Noosa Today - 08th May 2014

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THURSDAY, 8 MAY, 2014 | ISSUE 106

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Beautiful nightmares IT COULD have been a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare as the Body Art Carnivale, Eumundi, transformed everyday people into beings from another world.

Held over two days, entrants painted bodies to suit the dream and nightmare theme, sewed garments akin to art and created beautiful art on car parts.

For the main event, paint, dye, needles and cobwebs were all used to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary for the annual body art competition that highlights local talent and creative imaginations.

Turn to pages 4 and 5 for scarily good photos of the Body Art Carnivale.

What a waste!

THE Noosa Council says 75 tonnes of waste a week should not be going to landfill.

In giving the go-ahead for the next step in its Towards Zero Waste strategy, council has revealed that figure, which amounts to a mountain of 4000

tonnes of waste per year, could be recycled instead.

As wheelie bins are collected each week, over one fifth of what we put into general waste could easily be recycled using the existing recycling bin service.

The next stage of the Towards Zero Waste strategy is will involve tendering for a specialist consultant to develop options around the big waste issues identified earlier last week

by Ian Christensen of Lloyd Consulting at the general committee meeting.

They were:

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Waste avoidance, involving community education and engagement.

· Cutting

garden and food waste which makes up about 50 per cent of landfill.

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Improving recycling.

· Commercial

waste options like using private competition rather than a single contractor.

· Fees and charging structure. · Once the options are known,

the public will have their chance to have a say.

While the new council has already restored the popular annual kerbside bulk waste collection that’s currently underway, it’s determined to keep making progress and to protect environmentally sensitive areas around the Eumundi Road recycling and disposal facility.

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A NEW Noosa Art Award has been announced by the Noosa Council, and according to Councillor Tony Wellington it is a “perfect fit�. “Noosa has a well-earned reputation for its varied creative activities, and the new acquisitive art prize will be another feather in Noosa’s cultural cap,� he told Noosa Today.

The inaugural national prize is set to boost the region and bring local artists into the cultural spotlight while building Noosa Regional Gallery’s permanent collection with works that reflect the unique character of coastal and hinterland environments.

Noosa Regional Gallery director Nina Shadforth said the award aimed to create a unique drawcard for the area “that enhances cultural tourism and makes it an accessible and desirable collection for visitors to Noosa�.

Entry is open to all Australian artists and designers practising in 2D and 3D mediums, with special categories for artists from Noosa, the Sunshine Coast and Gympie, and for ‘emerging artists’ in tertiary arts education.

It comes soon after the decision by the State Government to relocate visual arts training away from the Tewantin TAFE campus, a move Cr Wellington said was “unfortunate� for Noosa’s overall creative environment. “Too often the arts are underval-

Some of the great work in the Gallery - Ange Leech’s Still Running (2010) is a series of five, made from Jellutong wood, metal, diecast steel and plastic.

Picture: WILD HONEY PHOTOGRAPHY ued in terms of both their contribution to society and also their significant role in the national economy,� he said. “Prior to entering local politics, I worked full-time in the creative industries. “As a result, I regularly came up against prejudices suggesting that what I did was not ‘real work’. “But making a living as an artist

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is by no means a soft option in terms of career, and art awards play a critical role in helping artists achieve the necessary accreditation to make a living in what is, after all, a hugely competitive arena.�

Ms Shadforth said the award would be a chance for local artists to benchmark themselves against the national level. “We need to support our up and

coming artists with opportunities,� she said. “For many emerging artists, the dream of having an exhibition in a regional gallery is something that is far off in the horizon, so it is about giving them a little taste as well. “We have the opportunity to be the cultural capital of the Sunshine Coast and there is quite a vibrant cultural community in Noosa already.�

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Two’s the new limit INSISTING on one permit per business near and on Noosa’s Main Beach would restrict the ability to create long-term, genuine jobs, deputy mayor Bob Abbot told Noosa Council last Thursday.

“There are a number of people quite happy to be a single-person operator and they do a good job of it, but there are others who have the potential and ability to provide significant part and full-time jobs if they have a profit and quantity of scale to do so.”

Last week, Noosa Today reported how earlier the council’s general committee was told by co-ordinator of property and land management Clint Irwin there were 14 activities undertaken by 11 permit holders on community land in the area.

He said Noosa Shire and Main Beach provided opportunities to create profitable, niche, lifestyle businesses and he recommended permit holders be granted one permit each for three years to “reduce the likelihood of a monopolistic permit environment”.

Moving that council policy allow a maximum of two permits, Cr Abbot said: “These businesses are significantly important to the tourist industry.

They do take the opportunity of using public land to make the business operate and because of that they certainly need an amount of control.

“The problem I face here is the rec-

“

The problem I face here is the recommendation does restrict the size of these businesses and does not give the opportunity of creating better jobs.

Cr Abbot

ommendation does restrict the size of these businesses and does not give the opportunity of creating better jobs.”

Supporting Cr Abbot, Cr Sandy Bolton said the current system concerning allocation had been successful over the past eight years. Applicants had been chosen, not because they had more than one activity, it was because they individually scored highest in the sought criteria.

“The old saying don’t throw the baby out with the bath water is highly applicable here.

“It is not in the best interests of the Noosa community to adopt a position

of exclusion or preclusion just because it makes it easier on us as councillors.

The expression of interest process should be objective and based on quality delivery of service.

“Diversification is a good businesses strategy in seasonal locations such as Noosa and should not be penalised.

Often a combination of related services is the only feasible option to provide a sustainable businesses model and the consistent high quality services that can withstand the economic downturn we have seen over the last five years.

“It is in the best interests of the community that the council give access to providers without limitation because if you have a one permit policy then that is limiting the selection criteria.

We are dealing with a situation where there will always be more applicants than available permits. We need to be careful about adopting policies in haste,” Cr Bolton said.

Opposing the motion, Cr Frank Wilkie said if there was a shortage of people wanting to operate on Noosa Main Beach - “a beach that is recognised nationally as iconic and a perfect place to learn to surf and kayak” - then surely that would be the time to allow operators more than one permit each.

“I see this policy as a way into a distant future of creating a fair, equitable, open, transparent policy laying the groundwork to maximise the number

of local businesses to ply their trade.

It’s akin to parcelling out a precious scarce resource because it is, after all, public land.

“I believe the one permit policy delivers the potential for a better quality of service to tourists because who is more likely to deliver a better level of service - an operator who is channelling their entire resources into making that one permit work or an operator who is stretching themselves over two?”

He was backed by Cr Tony Wellington, who said: “There are a very limited number of permits available in the shire for commercial opportunities on public land and given there is such a small number I am looking for some sort of equity.

“It seems to me it would be most equitable that other opportunities exist for other than just the current permit holders. I believe the most equitable way to approach that is there be one permit holder per activity. I would like to see everyone have a shot.”

Supporting the motion which was carried, mayor Noel Playford said there was no guarantee under the new policy that anyone was going to get two permits.

“That’s up to what comes in the quality, the scoring and the assessment,” the mayor said. “It may be we get a number of applicants with two permits. It may be we get none.”

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Pomona next on council roadtrip POMONA ratepayers will have the chance to chat to mayor Noel Playford, councillors and senior staff before the next ordinary meeting of the council at the Pomona Bowls Club on 29 May, at 6pm.

The new Noosa Council is determined to get as close as it can to the community that voted it back into existence.

Since being elected to office in January, all councillors have made it a priority to get out and about right across the shire.

Cr Playford says it should be clear to voters that they have a council for all of Noosa Shire.

“Our six-monthly meetings at different locations are just to reinforce that, and to give everyone a better chance to come and chat with us,” he said.

“We’re a local, approachable council, and that’s the way we intend to remain.”

Peregian Beach Surf Club will host a council meeting on Thursday 20 November.

Tea’s just the treat

By TESSA MAPSTONE

Annie Evans pours a cuppa for Cancer Council Noosa branch chairwoman Marika Langley.

FOR Annie Evans, the decision to host fund-raising events for the Cancer Council Queensland came from a desire to help friends who faced a battle with cancer.

“There’s not a lot I can do to help them, really,” she said.

She and many volunteers from the Cancer Council’s Noosa Branch have been helping cancer sufferers in ways they can make a difference, by raising funds for support services for patients.

Their next project will be the Biggest Morning Tea on Thursday 22 May, featuring a guest speaker intimately acquainted with the pain of helping loved ones battle the disease.

The $10 per person entry fee will go directly to the Cancer Council Queensland.

Noosa branch chairwoman Marika Langley said the funds would go towards research for a cure but also, importantly, to assist with patient care.

“Many people need to travel to Brisbane for their treatment,” she said.

“There are the hostels, there’s a service where volunteer drivers pick people up from the railway station and take them to where they need to go for their chemo or radiation therapy, or to the hostel.”

“The money will also go to the wig library and the ‘Look Good, Feel Good’

“

Many people need to travel to Brisbane for their treatment.

There are the hostels, there’s a service where volunteer drivers pick people up from the railway station and take them to where they need to go for their chemo or radiation therapy, or to the hostel…

Marika Langley

project, which provides make-up assistance and training for people who have lost their hair and their eyebrows.”

The Biggest Morning Tea will begin at 9.30am, at the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, Noosaville.

Man counts cost of high-speed chase to Brisbane A 21-YEAR-OLD man will face court after a dramatic police chase from the Sunshine Coast to the north of Brisbane on Saturday left two police officers injured.

The Kallangur man allegedly

rammed a police vehicle on Sunset Strip, Marcoola, about 9.15pm when officers identified the car he was driving as stolen and tried to intercept it.

The driver fled in the car and was later sighted travelling south at high

speed on the Bruce Highway near Morayfield.

Tyre spikes were set up at the Buchanan Road overpass and two of the car’s tyres were punctured.

The driver continued on to Anzac

Avenue, Kallangur, where he allegedly rammed a police van at 11pm causing it to roll onto its roof and injuring the officer inside.

The stolen car continued onto Narangba Road where it crashed into a

gutter before the driver was arrested.

An officer’s hand was fractured in the struggle.

The man has been charged with dangerous driving and obstructing police.

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Master strokes MONSTERS and aliens, spiders and needles the stuff of nightmares were seen wandering the marketplace in Eumundi at the weekend for the Australian Body Art Carnivale.

Fairies, rainbow sprites, goddesses and knights in shining armour balanced the gore and horror with light and beauty, the gifts of good dreams.

More than 90 artists competed in different categories from body art to car bonnet painting, wearable art and photography.

Body art winners included Kim Cakebread, Janie Fearon, and Juliet Bradford, while Rene McGovern took out first prize for car bonnet painting.

Event manager Danielle Taylor said some truly incredible art was created throughout the weekend.

“The artists were under pressure to create their masterpieces within the defined time limits of the competitions, yet all had smiles on their faces and really seemed to enjoy themselves and celebrate the opportunity to work alongside fellow artists,” she said.

While wild weather threatened to put a dampener on the event ahead of the weekend, dark clouds gave way to blue skies bringing a record crowd of about 15,000 spectators to the festival famous for beautifully painted bodies.

The Grand Parade brought the walking canvasses together to showcase the works of each day.

“It truly is phenomenal to watch the artists come together from near and far to create something special,” Ms Taylor said.

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Review aims to open up lakes

Master class ... the Noosa team.

FOR many Noosa locals and holiday-makers, spending a day on one of the region’s sparkling lakes is a must-do and now the community can have their say on how the lakes are used.

An extensive review of leisure opportunities on and around south-east Queensland is currently underway and it is now time for the Noosa community to have their say on the future recreational uses of Lake Borumba and Lake Macdonald.

Water Supply Minister Mark McArdle recently released recreation review discussion papers on the two lakes and said he now wants to work with the community to encourage greater access and tourism opportunities for the region.

“This government recognises that locals should have a great say in the use of these lakes, while also helping to grow tourism as one of the four pillars of the economy,” he said.

“Labor failed to make full use of the beautiful spaces during its time in office, but this government knows they are more than just bodies of water.”

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Masters’ medal haul Julia Dunstall, Jan Croft, Grindle Rudder, Dyanna Benny, Bardie Gruber, Wendy Twidale, Jacky Shields, Eulah Varty, Helen Malar, Adele Tucker, Brian Hoepper, Ian Tucker, Adrian Wilson, Bob Morse, Geoff Lander, Rob Lucas and Rob Jolly.

After four days of pool swimming Noosa had amassed 45 national and 98 state medals.

Competition then moved on to Yeppoon for the open water swim in the ocean, with Grindle, Julia and Bardie claiming national gold medals.

NOOSA Masters Swim Club fielded 18 swimmers at the State and National Masters Swimming Championships held at Rockhampton over five days, from 23 to 27 April.

There were a lot of unknown expectations for the team, coming up against the might of Melbourne’s Power Points and Malvern clubs, as well as the best of Sydney’s clubs.

In the Noosa team were Stephanie Jones,

Overall, Noosa Masters finished a creditable fifth nationally, behind Power Points, Malvern, Miami and Sutherland.

“Being the recipient of the Max Gillespie Trophy for the highest average pointscore for clubs in Queensland must be the highlight for our swimmers,” club coach Jan Croft said.

“An incredible performance, buoying our club for its annual Masters Swim Carnival to be held at the Noosa Aquatic Centre on 17 May,” club president Stephanie Jones said.

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munity to formally submit any opportunities they see for recreation on and around the lakes.

Mr McArdle said the community will be able to get involved in the review by attending workshops, as well as accessing information on Seqwater’s website and participating in online surveys.

“The response to the release of discussion papers in other areas has been very positive. The community has demonstrated how much they value south-east Queensland’s natural recreation spaces,” he said.

The review would result in the development of recreation management plans for Borumba and Macdonald lakes, detailing allowable activities, available facilities, management rules and guidelines.

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Writer plays his part INTERNATIONAL award-winning playwright David Williamson will speak at the Noosa Tigers president’s lunch, this Saturday from noon.

David Williamson is wellknown in the theatre industry as one of Australia’s most prolific and successful playwrights with more than 45 plays and over 20 movie and television scripts to his name, including Balibo (2009) and Phar Lap (1983).

Williamson’s prolific career started with a bang when his first full-length play The Coming of the Stork premiered at La Mana Theatre, Carlton, in 1970, followed closely by the award-winning The Removalists and Don’s Party.

A stellar career followed, with Williamson producing sell-out plays for more than 40 years including his latest plays Happiness (2012), which premiered at Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, and Rupert (2013), which premiered at the Melbourne Theatre Company and both enjoyed sell-out seasons.

A multiple-award winner, Williamson has won the Australia Film Institute film script award five times, taken out 12 Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE awards, and won the Australian AFI award for best miniseries for Showtime’s On The Beach.

Seats for the Noosa Tigers president’s lunch on Saturday 10 May are still available and cost $60 per person and include lunch, beverages and entry into a $1000 lucky door prize.

Phone 0417 171 313 to secure your seat and pay at the door on the day.

David Williamson will speak at the president’s lunch.

The event will be held in the Tigers clubhouse at the ALF Tigers football oval, Weyba Road, Noosaville.

Laughs are on the menu SHE has enjoyed a successful career as a journalist, comedian, radio host, author, playwright and TV host, now Wendy Harmer is coming to Noosa to inspire women as part of the sold out Westpac Ruby Luncheon.

Born and raised in country Victoria, Ms Harmer first began her inspiring career as a journalist in Geelong before an interview with some of Australia’s best comedians Jane Turner, Peter Moon, Ian McFadyen and Mary-Anne Fahey - led her into the world of stand-up comedy.

Currently ruffling feathers with “smart and sassy” journalism as the editor in chief for Thehoopla.com, Ms Harmer will provide lunch guests with entertaining and lively insights into her colourful life.

Guests will also enjoy a three-course lunch designed by Union Dining owner and chef Nicky Reimer.

The Ruby Luncheon is part of the Noosa Food and Wine Festival and is proudly presented by Westpac’s Ruby Connection; an interactive online community designed to inspire, promote and connect Australian women no matter what they do or where they live.

The Ruby Luncheon is on 15 May, from noon, and will be held at the Lions Park, Noosa Heads.

Wendy Harmer will speak at the Ruby Luncheon.

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Cause strikes close to home

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Battle of the Bands.

Bands battle it out

By TESSA MAPSTONE BIG smiles and even bigger dance moves were busted across the floor at the Endeavour Foundation’s Battle of the Bands last Wednesday in Tewantin.

Strong support from local businesses saw each band receive a prize from the $750 pool of donations.

Prize for ‘best band’ went to The Outsiders, students in a special music program at Nambour TAFE, who performed original songs and wowed the crowd with their musical prowess.

TAFE teacher and temporary bass player for the band Mikey Cheetham said he was proud of his students and hoped to see them gigging at mainstream venues in the future.

“They’re not a band of disabled people,” he said.

“They’re a band.”

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Six bands from Noosa, Kawana and Nambour performed to a packed audience hall in a celebration of music and having a go despite the limitations of having a disability.

Competition judge Cherry Bright said the event was all about getting involved and having fun.

“Everyone is a winner because everyone has done the best they can to their ability,” she said.

said she received an overwhelming response to the concert.

LOCAL musician and domestic violence survivor Lease Vasey has joined the fight to raise awareness of family violence in our community.

Lease will perform tomorrow night at Noosa Marina’s Night of Hope, a candle lighting ceremony to honour those who have lost their lives as a result of domestic and family violence.

The event is part of Family and Domestic Violence awareness month, which aims to educate and open discussion about this community issue.

For Lease, the cause couldn’t be closer to her heart.

“I was involved in a domestic violence relationship myself, about 12 years ago,” she said.

“It means a great deal to me to be able to support and educate others about domestic violence.”

Lease said she was “one of the lucky ones”, leaving the relationship before it turned fatal.

“For some of the unlucky ones, it got about as bad as it could be with them losing their lives,” she said.

“I am one of the lucky ones and I want people to know there is an amazing support network out there for them if they take that step.

“I also want people to know they are not alone because when you are in a domestic violence relationship, you really do feel alone.”

Lease said she hoped the event would help victims “speak out and have the courage to reach out for help sooner rather than later”.

“I know from experience that shame, fear and feeling so alone stopped me from doing just that for a long time.”

Noosa Marina’s Night of Hope is on this Friday night, from 6pm at the Noosa Marina, 2 Parkyn Court, Tewantin. The event is free and there will be a candle lighting ceremony, live entertainment and guest speakers.

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Women push for pedal power Women will have the chance to improve their confidence, health and fitness while meeting likeminded people and exploring the region in a whole new way.

A WOMEN-only program to promote fun and fitness on two wheels is set to roll out on tracks around the Noosa area this month.

She Rides, an initiative by Cycling Australia, will run a three-month program designed to arm local ladies with the skills they need to tackle mountain bike trails in their own back yard.

Women will have the chance to improve their confidence, health and fitness while meeting like-minded people and exploring the region in a whole new way.

The program will take advantage of local asset the Noosa

vate property, council parks and road reserves, and are kept in a natural state.

Riders need to know how to handle these tracks and the debris, rocks and mud they are certain to encounter.

The cycling program will begin with four sessions at the Girraween Sports Complex to brush up beginner to intermediate riders on their cycling skills before taking to the trails with the guidance of experienced mountain bike coaches.

The program, aimed at women over 30, will run on Thursday mornings, beginning 22 May. Register at cycling.org.au.

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Noosa Today joins family stable of newspapers NOOSA Today and Real Estate Lifestyle have been purchased by Star News Group.

Star News Group is a fourth generation business, started in 1909 by Albert Edward Thomas, and continues to be independently Australian owned.

Managing director Paul Thomas represents the fourth generation of his family at the helm of the growing company.

“The local newspaper is a powerful tool and an essential ingredient in a democratic society,” Mr Thomas said.

“A strong independent media is as important today as ever. Our company also offers an alternative

to the big few media companies which dominate Australian newspaper ownership.

“Star News Group has been involved in many positive campaigns to make a difference within our communities.

“We have been involved in campaigns to build roads, to add public transport, build universities, provide park land, safer roads, raise awareness and countless other positive campaigns.

“We aim to be the voice of the community, reflect its diversity, its concerns and personalities. “ We plan to grow Noosa Today from the positive base built over the last two years and look forward to working with the local community.”

Raine and Horne’s Tug-O-War team, from left: Kristin Robinson, Michael Robinson, Sandy Roulston, Brendan Buckingham and Glen Millard.

Pulling their weight The late Herb Thomas, a second generation newspaperman and grandfather of current managing director Paul Thomas.

COMPETITION is heating up for Wimmer’s King of the Mountain Festival 2014, with local businesses getting ready to take out the title of strongest business in Cooroy.

The annual Raine and Horne Corporate Tug-O-War is on again and has already seen local commercial heavyweights such as Cooroy Bendigo Bank, Pomona IGA and Wimmer’s Soft Drinks

join the competition.

The Tug-O-War is part a day packed full with events including the Nestle 3km family fun run, Canesaid Primary School relay, the newly launched E Fitness pram push and the much anticipated Mountain Challenge.

Nominations for the main race are open from May 14 to July 16.

The festival kicks off 27 July, and the full list of events and registration for the main race are at www.kingofthemountain.com.au.

There is still time to register a business for the Tug-O-War. Registration is $50 per team and teams must have at least one female.

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Top sports hit the streets cycling events, including the Subaru 160km and 85km rides.

Stuart Wilkins was the first across the line for the 160km ride with a time of 4:02:35, while Liz Fancutt finished first for the women’s class with a time of 4:14:50.

The runners also set off on Saturday morning with families favouring the Seven Local News 5km fun run, while the more serious athletes tackled the 10km run and half marathon.

Mark Urquhart was the first to finish the half marathon in an impressive 1:03:40, and Melanie Panayiotou was the first woman across the line with a time of 1:17:17.

Each festival day finished with an afternoon of live entertainment in Noosa Lions Park and a well-deserved rest for all competitors.

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THE streets were alive with the sound of cheering as thousands ran, cycled and swam in the Noosa Ultimate Sports Fest, held in Noosa Heads on 26 and 27 April.

The annual multi-sport event is now in its seventh year and saw packed starting lines throughout all events, which included different distance options to suit every fitness level.

Beautiful weather on the Saturday created perfect conditions for the swimming events, including the ZINC 96.1 3.8km, 2km, 1km and 500m swims.

George O’Brien took out first place in the men’s 3.8km swim with a speedy 45:49 time, while Chelsea Gubecka took out the women’s class with a time of 47:13.

Saturday was jam-packed with running and

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community FOCUS ON BUTTERFLIES GUEST speaker Phil Morgan will share his extensive knowledge about butterflies at the Friday Environment Forum on 9 May. The Noosa Biosphere Reserve has retained more than 50 per cent of its original native vegetation and is home to many butterfly species, probably because of the abundance of flowering plants and other vegetation.

Come along to the Noosa Parks Association Environment Centre, Wallace Drive Noosaville to learn about local wildlife and what you can do to help conserve butterflies. There will be a coffee and chat from 10am before the forum stats at 10.30am. All welcome. Visit www.noosaparks.org.au <http://www.noosaparks.org.au> for more information. For those wanting to enjoy the birdlife of Wallace Park, join Valda and the other bird observers at 8.30am in the car park.

most modern cities. Cruise the scenic Yangtze River, tour the Three Georges Dam, an engineering marvel. Next mingle with 7000 Terra Cotta soldiers in Xian, climb the Great Wall and stroll through the Forbidden City. But no TV Travel Show will prepare you for that moment when you stand in Tiananmen Square, the world’s largest public place. Everyone is welcome to attend the event, which starts at 1.45pm, with afternoon tea served. U3A House is at 64 Poinciana Ave, opposite the Shell Service station.

WAR WIDOWS THE annual general meeting of Tewantin/Noosa War Widows will be held at the Tewantin/Noosa RSL on Monday 12 May from 1pm. For inquiries phone Joy at 5449 7626.

MEALS ON WHEELS JOURNEY THROUGH CHINA U3A Noosa’s ArmChair Travel on 16 May presents “From Shanghai to Beijing - a Trip of a Lifetime”. Griet and Peter Hesse travelled for 12 days by plane, high speed train, bus and ship (Yangtze River) through some of China’s most beautiful scenery and historical places. Guests can experience China through the eyes of a “Big Nose” (the Chinese name for westerners), starting with Shanghai, one of China’s biggest (23 million) and

THE weekly roster for Tewantin- Noosa Meals on Wheels, from Monday 12 May to Friday 16 May. Monday drivers: Rotary Daybreak, Chris and Ken, Keetha, driver needed run D, Anne and Phil, Anne and Colin, Patricia. Kitchen: Steven, Ron, Len. Tuesday drivers: Graham, John Mc, Tania and friends, Gail and Sharon, Hazel and Liz, Jackie and Bill, Kevin and Rob. Kitchen: Ashleigh, Jo, Christine, George.

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Karsten, Denise, H.W.N.Steps, driver needed run D, Rhoda and Heather, Kerry, Wendy. Kitchen: Carol, Jill, Robyn, Gerry, Ron. Thursday drivers: Stewart, Graham, Brian E, Sylvia and David, Geoff and Jane, Jan and Wendy, Linda and Nabil.

Kitchen: Lois, Christine, Robyn, John, Ron. Friday drivers: Brian C, Jan and Bob, Brian G, Vicki and Les, Dianne, Margaret and Ray, Rosalie and Jack.

Kitchen: Sandy, John, George, Cliff, Decklan.

If you are unavailable or can do an extra run, please phone the kitchen on 5449 7659.

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ed in how the Federal Budget is likely to affect you?

The Association of Independent Retirees (A.I.R.) Noosa Branch is a not for profit organisation working for the interests of self-funded and partially self-funded retirees or those about to retire.

The Noosa Branch has served the local community for over 20 years and is one of the largest in Australia.

Next general meeting will be held on 8 May at 9.45am for a 10am start at the South Pacific Resort, 179 Weyba Road, Noosaville.

Speaker is Rob McGregor from Holman McGregor Financial Services, who will give a pre-Federal Budget economic update.

The cost of $5 per person includes morning tea. Visitors are welcome.

Please call 0407 590 262 for further information or email airnoosasecretary@gmail.com.

BUSHLAND CARE THE Seaview Creek Sunshine Beach Bushcare Group will be weeding in the Noosa National Park, Parkedge Rd, on Thursday 15 May from 8am. All volunteers are welcome. Meet at the track entry gate. Tools and morning tea are provided; please bring a hat, sturdy footwear and water bottle. For inquiries phone Jill on 5447 5379. For details of other Bushland Care Groups phone Wendy May on 5485 2155 or 0419 377 423 bushcare@noosalandcare. org <mailto:bushcare@noosalandcare. org>

VIEW CLUB LUNCH THE Noosaville VIEW Club luncheon will be held on Thursday 22 May at 11am for a 11.30am start at the Tewantin/Noosa RSL. Anyone wanting to join the group should ring the lunch co-ordinator Nanette McLay at 5455 6157 by the Sunday before the meeting date.

PARKING DELAYS NOOSA Outrigger Canoe Club is holding its annual Laguna Bay Regatta this Saturday, 10 May. There will be many crews with long canoe trailers parking in The Woods between 5am and 8.30am.

Similarly there may be delays between 2pm and 3.30pm following the event conclusion. The NOCC committee says the patience of drivers during these time will be appreciated.

NATIONAL SENIORS RAAF BRANCH THE Tewantin Noosa branch of the RAAF Association is seeking new members.

It is a small group that conducts meetings, lunches and social activities.

Allied Air Force members and partners of ex-service personnel are eligible for full membership.

Contact president Patrick on (07) 5448 1457.

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letters Street without joy I WRITE in regard to the Creek Road saga. We have been residents of Creek Road for the last 16 years.

Until the introduction of bus Route 628 in 2006, our street and home enjoyed a peaceful atmosphere.

Since then, we have had to suffer 24 buses, plus school buses in a 12-hour day, seven days a week.

Who could enjoy that?

Not only do we have to endure missing out on Glen Elmes’ valued punchlines during the evening news as the bus passes, but major cracks over the years have developed in the walls of our house.

The bus nearly missed our son and grandson riding a bike on that street.

When we initially complained in 2006, took photos, made our point, we were fobbed off by all and sundry, and our arguments shoved behind the noise of the Noosa amalgamation.

We were told by the authorities that to make the route viable, it had to pass as many doors as possible, thus the transit through Creek Road and, might I add, at high speed with no regard to oncoming traffic.

We have no objection to the retirement village residents having a bus service, they deserve it, but over the years in passing the bus stop, there has more than often been no-one waiting.

Having a bus going past a retirement village is a good real estate sales pitch, therefore, we have a few suggestions to cater for all.

1. That the retirement villages build a turning point somewhere near their entrance for the bus to turn into. There is, in our opinion, ample grass space that consumes precious water to allow for this. Councillor Frank Pardon’s suggestion that Noosa Council use smaller buses makes great sense, making the above-mentioned turning circle most suitable.

2. Because the bus needs to be viable financially, it should travel up Lake Weyba Drive, into the retirement villages and past all the doors to collect the residents from there.

3. The retirement villages need to expand their existing bus services to cater to residents’ requirements, perhaps subsidised by Sunbus or whoever is pushing this. The retirement villages already own buses and need to put those to good use. Further, the residents would avoid injury as they get thrown around mercilessly, when the big buses swing around the roundabouts at uncomfortable speeds.

Bus 628 is a required service, but not in such a small residential area.

There have not been accidents, but do we have to wait until it happens?

Lord knows, it could be as the retirement village residents come out of Noosa Waters driveway, directly opposite Creek Road and Lake Weyba Drive junction when they think they have the right of way when they drive out.

Please, Keep Bus 628 strictly on Weyba Road and if absolutely necessary up Lake Weyba Drive to the retirement villages and back to Weyba Road.

Anne-Marie and Tony Jones, Noosaville.

Science speaks out THE climate deniers who induced Dr Ken Lynn to write to the paper should

Post your letters to: 36 Mary St, Noosaville 4566 or email: editor@localnewsnetwork.com.au

understand that, unlike them, he is an expert in his field of physics, the ionosphere, or the upper portion of the atmosphere.

Although he does not label himself a climate scientist, nevertheless, he is frequently called all over the world to address scientific conferences, including climate conferences.

He attended the Melbourne Climate Conference in 2011, where all present enthusiastically greeted the introduction of the carbon tax.

There were no climate deniers present at that conference to deny that anthropological warming is real. Deniers do not attend serious climate conferences.

We are fortunate to have intelligent, dedicated scientists of the calibre of Dr Lynn to relentlessly seek the truth in matters scientific.

We are likewise unfortunate that we are in the midst of people who, for whatever reason, refuse to acknowledge the truths that these scientists uncover.

Joy Ringrose, Pomona.

Flocking to park life IAN Hall made the astounding statement (Don’t Hide Koalas, Noosa Today, 1 May): “How many local residents or visitors ever see the park?”

Ian must never have been in the Noosa National Park, particularly on a weekend!

Any time I go into the park there are always thousands of locals and visitors in there, seeing the park, and enjoying its natural qualities and the views.

Noosa has an international tourism reputation, mostly because of the beauties of the Noosa National Park.

If there is ever a place where koalas will be seen, it’s Noosa National Park.

In fact, in the past, I saw koalas there so often, that I thought there was a healthy population of them, but I now know that it was just so many eyes looking out for them that I was having the same few pointed out to me time and time again.

Putting a road through the park would certainly ruin all this.

This is 2014, not 1965; we’ve all got much more enlightened ideas about the ecological, social, and economic value of the natural environment now!

Chris Andrews, Eumundi.

Said in anger I APOLOGISE to Woody Dass. That was a bit unnecessarily rude but I was angry at the time.

In reply to Geoff Lewis and Col Wheeler, you miss my point.

I attacked Case Smit for claiming the scientific credibility he does not have and was also angered by the gullible naivety of accepting the claims of John Casey.

I spoke to Case Smit some years ago and he did not understand how greenhouse gases worked, which I found unbelievable. Yes, he is now on Google with his Gallileo movement of like-minded people.

If he or they still don’t understand the climatic effect of greenhouse gases they should close up shop. In fact that is what is wrong with his group. They seem to troll the internet for anyone

who seems to support their case. They have no first-hand contact with the real science.

Instead they are always looking for “authority figures” to add to their list and to dish up an endless stream of psuedo scientific untruths.

I don’t doubt their honesty, just their sense. Yes I could give a succinct explanation but just look up “climate change and greenhouse gases” on the internet. The steady climb of CO2 is indisputable. The only question is to how it stacks up against other natural sources of climatic variability.

I am in agreement with Case Smit on the stupidity of basing our economy so strongly on coal.

Yes the economic cost to this country will be considerable if we don’t move away from it. I don’t actually have much hope of the world halting our continuing rise in CO2 emission for the reasons he mentions. Instead we should be preparing in Australia for increasingly extreme weather and on forward planning to buttress our towns, mining, livestock, agriculture and fisheries against such events. Remember, the world’s climate has already changed.

Ken Lynn, Noosaville.

True believers IT IS noticeable from the letters in the 1 May edition of Noosa Today that there are still many Australians who, despite the clear and accepted fact that our earth has not warmed for more than 16 years, continue to firmly believe in climate change/global warming.

So it is necessary to ask them if they: - Use electricity made in coal-fired power stations?

- Purchase their food, clothing etc. from shops/stores that also use “normal” electricity? Items that were transported from their original location by trucks that were made from items manufactured by factories that use electricity that comes from plants using coal to operate?

- Travel in a motor car or bus or train or airplane that is made from items that were themselves made from manufacturers who use electricity made from coal-fired plants?

- Illuminate/heat/cool their homes by ordinary electricity?

And then ask them why they do all this, instead of growing their own foods, using only electricity that comes from either wind farms or solar panels and travel by bicycle or on foot?

Geoff Cass, Tewantin.

Agreement of one ON 27 October 2013 Al Gore was interrogated by the American Senate.

There he was asked how many scientists agreed with his position on global warming.

The questioner outlined the question as such: The IPCC report claims that there are 3000 “scientists” who support Al Gore’s position, but the Meteorological Office says there are only 152 scientists who are qualified to take a position on the issue, and only nine “scientists” were involved in writing the Global Warming Chapter.

Al Gore’s answer as to the number

of “scientists” who agreed with his position - one!

Geoff Lewis, Doonan.

Language of anger CLIMATE Change - denier, skeptic insults. These terms are used to denigrate others who question the validity of the IPCC and its ever-changing variable realities (its certain uncertainties).

Let’s looks at some undeniable facts, The earth’s axis tilts between 221.1 and 24.5 degrees, this moves higher temperature zones north and south of the equator over time. The earth actually wobbles on its axis over time, the earth’s orbit around the sun changes to be more oval-like over time, the Australian continent is drifting north at 7cm a year or will be 70 metres closer to New Guinea in 1000 years (thus changing tidal flows and sea levels in the local area).

We have the El Nino and La Nina events changing the sea temperatures as the ocean currents move warmer a cooler currents around the pacific ocean. Sea level has risen 1.7mm each year around Australia since 1991 so in 100 years it may rise 17cm or just a mere handspan. Solar flares and cosmic rays alter our climate.

The so-called biggy is CO2 emissions (a la carbon pollution misnamed) which is about one half of a tenth of one per cent of our atmosphere and does not cause global warming, in fact warming sea temperatures cause oceans to release CO2 and absorb it with falling temperatures plus CO2 actually assists with plant growth (plants and trees absorb CO2).

Global temperatures have risen and fallen and risen around two degrees in the last 20,000 years, all normal climate change variations with nothing to do with CO2.

Mother nature is a wonderful thing - if it gets warmer we have more evaporation and clouds, clouds cause cooling and rain which assists plant growth that absorbs CO2, this is Mother Nature’s radiator at work.

So let’s not get too excited about anthropogenic global warming (caused by human activity) however we do need to address chemical pollution of our soils, rivers, seas and air by innovation and cleaning up some of our dirty industries and embracing nuclear, clean coal and gas power, forget solar and wind generation which are incredibly inefficient and costly. We definitely don’t need an ETS. By the way did you know that if we closed all Australian industry and took all of our motor vehicles off the road, the amount of CO2 saved over 12 months would be more than offset by increased emissions in China during the same period. Did you know Germany which had nuclear power and largely closed it down (due to pressure from the greens) to move to solar and wind energy is now building seven coal-fired power stations as solar and wind have proven to be very expensive and unreliable. Get over it - climate will always change, temperatures get hotter and colder, sea levels may rise or fall and I don’t know a polly who can change this reality.

David Wilson, Noosa Waters.

No coaching I WAS disappointed to read the article (Noosa Today, 1 May) about coaching of students to perform better in NAPLAN tests, accompanied by supportive editorial.

The whole tenor of the half-page devoted to this was that students can be coached to perform better in NAPLAN tests. Why? The NAPLAN test is a test of the school’s performance – not that of the individual student.

So why do we need to coach students? Only to benefit the school, so that it looks better compared to other schools.

According to the Education Department NAPLAN is a national test of relative performance of literacy and numeracy, and the only element being rated is the school – not the individual student.

Coaching, along with selective withdrawal of students from tests, goes against the principles for which NAPLAN was established.

Greg Clareburt, Lake MacDonald.

People want koalas THERE was an interesting letter from Ian Lawson (Noosa Today, 1 May).

Hopefully it’s a tongue-in-cheek send-up so that he can giggle himself silly sitting on the throne in anticipation of an irate reply.

Or is it a genuine belief from a dated died-in-the-wool development at any cost mentality?

That will sadly survive as a species long after the demose of the koala and many other passive lifeforms.

He asks who sees the koalas. Well who does see them nowadays?

The paltry few remaining after thousands have been destroyed yearly by human habitation, human’s carniverous pets out of control and that modern human mode of transport the motor car.

At least relocated koalas in the Noosa Headland National Park will not have to risk their lives from these human activities.

In regard to the comment how many residents and visitors see the national park, I would suggest hundreds and sometimes thousands on some days.

On several days prior to the Christmas holiday season, I personally counted over 200 people walking the coastal track from the Main Gate towards Hells Gate.

If you got off your butt and visited the National Park, you would find that the first thing visitors do is to look up into the trees to hopefully sight a koala.

Another thing you would notice is that there are many citizens well past the biblical age for mankind - threescore and 10 - doing the walks, albeit more slowly and shorter but enjoying it.

B Whelan, Noosaville.

Plebs and pensioners TONY Abbott’s new Work Choices.

This is going to hurt a lot of Australians. Stay in your present job and miss out on the Baby Bonus and also pay the Debt Tax. Or join the Plebs and Pensioners and get all the benefits.

How cruel.

E. Wright, Sunrise Beach.

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letters No place for baiting IT is very disappointing to read this, How much is an animal’s suffering worth? When did ethics and morals become so low?

My first main point is that there is no antidote for 1080 Poison and that it is a lethal poison.

If any animal eats it they die a terrible death. Many local pet dogs have died, many locals do not want this poison here.

We cannot control a crow or magpie dropping a baited piece of meat in your yard. Humans are animals also.

It is banned as too toxic in all other countries accept here and NZ. It is horrendously, cruel barbaric and has no place in the 21st century.

The animal dies in agony sometimes over days, likened by one vet as being electrocuted many times over.

Feral dogs are an urban created issue - an made. We are responsible. We should have the ethics and technology to be able to humanely kill the dogs and cats that are callously dumped creating this problem along with pig hunters, who many times lose their aggressive dogs that roam and cause more havoc.

Dingoes will remove foxes

and feral cats, they are afraid of dingoes.

Some farms use dingo urine to keep ferals away and there are humane traps and experienced shooters.

Maremma dogs are hugely successful as guardian animals, along with donkeys.

They always post “wild dogs” showing pictures of dingoes, not mentioning the dingo is a native species, has been here since before European habitation and our only top Apex predator.

1080 has secondary poisoning killing other carnivores like wedge tail eagles, which are now endangered.

It is torture, says the World League for Protection of Animals WLPA and also the HSI (Humane Society International).

Besides the immoral barbaric, ignorant cruelty. if you lose the dingo, which 1080 kills, you disrupt the environment and have poison in our environment.

You lose other species and can lose flora from over abundance of herbivores eating native saplings and rare grasses that then affects those creatures that feed off these trees and grasses, then finally and more disturbingly you have species imbalance that can affect farmers very livelihood as had happened in the Noosa Hinterland with an explosion of bush

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turkeys eating all the produce that dingoes used to regulate.

Is this what we want?

Marie-Louise Sarjeant, Tewantin.

Scientific evidence FOR a second time in a few months, Col Wheeler has written to defend Case Smit (Noosa Times, 1 May).

He is impressed with the way Mr Smit champions climate contrarianism. So impressed, that he finds Mr Smit’s observations “just about impossible to deny”.

That is a significant issue because Mr Wheeler is probably not alone in feeling this way, which illustrates beautifully the pitfalls of trying to discuss complex scientific issues in a community newspaper.

If Mr Smit had to supply full real-world evidence for his opinions, as he would in a proper scientific forum, his admirers would find them much easier to deny.

The weight of scientific evidence clearly repudiates his contrarian stance.

For example, this time last year, Mr Smit wrote “global temperature has not risen for 17 years”.

There is no evidence to support this claim. As a glance at the latest IPCC report will confirm, the opposite is the case.

Of course, I can’t expect read-

ers to take my word for this any more than Mr Smit’s.

There’s plenty of evidence to show that climate change is happening and humans are causing it, but understandably, it’s not going to be printed on the letters page or anywhere else in Noosa Today.

That’s the futility of it all.

In a newspaper, it comes down to a “we say this, they say that” contest.

That’s not how science is done.

It’s been shown that when issues are complex, most people make decisions based on emotions rather than evidence.

As we can diagnose from Mr Wheeler’s sentiments, this can cause a whole lot of damage to rational discourse on the topic.

And where does that get us?

Graham Coghill, Marcus Beach.

Anglers Bridge!

JUDGING by the number of people fishing from the Weyba Bridge I suggest it be named “Anglers Bridge”.

The track could become “Walkers Pathway”.

A nice blue green colour sounds just about right.

Laurence Trickey.

Right on to the considerate motorist who drove with their hazards on, waved other cars past and allowed others to overtake them along Walter Hay Drive. I hope your car is repaired and all is okay.

Right on to the woman on her morning walk who went out of her way to place a plastic bag in a park bin. Write off to the blackbird that pulled it back out seconds after her back was turned!

Right on to the friendly staff at The Boathouse in Noosaville for the way they engage patrons in conversation and make them feel welcome. It’s almost as spectacular as the Noosa River sunset.

Write off to the culprits responsible for purposely tipping over the rubbish bins at the childcare centre. This is the second week in the row and nappies are not a good look sprawled all over the neighbourhood. Shame on you.

To those who break glass on our streets and don’t take the effort to sweep it up - both rude and dangerous.

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two trumpets, two saxophones, and a trombone and the sound the band makes is phenomenal and irresistible.

With choreographed dancing, scripted jokes, and professional acting, you have a complete Blues Brothers entertainment package.

You can catch this awesome act for free at Tewantin Noosa RSL this Saturday, from 8pm. Phone 5447 1766 to book a table for dinner and get a prime position to catch the show.

Le Week-End TREAT Mum to a movie this weekend with the newly released Le Week-End. Le Week-End follows the story of Nick and Meg, a long-time married British couple who revisit Paris for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.

What follows is a rollercoaster ride

where wistful Nick and demanding Meg sweep through harmony to disharmony and back again as they take stock of a lifetime of tenderness and regret.

Can an unexpected invitation from a friend show Nick and Meg what their love and marriage might still become?

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Surviving the roundabout of death LIFE OF BRINE PHIL JARRATT

I DON’T know what I was thinking when I decided that a Mexican road trip would be a good idea.

Had I forgotten about the roundabout of death in Cabo? Or the hellish late night taxi ride from Huatulco to Puerto Escondido?

Apparently I had expunged these horrific memories, because we piled into a white VW Clasico on a hot afternoon at Mexico City Airport with a Google map in front of us and all hell about to break loose.

“You turn right out of the lot, then you turn first left, then right, and you are on your map,” the car rental dude said cheerily.

There were two lefts, a soft and a hard, and it became obvious fairly soon that I had chosen the wrong one.

We were trapped on the world’s largest roundabout of death in a city with a population roughly the same as Australia’s.

Road signs came up faster than I could compute while Mexican death drivers came up on me from behind at approximately three times the speed limit of 80 kilometres, flashing their lights at me to get out of their lane.

After an hour of wrong turns and scary moments in slum streets full of mangy dogs and dubious characters, I managed to pull into a service station where the only person who spoke English was a pretty young girl who was either a doctor, or was going to the doctor, now that she had picked up her repaired car.

Our route paralleled hers, so she drew a little mud map of where to go after she had left us, put her hazard lights on and led us bravely into the screaming traffic. I like to think of her as a doctor, saving lives on a daily ba-

It was all too much for this sleepy member of the audience.

The Lila Downs Band, live and free.

People watching from the balcony.

A restaurant at Mision San Manuel. sis, because she certainly saved ours.

Dr Angel, perhaps.

The massive sprawl of the capital (that Mexicans call simply “Mexico” as if there was not much beyond it) finally gave way to a slow climb through dry gulches and rolling hills, the traffic abated and my blood pressure backed off a little, and then suddenly on a stretch of two-lane highway there were two trucks side by side coming towards me.

I hit the verge and prayed. Maybe I closed my eyes. We all made it. Heart pumping again, palms sweating, I drove on into the afternoon.

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I hit the verge and prayed. Maybe I closed my eyes. We all made it. Heart pumping again, palms sweating, I drove on into the afternoon.

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Good advice. Of course you’re not going to leave your car unlocked in a city square in Mexico, but I’d like a peso for every time I’ve been warned by people who’ve never been, or maybe went once many years ago, that if the cartels don’t kill you and sell your body parts to dying rich gringos, then the Federales will lock you up and let you starve until you give them enough money to buy a house.

Maybe I’m just blessed, but apart from the fact that they drive like people who have no regard for the sanctity of human life, I’ve always found Mexicans in general to be among the sweetest, most obliging people on earth.

Erdo, the guest manager, said he had a room for 400 pesos (about $35) signed us in and showed through the atrium restaurant to our room out back.

“Careful here, slippery from the cooking grease,” he warned as we negotiated a cobblestone climb past the kitchen and up to our room, a basic but clean and pleasant space, with a little desk by the window where I could write.

Erdo handed me a tiny card with numbers on it. “Your wi fi code, senor.”

“You have wi fi?”

“Of course, free but not very good.

Don’t try to watch Youtube.”

I told him we’d stay two days, and we went out into the colonnaded square, bathed in late afternoon sun, with thousands of people clustered around a huge stage at the opposite end of the park.

We sat down at a table in the shade of the row of hotels and restaurants and ordered Modelo beers and tequila shots. We discovered that this was a public holiday, that Patzcuaro was in the middle of a two-week cultural fiesta, and that Lila Downs, one of Mexico’s biggest singing stars, was about to perform a free concert. Bueno!

We downed our drinks, picked up some slushy margaritas from the takeout bar on the corner, and edged closer to the stage.

Families had spread out sunset picnics on the grass, and every tiny balcony overlooking the square was packed with revellers. When Ana Lila Downs Sanchez hit the stage, the place erupted.

She was forty-something, feisty and fabulous - great voice, great band. Suddenly the perils of the road seemed like someone else’s nightmare.

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Golf day proves a hit PERFECT weather created ideal conditions for the annual Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club Golf Day held at Noosa Springs Golf Course, last Friday.

Locals teed off all in the name of charity to raise funds to purchase essential lifesaving equipment for the club.

Noosa Heads Surf Club general manager Anton Mogg said it was a “good day had by all” on a “magnificent course”.

“We want to thank Noosa Springs golf course,” he said.

“They have been a major sponsor for over 15 years now.”

Mark Brady, Glenn Puckeridge, Noosa Surf Club general manager Anton Mogg, Ron Lane and Greg Cowie.

David Langdon, Steven Johnston and Steve Austin.

Roslyn Caplan, Jan Kelly, Roy Crombie and John Last.

Ashley Little, Tony Hack, Mark McGowan and Matt Black.

Chris Wood, David Butler, Tim McKiernan and Steve Grey.

Peter Trompf, Scott McKenzie and James Gellie.

Chris Burton, Stuart Beakey, Sheldon Schulz and Brian Gibson.

Jay Hansard, Tim Storrer and Aaron Jaques.

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Outdoor movies GRAB the family, a picnic blanket and come along to enjoy outdoor movies in Cooroy and Eumundi this weekend, thanks to Starry Night Movies.

Family favourite Brave (G) will be screening on top of the Cooroy Library tomorrow night, from 6.30pm, with free entry.

Brave is a story of Merida, a skilled archer and headstrong daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor, who inadvertently unleashes chaos on the kingdom. Merida must learn the true meaning of bravery to undo a beastly curse before it’s too late.

Enjoy a time warp with Back to the Future (PG) screening at the Eumundi Amphitheatre on Saturday night, also from 6.30pm.

Follow the adventures of Marty McFly, a typical 1980s American teenager who is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time machine invented by a slightly mad scientist.

Entry to the Eumundi outdoor movie is by donation.

For more information on Starry Night Movies or to sponsor an event, phone 0458 128 020.

Spinning a series of good yarns

By TESSA MAPSTONE IF YOU thought only professional writers, film-makers and photographers could tell a great story that audiences across the country would see, think again.

Local ABC Open producer Jo Joyce has been collecting videos, photography and written works from ordinary people across the Sunshine Coast and hinterland for the last three years.

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I think people are more interested in people than they are in news…

Regular contributor Monique Delanoue, of Eumundi, submitted her lightpainting photograph.

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Jo Joyce They have featured on ABC radio, television and online, and a collection of more than 50 contributions from Sunshine Coast locals will be on show at the Noosa Regional Gallery from 15 May. Ms Joyce said most people have the capacity to tell a good story and have the advantage of an intimate knowledge of their community.

“They’re able to tell a story from a grass roots angle, they’re not journalistic about it,” she said.

“I think there’s a freedom about that to tell a very human interest story and I think people are more interested in people

than they are in news.”

The exhibition will offer the chance to develop your own skills through free workshops.

“There are some really key principles to good storytelling and I think they can be learnt really easily but you need someone to teach

you,” Ms Joyce said.

“ABC Open gives the guidance to help people tell the stories that matter to them in a way that they can connect with others.”

Exhibition Launch with ABC local radio presenter Mary-Lou Stephens - 17 May,

2pm.Coffee and Conversations - 4 June, 3pm.

Snapped Instagram Workshop - 7 June, 1pm.

Snapped Photo Walk -15 June, 10am.

500 Words Writing Workshop - 20 June, 3pm.

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Thursday 8 May 6.30pm: Cafe Le Monde: Matt Stillet, Shannon Sol Carroll and Dave Flower for Noosa Songwriter’s Guild.

7pm: Tewantin Noosa RSL: Kool Vibe.

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8pm: Tewantin Noosa RSL: Industry of Kool.

8pm: Cafe Le Monde: DJ Jasti and Elleyet.

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term to don aprons and roll up their sleeves for some hands on A SPLASH of wine and a burst mentoring. of flames kicked off the eighth Market manager Peter Homan Market Chef cooking series at said the focus was really on local Eumundi last Wednesday, bring- produce and teaching students, ing top chefs and school students and market-goers, what to do together to celewith it. brate local food.

“I think it’s Chefs from those little things some of the rethat you don’t see gion’s best resyour mum and taurants will be dad doing often on hand over the at home that renext eight weeks ally make a difto offer up their ference,” he said. tips and tech“Those real tricks niques alongside of the trade.” delicious dishes Mr Homan cooked in front said he was blown of the market away by the enaudience. thusiastic response Bohemian Market Chef has Bungalow headhad from local chef Bryce Darestaurants, and vis was the first the students’ cookto bring his flaing impressed him vour and flair too.

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retire today Muscle up KEEPING a good muscle reserve is essential to support immune systems, help keep body organs going, help repair wounds, act in diabetes control and enable the avoidance of the nasty consequences of falling over, among other things.

Research findings: During an acute illness a loss of five per cent of body muscle - potentially contained in about 5kg weight loss for a 65-70kg person - slows wound healing and affects the function of internal organs.

When 20 per cent is lost, organs begin to fail.

Ageing is itself not an acute illness but the effects are the same when enough muscle is lost.

Eat To Cheat Ageing explains what your body and brain need to help you hold onto your precious independence - it’s scientifically based but gives easy-to-understand advice on the nutrients of greatest importance to ageing bodies, on what to eat to get them, on diabetes, dementia, bodyweight and more.

There is unique advice on eating before surgery to minimise infection and assist recovery, and eating in the lead-up to cancer treatment to help you prepare for what may be ahead.

The book provides three simple eating plans: one for those still fit, well and active; one for those who have become frail, and another for those somewhere in between.

The website www.eattocheatageing.com. au provides an ongoing access point for information and new research on ageing and health.

Diet is the key to TOO many of Australia’s senior citizens are unwittingly starving themselves into ill health and physical decline, according to a book just launched in Australia today.

“Eat to Cheat Ageing” by specialist geriatric dietitian Ngaire Hobbins argues that many older Australians are consuming insufficient protein and other vital nutrients that could help their bodies and brains confront the challenges of age.

Too little protein especially, when combined with a sedentary lifestyle, is slowly robbing too many older Australians of muscle, leading to frailty and disability. That, combined with too few antioxidants, vitamins and minerals in real food is hampering their brains and other body systems, the book says.

“As a clinical dietitian advising older patients, I have seen it too many times - people 65 years plus with diets more in keeping with people 20 years younger. They present with atrophied, wasted muscles and live within an endless, vicious loop

- they lack strength so they do less physically which leads to even less strength and a seemingly endless array of complaints and illnesses that result from inadequate diets.

“Muscles are the key to healthier old age and muscles depend on exercise and an adequate intake of protein - which means more, not less, protein when you are older to remain strong and effective. That’s

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retire today good health “I often hear them say ‘but I don’t need as much now I’m older’, ‘I just don’t feel as hungry’ or ‘I’m overweight, surely I should be eating less?’”

But according to Ms Hobbins, all older people, including even those who are considered overweight are at high risk of losing critical muscle mass if they lose weight.

“It is possible to limit that loss by doing plenty of targeted, well planned exercise while getting the protein muscles need. Too many people instead lose weight either unintentionally or by dieting and that ultimately ends in frailty and ill health.

“My clear advice to older Australians is this: being a bit overweight is better for your health than being very lean. The science is quite clear: people older than 65 or so who are a bit heavier than ‘normal’ weight, have fewer health problems and are likely to live longer than those who are slimmer. Strange, perhaps, but true.”

The burden of poor eating extends into the already overstretched health systems. That burden in-

cludes longer hospital stays, extended healing and recovery times, increased chance of infection, general illness and falls. Many of these problems can be reduced by just getting people to eat what ageing bodies really need.

And, as Ms Hobbins notes, “eating well might not be able to save everyone from dementia, but it will certainly help minimise the weight and muscle loss that makes the illness worse”.

According to Ms Hobbins: “The consequences of not eating when you really need the food can be downright disastrous - people are actually starving themselves into weight loss, illness and declining mental and physical abilities that all too quickly snatch away precious independence.

“In truth, significant health cost savings as well as vast improvements to quality of life are there to be made among older Australians simply by virtue of them eating sufficient of the foods - in particular, the protein - they need in old age,” Ms Hobbins said.

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Ms Hobbins believes that the deficient eating habits of older Australians are a carry over from when they were younger.

“For years, when younger, people struggled to ‘eat right’ and not too much. The pinnacle of good nutrition was a plate piled high with vegies and a salad. Quite right then, but not adequate to confront the challenges age imposes on our bodies. Those greens are still needed but, now, meats and cheeses should loom larger in the nutrition picture.

“Why? Because your muscles need extra protein now: they underpin the immune system, help maintain body organs, help wounds to heal, assist in diabetes control and provide back-up fuel for the brain.

Muscles have always done that but their role is more critical at later age when mounting wear and tear and slowing body sytems take effect.

From now on, eating right can be as easy as putting protein front and centre in most meals and staying active so you don’t short change your muscles.

“It is often difficult to convince older Australians that they need to eat more of anything.

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pet mate Anxiety apart from the pack

By KATRINA BOYD SEPARATION anxiety is an extremely common problem with domestic dogs.

But, why is this so?

Dogs are a pack animal and their desire to be near their pack is instinctual. While we cannot change their instincts, we can condition them to being left on their own.

One of the biggest mistakes we make is not conditioning your new puppy to being on its own. So often we get new puppies and spend as much time as possible with them, you may even take time off work.

I think it’s great that we dedicate time to spend with the pup but you should spend time conditioning your puppy for what you want in the future.

Generally, the first things people focus on are ‘sit’ and ‘stay’, etc. But obedience at this age is not as crucial as ensuring your pup doesn’t develop behavioural problems.

The best thing you can do for your puppy is create distance in the home, I highly recommend a play pen and a crate. Both these will help contain your pup and prevent your puppy from over bonding to you and your family.

The puppy may cry when you leave the room but as long as you do not

come back to them they will learn that you will come back but not when they are crying. Obviously, you have to ensure your puppy is safe in the pen or crate but generally they are just calling you back. It’s never nice to hear a puppy cry but what you do in those first few days can help your dog for a life time.

The added bonus of using a play pen or crate is preventing your puppy toileting all over your home. If you contain your puppy correctly and take them out at the right times you could have your pup toilet training within one or two weeks.

Every week I see clients who feel trapped in their homes, their dog cries or howls, digs or destroys things, or escape or barks every time they leave the house.

What we don’t realise is that we have trained the dog to be near us all the time.

Because we feel guilty leaving them we over compensate when we are back at home. Unfortunately, this is just adding to the problem.

Sometimes just putting your dog in the backyard and not allowing them to follow you around the house will help.

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I would love my dogs to be with me 24/7 and while I would be fulfilled by that I would destroy my dog’s ability to wait at home when I’m out.

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“I understand how important it is for people to feel and offer value within our community but for many of us, that’s a really difficult thing to achieve.

“Share Shop solves that problem. From stay-at-home mums and dads, retirees and students, unemployed to self-employed and small business owners, Share Shop empowers members to share their own unique gift and talent with the world, making a meaningful contribu-

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The launch of Share Shop, held at Boat House last Tuesday, showcased a sample of the online community’s 400-strong membership base and highlighted the level of quality and diversity found around the country.

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However, there are many ‘mum and dad’ potential investors who question whether they can afford to purchase an additional property while continuing to repay their home loan. Using equity may provide a solution.

Often, people who have paid off all or part of their home borrow against the equity they have built up over time - the difference between a home’s market value and the unpaid balance of the home loan - to finance the deposit for an investment property purchase.

In my opinion, it tends to be an ‘old school’ notion that repaying a home loan in full is a must-do before purchasing more properties. Home owners who want to build a property portfolio quickly may consider this strategy as it enables them to capitalise earlier on the inroads they’ve already made with repaying their home loan.

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MUM of two Kym Foster knows all too well that life is expensive, but the innovative local has developed a unique way to share the burden and enjoy life’s luxuries with the latest business development, Share Shop.

Speaking at the Share Shop showcase launch at the Boat House last Tuesday, Ms Foster said the idea for Share Shop formed in her mind after experiencing the restriction and frustration of a tight budget.

“I realised that everyone has something that someone else wants,” she said.

“What if friends could share their gifts, talents, services and products with a like-minded community?”

This question began the development of Share Shop - an online, Australia-wide community of individuals and businesses who want to share their knowledge, products, skills and gifts in exchange for points.Points can be accumulated and then used to buy other services .

“This aspect does not diminish the value of offerings but rather adds a refreshing alternative to the current commercial marketplace with a spirit of sharing thrown openly into the mix,” Ms Foster said.

The Share Shop community invites anyone to participate and welcomes different services, skills and specialist interests.

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Noosa dining An evolving menu and a close relationship with head chef Emmett Malone helps to spice up the seasonal dishes and offer fresh variety for regulars, Laila said.

“It is important to adapt to the needs of the location and customer base,” she said.

“We listen carefully to our regulars, which include our lovely locals and those regulars who return once or twice a year whenever they holiday in Noosa.

“Without them, we would not be a successful business.”

A regular offering of events and specials has helped Sirocco attract new diners and continue the restaurant’s success, Andy said.

“As we look back over the past five years, we have established some great events at the restaurant including our regular Beer, Bugs and Beef lunches, the popular Ladies Lunch and specialised wine dinners,” he said.

“We are also thrilled to have become part of the Noosa International Food and Wine festival, which is such a great event that showcases the diversity of good food on offer in Noosa.”

To celebrate Sirocco’s fifth birthday, Laila and Andy have put together some great specials for the month of May, including a two-course dinner for $39.50 and three-course dinner for $59.50, from Tuesday to Thursday.

Sirocco also offers Family Sundays where you can receive a free kid’s meal with any adult main meal, for children under 12 years.

For more information on Sirocco’s month of celebrations and specials, phone 5455 6688. Sirocco is at 2/257 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville and is open Tuesday to Sunday, with breakfast available from 7.30am to 11am, lunch from noon to 2.30pm and dinner from 5.30pm to late.

Sirocco owners Andy and Laila.

Dim Sum Lunch Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12 – 3 pm $32 banquet

Dinner Tuesday - Saturday.

Bar open from 5pm.

Embassy XO head chef Joo

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Chefs serve up a treat THE Noosa Food and Wine Festival is set to sizzle with Boathouse’s executive chef Shane Bailey hosting a night of divine food, wine and stunning water views.

Shane will be joined by awardwinning chef Spencer Patrick, the co-owner of Harrison’s, Port Douglas’s only One Hat rated restaurant.

Spencer said his culinary style is drawn from his training in classic French cuisine, as well as a love for all things English.

“I believe good food can be enjoyed anywhere in the world, but what better place to enjoy it than in paradise - whether that be in Port Douglas or Noosaville for the Food and Wine Festival,” he said.

Together, Shane and Spencer will host an evening of food and wine, starting with canapes on the deck served with cocktails alongside stunning sunset views.

Shane has designed the entree and guests can expect spanner crab with Thai herbs, paw paw, chilli and Huon salmon pearls. While Spencer will present a selection of dishes for the main course including Chermoula rubbed game farm spatchcock with corn and mixed grain, Bundy braised cape grim beef short rib and a vegetarian option of organic beetroot and sweet potato gnocci.

To finish, diners will be treated to one of Spencer’s signature dishes;

Treat mum at the RSL

By JOLENE OGLE SHOW your Mum you care with a threecourse luncheon at Tewantin Noosa RSL. At only $20.90 for members and $23.90 for non-members, it’s great value.

This lunch is sure to impress with a good selection of dishes available for each course plus the Mum’s lunch price includes a rose and glass of champagne or wine.

For entree there is a selection of three house made gourmet soups - camembert and cauliflower, cream of chicken and corn, and roasted pumpkin - served with bread roll and butter.

Food and Wine Festival Chef Dinner treacle tart “ish” with salted pecan praline, burnt butter ice-cream and lemon powder.

All meals will be served with matching wines, so you can truly enjoy a culinary experience.

The event will be held at Noosa Boathouse on Sunday 18 May, from

5pm. Tickets are available now and cost $110 per person and includes cocktails with canapes, dinner, dessert and matching wines.

To purchase your ticket, visit www.noosafoodandwine.com.au/ sunday and look for Session 152.

The event will be held at Noosa Boathouse on Sunday 18 May, from 5pm.

Mains offer a choice of gourmet meals ensuring there is something that Mum and you will love.

Choose from three roasts - Dijon parsley and garlic roasted rump, roasted garlic and rosemary lamb leg and succulent roasted pork leg - all served with roasted vegetables, peas, honey carrots, gravy and condiments.

I H S U S E C E I P 40 95 8 3 PLATTER $

Or feast on grilled barramundi and prawns served with chips, salad and creamy garlic sauce, beer battered or crumbed sweetlip served with chips, salad and tartare sauce, crumbed lime cracked pepper prawns and calamari crackle served with chips and salad, or a 200 gram CAAB rump steak served with chips, salad and choice of house sauce.

There is also a selection of kids’ meals with chicken strips, crumbed calamari, kids’ steak or grilled, battered or crumbed fish.

As if that wasn’t enough, top it all off with a selection of sweet sensations from the selfserve dessert buffet.

WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS

New Evening Menu

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T : 07

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There are two sittings, with the first at 11.30am to 1.30pm and then 1.30pm to 3.00pm. Bookings are highly recommended at reception or on 5447 1766.

SUNDAY MAY 11TH Set Menu Your choice of Entrée and Main course for $35.90 per head

ENTRÉE Lobster bisque with parmesan twists Crispy pork belly on pear and caulilower puree

MAINS Fillet mignon served with sweet potato gallette, baby broccolini and leek inished with Villa spiced butter Conit duck Maryland served atop a grilled peach and Swill chard salad dressed with a pomegranate glaze Cone Bay Barramundi oven baked. Served with a lemon and dill polenta.

Topped with prosciutto wrapped aspargus inished with capsicum coulis

DESSERTS Desserts available on the day check with our friendly wait staf for the day’s selections

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COMPUTERS

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CLASSES AND TUITION

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PHONE PETER

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CHRIS REEVE & CO Solicitors

2033

Servicing the Noosa community since 1979 in all areas of law Suite 15 Tewantin Plaza 113 Poincianna Ave. Tewantin Q. 4565

Ph: 5449 7500 Fax: 5449 9957 E: reeve@chrisreeve.com.au

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MARRIAGE CELEBRANTS

Registered Marriage Celebrant

2057

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LEGAL

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2066

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5446 3375 - 0438 140 362

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2050

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TREE REMOVAL MULCHING STUMP GRINDING G

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2026

5485 1287

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SERVICING NOOSA & DISTRICTS

2138

2030

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2007

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Classifieds St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church SUNDAY SERVICES 9am including Kids Church & 9 Sunday School & 7pm

EUMUNDI - NOOSA - SUNSHINE COAST 15 MINUTES FROM NOOSA

2001

(07) 5442 8275 2582

212 Seib Rd, Eumundi

www.eumundipetresort.com.au

UNITING CHURCH 0414 529 183

$335 p/w $480 p/w $480 p/w $480 p/w

Shop 10/203 Gympie Tce, Noosaville

2002

Sunshine Beach Furnished 1 bedroom, courtyard, garden shed, carport Noosaville Fully furnished, 2 beds, carport, walk to river Noosa Heads 3 bed, timber floors, air-con, deck, large backyard, share pool, garage Castaways Beach Fully furn, 4 beds, 2 baths, family/study, double L/U gar Marcus Beach 4 beds, 2 baths, modern kitchen, 2 car garage, walk to beach Noosaville Fully furn, 4 bed, 2 bath, media, pool, includes pool, garden maint

$250 p/w $350 p/w $430 p/w $630 p/w $650 p/w $780 p/w

FOR MORE INFORMATION

5449 7708

To inspect contact the Property Manager on 07 5448 0444 To arrange a free rental appraisal contact Maree Rodgers

www.rosecallaghanrealty.com.au

NOOSA QUEEN i e uises. $ su set uise. Ph: . oosa uee . o

PUBLIC NOTICES & EVENTS

Notice of road closure

COURSES TO LET LIVING YOGA CLASSES, Coo oy & Eu u di. Tuesday, Thu sday, F iday o i gs. Sa dy . Esta lished .

Further information may be obtained from TESS on 0407 377 210.

2581-118 1133923-LB19-14

CALL US TODAY TO DISCUSS YOUR ADVERTISING!

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FOR SALE

FOR ALL INSPECTIONS & ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CALL ROBERT JAMES REALTY 07 5455 8700

FACTORY SECONDS NEW & SECOND HAND Fridges, Washers, Dishwashers, Aircon, Stoves, Dryers

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1133863-HM19-14

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1133867-LB19-14

FELLOWSHIP DRIVE, DOONAN will be closed to ALL traffic from 9am to 2pm on the 15th May. From a point past the entrance to the BUNKER up to the entrance drive to the House With No Steps.

TEWANTIN NOOSA GOLF CLUB, ould like to ad ise that the Calla ay Golf Clu s a d Bag Raffle d a date has ee ha ged f o to F iday d May to Thu sday th Ju e . Ma age e t apologies fo a y i o e ie e.

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PUBLIC NOTICES & EVENTS

5/46 Duke Street, Sunshine Beach Phone 5448 0444

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Sunday Services

Riverfront Indian Curry & Continental Café

APARTMENTS

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Classifieds

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Cnr Beckmans Road and St Andrews Drive, Tewantin Rev Keith Mayers 5445 9209 R

Large Grassed Exercise Area Dog & Cat Accommodation

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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Est 1989

Resort

TO LET 1133793-LB19-14

CHURCH NOTICES

PET CARE

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Noosa Dolphins Junior Union Under 8

By JODIE BUSHBY

TWO great games were played at the carnival by the under-8s. Benny Graf’s tackling game was outstanding as usual and so was Dylan Alchin who earned himself player of the day. Joshy Palmer, Lochlan Johnson and Lachlan Neville also had a great game, with awesome ball running from Taj Egea and Johannes Dwyer.

Under 15 UNDER-15 A played Gympie at Gympie. The game was played in tough wet conditions. After a solid start the Noosa boys controlled possession and skipped to a 18-0 lead at the break. The conditions worsened in the second half. To their credit, Noosa kept trying their plays and produced solid defence to run out 34-8 winners. A special mention to Blake, Mason and Lincoln for stepping up from the under-14s to help our side out as we were down on troops. Best wishes to Harry Cook who broke his leg at training last week hope you are back on your feet soon.

Under 7 White

Under 14B THE boys travelled to Bribie at the crack of dawn and had their best game of the year by far. Led by John Freeman and a very committed pack of forwards the team was up 10-0 early after two cracking tries from Brandon Collins. In a tight first half, the boys went to the break leading 10-8.

The second half started poorly with the kick-off going out on the full and the momentum shifting dramatically with Bribie scoring three quick tries to take a 22-10 lead.

The boys showed how committed they are to each other by grinding back into the game, with Austin scoring a sensational double and converting out wide. The back line attack is improving every week.

The last five minutes was frantic but the boys just missed out on the win. The encouragement award went to Brant Moore for the game of his life and Brandon Collins earning player of the match for an unbelievable game in both attack and defence. We all wish Brandon all the best after having to go to hospital with an arm injury.

Dolphins U7s 30. Credit to Palmwoods they kept turning up. The last 15 minutes saw a lot of missed chances and luckily the Gold goal line defence was solid. The boys hung on to the lead winning in the end 14-10. Player of the match with big numbers both in attack and defence was Ethan, top tackler was JJ and the hit up king P.J. Hill.

Under 9 Blue Under 13 A ALL the boys started well until Kawana scored a questionable intercept try and then began dominating play. The Pirates staged a comeback towards the end of the first half and looked to have finally woken up to fact they are capable of beating this team. But for too many periods in the game the Pirates defence was too soft and allowed Kawana to dominate play. Ollie was the star of the team today in both attack and defence, but if the rest show up with the same attitude he did and play to their potential, no other team will beat them.

Under 13 B NOOSA under-13 B lost to Palmwoods 38-12. After a three-week break the boys struggled this week against a much improved Palmwoods. Ineffective tackling let them down. Special mention to Chase, Hayden and Owain. Player of the match was Chase McChesney.

Under 12 Gold GOLD took on Palmwoods and in the early exchanges the team definitely turned up to play, scoring two tries to race out to a good lead 100. Then the armwrestle began with both teams playing some good football and some ill-disciplined footy, a good try to Floyd Nowill had Gold skip out to a 14-0 lead. Just on half time the defence let in a try. Halftime scores 14-4.

In the second half, Gold had the wind behind their backs, but a mistake in the first set, seem to set the standard for the rest of the half, and while ball control was not at its best, the defence was.

Gold really struggled to get to a kick as Palmwoods kept the pressure on, and although Gold kept giving the ball back, they managed to get over the line albeit by running around. The score was now 14-10 with 15 to go. A good defence led by Ethan Condon, Jaidyn ’JJ’ Jayaraj and Dylan Cross kept the boys in the game.

Unfortunately, they couldn’t land the killer blow, There were many chances and if they had held on to the ball they would have won by

metres of the try line. A very good effort with multiple personal bests across the field but extra standouts go to Kaiden Collins for his efforts tackling their ‘giant’ and Micheal McManus for some outstanding runs. I would also like to mention Jack Ritchie and Liam Fox for some awesome try saving.

Under 12 Blue NOOSA Blue played Kawana at home this weekend and all the boys had a great game. Two of the boys who put an extra effort in are Josh Wessling and Max Webster.

Under 11 Gold NOOSA U11 Gold capped of a big week at training with a solid win over Beerwah White. The team’s defensive line was outstanding, with every player contributing.

Jackson Beaumont’s cover defence was awesome and Jack Munce had his best tackling game of the year.

Our halves Levi McLean and Liam Langton guided the team around beautifully, giving Javier Iriondo, Aston Steele, Liam Trevanion and Taj Johstone room to move on the edges. Final score Noosa 36 d Beerwah 6.

Under 11 Blue UNDER-11 Blue came within two minutes of scoring their first win for the year. After a brilliant first half, the boys went to the break 10-6 up and full of go. The Caboolture side held out Blue’s constant attacks in the second half to their credit, with Noosa also holding out their raids on the Blue line, but there can only be one winner and Caboolture’s man mountain crashed over from short range with only two minutes left and kicked the goal to lead 12-10.

Not giving up, Noosa Blue took a short kick off, regained the ball and with 40 seconds left got within five

WHAT a great two games the under-9 Blue team had at the carnival.

The first game was against Caboolture and the Blues started off well with some great passing and attack play, leading to Joel scoring a blistering sidestepping try. This was backed up with some good tackles and defence work, which had been practised at training. Tammin was bustling in her attack, with Erik always backing up and scoring a great runaway try. Nathaniel was eager for the ball, doing lots of hit ups and he got himself a try for all his effort.

Max worked hard all game and Kye was great at backing up.

The second game saw Blue take on Bribie Island, and after some coaching and a pep talk by Russell in between the games, the team took to the field with lots of enthusiasm.

Joel made an awesome break with a fantastic offload which led to Ivan scoring a try. Mitchell and Ryan were strong in defence with some great tackles around the legs. Liam kept his legs pumping with a big hit up and came oh, so close to a try.

Jack took the ball up and got through the defence to score. Another try to Ivan as he burrowed across the line.

Erik was tireless in attack and defence in both games, which led him to being player of the match. Special thanks to Angus, Russell and David who helped with the team today in Darren and Coby’s absence.

UNDER-7 White had their first carnival at Maroochydore this weekend and for once the weather was perfect footy weather. Maroochydore ran an excellent carnival, all the Sunshine White boys left with a spring in their step. Cooper Drinnan was bouncing out of the line and tackling everyone in sight. He also put on the best left foot step that not only did he get the opposition to move with him, the side line went left as well leaving a massive gap on the right for Cooper to run through and score a try.

Sam Proctor decided running backwards in defence might work best, he quickly remembered what to do and was back to chopping players down at the legs. Joe Tolano looks more confident and was making metres every time he got the ball. Rhy North was super elegant in defence and attack. Rhy made use of the footy every chance he got. Bailey Hozier won the bravery award today when he was was taken by an excellent tackle from a Caboolture player.

It was such an excellent tackle, it would have most adults limping for a week. To his credit he was quickly back up making tackles and scoring a few tries. Birthday boy Lachlan Ward grew to another level today, getting a meat pie (try) on his special day. Lucas Byers bounced back from an early knock and was eager to get his hands on the footy and have a run. Finally, Bailey Drinnan loved his day on the field. He moved forward with every carry he got. He and his twin brother must chase after each other a lot because they are tackling out of their skin. We had a full team of players for the match this weekend.

Under 7 Yellow THIS week under-7 Yellow played two games in the Maroochydore Carnival. In the first match against Caboolture, Riley showed how far he is progressing with straight hard running up the middle, deservedly earning him player of the match. In the second match Aric impressed with outstanding defence, tackling anyone and everyone. This tough determination earned him the player of the match against Bribie Island.

Special mention also to Kaleb and Brandon for their hard running and great defence in both games.

Under 9 White THE boys played two great games of footy against Maroochydore and Coolum. Team work was excellent with the boys putting into practice what they’d been learning at training.

Exceptional ball skills were shown by half back Nic Tindall and full back Jed Bullman. The forwards made lots of strong hit ups creating opportunities for the backs later in the tackle count with many try scorers. Defensive pressure was good with all players contributing and sticking to the game plan. Wingers Ryan and Jordan both had great games and held their positions.

Player of the match went to all the boys.

Under 7 Blue UNDER-7 Blue came up against Stanley Rivers and Caboolture in the Maroochydore Carnival. In the first game Jared earned player of the match for his awesome attitude, showing strength and determination especially in his powerful defence.

Brandon continued to show his ability to run straight and hard, breaking through Stanley Rivers’ defensive line again and again. In the second match, Hayden made some great ground up the middle and his defence was rock solid throughout the whole game, earning him player of the match against Caboolture. Special mention to Cooper for an outstanding try.

Dolphins do it by the book

By JOE JURISEVIC U13 Noosa 58 d Maroochydore 0 THE under-13s showed up to play rugby with textbook rugby on display. All members contributed to the success. A captain’s effort from Tom Payne in defence and attack with four tries and one conversion. Vice-captain Harry Barnett chipped in with three tries.

Hayden Lumsden and Luke Bourne scored a try apiece, while Yvahn Allsworth (2), Tom Payne(1) and Jayden Hebin-Botha (1) kept the scoreboard ticking over with conversions. Flynn Enright, Casey Allen and Conen Seabrook received the Sonny Payne’s Spirit of Rugby Award, for playing for Maroochydore Swans and making a game of it.

U10 Eumundi Dragons 27 d Noosa 24 A well organised and committed Dragons side deservedly won this game having had the majority of possession and territory throughout, especially in the second half which saw them fight back from a 17-10 deficit to score three straight tries and then hold on to take victory. Although the Fins fought hard to get back into contention, their time ran out. A hat-trick of long distance solo tries

by Lockie Dudgeon was the highlight. Try scorers: Lockie Dudgeon 3, Jarrah Charlesworth.

Player of the match was Lockie Dudgeon.

U9 Noosa Fins 65 d Brothers Rhinos 50 The boys started 100 miles per hour.

Break down was superb putting a lot of pressure on the opposition with kids running hard through their line. The boys were tackling everything on that field, but the other side was fighting for every inch of the field.

Great tackles by Sam, Cam, Joel, Max and Oliver were great in the breakdown, with all 13 players playing a fantastic game. Try scorers were Jackson with four, Andrew, Kye and Fynn with two each, Hunter, Bailey and Tane with one.

Player of the match was Bailey.

U7 Noosa Fins 32 d Maroochydore 28 The Fins took the lead early with tries being scored one for one, until a nail-biting final try was scored by Charlie Lambert in the final minutes of the game. Other try scorers included Thomas Russell, Ashton Rogers for one try each, Brandon Gesell two, and Kane Shedlock for three tries.

Player of the match was Thomas Russell for his consistent defence and dedicated attack.

U6 Noosa Fins v St Andrew’s The little Fins were on fire today with a convincing effort against St Andrew’s. The pace was lightning with all the boys showing eagerness to the game following a great training session on Friday. Rory, Gus and Brandon were flying through the opposition at every opportunity. Myles and George were fantastic in defence. Jackson, Phoenix and Julian were eyes on the ball and showed great improvement this week. A special mention goes to Phoenix for his dedication this week.

Player of the match was George White.

U6 Reds 45 drew Brothers 45 Conor and Charlie both dotted down several tries with support of Angus and Stirling.

Jaxon and Jax terrorised on defence while Zac punched above his weight with some blistering sideline runs. Harry gets special mention for pulling on the Brothers jersey showing great sportsmanship.

Player of the match was Harry Robson.

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Mixing it up

By ANITA ANDERSON LAST week’s senior touch mixed games provided some interesting match-ups and varied results. In a close encounter, RSOR 7 came out on top against Cartwrights 6, and Phantoms 8 outplayed Good Shepherd (gold) 4. Keba 7 continued their winning streak with a win over Bee Man 2 and in a game that went down to the wire All Stars 6 got the points against Buccaneers 5. There was another tight match up with RSL Cougars 6 defeating CSR 5.

In other results Good Shepherd 8 had a win over All Coast Roofing 5, Bandits 14 ran away with the game against Cruzers 6 and Breakaway Marine and Madills played out a nailbiting five-all draw. Slippery Eels 11 defeated Reapers 7, Noosa Surf Club 13 were too strong for Gotchas 6 and Atmosphere 10 accounted for Fumble That 2.

The Wednesday ladies competition saw Heidi’s Body and Skin Care 7 have a win against Noosa 12s 2, ABL Driving School 9 were too strong for

Sunshine Beach 1 and in a close tussle Fig Jam 4 were eventual winners over Rissoles 3.

Close games were the order of the night in the men’s competition. Several drawn games and the biggest winning margin was just three touchdowns. Ultra Tune 7 had a win over Noosa Tens 4, Hangloosa 7 had a narrow defeat against Misfits 8, Evolution 8 got the points against Madills 5 and Noosa 9s 6 had a hard-fought win over Energex 5. With identical scorelines, Aphrodite 7 defeated Melco 6 and Cartwrights 7 proved too strong for Beach Sports 6.

Finally, two games that both resulted in draws, DRM Construction and Pomona Realty four-all and Magnesium Australia and Pohutuhutu eight-all.

JUNIORS Another round of fantastic junior touch games were played last week.

In the under-14/16 division, NDSHS 8s had a hard fought win over ABL2 Driving School with Billy, Lexie and Jac playing well. Although Good Shepherd went down to Inferno, their game continues to improve every week, Amelia, Fraser and Tom were leading the way for their team in this game. SBSHS 16s won against NDSHS 8s (Blue), Tayla, Abbey and Kalen produced great games. In a nailbiter, Noosa 9s just finished in front of Sunshine Rebels, Lexi, Shani and Bronte were standouts in this game.

NDSHS 8s (Green) were too strong for St Teresa’s (Black).

The under-12s saw Saints and Pur-

ple Storm playing, with Saints being the eventual winners with mighty efforts by Ruby, Ranene and Lea. That Cool Team proved too strong for Steppers, great play by Lucy, Noah and Emily; and Banana Splits came out on top against Good Shepherd. Great skills were shown by Shakira, Morgan and Jamaica.

Wrapping up the afternoon were the under-10s games. Blazers went down fighting against a determined Cool Runnings with Ben, Yuji and Armin producing first rate performances.

Candy Girls and Twisters played well with Candy Girls taking the win. Maddie, Alla and Ava had mighty games.

Maroons took the game against Good Shepherd with Roy, Nicholas and Zak playing strongly.

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NEXT GAME – 10TH MAY – HOME NOOSA V MAYNE PRE GAME PRESIDENTS LUNCH SEATS AVAILABLE BOOK NOW See bottom right hand corner for details Tommy McKittrick, winner of the Wayne Dover Medal for best on ground

NOOSA TIGERS RESULTS ROUND 5 PHOTO: GREG GIBBS

ASPLEY 130 D CABOOLTURE 45 NOOSA 79 D CALOUNDRA 74 KEDRON 176 D NAMBOUR & HINTERLAND 21 MAYNE 61 D MAROOCHYDORE 22

LADDER POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

TEAM Mayne Noo osa Maroochydore Kedron Caloundra Aspley Nambour & Hinterland Caboolture

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D PTS 0 20 0 20 0 12 0 8 0 8 0 8 0 4 0 0

GO OAL KIC CKERS. B. Duke 4, Z. McDonald 2, T. Duke 2, S. Dwyer 1, I. Hughson 1, N. Winter 1, A. Corrigan 1 LEADING GOAL KICKER RS. B. Duke 11, N. Sutton 10, A. Corrigan 9, J. Fitzpatrick 5, I. Hughson 5

President Lunch guest speakers 10th May - David Williamson - International Playwright, author of ‘The Club’ 24th May - Kevin Rose - Collingwood legend.

14th June - Bob Ansett - North Melbourne Club President 13 years 21st June - Mark Harvey Essendon premiership player and past Fremantle coach 28th June - Bob Skilton - Triple Brownlow medallist 12th July - Kevin Sheedy - say no more 19th July - Dale ‘flea’ Weightman - former Richmond great 9th August - Tony Jewell - former Richmond hard man and premiership coach.

Noosa Today & Airlie Beach Hotel Player of The Year Award RO OUND 5 VOTES S: 5 Troy Duke, 4 Dylan Dempsey, 3 Jack Hendrie, 2 Jed Mullens, 1 Dylan Murray PR ROGRES SSIVE TOTAL (After Round 5): 9 Nick Sutton, 8 Troy Duke, 7 David Welch, 7Jesse Malthouse The best player this season will receive 5 nights for two people at The Airlie Beach Hotel in the fabulous Whitsundays.

The Tigers are on the prowl with another win TIGER TALK JULIAN PITTS

The Fiona Winter Realty / PJ Burns Noosa Tigers kept their unbeaten start to the 2014 season in tact with a heart stopping 5 point win over a very workmanlike and resilient Caloundra at North St, last Saturday.

On a day that began with a fitting tribute and minutes’ silence commemorating the death of ex-Noosa Tiger senior premier-

ship player, Caloundra senior’s coach and club stalwart Wayne Dover, it was the Panthers who started full of running and peppering the big sticks.

Their smaller brigade of midfielders were finding the ball aplenty and, if it wasn’t for the brilliant efforts of David Welch, the home side would have been in a much stronger position than a 2 point lead at quarter time.

Whilst the tigers were always threatening throughout the second stanza with the Duke boys starting to get their hands on the footy and drive from big ruckman Steve Simpson and gun on baller Tommy McKittrick, the home side still had a 7 point lead

at the main break.

Jai Fitzpatrick on his wing was causing the Caloundra side problems with his poise and delivery while Jack Hendrie was a big help to Welch in defence.

The third quarter saw the Tigers really start to assert their authority. Simpson continued his good work in the ruck while McKittrick, and the often rotated Troy ‘Evil’ Duke along with new recruit Riley Buntain, began to give the Tigers spark.

Brett ‘Angel’ Duke and Sam Dwyer were busy up forward while defenders Mullen, Dempsey, Hendrie and Welch continued their consistent rebounding form. At three quarter

time it was Noosa by just under 4 goals.

The last quarter was a goal to goal situation with Noosa looking to have the game firmly in their keeping with only ten minutes of play remaining.

However, the home side had other ideas, continually going forward through the run of their smaller brigade banging on the last three goals of the game and making the final two minutes nail-biting for both sets of fans.

Again it was the cool heads of Welch and Evil duke in the back half and some excellent spoiling from Buntain and Mullen who prevented the Panthers from derailing Noosa’s unbeaten start to the year.

A hard fought five point win from the Tigers sets up a mouth-watering top of the table clash with fellow unbeaten Tigers and top-of-the-table, Mayne, at Weyba Rd this Saturday. For me, the Tigers’ best were Welch, Mullen, both Duke boys, McKittrick, Fitzpatrick, Dempsey, Hendrie and Simpson.

All in all a great day at the local footy and one I know Wayne Dovers widow Michelle was proud to be a part of.

Thanks to the Caloundra football club for making it what it was and once again another massive plus to this newly formed northern competition which only escalates as the leading Tigers go head to head this Saturday from 2pm at Noosa.

Our second presidents lunch with guest speaker and renowned playwright David Williamson awaits what will certainly be a day not to be missed.

Go Noosa!

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Good inal quarter leads to victory!

RICHARD MURRIHY The under 16s continued on their winning ways with a good win against Caloundra on the weekend.

Scores were level at quarter time and again at half time, but a strong third quarter, four goals against the wind and a hard working last quarter made the difference.

The group are taking to the challenge of not playing in set positions and adapting well to being moved to all parts of the ground.

A good solid team win.

Goal Kickers: R. Tarling 4, T. Collins 3, B. Bowering 2, T. Fish , R. Gordon , C. Boardman , Z. Jenkins Best Players: R. Gordon, T. Collins, R. Tarling, H. Jenner, H. Maher, C. Boardman

The U14 Blues had a good win over Maroochydore with Riley Modini and Jasper Brain leading the way with Darcy and Noah putting in good games.

Meanwhile, at the other end of the coast, the U14 Golds had a loss against Caloundra.

Goal Kickers: L. Haines 2, M. Pettigrove, W. McKenzie, F. O’’Toole, J. Brain Best Players: H. Wallbank, M.

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The U15 girls and U11 Golds had byes, while the U12 Golds had a good win against Kawana.

The U11 Reds put up a good effort to lose against Maroochydore whilst no other results were available.

Thank you to parents who got the kids to two grounds to help out with numbers in the U14s.

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Pirates plundered Top games in ladies singles

By NATHAN MCLEAN NOOSA Pirates’ Saturday night loss 24-6 to Gympie highlighted to all players the value of leadership.

Lewis Foot (lock) and James Harrison (hooker) both had early nights due to injuries. Both players are instrumental in moving the team around, directing plays and lifting effort when required.

Their early exits saw the Pirates rudderless in the first half, and the dominant Gympie pack provided their team momentum in the ruck which their backs were

able to turn into 18 unanswered points. A reshuffle and a few words of wisdom at half time resulted in a much more closely contested game with each team scoring six apiece in the second half.

Kyle Schefe had an outstanding man-of-the-match game courageously hitting the ball up against a much bigger Gympie pack. Standin number 9 Jake Thomson also had an outstanding game scoring Noosa’s only try and Jake Carlisle also deserves a mention for his brave work at fullback.

A cold night at Gympie and a lesson for the lads.

A cold night at Gympie and a lesson for the lads…

On course TEWANTIN NOOSA A grade: 1st C Matthews 42, 2nd M Gardner 41, 3rd C Dahl 39.

B grade: 1st P Cansick 42, 2nd J Hillis 40(cb), 3rd A Coulson 40.

C grade: 1st G Powis 42, P Klarie 40, 3rd F Hull 39.

Sweepstakes: 1st P Cansick 42, 2nd M Gardner 41, 3rd A Coulson 40 (cb). Rundown: 38 points or better.

NTP: 5th: A grade R Vaughan, B grade B Blakemore, C grade B Laws.

7th: A grade D Furner, B grade B Blakemore, C grade B Cox. 10th A grade B Hansen, B grade J Purdue, C grade T Mandeville.

12th A grade G Collins, B grade B Blakemore C grade G Martin.

Monthly Medal, Saturday 3 May. A grade winner B Jackson 69, runner up R Egge 71. B grade winner N Callow 69, runner-up A Coulson 69, C grade winner J Vickers 68, runner-up B Foster 72.

NTP: 5th A grade R Vaughan, B grade S Paul, C grade Ollie Jurman. 7th A grade H Roberts, B grade T Farrell, C grade P Baynes. 10th A grade Blake Henneker, B grade T Cabbetta, C grade G Heath.

NOOSA PAR 3 Mug results, 3 May: A grade 1st Duncan Chesney 47, runnerup Bob Forrest 52. B grade Hans Van Heck 52, Tony Ho 54 on

countback from Ray Edgar.

A grade gross Duncan Chesney 57, B grade gross Hans Van Heck 67.

Greens hit (donated by Keith and Denise): A grade Duncan Chesney 8, B grade Gordan Lund 5.

NTP: 3rd Richard Pouto, 6th Mark Prosser, 8th Alby Cobb, 12 (ladies) Wanee Tann, 16th Gary Roper.

Drawn for par: 9th Russell Miller.

Ball rundown net: Ed Tann 53, Gary Roper 54, Ray Edgar 54, Rudi Kernan 54, Richard Pouto 54.

NOOSA SPRINGS Saturday 3 May MEN - Monthly Medal Stroke Black Tees Div 1 (0-19) 1st Greg Taylor 67, 2nd Bob Goode 71, 3rd John Williams 74.

Div 2 (20-36) 1st Bruce Forbes 65, 2nd John Moloney 76 c/b, 3rd Damien Nicholson 76.

LADIES - Monthly Medal Stroke 1st Fae Rentoul 75 c/b, 2nd Lee-Ann Hay 75, 3rd Judy Buss.

NTP: 8th Bob Goode, 16th Bob Goode.

Gross men: Bob Goode 80. Gross ladies: Judy Buss 90.

TEWANTIN BOWLS THE early round matches of the Tewantin Noosa Bowls ladies’ A Grade singles championship have produced some high quality games.

On Thursday morning, Pat Digby and Paulene Mohr played for three hours in a closely fought, point-bypoint struggle. Highlight of the game was the magnificent effort of Paulene who has overcome an injured right arm to now play her bowls lefthanded. She held the lead until the closing ends when Pat drew away to win the game.

In the other game, Lyndal Hughes was leading 15-2 and 20-12 against Carol McAskill when Carol hit a purple patch to win the game on the last end. This match also took just on three hours. Both games held the interest of the spectators throughout.

This club prestige event has now reached the quarter finals.

We wish Carol Blake a speedy recovery after being hospitalised after collapsing during her singles game on Thursday.

We understand Carolyn Pulham found an unwelcome visitor in the form of a red belly black snake curled up on her bed. Both she and husband John are recovering from the shock.

Our RSL bowls was played at Cooroy, where Terry O’Neill’s team won well with a +26 from Daryl Birt’s team on +18. After four rounds Terry O’Neill’s team leads +36. Jack Dibble is second on +29.

Our men’s club champion fours went down to Noosa Heads 20-21 at

Coolum in the district champion of champion teams event.

The ladies played their first “scroungers” event on Tuesday in the See Well Law day. Winners were Lyndal Hughes, Margaret Dunstan, Carol Blake, Connie Johnston and Sue Mould, Elizabeth Tolley, Margaret Dodd, Ann Booth.

Wednesday’s Laguna Estate men’s triples was won by Harry Shaw, David Ball, Bryan Simmons from Ric McDonald, S. Jocelyn, Jim McDonald. Rain delayed play on Friday’s Noosa Radiology mixed triples day.

Winners were Sue Gray, Sue Mould, Nev Gray from Peter Richardson, Mim Morris, Percy Morris.

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NOOSA BOWLS TWO club championship finals were played in brilliantly fine conditions at Noosa Heads last Sunday.

In the ladies A singles, Gill Macdonald prevailed over Yvonne Walsh by 25 shots to 14. And in a quality match David Deane won the men’s B singles title scoring 25 shots to 17.

The ladies fours championship is underway and the men’s triples draw is being made this week with the first round due to be played this Saturday morning.

In regular events: Tuesday men’s pairs winners were Neil Walsh and Ian Sanday with runners-up prize going to Allan Teale and John Brock.

The Wednesday ladies winners were Et Kellett and Phyl Bolton from Joan Laney and Beryl Nelson.

We had quite a few visitors for Saturday bowls with one of them, David Weiner (Vic) skipping the winning triple when he was joined by local Clive Mudgeway and Marian Foster (Vic). Pairs winners were Heather Rider and Lis Thomson.

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COOROY BOWLS THE cooler weather has arrived and blustery conditions created challenges for the semi-finals of the Championship fours at Cooroy Bowls.

Underdogs, T. Charles, D. Allisone, R. Alford and B. Cunnington go through to the finals after defeating a very strong team made of the more experienced players, R. Butler, B. Hyatt, B. Revie and A. McGrath.

The May Carnival on Saturday afternoon was well supported. Winners were T. McAnally, H. and E. Kenzler. Runners-up were B. Haack, S. and B. French. Second round winners were C. Nalder, R. Wall and C. Claydon.

Eumundi Boys proved to be too strong on Thursday night beating JeLS. They remain in first place with Bushrangers in second. JeLS, Col and Co and TAG Team are in third position.

Tuesday Jackpot pairs winners were J. Mohr and J. Donald. A. Lerch and G. Jones were runners-up.

Friday afternoon is a good time for beginners. N. Duffield organises games for all who turn up on the afternoon.

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Thursday, 8 May, 2014

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Lions hungry for more

By ALASDAIR SCOTT FOR two weeks in a row, Noosa Lions scored five goals to claim emphatic victories.

However, last week’s 5-1 win at Caloundra was a more satisfying and accomplished team performance than Saturday’s 5-2 defeat of local rivals Coolum.

A late equaliser for Coolum had thwarted the Noosa Premier Reserves’ hopes of consecutive victories.

On Friday night, the two ladies teams were in direct opposition, with Whites winning 7-1 despite a promising performance by the Blues. Elo, Ellie and Ursula were the standout players on the night.

There were mixed results for the over-35s with Noosa Blue beating Caloundra 11-0 and Noosa White going down 6-2 to Coolum despite a Schneider penalty, which made it 32 consecutive seasons of goal scoring for Noosa’s evergreen Wolfie. He was outdone on the longevity and record breaking though, with the sending off of 82-year-old Bobby Chalmers to the bench, for holding on to the ball - proof there is still life in the old dog.

In the Premier Men’s match, the visitors started brightly and a sluggish Noosa defence were punished when Coolum took an early lead. Coolum almost made it 2-0, but for some brave and determined goal-keeping by Nathan Brown. Stung into action, Noosa began to use their wide players, Hollingworth and Waters, to impose some control on the game.

The equaliser came in the 25th minute, a Dave Macrae shot from just inside the area, ricochet-

BETWEEN THE FLAGS RON LANE

Christian Loone, Fiona Hall, Nikki Mawby, Steve Mawby, Jake Dekort “To see the reaction of the children was really unbelievable,” Jake said. “To see them laughing and smiling makes you understand how great this really is.”

“I really can’t wait to see us get this going,” Christian said. “It is really outstanding. Our club, like Noosa is very much a family club so I can’t see any real difficulties getting things started.”

When a new project is undertaken, success will always depend on the calibre of those who step forward. In this instant the Collaroy club could not do better. Fiona started her career working for the Nippers then moved up to the senior ranks. Along the way she has collected swag of gold, silver and bronze medals as a masters competitor. She has also held the position of patrol captain.

Despite their youth, both Jake and Christian tick all the right boxes. Jake started his career at under-7s and since moving through the ranks of Nippers into senior he has won eight medals at national level, mainly in the prestigious Rescue and Resuscitation events. However this year he topped them off by winning the Australian Champion Life

By CLARE ASKEW DUE to the fact that the Eumundi Dragons under-12s scheduled match with Sunshine Coast Grammar School under-12s last Saturday had to be postponed, the boys played a most enjoyable ’friendly’ with the under-12 boys from St Andrew’s on Friday evening.

The club would like to thank Steve Robson and his players for

providing much needed match experience within a friendly but competitive environment. All players and supporters enjoyed the evening so much that we are planning on making such games a regular occurrence throughout the season.

The match was played under cloudy skies with a light breeze blowing light showers across the immaculate playing surface at the

Peregian Springs Sports Reserve.

The Dragons were put under pressure from the outset and showed admirable resilience and determination to hold out the St Andrew’s boys for as long as they did. In the first half, the St Andrew’s boys crossed our line three times but on each occasion they had to play their best rugby to do so.

In the second half, the Eumundi

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boys - on the back of some solid work by our forwards - were able to make positive inroads into the St Andrew’s defence. Even though the boys weren’t able to cross the tryline, the game was much more evenly poised with the play going from one end of the field to the other.

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ANOTHER close game for the Noosa Eagles under-7 Blacks soccer side, which was defeated 4-2 by the Buderim Panthers.

Sammy Poulton took home the encouragement award being a true all-rounder in defence and attack and never giving up on any opportunity to get the ball. Eamon Shamansky did a fantastic job permanently holding his defence position.

Jake MacDonald and Kieran Dow played well in goals stopping many attempts and the two goals were kicked by Alaska Rosenkranz.

Noosa under-7 Gold played a great game on their home ground, unfortunately Caloundra black were too good and scored 12-0. Montanah Ward, took home player of the match, with some great breaks. Xavier Attard was superb in attack, he received the encouragement award.

Noosa under-8s Gold played Caloundra City in Noosa on Saturday at 11.15am and lost 3-0.

The team played a fantastic game and has improved remarkably. Josh at goalie played a terrific game, saved many goals and kicked some awesome balls, he was named player of the match.

The under-12 Gold played a good game against Chancellor Cruisers at home despite going down 8-4. There was plenty of enthusiasm from both teams and it made for a tough match.

Andy Roberts was named player of the match for a great job as goalkeeper for the first time. Goals were scored by Luke Poulton and Flynn Sperlich.

The under-13s played against the Range Rebels Saturday at Montville. Noosa Gold won 7-4.

Jake Jenkins scored six goals with Elliot Williams scoring one. Player of the week was goalie Logan Curtis.

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Saver under-17 gold medal in Perth.

Christian started his career at under-6, and with his parents both heavily involved in patrolling and competition, lifesaving came natural.

The attitude, as well as the questions asked by the boys showed a maturity well beyond their years. As they discussed the project it became apparent that they were right for the task of starting a similar program.

Co-ordinator of the Noosa Seahorses Steve Mawby stressed that Noosa would do all in their power to help in the months ahead.

“While speaking of help, we would like to thank the Emerald Resort which was gracious in hosting the Collaroy people during their stay in Noosa,” Mawby said.

A major factor in Noosa’s success has been the workforce. One of these is Nick Kirby. Nick, who lives at Kawana drives up to organise parking facilities by 5am.

Outstanding.

Next week we will meet the locals behind the scenes who have made the Seahorses such a success.

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FOR the dedicated lifesaver the season is like music, it never ends. Last Saturday, Main Beach, Noosa, was under control of the lifeguards. Despite having just finished another busy season, 45 lifesavers assembled to work as carers for the second Saturday of the Noosa Seahorses Nippers.

Despite a slightly overcast day, 33 children attended and from 8am till 9am, the beach was theirs. Some new games have been added to the program and, under the watchful eye of 45 helpers, beach and water events were conducted.

Among the carers were three representatives from the Collaroy Club in Sydney. The purpose of their visit was to see first hand exactly what the Seahorse Nippers is all about, talk to the organisers and take part in the beach and water activities.

Representing Collaroy were Fiona Hall, 48, Jake Dekort, 16, and Christian Loone, 14. Fiona, who in private life works as a drama teacher, has been a member of the club for 14 years.

“Lifesaving Australia contacted our club and asked us to help promote programs for children with special needs,” she said.

“What we have seen here at Noosa is wonderful it has given us something to implement. With the information we have we can now fully explain to our club what is involved and go ahead from there. We feel sure we will get total support.”

Both Jake and Christian described their morning with the Seahorses as awesome.

ing into the back of the Coolum goal. Galvanised by the goal, the strong-running Hollingworth crossed from the right for Dan Upton to apply a deft touch past the Coolum keeper.

Playing coach Ben Cahn and Macrae were beginning to take control of the midfield, while Matt Thompson and Upton were causing plenty of problems for the visitors’ defence. In the 39th minute, Upton latched on to a through ball, calmly taking the ball around the keeper and giving Noosa a 3-1 lead into the interval.

Both sides created plenty of chances in the second half, with Brown having to be at his best on a number of occasions to prevent a Coolum comeback. Macrae made it 4-1 with another powerful shot, which the Coolum keeper could not hold onto.

The pace of the Coolum forwards continued to trouble the Noosa defence and a mistake was punished to give Coolum a lifeline back into the match.

Noosa full backs, Mikola-Dori and Jancevski showed their pace and skill coming forward, but the home side lacked the cohesion and control they had displayed at Caloundra.

When Thompson was upended in the box, Macrae duly dispatched the penalty for his hattrick and a 5-2 scoreline.

The result moves Noosa into second place on the ladder.

The Lions are away at Nambour Yandina United this Saturday, kicking off at 4pm and 6pm respectively for the Reserves and Premier Men’s teams.

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By JACK MANGROVE THE Noosa River has been a hive of activity over the past weeks, with Easter then the long weekend attracting a lot of people to Noosa’s iconic river.

Now the crowds are subsiding, the fishing is set to improve for both the inshore and offshore angler.

In the river, flathead have been in huge numbers around the lower end, with some big models getting caught around Woods Bay and Munna Point on both bait and lures.

Another species of fish that’s becoming more and more prevalent is the trevally, these feisty fish are very active early in the morning and late in the afternoon, and are often seen busting up on prawns and baitfish around the Tewantin Ski Run and Marina. When they’re feeding like this, throwing prawn soft plastics at them always gets a good response, so make sure you’ve got a couple rigged up in your tackle box ready to go.

On the offshore scene, mackerel are still thick as thieves around the wider reefs like Chardon’s and North Reef, with some big models also getting caught just behind the breakers up Teewah Beach.

Now the weather is starting to cool, expect the reef fishing to improve dramatically as snapper and sweetlip numbers are set to increase very soon. Places like Sunshine Reef have been holding good numbers of these fish already, so with this cooler weather expect the fishing to become very hot.

If you’re chasing a bit more info about fishing the Noosa region, why not jump online and visit www.fishingnoosa.com.au where you’ll find plenty of fishing reports, photos and tips.

While you’re there, check out the Noosa River to Reef Family Fishing Classic that’s being held from 30 May. The family-friendly comp will see anglers battle it out in hope to win some of the great prizes on offer including boats, kayaks and fishing gear.

Nerves of iron

Sweet victory...

Melissa Hauschildt after winning at Port Macquarie on Sunday.

NOOSA’S world champion ironman much in Australia, so to win an AusMelissa Hauschildt has won Australia’s tralian title is awesome. The next time most enduring event on debut at the dis- I do one I think a bit more training is tance. in order.

Hauschildt, who moved to Noosa “I was just thinking never again, earlier this year, is a two-time world never again, just cross that finish line. champion at the 70.3 distance, yet over- It was so tough, I’ve never run that far hauled Sydney’s Lisa before, four laps, after Marangon to win the one lap I was buggered, coveted Toyota Ironit was really tough.” man Australia event Since entering the at Port Macquarie on triathlon scene in 2010 Sunday over twice that Hauschildt has left a journey. mark.

She has now The 31-year-old emerged as a contendfought back from chaler for the world chamlenging injuries in 2012 Melissa Hauschildt pionships in that discito prove unstoppable in pline in Kona, Hawaii.

2013.

“I decided to do this only three weeks She bagged 10 endurance-distance ago and had two weeks off before that,” wins, including the Ironman 70.3 World Hauschildt said.

Championship in Henderson, Nevada.

“It felt amazing crossing that line. In 14 races covering distances from That was the toughest thing I’ve ever Olympic to long, she was never off the done. It just goes on and on, it was not podium, including the top spot at the fun at all.

ITU Long Distance World Champion“It’s awesome I don’t get to race that ship in France.

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That was the toughest thing I’ve ever done.

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World champion Melissa Hauschildt competes at Port Macquarie.

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