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Issue 196 | Thursday, 4 February, 2016
Real Estate Lifestyle Page 15
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Michael Klim having a splash at the third annual Noosa Summer Swim. Photo: MATT ROBERTS
Biggest numbers brave the waves OVER 1000 swimmers lined up on Saturday for the third annual Noosa Summer Swim. Locals and visitors alike shared Noosa Main Beach with some familiar faces, with former Olympians Michael Klim and Libby Trickett taking part in the event. With more numbers this year than ever, the Noosa Summer Swim is set to grow over the years. Series ambassador Michael Klim said: “It’s a great event for families of all ages, and one that I’ll continue to support in the years to come”. The Junior Giants kicked off the day with Sarah Perkins and Mitchell Stitt com-
ing first in the 300m, and another win for Sarah Perkins in the 1000m, alongside Fraser Carsely. The most challenging event of the day, the Noosa 3.0 was hotly contested but the training paid off for Rio hopeful George O’Brien taking out first place in the men’s division with a time of 28 minutes 36 seconds and Rio-bound Chelsea Gubecka leading the women’s division in a time of just 29:39. Sunday events at the Noosa Summer Swim included beach yoga sessions and the Milk and Co Active Club, an opportunity to train alongside Michael Klim in beach circuit sessions.
Courthouse chicken By MEGAN OGLE RESIDENTS are preparing to head to court as council defends its decision to reject a chicken farm development application. Noosa Council voted to reject an application made by W. Donald Milligan Pty Ltd to begin farming chickens on his rural property late last year, which has been appealed by the applicant in the Planning and Environment Court. Local advocate group No Broiler Farm Cooroy co-convenor Rod Ritchie said three residents had volunteered to be co-respondents with council if the matter appeared in court later this year. “I’d love to be one of those three
people but I’m not however we are supporting them, we’re going to do a fund-raiser,” Mr Ritchie said. “Expert witnesses are expensive, barristers are expensive. It’s a big burden on a small community.” Mr Ritchie said the potential development of a chicken farm in Cooroy had been an ongoing issue for many years and affected many residents. “There are three main issues; the noise, the odour and the dust,” Mr Ritchie said. “The other bigger issue is the transportation.” “The B-Double trucks are quite oversized for these roads and every six weeks for three or four days we’ve got a lot of noise in the night
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and the trucks rumbling through this local area and then through the streets of Cooroy.” Mr Ritchie said while he understood the subject land, which was currently an avocado farm, was zoned as rural, due to council allowing subdivisions to take place on neighbouring properties the land should be classed as rural residential. “Council have allowed these subdivisions in the past, yes, it’s a rural zone, but it’s rural residential in the sense that you can see how many houses (are) around here,” Mr Ritchie said. Mr Ritchie, who is president of Cooroy Area Residents’ Association (CARA), said while he was not against intensive farming, he was concerned about the damage a broiler
farm could do to Cooroy’s reputation. “We’ve got to feed people in the shire, I think that’s a great thing, there’s a lot of people, small landholders doing great things,” Mr Ritchie said. Furthermore Mr Ritchie said he understood the applicant “was a second generation farmer” and was technically on rural land, however “people can’t do what they want, people have to do what the council will allow them to do.” Mr Ritchie’s comments come as a second Cooroy farmer, Como Greenhouse, lodges an appeal against council’s decision after approval was given for an already-built intensive greenhouse on a Lake Macdonald property. The approval included several
conditions, which the applicant is appealing, mainly relating to flooding and water management after the property was flooded in 2015 causing debris from the tomato plants, growing media and plastic being washed into the nearby waterways. Mr Ritchie said although the farm had previously polluted local waterways there wasn’t as much community interest in this issue and was up to the courts to make a decision. “I think you’ll find there’s not nearly the interest in (this) in many ways it’s low impact, it’s a bit of a tricky issue.” “It has some noise issues but not really dust or odour. I think the problem with the creek will be decided in the court one way or another.”
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