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Issue 223 | Thursday, 11 August 2016
Real Estate Lifestyle Noosa’s Wee
kly Real Esta
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te Guide 11 August, 2016
■ Angry club members say owner’s actions are par for the course...
Golfers teed off By JOLENE OGLE
Site manager Scott Mackenzie, Cameron McAndrew of Hutchinson Builders, Eddie White of Kennards Hire and Sean Connelly of United Synergies.
Trainees nail down building skills UNITED Synergies brought trainees, sponsors and project partners together at the Tait-Duke Community Cottage on Wednesday to shine a spotlight on the restoration and train-
eeship project which will help workers gain valuable experience. Ten trainees have been selected to undertake a 16-week project to restore the cottage to its former glory in a project set up by United Synergies to create opportunities for these enthusiastic workers.
Ranging from 15 to 55 years of age, the trainees will get a leg up in the construction industry and gain skills that will help them enter the workforce or go onto further education. Continued on page 4
The once prestigious Peregian Springs Golf Course that was the pride of the community is now a ghost town with the greens expected to soon be overrun with weeds. “It’s fractured our community,” she said. “It is just awful what they (Aveo) have done. There are people in the community who just think ‘well, what can we do’, but there are others who are trying to show this is worth fighting for.” For Diane, moving to a golf frontage block in Peregian Springs from their home near Yandina was a big decision for the family and an important one for Cassie’s career as a golfer. Cassie, 13, who already has a string of achievements including winning gold at the under 12 World Junior Olympic Games Gold Championships last year, trained of the Peregian Springs Golf Course most days. Continued on page 4
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By HOLLIE HARRIS
DEVASTATED, deeply saddened and fractured, these are the words used by community members to describe the impact of the Peregian Springs Golf Club closure. The golf club has been vacated and is now sitting dormant while the owners of the land and clubhouse, Peregian Springs Golf Holdings Limited, decide the fate of the once prestigious golf course. In a statement to media, Aveo said the course will be maintained while options for the future are considered but “it is highly unlikely that any such option would include a re-opening of a memberbased golf club”. Resident, former club member and shareholder Stanley Walker, who moved to Peregian Springs with his family for retirement, said he is deeply saddened by the closure and pending sale of club property. “This is really depressing (my) family members,” he said. “My retirement plan is just about shot.” Mr Walker’s wife Mary is a former golf champion and representative for Papua New Guinea whose life revolves around golf. “We are one of the many retirees who purchased on the golf course for such a life in retirement,” he said. But Mr Walker is only one of many who have been affected by the closure of the club. Local resident and mother of golf prodigy Cassie Porter, Diane Porter, is furious the club has closed its doors saying the community is broken.