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Lions feast on sheep brains

By JONATHON HOWARD THE Brisbane Lions have wrapped up a fourday training camp in Noosa which has helped strengthen the Lions’ training regime, develop teamwork and meet with local fans.

The challenges for the Lions included a beach bash obstacle course, pushing a deliberately bogged truck through soft sand and eating a variety of strange items including sheep brains.

Fans and beachgoers crowded around the Lions, who were also joined by the Noosa Tigers, to meet their favourite players and snap a few photos.

The Lions also helped Jetts Noosa 12-week Weight Loss Journey participants through the challenging obstacle course.

Noosa Today photographer Darryn Smith captured all the action, which you can check out on page 55 of this week’s edition.

The Noosa Tigers, Brisbane Lions and Jetts Noosa 12-Week Weight Loss Participants took part in a group shot outside the Noosa Surf Life Saving Club. Pictures: DARRYN SMITH

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Christmas cash NOOSA Council is holding its breath for a big announcement from Local Government Minister David Crisafulli over the final de-amalgamation costs.

Noosa Council claims it is still owed $21 million from Sunshine Coast Council in unclaimed deamalgamation costs, meanwhile Sunshine Coast Council claims that figure should be closer to $600,000.

Minister Crisafulli’s senior media adviser Andrew Longmire said the minister hoped to make a comment

soon, but he could not specify any futher details.

A decision in favour of Noosa would certainly hand the shire an early Christmas present and assist with infrastructure expenditure, which has stalled and is progressing slowly.

There has also been speculation that the $21 million could assist with de-amalgamation costs, however Mayor Noel Playford has put the cost of de-amalgamation at $2.6 million.

Meanwhile, Noosa councillors were this week busy with the final agenda items for 2014, which in-

cludes six infrastructure and services committee agenda items and 11 planning and organisation agenda items on Tuesday, 9 December.

The key infrastructure and services items included a final report into the Council Cabs and Flexilink Servies review and approving the new waste management contract towards improved chemical dosing monitoring.

Councillors have been discussing whether to continue or drop the current Council Cab service, which offers elderly and people with mobility issues affordable means of transport through the use of subsidised taxis.

The current recommendation before council is to discontinue the Boreen Point and Tewantin Flexilink and Council Cabs Services as of 31 January 2015 and enter into a schedule of rates contract with ComLink to provide a new transport service commencing 1 February 2015 for one year.

The recommendation also outlined the need to approve a budget of $80,000 for a one-year trial of the new transport service with a service review after six months and to adopt the name “Noosa Council Transport Assist” for the new transport service.

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Tenders for the new Noosa Council waste management plan at the Eumundi Road landfill have now been finalised and council staff have recommended Sunstate Group Pty Ltd be awarded the contract for the lump sum amount of $840,510.

The recommendation also calls for the design and construction of improved chemical dosing and monitoring equipment for the project, at an estimated cost of $120,000.

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Centre sells for $25m

By JONATHON HOWARD THE Noosa Village Shopping Centre on the corner of Gibson Road and Mary Street has sold for $25.1 million this week.

The centre was previously owned by Australian winemaker Wolfgang (Wolf) Blass who secured the sale through Walsh & Company on behalf of Australian Property Opportunity Funds.

Blass had owned the Woolworthsanchored centre since 1996 and had been seeking a buyer for the property for several years.

The fully-leased shopping centre, which covers 4400 square metres, was acquired on a yield of eight per cent per annum.

The Noosa Village Shopping Centre transaction was held by Chesterton International’s Glenn Conridge.

Chairman of Fund’s investment committee Stuart Nisbet, told Property Observer that the well positioned shopping centre attracted both locals and tourists.

“Noosa is well positioned to benefit from the ongoing growth in the southeast Queensland region and will continue to strengthen its position as a premium destination for retirees and tourists,” Mr Nisbet said.

The centre is anchored by Woolworths, which recently upgraded its selfserve registers, and the centre also offers an additional 21 specialty stores and 260 car spaces.

Major tenants include BWS, The Reject Shop, Amcal Chemist, Australia

Post, Flight Centre, Optus and the Bank of Queensland.

Noosa Village Shopping Centre is fully occupied by national retailers accounting for 72 per cent of total income.

Director of Investments for Fort Street Real Estate Capital David Rogers said the centre will hold exceptional long-term results.

“Noosa Village Shopping Centre provides good long-term income growth potential, given its strong trading performance and low occupancy costs, and provides an attractive yield to investors at a time when interest rates are at all-time lows,” Mr Roger said.

The acquisition will be funded by the Fund’s debt facility with the Fund’s gearing moving to 40 per cent conservatively at the lower end of its 40 per cent to 50 per cent target.

Smooth operators: Ebony Beauty therapist Tori Neate, left, receptionist Brigette Schultz and owner Kim Susskind set the new unofficial Brazilian record on Monday.

Rough taken with the smooth EBONY Beauty salon at Quamby Place has smashed the previous record for the number of Brazilians carried out in a single day.

A total of 55 ladies and two blokes queued up for the record attempt on Monday, 8 December, from dawn until dusk.

Ebony Beauty owner Kim Susskind said she was overwhelmed by the response despite falling short of her original target.

“We had hoped to do 60, but with the rain and storms on Monday we had a few late cancellations and made it to 55,” she said.

“It was still such a great day

and the half price offer went down a treat with our clients.”

She said the day started with a live radio interview at 7am before the first client at 8am.

“People travelled from as far as Mooloolaba - it was a huge success and everyone thoroughly enjoyed taking part,“ she said.

“We even had two token men at the end of the day, who gave us a great laugh.

“Everyone left with a certificate of participation and a free gift.”

Ms Susskind said her salon uses only natural waxing products

known as sugar wax, which is more comfortable for clients and chemical free.

“It’s a lot less mess to work with and provides comfort and peace of mind for our clients,” she said.

While not an official “Guinness” world record, Ms Susskind said the previous unofficial record was set in Launceston, Tasmania, and was 38 Brazilians.

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Campers panned

By JONATHON HOWARD AN ADDITIONAL waste transfer station is being considered for the Noosa North Shore by Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) in an attempt to address excessive rubbish concerns.

Noosa residents have echoed concerns from local councillors following the G20 long weekend in which the Noosa North Shore up to Double Island Point was left a “complete mess” by campers dumping their rubbish and human waste in the sand dunes.

A QPWS spokesperson said a number of people had since been fined, but the State Government body said it would not be implementing a secondary toilet block or temporary toilets during peak holiday periods.

Instead the QPWS spokesperson said the responsibility was with the individual to “do the right thing”.

“QPWS offers a number of camp-

ing options from a bush camping experience with no facilities to modern camping options which have flushing toilets and hot showers,” a QPWS spokesperson said.

“People need to plan their trip to ensure the camping site will meet their needs and take responsibility for appropriate hygiene practices in remote settings.”

He said toilets were provided at the Freshwater campground and near Double Island Point, and visitors using other sections of the beach were advised to bring portable toilets with them and “dispose of toilet waste responsibly”.

However, several clean up volunteers said loaded portable toilets were now being left behind and authorities do not know who is responsible.

Several Noosa residents have backed calls for camp goers to checkin digitally or for the introduction of

registered sites in order to track offenders.

QPWS provides a portable toilet waste dump facility at Freshwater as well as waste transfer stations along the Teewah Beach camping zone and at Freshwater.

“An additional facility in the Noosa North Shore area is being considered,” the QPWS spokesperson said.

“Infrastructure options are not a guaranteed solution in such an expansive area and people need to take responsibility for hygiene.”

“While it is difficult to identify perpetrators who leave human waste behind, a large number of people have been fined for littering.”

GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS: Do you think the State Government is doing enough to address littering concerns on the Noosa North Shore? Email letters or comments to newsdesk@noosatoday.net.au.

Perfect blend of Noosa flavours PRAWNS, crab and Island spices are key ingredients in regional chef Peter Kuruvita’s summer Christmas feast, and now he will share his recipes with the world on SBS One in a special television event.

In ‘A Christmas Feast’ with Peter Kuruvita, acclaimed chef, restaurateur and television presenter, Peter, will revisit his culinary adventures across the Pacific in search of the perfect blend of flavours for an Australian Christmas feast, which he creates at his idyllic Noosa home.

In this one-hour special television event on 18 December, Peter embraces the spirit of summer as he guides viewers through stunning reefs in the Philippines, while also showcasing Hastings Street, Sunrise Beach and the area’s grower’s markets.

Peter will travel through different locations and explore cultures, ingredients, and recipes, before heading back to Noosa to prepare a unique Christmas lunch with his family.

Searching out the tastiest ingredients from the farmers’ market and combining the influence of his island adventures, Peter creates a mouth-watering feast, perfect for a summer’s day celebration.

This special Christmas episode is a culinary celebration of the festive season garnished with all of the highlights from ‘Island Feast’.

Peter will also feature on SBS One tonight in Destination Flavour Christmas, from 8.30pm, where he will cook a special dessert recipe on Noosa Main Beach. A Christmas Feast with Peter Kuruvita will premiere on Thursday 18 December at 8.30pm on SBS One.

Chef Peter Kuruvita will showcase Noosa’s natural surrounds and produce on SBS One tonight, from 8.30pm.

Noosa Council says the onus is on the State Government to ban smoking in all public areas. Meanwhile cigarette butts continue to litter the beach.

Just can’t ban it NOOSA Council has stamped out the idea of becoming an Australian leader in anti-smoking legislation while it considers a ban on smoking at public transport waiting points and pedestrian malls.

The council has cited limitations to its legal powers and said the onus falls on the State Government to address smoking as a public health concern.

Doonan resident Andrew Bell wrote an open letter to Noosa Council Mayor Noel Playford and the media recently suggesting Noosa Council make all public places smoke free.

Mr Bell said the “no smoking in Noosa” campaign could take a leading role towards curbing deaths from smoking and could have featured campaign slogans such as “my children thank you for not smoking” or “there are no butts in Noosa”.

Mayor Playford passed the matter on to the council’s manager of waste and environmental health Wayne Schafer, who provided a response to Mr Bell’s proposal.

Mr Schafer thanked Mr Bell for his “interesting concept” but said the council “must operate within its legal capacity”.

“Queensland Health (not council) are the responsible agency for the control of cigarette smoking and enforcement,” he said.

However, Mr Schafer said that the State Government legislation did acknowledge council authority may ban smoking at pedestrian malls and public transport waiting points such as bus stops, taxi ranks and ferry wharves.

Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has also urged councils to take up the

chance to use the local legislation to ban smoking in certain shared public areas.

“The legislation limits what local government can do under the current legislation,” Mr Schafer said.

“Council is reviewing its local laws over the next few months and will be considering cigarette smoking at bus stops, taxi ranks and pedestrian malls.”

Mr Schafer said there were many campaigns attempting to curb smoking, “However, council’s powers to limit smoking in the additional public areas you propose are beyond council’s authority,” he said.

“With this in mind, the council cannot progress your proposals further.”

In response, Mr Bell said Mr Schafer and the council had missed his original point.

“As you know local councils can vote any local by-law in they feel necessary, so your argument/statement does not hold much water and like most responses from political bodies, merely states a few known facts, trots out a party line and is full of diplomatic platitudes,” he said.

“If you can ban drinking on the street, then I would guess you can ban smoking. Personal preferences aside, this idea was to enhance and aid the local environments.”

HAVE YOUR SAY: Would you support the State Government in banning smoking at all public places in Noosa? And do you think fines should be increased for cigarette butt littering?

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LONG-TIME Noosa fisherman Trevor Clarey has revealed a private meeting with Noosa Parks Association (NPA) committee member Michael Gloster to discuss issues and solutions for confronting the Noosa River and lakes systems.

“Mr Gloster informed me that the NPA had financial backing by The Nature Conservancy and The Thomas Foundation to finance a scientific study into fish stocks with emphasis on bringing stocks back to abundant levels,” he said.

“But when Mr Gloster advised me that the NPA scientists were based in Florida, USA, and Germany, I advised him that as the inaugural chairman of Noosa Integrated Catchment Association Inc (NICA) back in 1996 and all the issues and priorities associated with the Noosa catchment, it was inconceivable to do a scientific study of our

system by phone calls to scientists in faraway lands, who may not have spent one minute of their time either on or by the Noosa River and lakes system.“ Mr Clarey said he did not have concerns with private foundations investing money in environmental studies but he did take issue with the use of taxpayer funds to undertake studies which failed to engage local talent and decades of local knowledge.

“Now really when it comes to private people/foundations coughing up their money it’s none of my business, but when my rate dollar is wasted this way I do have a problem,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr Clarey said he discussed and supported the idea of re-introducing oysters into the Noosa River and lakes system.

He said Weyba Creek, the rock areas in front of Tewantin, Lake Doonella, Clarey’s Creek, Tomahawk Point, below the ferry, Woori Creek

and the rocks at the mouth of Lake Cooroibah, were all possible locations for oysters.

“Past there you will waste your effort and money and they would still need to be protected from flooding,” he said.

“I do not know Mr John Gault but he hits the nail on the head with the issues he presents in Noosa Today.”

“As a Noosa ratepayer I object to my rate dollar being squandered in the belief the Noosa River and lakes system can be scientifically studied by telephoning scientists in Florida and Germany.”

Mr Gloster was sought for comment in relation to the Noosa River Study, but he is currently away on a sailing expedition.

HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you think local talent should be enlisted to assist Noosa Council and the Noosa Parks Association with environmental studies?

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The community is invited to join the Giants at an open training session at the Noosa Tigers’ Weyba Road sports ground, Noosaville, from 10am.

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Island life off to court

By JONATHON HOWARD THE marketing manager for Makepeace Island, which is partly owned by Sir Richard Branson, has revealed the retreat wants to attract individual room rental as opposed to hiring the whole island.

The company is preparing court action against the Noosa Council in the Planning and Environment Court next year and does not believe it is in breach of its current ‘conditions of operation’.

Makepeace Island marketing manager Kirsty Aitken said Makepeace Island currently has the ability to rent the island as a whole for 20 guests.

“We have done so for over three years bringing guests from around the world to experience Noosa,” she said.

“There will be no new development or intensification of the current infrastructure and we do not want to increase the number of overnight guests.

“Our vision is to simply

rent the current rooms individually under the same conditions we currently have.”

Ms Aitken said individual room rental would allow Makepeace Island to operate as an intimate boutique retreat catering for couples or families who would like to stay in a two bedroom villa or room rather than hiring the whole island.

“This is the only change we are requesting and therefore we do not believe our current conditions of operation should be changed,” she said.

Ms Aitken said if the move gets the green light, following the court hearing in March 2015, it could mean cheaper nightly room rates.

“Yes guests wanting to experience Makepeace Island will be able to do so hiring a villa or room only which will be more affordable than hiring the entire island,” she said.

Makepeace Island currently offers an exclusive sole use booking basis and only lets the entire island to one booking at a time, whether that be

INBRIEF Life saving funds flow in FOUR Wide Bay Surf Lifesaving Clubs will receive a $25,000 funding boost over the next five years, to prevent drownings at local beaches, Federal Wide Bay MP Warren Truss announced.

“The funding will assist Sunshine Beach, Peregian Beach, Noosa Heads and Rainbow Beach Surf Lifesaving Clubs to purchase new rescue equipment, first aid and medical supplies so our life-savers can continue to save lives,” Mr Truss said.

SLSA’s Coastal Drowning Report identified 121 coastal drowning deaths in Australia in 2013.

Culture central Makepeace Island is situated up the Noosa River past Tewantin. one up to a maximum of 20 guests.

Makepeace Island was bought in 2007 and completed in 2009 as a Balinese-style private retreat for family and friends of Sir Richard and Virgin Blue Australia co-founder Brett Godfrey.

It was approved as a private four-bedroom building, and three two-bedroom bungalows later opened to rent as an entire island for $3250 a night for groups up to 20.

Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin and Makepeace Island partner Brett Godfrey want individual accommodation options on their island.

BCC NOOSA Cinemas has announced another exciting season of the Metropolitan Opera as well as continuing the much loved Art Exhibition on Screen performances.

Exhibition on Screen will give audiences the unique opportunity to visit the must-see Rembrandt from the National Gallery London and Rijkmuseum Amsterdam from 20 December.

The following sessions are includes: The Barber of Seville Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February.

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Banking on it SCCFSL chairman Rick Cooper, left, with Bendigo Bank's Pam Hoens and Geoff Edwards and the community committee following the announcement of Bendigo Bank opening in Pomona early next year. but now the timing is right.”

Mr Cooper said the Bendigo Bank is establishing a great “track record” throughout Noosa, having already returned more than $500,000 to the Cooroy community since 2008 through the sponsorship of schools, community events and clubs.

“The bank has a great history of improving the banking experience because we focus on people, and we look forward to bringing that to Pomona,” Mr Cooper said.

Anticipated to open in late January or early February, the agency will be located at 3 Station Street, beside Lozza’s Rock 'n’ Roll cafe.

It will have its own ATM and will start opening three days a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 10am to 3pm.

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sonal loans, business lending and credit cards. There will also be opportunity to book in financial planning and business banking appointments.

Mr Cooper said that while the news was exciting, the success of the agency would depend on the Pomona community getting behind the venture.

“Our message is simple - the more support the Pomona agency receives, the more support we can give back to the community,” he said.

“Every savings or investment account, every home or personal loan, every insurance policy, and every product or service we offer, money goes back into the community. As one of the new agency’s customers, you not only make a decision that benefits you, you make one that benefits the whole community.”

Drugs charges A 31-YEAR-OLD Mudjimba man will face 25 drug-related charges after sweeping raids were carried out across south-east Queensland as part of Operation Mike Crimson.

The operation targeted the involvement of criminal motorcycle gangs, particularly the Lone Wolf criminal motorcycle gang, in the illegal distribution of performance and image enhancing drugs.

The Mudjimba man has been arrested and charged with 13 counts of possession of dangerous drug, 11 counts of possession of a restricted drug and one count of failing to dispose of a syringe.

Detectives from Taskforce Maxima and the Sunshine Coast Gangs Squad executed 12 search warrants on a number of supplement stores and the homes of a number of personal trainers throughout the Sunshine Coast and north Brisbane.

Six grams of cocaine, 114 bottles of steroids and human growth hormone, one tube of steroid gel and 3008 steroid capsules and tablets were seized in the raids.

Detective Inspector Smith said further arrests in relation to Operation Mike Crimson were expected.

Assault charges A MAN was charged on Monday more than 16 years after the robbery of a Coolum service station.

Police will allege the 36-year-old Marcoola man entered the service station on David Low Way at about 11.45pm on 27 April, 1998, and threatened a 19-year-old male console operator before fleeing with a sum of cash.

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Some of the drugs seized in sweeping raids across the Coast as part of Operation Mike Crimson.

Senior Sergeant Daren Edwards said this should also serve as a warning to all criminals that there is no time limit on prosecuting offenders for a crime.

“This result is a credit to the hard work police have invested into this case over a number of years.”

The 36-year-old man appeared in Maroochydore Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

Traffic warning LOCAL police are urging drivers to slow down and take care on the roads as storms pummel the Noosa shire.

The warning comes after heavy rains on Monday caused an elderly woman to drive into a ditch on Eumarella Road, about 5.45pm.

Police said the female driver couldn’t see through the rain so she pulled to the side of the road before veering into the ditch.

Local police have also warned there will be a traffic blitz in operation through the Christmas period targeting traffic infringements and drink driving.

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AFTER several months without a single bank in town, Pomona can now look forward to the Bendigo Bank opening a local branch early next year.

Bendigo Bank will open an agency branch in Station Street in either January or February next year, and said the success of the bank will depend on the community’s support.

Earlier this year, the ANZ bank announced the closure of its Pomona branch, the only bank in Pomona, citing declining overthe-counter transactions as the reason.

The closure of ANZ sparked outrage from the local community who now have to travel to Cooroy to access a banking branch.

At the time, ANZ said transactions had fallen to less than half the average branch transactions in Queensland, with 70 per cent of customers in Pomona already using branches in other parts of the network.

Sunshine Coast Community Financial Services Ltd (SCCFSL) owns and operates the Cooroy, Marcoola and Tewantin Community Bank branches of Bendigo Bank, and will also operate the Pomona branch.

Company chairman Rick Cooper said the Pomona community spoke clearly about wanting to have a say in the town’s future.

“By sponsoring the Pomona King of the Mountain Festival for a number of years, we’ve been aware of Pomona’s desire to have a Bendigo Bank in town,” he said.

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Court resolves body tussle

By JONATHON HOWARD THE body of Edward Wayne Logan, who was shot dead by police in Tewantin last month, will be sent home to his birthplace in New Zealand for a traditional Maori burial following a Supreme Court ruling.

Edward was shot dead by police in dramatic circumstances after he had gone into a rage at Outlook Drive in Tewantin on Sunday 23 November.

The Coroner’s findings will not be revealed until next year. The court ruling is outside normal practice following a death in which the body is normally granted to the spouse. However, Judge Alan Wilson instead appointed Edward’s brother, Donald Logan, as the administrator.

The ruling will allow Donald and his family to transport the body to Otaki in New Zealand where the chairman of the Ngati Raukawa tribe is waiting alongside hundreds of tribe’s people to receive him.

Donald’s wife, Jody, contested the rights to the body after Edward’s spouse had originally wanted it transported to Melbourne. “We went to court and won,“ Jody told media sources. “We’ve got closure now and we’ve got the result we wanted and we’re taking him home.“ The director of Caxton Legal Service Scott McDougall a not-for-profit legal firm, who represented the Logan family, said the decision was not only a pleasing outcome for the family, but also for other Indigenous communities.

The body of Edward Wayne Logan (pictured), who was shot dead by police last month, will be sent home for a traditional Maori burial in NZ.

More doing it tough this Christmas

By JOLENE OGLE MORE Noosa families are asking for help to make it through this Christmas season, according to the Salvation Army Noosa.

Lieutenant David Sutcliffe said for many it was their first time seeking help from the Salvation Army, with many families walking-in to the Salvation Army to ask for assistance. “There has been an increase in need,� he said. “Lots of people have lost their jobs or they’ve had to move at short notice.�

Lieutenant Lara Sutcliffe said the cost of living was a major factor for those needing assistance with basics such as food, with many

Lieutenant Lara Sutcliffe and Lieutenant David Sutcliff have been busy making Christmas hampers for those doing it tough this festive season.

Thank you: Greg and Sue Storey from Jasnor Australia with just a few of the plush toys they donated to the Noosa Today Chirstmas Cheer Campaign. This is the second year they have kindly donated to the cause. single- parent families reporting rents as high as $650 per week. “The rent is too high. Often, there is no money left after the rent is paid,� she said.

This year, the Salvation Army Noosa will assist over 100 families and more than 90 single people who have been nominated or listed to receive a Christmas hamper through the Salvation Army Adopt-a-Family appeal.

Lieutenant David said there had also been more single fathers asking for help than ever before.

Local businesses, Noosa Council, local schools and community members have

all come on board to help those doing it tough, donating long-life food items, gifts and clothing to the Salvation Army Noosa.

The Noosa Today Christmas Cheer Campaign also collected items for the Salvation Army appeal, which were donated this week.

Noosa Today would like to thank the generous Noosa community for helping make a significant donation to such a worthy cause.

Donations for the Noosa Today Christmas Cheer Campaign can still be accepted. Simply drop any donations into the Noosa Today office at 36 Mary Street, Noosaville, by Wednesday 17 December, for donation to United Synergies.

INBRIEF Spray park set to re-open NOOSA Council is set to re-open the Tewantin Spray Park following the removal of a unstable shade cover.

The council said it had assessed the shade cover and deemed it unsafe, which meant the structure needed replacing.

The park will open prior to Christmas, but was expected to close again for the re-installation of the shade cover.

The project could take up to two months to complete.

Blue Christmas without decorations NOOSA identity June Colley has expressed her disappointment with several thieves who made off with Christmas decorations along Poinciana Avenue in Tewantin. “Obviously, you gave no thought to the effort the traders put into creating some Christmas spirit for our town. Maybe, with a bit of luck the stolen goods may burst, or Santa may have misplaced your address,� she said.

The matter has been reported to Noosa police who are investigating.

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THE first stage of the flood mitigation works for Tewantin’s Daintree Estate are underway, with plans in place for looking after the local flora and fauna.

The three tiers of government united in July to announce the planned works, with over $1.2 million allocated in a bid to prevent scenes seen in the 2012 deluge where more than 40 homes were flooded.

Councillor Tony Wellington, who was instrumental is the push to flood-proof the Daintree Estate, said flora and fauna surveys had to be carried out before work could begin.

“These (the surveys) identified two species of concern. One was the vulnerable Tusked Frog and the other a near-threatened plant, the Hairy Hazelwood,” he said.

“The scientific name for this plant is Symplocos harroldii, named in honour of Dr Arthur Harrold, the founder of Noosa Parks Association.”

Cr Wellington said Noosa and District Landcare had come on board to translocate the Hairy Hazelwoods to the adjoining National Park, as well as take cuttings to generate new plants.

“In dealing with the Tusked Frog and other fauna, council has engaged a professional ecologist to be on-site,” Cr Wellington said.

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They will then keep a watch through the working day for creatures that may need to be relocated. There will also be follow-up monitoring with a particular focus on the Tusked Frog when the works are completed.“ A detailed Environmental Management Plan has been written for the flood mitigation works. According to Noosa Council’s project manager Adam Britton the document covers not only roles and responsibilities, but also management of air, noise and water quality.

“Council takes the environmental management of this project very seriously,“ Mr Britton said.

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In terms of the overall design, council will achieve the desired 1 in 100 year flood mitigation for Daintree properties.

“Clearing downstream of Golf Course Drive will occur with the least possible effect on the surrounding bush. And instead of a wide earth mound or levee around the actual estate, the design now calls for a retaining wall that will have a much smaller footprint.“ Cr Wellington said this was good news for the residents of Daintree Estate and the best possible news for native species.

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The council report said the Sunshine Coast Council had previously engaged consultants to design and construct a biological control basin to collect and treat nutrient-rich stormwater from entering the environment and to upgrade of the existing High Efficiency Sedimentation (HES) Basin to reduce the release of sediment to the adjacent environment.

Key agenda items on the planning and organisation committee meeting agenda included an update on the Community Jury project, a development application to reconfigure three lots into 17 lots at 55 Lake Macdonald Drive in Cooroy and expansion plans from Wimmers soft

drink factory within the existing brickworks factory.

Noosa Council’s community jury is progressing towards its final 24-member panel scheduled to be formed prior to 9 January 2015, by newDemocracy Foundation.

Council had debated three topics to ask the jury, including: What is the best option for minimising waste sent to landfill?

Should Noosa take over the management of the Noosa River from the state?

Should Noosa invest in a free electric bus service?

The first question around landfill is the best fit as council deemed the other two questions unsuitable.

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Should the question be adopted, the community jury will deliberate in light of information provided by council and from other external sources.

Read more from Noosa Council’s final meeting including councillors’ final votes for 2014, in next week’s Noosa Today.

Councillors will discuss the agenda items across the first and second meetings before a vote is made during council’s final ordinary meeting for 2014 on Thursday 18 December.

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It’s the season of gourmet giving

By JONATHON HOWARD FOR the past two years, Ipazzi Italian Restaurant on Sunshine Beach Road has been serving up a delicious free Christmas feast for those less fortunate and they’re doing it again this year.

The four-course meal will be served to 50 residents on Christmas Day (25 December) to those in need of some fine food and friendly company.

Ipazzi owners and married couple Ruby and Fabio Nocera said they had teamed up with St Vincent de Paul this year to make the Christmas feast special for those less fortunate.

“For us, it’s a way to give something back to the community, we know what it was like when we firstly arrived in Australia, to celebrate Christmas Day without anyone,” Mrs Nocera said.

“So now that we have a business, we wanted to help people in need to celebrate Christmas as a family.”

Mrs Nocera said the initiative also attracted the attention of Noosaville Meat Market owner Garry Rogers, who offered the restaurant free meat for the meal.

“When we heard about the

Member for Noosa Glen Elmes hands John Milland his certificate for 40 years' service as a Justice of the Peace.

John bags JP award

By JOLENE OGLE THERE'S an old saying that if you want something done, ask a busy person, and that couldn’t be truer for Noosa local, John Milland.

At 74 years old, John serves on the Noosa Hospital board of advice, volunteers with the Coast Guard and was just awarded a certificate for 40 years’ service as a Justice of the Peace (JP).

The certificate was presented by Member for Noosa Glen Elmes who said the award represented just a “tiny part” of what John did for the community.

“It’s not just being a JP for 40 years, it’s being in charge of the Coast Guard, and it’s serving on the hospital board,” he said.

Ipazzi is embracing the Christmas spirit with a free meal for those less fortunate. Pictured is Noosaville Meat Market owner Garry Rogers, St Vinnies’ Sue Stack, Ipazzi staff Kelly Lawrence, Ipazzi owners Ruby and Fabio Nocera (holding Clara and Luigi), Ipazzi staff Camilla Macedo and St Vinnies’ Justin O'Keeffe. meal planned for Christmas day at Ipazzi, I knew we had to get involved,” Mr Rogers said.

“It can be tough for some people over Christmas and this is just a great way to give something back - it’s in the spirit of giving.”

But the couple are still hoping some extra support will arrive by Christmas.

“We still need some more volunteers to help in the kitchen and some wine and of course a Santa (helper) would be great,” Mrs Nocera said.

St Vincent de Paul family support centre manager Sue Stack said the event was by invitation only and St Vinnies had confirmed about 50 guests.

“People often walk into our centres over Christmas in dire

need,” Mrs Stack said.

“It’s can be a really tough time for some people and initiatives like this embody the Christmas spirit and offer people a family environment to share a meal.”

To find out more about the Ipazzi Christmas dinner, or to volunteer, phone: (07) 5412 2841.

“People like John, who finish up getting one of these awards, they’re getting an award for just a tiny part of what they do. There is a whole lot of other stuff in the community that guys like John do.”

For John, it’s with thanks to the support of other community members that he can achieve so much.

“There is satisfaction when you do a good job,” he said.

“It’s worthwhile when you can see the results in front of you and things changing because you have a hand in it.

“But you don’t do it on your own. At the Coast Guard, I don’t do it on my own. I’ve got people who help me achieve it and the members achieve it.”

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TELLING the truth and displaying passion for what you believe in was the clear message I came away with from the Coast Alliance Launch last week.

It was a pleasure to listen to some dead-set locals, people who are four or five generations speak as to why they don’t want to change the boundaries of their beloved area.

They are happy to remain in the Sunshine Coast Council and not be part of a new-look Noosa. The EDV faithful say “the area only represents two per cent of the Coast population’’ and joining Noosa will allow the residents a much stronger say.

What garbage! It’s a little like saying “come join us and you’ll be a big fish in a smaller pond’’.

The EDV bangs its own drum, saying it displays community involvement and is connected to its community.

Every time I see anything promoting the community, it’s always connected to the selfproclaimed Noosa Parks Association.

Whether it’s Noosa’s star on the rise Tony Wellington promoting the latest must-read book ‘Noosa and Cooloola’ - the anniversary of the NPA’s 50-year reign.

Or maybe the interference and meddling to change the Biosphere from being easy to use to an academic nightmare.

This was a wonderful institution hijacked and now struggling to keep its head above water.

I am sure former chairman Michael Donovan would be shaking his head in disbelief, after the terrific work he and his committee did to put it on the world stage.

Mr Wellington has been in council just over two years and now he’s the author of this edition reliving the pathway of the NPA. What Mr Wellington should be penning is the history of his shire and the people and events that made Noosa Heads what it is today.

He could also put a book together of the generation of people who lived in the Eumundi, Doonan and Verrierdale area and include the names - Tidswell, Venning, Butler, Wust, Grey, Burton, Bowden, Dukes, Caplick, Beddington, Owen and Mitchell.

These names are displayed on roads/streets throughout the area in recognition of effort in helping to build a better area to live.

The Alliance doesn’t wear blinkers and, despite the two per cent tag, realises that it’s a numbers game in politics, and being part of the bigger Coast Council will allow their kids to enjoy a better place to live.

It’s time to acknowledge what the Sunshine Coast needs in our lifetime, better highway to Brisbane, an entertainment centre, a new look airport, better hospitals, better infrastructure.

These can be achieved but it won’t if we continue to listen to a group who have hidden agendas and puppets and certainly don’t have streets named after them. This saga is a little like the group who are banging a drum trying to stop kids sitting on Santa’s lap.

Fair dinkum, in an age of blue cards, legal restraints and political correctness, here’s someone from the Green Party getting 15 minutes of fame for saying something. Even the NPA would disown her.

Until next time.

Classy help to celebrate Christmas

By JOLENE OGLE MORE than 300 local families will enjoy a brighter Christmas, thanks to Lorraine Kenway and her swag of Classy helpers.

Classy Lady boutique owner Lorraine Kenway began Santa’s Classy Helpers more than three years ago with a dream to help local families make the most of Christmas.

Together with a band of volunteers, Lorraine collected donations throughout the year to create a special Christmas “shopping” day for local families in need.

This year, Santa’s Classy Helpers assisted over 300 families from the greater Noosa area, including Coolum, who were referred by social work organisations.

It took volunteers an entire day to set-up the temporary store, with a large selection of products donated over the past 12 months.

The shopping event was held at The J last Thursday and saw thousands of products offered to those in need, who were assisted with a personal shopping helper as they made their way through toys, clothing,

Classy Lady owner and event organiser Lorraine Kenway, right, with Santa's Classy Helper, Christine Barker. food, cleaning products and personal care products.

With this year’s event over, it’s now time to start collecting donations for next year’s Christmas shopping day at The J. To find out how to donate, contact Lorraine at Classy Lady boutique on 5449 7599.

Just a part of the thousands of donations received for the annual charity shopping event.

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Community centre treat for birthday

By JOLENE OGLE WALLACE Park celebrated its 21st birthday on Saturday, with a free community event to showcase the precinctâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, services and workshops on offer throughout the year.

Locals took advantage of the fitness and dance classes, baby animal farm, storytelling and face painting for the children, plus arts, crafts and books for sale.

The Wallace Park precinct is home to a number of organisations including the Noosa Arts and Craft Association in Wallace House, the Noosa Library, Noosa Leisure Centre and the National Park Association Environment Centre.

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Jenny Blyth, Ellen Appleby and Joan McFarlane of the Noosa Arts and Craft Association.

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Perfect in paradise

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Stunning Peter Hull design ON OFFER is a truly beautiful Noosa Springs home designed

by Noosa-based architect Peter Hull and sure to be admired by all who inspect.

Set atop a commanding ridgetop position overlooking Lake Weyba, this award-winning home exudes an air of subtle sophistication amid lashings of quality finishes, such as plantation shutters and gorgeous lighting fixtures.

The owners of this residence have a long association with Noosa Springs, being among the first handful of people to purchase in this stunning development and now, with a move to acreage in their sights, the time has come to sell their much-admired and fastidiously maintained home.

This two-storey residence offers a functional floor plan so those who prefer single-level living can simply utilise the grand guest suite, with ensuite and walk-through robe, and reserve the upper-level of the home for their friends and family.

There is ample living space on the lower-level of the home

including formal and casual dining zones, a gourmet kitchen with breakfast bar and walk-in pantry, plus numerous covered terraces for alfresco dining.

A sunken formal lounge room is one of the stars of this home, with large sliding doors retracting to create an indoor/ outdoor feel as well as capture views of the sparkling pool.

A fireplace creates a cosy space in the cooler months, while access to the pretty covered terrace and barbecue area can make for an entertainer's delight.

A media room, laundry, powder room, drying terrace and access to the garage complete this level of the home.

Upstairs, two more bedrooms are close to the main bathroom and each enjoys a walk-in robe plus access to a shared balcony, while the master suite is located at the rear of the home and features a walk-in robe, ensuite and access to a private balcony that offers views of the immaculate gardens.

This property also features additional built-in storage, a wine cellar, air-conditioning, and room for a golf buggy.

home essentials ADDRESS: 748 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Palmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 61 Noosa Springs Drive, Noosa Heads PRICE: $2,895,000 VIEW: Saturday, 11-11.30am DESCRIPTION: 4 bed, 4 bath, 2 car, pool AGENT: Jon Blonk for Richardson and Wrench Noosa, 0412 806 252 Thursday, 11 December, 2014 | NOOSA TODAY 23

Everyone fantasises about achieving the dream sale – the perfect sale when agent, buyer and location line up precisely.

Who doesn’t dream about raking in millions or just a

5 year period with a previous agency. I got a big kick

healthy profit by mastering a clever sale or purchase?

selling the Kin Kin Post Office for $120,000 also the

Although it may sound glamorous, and far-fetched,

Wappa Falls Farm on the shores of the Wappa Falls

it doesn’t have to be a dream. To prove the point, we

dam. On the other end of the spectrum I enjoyed selling

Market confidence has returned to Noosa, as it’s known by

present the first in a series of ultra-successful real

three of the properties at First Point. And really to me,

many. And when it comes to prices, you don’t need deep

estate practitioners who have climbed their way to the

its about putting the right buyer with the right property.

pockets, just a cruisy coastal attitude.

top in Noosa.

I think real estate has changed in recent years. Agents

After floundering performances in recent years, the outlook

Richardson & Wrench’s principal Peter Butt shares his

focus on the price being a ‘bargain’ and some have

for house prices and capital growth is on the up.

strong business acumen, how he is perpetually driven

forgotten about selling the features of the property and

Median prices in Noosa are up to one-third higher than the

to new heights, and ultimately how attitude, integrity

the lifestyle benefits that go with its ownership ie the

surrounding region, according to RP Data.

and a love for the industry have helped him amass

fantastic community assets we have around us!

A four-bedroom, four-bathroom waterfront home at 25 Witta Circle remains the record-setting sale, fetching $8.25

$1 billion in sales, a first for anyone in Noosa.

Q. Explain the provenance of Richardson & Wrench.

million in 2008. It was negotiated by R&W Noosa.

In July 2013, two apartments in Noosa’s Sandpiper were

Q. Initially your career was in the construction industry. When did you see the light?

SURF’S UP IN BUYERS’ MARKET

A. I knew Richardson & Wrench had a sound reputation

sold off-the-plan for a combined $14 million, and the third

and was one of the first franchises in Australia when

was recently sold for its listed price.

A. We were a close family growing up in Sydney’s I bought into the Noosa business in 1992 and soon

Richardson and Wrench principal Peter Butt who sold the

eastern suburbs and whilst my three siblings chose

discovered a number of very successful people were

apartments says tides are finally turning in the chic holiday

careers in the corporate world, I opted for the outdoors

a part of the network. One of these was Ron Pillinger,

spot.

as a rigger/crane chaser/dogman. Yes, I liked heights

the principal of R&W Double Bay, a legend and trusted

Peter is also ebullient about the Richardson & Wrench

and the pay! After holidays in Noosa in 1978, when the

adviser in Sydney society from A-listers and horse

Holidays division, a unique marketing advantage. “The large

views from the top of the hill were as beautiful as today,

trainers to famous business identities. He was also a

holiday property portfolio has approximately 250 holiday

I returned to Sydney, sold up and moved here.

leading figure in the Salvation Army.

properties with tariffs from smart budget to absolute luxury.

Michael Dunn, who like me went to Waverley College

We service close to 80,000 guests every year, some come

took over from Ron. I remember seeing Michael’s sales

back every year. I think they get bitten by the “Noosa Bug”

board for a month back in 1992. He’d racked up $60m.

and return for the antidote. Last month we sold two major

Q. What’s the magnetism of Noosa?

A. Great question. It was something that just grew and We were lucky to do that in a whole year back then!

beachfront properties to guests who’d been renting from us

grew - from the waves peeling off the point at National

Over all, being part of the R&W franchise means

for six and eight years. One paid $6m+ and the other $7m+.

Park, winter temps of 23 degrees at 10am, the north-

maintaining the best possible reputation in real estate

In November we sold properties from $320,000 all the way

facing protected beach front, the lakes, waterways,

in Australia.

up the tree. I love the fact that no matter where you buy in Noosa you also get some of the best community assets in

natural beauty and beaches, to the very personable locals.

Q. Being in the epicentre of the Noosa property

First-up I had an outdoor advertising business followed

market is exciting. Why?

the world.”

by a cleaning business servicing the holiday market, door to door sales with Electrolux, in fact any job that

A. I love that effective town planning has maintained

paid well. I cleaned most of the apartments in Little

a boutique feel to Hastings Street and Little Cove; a

Cove and Hastings Street so knew how many bedrooms

controlled supply of property supports stable prices

and bathrooms they had even the colour of the tiles. It

from a growing demand; an evolving architecture

was a natural segue to real estate.

with features such as cross-flow ventilation through

$1 BILLION IN SALES Attitude, integrity and a love for the industry have helped Peter amass $1 billion in sales, a first for anyone in Noosa

open/indoor outdoor living zones; plus the view of the

Q. What makes real estate so alluring?

waterways on Noosa Sound, the lure of the beach in Sunshine and Sunrise and sunsets from Noosa Hill;

A. All aspects of real estate thrill me. I enjoy marketing, the serenity of the hinterland; the residential zones finding the buyer for a property and wondering whether

cradled between National Parks and green zones; and

the best buyer will come from say Sydney, Melbourne

the River and North Shore.

or SE Queensland which these days is 95% of our

Currently the market is in transition from a buyers’

market. The balance comes from the rest of Australia

market to a sellers’ market, a see-saw where the

plus a few expats who are working overseas in eg;

advantage pivots between abundant supply and low

Japan, New York or London.

demand and low supply and strong demand. This

Altogether I’ve transacted well over $800m in R&W

doesn’t mean that prices are going to run away, but

property sales, with further sales transacted over a

rather steady and sustainable growth is on its way.

Peter Butt on the balcony of Sandpiper's penthouse

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Perfectly positioned on the highest point of the ridgeline skirting a forested shoreline of the Noosa River system, superbly detailed and intelligently designed by Peter Hull Architects, the residence offers a wonderful lifestyle amidst fragrant courtyard gardens, poolside terraces and treetop filtered view of Lake Weyba. ɒ North eastern aspect across sunny terraces, 20 metre boundary edge lap pool. ɒ Breezeway entry, private manicured courtyard gardens and feature pond. ɒ Plantation shuttered garden room, wine cellar, study, fireplace, ceiling fans, ducted air/vacuum ɒ Optional downstairs master bedroom suite, built-in BBQ with steamer & wok burner. ɒ 24hr manned security gatehouse, golf club, tennis courts, restaurant, day spa 5 mins to beach.

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It’s no wonder this modern architecturally designed property by Frank Macchia, featured as Australian Home of the Year. Built by Gary Emanuel, this home provides unparalled style and is visually appealing. The design is ultra modern but timeless, leaving every aspect fascinating. ɒ Roof deck/whale watching with National Park and stunning ocean views. ɒ Very private and secluded. ɒ Floor to ceiling glass with high vaulted ceilings. ɒ Lap pool with mosaic tile water feature. ɒ Seperate lower level guest retreat.

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Soak up the sun’s rays while sipping a quiet champagne from your luxury 5 star apartment located right on Hastings Street in Australia’s premier beach resort village. Now you can enjoy your holidays in comfort with excellent income returns to make even your accountant smile. ɒ Lots of café and dining opportunities at your door. ɒ Priced to sell in today’s competitive market. ɒ Perfect Northerly orientation. ɒ 100m2 with a double length terrace.

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View Saturday 12.00-12.30pm Price $895,000

This property sits in the heart of everything Sunshine Beach has to offer. Located just metres from the patrolled Sunshine Beach and famous surf club. ɒ Stylishly renovated and fully furnished, ready for immediate income. ɒ Designer kitchen, modern appliances with built-in breakfast bench . ɒ Master bedroom with ensuite and access to large balcony. ɒ Large single level, ground floor apartment, complex of 5.

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Stunning position, open, light and airy and facing true north this apartment captures the cooling breezes and winter sunshine. With a large terrace and big light filled rooms it works very well for holidays and family get togethers. The complex has direct access to the riverfront with a jetty. ɒ Secure parking and heated in ground pool. ɒ Air conditioned with a jetty and boat access. ɒ Open plan with big bedrooms. ɒ Priceless location.

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If it is a property on Noosa’s beachfront you seek the time to act is now! 20 On The Beach is a larger beachfront apartment with separate bedroom and a huge terrace to take in the beach and ocean views of Laguna Bay. ɒ Heated pool, steam room and sauna. ɒ Stunning guest lounge with TV. ɒ Spacious terrace with spa. ɒ Undercover security parking.

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Escape to the Noosa hinterland and indulge in acreage living at it’s best, this is a prestige rural home designed for family living. This property offers surpassed privacy and tranquility just 15 minutes to Noosa main beach. ɒ Elevated position with dramatic mountain views. ɒ Self-contained guest villa and seperate home office. ɒ Huge pool deck and covered entertaining areas. ɒ Recently renovated bathrooms and kitchen. ɒ 16 acres of cleared land, huge dam, shed and artist’s studio.

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Prices out in the open at last QUEENSLAND realtors are rejoicing in major changes to property laws as buyers are left in the dark over prices and fees.

The state’s new Property Occupations Act is designed to cut red tape and simplify transactions but now also prohibits the disclosure of auction price guides along with agent commissions.

Richardson and Wrench Noosa principal Jennifer Carr said while the recent changes were a major improvement and long overdue, she did question how buyers would respond to some of the amendments.

“The one thing I’m not excited about is not being able to use a price guide for auctions,” Ms Carr said.

“Buyers will give us a hiding over this change, I bet,” she said.

Real Estate Institute of Queensland CEO Antonia Mercorella said auctions were the most transparent form of sale as the bidding took place in the public domain and the new laws acted to provide further improvements in the auction process.

“With the rise of online portals in real estate marketing the Act goes a step further, allowing agents to load auction properties by price criteria on websites, which enables consumers to search by price ranges,” she said.

“I can’t tell you how many calls and emails from buyers come to me generally asking for an indicative price guide.”

Ms Mercorella said the Act also allowed real estate agents involved in an auction to provide a perspective buyer with a comparative market analysis (CMA), provided the vendor had consented.

Ms Carr said price guides were needed to help buyers determine whether the property was in their budget.

“Agents can also provide a written explanation showing how they decided the market value of the property,” she said.

“With auctions, we never tell the reserve, of course, but at least roughly we can say that it is likely to be between $500,000 to $600,000. Some buyers will only be in the $400,000 (range) and are happy with that information as they know immediately it is beyond their budget.”

According to Ms Mercorella, the changes are much-needed to simplify the sale process for agents and consumers.

Ms Carr said the price range was not always evident and buyers liked to have a “rough idea” of the price.

“They will also help to create a more competitive marketplace by allowing agents and their clients the contractual freedom to

“Queensland’s new real estate laws eliminate much of the costly paperwork which has burdened real estate agencies for far too long,” she said.

determine commissions which reflect the level of services being provided.

“It’s a simple matter of freedom of contract between vendor and agent.”

Another major change to the Act is the abolition of a separate Form 30C Warning Statement which gave prospective buyers information regarding their entitled cooling off period.

Ms Carr said these forms were cumbersome and no longer up-to-date and also lumped real estate together with a range of industries.

“In the contracts prior to 1 December there were unwieldy attachments and warning statements and too many ways used by buyers to terminate contracts on minor bases or technical omissions,” Ms Carr said.

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Report's building confidence MASTER Builders have released their latest building industry outlook report and it looks like good news for the residential building industry.

According to the report, the construction industry has maintained growth for over 12 months, putting building conditions for the residential sector in positive territory for the first time in the survey’s five-year history.

The report also forecasts a 14 per cent rise in dwelling unit commencements for 2014/15 at an estimated 40,000 commencements.

Master Builders’ deputy executive director Paul Bidwell said the report also anticipated the good news would continue into 2015 and 2016.

Mr Bidwell said the data also underlined a fundamental shift in supply, with a swing to multi-residential rather than traditional single, detached housing.

“As well as a rise of 14 per cent in 2014/15, we are estimating that dwelling unit commencements will increase a further 10 per cent to 45,000 starts in 2015/16,” Mr Bidwell said.

“Currently, approvals for multi-residential developments make up 45 per cent of the state’s total building approvals, while comprising only about one quarter of Queensland’s total housing stock,” he said.

“While this growth will be spread across much of the state, it will be particularly focused on south-east Queensland, with solid growth also expected in most regions.

However, we are anticipating that Central Queensland and Mackay and Whitsunday will continue to struggle in the short term.”

“Unfortunately, affordability of new housing will remain an ongoing problem for the industry over the longer term. This is despite the fact that it has improved slightly over the last 12 months thanks to lower mortgage rates.

Mr Bidwell said recent building approvals data, which showed totally dwelling approvals increase by 20 per cent over the past 12 months, supported the report’s predictions.

“As with previous years, renovation activity will remain solid and we anticipate the high cost of buying a new home will

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continue to encourage many owners to stay put and renovate rather than sell and upgrade to a new home.”

Master Builders says unfortunately this good news isn’t reflected in the non-residential sector, with the ongoing weakness in private and public sector investment the biggest issue.

“There are no winners in 2015 when it comes to non-residential construction, with a number of major retail projects coming to an end and no clear pipeline of new work,” Mr Bidwell said.

“The office market continues to be oversupplied and the industrial segment will remain flat. The bulk of construction activity will continue to be in the engineering sector, despite this segment falling significantly.”

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“It is this stability, in conjunction with steady population and employment growth, that will underpin consumer and business confidence and the confidence to invest in new construction,” Mr Bidwell said.

Master Builders’ Building industry outlook report includes a comprehensive snapshot of the current state of the building industry and an assessment on business sentiment and outlook for the medium term.

For a copy, visit www.masterbuilders.asn. au/publications-and-resources/reports-andstatistics/building-industry-outlook.

This truly is a home that invites relaxation and enjoyment. The Mediterranean theme is everywhere in this 4 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, 3 toilet plus powder room home, and grandstand views of the ocean. Captains Court has some of the best million dollar plus homes in the area and most with views out to the ocean. The surrounding views will lift your spirit. The home has excellent size bedrooms and bathrooms and superb living areas where entertaining will always be a pleasure. Now for those who love cooking and want something special, then this kitchen is designed for the perfect partnership. For the romantics there is even a roof top viewing deck where you can sit up there and watch the whales go by or gaze at the stars at night. The beautiful pool is designed and set in rather a private area of the property and one in which you can do a few laps in as well. Don’t miss your opportunity to inspect this beautiful home this weekend!

15 Captains Court, Sunrise Beach Inspect: Saturday 11am to 11.45am Ron Davey 0412 206 563

Master Builders’ latest building industry outlook highlights that although different segments of the industry will continue to perform better than others, growth will slowly spread over the year ahead.

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D L O S E B L L I W This comfortable, immaculate, high set home has its own gate access to acres and acres of National Park forever. The large in ground pool is in a lovely tropical setting and has the added bonus of an attractive turfed area to kick a ball as well as covered patios for entertaining. The home comprises of 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, laundry, security screens, foyer, large lounge dining area, kitchen and a further 2 covered patios above.

The double gate access at the side boundary is perfect for a trailer or boat. The subtle bonuses associated with this property provide for easy living and great value.

IMMACULATE CASTAWAYS BEACH HOME BORDERING NATIONAL PARK $750,000 3 2.5 2 1 29 Moonbeam Crescent, Castaways Beach Inspect: Saturday 1.00pm to 2pm Petrea Pradella 0412 626 536

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Must be one of the best locations in Noosaville to own a townhouse. Everything is at your finger tips! ...Plenty of jetties for fishing and boating, four beautiful topical swimming pools to enjoy, just a stroll over to the Noosa Yacht Club, Wollies, Dan Murphy’s, the sensational Noosa River and the exceptional restaurants and shopping that Noosaville is now famous for. This beautiful townhouse comprises 3 excellent size bedrooms, 2 lovely bathrooms, a very good living area with beautiful tiles and lovely outlook and undercover patio’s and courtyards to enjoy, if you love cooking you’ll love this kitchen and designed for today’s needs, lock up garage and visitors car parking, heaps of storage, 170m2 total floor area, and situated in a restful tropical garden setting. It’s a great investment property and suits the quiet home owner as well. Currently rented by “Triple A’ tenant at $450 per week.

Get in quick for this one!

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Colour - the essence of life? bydesign

Just thought with the recent storms in Sydney and Brisbane that it is important to ensure that everyone is well prepared!! So a repeat of a previous question.

WE can’t survive without colour - our world is full of it. Colour is used for identification, safety, communication, emotion, emphasis - and above all, to make us feel happy.

Karen, Storm season is approaching how do we prepare? Julie.B, Tinbeerwah

Living in a black and white world would require quantum changes to our systems of life. Traffic lights? Shipping signals? Love hearts? Marking homework? Literally what would we do if we didn’t have colour?

Julie, Here is a list published by Energex and it is important to follow this.

Prepare early for the storm season by following this summer checklist to give your family and property the best chance of staying safe when severe weather hits.

Even people like me who love black and white, can’t survive without colour - we need it to stimulate our senses and to energise us.

Before storm season - Trim overhanging tree branches.

Do not attempt to trim trees near powerlines – if a tree is close to a powerline, call us on 13 12 53.

Colour can also calm us, enrage us, soothe us and frighten us. It is a powerful medium that in itself is a complete science. It is fascinating and also challenging.

- Secure loose items such as outdoor furniture and umbrellas, garden debris, garden tools and outdoor toys.

When it comes to putting colours together in your home it can come a close second to speaking in public - a daunting prospect that many people either shy away from or try to ignore, or worse still, stay in the safe zone for fear of stuffing it up completely.

There are many remedies for colour boredom, not all have to do with adding contrasts (total opposites on the colour wheel, eg. Blue is opposite to orange). Having said that, adding a contrast is one quick way of introducing interest, remembering to keep one colour choice dominant. A case in point, imagine an all-blue colour scheme, blue walls, blue sofas, blue rug - now throw in a bright orange cushion - you get the picture.

There is nothing wrong with a completely neutral scheme (colours that don’t favour one of the primaries) but to keep things interesting, textural interest should be added to keep things

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Property Management

by Karen Seskis

WITH DI HENSHALL

I recently visited a house that was beautifully furnished and appointed, but the owners had clearly been afraid of moving out of the monochromatic scheme that they had started. What happens is nothing - there is not a lot of stimulation, nor is there any room to move. If you stick with one colour and continually add things in that same colour it has almost the same effect as an all-beige on beige colour scheme - it is boring.

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- Prepare a storm kit.

- Charge laptops and mobile phones so you can check power outage information on our website.

- Register for early severe weather warning alerts at Australian Early Warning Network, or for Brisbane residents, Brisbane City Council’s Early Warning Alert Service.

During a storm A black and white colour scheme can be very hip, but maddeningly predictable. Break the monotony by throwing in the odd extra colour – this can be virtually any colour, from bright green to pale pink.

- If a power interruption occurs, turn off and unplug electrical items.

- Listen to your local radio station, follow Energex on Facebook and Twitter or check the power outages page for the latest restoration updates.

- Use a torch for light if you’ve lost power and avoid using candles.

- Never use wet or damp electrical items.

After a storm - Stay away from fallen powerlines and alert people to any danger.

Don’t be afraid to use colour. alive, with extras such as living plants or flowers, mirrors and plenty of natural light (which will change the tones of neutrals throughout the day, thereby changing the colours).

Getting back to the black and white - very hip, but maddeningly predictable unless you can break the monotony by throwing in the odd extra colour - luckily this can be virtually any colour, from bright green to pale pink.

One of the hardest colours to get right, in decorating terms anyway, is yellow. Most people who have attempted to paint a room yellow will be rolling their eyes right now, nodding knowingly, and remembering the surprising, sometimes horrific results of what looked pretty darned good in the paint shop on the colour chart.

Yellow, for some crazy reason is also very tricky to match up with other colours, especially

other yellows. All I can say about this is - get some professional advice. I have seen most yellow disasters and could steer you away from that Hitchcock moment of seeing the freakish result of the wrong choice.

Most good professional painters have also seen everything there is to be seen in people’s colour disasters, so please, please ask for professional help - that’s why it’s called professional help.

- Report fallen powerlines on 13 19 62.

- Report a loss of supply on 13 62 62 or to get the latest power restoration updates.

If you have any property management questions that you would like to clarify please feel free to contact me on 5474 8811 or karen@eldersnoosa.com.au

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Owners make the big mooove THE iconic “Big Cow”, located just off the Bruce Highway in Kulangoor, has been sold after 14 years of ownership.

The Big Cow also became home to the Sunshine Coast’s first air/ sea rescue helicopter, with the old helipad still onsite.

The property was developed as the Country World tourist attraction - a working dairy farm running Ayrshire cows, where visitors could learn first-hand about the property’s daily workings.

The sellers bought the property in 2000, and ran it as The Outdoor Centre for years, before re-zoning it to become one of the Coast’s biggest training centres, capturing a niche in the market.

Sculpted by Hugh Anderson, who was also behind the Big Bulls at Rockhampton, the big cow is an exact replica, although seven times the size, of an Ayrshire cow.

Nambour Regional Training Centre has been operational for years now and they’ve hired the facilities to companies all over Australia and have training tenants in the marine,

mining and disability industries.

The complex has parking for up to 70 vehicles and easy access off and on to the Bruce Highway, which are huge benefits for those seeking to hire training facilities.

ONE Agency Noosa principal Grant Baker said a successful marketing campaign has led the sale, which officially settled this late last month. “The team at ONE Agency Noosa has worked diligently to create an outcome where both buyers and sellers are happy,” Grant said.

The iconic Big Cow was made by Hugh Anderson who also built the Big Bull in Rockhampton.

OPEN HOMES Castaways Beach 29 Moonbeam Crescent

Sunshine Beach Base Realtors - Petrea Pradella

Sat 1-1.45pm

Doonan 337 Sunrise Road

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Berns

Sat 11am-12pm

Eumundi 54 Jocelyn Drive

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - Brad McDonald

Sat 10.15-11.15am

Little Cove Apt 9 Little Cove Court, 2 Pandanus Street

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Jennifer Carr

Sat 1-1.30pm

Noosaville

Fri 1-1.30pm

Apt 9, 1 Elanda Street

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Kym de Warren & Cam Goode

Sat 10-10.30am

Apt 16‘Sunseeker’, 2 Pilchers Gap

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Kym de Warren

Apt 2, 2 Webb Road

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Kym de Warren & Jon Blonk

Sat 12-12.30pm

13 Duke Street

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Conolly & Rachel Sellman

Sat 12-12.30pm

54 Ferguson Street

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Conolly & Rachel Sellman

Sat 11-11.30am

2/63 Elanda Street

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Conolly & Rachel Sellman

Fri 12-1pm

Fri 12-12.30pm, Wed 4-4.30pm

5/53 Elanda Street

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Conolly & Rachel Sellman

Sat 12-12.30pm

11/20 Douglas Street

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Conolly & Rachel Sellman

Sat 11-11.30am

25 Paciic Avenue

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Conolly & Rachel Sellman

Sat 1-1.30pm

1/25 Duke Street

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Conolly & Rachel Sellman

Sat 2-2.30pm, Mon & Wed 1-1.30pm

48 Elanda Street

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Conolly & Rachel Sellman

Sat 1-1.30pm

Tewantin

2/17 Laburnum Crescent

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Hamish Bolderston

Sat 12-12.30pm

U44 The Entrance, 67 Gibson Road

Base Realtors - Ron Davey

Sat 10-10.45am

Noosa Heads

18 Outlook Drive

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Cam Goode

Sat 11-11.30am

1 Tinaroo Place

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Shannon Orr

Sat 10-10.30am

Tinbeerwah

38 Angler Street

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Kate Cox

Sat 1-1.30pm

93 Cooyar Street

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Kate Cox

Sat 11-11.30am

Apt 20‘On the Beach’49 Hastings Street

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Shane McCauley & Frank Milat

Apt 11‘Noosa Crest Two’2 Noosa Drive

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Kate Cox

Apt 20‘Noosa Shores’86-88 Noosa Drive

Apt 8‘Costa Nova’1 Belmore Terrace Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Kym de Warren

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Shane McCauley & Frank Milat

Sat 1-1.30pm Sat 12-12.30pm Sat 12-12.30pm

32 Weyba Park Drive

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Cam Goode

Sat 12-12.30pm

12 Wyona Drive

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Shannon Orr

Sat 11-11.30am

11 Ravenwood Drive

Rose Callaghan Realty - Rosemary Callaghan

Sat 11am-12pm

45 Mackay Court

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Hamish Bolderston & Peter Butt

565 Sunrise Road

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Berns

Sat 9.30-10.30am

555 Sunrise Road

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - David Berns

Sat 9.30-10.30am

90 Patterson Drive

Century 21 Conolly Hay Group - Brad McDonald

102 Patterson Drive

Villa Prestige Properties - David Perez

Sat 9.30-10am Sat 11am-12pm

Twin Waters 39/20 Anchorage Circuit

Noosa Springs

Sat 11-11.30am

One Noosa - Lydia Kirn

Sat 1-1.45pm

Verrierdale

128‘The Cascades’61 Noosa Springs Drive

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Jill Goode

Sat 11-11.30am

342‘The Woods’61 Noosa Springs Drive

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Kate Cox

Sat 10-10.30am

527‘The Ridge’61 Noosa Springs Drive

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Jon Blonk

Sat 10-10.30am

716‘The Palms’61 Noosa Springs Drive

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Jill Goode

Sat 10-10.30am

748‘The Palms’61 Noosa Springs Drive

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Jon Blonk

Sat 11-11.30am

559 Noosa Springs Drive

One Noosa - Craig Brumby

Sat 11-11.45am

716 Noosa Springs Drive

One Noosa - Craig Brumby

Sat 12-12.45pm

59 The Peninsula

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Shane McCauley & Frank Milat

Sat 11-11.30am

2/7 Stillwater Place

One Noosa - Lydia Kirn

Noosa Waters

81 Litin Road

Sunrise Beach

Sat 1-2pm

auction diary Sat, December 20 11am

Fri & Sat 11-11.45am

Villa Prestige Properties - David Perez

Apt 20 Noosa Shores, 86-88 Noosa Parade, Noosa Heads

Richardson & Wrench Noosa

Thur, January 15 4pm

Apt 20‘On the Beach’49 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads

Richardson & Wrench Noosa

4pm

Apt 23‘On the Beach’49 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads

Richardson & Wrench Noosa

Apt 2‘Courtside’19 Advance Place

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Shannon Orr

Sat 1-1.30pm

4pm

Apt 2101 Grande Viridian, Morwong Drive, Noosa Heads

Richardson & Wrench Noosa

36 Southern Cross Parade

Richardson & Wrench Noosa - Shannon Orr

Sat 12-12.30pm

4pm

15 Cooran Court, Noosa Heads

Richardson & Wrench Noosa

15 Captains Court

Base Realtors - Ron Davey

Sat 11-11.45am

4pm

3 Kiamba Court, Sunshine Beach

Richardson & Wrench Noosa

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LETTERS

Post your letters to: 36 Mary St, Noosaville, 4566 or email: newsdesk@noosatoday.net.au

Comeback kid?

SUDDENLY seeing Lew Brennan’s mugshots and scribes regularly in the local print media makes me wonder if he is contemplating a return to local politics, as it is only a year or so to go to the next council election. If so, he may have considered a couple of points in his favour.

Point One: The Noosa Shire electorate is very mobile and the voting roll will have many new voters innocent of his past standing.

Point Two: Currently, apparently with thanks to the interim mayor, we the ratepayers have no divisional representation by a councillor. Which means, of course, councillors do not carry any responsibilities to the voters.

In this scenario, Lew Brennan probably would not have been voted out of office by an 80 per cent margin to Tony Wellington due to his beliefs and actions that did not represent the ideals of Hinterland Division 12.

Under the current non-division system, Lew Brennan could well have garnered votes from those uninterested voters spread around the shire, whom having to vote just vote for someone who is vaguely familiar.

That’s where pictures and named letters/articles in the print media come in.

In regards to his attack on Tony Wellington’s disregard of staff advice re the Masters saga, do not forget that Tony Wellington was supported by councillors and the mayor.

The answer to Lew Brennan and others who are not in tune with the electorate is, don’t stand. We voters have long memories, even if you polllies don’t. So many old sayings are true: If you live in a glass house, don’t throw stones.

Brian Whelan, Kin Kin.

No sound case THE EDV minority group has simply not been able to put a sound case as to whether the residents of this area should be inconvenienced into having to cast a vote as to why they should not remain with Sunshine Coast Shire and instead become part of Noosa Shire.

EDV need to demonstrate they have something like the numbers to go to the next step to request a proper supervised vote from the appropriate authority (at present, they questionably may have three per cent based on the spot survey they commissioned).

Furthermore, they need to show proper cause how being part of Noosa Shire will somehow improve our level of services and our well-being overall. To have supervised voting will cost money and our taxes should not be wasted unless due cause can be shown.

It is inappropriate and improper behaviour for politicians of whatever disposition to be building the hopes of the few in our area that somehow a fairy godmother will make all things possible. The suggestion that all is needed is a change of state government or for a new minister to be appointed is simply playing politics and not being helpful.

Jack Twyford, Doonan.

Ban backed GREAT article written by Jonathon Howard regarding banning smoking in the Noosa area.

How awesome would it be not to walk our kids through clouds of smoke every 20 metres.

Controversial, yes. Innovative, yes. Go Andrew Bell, we’re with you.

Nic Low, Noosa Heads.

LENSCAPE A koala has been making friendly visits to residents in Noosa Heads.

To Alex Harris and her koala column in last week’s Noosa Today (4 December). I think lifting the height restrictions in some areas could certainly ease the need for new land and offer new housing options.

To the free holiday bus services provided by Noosa Council for Christmas.

IT was the middle of the night when Noosa Heads resident Judy Harris was woken by the familiar sounds of a local koala. Judy’s photo is this week’s Lenscape and demonstrates how residents can grow to understand and nurture local wildlife.

“It is heart-warming to know that the local koala colony is doing well,“ she said.

“We are in a residential area of Noosa Heads and it is not the first time we have been woken by a koala. There is one big fellow who we are told has been around here for at least 20 years, and he is beautiful. He just takes his time to look and stop, then stroll along the fence at the back claiming his territory - we enjoyed seeing this little one and hope he comes back again. When you realise that they are here like this, it is a stark reminder to be vigilant when driving and look out for koalas.“ SEND US YOUR SNAPS: Have you got a cracking photo of local wildlife that you would like to see it in print? Send your photos and brief description to newsdesk@noosatoday. net.au

Time for the ban I AGREE with Mr Bell. Noosa should definitely go “smoke-free” in all public spaces. It fits in with Noosa’s image of living a healthy lifestyle and being family-friendly. Whether you’ve moved here or are just visiting, we all came here to enjoy the outdoors, Noosa’s pristine beaches, beautiful river and National Park.

You certainly can’t enjoy any of those things if you have to breathe in secondhand smoke or walk over discarded cigarette butts.

D. Williams, Tewantin.

You weren’t there I WOULD suggest to K. Cameron (Noosa Today, 4 December) condemning the police for shooting a man, in what we trust is selfdefence, that perhaps unless K. Cameron was there in person, he or she has no idea what happened, or why.

If the relatives of the man involved thanked the police and voiced their support, who is anyone else to attack them? Our police hardly lurk around corners looking for people to shoot.

They are trained, they are professional and deserve support and respect. If we keep attacking them, how can we expect young people to respect them or others in authority? And that is the real danger.

M. Gaynor, Sunrise Beach.

Some freedom Armchair critics REGARDING the shooting of the person at Tewantin. Like all armchair critics that weren’t there (and I would be one of the worst), it’s all too easy to pass judgement and suggest alternative scenarios.

What we do know is that when an officer puts on the uniform and the belt (holding his only protections for survival), he only wants a peaceful and uneventful day and his family don’t ever want to receive any bad news. What is never read about are the times when off-duty and armed with only a badge, they step in to protect the public and insist on no publicity.

E. Wright, Sunrise Beach.

I THOUGHT we lived in a free country but apparently we have no freedom in choosing whether or not to lock our car. Surely the police must have more important things to do than walk around checking to see if cars are locked?

I usually choose to leave my car unlocked with a window down, for three reasons - I don’t leave valuables inside, I don’t want a thief breaking my windows to find that out; and to reduce heat from building up. My current vehicle is quite unique and highly unlikely to be the target of a joyride. I’ve never had theft or felt I was taking a risk.

Now the police will be the only risk I have to consider when parking at the beach.

As for the free-for-all at the roundabouts,

the stupid and confusing rules are the problem.

Creating the need to indicate twice, first right then left, when you are actually intending to go straight through defies logic.

We’d be better off with the same simple rules for roundabouts as at other intersections, give way to right and indicate the direction you are turning.

Woody Dass, Noosaville.

New name IN RESPONSE to the renaming of the Ettamogah Pub, I would like to suggest “The pub with the cool/cold beer”.

S. Brennan, Peregian Springs.

Track ’em down AS SUGGESTED by Alex Harris from Koala Tracker (Noosa Today, 4 December), I too would welcome increasing building height limits in the areas she has suggested to accommodate more residents. I have been saying this for years to anyone who would stand still long enough to listen.

Ever since the Noosa landscape was changed forever when Noosa Sound and Noosa Waters were built, great chunks of natural bush have disappeared for housing estates such as Noosa Banks and the Daintree Estate.

Hundreds of native trees are being cleared at the Doonella Noosa Estate as I write. Many more magnificent trees have been cut down in smaller subdivisions in the last year, only one to two kilometres from the centre of Tewantin.

Surely it makes more sense to lift the height restrictions in certain areas where the infrastructure is already in place, so there wouldn’t be the need to build new roads, footpaths and put in new services such as power, water, sewer etc.

The area is going to keep growing, so we have to get smarter about where to put these people. Clearing more bush for more housing estates is not the answer. Tony Wellington says in his new book that “Noosa residents maintain a deep respect for the natural environment”. I am not so sure.

Bruce Hallett, Tewantin.

I’ve seen three motorists throw their cigarette butts out their windows near waterways and near the beach in less than a week. Where do they think their butts go? Are they so silly to think that it’s not their problem? I wonder if they also complain about the amount of garbage building up in our waterways - again not their problem.

To the Abbott Government for using taxpayer funds on yet another expensive advertising campaign to sell us, of all things, university cuts.

Lies and more lies will not lead to good governance.

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COMMUNITYUPDATES CANCER COUNCIL NOOSA BRANCH MEETING THE Cancer Council Noosa branch will meet on 12 December, from 10am, at the Noosa Leisure Centre, opposite the library. For more information, phone Marika on 0427 741 253.

Meetings are every second Friday of the month.

CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF NOOSA SUNDAY, 14 December at Christian Fellowship of Noosa will be the first of two celebrations of the birth of the Saviour.

Chris Lancaster will bring a message titled “The First Miracle of Christmas” and, of course, we will be singing the good old carols.

Come along to the CWA Hall, next to the Tewantin Post Office at 9.30am. To find out more about us call Tony on 5474 0620.

TEWANTIN CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL THE Tewantin Christmas Carnival is set to kick off in Memorial Park, Tewantin on Sunday, 14 December, from 4pm until 8pm. It is a fantastic community event with free entry and plenty for everyone, including ice cream, soft drinks,

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food, raffles and rides.

There is also live entertainment by Shades and Christmas Carols culminating with a fireworks display over the beautiful Noosa River.

For 19 years, the Tewantin Noosa RSL Club in conjunction with the Tewantin Noosa RSL Sub-branch and the Noosa Branch of the Vietnam Veterans Association have joined forces to present the Tewantin Christmas Carnival.

Make sure you don’t miss it. These organisations make sure it is a great night for one and all.

NOTICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS WITH the Christmas and New Year period fast approaching, I would like to share with you the Department of Veterans Affairs service arrangements for the Christmas/New Year period.

All DVA offices, including all Veterans’ Access Network (VAN) and Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service (VVCS) offices will close at close of business on Wednesday, 24 December and will re-open on Friday, 2 January.

While the offices may be closed, veterans and their families can continue to access many of the key DVA services by phoning VVCS on 1800 011 046 for 24-hour counselling support; visiting DVA’s At Ease mental health portal www.at-ease.dva.gov.au; and logging in to MyAccount through www.dva.gov.au to manage transport bookings and other services.

Other services that will be available include transport - if transport is not booked prior to the Christmas period, veterans will need to pay up front and seek reimbursement from DVA later.

Alternatively transport can also be booked and modified, and travel expenses can be lodged online through MyAccount-DVA’s online services portal.

Veterans who are not registered for MyAccount can arrange this prior to the ChristmasNew Year period by phoning DVA on 133 254 or visiting https://myaccount.dva.gov.au/; hospital admissions - doctors can admit DVA patients into hospital and request admissions approval, where required, when DVA re-opens; urgent medical and/or allied health treatment should proceed as normal, providers can seek

retrospective financial approval when DVA re-opens; Defence Service Homes Insurance - help with policy and claim enquiries is available 24-hours a day on 1300 552 662.

It is also important to note that the last pension payday of the calendar year has been brought forward to Monday, 22 December to allow payments to be received prior to the Christmas Day public holiday.

All other pension pay dates will remain the same.

INNER SEA CHANGE CONNECT with others seeking greater selfawareness at a weekly discussion group exploring ways to be the difference you want to see in the world. Learn and share. Tuesdays, 1pm to 2.30pm. See location and RSVP at www. meetup.com/inner-sea-change.

PBCA MEETING THE Peregian Beach Community Association (PBCA) will hold its meeting at 10am on 14 December in Victory Park, Lorikeet Drive, Peregian Beach. All are welcome.

St Andrew’s Anglican College student and event organiser Genevieve Kane with the toys donated to the Empty Christmas Tree project.

Giving their all SCHOOL may have finished for students at St Andrew’s Anglican College but the spirit of giving was alive and well last week as students donated to the Empty Christmas Tree project.

New toys of all shapes and sizes were donated and placed under the tree. These will be distributed to those less fortunate through the Anglican Church of Noosa Christmas Feast and United Synergies.

Year 12 student Genevieve

Kane, who initiated the project, said it was encouraging to see the generosity of our community.

“I am sure that our donations will be putting smiles on faces this Christmas,” she said.

To donate to the Anglican Church of Noosa Christmas Feast please contact them at www.anglicanchurchnoosa.org or United Synergies at www. unitedsynergies.com.au

Peregian Lions’ Jackie Stewart, Mix FM’s Caroline Hutchinson, Darren Percival and Santa with Willow and Cash Percival.

Pride of Peregian THE Lions Club of Peregian has taken on the organising of the Peregian Beach Christmas Carols in the park adjacent to the surf club commencing at 5.30 pm on Monday, 22 December.

This event will be the 50th staging of

the carols and a wonderful night is assured. Local legend Darren Percival has put together a great program of local artists to support him including former Ten Tenors member Luke Kennedy.

The night will be compared by

Caroline from the Mix FM Big Brekky show. Santa will drop by in the RACQ Helicopter at 6.30pm and the night will finish at 8.30pm with fireworks.

Food and drinks will be available for sale on the night.

Meals on Wheels Roster for Tewantin-Noosa WEEKLY roster for TewantinNoosa Meals on Wheels, from Monday, 15 to Friday, 19 December.

Monday drivers: Moya and Allan, Geoff and Margaret, Pat and John, Helen and John, Patricia, drivers needed for runs E, F. Kitchen: Verena, Martina, Len, Neil.

Tuesday drivers: Bruce, Astrid, Anne, Gail and Sharon, drivers need-

ed for run E, Noosa Council Ann/ Wendy Libby and Jan. Kitchen: Ashleigh, Christine, Jo, George.

Wednesday drivers: Margaret and Joan, H.W.N.Steps, Von and Bart, Ray, Denise, Evelyn and Maureen. Driver needed run A. Kitchen: Carol, Jill, Elfie, Jerry, Neil.

Thursday drivers: Drivers Needed Runs A, D, Graham, Brian

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E, Lyn and Michael, Jan and Wendy, Linda and Nabil.

Kitchen: Lois, Christine, Robyn, John.

Friday drivers: Brian C, Jan and Bob, Brian G, Les and Vicki, Jenny, Margaret and Ray, Rosalie and Jack.

Kitchen: Sandy, Cliff, George, Trev.

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

Learn to Sing instructor Mary Anderson with a student.

Students on song THE annual Learn to Sing musical concert will be held at the Peregian Springs Golf Club on Sunday, 14 December from 2pm. The free,

family-friendly concert is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. Students from Learn to Sing will be performing.

Two Kings return for Christmas IT HAS been 17 years since Noosa Chorale music director and pianist Adrian King and daughter Louise last played together on stage.

This year, Christmas Wassail partygoers can expect star performances from them both at ‘The J’ on December 20 and 21.

Internationally renowned cellist, concert and recording artist Louise King, has worked extensively throughout the UK, Asia, Europe and Australia with some of the world’s finest orchestras while Adrian has endeared himself to Noosa audiences with inspirational concerts since he took over from Leonard Spira in 2007.

Adrian and Louise last played together at a school festival in 1997 when Adrian was director of music at St James School in Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

“We played as a duo and as a trio with my daughter Sarah who is a violinist,” Adrian said.

“Louise has arranged a Christmas songs and carols set for us, including favourites like ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel.’

“She is also playing the cello solo when we showcase English composer Vaughan Williams’ ‘Fantasia on Christmas Carols.’

“He had a lovely sense of melody and rich harmony which are displayed so clearly in Fantasia.

“Louise combines her concert work with teaching and she has organised a group of her cellists to play Christmas carols on the

forecourt as a preview to the concerts… a sort of ‘cello hello’!”

The Chorale is transforming ‘The J’ into a wonderland filled with joyful Christmas scenes and festive fun for the concerts.

The Wassail has been a calendar event each year since it started in 2007 and is so popular performances post ‘house full’ signs.

The original idea came from one of Adrian’s groups, the Grimsby Bach Choir, which each year

stages a Wassail derived from the ‘Old Norse ves hael’ or from a later time the ‘Anglo Saxon waes hael’.

Depending on how you feel at the time it can be a toast of a drink like mulled ale or a party, particularly at Christmas.

It’s easy to imagine roistering Vikings hallooing Wassail as they dip they beards into their tankards, or 12th-century English peasants warming up to the winter weather with a Christmas carol or two and a hot mug.

This Christmas the Wassail theme is ‘Joy’ and, according to chorale vice president and organiser, Talluah Harper, “It’s the joy of the holidays, joy in music, joy in food and joy in others.

“It is table seating and we’re inviting folk to join us in sharing cheese platters, mince pies, drinks and hear some wonderful festive songs, sing carols from word sheets with the choir and enjoy a genial atmosphere of bonhomie and hearty Christmas cheer!” she said.

Noosa Chorale Christmas Cheer will be held at The J, 60 Noosa Drive, Noosa Junction on 20 and 21 December at 7.30pm.

Tickets are $30 and includes a cheese platter and homemade mince pies.

For bookings visit www.thej. com.au or phone 5329 6560.

Adrian King in full flight with the Chorale at the Wassail last Christmas.

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As dumb as it gets

By JONATHON HOWARD WANT to hear the most annoying sound in the world – again?

That’s right, the famous “dumb” duo are back in the official sequel Dumb and Dumber To, which is currently screening at BCC Noosa Cinemas.

In need of a new kidney and having learned that he has a long-lost daughter, Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) snaps his equally cretinous pal Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey), out of an apparent fugue state to accompany him on a journey to find her.

The witless wonders criss-cross the country using whatever mode of transportation they can find, ultimately arriving at the one place on Earth where they least belong: a summit of the

world’s most brilliant minds.

Of course Lloyd takes one look at a picture of the supposed daughter and develops an instant crush and he insists the two track her down.

What ensues when Harry finally agrees is a bizarre encounter with an old lady and more hilarity because of their sheer stupidity.

While not as ground-breaking as the first film, Dumb and Dumber To re-lives some of those hilarious moments and is certainly a cut above any of the unsuccessful remakes.

Dumb and Dumber To has received 6.7/10 on IMDB. WIN A DOUBLE PASS: Here’s your chance to win a double pass to see Dumb and Dumber To at BCC Noosa Cinemas. The first to email competitions@noosatoday.net.au – with your full name and mobile phone number – wins!

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Kids to get crafty CRAFTY kids can get creative in the lead-up to Christmas by making colourful decorations, jewellery, toys, cards and lanterns at the Original Eumundi Markets.

Artist Anne Harris and a team of creative parents from Noosa Pengari Steiner School will host the Rainbow Christmas Craft Tent at the Eumundi Night Markets on Friday, 12 and 19 December from 5-8pm, and on Saturdays, 13 and 20 December from 9am-2pm.

Craft activities will be suitable for all ages and cost is by donation.

There will also be DIY take-home craft kits for sale; the perfect stocking fillers and great for keeping kids busy during the school holidays.

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All money raised will help to support a local family, the Burrells. Clay Burrell was an amazing husband and father who suddenly passed away in September, aged 32.

His loving partner Tanya and their three beautiful young children, Letti, 8, Jarn, 6 and Jasper, 3, are devastated by this loss.

“Clay’s colourful and bright energy has left an inspirational impression on the community,” Ms Harris said.

“Clay exuded a natural strength and a shining light wherever he went. He was a man of fun, with a big heart whose energy always filled a room with funny jokes, love and laughter.

“The community has pulled together to bring this fun and colourful array of sharing during the lead-up to Christmas to help celebrate life, while helping the Burrells. We wish to thank the community far and wide for showing their love, support and generosity.”

Creative kids - and the young at heart - will also have an opportunity to make Christmas lanterns at Eumundi Markets in the lead-up to Christmas. The makers will then have a chance to parade their lanterns at the Eumundi Lantern Parade on the evening on Friday, 19 December.

The lantern-making workshops are being co-ordinated by artist and Eumundi local Analiese Long, well versed in workshops from her experience at Woodford Folk Festival.

Analiese is also hosting lantern making workshops with students at Eumundi State School.

Another very special addition to the Eumundi Night Markets in 2014 is the addition of a Cutlery Christmas Tree, complete with a stunning cutlery star at the top crafted by Bent Silver artist Jhi Appelt. Members of the public are invited to bring old cutlery pieces to the markets to be added to the tree in the lead-up to Christmas.

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Thursday, 11 December 6.30pm: Cafe Le Monde: Funk Xplosion 7pm: Tewantin Noosa RSL: Fiddle Me Please Friday, 12 December 6pm: Club Cooroy: Billy Guy 7pm: Noosa Reef Hotel: Doug De Jong 8pm: Tewantin Noosa RSL: Retrospect 8pm: Cafe Le Monde: DJ Jasti 9pm: Soda Nightclub The Reef: Samrai Saturday, 13 December 7pm: Noosa Reef Hotel: Carl Lynch 7.30pm: Club Cooroy: Late for Woodstock 8pm: Tewantin Noosa RSL: Buddy Holly Show 8:30: Cafe Le Monde: Dj Nato and Jasti 9pm: Soda Nightclub The Reef: Ladyhawke 9.30pm: Villa Noosa: Gen-Z Sunday, 14 December 2pm: Noosa Reef Hotel: DJ Mimi Macpherson 3pm: Sunshine Beach Surf Club: The Vibe 3pm: Cafe Le Monde: Barry Charles and the Deeper Beat 4pm: Zachary’s Peregian Beach: Alan Kelly Crafty kids can get creative at the Eumundi Markets these school holidays.

6pm: Soda Nightclub The Reef: Ellenger

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WE ALL love the glory days of music and Noosa’s own Retrospect are bringing them back to life with a performance at the Tewantin Noosa RSL, this Friday.

Retrospect presents a collection of only the best songs from the ’60s through to the ’90s that will keep you rocking and remembering the good times.

Celebrating artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Led Zepplin and so many more that will bring back your mojo and get you grooving.

Retrospect is led by singer and entertainer, Janice, with Grant Byrne from Late for Woodstock on bass and vocals, Michael Barry from Ultraviolet on guitar and vocals and Mark O’Bryen from Contraband on drums.

Catch Retrospect at the Tewantin Noosa RSL in the Diggers Bar from 8pm on Friday, 12 December.

Tickets are free for members and $10 for non-members and are available from reception or by phoning 5447 1766 for dial-‘n’-charge.

Retrospect will perform at the Tewantin Noosa RSL, Friday night from 8pm.

A circle of artists starting the cycle A CIRCLE of 10 artist friends have linked their creative energies to present their latest art exhibition, Circles and Cycles, at the Butter Factory, Cooroy.

The ArtMakers Noosa group are an artist collective, showing works of mixed media installations to fine ceramics and paintings.

Circles and Cycles promises to transport you from a cell life memory installation by Lucy Connop to the universe expansion paintings of Beatrice Prost.

Liana Volpe was inspired by the Earth circling the sun, while Robyn Gill’s fine porcelain works came from the moon circling the Earth.

Among other works, Ellen Appleby’s lustrous porcelains embody the fabulous invention of the wheel and Linda Perry will surprise as she investigates how circles can be brought together. On a more spiritual side, Lane Sladovich’s powerful and colourful totems have been connected to her through many cycles of her life, as with Ellen Vasiliauskas’s works that focus on the circle and spiral as transcendent graphical representations of the never-ending nature of our existence and our connection to spirit.

Finally, if you like interacting with the artworks Carolyn Ritchie proposes that you have a go on a treadle sewing machine, a spinning

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Circle of friends: Ellen Appleby, Beatrice Prost and Liana Volpe. wheel or add a few stitches to her crocheted mat and spin John Ritchie’s installation A Circular Cyclic Situation.

Circles and Cycles will open at the Butter Factory, Cooroy, on Friday, 12 December, from 6pm, and will run until 24 January.

The community is also invited to meet some of the ArtMakers Noosa artists during an informal tour of the exhibition to explore selected pieces. The tour is on Thursday, 11 December, from 10am-11.30am and is a free event.

Lane Sladovich with one of her totems.

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Noosa surf club boardriders, 1962.

Picture courtesy NHSLSC

Noosa lifesavers with the killer shark, 1961.

Picture courtesy NHSLSC

Michel Bourez sets up a near-perfect barrel to win the World Cup. Picture: ASP

Hayden Kenny surfs National Park.

Picture: Mal Sutherland

Shared cup of tea with God Life of

brine PHIL JARRATT THE Noosa National Surfing Reserve book and DVD, A Cup Of Tea With God, is nearing completion and is shaping up as a beautiful souvenir of our surfing heritage.

Here is a taste: The generation of ex-servicemen who started bringing their families to Noosa in the 1950s included many keen body surfers and surf ski riders, but they mainly focused on the beach breaks of Main Beach, paying scant attention to the perfect waves rolling in along the point breaks every time an east swell combined with a south-east wind.

It wasn’t until a Maryborough-based lifesaver named Hayden Kenny (later to become surfing’s first ironman champion in 1966) saw balsawood Malibu surfboards in action when an American lifeguard team toured Australia in 1956 that the potential of the points was realised.

Kenny, then 20, ordered a replica of the American Malibu from Sydney surfboard builder Gordon Woods - a 10-feet six-inch hollow wood veneer “okinui” weighing more than 30 pounds - and brought it down from the family farm to Noosa to try it out in late 1957.

He told surf historian Stuart Scott: “I’d been to Noosa for a surf carnival, so I knew what was there, the layout of the land and the points, and how the wind affected the surf conditions, so I went there with the board. I remember that first time, walking over the sand dunes right beside the surf club, and there was First Point just going off. After that I kept going back. You only needed a two to three-feet peeling wave, and I had it absolutely to myself from 1957 to 1961.”

Hayden concedes that “there might have been others sneaking onto the points at different times” during those years, and surf club history certainly seems to point that way. Max Krogh from Gympie joined the Noosa club in the early 1950s and regularly rode a 16-foot hollow paddle board at First Point, and on small days he would paddle to the outer bays in search of waves. In 1958 Merv Cummings, also from Gympie, started leaving a huge balsa board, made by a Brisbane boatbuilder, under the clubhouse and riding it on the points. Merv later bought a cast-off Gordon Woods board from Hayden Kenny, but when he left it on the

beach overnight, a storm blew it up and over the sand dune and across Hastings Street into Thatcher’s Flats. Boards were made of sterner stuff in those days, and it survived with only a few ding repairs needed.

By 1960 there was a small crew of Noosa surf club members who surfed the points regularly during holiday periods and summer weekends. New member John Fancourt from Brisbane was one of them, and he was with other regulars Merv Cummings, Roy Cronk and Ken Window surfing First Point on Sunday, 17 December, 1961, with a young Brisbane dental student named John Graydon Andrews. The following morning dawned cool and overcast, and while Fancourt and the other lifesavers enjoyed a sleep-in at the club’s bunkhouse, Andrews paddled his Malibu board out at First Point and rode good quality waves alone. He was pushing his board through the shallows on his way in for breakfast at about 6.30am when a 12-foot whaler shark struck, tearing his left leg off at the knee, then ripping into his left arm as the young surfer tried to fight it off.

Fishermen Rawdon Payne and Keith Bain heard Andrews’ screams and pulled him from the surf where the lifesavers, now fully awake, applied tourniquets to try to stop the bleeding while the young surfer slipped in and out of consciousness. When an ambulance finally arrived from Cooroy, Andrews was rushed to Nambour Hospital, and later transferred to Royal Brisbane, where his condition fluctuated before he died on Christmas Eve. The Noosa lifesavers, several of whom had already had close encounters with it, caught the killer shark and exacted revenge on it, and the fatality, along with another later in the season, eventually resulted in the introduction of shark nets.

But Noosa’s reputation for safe surfing had taken a major hit.

The Noosa National Surfing Reserve is offering families and individuals the opportunity to become Official Supporters of this worthwhile initiative and receive recognition in a special Supporters Page within the book, plus on the NNSR website and Facebook page. You can become a NNSR Supporter for just $100 and receive a copy of the book and DVD you helped create, plus a whole range of supporter benefits. Email info@noosanationalsurfingreseverve.com.au for details.

Down to the wire on the world tour

BY THE time you read this, the 2014 ASP World Championship may well have been decided in huge waves at Pipeline, but as I write

I’m still getting over the sensational display of power surfing that went down in the final qualifying event of the year, the Vans World Cup at Sunset Beach.

The final day of this event had everything smacking Sunset at double and triple overhead plus half a dozen surfers with their careers on the line. Fortunately, Coolum’s Julian Wilson had already requalified in the previous event, but others, like Matt Wilkinson and Dusty Payne, put everything on the line in dangerous conditions. Radical goofy footer Wilko was the most inspiring surfer in the water at Sunset, but it was former tour reject Dusty Payne who seemed to draw the best waves to him whenever he surfed.

Payne, from Maui, looked a shoe-in for the

Cup, the Triple Crown and requalification until Tahiti’s Michel Bourez made a sensational late charge to combo the field in the four-man final.

I was on the edge of my seat throughout. Great stuff, ASP. Sorry, World Surf League.

I’ll report on the World Longboard Championships in China next week.

Book Signing I’LL BE signing books and chatting to punters at Annie’s Books, Peregian Beach, on Saturday from 10am to noon. If you’re looking for a special Christmas gift for that surfer in your house (or maybe a Bali tragic) please stop by and support the one local bookseller who really gets behind local authors.

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Team’s labour of love IT was lights, camera, action for the Creating Unity crew who performed their second annual stage show at the Christian Outreach Church last Friday.

The performance was titled “We, too, can be in love”, with every member of the group bringing a special talent to the performance.

Founded by husband and wife team, Paul and Karen Hinton, the Creating Unity team is made up of members of the community who share a passion for performing.

Paul and Karen founded the group at the beginning of last year and together the crew put on a successful performance in 2013 of a locally written play called “Hill Spirits”.

This year, the crew impressed audiences once more with their latest play, which Paul said was chosen to highlight that people with a disability were capable of love, just like everyone else.

Kellie and Muki Vora with Kierin Shaw and Rachelle Covill.

Diane and Michael Clancy with Kate and Rowan Fraser.

Top: Keith Rollinson and Patti Lusk.

Left: Blake Stewart, Rachael Henson and Barb Munro.

Glyn, David and Janice Mason.

Moira Clayton, Graeme Sait, Adam Sait, Rachel Sait and Janelle Ebsworth.

Suzie Holden, Kristen Mardle, Elias Hagicostas, Sonia Rukiehn and Louisa Lesslie.

The Creating Unity crew.

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Musicians leave their hallmark THE Festival of Small Halls is coming to Eumundi this weekend with an impressive line-up taking to the stage at the Eumundi School of Arts.

The summer tour, presented by the Woodford Folk Festival and in partnership with Mullum Music Festival, will visit community halls throughout Queensland and northern NSW as part of the Festival of Small Halls, giving those living in regional areas the chance to enjoy live music locally.

The line-up features Australian band The Mae Trio,

made up of Maggie and Elise Rigby and Anita Hillman who started playing together in late 2011.

All three members write their own songs to suit the group’s diverse instrumental talents and love for three part harmony.

The Mae Tri will be joined by Canadian singer/ songwriter Del Barber, who sings from the heart telling stories about his life and tales from the road, offering personal observations about the world around him.

The Sunshine Coast’s own

Matt Stillert will also perform on the night, delivering his raw, dynamic style alternating between folk melodies and high-energy blues tunes.

The Festival of Small Halls will arrive at the Eumundi School of Arts, corner of Pacey Street and Memorial Drive, on Saturday, 13 December, from 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

Tickets are available now at $25 per adult, $20 for a concession, and children under 12 are free. Visit www. festivalofsmallhalls.com for tickets.

The Festival of Small Halls is coming to Eumundi on 13 December.

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Cryptic Clues No. 7348 ACROSS 1. The words that haunt you? (6,7) 8. Open back to let the clergyman in (5). 9. Brilliant: that’s very obvious (7). 10.

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DOWN 1. Wears, one sees, right through (6). 2. Objects when it’s holding me up (5). 3. Break in and rattle the tin: ill-mannered (7). 4. The joker wants a quarter increase in pay (4).

5. What it comes to is there’s an escalation in the sick (2,3). 6. Make a copy, but take a time that’s ridiculous about it (7). 7. Was funny about not being allowed to talk...

(6). 13. ...and darn funny, also, about the storm (7). 15.

She gives you a great cockney greeting (7). 16. Don’t take the opportunity when dad’s having a drink (4,2). 17. Save and make secure (6). 19. To expand in America would be great (5). 21. Stop to give the animals time to go in (5).

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Santa’s dash through the rainstorm THE rain didn’t dampen the spirits of all who turned out for the annual Christmas in Cooroy last weekend. Hundreds of locals and visitors turned out to enjoy live music, rides, fireworks and delicious food.

The Great Santa Race was a highlight of the day with the competitors donning Santa suits to race along Maple Street, while the Bendigo Bank street parade drew an impressive crowd.

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Gift ideas and shopping days are running out WITH only 14 days to go for Christmas, the big questions “gift ideas“ and “New Year resolutions“ are already popping up.

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Christmas?“And “what’s your New Year’s resolution?“ “A Mac Book for Christmas. And my New Year’s resolution would be to go to the beach more,“ said London Foreyth visiting from the

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There was an array of plants for sale, all sown and grown by the horticultural therapy

G arden is the soothing spot

By JOLENE OGLE NOOSA Community Care swung open the garden gate for the first horticultural therapy open day, last Wednesday.

The open day was part of the horticultural therapy program’s first birthday celebrations, with the plant stall taking the spotlight.

Each plant was sown and grown by the group before being offered up for sale.

Horticultural therapist and program co-ordinator Cath Manuel said the program was a great success, with many clients taking home the skills learnt at the centre.

The open day was also a chance for people to enrol and Cath said there were still vacancies for the 2015 program.

The horticultural therapy program is wheelchair friendly and can benefit people recovering from stroke and heart disease, early stage dementia, physical and intellectual disabilities as well as people with partial sight.

Cath delivers the program along with a band of volunteers and with the support of Noosa Community Care.

Participants enjoy various activities including seed sowing and propagating, therapeutic planting and harvesting edible plants.

“Horticultural therapy is a process of using plants and garden-related activities to promote well-being of people’s minds, body and spirit,” Cath said.

The program has physical, social, psychological and cognitive benefits. It can help reduce anxiety and stress, improve emotional wellbeing, stimulate the senses, improve concentration and boost social interaction.

Anyone who would like to enrol in the program can contact Jan on 5329 6175.

For more information on horticultural therapy, visit www. sowingserenity.com.au.

Three generations: Len Ibberson with his granddaughter Nicky Chapman and his daughter Joan Chapman.

Rachael Henson with her grandma Dianne Kennett.

Michael Feeney with his purchase from the horticultural therapy plant stall.

Horticultural therapist Cath Manuel with Slow Food Noosa's Wanda Jardine.

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Keeping in touch

By ANITA ANDERSON THE rain clouds cleared just in time for the Noosa Juniors Touch grand final day to be played under a shining sun.

Spectators and players alike enjoyed an afternoon of sizzling touch action, fairy floss, popcorn, snow cones and a jumping castle just to make sure everyone was entertained.

A special presentation was made in the form of a $2500 cheque donation made to our juniors from the Eumundi Sporting and Youth Club, which provides financial assistance to various junior sports in our local area.

Noosa Touch would like to thank them for their continued support, so if you can get along to Joe’s Waterhole at Eumundi on a Friday night and grab some raffle tickets.

In the under-10 division, Screaming Iguanas proved too strong for GSLC (boys), Mexican Amigos managed to hold out Blazers and Purple Panthers finished in front of Pink Storm and GSLC (girls) in their three-way tussle.

The Team Players of the Season were Parker Dean, Maddie Dwyer and Ben Anderson.

The under-12 results saw a drop off (the Touch version of extra time) required to find a winner between Saints and Vipers with Saints being the eventual victors. An exciting finish for everyone involved.

Devils and That Cool Team played well with Devils taking the win, Banana Split came out on top in a very close encounter with GSLC (girls) and

Some of the fun at last year's flotilla.

Banana Splits Monique Robinson and Jamaica TeMoana on the attack in their grand final match against GSLC. Purple Storm went down fighting to Scorpions. Abbi McDonald, Georgia Haack and Tamatoa Casimro were awarded Team Players of the Season.

Finishing off the afternoon there were a number of extremely close games in the under-14/under-16 division.

Two games - STSS (Pansies) v Average Joe’s and GSLC (boys) v Sunshine Rebels - were both deadlocked at the final siren forcing the dreaded drop off into force. Average Joe’s and Sunshine Rebels came away as titleholders.

In another tight finish only one touchdown separated Inferno and NDSHS 8s (boys) with NDSHS in front when the final whistle blew. NDSHS 9s won against SBSHS, NDSHS 8s (Green) defeated GSLC and NDSHS 8s (Blue) went down to STCC. Team Players of the Season in this division were Tyla Te Moana, Giverny Robin-

Barry O’Neil, Denis Wark and Mandy Dwyer accepting a sponsorship cheque for the juniors from the Eumundi Sporting and Youth Club. son and Rueben Gemmell.

Tom Kennedy was awarded Referee of the Season with Noah Kelly receiving the Referee Encouragement Award.

Lewis Hallyburton was successful in obtaining his Level 2 badge while officiating in the senior finals. Well done to these up-and-coming referees.

Congratulations to all of our players for a terrific season and for the great sportsmanship shown across all age groups. Thank you to all of our coaches, managers and parents for your continued support. A very special mention must go to Barry (Baz) O’Neil for his unfaltering involvement in our junior competition. From coaching, refereeing and fund-raising, nothing is too much trouble for Baz. Last but definitely not least nothing but praise for our referees who are there each and every week so these games can be played. Please look out for our sign on dates early in the New Year.

Flotilla kicks off festivities BOATIES are gearing up for the annual Noosa Waters’ Christmas flotilla on Friday 19 December.

Now in its 17th year, the Christmas spectacular never fails to impress with event organisers hoping to better the record turnout of over 100 marine craft five years ago.

Noosa Waters Residents Association president Dick Patterson said the committee wanted this to be the best Christmas flotilla yet.

“We have a fabulous waterway here and we want to encourage as many boat owners as possible to take part,” he said.

As well as a best-dressed boat competition there will also prizes for the best-lit homes on both canal and dry blocks in Noosa Waters.

Holy mackerel - on the improve...

By JACK MANGROVE FOR the offshore boaties, the closer reefs have been the place to be, with some nice reefies and mackerel being caught there in the past couple of weeks.

Places like Sunshine Reef, Jew Shoal and the more southern reefs around Coolum are all producing nice fish.

Mackerel like to move in large schools, both spotted and spanish like tearing through bait fish and forcing the bait to the surface. Keep an eye out for the bird activity as this is a sure sign that there is movement under the surface. Try flashy, fast moving lures worked quickly through the schools of nervous bait fish for best results.

On the beaches, Noosa’s northshore has been the place to be with some excellent catches being reported. Being up nice and early is the way to go with bream, whiting and plenty of dart still feeding in the gutters.

One of the more favoured baits for the beach is a lightly weighted peeled prawn or small pilchards cast out into a surf gutter and allowed to drift under

Car club helps good Scouts out THE Noosa Beach Classic Car Club, known for their bi-annual Noosa Hill Climbs and classic car shows, recently donated $1000 to the Noosa Sea Scouts.

The cheque was presented by NBCCC president Malcolm King at the Noosa Sea Scouts' endof-year barbecue on the Noosa River, and was part of the funds raised at this year’s car events.

Malcolm said the Sea Scouts have previously helped at the car club’s events by providing food services and said the team did a wonderful job.

Helping the community through funds raised at the major events make the enormous effort all worth it, Malcolm said.

A fine old year

By DES ADSETT Riley Sultana,5, caught this tailor while fishing with his Dad in the Noosa River. the whitewash. By using this technique, other fish species like trevally, flathead and even tailor can also be in the mix.

In the river, the Tewantin ski run stretch has been fishing well for flathead, jew and even tailor, while further up river, mangrove jacks have been on the prowl, the area between the lakes has again

been the favored area and with the full moon a night fish has been the way to go. Jack tend to leave their favorite snag and head out into the deeper water to feed.

Another place to try is the calm, sheltered waters of Weyba Creek. Flathead love this shallower water and will half bury themselves in the sand and wait

for a passing morsel, red and pink soft plastics seem to be the most productive. Whiting and bream also cruise through this area searching for food, peeled prawns and yabbies should land you a feed.

On behalf of Jack Mangrove, best of luck on your fishing adventures.

Top draw tennis in the top drawer NOOSA Tennis Club brought together the best of the best in the finals of the Solinico series, last weekend.

The tournament had winners from all the Solinico junior tournaments play-off in a round-robin format to decide the season winner for each age group.

Tournament director Blake

Judging for the competition will take place from next Tuesday 16 December.

The event always attracts big crowds from Noosa and all over the Sunshine Coast, with spectators getting in early with a picnic blanket to line the canal banks, bridges and parks throughout the estate for a night of festive fun.

Noosa Community Radio 101.3 FM is one of the key promoters of the event and will be playing Christmas Carols from 6pm to 8pm on the night.

Boats will start assembling at the Saltwater Avenue/Masthead Quay Bridge at around 6pm, with the parade scheduled to start at 6.45pm.

Check next week’s Noosa Today for the full details of the route and the best vantage points to catch all the action.

Taylor said the players and families enjoyed the Noosa Tennis Club facility and the location.

“For many it’s like a tennis holiday,” he said.

Club professional David McMahon said the match play was tight with no easy matches or warm-up rounds that you may see in a typical tournament.

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“With all players being winners of past tournaments the pressure was on from the beginning,” he said.

“There was some great tennis and tough competition in all age groups. This being the second time only there has been a series final, it’s a full day of strong challenging tennis which is exactly what these

budding young stars need. Hopefully we can host this growing event again in the coming years.”

Some of the Noosa tennis club players played in the tournament including Jordan Horner, who was runner-up in the 10-year-old division, Sabine Priestly, Liam Puttergill and Jack Barnett, who played in the 14-and-under age group.

COOLUM Tennis Club celebrated the end of another successful year of operations on Sunday 7 December.

Thanks to the supporters who wore red, supplied food and helped to make the afternoon a success. Gratefully, there were no storms.

The club was lucky enough to be visited by club patron Laurie Bruhl, who congratulated the club on its friendliness and the hard work of the committee members. The club hopes to see him back on the court soon.

Also present was interim president from Melbourne Alan Hale as well as a representation from fixtures, social tennis and junior tennis. It is lovely to have the young families involved.

The junior championships were played on Friday night and in a friendly competition the winner was Vitor, an exchange student from Brazil with Cam McAlpine as the runner-up.

Jett and Kirsty were the third and fourth placegetters. Congratulations to all juniors and their supportive parents for the excellent competition. Previous to this, the finals of the senior competition was played on Tuesday night.

Both divisions featured Coolum teams.

The first match of the night was the most exciting with Peter Bilton and John playing for one and a half hours and going to a tie breaker.

Peter won eventually as did his team.

SPORTTODAY

Golden Masters first

By JO SEARLE

The Master Women representing Noosa at the Kingscliff OC6 event.

By the turn at the second buoy, the field had spread out considerably due to the mixing of all age groups in the same race. Each crew needed to concentrate on the long haul back up the course, once again into the wind. At the final turn, it was great to think that there was only about another 3kms to go to the finish. Though it wasn’t to be easy with one crew after another surging up and attempting to take some of the glory at the finish line. This is all part of the inTEWANTIN NOOSA GOLF CLUB First round progressive stableford, Saturday 29 November.

A grade: 1, Rodney Vaughan, score 41, handicap 9; 2, Kennith Cross, 39, 12.

B grade: 1, Peter Schofield, 41, 17; 2, Ronald Read, 39, 15.

C grade: 1, Todd Richardson, 40, 24; 2, Kevin Officer, 38, 20.

Rundown: Edmond Bonnici, 39, 13; Peter Kremmers, 38, 14; Bob McCormick, 38, 17; Michael Moodie, 38, 7; Shane Dunn, 38, 12; David Anderson, 38, 5; Peter Buhk, 38, 10; Peter Telley, 38, 12; John Mill, 37, 12; Laurie James, 37, 11; Dallas Furner, 37, 8; Bert Cheong, 37, 14; Stephen Baker, 36, 16; Keith Howard, 36, 16; Wayne Mallett, 36, 12; John Brodie, 36, 19; Mike Quincey, 36, 13; Dwight Bandman, 36, 13.

NTP: A grade: fifth Phillip Fortington, seventh Adam Grant, 10th Ray Egge, 12th Wayne Mallett.

B grade: Keith Munday, Clive Hart, Leon Jordan, Terry Fitzgerald. C grade: Ernie Harvey, Steven Lane, Frank Thorne, Bernie Phillip.

Birdie Box: B grade J. Franz; C grade P. Griffiths.

Pro’s Approach - A grade: Bruce Osborne, B grade: Marcus Edwards, C grade: Bob Foster.

On Tuesday 2 December a Tuesday club snake eyes, stableford, was played on GA Course with 204 entrants. Scratch rating (M): 71.0.

A grade winners: 1, Barry Robinson, daily handicap; 12, score 43; 2, Tony Carabetta, 11, 42; 3, Ray Egge, 10, 39.

B grade: 1, Paul Shaw, 18, 44; 2, Brian Hansen, 13, 41; 3, Marcus Edwards, 17, 40.

Some fresh motivation for workout Ladies working out at the Noosa Box Office, Noosaville, on Friday were treated to free drink service in the form of two topless personal trainers. The class, led by body sculptor and personal trainer Jane Muir, was for women only with the waiters adding a little more motivation to their weekly workout.

explicable joy of competitive outrigging, as teams always seem to find that little extra to carry them home, exhausted, but satisfied.

The efforts of the teams were evident in the race results. For the women’s teams, the Golden Masters were first in their division in a time of 1:32:05, while the two Master teams were third and sixth in their division in times of 1:23:09 and 1:29:33.

The men’s team results were C grade: 1, Richard Pearson, 22, 44; 2, Graeme Martin, 25, 41; 3, John Morrall, 24, 41.

Placegetters (winning one ball): Colin Cherry, 24, 41; Karl Shaw, 14, 40 countback; Grant Evans, 19, 40 countback; Ross Cunningham, 13, 40 countback; Allan Harris, 14, 40; Michael O’Connor, 14, 39 countback; Grahame Warren, 15, 39 countback; Geoffrey Wild, 19, 39 countback; Philip Richardson, 14, 39 countback; John Loader, 26, 39 countback; Derek Pousette, 16, 39 countback; Don Drysdale, 22, 39.

NTP (winning four balls) - A grade: fifth Ken Robinson, seventh John Mill, 10th Ian Mort, 12th Chuck Dahl.

B grade: Gary Tye, Brian Hansen, Arthur Naumov, Michael O’Connor.

C grade: Colin Cherry, Peter Smales, Warren Walker, Graeme Fowler.

Sweepstakes: 1, Tony Carabetta, 2, David O’Brien, 3, Karl Shaw, 4, Ross Cunningham.

COOROY GOLF CLUB WOMEN Stableford results for 4 December, trophy by Assunta Easton.

Winner: Colleen Sykes 39, runner-up Maria Taurer 38 countback.

Rundown: Doreen Weaver 38, Anita Highland 37, Fay Wiggins 37, Desley Walker 37, Patsy Fayne 37, Joyce McKay 37, Bronwyn Wollbank 36, Wendy O’Hare 36, Wendy Morse 35, Assunta Easton 33 countback.

Approaches: Kate Sawrey, Muriel Willett, Wendy Morse.

Longest Putt: Assunta Easton.

Photo: Supplied.

Golden Master’s, first in their division in a time of 1:19:46, Senior Master’s second in their division in a time of 1:13:32, and the two Master teams second and third in their division with times of 1:11:09 and 1:11:11.

The Noosa Outrigger Canoe Club always welcomes new members, both competitive and social paddlers. For more information or to come and try, check the website - http://noosaoutriggers.com.au/ Non-Trophy winners event (trophy by Assunta Easton).

Winner: Doreen Weaver 38, runner-up Desley Walker 37 countback.

Rundown: Patsy Fayne, Mary Miller, Yvonne Healey, Kate Sawrey, Heather Johanson, Barbara Taylor.

Encouragement: Jan Galvin.

NOOSA PAR 3 GOLF There were sixty eight starters for the December Mug and Mug Final 2014 on 6 December, sponsor - the Club.

A grade: 1, Rod Cameron 50, 2, Michael Gooding 52.

B grade: 1, Neil Webb 50, 2, David Stokes 51 countback.

A gross: Michael Gooding 58, countback Rusty.

B gross: Tony Ho 65 countback, Neil Webb.

Greens Hit (two six packs, donated by Keith and Denise) - A grade: Studley Martin, Cheyne Perry, Bronco 7 (three way). B grade: Rob Moore, Garth Pineaar, Russell Miller 5 (three way).

NTP (winning six pack): second Maurie Bloor, third Russell Miller, seventh Errol Grieve, 16th Bob Forrest. Ladies 12th (winning balls): Sally Prosser.

Drawn for Par: ninth (winning six balls) Ken Chapple YES. Ball Rundown Nett: John Nickel 51, Frank Hansen 52, Mary Hitchin 52, Tony Ho 52, Rob Moore 53, Keith Blackmore 53, Duncan Chesney 53, David Gerrard 54, Ed Tann 54, Studley Martin 54, Gordon Lund 54, Pat Bloor 54, Gail Price 54.

Members Draw (six pack): Michael Smith NO.

Noosa Heads Bowls NINETY-FOUR bowlers turned out at Noosa Heads last Monday, 1 December, for the final Noosa 1500 of the year. Winners of the major prize in this popular open pairs event were Ross Ward and Graeme Anderson. Next came John Walford and Keith Muir. Winners in the first-round losers section were Mal Lloyd and Mary Williams from Graham and Marion Foster. By popular demand, the 1500 returns next year and the entry sheet for Monday 2 February, 2015, is already filled.

End-of-the-year celebrations got under way in fine style on Saturday when a big roll-up attended the annual champions award presentation which was followed by a Christmas dinner party and dance. The ladies section have morning bowling followed by a break-up lunch this Wednesday. And next Tuesday the men will celebrate with the annual Ross Ward Ham Day, when everyone goes home with a prize.

In regular events: Tuesday men's pairs winners were Steve Bowie and Garyth Williams from Ray McComb and Les James. Ladies triples on Wednesday went to Debbie Austin, Jeanette Emery and Gill Macdonald. Friday Open Jackpot Pairs drew a big crowd with Steve Chandler and Jenny Smith taking the first prize over Valmai Lynch and Yvonne Ambery. Brian and Jeanette Emery won the first-round losers pool with second going to Ralphe Rickman and Gill Macdonald. Saturday play was washed out by rain.

Entries for the club men's fours championship are open, with the first round to be played on Saturday 10 January, 2015. As the club is due to close down in May, bowlers are urged to put teams together to make it a great contest.

- The Chalker Tewantin Noosa Bowls PRESENTATION Night and dinner dance was a huge success with around 90 people attending. Congratulations to all involved for making it so successful and guaranteeing its future.

Night Pennant this week Tewantin-Noosa won against pacific Paradise (three rinks to two). That ends our season in second place overall. Thank you to players, managers, umpires and the ladies who helped out with sandwiches.

Club ‘Sponsored’ ... Sunday Men’s Pairs winners Adrian Whitton and Greg Stewart runners-up were Dan Crameri and Scott Rooney.

Noosa Landscape Supplies...Tuesday Ladies, Mixed. Club selected Pairs ... Winners were Pat Whyte/Mary Forbes and Evelyn Coghlan (two wins +11) runners-up were Dossie Buckley and Sue Mould. (1 Win + 18) Options Eye Care ... Wednesday Men’s Pairs Winners were Peter Duxfield and Nev Jones (2 wins +16 ) Pairs runners-up were Gary Hughes and Daryl Birt (1 win + 14) Triples winners were Phil Coman, Dennis Burgess, Doug Allan and Hein Heinrich (Win + 24 pts).

The Jackpot $91 was won by Teams Johansen and Ball.

Noosa Radiology ... Friday Open Triples, winners were Alan Curtis, Ken Brookes and Graeme Winskill. Runners-up were John Oppy, Glad Sengstock and Sheryl Halls.

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FOLLOWING the successful Noosa Outrigger River Race last month, the club teams recently travelled to the Tweed to contest the final race in the OC1/2 2014 series and the second race on the OC6 2014-15 series.

Initially, the races were to be contested off Kingscliff Beach at Tweed Heads, just over the border in NSW. However, due to very high NE winds, the venue was shifted to the slightly more sheltered waters at Fingal Point.

Noosa was well represented in the OC6 events by three women’s and four men’s crews with all teams contesting the long course over 14kms.

The large field of teams provided for some very interesting tactics approaching the start line for both the men’s and women’s events, as all age groups started the race together. The course was two laps of a 7km course with turning buoys at each end. Starting off into a strong NE wind saw a great battle for positioning before the first buoy. Following the first turn, the crews headed down river with the wind from behind, but this offered very little relief from the heat of the day, which was energy sapping.

Ward, Anderson are winners

Solution No. 4010 5 3 8 2 1 4 7 9 6

7 1 6 9 3 8 2 5 4

9 4 2 5 6 7 1 8 3

1 7 4 6 9 3 5 2 8

8 6 3 7 2 5 9 4 1

2 9 5 4 8 1 3 6 7

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7348 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Spirit Writing. 8, O-ver-t (rev.) 9, Glaring. 10, To-ss up. 11, P-lease. 12, Steep. 14, Pat-er (rev.) 18, Arrest (a rest) 20, Fiddle. 23, Siamese (anag.) 24, Att-i-c. 25, People at large.

Down - 1, Spo-r-ts. 2, It-em-’s. 3, Int-rude. 4, Wag-e. 5, In a-ll. 6, Im-it-ate. 7, Gagged. 13, To-rnad-o. 15, A-big’ail. 16, Pa’s-s up. 17, Rescue (anag.) 19, Swell. 21, De-ter. 22, L-ena.

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 7348 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Contrabassoon. 8, Steal. 9, Tourist. 10, Eleven.

11, Strike. 12, Offer. 14, Amend. 18, Hearse. 20, Infant.

23, Succour. 24, Mania. 25, Liebfraumilch.

Down - 1, Cosset. 2, Niece. 3, Relieve. 4, Bite. 5, Spurt.

6, Opinion. 7, Nether. 13, Fiancee. 15, Minimum. 16, Chisel. 17, Attach. 19, Scoff. 21, Annul. 22, Area.

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SPORTTODAY

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Nippers in good nick

By DAVID GLASSOCK WELL what a huge week it was for our mighty Noosa Nippers.

Last Sunday saw both groups of Noosa Nippers at Main Beach and at Peregian Beach honing their skills ready for the upcoming Club Championships.

On Saturday, for the first time in a very long while the Noosa Heads SLSC hosted a surf carnival- it was the Sunshine Coast Branch Youth Challenge specifically for the Under 14 and 15 age groups. The day, although hampered by some bad weather, was a fantastic day for all the competi-

tors and there were many compliments from our visiting clubs.

A huge thank you must go to the volounteer workforce as a carnival does not just happen, to those clubbies who were setting up from 4.30am, cooking the barbecue and then packing up afterwards you special people make our club what it is.

Then today our last Sunday of Nippers before the Christmas break was the first round of Club Championships or as some of like to call it Race Day. This is the day that our Nippers from both beaches assemble in front of our clubhouse to put into practice

the skills and surf techniques that have been instilled in them during Nipper Sundays. It is always great to celebrate the wins and the place getters however for me it is really about every child who is willing to put themselves outside their comfort zone to achieve great things.

Great things like simply completing an iron man / woman for the very first time or body surfing that wave from right out the back and staying on it all the way into the beach, you are champions one and all.

This Friday 12 December is our annual fund-raiser for Ronald McDonald House with our Wall to

Wall swim. Nippers, their parents and siblings are all invited to participate for a gold coin donation.

Registration will commence at 4pm for a 4.30pm start.

After the event, there will be food available for purchase, lucky draws for all competitors and I have it on very good authority that Santa will be making a special appearance just to make sure all the Noosa Nippers are all still on the Nice List.

There is also a SLAM Volleyball Festival this weekend at Main Beach, all are welcome. For more details, contact Noosa Surf Club on 5474 5688.

Yachties setting sail these holidays develop motor skills.

All courses will run Monday to Friday with level one from 9am-1pm and levels 2 and 3 from 12.30-4.30pm.

Morning or afternoon tea and lunch are provided for each level and the children also receive the Tackers Pack, plus a sausage sizzle and certificate presentation on the last day of the program.

For the older children, the regular holiday sailing program will be offered Monday to Friday, from 10am-4pm with lunch and afternoon tea included.

All programs are filling fast.

Phone the NYRC sailing office on 5440 7407 to find out more and to enrol.

The Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club school holiday sailing program sets sail on 12 January.

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1.28 0.82

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IT HAS been a great couple of weeks for the Sunshine Beach SLSC. Their major achievement was, without a doubt their U/17 Patrol Team being named in the final five in the teams’ category for the Queensland Sports Awards 2014. In a division that attracted 37 entries from all sports throughout the state, for a team of 16-year-olds, this has been outstanding.

What makes this award even better is their entry was a Beach Patrol Team, and this is what we are all about. Beach Patrolling.

Following this their fund-raising Ten Grand in the Hand was another success.

This function which has been in existence for several years was one of their most successful.

“This year’s event was outstanding,” said club captain Scott Summer.

“Some time ago, we decided to extend and upgrade our verandah facilities and as a result our supporters at the Ten Grand Sunday were able to dine wine and socialise in comfort.”

The verandah has definitely been a wise investment for Sunshine. It also makes the thankless job of fund-raising easier.

Add to this on Sunday 16 new members passed their final assessment thus qualifying them for their bronze medallion.

“This could have not come at a better time,” said President Craig Law. “We have now entered the Christmas season and to have 16 new members available for patrol roster is a big plus.”

Also on the weekend, Sunshine ran a surf carnival for their U/14 to U/16 nippers. Held in trying surf this was a great experience for our future lifesavers. All said a great couple of weeks for this very progressive club.

It is good to see our surf clubs continuing to spread their wings and get involved in sporting activities other than surf. Last week, the Noosa Club had the privilege of extending the Noosa Hand of Friendship to the Brisbane Lions AFL Club. On Friday, evening the Surf Club played host to the management and players. This gave them the chance to dine and meet with locals. Then early Saturday morning, volunteers from Noosa assisted in setting out an obstacles course, part of the day’s events on Main Beach. These events were open to other clubs and members of the local AFL and Jetts Fitness took up the challenge.

Having arrived in Noosa on the Wednesday of last week, they were for the next four nights billeted at the R.A.C.V. Resort Noosa. Two of their activities which I think would list as highlights, were busking in Hastings Street with the funds going to the local Nippers, and a tough P.T. session conducted on Main Beach by members of our elite Special Emergency Response Team. Speaking with staff members they said they were overwhelmed by the hospitality they received from all concerned.

While the Lions were doing their bit, Noosa Surf Club played host to yet another sporting event when Dave Glassock and his Junior Activities (Nipper) people organised and helped conduct a Sunshine Coast Youth Challenge Surf Carnival. This Youth category is a relatively new concept which provides competition for our U/14 and U/15 members. It is planned that they will have their own events at State and National Titles. If this succeeds, it will be a massive step in the right direction because for too many years these age groups were not properly catered for.

In the words of a veteran Noosa coach Clint Irwin, “Look at this, it does not get any better. Our 14s and 15s being coached and competing. They are being properly looked after.” Definitely a great community week for Noosa.

Last legs for fitness

sport today

By JONATHON HOWARD

NOOSA’S BEST SPORTS COVERAGE

THE Jetts Noosa 12-Week Weight Loss Journey is approaching the finish line.

But the challenges are not over yet after participants took part in the Brisbane Lions Beach Bash Obstacle Challenge on Saturday 6 December.

It’s the first year of the Jetts Noosa Journey which has seen 12 participants change their lives and shed the kilos during the past 10 weeks.

The journey is now on the home stretch and the final training sessions are yet to be revealed with plenty of additional training days and surprises to be announced.

Jetts Noosa franchise owner John Morrall said the journey had been an emotional rollercoaster for many of the participants and one they would remember.

“It has been such an amazing journey for each of the participants,” he said.

“It’s been great to motivate them towards their goals and see them embrace the idea of both weight loss, but also changing their lifestyles.”

The participants are expected to take part in two more gruelling activities with final weights to be revealed next week.

The Brisbane Lions player ”I'll race ya!“ - Darcy Gardiner and James Aish at the Beach Bash Obstacle Challenge at Noosa Main Beach.

Pictures: DARRYN SMITH “Not far to go“ – A Brisbane Lion player helps motivate Louise, one of the Jetts Noosa Weight Loss Participants.

The Brisbane Lions player Archie Smith launches off one of the obstacles as Jetts Noosa John Morrall looks on during the beach bash.

It was a scramble under the first obstacle.

Tigers, Roos in pre-season battle

By JONATHON HOWARD THE well-documented rivalry between the Noosa Tigers and Maroochydore Roos is heating up in the pre-season following some big name signings and battles to retain young talent.

QFA North continues to attract the attention of young Queenslanders who are often pulled to rival codes such as Rugby League and Rugby Union, as the competition for new recruits is a matter of survival for small footy clubs.

The Noosa Tigers has made two big announcements last week including the signing of former Brisbane Lion and dual premiership winner (2001 & 2003) Robert “Bushy” Copeland as a playing assistant coach.

The Tigers have also signed another former Brisbane Lion and ex Demon Brent Moloney who will not only run on for Noosa, but will also join the coaching staff.

Maroochydore Roos AFL Club senior coach Brett Maloney said the club remained “unphased” by the Noosa Tigers recent preseason signings, as the Roos revealed some of their own hand-picked talent joining next year’s pack.

The Roos have signed former AFL Asia Pacific development manager Andrew Cadzow as their new assistant coach.

Cadzow spent 27 years looking after AFL in the Asia Pacific region but now he’s returning home and will be helping out senior coach Brett

Maloney, in 2015 as one of two key coaching appointments at Fisherman’s Road.

Current Colts coach, Steve Moody, will also be joining the senior coaching team as an assistant coach.

Moody has coached the Queensland Schoolboys U15s team since 2012 and was named Queensland Youth Coach of the Year in 2010.

Both Moody and Cadzow have strong ties to the Roos, both being past players of the club.

“We’re getting some new talent on the field with the signing of former Brisbane Lion Daniel Dzufer and a few more announcements to come,” Mr Maloney said.

Meanwhile, Brisbane Mayne Tigers AFL Club, who downed the Noosa Tigers in last year’s QFA grand final, have also revealed senior coast Shaun Daly will remain for another year and Luke Falkner, who was a standout player for Mayne last year, will also remain for another year.

Mayne president Russell Ditchburn said it was hoping to achieve another strong season next year after winning the club’s first grand final since 1982.

“I hadn’t heard about the signings at Noosa,” Mr Ditchburn.

“We’re focusing on our own line up at the moment and retaining some of the talent we saw this year.”

Tigers president Scott Mackenzie said the Tigers were ensuring they enter the 2015

Former Brisbane Lion Brent Moloney has signed with the Noosa Tigers.

season with the strongest leadership yet.

“I think with the new talent on board and a greater focus on development and leadership we’re looking towards a strong season next year,” he said.

QFA North competition was introduced in season 2014 to promote local rivalries whilst still maintaining a highly competitive competition. Teams stretch from north of the Brisbane River to the northern end of the Sunshine Coast.

The winner of the QFA North competition will play against the winner of the QFA South competition to see who has earned the opportunity to apply for a QAFL Licence, which is set for implementation in season 2015.

Former Brisbane Lion Robert “Bushy” Copeland has signed with the Noosa Tigers.

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