception in the national league in 2017.

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Food for the soul

BY THE NUMBERS What it takes to prepare 10,000 pre-made meals each month • Over 700kg of meat/chicken/ plant-based protein • Over 150kg cheese • Over 2500kg of vegetables – some bought, some rescued and/or donated by OzHarvest, SecondBite, Farmers First and backyard growers • Many 100s of kilos of rice, pasta and other pantry items • Over 1500 volunteer hours a month chopping, cleaning, packaging and delivering meals door to door.

Urban Angels provides 10,000 meals a month to people in need across the Sunshine Coast and it all began with one woman’s big idea. WORDS: Ingrid Nelson.

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hat began as a labour of love for Eumundi mum of three Birgit Sowden 12 years ago has evolved into a dream role at the helm of a Sunshine Coast charity kitchen, a not-for-profit organisation designed to connect the community by providing nutritious frozen meals to those who need it most.

Operated under IFYS, a charitable organisation providing a range of specialist support and intervention programs for children, young people and families, Urban Angels has been dishing up an unbelievable 10,0000 meals each month to vulnerable families and individuals on the Coast for

Birgit Sowden the past six years. But Ms Sowden has been preparing meals made with love for those in need long before that.

“It’s what I am, it’s what I do,” she says.

“There is always someone doing it tough who will benefit greatly from a pre-cooked meal, whether they are ill or elderly or just fallen on hard times.

“I have always loved cooking, and I’ve always had a lot of drive, so as a stay-at-home mum, when my three boys were at school, I approached the school and asked if I could use the home

economic rooms to cook in bulk for families who may need some support. I had outgrown our kitchen at home.

“I had a few mums help me set up a community kitchen and it just went nuts.

We had endless support and donations from the school community and ended up cooking around 500 meals per month, which I never expected to be able to do.”

It wasn’t long before other schools caught wind of the successful program.

“I met with them and gave them all my recipes, plus instructions on how to source ingredients, how to raise funds, everything they needed to get started,” she says.

As fate would have it, some of the meals

found their way to someone at IFYS and a seed was planted to develop a similar program for the charity down the track.

“IFYS asked me to come join them and set up a community kitchen and that was how it all began to really develop.”

Describing her role as more of a calling than a job, Ms Sowden says although she didn’t realise it at the time, it’s something she has been preparing for her whole life.

“Everyone has a journey. It took me a long time to work out what I wanted to do, but I realised, in hindsight, I had been doing it all along. I just wasn’t doing it as a formal vocation.”

But it’s the army of volunteers who donate their time in the kitchen or driving the delivery vans, who Ms Sowden credits as the most important ingredient in this recipe for success.

“We have four chefs and more than 70 amazing volunteers, who we are so very grateful for and always make sure they are happy, because without them none of this would be possible,” she says.

“Some people are happy to do the chopping and washing up and there are others who do the deliveries. Not everyone can do the delivery work as it can be quite confronting, you see a lot and you have to be resilient. People tell you their stories, so a big part of what we do is just sit and listen.”

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Volunteer Kerryn Limpus Ms Sowden says the gift of a meal helps those who are vulnerable feel supported and less alone.

“I know from experience food is a great connector and feedback has shown that this small gesture of providing a meal has helped even those in deepest distress to move closer to inner healing.”

Delivering regularly to schools, migrant students and families, individuals being supported by community agencies, young mums at the STEMM program, as well as elderly people, families affected by illness or financial difficulties, the homeless community any many others, Ms Sowden says there is a huge demand and more help is urgently needed.

Fully funded by IFYS, Urban Angels is

supported by organisations such as OzHarvest, which donates 400 kilos of produce per week and SecondBite, a national charity rescuing food that would otherwise be destroyed.

However, Ms Sowden says donations are becoming increasingly difficult to secure and a revenue stream is required.

“I’m a social enterprise nutter, it’s such a good way for the world to work,” she says. “When we have revenue coming in and all of that goes back into what we do for the community, that is the perfect model in my mind.”

Having recently been gifted a fully fitted, state-of-the-art kitchen in Maroochydore by a generous benefactor, Ms Sowden says she can now concentrate on recruiting more delivery volunteers and fine tuning their distribution to ensure the help goes to those who need it most.

And of course, donations of time, money and produce are always welcome.

“Those things are invaluable,” says Ms Sowden. “All the pennies add up and every little bit helps.”

For more information on how you can become a volunteer or to donate to Urban Angels, contact Birgit Sowden on 5452 7774/0418 783 928 or email bsowden@ifys.com.au.

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Sleep bus to arrive The long-awaited sleep bus for homeless men is due to begin its trip from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast on January 11.

WORDS: Caitlin Zerafa.

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fter months of waiting a date has finally been set for the arrival of a bus that will provide shelter for men living rough across the Sunshine Coast community.

Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre’s Derek Hopper says a sleep bus to house up to 20 men per night is 99 per cent complete and due to arrive in the region on January 14.

In an effort to address the Sunshine Coast’s growing homeless emergency, the centre last year began a fundraising campaign to fit out a sleep bus after it identified a lack of male crisis accommodation.

Since then, a fundraising campaign was also launched to fund a pink bus to sleep women and children.

Mr Hopper says after multiple COVID-induced delays in Melbourne, where the bus has been since April 2021 to be reconfigured, and border closures that have hampered the effort to transport the bus into Queensland, the date for its arrival has been revealed.

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“The bus is due to begin its trip un on January 11 ready for a celebration at Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre on January 14,” Mr Hopper says.

“The bus is just waiting on a few final touches and the signage, so it is 99.99 per cent finished.”

Once the first sleep bus arrives, the second bus will be taken back down to Victoria to be transformed into the women’s and children’s bus.

Each bus costs $100,000 to transform and the Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre has been overwhelmed with community support in raising money to transform the two buses, which were also donated.

Once transformed, each bus will provide a safe lockable pod with a television, charging ports and a toilet.

The most recent donation came from local business owner David Krauter, who has witnessed the homeless living on the streets around his office premises.

Mr Krauter, from Websites That Sell, is donating $5000

towards the sleep bus project.

“There’s just not enough funding to support the homeless and the testimony to that is just seeing them in the park near our previous office,” Mr Krauter says.

“We had people with stashes of their belongings all around our premises at the time.

“Just imagine not being able to sleep because you’re worrying that your life and safety is at stake, but also that your belongings are going to be gone the next morning when you wake up.”

A recent Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre survey showed there were 62 people sleeping rough each night within a five-kilometre radius of the centre.

Males make up 76 per cent of the homeless population and females make up 24 per cent.

Mr Hopper says with the rental crisis worsening, each week the centre was seeing more people in need of support.

“It’s got worse,” he adds.

“We’ve got families with two or three kids now sleeping in their cars because landlords want to sell their place or put the rent up $200 a week and wages have not gone up to match that.

“It’s no longer just those with a low income who are homeless, it’s hitting the middle and working class.

“If you are married or de facto and one of you loses your job, that’s it – you’re maybe a couple of payments away from being homeless.

“We have people walk through the door in tears, they just don’t know what to do.”

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A life of love and light Sunshine Coast photographer Andrew Carruthers has risen above many challenges to reach a point of peace in his life. WORDS: Gail Forrer.

“These days I’m interested in the light and the movement.”

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unshine Coast wave photographer Andrew Carruthers is speaking about his stunning surf shots. And yet, this comment could apply from the very moment of his premature birth and subsequent abandonment at a Brisbane Hospital, his life-changing health diagnosis at 25 or his recent diagnosis of early onset dementia.

With all of this, inclusive of the great parts, such as his school chaplain role and

Photographer Andrew Carruthers. Inset: His stunning surf photography. volunteer position as chaplain for the Longboard World Tour, Mr Carruthers navigates his life with Christian values and a zest that compels him to contribute to the community’s greater good. Innately, he’s a glass half-full sort of person.

He says he was lucky with his adopted parents. They were in their early fifties when they visited the maternity ward and

went home to the Gold Coast with a tiny baby boy. His adopted dad loved anything to do with the water – fishing, swimming – and put him on a surfboard at four years old. They were also committed socialists and he grew up in household living and breathing political debate. He clearly recalls his father going to Brisbane to share his views at Speaker’s Corner and outside

Parliament House.

His father, he says, was a fatalistic, scientifically-minded, evidence-based person, not interested in religion, so he’s not sure what led him to think about spiritual things.

“I was 15 years old when I decided to join the church; there was just something in me,” he says.

Later on, when he found out his birth mother was Indigenous and his birth father part German and Viking, he says a little part of him clicked.

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On the other hand, he is proud of his heritage from the Scottish family that adopted him. “They were all editors, publishers and writers,” he says.

“And good, kind parents.”

He explains his adoption through a unique and positive light.

“It’s like this when you are adopted,” he says. “You choose your own adventure story. You get put into another story and it’s not your family of origin.”

During his childhood, he gained an inkling of his heritage communicated through a racist lens.

“It was just said that I had a touch of the tarbrush in me – that’s all,” he says.

“It was said in a derogatory sense, and I knew it was something not to be celebrated.”

At 19, Mr Carruthers joined the Australian RAAF where he worked filling F-111 fuel tanks. Eight years later he was discharged as medically unfit. The exposure to high-grade solvents had ruined his health. To this day, one of the results from the solvents includes chronic headaches from a cyst in his brain which blinds his left eye, he says.

Additionally, the poisons have damaged all his internal organs.

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becoming a chaplain and youth worker.

“I was the first school chaplain at Nambour High School,” he says.

“I loved it, but after three years, my health got the better of me and I had to leave.”

Mr Carruthers explains that he is not a religious man, but he comes from spiritual place.

‘I am a follower of Jesus /God, but I have trouble with religion,” he says.

Following the school role, he moved to work from his home office and became heavily involved with the Christian Surfers Association.

“I did admin and mentoring,” he says.

He also explains how their network stretches around the world, including building a youth centre in Bali after the

nightclub bombing and doing volunteer building work in Peru after a volcano erupted.

For many years, his work has also included the volunteer position of chaplain to the Longboard World Tour.

He loves this group of surfers, saying: “It’s a sort of a tribal culture there and in my role, I’m anything from a father, brother or mate.”

“With professional sportspeople, it’s all about their sporting achievements, their sense of value and self-worth is all tied up with that.

“It’s all about what you do, not who you are.”

Mr Carruthers, says when these athletes have to face failure, that’s when he’s there, to connect them to their

whole person.

“I’ve married them and buried them. I am there to connect them with counselling – to give them back a sense of wellbeing, spiritually and mentally.”

However, he has also experienced his own physical challenges and twice his wife and two adult children have nearly lost him due to acute heart attacks.

“It’s like this,” he explains. “If heaven is a party, I’ve got the invite, but I’m just not ready to go just yet.”

So, he keeps on ticking, even with a recent diagnosis of solvent encephalopathy, which transcribes to early onset dementia, he is not ready to let go. Instead, he and his wife are packing up and going travelling.

“If it gets worse, well at least I’ve done this. If it doesn’t, it’s still good.”

“Look, I’ve had a chronic disease since I was 25,” he says. “And I won’t let it define me.”

That’s why he wakes each morning at 3.50am and is in the ocean by 4.15am taking brilliant photographs of waves.

“It’s cathartic and healing for me,” he says.

“I’m just compelled to do it – it doesn’t matter if I sell them or not, I just do it.”

And finally, he says: “A day in the ocean is much better, than a day you’re not in the ocean.”

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A great place to start The region’s markets are not only incubators for new local businesses, but also provide wider economic and community benefits.

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ne of the most organic ways for small business owners to get established and connect with customers is through markets.

Louise Formosa from Eumundi Chamber of Commerce says markets are important for homegrown success.

“The markets provide visitors with the opportunity to actually meet local fashion designers, musicians, woodcraftsmen and jewellery makers, and there is always that amazing feeling of connection and building of relationships,” Ms Formosa says.

“In today’s world of centralised shopping facilities and mass production lines, it’s the very opposite at the markets as visitors often go home with a story of a market stall owner they met or how the product they purchased was made. This adds so much more value to local products.

Then each visitor tells a friend their story and by doing so, more and more people learn to reconnect with buying locally.”

Ms Formosa says markets provide a unique starting point for small businesses.

“Markets also provide a brilliant opportunity for micro business start-ups as there is relatively lower risk in setting up and renting a market stall compared with renting a retail shop,” she says.

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“The markets enable entrepreneurs to test their product, and make improvements, if needed.

“One of the most satisfying things to watch is a micro business start up, grow and eventually step into retail shops in other areas of the Sunshine Coast, or start exporting or manufacturing, which in turn leads to job creation and building a more resilient economy.

“The markets enable people to become self-employed, or downsize, re-start or achieve work/life balances they haven’t been able to do before.”

Ms Formosa says pre-COVID, Eumundi Markets attracted around 1.2 million visitors per year. It is one of the most significant tourism attractions on the Sunshine Coast. The markets, which support 600 micro businesses weekly, also bring significant economic benefit to other aspects of the town, with the market space and car park leased by local not-for-profit organisations.

“With funds raised from market stall fees or parking fees, these associations have been able to improve the market facilities, invest funds into other historical buildings, purchase land, employ people and engage local contractors.”

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We’re calling on the Sunshine Coast community to support local businesses by buying from a store with a door or online from a local business. When you buy local, you are directly supporting local families, jobs and helping our local economy to bounce back from the impacts of COVID-19. The council is giving four lucky winners $2000 to spend on their chosen products and services in the Sunshine Coast region. To enter spend $10 in the Sunshine Coast Local Government Area, and enter your details and receipt on the Buy Local Sunshine Coast website to go into the draw to win $2000 to spend with local businesses.

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Wednesday Eumundi Markets Friday Currimundi Lake Twilight Market Nights on Ocean (every second Friday) Marcoola Market Caloundra Twilight Markets (last Friday of the month) Saturday Eumundi Markets Marcoola Market Kawana Waters Artisans & Farmers Markets Landsborough Market Pomona Country Markets Yandina Country Markets Sunday Mill Street Markets The Caloundra Street Fair Arthur Street Country Markets Cotton Tree Markets Fishermans Road Market Maleny Sunday Markets Noosa Farmers Market Noosa Marina Markets Peregian Markets (first and third Sunday) Sunshine Coast Collective Markets (second and fourth Sunday)

Congratulations to Nicola Thomson, the week one winner of the current Buy Local Win Local campaign. Having not worn makeup for most of the year due to masks, Ms Thomson re-stocked her makeup kit during the recent sales at Sunshine Plaza.

Hearing about the Buy Local campaign, she entered the competition and won. A Sunshine Coast resident for 21 years, currently living in the Glass House Mountains, Ms Thomson is organising her street’s annual Christmas party and says the prize money will be put back into the community. “I was very excited to learn I had won the prize as I was shopping locally in preparation for the Christmas street party, which I am the host this year,” she says. “I will be using the money to support my local businesses and trades. It is so important to support local businesses as it creates jobs and provides income in these difficult times.”

and a dream we’ve always had. Knowing we are playing a part in supporting and creating new opportunities for our locals is what makes it rewarding.

BUSINESS PROFILE Eumundi Pavilion Markets is a beautiful outdoor shopping area offering an array of boutique shops, a restaurant, barber, locally roasted Clandestino coffee, masseuse, dog groomer and a wellness studio available for hire. Owners Gabby and Scott Fletcher-Ralph took over this ‘hidden gem’ in June with the focus of creating a space for the local community.

Whether it be a yoga class followed by coffee and shopping, or a special event organised by the on-site management team, everyone is welcome. Located off 79 Memorial Drive, the space is open Wednesday and Saturday, 8am to 2pm.

Q&A Gabby and Scott Fletcher-Ralph What does it mean to you to be a local business?

Having a local business on the Sunshine Coast, especially in Eumundi, is an honour

How important is buying local to support Sunshine Coast small businesses?

When you buy local you are supporting local families and our local economy.

We are helping to create jobs and opportunities for our friends and neighbours.

What opportunities do local market spaces give small businesses to be successful?

Many small businesses have struggled during the pandemic and more recently we’ve seen a decline in stallholders. We believe that now is a better time than any to believe in yourself and share your talent with others. At the Pavilion we also offer casual market stalls for creative individuals wanting to showcase their talents to the local community and visitors.

How can the Sunshine Coast ensure they are supporting local businesses this holiday season?

As the holiday season quickly approaches, small businesses are counting on local support more than ever. Whether it’s buying a gift or meeting with friends, please be sure to stop by and support all the wonders our hidden gem has to offer. myweeklypreview.com.au

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NEWS

COUNCIL TO TRIAL NEW TECHNIQUE TO NOURISH OUR BEACHES A technique new to the Sunshine Coast will be used to address erosion at one of the region’s most popular beaches.

Sunshine Coast Council has announced it will trial an innovative method of sand nourishment at Maroochydore to protect the popular area from the effects of severe weather.

The technique, called nearshore nourishment, has not been used in the region before and it involves importing sand from outside the area and placing it in the water, about 300 metres off the beach.

Waves, currents and tides will then deposit the sand onto our beaches, providing an additional buffer to future storms and coastal erosion. The traditional method is to beef up the beach itself, rather than drop sand offshore.

Sunshine Coast Council’s environment portfolio councillor Peter Cox says the Coastal Hazard Adaptation Strategy guides the Council’s work to manage our region’s beaches from the risk of future erosion.

“A lot of work has gone on behind the scenes over several years to inform the long-term management of our coastline,” he says. “We are using coastal data captured through wave buoys, beach surveys,

hydrographic surveys, ecological monitoring, and wind data to shape the project.This is in addition to studies that have shown that there is a limited supply of sand on the Sunshine Coast.

“Maroochydore Beach has been subject to significant erosion events over the years and adding new sand from outside the region, such as the Spitfire Channel in Moreton Bay, will help nourish the area and protect from further erosion.

“The trial will supplement the existing sand re-nourishment program that involves collecting sand from the Maroochy River and pumping it onto the beach. Trialling the new technique will assist us to make evidence-based decisions about the future management of our coastline.”

For more information, visit sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/ Planning-and-Projects/InfrastructureProjects/Maroochydore-NearshoreBeach-Nourishment-Trial.

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NEWS Fast facts • In Australia there are more than 50,000 children in foster care.

• By age seven, 92 per cent of children in foster care are below the average reading level.

• 75 per cent of children in care do not complete schooling.

• 42 per cent of children in care will experience five or more foster care relocations in their lifetimes.

Hitting the road for charity Every day cyclists get their hearts pumping by taking on Buderim’s hills, but a charity event is challenging cyclists to climb nine of the town’s hills in three hours to raise money for a great cause. WORDS: Caitlin Zerafa.

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n event that challenges cyclists to tackle nine of Buderim’s hills in three hours is happening again this year.

After a break in 2020, the Buderim 9 Challenge is back. The event, which is not for the faint-hearted, will see cyclist test themselves on December 19 as they attempt to ride 76 kilometres for a worthy cause.

Event organiser David Wighton says the challenge, which is now in its ninth year, began after a group of cyclists

thought they would give the town’s biggest road climbs a go in one ride.

“It’s grown from there and has become a really big charity event as well,” Mr Wighton says.

“They are all really tough climbs on their own but you put the nine together and it’s a really challenging event.”

Starting at The University of the Sunshine Coast, cyclists make their way up and down the hills of Dixon, Cogill, Ballinger, Crosby Hill, Glenmount, Mons, Lindsay, Jones and Mooloolaba roads, finishing back at USC.

Riders can choose to take part in the Buderim three, six or nine, or the electric bike event.

Mr Wighton because of the gruelling course, only 50 per cent of riders complete all nine hills in the time frame to become true “Buderim niners”.

“Some people do it every year and they never make the nine hills,” he says.

“It’s a three-hour event, so you have to be back within the time and you do as many hills as you can in that time. It’s tough getting up the hills but it can be pretty quick getting down the hills.”

The event attracts a variety of riders but is most popular with seasoned amateur road cyclists. This year the oldest rider is 75 years of age.

The 2021 event will raise money for The Pyjama Foundation, which supports the dreams of children living in foster care.

Mr Wighton is expecting 300 cyclists to participate in the event, with plenty of vantage points for spectators.

“You can stay on top of Buderim and just move along from King Street to William Street and see the riders as they reach the top of the hills.”

The event will coincide with Australian Cycling Academy’s Sunshine Coast cycle weekend for elite riders.

Registrations for the Buderim 9 Challenge are open at buderim9.com.au.

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BUSINESS & FINANCE

Darryl Watt, Ord Minnett Buderim.

INFLATION EXPLAINED The lift in inflation this year has been a source of concern for investors. Whether inflation can be sustained at higher rates, however, is the subject of much debate.

Our base case is that some of the recent price spikes are transitory. That said, even with some easing in these transitory factors (travel prices, labour shortages and supply bottlenecks), inflation is likely to settle at higher levels than previously and is likely to be back within central bank target bands. So, how should investors approach this scenario?

Equities are better placed to deal with inflationary periods compared with other asset classes such as cash and fixed income. This is because inflation normally implies stronger economic

conditions and because companies can pass through higher prices to consumers. So, in a healthy inflation environment, equities should perform relatively well.

A stagflation scenario – a combination of slow economic growth and relatively high unemployment (stagnation) accompanied by rising prices (inflation) – would be less favourable for equities, but they should still perform better than fixed-income assets (where we are underweight) given the latter’s returns are fixed and would be eroded by inflation.

Within the equity market, rising inflation favours cyclicals, while defensive sectors are the ones that tend to lag an inflationary cycle.

Major central banks have had difficulty lifting inflation, and sustaining it, since the 2007-08 global financial crisis, if not before.

Australia’s inflation rate has been on a downward trajectory, and until the latest data for the September quarter, had been below the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) two to three per cent target band. Meanwhile, at the extreme end, Japan has been experiencing bouts of deflation for a quarter of a century!

These scenarios came about despite attempts by central banks to use their

monetary policy tools, in other words interest rate cuts and quantitative easing, to stimulate demand, and therefore inflation, to within their target range.

This year, however, there has been a noticeable upturn in inflation, led by the US, where the core consumer price index has already jumped from 1.6 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to 4.6 per cent YoY. In the euro zone, a similar measure has risen from 0.2 per cent YoY to 2.1 per cent YoY, while Japan has swung to

inflation of 0.1 per cent YoY from deflation of -1 per cent. In Australia, the trimmed mean consumer price index, the RBA’s preferred measure, has risen from 1.1 per cent YoY to 2.1 per cent YoY. Darryl Watt is a representative of Ord Minnett Limited, AFS Licence 237121. This article contains general financial advice only and does not consider your personal circumstances; you should determine its suitability to you.

Before acquiring a financial product you should seek advice from a licensed financial adviser and consider the relevant product disclosure statement. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

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SUNSHINE COAST COUNCIL PROMOTION

IS YOUR POOL SAFE?

More Festive Garden tickets released!

Don’t delay - limited extra free tickets are available now to experience the magic of The Festive Garden.

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anta says you’ve been very good boys and girls this year, so he’s decided to release more tickets to The Festive Garden – Council’s new walk-through Christmas Lights experience.

From 17 to 21 December, the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden will transform into a magical place, where elves, carollers and twinkling lights await.

Book early at events.sunshinecoast.qld. gov.au/festive gardens to avoid disappointment.

On the night, expect to find Christmas spirit in abundance, beautiful lights in a magical setting, face painting, Santa, the chance to write a letter to the big man himself,

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elves, entertainment and food trucks.

Allow 1.5 hours for a magical experience or for those who need to get the littlies to bed, come early for a quick Christmas fix.

We’ve teamed up with Sunbus to deliver free shuttles, which will run continuously between the University of the Sunshine Coast Transit Centre and the botanic gardens from 5.30pm, with the last bus returning at 9pm each evening. Visitors should park at the University of the Sunshine Coast and wait for a free shuttle bus to take them to the experience.

The last bus will leave the university at 8pm.

The travel time is about 12 minutes each way.

Access to the experience is via park and ride only – patrons will not be able to park or

enter directly from the garden.

The Sunbus Express is accessible and able to accommodate wheelchairs, strollers and mobility devices.

For those who cannot access a bus, add this information when booking and an event officer will be in touch to assist.

For more information, including links to the latest COVID-19 restrictions as it applies to festivals and events and to book, visit events.sunshine coast.qld.gov.au/ thefestivegarden.

Summer and swimming on the Sunshine Coast go hand-in-hand, but is your swimming pool safe?

Pools capable of holding more than 300mm in depth – which includes all swimming pools, spas, portable and inflatable pools – must comply with the Queensland pool safety standard.

Pool owners should be doing regular checks to ensure their pool barriers are compliant. Be sure your pool is summer ready by visiting Council’s website for more information about pool safety compliance.

HOLIDAY HOURS Council’s customer contact counters and reception desks will be closed from 2pm 24 December and will reopen on 4 January.

From 29 to 31 December, you can still contact Council via phone, web chat, email and call back.

The Maroochydore Planning, Building, Plumbing and Development counter will also be closed during this time and any calls to 5475PLAN will be redirected to customer contact.

Visit Council’s website for more details.

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SUNSHINE COAST COUNCIL PROMOTION

DID YOU KNOW Shorebirds are also called wader birds. They cannot land on water or swim.

This means there’s no stopping once they start their long journey across the Pacific Ocean. They fly non-stop for days, sometimes for a week or more.

They can sleep using half their brain during flying.

Once they arrive, they’re desperate for a proper nap – give them space to sleep with their whole brain.

FACT More than 3000 people have already viewed Council’s updated Flood Mapping and Information online.

It can help you prepare for emergencies and know how to use land when building or renovating.

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LATEST EXHIBITION LANDS Don’t miss the latest exhibition at Caloundra Regional Gallery, The Art of Making: art in public spaces on show from 10 December until 30 January.

This unique exhibition celebrates artists working in the public realm, and the enduring creative advocacy of Urban Art Projects. You’ll find designs, maquettes, images and sculptures capturing the public art journey – from concept to completion.

The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am and located at 22 Omrah Avenue, Caloundra.

Entry is free. Visit gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au.

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GET THE JAB DONE If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to get your COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccination is our ticket to a safer future, and our best defence in the fight against COVID-19.

The sooner our community is vaccinated, the greater the likelihood we can start to move on from the impacts of this pandemic on our jobs, our families and many of the things we enjoy.

Come on, Sunshine Coast, let’s get the jab done. Visit Queensland Health’s website health.qld.gov.au.

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We can’t prevent floods from happening, but we can reduce their impact by understanding our flood risk.

View the maps via sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/ floodmapping.

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As the days get warmer, it’s time to get out and about to enjoy the great outdoors, and the Coastal Pathway is the perfect destination!

The Coastal Pathway offers a safe, off-road, connected pathway from Bells Creek in the south to Coolum in the north.

Whether you’re out for a leisurely walk, run, or bike ride for fitness or fun with the family there are many different Coastal Pathway adventures.

To plan your next adventure visit Council’s website and search for ‘Coastal Pathway’.

FROM THE MAYOR The last year has been among the most extraordinary I’ve seen in more than 10 years in local government. Residents across our community have been tested in so many ways as we have worked together to manage the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and through the recovery period.

Despite the many challenges, our region has a lot to be proud of, and the annual State of our Region address ensures the many outstanding achievements of our region and our community do not go unrecognised.

Through our collective efforts, our Council has continued to service the needs of our residents and supported local business and industry to keep money circulating locally and keep people employed – all the while, helping each other to adjust to the new ‘COVID normal’.

Council has put together a short video showcasing significant 2021 events, which I encourage you to watch by visiting Council’s website.

May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy Christmas and look forward to a bright, healthy and prosperous new year.

Mark Jamieson Mayor Sunshine Coast Council

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Local

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Danielle and John Pearce of C3 Powerhouse in Warana

A DECADE OF DONATIONS A Caloundra church is donating generously to those in need. WORDS: Caitlin Zerafa.

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Warana church has racked up an incredible decade of donations for members of the Sunshine Coast community in need over the Christmas period.

This year the C3 Powerhouse church has raised $30,000 to organise 300 hampers filled with Christmas goodies, something senior pastor John Pearce says the

entire congregation enjoys supporting. “We have a very generous group of people who love being part of the community and giving to the community,” Mr Pearce says.

“Early November every year we announce the donation campaign and people give spontaneously and generously. Then we have a team of 40 volunteers who come in for a few days and pack everything up.

“We have people who were recipients of hampers in years gone by now up on their feet and giving money to give someone else a hamper, so it’s great to see how it is being paid forward.”

Mr Pearce says over 10 years, the church has prepared close to $250,000 worth of hampers that are donated across the community where needed most.

“We work with chaplains through local schools and they pick up a few to give to families in need within their school community,” he says.

“We also work with child safety groups like Sunny Kids, Act for Kids and IFYS to give them out, and there are people within our own church community who are doing it tough so we send them out as well.”

The hampers are filled with non-perishable goods, including Christmas cakes, tinned meat and vegetables, and games so families can enjoy a Christmas feast without the associated expenses.

“Christmas can be really tough for lots of families, so for us this can be a really practical way to share love with people,” Mr Pearce says.

“It’s a chance to say we care and that there are people out there who care.”

As well as the annual hamper drive, C3 Powerhouse gives up to $50,000 annually to a range of organisations.

This December the church will donate $10,000 to IFYS for its homeless hub and $10,000 to Caloundra’s Gateway Care, which provides programs and services for residents in the Caloundra region to alleviate hardships.

“We try to give to community groups each year, somewhere between $20,000 to $50,000,” Mr Pearce says.

“There is a percentage we do locally and we also recently sent $10,000 over to Afghanistan to help with relief work. These funds are put aside for our board from what comes in from regular giving.”

Mr Pearce and his wife Danielle have been the senior ministers of C3 Powerhouse since 2000. Today the church has a community of 1000 people from all walks of life.

CRUISING INTO CHRISTMAS A charitable Christmas tradition is making its debut on the Sunshine Coast this year. At the inaugural Sunshine Coast Classic Car Christmas Pageant, classic car lovers will give their support to locals with cancer.

Classic car owners Rick and Jaz Hoy (pictured) have previously used their 1960 Bentley for various charities to deliver gifts to children. This year they are donating their time to drive the coastal route from Buderim up to Noosa, and passengers have the opportunity to purchase a seat in the classic car through an online auction. All profits will go to Bloomhill Cancer Care, which provides personalised support for those touched by cancer at its wellness centre in Buderim.

“We thought, this year we should take this to a whole new level and organise a huge fundraiser that’ll be so much fun and celebrate everything we love about Christmas,” Mr Hoy says. “We’ve been helping Bloomhill for a few years, but now we’re seeing our friends in business and people with beautiful classic cars getting behind it. Our intentions are for this pageant to become a Christmas tradition.”

So far there are about 30 cars registered for the pageant on December 17, which will begin at Buderim Wanderers Football Club and cruise through Mooloolaba and Cotton Tree before heading north to Noosa. To bid for a seat, or become an event sponsor, visit sunshinecoastchristmaspageant.com.au.

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LOCAL NEWS

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BUDERIM MAGNESIUM HOUSE BWMCA life member Simon Whittle with Lee Rasmussen Office, Pioneer Cottage and the Buderim War Memorial Hall,” Mrs Rasmussen says.

“It also includes information about some of the more than 70 community groups affiliated with the BWMCA. “The process of collecting information from long-serving BWMCA members, the affiliate organisations and the Buderim Historical Society was a very interesting experience, particularly as I have lived in Buderim for such a short time.”

The honour roll is also on display at the Buderim War Memorial Hall and copies of the 75th anniversary book are available while stocks last from the Old Post Office.

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The Buderim War Memorial Community Association (BWMCA) has released a book commemorating the history and 75th anniversary of the association.

BWMCA president Errol Richardson says while 75th anniversary celebrations have been postponed twice after initial plans for 2020, the association is keen to acknowledge the milestone with the release of the book and an unveiling of an honour roll recognising BWMCA honorary life members and past presidents.

The book, Celebrating the Buderim War Memorial Community Association 75th Anniversary, has been edited by BWMCA member Lee Rasmussen.

Mrs Rasmussen is the daughter of Graeme Ensoll, who is a stalwart of the BWMCA, honorary life member and jointly responsible for the restoration of the Old Post Office in Buderim in 1999.

Mrs Rasmussen says the book includes information about BWMCA, which was formed in 1945 to create a living memorial to the wartime sacrifice of the service men and women of World War I and II. “The book includes information about the association today as well as its history and its heritage properties – the Old Post

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LOCAL NEWS

Lisa Rowe, Wishlist CEO

A SMALL DEED CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Most of my best days at Sunshine Coast University Hospital start with operational services officer Karen greeting me and thousands of others with an enthusiastic welcome and sincere “have a great day!”.

I marvel at her relentless energy and warmth, which until one day recently I’d never seen wane. On this day she sat uncharacteristically quiet, looking a little shaken. It turned out she’d just been abused by a man who took offence to being prompted to wear a mask while visiting a public hospital full of sick people.

Karen told me it happens regularly but this incident was particularly heated and resulted in staff and visitors having to step in to help her, and security then escorting the entitled fellow to his appointment.

Thank God for people like Karen – the

quiet achievers in our midst who deserve but rarely receive reward for their selfless approach to life. They think beyond themselves and their immediate needs and focus on what they can do to make the day better for someone else.

Richard Lane from The Coffee Crew has attended Wishlist and 92.7 Mix FM’s Give Me 5 events for more than a decade, providing a caffeine fix at early morning broadcasts and donating every cent to the cause.

Escape Hatch, the legendary local group of Brendan Hogan and Steve Schultz, has given countless evenings and weekends to perform at Wishlist charity events, donating their time to save us costs because they believe in the cause. So too, local gin distillery Sunshine and Sons.

To each I say thank you and I hope you take some inspiration from this recent social media post I read: “Thank you to the man who gave me 20p in the car park at West Middlesex hospital last Tuesday morning when I found myself short for parking. Thanks to you I was able see my father alive for the last time. He died that afternoon.”

Your act of kindness, or semblance of self-restraint, might actually change a person’s life in ways you’ll never know.

Sadly, so too might your selfish rampage at someone simply doing their job. Be kind.

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Project updates for division three I’m pleased to advise the Coastal Pathway’s link at Warana is now open between Beach Access 236 (Minkara Street) and the northern side of Beach Access 235 (Langura Street). This is a great result and I’m sure the community will make good use of the new section during the summer holiday period.

Since my last column, we’ve also progressed several other projects including footpath connections in Wurtulla, a basketball half-court in Crummunda Park, Wurtulla, and picnic seating at Aroona Park.

Shade sail Grahame Stewart Park A new shade sail is being installed over the existing swing set at the very popular Grahame Stewart Park, Currimundi. The

new shade will help ensure kids, big and small, can stay cooler as they play this summer. Thank you for your understanding as work is undertaken.

Enjoy the festive season After another big year, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy festive season. I hope you can all enjoy a safe and happy Christmas with some down time to relax and connect with family and wish you all the best for 2022.

I look forward to continuing to positively represent division three and tackling any challenges that come our way. I encourage you to reach out with any concerns or feedback via email at peter. cox@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au or call my office on 5420 8978.

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COMMUNITY NOTES Caloundra. It is ideal for lovers of bush poetry, and those who write or enjoy reciting original and well-known poems.

Shine bright from the water The always entertaining Mooloolaba Christmas Boat Parade returns to the Coast’s social calendar on December 18 from 7pm. Spectators will line every vantage point along the parade course from The Wharf Mooloolaba to Minyama, and Buddina to Kawana to enjoy the huge spectacle of decorated and brightly lit vessels. Each boat will be vying for best dressed, with competition prizes donated by local businesses. It’s all for a good cause with the Mooloolaba Yacht Club to donate parade entry fees to local charity DV Safe Phone. To enter the parade visit mooloolabayachtclub.com.au.

Enjoy Australian bush poetry Caloundra Bush Poetry and Writers Group meets on the second Tuesday of the month from 1.30pm to 4pm at Caloundra Community Centre, 58A Queen Street,

Sounds of Christmas cheer at Twin Waters Twin Waters Residents’ Association’s Christmas carols and fireworks event is happening on December 12 at Sunshine Coast Convention Centre at Novotel Twin Waters. This year will include a children’s pageant, lively music and performances for the whole family, with Santa to make a special appearance. Proceeds from this event will go to PlayConnect Playgroup at North Shore Community Centre, which is designed for families of children up to six years with autism spectrum disorder or developmental delays in communication, behaviour or social skills. Doors open at 5pm and entry is via gold coin donation.

Raffles and food will be available to purchase on the night.

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Taylor, to assist her in her Human Services studies. GWQSC supports tertiary female students via bursaries, hosts refugee students, mentors students at the University of the Sunshine Coast and assists young mothers to complete secondary school. Membership is open to all women who hold a university degree from any country. Visit graduatewomen.org.au.

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Coolum and North Shore Coast Care’s (CNSCC) 2022 calendar is out now. This is the 10th anniversary calendar and features 13 display pages of beautifully photographed birds, bugs, butterflies, landscapes, underwater scenes and Aussie icons. This year the organisation received more than 650 entries from local photographers. Proceeds from sales will go back into CNSCC for community coastal conservation, including protecting local turtles. For a list of locations to purchase a calendar, visit coolumcoastcare.org.au.

A dedicated group from the Caloundra Woodworking Club recently completed restorations on a sailing dinghy. The four-metre Acorn 13 was donated by a generous Maleny benefactor. After many hours of hard work, the boat is in pristine condition and will appeal to anyone who appreciates fine woodworking. The club has 160 member and is always looking for suitable timber donations for various projects. Anyone interested in buying the boat, or for more information on the club, can phone Graeme on 0435 045 886.

Group makes a difference for women The Sunshine Coast Branch of Graduate Women Queensland (GWQSC) is a vibrant group committed to the advancement of women and girls through access to education. In November GWQSC presented a bursary to Bundjalung woman Rachel

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After a year of COVID-related separations, Sunshine Coast crowds will come together to witness the magic of A Celtic Christmas. The show’s combination of contemporary style and heartfelt tones means it has something for every member of the family. Combining red-hot rhythms, award-winning talent and music under mistletoe, the show follows the story of two star-crossed lovers, and a whole lot of merry mischief from one cheeky elf.

When: Saturday, December 18, 6.45pm.

Where: Venue 114, 114 Sportsmans Parade, Bokarina.

Tickets: Children, $59.90, adult, $69.90 via venue114.com.au/events/celtic-christmas.

The Buderim Village Park will once again come alive with festive spirit, with the community coming together for Buderim Community Carols. Organisers are even more excited than ever to be preparing for carols this year, after their cancellation in 2020. Rosanna Natoli from 7NEWS Sunshine Coast will be MC and there will be a special appearance by Santa Claus. Locals and visitors are invited to join in on the popular annual event, hosted by the BWMCA and Community Bank Buderim.

When: Sunday, December 12, 6pm.

Where: Buderim Village Park, 5 Church Street, Buderim.

Tickets: Entry by gold coin donation.

DECK THE WALLS WITH ART THIS CHRISTMAS This is your chance to purchase original artwork and visit the working studio of local artist Denise Lamby. Ms Lamby, of Bci Art Studio, runs her studio space/gallery in Mooloolaba. You have the opportunity to explore the eclectic creativity and mindchallenging outcomes from this local talent who transforms unexpected materials including recycled paper, tea bags, aluminium can tabs, plastic bags and bottle tops into inspiring works of art.

When: Friday, December 10, 4pm to 7pm, and Saturday, December 11, 10am to 3pm.

Where: Bci Art Studio, 17 Aldinga Place, Mooloolaba.

Tickets: Framed prints from $25, original framed artworks from $35. Register via bit.ly/31faEw8.

NAB AFL AUSKICK ON THE BEACH This is the famous NAB AFL Auskick program but delivered on beautiful Dicky Beach. All kids aged five to 12 years are invited – no football experience is needed. In fact, you don’t even need your shoes. This is a Queensland-first program, providing a new, super-fun way of playing footy these school holidays. The event will combine many aspects of the traditional NAB AFL Auskick program with beach-themed activities and beach safety initiatives.

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Dec 10 NAMBOUR FORECOURT LIVE Kick off the festive season with Nambour Forecourt Live, which is back, bigger than ever and this time shining the spotlight on local singer/songwriters, craft brewers, artists, circus performers and more! Food will be available from a wood-fired pizza food truck and Tram Co will run a licensed bar. Donut decorating, Christmas ornament decorating, free face painting and circus performers will all be a part of this Christmas special version of Nambour Forecourt Live.

Take the whole family along for a fun, free community event.

When: Friday, December 10, 4pm to 8.30pm.

Where: Nambour Forecourt, Currie Street, Nambour.

Tickets: Free event. Register via bit.ly/3D4tEL2.

Dec 15 A HOLLY CHRISTMAS Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly and celebrate Christmas with an incredible collection of favourites performed by Scott ‘Buddy’ Cameron and his band. Hear Christmas classics such as Santa Clause Is Coming To Town, Jingle Bell Rock, Blue Christmas and Little Drummer Boy as well as some Buddy Holly rock ‘n’ roll classics like Peggy Sue, Rave On, Oh Boy and It’s So Easy.

It’s a show that has had outstanding reviews everywhere it has toured. It’s full of energy and the accurate recreations of the hits are just as you remember hearing them.

When: Wednesday, December 15, 11am.

Where: The Events Centre Caloundra, 20 Minchinton Street, Caloundra.

Tickets: $22.50 via theeventscentre.com.au/ product/a-holly-christmas.

Phone: 5491 4240.

BARREL OF LAUGHS CHRISTMAS SHOW Head along to The Barrel for a hilarious night of dining, drinking and laughing out loud as Clouds Vineyard and Funny Coast Comedy presents the Barrel of Laughs Christmas Show. Enjoy a two-course dinner and a world-class stand-up comedy show featuring headliner Damien Power – the most exhilarating voice on the Australian comedy circuit – hosted by the brilliant Ellen Briggs, with the hilarious Craig Quartermaine and Jo Gowda in support.

When: Saturday, December 11, 6pm to 10pm.

Where: The Barrel at Clouds Vineyard, 787 Landsborough Maleny Road, Bald Knob.

Tickets: $75 to $125 via bit.ly/3o7pKwO.

Get prepared for an uninhibited oldfashioned soul stomp revival when Blues Arcadia take to the stage in Eumundi, supported by special guest Jen Mize. Blues Arcadia continue to forge their reputation as dirty-soul heroes by injecting fresh new energy into 21st century rhythm and blues while channelling the passion and urgency of the old-school soul revival shows.

Combining the Stax and Motown era with Chicago and Memphis blues, Blues Arcadia deliver wild live shows, which have established them as one of Australia’s most electrifying blues/soul outfits.

When: Friday, December 17, 7.30pm.

Where: The Imperial Hotel Eumundi, 1 Etheridge Street, Eumundi.

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Christmas is set to be even more festive than usual this year and to reflect the joyous mood, the trend for Christmas decorating is to use as many bright, joyful colours as possible, which is why we love this Christmas table setting from Provincial Home Living. Why stick to red and green when you can incorporate every colour of the rainbow?

These festive paper pinwheels from Provincial Home Living are a quick and affordable way to add colour to your home this Christmas.

How pretty is this Adairs aqua bauble? This is a timeless design in a gentle tone that will make your tree sparkle.

Save the fine china when serving kids on Christmas Day with a colourful melamine dinner set. The Dream Classic Pro Melamine Dinner Set is from Temple and Webster.

A brightly decorated home will contrast well with white furniture. The Ellis Outdoor Dining Chair from Domayne is a versatile and stylish chair that can be used indoors or out.

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First and foremost, Christmas is incomplete without a Christmas tree trimmed with shiny baubles, tinsel and decorations. You have the option of a ‘live’ tree that can be a bit tricky to find or one of the many different shapes, sizes and colours that come in a box ready to put together while playing Christmas carols.

Final touches that will really put you in the Christmas spirit are fairy lights, window decals, big, inflated Santas bobbing around in the front yard and don’t forget the ‘Santa Stop Here’ sign.

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CHAMPAGNE GAMES Sami Muirhead says champagne is being rationed by bottle shops this year, so start stocking up if you want plenty of bubbles for Christmas Day.

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is the season for a glass of bubbles or two, but some bottle shops have introduced ‘stock restraints’ so they do not run out of Christmas liquid cheer. At some places, there is a limit to the number of bottles of champagne you can buy each time you stock up on plonk, thanks to global supply chains bringing about a big dry of the French fizz.

Australia is the world’s sixth largest quaffer of French champagne, slurping and sipping down 8.5 million bottles of Pol Roger, Veuve, Moët and Mumm and a stack of others each year. But a survey in recent times pinpoints Buderim residents as gold medal booze hounds.

Our glorious Buderim residents have managed to buy more champagne than any other suburb in Australia over a 12-month period, knocking Mosman off the top position. Well, you sassy little soaks, you. The folk on top of the hill are sitting quite smug with their champagne habits. Who knew Buderim was all about the liquid lunch or the drink at dinner?

I have new champagne flutes this year, thanks to Kmart. They are covered in gold stars and I plan to get a gold star in committing to drinking the stars.

My kids have grown up playing a game called Catch The Cork, which involves everyone standing 10 or so metres away from the person with the bottle of champagne. The bottle is opened and as the cork sails into the air, it is like the Hunger Games as everyone tries to catch it. If anyone succeeds, they are paid the handsome sum of $10.

Only two people have ever caught the cork in two decades. One kid who I just met that day actually pushed my kids in the pool to make sure he caught that sucker. The other person to win was my brother-in-law and he played against kids who were all about seven. He has been the black sheep of the family ever since.

But when other families open bottles of champers without playing Catch The Cork, my kids think they are very strange and sad human beings. They will no doubt be exasperated with me one day when they find out its only our family who have made drinking a game that includes monetary incentivisation.

Their baby scrap books do not contain any sentimental photos of first teeth lost or even first steps. Nope. But I caught on camera every time they played Catch The Cork. Cheers to the real family moments!

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TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER Another whirlwind year for the Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network (SCBWN) was perfectly wrapped up with our very special Christmas celebration.

They say time flies when you’re having fun, and I feel like I have only blinked once since I became president of the network in June. What a privilege to have been chosen to lead a network of incredible people that are focused on supporting, uplifting and empowering each other. That has truly been a gift in itself.

From the conversations around the room, this year has certainly continued to provide its own roller coaster and I know many of us are looking forward to a break

and some time to reset. Others, of course, are coming into their busiest time ever and I truly have all fingers and toes crossed that our hospitality and retail sectors get the welcome relief they deserve with a busy and profitable holiday season.

As humans we crave certainty and security and many are having to adapt to a new way of life where neither are served up on a platter. In saying that, together we are stronger and please know that SCBWN has an open door policy where anyone that needs support is welcome.

I look forward to seeing what 2022 will bring. There is no doubt we live in the best community on earth on the Sunshine Coast and the buzz from the Brisbane 2032 announcement and the lead-up projects that will see our region morph over the coming decade are exciting.

I encourage you to take time to restock and prepare for another epic year in 2022 and keep your eye on the long-term prize as you are faced with the day-to-day challenges that are inevitable. May you be gifted this season with the knowledge that you are never alone and that this wonderful community is always ready to see you through. As Amanda Gore would say, joy is the new high-performance fuel and from all of us at SCBWN, we wish you a truckload of joy this holiday season. See you in 2022!

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IS LOYALTY TO YOUR BANK COSTING YOU?

Did you know, more than 40 per cent of Aussies are devoted to just one bank, and their loyalty is costing them thousands!

In an article in The Australian Financial Review this month, Duncan Hughes reports, “The margin between the rates that banks charge loyal home mortgage customers and what they charge to entice new customers is widening, costing millions of borrowers thousands of dollars in extra repayments.” Interest rates on existing home loans are currently much higher, on average, than they are on new loans. So, what makes homeowners afraid when it comes to refinancing?

1. It’s too much of a hassle and paperwork Things have changed since you took out your last mortgage 15, 10 or even five years ago. Now the majority of your refinance can be done online, and your mortgage broker will do most of the work for you.

2. I don’t want to go back to a 30-year mortgage It makes sense, you don’t want to start over.

But that’s not a problem. You can refinance for any number of years from 10 up to 30.

3. It costs too much Big banks typically charge establishment and other fees. But a mortgage broker will help ensure you avoid any costly surprises.

4. I won’t service now I have more expenses There are other ways to save yourself some cash and increase cash flow. Part of the servicing calculations takes into consideration your ability to pay out other debts. Rather than pay huge interest on credit cards, car and other loans, use the equity you have created in your home and refinance these debts into one loan. Most homeowners who do this save many thousands of dollars per year.

5. I’m afraid to leave my bank Staying loyal to one bank could mean you forgo savings that you’d enjoy from a product with an alternate provider.

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When Parenting Orders are breached

Christmas parties and Tax Law

The uncertainties of death

If a Parenting Order is breached it is referred to as a contravention, and as there is no automatic recourse, it may become necessary to file an Application with the Court. This can be done in one of two ways: An Application – Enforcement can be filed when an Order has been contravened and you want the Order complied with.

An Application – Contravention on the other hand is a very serious, punishmentstyle proceeding that is quasi-criminal by nature.

When the Court considers an Application – Contravention, they will consider whether the contravening party accepts the alleged contraventions, and if accepted, whether they had a reasonable excuse for doing so.

Up until recently, an Application – Contravention was not often the course of action recommended by Solicitors because the financial and psychological costs of filing such an Application were rarely proportional to the outcome received. However, as of 1 September 2021, the Court has introduced the National Contravention List, with the intention to efficiently deal with Applications and ensure that parties are compliant with Court Orders.

When providing food and drink, your business needs to consider Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT), Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Income Tax. There are also different tax treatments if the entertainment you are providing is for employees, associates, clients or suppliers - and it may differ depending on where you decide to hold your event.

Taxing Christmas parties at your workplace on a work day • If you’re holding a Christmas party at your workplace and providing food and drink (including alcohol) on a work day, there may be no FBT payable for employees, clients, contractors or suppliers. These costs are FBT-exempt.

• Unfortunately, that means that there will be no income tax deduction and no GST credits to be claimed for your Christmas party either.

• FBT exemptions may apply if the cost is less than $300. This amount is considered a ‘minor exempt benefit’.

Taxing Christmas parties held at a restaurant, bar or other venue • If you’re holding your Christmas party at a location other than your workplace, and providing food and drink (including alcohol) to employees and associates, FBT may be payable unless the costs of the party are less than $300 per employee.

This is the fourth in our series of articles of the uncertainties of death.

Myth – “I can defeat a challenge to my Will from a family member by making a token gift to them in my Will.”

Wrong!

If a person challenges your Will, they are seeking an amount from your estate for their “proper maintenance and support”.

The outcome of the challenge is largely based on the challenger’s level of need.

A token gift to the challenger won’t extinguish their claim.

As well as their level of need, the Court will consider factors including: • the size of your estate; • the nature of the relationship between you and the challenger; and • the other competing claims on your estate.

There are a number of possible options, far better than a token gift, that can be included in an effective estate plan to potentially prevent or defeat a challenge to your Will.

When preparing your Will, you should obtain advice on the options that best suit your asset and family structure.

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On Monday, Mars (the planet of confrontation) moves into your internet and communication zone, so you could encounter problems at school or with argumentative people on social media. Don’t waste time worrying or retaliating!

This week’s full moon focuses attention on the resources you share with others. Whether it’s income, property, business or relationships, all joint endeavours must be closely examined. You also need to be circumspect with personal finances.

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With the sun, Mercury and Mars visiting your sign, it’s time to shake off other people’s expectations and instead be the authentic you. Venus and Pluto shine a spotlight on self-respect and core self-esteem, so don’t try to be someone you’re not.

The full moon’s activating your wellbeing zone, so jump off the comfy couch and get moving!

Nutritious meals are also on the celestial menu as you take more interest in your health and more pride in your appearance.

Jupiter and Saturn are still transiting through your sign, which will give you the confidence and determination to be the authentic you (and let other people be themselves too). It’s also a wonderful weekend to tackle a creative solo or group project.

After a stressful year, are you feeling tired and fragile? The full moon stimulates your domestic zone, so plan to spend the weekend at home, complete with yummy food, relaxing music and your favourite books or TV shows.

WORD STEP Complete the list by changing one letter at a time to create a new word at each step.

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7. Found in the ocean, the Portuguese man-o’-war is also known as what in Australia?

8. Who (pictured) directed the 1999 drama Music of the Heart?

9. Quoyle, a newspaper reporter on the island of Newfoundland, is the protagonist of which Pulitzer Prize-winning novel?

10. Which actor played the Penguin in Batman Returns?

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LEO (JUL 24-AUG 23) When it comes to hopes, wishes, social networking and your peer group, the more versatile and flexible you are, the better the final outcome will be. A realistic and disciplined daily routine will also help you to pursue your dreams and achieve your goals.

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Try to balance being idealistic with being realistic. And don’t make serious commitments unless you’re 100 per cent certain you can keep them.

QUIZ: 1. Pablo Picasso 2. 90 per cent 3. Frances Hodgson Burnett 4. Ava Gardner 5. Ireland 6. Dutch 7. Blue bottle jellyfish 8. Wes Craven 9. The Shipping News 10. Danny DeVito

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This week’s planetary patterns emphasise the constant balancing act between personal needs and relationship responsibilities. The weekend full moon (in Gemini) is a wonderful time to spoil yourself with a special treat!

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Are you stuck in a Taurus rut? With Uranus stirring up your horoscope, some overdue changes to your daily routine will put an extra pep in your step. Do you need to let go of certain people, possessions or attitudes that have passed their used-by date?

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You certainly have the ideas and passion to get an ambitious project off the ground. Now all you need is the patience and persistence to finish it.

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PROPERTY

SOLAR STORAGE THE WAY OF THE FUTURE All homeowners should consider the short- and long-term benefits of switching to solar and installing battery storage. WORDS: Tracey Johnstone.

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toring solar-generated energy in home batteries is back on the climate action agenda as Australia addresses renewable energy and the imminent wide-spread introduction of electric vehicles.

Also worth noting is that in the future residential owners who make environmental improvements to their home may benefit from cheaper home loans. The National Australia Bank is currently championing a home sustainability rating tool known as Greenhouse. It’s early days yet, but it’s something that owners thinking about installing smart meters, solar power and batteries should watch out for.

In the meantime, simply saving on household costs is a good reason to consider installing a battery.

Currently between 4pm and 9pm the rate of power is higher, so when the family comes home from work or school and starts turning on home appliances, they are drawing on peak-time grid power.

Imagine what will happen when you also plug in to charge your electric vehicle.

Without battery storage, unused solar power gets lost back into the grid.

Wholesale Solar Installers owner Bret Davis says if there is a battery, the stored excess tops up the power.

“If you turn an appliance on and there is no solar as the sun’s down or it’s a cloudy day, it will look to the battery before it goes to the grid,” he says.

An increase in battery-stored power could also help the grid during summer storm blackouts. “For houses that are at the end of the grid such houses as in Maleny, Doonan and North Arm, which are not in town, they tend to get blackouts frequently through the year,” Mr Davis says.

A premier waterfront address at the heart of convenience.

The available crop of batteries is expensive, costing on average $10,000.

Plus, there is the cost of installing an inverter or for existing solar panel systems, converting to a battery-ready hybrid converter. But with the 10-year replacement guarantee, the long-term investment in saving solar energy and contributing to a better environment is well worth considering.

“We are seeing a lot more manufacturers coming into the market and battery technology is getting better,” Mr Davis says.

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“We are seeing a lot more manufacturers coming into the market” Bret Davis, Wholesale Solar Installers For new house builds, the federal government offers a rebate on the installation of solar panels that covers about 40 per cent of the up-front costs, Mr Davis advises. To find out how much battery storage you need, he suggests you read your meter before 4pm and then look at it again the following morning, recording the kilowatts used.

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AUCTION IN ONE WEEK

OPEN SAT 10-10.30AM

219 BROADWATER AVE WEST, M'DORE IZABELA HOLBROOK 0499 925 682

OPEN SAT 11-11.30AM

AUCTION IN ONE WEEK

5/21 MUDJIMBA ESPLANADE, MUDJIMBA JONATHAN CLARE 0401 755 489

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37 HINLEY AVE, MAROOCHYDORE GORDON MCPHERSON 0466 374 451

6 CUTTER STREET, WURTULLA RENAE DANGER 0411 534 797

8 MAVARRA STREET, MAROOCHYDORE TROY SCOTT 0408 250 850

20 KHANCOBAN DRIVE, BUDERIM JAMIE HOLBROOK 0418 500 081

8-10 MARLOCK CLOSE, BUDERIM DAVID GRENFELL 0419 946 534

8 GREYGUM COURT MOOLOOLABA MARK OSBORNE 0423 106 384

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AUCTION AUCTION THIS SATURDAY! ON THE DOORSTEP OF MOOLOOLABA – WHAT A LOCATION! 24 Coorumbong Close, Mooloolaba Situated in Coorumbong Close, enjoy a short stroll into the heart of Mooloolaba where you can dip your toes into the water at the patrolled beach, or indulge in the tapestry of restaurants and cafés available. This home has been cleverly designed and offers multiple living spaces, 4 bedrooms, a kid’s retreat and an open plan living and dining.

The stylish modern kitchen opens out to the north, allowing you to gaze across the extensive rear garden and pandanus to the water.

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Spectacular location N/E aspect Private pontoon and jetty Modern renovated home Quiet cul-de-sac location Room for a pool

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QUINTESSENTIAL KAWANA ISLAND SHOWPIECE! 7 Cayman Place, Kawana Island Held by the original owners, this recently refurbished residence is grand on both scale and charm. The light filled entrance and curved staircase welcomes you into this beautiful home. With 3 ensuited bedrooms, utility room, multiple living areas, a fitted out office and double garage, this property is spacious and ready for the next owner to enjoy. The magnificent master bedroom overlooks the water and is complete with a deluxe bathroom and generous walk-in robe. Book in before you miss out.

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453m2 block 12kW solar system 3 ensuited bedrooms Private 9m pontoon and jetty Heated pool and spa Ducted air conditioning

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AUCTION ISLAND OASIS – PRESTIGIOUS MINYAMA WATERFRONT! 6 Island Court, Minyama Nestled peacefully in the heart of Minyama, this deepwater property delivers the opportunity to fulfill your ultimate coastal dream. Comprising of 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, multiple living zones and a generous sized kitchen, this single level home will be attractive to an array of buyers and renovators. The pool and outdoor entertaining areas will certainly be enjoyed, while also commanding beautiful canal views.

Water and boating enthusiasts will love the private pontoon and deepwater access.

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Deepwater secluded address 805m2 block 26m frontage Pontoon and jetty Multiple living zones Private inground pool

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PROPERTY

HISTORIC MALENY PROPERTY From page 47

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eing almost 50 acres of blue-chip land, this property is an outstanding large and usable parcel of land. Located atop the Maleny plateau, this gently undulating, accessible historic grazing property is a winner.

Currently, the farm is portioned into eight paddocks and used for cattle breeding purposes. The soil is rich and fertile with pasture being predominantly kikuya, paspalum and clover. Water resources include rainwater catchment and storage, a bore and permanent creek. The property features a deluxe guest cottage, as well as two large sheds.

478 MALENY KENILWORTH ROAD, WITTA 1 bed, 1 bath, 7 car Offers over $2.75 million RE/MAX Hinterland Team (07) 5408 4220

HUGE FAMILY HOME ON THE WATER IN STUNNING MOOLOOLABA – OWNERS SAY SELL! 5

15 Moondarra Crescent, Mooloolaba The home offers multiple living areas across the lower floor, including a family room, lounge, dining, library, and study nook. The modern kitchen, with stainless steel appliances and stone benchtops, flows seamlessly onto the extensive decked areas and exquisite pool. There is a large pontoon to keep the boat at the back door, a private jetty, a jet ski dock and underdeck kayak storage.

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Triple garage with rear roller door Direct ocean access Pontoon, jetty and jet ski dock Plantation shutters Solar power

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This 48 acre property is one of the most outstanding large land parcels available and offering a number of beautiful house sites.

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Supremely located atop the Maleny Plateau, this gently undulating and very accessible historic grazing property is a genuine one-off.

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40 Elouera Drive, Ninderry Rarely does such a stunning and unique property present itself to the market. Unique in design and a breathtaking 400m2 under roof; with every square inch of Living area, embracing the stunning views across Yandina and mountains beyond.

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Enormous 400m2 under roof. Dual Living/AirBnB opportunity at the foot of Mt Ninderry Gorgeous wrap-around decks on both levels – 4 decks in total, all enjoying the views Large open plan living on both levels. Upstairs featuring 3m raked ceilings and wood heater Luxurious 5m x 4m master suite with your own private deck, air conditioning, walk-in robe and ensuite Downstairs is ideal for; AirBnB, large home office, teenager’s retreat. Room for 2nd kitchen 2 sheds, 40ft shipping container, 2.75 acres, solar power & water, Yandina 3 mins, Coolum 15 mins

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• Minutes to Coes Creek or Woombye town centre

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Perched on top of a multi-layered 2382m2 block, this immaculately presented double story brick home is a sight to behold.

OWNERS HAVE REQUESTED IMMEDIATE SALE!

• Stunning two storey home – potential to do minor reno’s • Gorgeous leafy outlook with abundance of wildlife • Drive through 7.6m x 10.6m shed • Potential Granny flat/teenage retreat

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AUCTION

Buderim, 7 St Ives Terrace

Secluded Elevated Home In Tightly Held Pocket Nestled in a sought after pocket, sprawling over three luxurious levels with an abundance of natural light and elevated treetop views, this family home is the epitome of contemporary, relaxed Queensland living, set in the blue-ribbon suburb on top of Buderim.

• Invitingly private residence set on a generous 905m2 • Easy flowing floor plan for indoor/outdoor living and entertaining • Stunning kitchen with panoramic gas cooking & butler’s walk in pantry • Sparkling inground swimming pool

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• Entertainer’s deck with pool access • Ducted air conditioning throughout • Two car accommodation + ample storage • Close proximity to Buderim Village & Shops

OPEN HOME: Saturday 11th Dec 10-10.30am AUCTION: On Site Saturday 18th Dec at 10am AGENT: Ross Cattle 0410 625 758

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Mooloolaba, 2 Yilleen Court

Location - Design - Distinctive - Mooloolaba

OPEN HOME: Saturday 11th Dec 12-12.30pm

This luxury home represents an astonishing opportunity for an enviable lifestyle in a quiet popular street of sought after Mooloolaba, with high end finishes this beautifully renovated home is sure to impress. Offering the opportunity for an enviable lifestyle in a quiet popular street

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• Situated on a generous 738m block • Meticulously renovated with the growing family in mind • Stunning kitchen with stone bench tops & butler’s pantry • Large open plan living & dining + separate media room

• Home office perfect for working from home • Ducted air conditioning throughout • Stunning swimming pool & covered alfresco entertaining • Double carport with additional lock up garage & extra boat/caravan parking

AUCTION: On Site Saturday 18th Dec at 1pm AGENT: Ross Cattle 0410 625 758

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Parrearra, 63 Sunbird Chase

Minyama Buyers - First Home - Investor- Renovators

OPEN HOME: Saturday 11th Dec 11-11.30am

Residential blocks of land are getting smaller and smaller. But breathe out because this neat & tidy home sits on a level 681m2 block in a quiet, tightly held, and sought-after residential street. You will love the central location with easy access to all the Sunshine Coast has to offer.

VIEW AT: www.defineproperty.com.au

• Large 681m2 block in central location • Neat & tidy kitchen • Massive under cover alfresco entertainment area • 3 spacious bedrooms with built in robes

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• Flat easy to work with block on lovely street • Air conditioning to living area and ceiling fans throughout • Central location walk to everything • Fully fenced yard with side access

AUCTION: On Site Saturday 18th Dec at 12pm AGENT: Ross Cattle 0410 625 758

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Buderim, 71 Kerenjon Avenue

Superbly Presented Family Home In Perfect Position

OPEN HOME: Saturday 11th Dec 12-12.30pm

Presenting the ideal opportunity for a quintessential family life, this immaculate single-level home provides all the elements desired and is just waiting for its new owners to make it their own. With large open plan living areas, 4 bedrooms and set on 809m2 block, there is plenty of room.

VIEW AT: www.defineproperty.com.au

• 3 kW solar for energy saving • Side access to back yard and shed • Immaculate 4.6x9m shed with 10 & 15 amp power • Located in well established residential district

AGENT: Ross Cattle 0410 625 758

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• Modern kitchen with good storage space and stainless steel appliances • Open plan living & dining flowing out to outdoor entertaining • Grand entertaining deck overlooking the backyard • Four bedrooms with built in robes

AUCTION: On Site Saturday 18th Dec at 11am

AUCTION

Buderim, 6/88 Burnett Street

Buderim Village Living At Its Best!

OPEN HOME: Saturday 11th Dec 1.30-2pm

Located in one of Buderim’s finest settings offering a truly relaxed village lifestyle is this beautifully appointed and privately positioned ‘Park Lane on Buderim’ 88 Burnett Street, Buderim. This well-appointed upmarket home offers security, privacy and convenience in a quiet location.

VIEW AT: www.defineproperty.com.au

• Featuring open plan living with quality internal finishes • European appliances and stone benchtops • Air-conditioning & fans throughout • 5kW solar for low energy costs

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• Double garage and two extra parking spaces perfect for boat/caravan • Workshop & storage area under the house • Convenient location • Low maintenance lifestyle living

AUCTION: On Site Saturday 11th Dec at 2pm AGENT: Ross Cattle 0410 625 758

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Eumundi, 4 Pacey Street

Rare Vacant Land In The Heart Of Town

OPEN HOME: By Appointment

4 Pacey Street is located in a quiet, sought after pocket of Eumundi with elevated stunning North East views, and only a 1 minute walk to the town centre.

This cute town has great amenities like the Imperial Hotel, pharmacy, butcher, bakery, bottle shop and coffee shops.

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• Build the home of your dreams • Very sought after pocket of Eumundi • Short drive to the Sunshine Coast airport • One of the last remaining vacant blocks in Eumundi

AUCTION: On Site Saturday 18th Dec at 3.30pm AGENT: Jordan Barden 0422 990 824

Vacant Land: 1396m2

AUCTION

Maroochydore, 5/17-19 Maroochy Waters Drive

Must Be Sold On Or Before Auction Date!

OPEN HOME: Saturday 11th Dec 10-10.30am Wednesday 15th Dec 5-5.30pm

5/17-19 Maroochy Waters Drive, Maroochydore is perfect for the down-sizer or investor with high rental demand and holiday let returns in this area. Wake up and smell the coffee from your new local coffee shop followed by a walk along the Maroochy River.

VIEW AT: www.defineproperty.com.au AUCTION: On Site Friday 17th Dec at 5pm

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3 spacious bedrooms with built in robes Single remote controlled lock up garage Light, bright, open plan living and dining areas Functional kitchen

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Boasts the biggest backyard in the whole complex Separate laundry and powder room Split system air conditioning Walking distance to Maroochy River, local shops, cafés & restaurants

AGENT: Jordan Barden 0422 990 824

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Mooloolaba, 8/83 Parkyn Parade

Mooloolah River Living On The Iconic Mooloolaba Spit Portsea North is a Parkyn Parade boutique property consisting of only nine apartments, positioned overlooking the grassy reserve and Mooloolah River.

Apartment 8 presents an opportunity to secure a top floor residence in the middle of the complex that offers a lovely, elevated position.

OPEN HOME: Thursday 9th Dec 5-5.30pm Saturday 11th Dec 10.30-11am VIEW AT: www.defineproperty.com.au AUCTION: On Site Saturday 11th Dec at 11am

• Main bedroom is complete with large ensuite and double robe • Reverse cycle air conditioning throughout • Storage cage behind the car space in secure basement garaging • Perfectly located within a few minutes’ walk of the thriving Mooloolaba Esplanade

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• Boutique property with only 9 apartments • Top floor residence offering 180 degree river views • Open plan living and dining with bifold doors to the riverfront balcony • Kitchen features stone benchtops and top of the range appliances

AUCTION

Mooloolaba, 801/47-51 Mooloolaba Esplanade

Luxury Zanzibar Oceanfront Apartment Located in the heart of the iconic Mooloolaba Esplanade is the famous Zanzibar Resort renowned for its style and elegance. Whether you are looking for an investment property, or home, this fully furnished apartment offers the finest in relaxed, Sunshine Coast living.

OPEN HOME: Thursday 9th Dec 12-12.30pm Saturday 11th Dec 12.30-1pm VIEW AT: www.defineproperty.com.au AUCTION: On Site Saturday 11th Dec at 1pm

• Comprises 132m2 of apartment living • Exceptional coastal views to Mount Coolum, Noosa and Point Cartwright • Ducted air-conditioning throughout for all year comfort • Extensive use of stone and marble tiling throughout

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• Three balconies, all with ocean views • To be sold fully furnished • Over bonnet storage unit in the basement • Full access to the first class Zanzibar Resort facilities

AGENT: Grant Whisker 0415 856 575

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this week’s auctions

Please call the agent for details to register for online auctions.

Thursday 9th 5:30pm

Saturday 9am

Saturday 10am

Saturday 12pm

Open from 5pm 7/4 Ballinger Court, Buderim Jake Loiro 0448 000 933

Open from 8:30am 2 Forest Oak Court, Tanawha Jake Loiero 0448 000 933

Open from 9:30am 34 Pangali Circuit, Bir nya Dan McNamara 0458 010 889

Open from 11:30am 35 Ridge Road, Maroochydore Rowan Woodbine 0497 076 418

Friday 10th 5pm

Open from 8:30am 26 Langsford Crescent, Maroochydore Ma hew McAuliffe 0412 111 608

Open from 9:30am 13/26-28 Picnic Point Esplanade, Maroochydore Niall Molloy 0448 954 272

Saturday 1pm

PRIVATE ONLINE AUCTION 8 Lapwing Street, Forest Glen Blake Dein 0458 669 051 Adam Budd 0411 808 595

Saturday 10am Open from 9:30am 63A Chevallum Road, Palmwoods Chevonne Rees 0473 810 820

Friday 10th 5:30pm Open from 5pm 36 Amarina Avenue, Mooloolaba Natalie Tink 0408 439 147 Mitch Sinclair 0439 206 626

Open from 9:30am 39/2 Longwood Street, Minyama Fiona Rawson 0401 186 261 Open from 9:30am 29 Sorbonne Close, Sippy Downs Dallas Foster 0426 817 163

Saturday 3pm

Sold prior to auction 6 Whiteash Place, Currimundi Peter King 0408 798 346

Open from 2:30pm 27 Illaroo Crescent, Warana Jason Mills 0417 343 289

Open from 10:30am 3/10 Edward Street, Alexandra Headland Pam Thomas 0438 272 096

Open from 12:30pm 2705/100 Duporth Avenue, Maroochydore Niall Molloy 0448 954 272

Open from 2:30pm 11 Peacock Court, Coolum Beach John Bartsch 0407 637 717

Saturday 12pm

Saturday 2pm

Thursday 16th 5pm

Open from 11:30am 152 Mons School Road, Buderim Kylie Kis 0411 579 795

Open from 1:30pm 55/32 River Esplanade, Mooloolaba Taylor Sierp 0402 318 443 Jade Mooney 0488 247 880

PRIVATE ONLINE AUCTION 503/14 Aerodrome Road, Maroochydore Greg Clarke 0418 239 067

Saturday 11am

this week’s open homes & private inspections You are welcome to attend our open homes or please call the agent to arrange your private inspection or virtual tour.

Alexandra Headland

Caloundra West

8/11 Pacific Terrace

2 bed 1 bath 1 car

Sat 9-9:30am

3/10 Edward Street

2 bed 2 bath 1 car

Sat 10:30-11am

17/24 Wirraway Street

1 bed 1 bath 1 car

Sat 12-12:30pm

Coolum Beach

17/24 Wirraway Street

1 bed 1 bath 1 car

Wed 15th 5-5:30pm

11 Peacock Court

28 Feathertop Circuit

Baringa 16 Wishhard Crescent

Mooloolaba 4 bed 2 bath 2 car

3 bed 2 bath 1 car

Sat 11-11:30am

Sat 2:30-3pm

Dicky Beach 4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 10-10:30am

Birঞnya 34 Pangali Circuit

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 10:30-11am

45 Affinity Place

4 bed 2.5 bath 2 car

Sat 12-12:30pm

25 Tinbeerwah Street

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Fri 10th 11-11:30am

25 Tinbeerwah Street

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 11-11:30am

Golden Beach

Bli Bli 7 Bli Bli Road

4 bed 1 bath 2 car

Sat 11:30am-12pm

2/98 Kingfisher Drive

3 bed 2 bath 2 car

Natasha Hackenberg 0401 601 691

36 Amarina Avenue

5 bed 4 bath 2 car

Fri 10th 5-5:30pm

29 Jacaranda Drive

4 bed 2 bath 3 car

Sat 2-2:30pm

29 Jacaranda Drive

4 bed 2 bath 3 car

Wed 15th 4-4:30pm

Mountain Creek 51 Lurnea Crescent

3 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 10-10:30am

4/89 Bundilla Boulevard

3 bed 2.5 bath 1 car

Sat 10-10:30am

4/12 Doolooma Street

2 bed 1 bath 1 car

Sat 10-10:30am

65 Lady Musgrave Drive

3 bed 1 bath 2 car

Sat 12-12:30pm

1/111 Bundilla Boulevard

3 bed 1 bath 1 car

Sat 1-1:30pm

4/60 Seriata Way

2 bed 1 bath 1 car

Jodi Price 0412 278 658

3 bed 2 bath 1 car

Jodi Price 0412 278 658

4 bed 3 bath 3 car

Sat 9-9:30am

52 Blaxland Street

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Fri 10th 11-11:30am

54/6 Crayfish Street

52 Blaxland Street

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 11-11:30am

Mudjimba

6 bed 4 bath 5 car

Sat 11:30am-12pm

Ilkley

7 Lotus Place

6 bed 3 bath 4 car

Cameron Hackenberg 0421 504 479

206 Ilkley Road

19 Summerfield Court

4 bed 2 bath 5 car

Natasha Hackenberg 0401 601 691

56-58 Willis Road

5 bed 2 bath 4 car

Natasha Hackenberg 0401 601 691

Kings Beach

114 Nojoor Road

19 Egret Place

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Natasha Hackenberg 0401 601 691

25 Mahia Terrace

2 bed 2 bath 2 car

Fri 10th 10-10:30am

5 Vera Court

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Cameron Hackenberg 0421 504 479

36/8 Levuka Avenue

2 bed 2 bath 1 car

Fri 10th 10-10:30am

Nambour 8 Wentworth Court

4 bed 1 bath 1 car

Sat 9-9:30am

39 Raylee Avenue

4 bed 2 bath 1 car

Sat 10-10:30am

11 Perlan Street

4 bed 2 bath 1 car

Sat 3-3:30pm

5 bed 3 bath 9 car

Tony Benne 0424 855 224

203 Camp Flat Road

land: 2,797m²

Natasha Hackenberg 0401 601 691

25 Mahia Terrace

2 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 10-10:30am

Ninderry

1 Coulson Lane

land: 574m²

Ma hew McAuliffe 0412 111 608

36/8 Levuka Avenue

2 bed 2 bath 1 car

Sat 11-11:30am

42 Coach View Place

Bokarina 238 Oceanic Drive

North Arm

Kureelpa 5 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 11-11:30am

Buderim 20 Bell Road

3 bed 1 bath 2 car

Thurs 9th 4-4:30pm

Lot 3 Weemala Crescent

land

Thurs 9th 4-4:30pm

73 Kerenjon Avenue

3 bed 1 bath 2 car

Sat 11-11:30am

2/21 Amaroo Drive

2 bed 1 bath 1 car

Sat 11-11:45am

152 Mons School Road

3 bed 2 bath 1 car

Sat 11:30am-12pm

27 Fielding Street

4 bed 3 bath 3 car

Sat 12-12:30pm

24/59 Golf Links Road

4 bed 2 bath 3 car

Sat 12-12:30pm

20 Bell Road

3 bed 1 bath 2 car

Sat 1-1:30pm

Lot 3 Weemala Crescent

land

11B Sylvan Street

3 bed 3 bath 2 car

17 Elizamay Close

21 Purli Road

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Thurs 9th 5-5:30pm

74 North Arm Yandina Creek Road land: 13 ha

21 Purli Road

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 10-10:30am

Palmwoods

Mapleton

63A Chevallum Road

22 Mapleton Forest Road

6 bed 3 bath 4 car

Rachel Meyers 0411 699 619

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 9:30-10am

5 bed 5 bath 3 car

Sat 9:30-10am

Sippy Downs 29 Sorbonne Close

Maroochydore

Tony Benne 0424 855 224

26 Langsford Crescent

5 bed 4 bath 2 car

Sat 8:30-9am

Tanawha

49 Tepequar Drive

3 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 11-11:30am

2 Forest Oak Court

5 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 9-9:30am

35 Ridge Road

5 bed 2 bath 4 car

Sat 11:30am-12pm

32 Waterloo Court

land

Sat 11-11:30am

Sat 1-1:30pm

2705/100 Duporth Avenue

3 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 12:30-1pm

Wurtulla

Sat 1-1:30pm

2/11 Almaden Lane

3 bed 2 bath 1 car

Sat 1-1:30pm

2 bed 2 bath 2 car

Wed 15th 4-4:30pm

3 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 12-12:30pm

Sat 2-2:30pm

1/307 Bradman Avenue

23 Pretella Street

4 bed 2 bath 2 car

23 Pretella Street

3 bed 2 bath 2 car

Sat 12-12:30pm

22 Orme Road

4 bed 3 bath 3 car

Sat 3-3:30pm

2 Cammeray Court

3 bed 2 bath 5 car

Rachel Meyers 0411 699 619

40-50 Horseshoe Bend

9 bed 5 bath 4 car

Greg Clarke 0418 239 067

2 bed 1 bath 1 car

Sat 9:30-10am

4 bed 3 bath 6 car

Tony Benne 0424 855 224

Minyama 39/2 Longwood Street

Yandina Creek 13 Whistler Ridge Drive

Bli Bli

5450 8111

Golden Beach

5492 2100

Mooloolaba

5444 3455

Pelican Waters

5343 6900

Buderim

5445 6088

Kawana

5354 6012

Mountain Creek

5477 7600

Sippy Downs

5354 6002

Caloundra

5491 5055

Maroochydore

5443 2000

Nambour

5354 6000

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Auction 3

11b Sylvan Street, Buderim Exclusive Stately Villa in Prestigious Northeastern Enclave Sweeping views from Mt. Ninderry to Mooloolaba, this elegant duplex boasts a beautiful Northeastern position in a prestigious Buderim locale. Offering luxury from top to bottom, this residence offers a homely size, with the ease of resort style living.

• Open plan living / dining / kitchen + high ceilings • Breathtaking views from both levels • Indoor & outdoor living flowing to the in-ground pool, extra study + space for a lift

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Auction this weekend

Auction this weekend

3/10 Edward Street, Alexandra Headland • • • • • •

Two-bedrm apartment in tightly-held Alex Walk to beach, shops, Esplanade, surf clubs Quiet location, elevated position, private Close to both Alex & Mooloolaba beaches Open-plan layout, master with ensuite Courtyard access, pool, barbecue area

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Dee Woodroofe 0455 839 577

View Sat from 10:30am

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152 Mons School Road, Buderim You Better Believe It, Your Very Own Rainforest • Steel frame home with solar panels • Your very own rainforest walking tracks • New kitchen • Fireplace • Room to park a caravan

3 Aucঞon On site Sat, 11 Dec, 12pm

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View Sat from 11:30am

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Are you ready to sell your home?

If you live in Pelican Waters, Golden Beach or Caloundra West, call Carmen today on 0490 267 103.

Benefit from Carmen’s experience in marketing and selling homes for over

Auction 23 Pretella Street, Wurtulla Slice of Paradise • Spacious beachside abode, endless potential • Well appointed kitchen • Light-filled dining & lounge area • Ducted a/c, side access & double l.u. garage • Large 748m2 block, East facing ent. area

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excellent customer service and achieving the best sale price for your home.

Carmen Holtz

Licensed Real Estate Agent

0490 267 103

carmen.holtz@raywhite.com

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Auction 3

20 Bell Road, Buderim Renovator with 180° Views Top of Buderim positions don’t come much better than this. Located on 957 square metres in one of Buderim’s most sought after locations just an easy walk to Buderim Village. The existing liveable cottage is a Buderim original that certainly doesn’t do justice to such a desirable site.

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Auction Vacant Land

Lot 3 Weemala Crescent, Buderim Stunning Northerly ocean views 1,098 square metres of prime vacant land on Buderim Mountain’s northerly escarpment. Located in a quiet cul-de-sac within an easy walk to Buderim Village. It has a huge 60 metre northerly boundary which would allow the construction of a large one level home with virtually all rooms featuring views, cool summer sea breezes and the warm winter sun.

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Judy Wild 0419 798 905 Lew Poমnger 0419 788 547

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AUCTION ACTION

MARKET REMAINS BUOYANT IN PRE-CHRISTMAS SALES The atmosphere was described as “electric” at last week’s auctions. WORDS: Tracey Johnstone.

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outheast Queensland buyers hunted down some top buys at Thursday’s in-room Ray White Caloundra auction with a total of $18,179,500 changing hands on the morning.

Principal agent Andrew Garland wasn’t surprised by the interest of these buyers, many of whom have a strong connection with Caloundra, where they built fond memories of family holidays in the area during their youth.

It wasn’t just the waterfront homes of Moffat and Dicky beaches that were drawing in the big auction numbers on Thursday. Battery Hill and Caloundra West prices are climbing towards and even over the $1-million mark.

The pale brick, partially refurbished, three-bedroom, two-storey house at 11 Saracen Street in Battery Hill sold above $1 million. The 13 bidders saw value at around $900,000 listing agent Tom Garland said.

“But they then went head-to-head to pay $1.020 million,” he added.

Catching the ocean breezes that reach the rise behind the beach and with a walk of about 820 metres to where you can wet your toes, he said the attraction of Battery Hill lies in it being on the beachside of Nicklin Way. The buyers were a Brisbane couple who grew up on the Sunshine Coast, went to Brisbane to work, but will now return to bring up their family on the Coast.

“The neighbouring suburb Dicky Beach has an average price of $1.3 million,” Tom Garland said. “Battery Hill has followed in behind. It’s now considered affordable real estate.”

Caloundra West’s 6 Galway Street four-bedroom low-set house was a

AUCTION RESULTS 8 ECKERSLEY AVENUE, BUDERIM SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $960,000 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, Prime Property, Brenden Southey 0417 633 035, Bevan Horsnell 0412 512 257 29 GOLF LINKS ROAD, BUDERIM SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $1.13M 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, Prime Property, Brenden Southey 0417 633 035, Bevan Horsnell 0412 512 257 20 KHANCOBAN DRIVE, BUDERIM SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $1,107,500 – 4 bed, 2 bath, 4 car, Property Today, Izabela Holbrook 0499 955 682, Jamie Holbrook 0418 500 081 33 SETTLERS RIDGE, BUDERIM SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $1.27M 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, Ray White, Dan Smith 0437 120 776, Drew Colliver 0417 467 737

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Andrew Garland, Tom Garland, Mariana Williamson, Phil Parker deceased estate sale attracting 12 bidders who were looking for value in a good location and willing to spend upwards of $40,000 to refurbish the original condition home.

“The buyers recognised they couldn’t buy a 650 sqm block with a large fourbedroom home for $760,000 anymore,” Tom Garland said. “In today’s market, a beautiful home, fully refurbished is going to be worth between $880,000 and $900,000 in the same area.”

With a family in tow, the local buyer saw Galway Street as his last chance to buy an affordable property.

Of the 16 properties under the hammer at the in-room auction, there was an outstanding 131 registered bidders. Online there was also 40 plus people watching via Zoom.

Fifteen of the properties were sold under the hammer. “There were a lot of outstanding results. Number 18 Stewart Way in Shelly Beach sold for $2.3 million

and 23 Grigor Street in Moffat Beach sold for $1.61 million – both incredible prices,” Andrew Garland said.

“The prices are still going up.”

The atmosphere at the auction was electric. Some of the properties had 15 registered bidders vying for their possible new home. The three-bedroom house at 18 Stewart Way had an extraordinary 27 registered bidders. It achieved the top price of the morning.

There were a couple of people who bought their property sight-unseen while others came to buy and walked away with another. “The people who bought 11 Cooroora Street (Dicky Beach) had hoped to buy 18 Stewart Way but missed out and ended up buying Cooroora Street.

“We had probably a dozen people registered across a number of properties.

That’s the advantage of doing them together. They were similar areas so if they missed one, they could jump on to another straight away.”

The mid-week auction is a favourite of Mr Garland, who has been running Thursday in-room auctions for 14 years.

“People are busier on weekends in their free time than they are during the work week. People would rather take a day off work than take a day out of their social time to buy real estate – I guarantee it with certainty.”

HAPPY ALL-ROUND IN KULUIN Situated in a tranquil Kuluin location, 14 Taree Court caught the eye of an Adelaide relocator couple who fought off two other bidders Bidding started at $700,000 and moved quickly up with the final bids moving in $5000 lots to finally sell under the hammer

at $800,000.

Listing agent Jason Burns of First National Riverside said the buyers are from South Australia.

“We consider the price very fair,” Mr Burns said. “Both the sellers and buyers are delighted.”

BRILLIANT MOUNTAIN CREEK Listing agent Jodi Price of Ray White Mountain Creek said the auction of 65 Karawatha Drive in Mountain Creek was one of those events that can only be described as brilliant.

Bidding started at $1.2 million with nine registered bidders chasing the three-bedroom house.

Right to the time the hammer came down there were four active bidders. It sold well over the reserve for at $1.305 million to a local buyer.

“There were 39 bids in all,” an ecstatic Ms Price said. “It was a great outcome for the owner.”

SMART BUYER The lucky buyer of the three-bedroom home at 29 Golf Links Road in Buderim came armed with what he needed to secure this prized property.

Listing agent Brenden Southey from Prime Property said there was plenty of pre-auction interest and a large crowd in attendance, but only one bidder took the sale to under the hammer for $1.130 million.

“There was a quite a number of other parties that couldn’t buy at auction,” Mr Southey said. Without their finance pre-approved these hopeful buyers were waiting to see if the property would pass in and a sale could be negotiated afterwards he noted.

6 GALWAY STREET, CALOUNDRA WEST SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $760,000 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, Ray White, Tom Garland, 0412 161 123

24/59 GOLF LINKS ROAD, BUDERIM PASSED IN. LISTED AT $2.55m 4 bed, 2 bath, 3 car, Ray White, Peter King 0408 798 346, Brent Higgins 0414 775 133

2/45 CHESTNUT CRESCENT, CALOUNDRA

18 STEWART WAY, SHELLY BEACH SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $2.3M 3 bed, 1 bath, 2 car, Ray White, Andrew Garland 0403 851 777

23 ILUKA STREET, BUDERIM SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $920,000 3 bed, 2 bath, 1 car, Ray White, Ellen Lorenz 0427 257 329

19 PACIFIC TERRACE, COOLUM BEACH

8 PINAROO STREET, BATTERY HILL SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $880,000 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, Ray White, Tom Garland, 0412 161 123

9 WREN CRESCENT, BUDERIM PASSED IN AT $850,000 5 bed, 3 bath, 2 car, Ray White, Jason Mills 0417 343 289

11 COONOWRIN STREET, DICKY BEACH

11 SARACEN STREET, BATTERY HILL SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $1.02M 3 bed, 2 bath, 3 car. Ray White, Tom Garland 0412 161 123

21 WYNDLORN AVENUE, BUDERIM SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $832,500 3 bed, 2 bath, 1 car, Ray White, Dan Smith 0437 120 776, Drew Colliver 0417 467 737

8-10 MARLOCK CLOSE, BUDERIM SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $1.05M 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, Property Today, David Grenfell 0419 946 534

1/88 BELLS REACH DRIVE, CALOUNDRA WEST. SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $564,500 – 2 bed, 2 bath, 1 car, Ray White, Kim Berghofer 0439 828 789

WEST. SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $560,000 – 2 bed, 2 bath, 1 car, Ray White, Kim Berghofer, 0439 828 7899

SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $2M 6 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, North Shore Realty, Kerry Glover 0408 714 270

SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $1.32M 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 car, Ray White, Andrew Garland 0403 851 777 17 COOROORA STREET, DICKY BEACH SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER FOR $1.38M 3 bed, 3 bath, 1 car, Ray White, Andrew Garland 0403 851 777

For more auction results and other local property stories go to sunshinecoastnews. com.au and click on the “Property” tab. myweeklypreview.com.au

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SEVEN (CH6)

NINE (CH8)

TEN (CH5)

SBS (CH3)

FRIDAY

6pm The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Millie Ross visits a cut-flower wonderland.

8.30 Endeavour. (M) Part 3 of 3.

10.05 Talking Heads.

10.35 ABC Late News.

11.00 The Vaccine.

11.15 Gruen.

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 7. Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder. From the MCG. 10.00 MOVIE Bad Times At The El Royale. (2018) (MA15+) Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo. Seven strangers gather at a hotel.

6pm Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Robin Hood. (2010) (M) Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett. An archer returns home to England.

11.10 MOVIE In The Heart Of The Sea. (2015) (M)

6.30pm The Project.

7.30 The Living Room. (PG) 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. Celebrity guests include Tom Holland.

9.30 Rhys Darby: Big In Japan. (PG) Part 1 of 4.

10.30 Just For Laughs. (M) 11.00 The Project.

6pm Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Inside Balmoral: 19922017. (PG) 8.30 Empire With Michael Portillo.

(PG) Part 3 of 4.

9.25 Dig World War II. (PG) Part 3 of 4.

10.20 SBS World News Late.

SATURDAY

6pm Australia’s Lost Impressionist. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 The Larkins. (PG) Ma books a weekend in Margate.

8.20 Miniseries: Us. (M) Part 1 of 4.

9.20 Total Control. (M) Independents gather in Canberra.

10.10 Call The Midwife. (PG)

6pm Seven News.

7.00 Mayor’s Christmas Carols. (PG) 8.00 MOVIE Home Alone. (1990) (PG) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci. A boy defends himself from burglars.

10.10 MOVIE Home Alone 2: Lost In New York. (1992) (PG) Macaulay Culkin. A boy becomes stranded in New York.

6pm News.

7.00 ACA. 7.30 Christmas With Delta Goodrem. (PG) 9.00 MOVIE Four Holidays. (2008) (M) Reese Witherspoon. A couple spends the festive season with relatives.

10.45 Just Like Heaven. (PG)

6pm Soccer. A-League Men. Round 4. Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory. From Coopers Stadium, Adelaide.

9.00 Ambulance. (M) It is Halloween in London and a fire in a block of flats puts paramedics under pressure.

11.00 FBI: Most Wanted. (M)

7.30pm Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M) 8.30 The World’s Greatest Hotels: Claridge’s London. (PG) Takes a look at Claridge’s, London.

9.25 Russia To Iran: Across The Wild Frontier. (PG) 10.20 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M)

SUNDAY

6pm Antiques Roadshow.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Death In Paradise. (M) A festival queen is murdered.

8.40 Total Control. (M) Alex is on the cusp of rewriting history.

9.40 Noughts + Crosses. (M) Callum works with the Liberation Militia.

10.40 Harrow. (M)

6pm Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 10. Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars. From the MCG. 10.00 MOVIE Se7en. (1995) (MA15+) Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt. Two homicide cops investigate a puzzling series of murders based on the seven deadly sins.

6pm Nine News.

7.00 60 Minutes.

8.00 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet. (PG) 9.10 MOVIE Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. (2019) (M) Dwayne Johnson. A lawman and a former spy team up.

11.40 GC Cops. (M)

6.30pm The Sunday Project.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Celebrity guests include Keanu Reeves.

8.30 CSI: Vegas. David Hodges goes missing.

9.30 FBI. (M) OA comes into conflict with his girlfriend.

11.30 The Sunday Project.

6.30pm SBS World News.

7.35 Big Ben: Restoring The WorldFamous Clock. (PG) Delves into the restoration of Big Ben. 8.30 Muhammad Ali. (M) Part 3 of 4.

10.30 Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. (PG)

MONDAY

6pm The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story Summer Series.

8.35 Universe With Brian Cox: Before the Dawn – The Big Bang.

Part 5 of 5.

9.35 Catching A Predator. (M)

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 11. Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades.

10.00 Fantasy Island. (M) A group of old friends visits the Island.

11.00 Motorway Patrol. (PG) 11.30 Highway Cops. (PG)

6pm Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (PG) 8.30 Emergency. (M) Mark tries to help a car crash patient.

9.30 A Fire Inside. (M) Takes a look at the 2019-2020 bushfires.

11.30 Nine News Late.

6.30pm The Project.

7.30 Bondi Rescue. (PG) Lifeguards try to enforce social distancing.

8.00 Territory Cops. (PG) A look at the Northern Territory Police.

8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (M) A judge’s murder is investigated.

10.30 The FBI Declassified. (PG) 11.30 The Project.

7.35pm Britain’s Most Historic Towns. (PG) 8.30 Tony Robinson’s World By Rail: Thailand And Malaysia. (PG) Tony explores Thailand and Malaysia.

9.25 The Best Of 24 Hours In Emergency: Ready For Anything. (M) 10.20 SBS News.

TUESDAY

7.30pm 7.30.

8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG) 8.30 Secrets Of Althorp With Charles Spencer. (PG) 9.20 Australia Remastered: Nature’s Great Divide: Where Worlds Collide.

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 12. Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers.

10.00 Born To Kill? The Washington Sniper. (M) A look at the D.C. sniper attacks.

11.00 Beat The Chasers UK.

6pm Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Travel Guides. (PG) 8.30 The Weakest Link. (PG) Hosted

by Magda Szubanski.

9.30 Kath & Kim. (PG) 10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 Damian Lewis: Spy Wars: Exodus. (M)

6.30pm The Project.

7.30 The Dog House Australia. (PG) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown.

8.30 NCIS. (M) The NCIS team discovers another person has been tracking the serial killer Gibbs was hunting.

10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) 11.30 The Project.

6pm Mastermind Aust.

6.30 News.

7.35 Secrets Of Royal Travel. (PG) 8.30 My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years In Afghanistan. (M) Documents the life of Afghan Mir Hussain.

10.10 Great British Railway Journeys.

WEDNESDAY

6pm The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Gruen. Presented by Wil Anderson.

9.10 Preppers. (M) 9.40 QI. (M) 10.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg.

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) 7.30 Ambulance: Code Red. (M) 8.30 MOVIE Spider-Man: Far From Home. (2019) (M) Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal. Peter Parker faces four elemental monsters.

6pm Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Mega Zoo. (PG) Two otters may be expecting pups.

8.30 Queen: Days Of Our Lives.

(M) Part 1 of 2. Explores the story of legendary British rock group Queen.

11.00 Nine News Late.

11.30 The Fix. (M)

6.30pm The Project.

7.30 All Aussie Adventures.

(PG) Russell checks out ancient Aboriginal artwork.

8.30 Bull. Bull needs a Christmas miracle.

9.30 Bull. (M) Danny enlists Bull’s help.

11.30 The Project.

6pm Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Inside Aldi At Christmas.

8.30 Michael Mosley On Cosmetic Treatments. (PG) Part 2 of 2.

9.30 Departure. (M) Kendra investigates a train derailment.

10.15 SBS World News Late.

THURSDAY

YOUR PRIME TIME TV GUIDE

6pm The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 8.30 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures. (PG) Part 1 of 3.

9.20 Nigella’s Christmas Table.

Presented by Nigella Lawson.

10.35 News.

6pm Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 1.

Evening session.

9.30 MOVIE The Taking Of Pelham 123. (2009) (MA15+) Denzel Washington. Train passengers are taken hostage.

6pm Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Great Getaways. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Miss Congeniality.

(2000) (M) Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine. An FBI agent goes undercover in a beauty pageant.

10.45 Nine News Late.

11.15 New Amsterdam. (M)

6.30pm The Project.

7.30 Jamie: Together At Christmas. Jamie prepares festivethemed dishes.

8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (M) A woman is raped by a mobster.

10.30 Blue Bloods.

11.30 The Project.

6pm Mastermind Aust.

6.30 News.

7.35 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PG) 8.30 Red Election. (MA15+) The day of the referendum arrives.

9.25 Murder Case: Motive Unknown. (MA15+)

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7TWO (CH62)

7MATE (CH63) 9GO! (CH82)

9GEM (CH81)

BOLD (CH53)

PEACH (CH52)

7pm Children’s Programs. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE Stand By Me. (1986) (M) 9.55 Doctor Who. 10.45 Art Works.

6pm Bargain Hunt.

(PG) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 The Amazing Homemakers. (PG) 9.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. (PG) 10.30 The Mentalist. (M)

6pm Big Bash League.

Game 7. Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE Snake Eyes. (1998) (M) 9.30 MOVIE Goodfellas. (1990) (MA15+)

6pm The Nanny: Oy To The World. 6.30 MOVIE Sing. (2016) (G) 8.40 MOVIE The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies. (2014) (M) 11.30 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun.

5.30pm Murder, She Wrote. (PG) 6.30pm Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Saved & Remade.

8.30 MOVIE Star Trek III: The Search For Spock. (1984) (PG) 10.35 Memory Lane.

11.55 The Equalizer.

6pm JAG. (PG) 7.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (M) 11.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

(M)

6pm Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (M) 8.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.30 Friends. (PG) 11.30 2 Broke Girls.

(M)

7.05pm Children’s Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.20 Live At The Apollo. 9.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.50 Mock The Week. 10.20 Would I Lie To You? 10.50 Schitt’s Creek.

6.30pm The Hotel Inspector. (PG) 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 The Mentalist. (M)

6pm American Pickers.

(PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 7.30 MOVIE Enter The Dragon. (1973) (M) Bruce Lee. 9.45 MOVIE Cradle 2 The Grave. (2003) (MA15+) Jet Li. 12am Storage Wars Canada. (M)

6pm MOVIE Trolls.

(2016) (G) Anna Kendrick. 7.40 MOVIE Meet The Fockers.

(2004) (M) Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand.

10.00 MOVIE Little Fockers. (2010) (M) Ben Stiller.

4.30pm MOVIE The Way West. (1967) (PG) 7pm MOVIE Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

(1986) (PG) 9.30 MOVIE Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. (1977) (PG) Richard Dreyfuss.

6.30pm Scorpion. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

(M) 10.20 MacGyver.

(PG) 11.20 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

(M)

6pm The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 8.30 The Big Bang Theory. (M) 8.55 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.45 2 Broke Girls. (M)

7.05pm Children’s Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge. 9.25 Pilgrimage: Road To Istanbul.

6pm Escape To The Country. 7.00 Border Security. (PG) 8.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways. (PG) 9.30 Mighty Trains. (PG) 10.30 Heathrow. (PG) 11.30 Extreme Railways. (PG)

6pm Big Bash League.

Game 10. Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars. 7.00 MOVIE The Time Machine. (2002) (PG) 9.00 MOVIE The Long Kiss Goodnight.

(1996) (MA15+) 11.30 Hardcore Pawn.

7pm MOVIE The Mummy Returns. (2001) (PG) 9.30 MOVIE The Scorpion King. (2002) (M) Dwayne Johnson.

11.15 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. (MA15+)

5pm MOVIE The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. (1962) (PG) 7.30pm Christmas At Warwick Castle. 8.30 MOVIE White Christmas. (1954) (G) 10.55 Chicago Med.

6pm JAG. (PG) 7.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 9.25 Star Trek: Discovery.

6pm The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 7.40 The Big Bang Theory. (M) 8.05 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 8.30 Friends. (PG) 9.30 2 Broke Girls. (M)

MONDAY

7pm Children’s Programs. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Penguins: Meet The Family. 9.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

10.20 Doctor Who.

6.30pm Bargain Hunt.

(PG) 7.30 Doc Martin.

(PG) 8.30 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. (M) 10.30 Cold Case. (M)

7pm Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE Hitman: Agent 47. (2015) (MA15+) 10.30 MOVIE On Deadly Ground. (1994) (MA15+)

6pm 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond. 8.30 MOVIE Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. (1986) (PG) 10.40 MOVIE The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell Of Fear. (1991) (M)

5.30pm Murder, She Wrote. (PG) 6.30pm Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Poirot. (PG) 8.40 Silent Witness.

(MA15+) 10.50 Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

(MA15+) 11.50 House.

(M)

6pm JAG. (PG) 7.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 A-League Highlights Show. 11.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1.

Race 22. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. H’lights.

6pm Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 10.00 Seinfeld. 10.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 11.00 2 Broke Girls. (M)

TUESDAY

7pm Children’s Programs. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Schitt’s Creek. 9.35 Schitt’s Creek. 9.55 Preppers.

10.30 Doctor Who.

6.30pm Bargain Hunt.

(PG) 7.30 Pie In The Sky. (PG) 8.30 Lewis.

(M) 10.30 Without A Trace. (M)

6pm Big Bash League.

Game 12. Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Secrets Of The Supercars. 9.30 Supercar Customiser: Yianni.

6pm 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond. 8.30 MOVIE American Wedding.

(2003) (MA15+) 10.30 MOVIE Role Models.

(2008) (MA15+)

5.30pm Murder, She Wrote. (PG) 6.30pm Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 New Tricks. (M) 8.40 The Closer. (M) 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. (M) 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.40 Chicago Med.

6pm JAG. (PG) 7.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 8.30 Blue Bloods. (M) 10.25 NCIS: New Orleans.

(M) 11.20 Evil. (M)

6pm Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.30 Mom. (M) 11.35 Frasier. (PG)

WEDNESDAY

7.15pm Children’s Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 Art Works. 9.00 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 9.45 The Sound.

6.30pm Bargain Hunt.

(PG) 7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley. (PG) 8.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys. (M) 10.30 Miranda. (PG) 11.10 What A Carry On! (PG) 11.50 The Vicar Of Dibley. (PG)

6pm American Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 9.00 Storage Wars. (M) 9.30 Storage Wars: NY. (PG) 10.00 Irish Pickers. (PG) 11.00 Desert Collectors.

6pm 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. (1994) (M) 10.15 MOVIE Liar Liar. (1997) (M)

5.30pm Murder, She Wrote. (PG) 6.30pm Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 As Time Goes By. (PG) 8.50 Midsomer Murders. (MA15+) 10.50 House. (M) 11.50 The Equalizer.

(M)

6pm JAG. (PG) 7.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) 11.15 Evil. (M)

6pm Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.20 2 Broke Girls. (M)

THURSDAY

7pm Children’s Programs. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Mock The Week. 9.00 Sammy J: Full Credit To Christmas. 10.00 Hard Quiz. 10.30 Gruen.

6.30pm Bargain Hunt.

(PG) 7.30 Father Brown. (M) 8.30 Inspector George Gently. (M) 10.30 Murdoch Mysteries.

(M)

6.40pm The Ashes: Dinner Break. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE Big Trouble In Little China. (1986) (M) 9.35 MOVIE Executive Decision. (1996) (M)

6pm 3rd Rock From The Sun. (PG) 6.30 That ’70s Show. (PG) 7.00 Young Sheldon.

(PG) 7.30 Survivor 41.

(PG) 10.30 MOVIE Zombieland. (2009) (MA15+) Woody Harrelson.

5.30pm Murder, She Wrote. (PG) 6.30pm Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (M) 8.40 The Brokenwood Mysteries.

(M) 10.40 Law & Order. 11.40 Buried In The Backyard.

6pm JAG. (PG) 7.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. (M) 10.30 SEAL Team. (M)

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with MWP’s man in the water

Well, finally there might be some waves on the weekend. Nothing too exciting but worth checking early. The line-ups are going to be crowded so I would recommended a 4.30am paddle out. Also, encourage your friends to stay up late the night before to make them sleep in!

Anyhoo, I just watch John John Florence win in Hawaii. When that guy is on, he is unstoppable!

Enjoy the weekend.

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VENETIANS*

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Call now for a Complimentary measure & quote for a complimentary & quote 1300 303measure 391

Our Sales/Installers follow hygienic & distance practices.

Servicing the Sunshine Coast Servicing the Sunshine Coast and Hinterland

and Hinterland

*Conditions apply, selected materials and fabrics. Offer ends 15/12/21 or while stocks last. Electrician and Installation not included.

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OUR SALES/INSTALLERS FOLLOW HYGIENIC & DISTANCE PRACTICES

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*Conditions apply, selected materials and fabrics. Offer ends 31/10/20 or while stocks last. Electrician and Installation not included.

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