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It's two weeks now since we made the decision to go plastic free and already we have prevented the use of thousands of plastic bags and halted the possibility of them making their way into our waterways and impacting our precious marine life.

The move has created somewhat of a stir on social media with hundreds of people commenting on the plastic wrapping of newspapers. We would like to thank all of our supporters and our advertisers who have backed us in this move.

With school holidays and Easter Noosa has been very busy with visitors and tourists.

So, how has everyone been dealing with the traffic?

The few times I ventured to Hastings Street the traffic was at crawl pace on both Noosa Drive and Noosa Parade and the drive along the busy strip from Noosa Woods to the roundabout at the surf club one day took 20 minutes. It was also a crawl into Peregian Beach Village at times. There were reports of free buses with plenty of empty seats and fewer commuters than at Christmas waiting for them. The wet weather may have been a deterrent but we will await councils report of the holiday traffic. ● - Margaret Maccoll

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WE REMEMBER

BY GLENDA F. KRUSHKA FIELDS OF VIEW

"Can you see the light On the Silky Oaks," The young soldier said to me.

"Can you see the white Of the Morten Bay Ash," Again, he said to me.

"Can you see the blue Of the oceans shore," He said once more to me.

"Can you see the gold Of the sandy beach," Again, he said to me.

"Can you see the waves Crash over them still;" Once more he said to me.

"Can you see the lights Of Brisbane town," Again, he said to me "Can you see the vastness Of the great outback," Once more he said to me.

"Sit back son, Calm yourself."

I said quietly to him.

He turned to me, with His bandaged eyes So swollen and ugly still.

"They're gone father, There's nothing there.

I shall never see again."

I turned to him and spoke These words As much for myself As for him.

"Can you see the Oaks, The Ash and the shores, Are they mirrored in your Mind?

Can you see the mountains, Brisbane lights, and the Outback you left behind.

Can you feel the vastness Of mountain lakes, And dew upon the grass?

Can you hear the tumble, of Running streams, With raindrops upon your heart."

He quietened more and answered me "Yes, I can taste, and touch and feel, But it's not the same as Gods Good hand, Giving sight that I may see."

Then with a shout to break one's heart, Again, he queried me; "Father, father! Oh my God Why did this happen to me!

Anzac Day services will be held across the area today beginning with dawn services at 5.30am at Tewantin, 4.55am at Cooroy and 5.20am at Coolum. There will be marches at 9am at Tewantin and 10.30am at Cooroy and a 6pm service at Pomona. ●

DEVELOPMENT PRECEDENT SET

BY MARGARET MACCOLL Noosa Councillors last Thursday set a precedent that will affect 43 Shire properties when they refused a development application to build a house in a coastal protection area extending seaward of the "coastal building line" they said was likely to "adversely impact upon natural coastal processes", but the decision was not unanimous.

The application from Brett Mason proposed removing the existing dwelling at 54 Seaview Terrace, Sunshine Beach, and replacing it with a two-storey dwelling within the Coastal Protection area identified under the Natural Resources overlay.

Council officers recommended the application be refused as it proposed "an unacceptable risk to people and property from coastal processes, including the projected impacts of climate change" and it was contrary to the Planning Scheme and contrary to the draft Planning Scheme.

Under the draft Planning Scheme

the proposed dwelling would not allow for natural fluctuations of the coast and foreshore to occur and according to recently carried out modelling if the development was to proceed significant erosion was likely to occur in the future which may threaten life and property.

Mayor Tony Wellington said Council had a duty of care to act on the most up-to-date information available to them especially when it concerned safety and property.

Cr Brian Stockwell said it was clear they had all the legal information and mapping to make a decision.

Cr Ingrid Jackson abstained from voting on the decision and her non-vote was recorded as an objection to the decision.

She said there was not enough information to make this important decision and it required specific legal advice. She said the decision was based on the draft Noosa Plan that was not an approved plan and the State Planning policy which was not applicable when there was a house there already. ● NOW

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BATTLE EXPANDS OVER FLIGHTS A vocal public gallery at Noosa Council's Ordinary Meeting last Thursday and a petition signed by about 1000 residents calling for a review of proposed flight paths above Noosa provided encouragement to Councillors to make a submission to Airservices Australia.

Noosa Council has called for an enforced night-time curfew for Sunshine Coast Airport similar to that at other airports including Gold Coast and a month long extension to the consultation period.

In addition it has requested Sunshine Coast Council conduct an independent Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Lake Weyba, Noosa National Park and the coastal dunes within the Castaways and Marcus Beach areas.

"We will be requesting a detailed explanation from Airservices Australia as to why the intensity of flight numbers over the coastal flight path versus hinterland flight path has changed," Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie said.

Cr Wilkie said while Noosa Council had no regulatory authority over the project, Councillors had an advocacy role and would call on Federal Members to support them.

The Sunshine Coast Council has taken exception to their requests saying the

environmental impacts for the airport had been "rigorously assessed" and that the community was "consulted extensively over a three year period from 2012 until late 2015."

In a statement to ABC a Sunshine Coast Council spokesperson said they would not be dictated to by Noosa Shire Council or support its proposals."

It added that there was "minimal change in the proposed airspace and flight paths design" and that "a feedback period of six weeks is more than adequate".

The Sunshine Coast Council warned that any extension to the consultation period would result in the approvals from CASA being delayed by up to 6 months, which could cost the project at least $10 million.

Wide Bay Federal election candidates have weighed into the debate backing Noosa Council's submission. Greens candidate Daniel Bryar said you should always ensure all the facts are considered when assessing applications that impact the harmonious existence of life in a community.

"Noosa Council has every right to request a reassessment of the EIS and EPBC approvals, regardless of the chances of success or not on things like enforced night time curfews now or in the future," he said. ●

SUNSHINE COAST DEATHS Police will prepare a report for the Queensland Coroner following the deaths of two people at a bush music festival at Cherrabah Resort at Elbow Valley east of Warwick this week.

It is understood the bodies of a 24 year old Maleny man and a 22 year old Nambour woman were found inside a tent at the ‘Rabbits Eat Lettuce’ festival around 9.30am last Monday 22 April.

Police have told the media the deaths were ‘non-suspicious’ but investigations are continuing.

The event was originally to have been held near Casino in northern New South Wales but local police there refused its approval on safety grounds, leading to a court battle and ultimately a decision by the organisers to move the event to Cherrabah.

A statement posted on Facebook by Rabbits Eat Lettuce organisers on Monday read as follows “All of the staff and community at Rabbits Eat Lettuce would like to pass on our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of those who were found deceased,”

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“Our thoughts and concerns are predominately for their wellbeing and privacy during this time.

“It is absolutely heartbreaking to lose some beautiful souls that we consider part of our extended family.

“Rabbits Eat Lettuce place the wellbeing and safety of our patrons as the number one priority and we have highly trained first aid, professional paramedics working 24 hours throughout the festival and an on-call doctor onsite.

“In addition QLD Police and QLD Ambulance are on duty in a user pay capacity during the festival.

“We work together with authorities to ensure that the environment we provide is as safe as possible.

“The relevant bodies will be investigating to determine exactly what happened.

“It is appropriate that we give them the chance to do their work and respect the deceased family’s right to privacy and avoid any speculation.” ●

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IN SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY

BY RON LANE t was just supposed to be a casual Saturday morning stroll through the local shopping center with his dad Allan; nothing more nothing less. But little did Adam Grunsell realise that it was to be the start of a career, a career that can only be described as a journey through life; a journey of outstanding achievements in service to his country.

"After a short walk we happened to come to an Australian Defence Force Recruiting Office and just out of curiosity, I decided to walk in for a look. In the room there was three desks Army Navy and Air Force. Both the Army and Air Force recruiting people were busy; there was no one at the Navy desk so that's where I headed. Following a brief introduction to life in the Navy I was taken into a back room shown a video of a warship plowing through a massive sea and I was hooked.

Then some months later after interviews and a thorough medical I was, at 17 accepted into the Royal Australian Navy College at Jervis Bay."

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Born in Sydney and educated at Parramatta High School, there was for Adam, no Navy family tradition to influence his thinking.

"My dad was a fireman but on looking back I realise that because his profession was one of team work and discipline, accepting these two virtues was an everyday part of life. As a result of this, that part of navy life presented no major problem."

Following time in Jervis Bay, he spent a year at the University of NSW in Sydney and then for his third year, he was posted to the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. This was to be the first year of operating for the college and it was indeed different for it involved all three services Army Navy and Air Force. Then late in 1986 having completed three years of training and study (obtaining his BA) Adam Grunsell graduated as a Senior Midshipmen Royal Australian Navy.

"Life in Jervis Bay," said Adam "was definitely an experience, a great learning curve. It was definitely designed as a challenge: young men being molded into

a team and learning to accept 24hour discipline. The days were long, 5am till 11pm with classes, continual discipline and physical fitness; there was no outside contact, no phone calls nothing for six weeks; but boy we had some characters. One bloke I roomed with was a real Queensland country boy.

Our beds had to be made a certain way and immaculate, all uniforms hung correctly and precisely folded and spaced in our draws.

After a short time it was evident that he was sleeping on the floor and when I asked why, he told me that he wasn't going to be making that bed (that way) every day.

I was in a class of a hundred and two and at the time of our graduation we had established friendships that would last for 35+ years and beyond; it really was a brotherhood and it would last for life. It is interesting to note that in 2018 six of us that joined together all went on to become Admirals; and one is now Chief of the Navy."

On graduation it was six months sea duty onboard a patrol boat. This was followed by logistics training at HMAS Cerberus, then

time with HMAS Waterhen, mine warfare base and on to HMAS Hobart, guided missile destroyer.

"It is the sea duty that is really outstanding. No two days are the same. Just imagine that you are on a 4000 ton warship ploughing through big seas, performing the ultimate in team work and really coming to understand life at sea. Another great experience was conducting replenishment at sea between two ships. This occurs when our ship is required to move alongside the tanker ship approximately 50m apart and perform full replenishment of fuel, water and stores (via hose and rigging) and helicopters moving stores between ships in order to maintain a state of full readiness.

This operation is not just conducted with the Australian fleet for it could be American or British or other nations involved in operations or training exercises; and this of course requires great seamanship. At the completion there was usually an exchange of gifts, even sometimes," he said with a laugh, "a big jar of Vegemite."

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Photo: Dave Gleeson, surfshots Head of the Maritime Systems Division, Rear Admiral Adam Grunsell, AM, CSC, RAN, presenting Recruit Boatswains Mate Nathan Bob, with the ''Recruit of the Intake'' award during his graduation ceremony from General Entry 354 Taylor Division held at Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus, Victoria.

Rear Admiral Adam Grunsell with Vice Admiral Tim Barrett the previous Chief of Navy and Rear Admiral Stuart Mayer who was the last Fleet Commander in Western Australia, in front of HMAS Arunta.

Another posting that was to say the least memorable, was to the US Navy Base at Jacksonville Florida (as an exchange officer) for a period of two years 1994 to 1996 as a Logistics Officer. "What the Americans had at that base was bigger than the entire Australian Navy: amongst the ships at anchor were two air craft carriers, the US Saratoga and the newly commissioned USS John C Stennis, a nuclear-powered carrier.

It was during this time that Haiti was hit by a hurricane and all support equipment went through our base. At one time we had 104 transport vehicles on line, loaded with humanitarian goods. The organisation and movement was incredible."

However life at the base wasn't all work and no play. "Early in my tenure I received a phone call from my Captain telling me that I was to report for a game of golf at the 10th tee at 1300 hours that day. When I said I had no gear I was quickly informed that you can't live in Florida and not play golf and at all times you carry your golf gear in the boot of your car." It was during this posting Adam was informed of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

Amongst his various postings on returning to Australia he was, in 2000 Officer in Charge of Maritime Logistics Training at HMAS Cerberus. Then in 2001 he completed the Inaugural Command and Staff Course at Weston Creek in Canberra, thus gaining his Masters in Management (Defence Studies); this was followed by promotion to Commander.

Following Staff Course, during a period of service in Joint Logistics Command he

participated in preparation with Australia and United States for war in Iraq. Then late one afternoon in 2005, while serving on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, he received an after- hours phone call from the Deputy Chief of Navy in Canberra.

"This was to inform me that I had been transferred to Canberra and had to be there by 0800 next morning: it was late afternoon and I was stunned. I was trying to get myself together when he added, By the way congratulations, you have been promoted to Captain; never a dull moment in the Navy."

In this role while working as Navy's Director General of Communications and Coordination, which included responsibility for the coordination of Navy's response to internal issues, an Australian Sea King helicopter, in April 2005, crashed on the island of NIAS Indonesia, during humanitarian support operations, killing nine Australian Defence Force Members and injuring two.

This tragedy led to a one year Board of Enquiry and assisting families of those that had been lost in any we could; it was an arduous two and a half year postings."

This was followed in two years by another posting to the USA. This time it was Washington DC, where he was to attend the United States National Defense University, graduating as a Distinguished Graduate, Master in Science. Following his return to Australia he was promoted to Commodore in October 2011 taking up the role of Director General Maritime Support, providing widespread logistics support service to the Navy Fleet Four years later, on December 9th 2015

Airspace and light path design – Sunshine Coast Airport Expansion Project The new north-west/south-east runway at Sunshine Coast Airport is under construction and scheduled for opening in May 2020.

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Adam Grunsell's official portrait. to a fully capable ship of war. During my time with Arunta I was the Commissioning Officer from 1997-2000.

When she was commissioned the ship won seven of the Eleven Navy Fleet Award Events, covering all aspects of ship life in the Annual Fleet Awards. That sort of thing gives you a great feeling of achievement and personal self-satisfaction.

The day I left the Arunta I walked away-then turned back and looked. I just didn't want to go; she had really become a part of my life. But it was over; it was finished. It was time to move on." ●

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Commander Adam Grunsell was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and took up his final role as Head Maritime Systems in charge of a $1.5b portfolio of maintaince and logistics support to the Navy fleet of surface ships.

As a member of the Royal Australian Navy for 35 years, here are but a few other outstanding achievements. Awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross 2007, for Outstanding Achievements as Director General Navy Communication and Coordination; Awarded the Member of the Order of Australia 2015, for Efforts in Maritime Logistics Engineering and Sustaining Support for the Royal Australian Navy.

Then in January 2019 Rear Adam Grunsell Royal Australian Navy, retired.

"Approaching retirement I was looking around for somewhere to settle; then on visiting Noosa for the Tri with sons Tom, Will and daughter Holly and fiancee Sally, we had a good look at this beautiful place called Noosa and decided this is it. And now, we are nicely settled in Doonan."On leaving the navy Adam became a Partner in the accounting and consulting firm of KPMG based in Sydney and Canberra which means he has to unfortunately leave the beauty of Noosa; but he is thrilled to return each week.

After 35 years of service I was curious.

"Is there one particular incident that really hit you, something that will stay with you for life?" Without a moments hesitation he answered, "Yes there is. It was my time on the HMAS Arunta, an Anzac class frigate. I saw her grow, so to speak, from a steel shell

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DOG OWNERS WARNED AMID ATTACKS An 87-year-old man lost a significant amount of blood and a local farm owner lost 30 sheep in separate dog attacks across Noosa.

Council Local Laws Manager Phil Amson said enough was enough, issuing a stern warning to all local dog owners.

"Owners need to take full responsibility for their pets," he said.

"We've had about a dozen attacks in the last month, with nearly half occurring on people.

"Unfortunately this is a pattern that continues to repeat. Owners get complacent, dogs attack and innocent parties suffer - it just has to stop.

"All attacks are avoidable. If a dog is found roaming it will be impounded. If a dog is

found to be a nuisance or aggressive the repercussions can be both serious and costly."

The most recent attack in Tewantin resulted in an 87-year-old man losing a large amount of blood when a roaming dog savagely attacked his leg as he checked his mailbox. The dog, described as being a

white Bull Terrier type, remains at large.

Council is calling for anyone who may have witnessed the attack or who has information on the whereabouts of the dog to get in contact.

"We urge dog owners to ensure their animal is kept within the confines of their property," he said.

"Whether you're living in town or in a rural area, the repercussions will be the same.

"In some cases, dog owners can face charges under the Act and can even face costly civil litigation.

"Above all, residents should be able to go about their daily routines without getting mauled by a roaming dog.

"Owners need to take responsibility for their dog and keep them on-leash or fenced

in at all times."

Roaming dogs that are collected by Council are impounded for three days before being re-homed.

Dogs that are under investigation for aggressive behaviour or attacks can be declared dangerous by Council. This can result in fines for the owner and restrictions around how the animal can be housed and presented in public.

"A majority of dog owners are great but there are a small number of irresponsible owners who don't take accountability for their own pets and the repercussions can be alarming," he said.

"We're calling on locals to contact Council if they see a dog roaming or if they see a dog displaying aggressive behaviour." ●

NO GO IN NOOSA FOR E-SCOOTERS SCHEME They may be gaining traction across Europe, the US and China but Noosa Council said no last Thursday to Neon Ride's application to operate an electric scooter business on public land.

"While considering the future of these new mobility devices, we'll be liaising with the Department of Transport and Main Roads on various issues," Mayor Tony Wellington said.

"Like other Queensland councils, we're watching Brisbane City Council's e-scooter trial with great interest. We're also awaiting release of the National Transport Commission's discussion paper on safe electric scooter use in Australia."

Last month the ABC reported on 300 people being fined for safety breaches, most for not wearing helmets, while riding e-scooters in Brisbane and 120 people being taken to hospital for injuries related to e-scooter use in the first two months since the introduction of the trial.

Despite the issues Brisbane City Council has extended its trial to the middle of this year and is considering tenders for two companies to operate e-scooters.

Cr Wellington said with so many unanswered questions, issuing a permit in Noosa now would be premature.

"It makes sense to properly consider the

risks associated with having pedestrians share footpaths with fast-moving e-scooters.

Other concerns include the enforcement of new laws for e-scooter riders, and of course the safety and amenity issues associated with dockless scooters being left on roadsides and in public areas.

"There is also the cloudy issue of insurance risk for Council if we were to provide a permit for such businesses to operate on Council-controlled land.

"While e-scooters may have a useful part to play in the bigger transport picture, other regions' experience shows they clearly present challenges. Once we have strategies

for tackling these challenges we'll be in a much better positon to consider applications from e-scooter operators looking to launch their product here." ●

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THE BOLTON REPORT

SANDY BOLTON, NOOSA MP

BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE Every day, as an MP I am confronted with dilemmas, dichotomies and debates on many levels. Many may think these are a negative, however they are not. They form part of an intriguing puzzle on how we can create a good present and future, as our society changes from the increasing 'me now' expectations and lower tolerances, to the capacity of all levels of government to deliver solutions to these. How does a community, or country, resolve the vast range of issues that are highlighted as 'prominent', yet fleeting scroll material for the 'click and flickers'? Is this detracting from the very real issues, such as the collective well-being of people? It is very easy to 'click', much harder to invest time in what is important and relevant in our communities, as so many of our incredible volunteers do.

Having just come back from a visit to regional Queensland as part of the Innovation, Tourism Development and Environment Committee inquiry into the Protection of the Great Barrier Reef Bill, I was saddened to see how vilified our farmers are feeling by those of us living in urban areas. They contend with fire, flood, drought and incredibly tight margins to provide our food and fibre. Increasing legislation, regulation, protestors, and competition with imported products that utilise cheap labour, add to a negative narrative including being branded as environmental 'vandals'. What role are we all playing in

this, including through the 'click'?

As with any other profession, sector, or culture, those minority that 'do wrong' are magnified when promoted as a majority, whether that be farmers, policemen, aged carers, or yes, MP's?

Is it not time to start targeting our

resources into identifying those that do wrong, and deal with accordingly? As well, showcasing the good that is overwhelmingly in abundance that we get to see every day.

From our elderly who for years tenderly care for their partners with dementia, to world class scientists who work to

save our lives and our Reef, farmers who are environmentalists, right through to corporations and developers with a social conscience and those who every day show respect and courtesy to fellow residents. In amongst this, the thousands that give of their expertise and time for free, to deliver services that fill the 'gaps', and address needs that our budgets cannot.

A new narrative needs to become the 'norm' to acknowledge, recognise, and give 'air space' to this incredible good, and stop giving expensive 'advertising' to the negative that is impacting every realm, whether that be political or policy decisions, resident mental health and cost of living, to the levels of legislation that are developed as a result. In every conversation I have, whether that be with doctors, homemakers, innovators, or MPs, this 'reactive' behaviour is stifling the ability to resolve what can be viewed as unresolvable. Let's be the change you want to see by giving our focus to those who contribute to the individual and collective 'good'. One way is through the upcoming Queensland Day Awards, where I look forward to meeting, and honouring those in our community who really do make a difference. Nominations are now open, with forms available from our local Bendigo Community Banks or online at www.sandybolton.com. Another is to join in the upcoming conversation on Noosa 360 regarding the sharing of public space.

As always, I look forward to your thoughts! ●

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MEET THE CANDIDATES FOR WIDE BAY Noosa Today asked Federal election candidates for Wide Bay what they thought were the top three issues affecting Noosa residents in this election and what they would do to tackle them if they were elected. initiative to eliminate single use plastic from our beaches, create an Australian Environment Act and establish a Federal Environmental Protection Agency, ban 'super trawlers' from our Small Pelagic Fishery to support for fishers and preserve the health of our oceans and reach 50 per cent renewables target by 2030. Labor will double the number of Indigenous Rangers, invest $200m to clean up Australia's urban waterways and stop plastics plan partnering with community organisations and environmental groups and invest $1 billion in a National Hydrogen Plan to supercharge Australia's renewable energy industry. We will set a new national target of one million household battery installations by 2025 and provide a $2,000 rebate for 100,000 households.

Jason Scanes (Labor) Name: Jason Scanes (Labor) Suburb: Maryborough Family: Married to Jackie with three children Past career: As a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders and holding a Master of Business, with close to two decades experience in the Australian Defence Force (Army), and extensive community service and project leadership, I am passionate about the needs and well-being of others. I founded the organisation 'Forsaken Fighters Australia Inc., an NFP organisation that is focused on the needs and welfare of veterans and Mission Essential Personnel. I have held numerous representational and volunteer positions within the local community and State Government and was formerly the CEO of the local RSL Club.

Top three issues for Noosa residents: The issues affecting Noosa region leading into this Federal Election will be issues around Health, Education and the Environment.

If you are elected what will you do to improve the situation relating to these issues?

Health - Labor are investing in vital health services our communities rely on.

Labor will invest $1 billion on vital upgrades to Australia's public hospitals and upgrading emergency departments with new palliative care and mental health facilities. Cap the price increases of private health insurers at 2 per cent for two years with a focus on improving affordability and $80 million to boost the number of eligible MRI machines while approving 20 new licences.

Labor will deliver the biggest cancer care package in Australian history, with a $2.3 billion investment and will respond to the unique health needs of people in regional and rural Australia by developing a new National Rural Health Strategy policy.

Education - Labor will provide more than $4.7m additional funding for schools in the Noosa/Tewantin region.

Labor is committed to rebuilding our trade skills through a $1b investment for our TAFE and Vocational Education System. This investment will provide 150,000 TAFE positions with no up-front fees and 100,000 new apprenticeships with $200m to fix up and fit-out existing TAFE Campuses. Labor will also fund 15 hours per week, for 40 weeks a year for kids aged between two and three.

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Reducing cost of living pressures, providing tax relief, and helping tackle electricity costs are essential for people in Noosa. I am committed to continuing to delivering record funding for schools, hospitals and aged care, without increasing taxes.

Tim Jerome (Independent)

Daniel Bryar (Greens)

Llew O'Brien (LNP) Name: Llew O'Brien (LNP) Suburb: Chatsworth Family: Married with three children and one grandchild What organisations are you a member of?

Volunteer and Member for BeyondBlue Speakers Bureau Noosa Chamber of Commerce Past career: For 19 years I've been serving Wide Bay, 16 years as a police officer and now as your elected representative.

As a police officer I worked as a road crash investigator. I wanted to do more to make our roads safer, so I stood for election as a Member of Parliament.

Top three issues for Noosa residents: Creating jobs and a strong economy, vibrant communities, and a sustainable environment are all priorities I share with Noosa. I've worked with Noosa Council to secure $2.55 million from the LNP Government to expand the Digital Hub at Peregian Beach, creating local jobs. I've also secured $2.5 million for the redevelopment of the Sunshine Beach SLSC, in addition to Federal funding for many other projects in Noosa's communities. I am committed to continuing my record of providing strong and effective representation to achieve results for Noosa.

Easing traffic congestion and improving road safety throughout Noosa and along the Bruce Highway are key to improving Noosa's amenity for residents and businesses. I have secured $2.4 million to replace three bridges in Noosa, and Roads to Recovery funding is helping to maintain Noosa's road network.

I'm also working with Noosa Council to secure additional Federal funding for local

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Name: Daniel Bryar (Greens) Suburb: Coastal hinterland Family: Married with two young children Past career: I've spent decades in professional business, consulting to all sectors of government and private enterprise in business technology and process automation. Recently, I've started a construction company because I want to help Queenslanders build sustainable and affordable homes and workplaces.

Top three issues for Noosa residents: The biggest issue is climate change; Hastings Street is actually at threat of being underwater by 2050 if we continue to allow unrestrained carbon emissions. Any plumber that has worked on the street will tell you that drainage is a massive problem already. Cutting emissions from power generation and vehicles is economically better too, so as long as the government is not promoting coal while demonising renewables and electric vehicles (EVs), market economics should fix the problem by itself.

At a local level, we've got one of the most visited tourist destinations in Australia yet housing for local residents near to their place of employment is completely unaffordable, and the Council aren't really in a position to help being stuck between a rock and a hard place on allowing development for housing vs investment.

There needs to be a strong focus on providing government owned affordable housing solutions for those most at risk of financial homelessness.

Lastly, residents here are mostly good humans with a strong displeasure for the treatment of our first nations people, asylum seekers and other minority groups. It gives all Australian's a bad name and we end up having to explain that given the choice we would not support this kind of treatment, but thanks to the quirks of our electoral system we have somehow ended up with outright racists in our Senate. The people have wanted to fix this for some time but we have to wait for an election. Thank goodness we now have one called.

Name: Tim Jerome (independent) Suburb: Traveston Family: Married with four daughters Past career: When I left school, I worked as a Jackaroo on a cattle station. At 34 years of age I put myself through university as a mature age student as a PE teacher. I worked as a teacher for 14 years fulltime. I am now doing supply teaching and working with horses.

Top issues for Noosa residents I'm not going to make empty promises like the other candidates will do to win a vote as my word is my bond.

I believe the backbone of every community is local business. I make this commitment to the people of Noosa and district to work with local Australian businesses. I believe in putting Australians and Australian businesses first. I believe Australians should own Australia. I believe in partnering with local Australian businesses to see them succeed and prosper, because when local businesses prosper everyone benefits, as it creates jobs and money to flow into a community.

I travel with my two daughters at least twice a week to surf Noosa and Sunshine.

I believe Noosa and Sunshine are the best beaches in the world to surf, you would have to be a dummy not to agree. As an MP my aim will be to promote Noosa, Noosa national park and surrounding areas in a greater way for tourism as a place to visit, work and stay.

By the time of printing Noosa Today had not received a response from United Australia Party candidate Andrew Schebella.

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NOOSA WELCOMES 34 NEW AUSSIES

BY ABBEY CANNAN Classic Australian tunes like 'True Blue' and 'Waltzing Matilda' played in the background whilst 32 new Australian citizens were welcomed to Noosa during the official Citizenship Ceremony at The J on Wednesday 17 April.

The new citizens came from far and wide, originating from nine different countries including Portugal, India, Thailand, Italy, Mozambique, Brazil and New Zealand.

In attendance of the ceremony was Noosa Mayor Cr Tony Wellington, Noosa Councillors and Noosa MP Sandy Bolton.

Cr Wellington said the ceremony was truly one of the great privileges of his job.

"Our rich heritage stems from the contributions of all of us," he said.

Ms Bolton agreed with Cr Wellington as she said this is also one of her favourite events and that it often makes her teary eyed.

"Many of you have been a part of our Noosa Community for some time. I offer the warmest of welcomes to our new Aussie citizens. How blessed we are that we can access your traditions and your perceptions from all over the world and we can do this without leaving our home here. It is with my upmost pleasure that I offer the warmest of welcomes to our newest Aussies and extend to you on behalf of our community a heartfelt thank you that you have chosen, Australia, Queensland, but most specially Noosa as hopefully your forever home," she said.

Three new Australian citizens who originated from Portugal, Paulo Fonseca, Luis Fonseca and Isac Fonseca said that they moved for many reasons but especially because of the nice weather.

New Australian citizens Andrew and Irene Aves with Noosa MP Sandy Bolton.

Another new Australian citizen receives their gift.

Noosa MP Sandy Bolton welcomes the new Australian citizens to Noosa.

Noosa Mayor Tony Wellington gives his opening address and reads Preamble to candidates making their Pledge of Commitment.

New Australian citizens Paulo Fonseca, Luis Fonseca and Isac Fonseca moved from Portugal for many reasons, especially the nice weather.

Ms Jamison Kehl performing the Australian Anthem to the new Australian Citizens.

Weather seemed to be a common factor in the reasons for moving among the new citizens, as Paul, Kim and Matt Barnicoat moved from the UK about five years ago, also mainly because of the weather.

Andrew and Irene Aves also moved from the UK, the couple has lived in Cooroy for about five years and moved to Australia to be closer to their children and grand children.

"We joined a Rotary Club when we first

arrived and the community has been very welcoming," Andrew said.

Another new citizen, Karen Friend, moved to Australia from New Zealand and has lived here for 25 years.

Rising star and first year USC Music Ambassador, Jamison Kehl opened the ceremony with a classic Australian song and performed the national anthem to close the ceremony. â—?

Karen Friend moved to Australia from New Zealand and has lived here for 25 years.

SOCIAL SCENE EASTER CRUSH HITS NOOSA WITH SUN AND FUN IN MIND Easter holiday crowds flocked to Noosa with many making it to the beach for some sun and surf between showers. â—?

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THE LOWDOWN ON NOOSA’S FESTA

BY ABBEY CANNAN The countdown is well and truly on for this years' Noosa Food & Wine Festival, spread over five mouth-watering days from 16-20 May, the festival is an annual love affair of great food, wine, celebrity chefs, live music and entertainment.

The festival is a 'must attend' event on the foodie calendar, bringing people from all across Australia to Noosa, with this year's festival expecting to draw crowds of about 7000 local, interstate and international visitors.

Festival director Sheridah Puttick said that planning is going well and the team are pulling together the final touches for the festival.

"This year we have 113 events taking place across the four days so there is an incredible amount of collaboration with our local restaurants, producers, industry experts, visiting guests and festival partners," she said.

Sheridah said this year they were extremely passionate about creating conversations and memories that make an impact.

"Sustainability is a key focus for the festival this year as we all need to do something now to make a significant change to our future. We're working with some amazing local organisations to raise awareness, including Plastic Free Noosa and OzHarvest. To help reduce our impact, the festival will be restricting all single use plastic, including water bottles, straws, plastic bags and we'll have a team of dedicated Waste Warriors helping visitors in the Village recycle their waste correctly," she said.

The team will be working with OzHarvest Ambassador Cameron Mathews to create a menu based 100 per cent on the surplus produce from the festival for the Industry Day on Monday.

"Whilst not open to the public, we're extremely excited to introduce the Industry Day this year - it's an opportunity for our local hospitality community to connect with some of the best in the business. The day will begin with a welcome from Alla Wolf-Tasker, followed by a series of intimate workshops, conversations, tastings and panel sessions led by industry influencers and experts," she said.

The festival has also introduced two new exciting spaces within the Festival Village, the River Lounge and Drinks Lab. "It's the place to be to enjoy amazing collaborations from Australia's best chefs, producers, mixologists and wine producers.

The Hinterland is also host to some exciting new events this year including The Underground Collective lunch, a once in a lifetime, unique opportunity to witness an intimate lunch prepared by some of Australia's most acclaimed chefs," she said.

"We are also very excited to put a spotlight on local breweries from Noosa and the Sunshine Coast. With a range of events including Locally Crafted, Brewers Delight at Heads of Noosa, The Noosa Brewery Trail, Beer, Gin and Gourmet Junk Party at Land & Sea and the Brewery Tour and Barnyard Picnic at Copperhead.

"The Festival Village is the heart of Noosa Food and Wine on Saturday and Sunday and is without a doubt the place to be. There is so much happening here with free cooking demonstrations from some of Australia's best chefs and celebrities across two stages including Matt Moran, Paul Carmichael, Kirsten Tibballs, Matt Preston, Anna Polyviou, Alastair McLeod and local noosatoday.com.au

Noosa Food and Wine Festival Village.

Celebrity chef Matt Moran will be giving live cooking demonstrations in the Festival Village.

Clayton Donovan, Australia's only hatted indigenous chef, will be giving an authentic lunch experience infused with the unique flavours of the Australian bush.

favourites Matt Sinclair, Peter Kuruvita, Andrea Ravezzani and more."

Sheridah is also excited about the Providore on Hastings Pavilion where you can meet an array of food and drink purveyors from the Noosa region and right across Australia including Hum Honey, In Noosa, Kokopod Chocolate Australia, Roza's Gourmet, Slow Food Noosa, Ugly Duck Preserves and Woombye Cheese Co. Providore on Hastings support and showcase local producers and food brands, from boutique chai blends, to cheeses found nationally.

Graham Bradford from Providore on Hastings said there was a lot of work that goes into planning an event like this, "We've had a lot of meetings with Tourism Noosa, a lot of planning to see how the Producers

Pavilion will flow. We're working out the design and build of the section and counting numbers to predict the amount of produce we will need," he said.

One local producer that will be featured in the Providore on Hastings Pavilion is Ugly Duck Preserves.

Ugly Duck Owner and Founder, Michelle Mascher, said she started the company in order to fight food waste.

"We source unloved, ugly, imperfect fruit and vegetable and transform them into outstanding deliciousness," she said.

This is Ugly Duck's third year in a row at the festival and that Michelle loves the wonderful atmosphere.

"It's the perfect blend of music, gourmet food and boozy drinks. We love meeting so many new people and introducing our

flavours to them," she said.

"Our stall will be bursting with interesting, delicious preserves for sweet and savoury food lovers. We will have plenty of free tasters available and we are going to make a special Noosa Food and Wine superhot jalapeño relish."

Local cafe, SevGen's Deadly Espressos Coffee will also be joining the Producers Pavilion and will be offering Deadly Espresso Coffee and a range of treats including housemade Probiotic Bushtucker Bites.

Adult tickets to the Festival Village for either Saturday 18 May or Sunday 19 May are $39.19 and can be purchased online at www. noosafoodandwine.com.au/festival-village. A complimentary shuttle bus will run between the Noosa Transit Centre, The J in Noosa Junction and Lions Park, Festival Village. â—?

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COUNCIL AT ODDS ON FLIGHT PATHS This new flight path debate has become a political nightmare for the Noosa Council and I am sure that Mayor Wellington is wishing it would go away rather quickly.To put this debacle in perspective, it is important to remember that the last previous three Noosa mayors, Wellington, Playford and Abbot, all refused to approve and make a financial contribution to the construction, maintenance and upgrade of the Sunshine Coast Airport despite the fact that it will bring tens of thousands of precious tourist dollars to the Noosa Shire. Therefore due to their refusal to contribute, the Noosa Shire has had no say and no negotiating power in the planning of the new runway and associated flight paths. What it means is that for all the Noosa residents who are now going to be affected by these flight paths, they should be blaming their Noosa Council instead of the SC Council.

The SC Council has done everything right and the Noosa community was consulted extensively over a three-year period from 2012 until late 2015. Now keep in mind that this decision was also made after Mayor Jamieson had briefed Mayor Wellington some weeks ago and Noosa councillors were also briefed on two occasions recently, by the airport expansion project manager on the minimal implications for Noosa Shire.

Right now the Noosa Council, while pretending to be effectively supportive of their coastal ratepayers, are fully aware that they are left absolutely powerless and useless ... oh what a nightmare.

Dom Massoni, Verrierdale

FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER, NOT AGAINST It is lamentable but perhaps inevitable that we now have different groups of Noosa residents fighting with each other as to who should be the ones to 'cop’ aircraft flight paths.

If we could all agree on the following principles and move as one, we’d stand a far better chance of fighting this intrusion by the Sunshine Coast Council into our airspace and tranquil way of life.

1. The environmental study carried out in 2016 did not consider the impact of flight paths over Noosa Shire residents and is therefore out of date and inadequate. We should be making this clear directly to the State Co-ordinator General who signed off in it, directly and through our State MP Sandy Bolton.

2. It is not written that those who choose to live in less populated areas of our beautiful region should be the losers here. Selfishness will get us nowhere.

Finally we should ask Noosa Council why

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Sunset over Noosa Noosa Today reader Sandi van der Ster captured this image of a beautiful sunset over Noosa recently. If you have a photo for Lenscape please email to newsdesk@noosatoday.com.au. since 2016 they have been officially neutral on the impact of the airport and continue to be missing in action while the people whose interests they are supposed to represent struggle to combat this issue which threatens the well-being of our people, fauna and flora. Come on council, it’s time to man up and step up.

Hugh McGarry, Tinbeerwah

TIME WE MADE SOME NOISE ON FLIGHT PATHS Peregian Beach Community Association says residents will be substantially affected by proposed new flight paths for Sunshine Coast airport, changes that it says have “flown under Noosa’s radar for too long”.

PBCA President Barry Cotterell says thousands of local residents will have their quality of life affected by the proposed flight paths when the new runway - known as ‘13/31’ becomes operational next year.

There are currently about 33 jet aircraft movements a day from the airport, but this is projected to increase dramatically over the next few years.

The proposed flight paths will see passenger jets ascending or descending - depending on the prevailing winds - as low as 3000 feet between Marcus Beach and Castaways.

Mr Cotterell says the simple alternative is to have them instead cross the coast further

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north between Teewah and Rainbow Beach in a far less populated area.

The PBCA president says thousands of Noosa residents have been “blindsided” by the proposed flight paths. “This will mean far less aircraft noise In Sunshine Coast Council, but that’s where all the community consultation has been taking place,” he said. “In Noosa, where the decibel count will climb substantially, our residents have heard virtually nothing about this.”

Today, PBCA members passed a resolution calling on Noosa Council to get more involved: The Peregian Beach Community Association, representing residents in Peregian Beach and Marcus Beach, calls on Noosa Council to take all possible steps to oppose the proposed flight path over the populated areas of the eastern beaches and urges council to take collective action to lobby for the adoption of the northern flight path.”

Mr Cotterell says residents understand the economic benefits of a new runway, but a genuine process of engagement and consultation in Noosa Shire would have already seen the flight path route over the coast moved further North.

What PBCA is calling for: • An extension of time to provide feedback - (currently April 30) to May 30.

• Flight paths changed so that they cross the coast between Teewah and Rainbow Beach.

• Noosa Council to back residents and strongly oppose flight paths between Marcus Beach and Castaways, and support an extension of time to put in a submission.

• A curfew for all aircraft arrivals and departures between 10pm and 7am.

• PBCA encourages residents to give their views to Air Services Australia: feedback. emsbk.com/asa Barry Cotterell, PBCA president

GOOGLE BATTERIES “Farriers and street sweepers will all lose their jobs. There are no petrol stations anywhere. We will never have enough oil. People won’t be able to afford an automobile. Petrol is too dangerous.” If there were enough John Mikkelsens around in the early 20th century ... they still wouldn’t have stopped automobiles from replacing horses. And John Mikkelsen will worry himself to death as EVs overtake ICE transport in front of his very

eyes. John’s letter (Noosa Today, 11 April) was actually quite humorous. I couldn’t have written a better satire if I had tried. So, thank you John for your excellent technophobic exemplar.

Just for the record, though, in case anyone else still thinks like John, solar and wind power with storage can still deliver power 24 hours a day, good weather or bad (why does he still have his misconception about reliability?). Even if the Green proposal for 100 per cent renewables and 100 per cent EV was realised, Australia would still be way behind many of the other more advanced countries on the planet. It is the posing of people like John that is keeping this otherwise great nation from being a leader in renewable technology. Make energy policy an election issue and watch the Luddites squirm. Oh, John, Google “batteries”.

Steve Hall, Cooroy

IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD I want to comment on the over-exaggerated and frequently expressed claims by those who strongly believe mankind is causing climate change. Some would define statements that are clearly wrong, but intended to garner support as fake news.

In 2005 Australia’s climate guru Tim Flannery claimed all of the dams in Queensland would be dry by 2010. Now we’re are told there is only 10 years left before it’s too late - the same prediction was made by Greenpeace 20 years ago. Our local student climate strikers held placards reading “There is No Planet B“ and “ The Earth is Dying". One of our local residents frequently claims renewable energy is cheaper to produce and more reliable than our existing power stations. The scaremongering never ceases.

One climate-related fact of interest is the reality that as the climate changes, some parts of the earth will become more arable.

Another fact is humans are very good at adaptation, we will survive.

Perhaps climate change is simply Mother Earth’s way of preventing the human population from ever reaching the predicted 11 billion by the end of this century.

Whatever is happening, the end is not coming.

Woody Dass, Noosa noosatoday.com.au

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Castaways Beach

Noosa Sound

Saturday 27th April

Saturday 27th April

10.00am - 10.30am

10/512 David LowWay

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3

2

$2,695,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0411 757 570

11.00am - 11.30am

21 Driftwood Drive

4

2

2

$850,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0468 922 519

21 Driftwood Drive

4

2

2

$850,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0468 922 519

Coolum Beach

1.00pm - 1.30pm

4318/1808 David LowWay 4

5

4

$2,950,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0407 708 860

3/164 Noosa Pde

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0421 785 512

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1

1

$365,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0411 652 325

2

1 Offers over $545,000 Garwoods Estate Agents - 0408 710 373

2

2

$485,000

Garwoods Estate Agents - 0408 710 373

12.00pm - 12.30pm 7/76 HiltonTce

2

2

1

$900,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0433 237 422

1.00pm - 1.30pm

2

2

1

Offers invited

3

2

2

$1.050m

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0423 972 034

2

2

2

$949,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0418 714 653

2

2

1

$775,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0413 319 879

7/213 GympieTerrace

Saturday 27th April

10Walnut Court

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2

4

$985,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0413 319 879 12.00pm - 12.30pm 11 Aquamarine Circuit

Garwoods Estate Agents - 0408 710 373

Peregian Beach

Noosa Heads

Saturday 27th April

Friday 26th April 12.00pm - 12.30pm 10 GrosvenorTerrace

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2

2

$2,700,000

11.00am - 11.30am 1/38 Jacana Street Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0421 785 512 12.00pm - 12.30pm 10/388 David LowWay 1.00pm - 2.00pm

45 Lorilet Street

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3

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Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0413 319 879

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0421 785 512 1.00pm - 2.00pm

45 Lorilet Street

4

3

3

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0413 319 879

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3

2

$2,250,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0411 757 570

20 Park Crescent

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2

2

$4,650,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0413 319 879

4 MaherTce

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3

3

$2,395,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0401 008 138

1/18 Henderson Street

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2

2

$2,275,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0411 757 570

15 MaherTce

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3

2

$3,750,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0421 752 512

Saturday 27th April 10 GrosvenorTerrace

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2

2

11.00am - 11.30am

15/2 Bankskia Avenue

3

2

1 offers over $650,000 Garwoods Estate Agents - 0411 862 954

11.00am - 11.30am

2/8 Serenity Close

3

3

2

$1,685,000

11.00am - 11.30am

26/2 Serenity Close

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2

1

$695,000

11.00am - 11.30am

7 Lake Edge Drive

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2

2

$1,575,000

11.00am - 11.30am

10-12 Angler St

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3

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Auction

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2

2

$1,085,000

12.00pm - 12.30pm 4 Blue Gum Road

$2,700,000

Sunrise Beach

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0418 980 247 Saturday 27th April Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0411 652 325 12.00pm - 12.45pm 6 Ridgeway Street Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0423 972 034

Sunshine Beach

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0421 785 512 Saturday 27th April Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0413 582 670 10.00am - 10.30am 10.00am - 10.30am Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0418 980 247 11.00am - 11.30am Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0418 714 653 1.00pm - 1.30pm Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0412 672 375

12.00pm - 12.30pm 4/10 Serenity Close

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2

2

$1,749,000

12.00pm - 1.00pm

25 David Street

4

3

2

$1,495,000

1.00pm - 1.30pm

3/14 Edgar Bennett Ave

2

2

1

$725,000

1.00pm - 2.00pm

16Wild Apple Court

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3

3

$1,490,000

Garwoods Estate Agents - 0408 710 373

1.00pm - 1.30pm

20 Sanctuary Avenue

4

3

3

$1,575,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0423 972 034

2.00pm - 2.30pm

6 Smoke Bush Drive

3

2

2

$1,050,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0423 972 034

4

3

2

$1,495,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0418 714 653 3.00pm - 3.30pm

Sunday 28th April

Auction Diary Castaways Beach Friday 26th April

25 David Street

Monday 29th April

18/152 David LowWay

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Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0468 922 519

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3

8

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0421 785 512

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3

3

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0413 319 879

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Auction

Garwoods Estate Agents - 0411 862 954

Noosa Heads

11.00am - 11.30am

3/14 Edgar Bennett Ave

2

2

1

$725,000

12.00pm - 1.00pm

25 David Street

4

3

2

$1,495,000

Tuesday 30th April

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0412 672 375 Saturday 25th May Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0418 714 653 10.00am - 10.30am 10-12 Angler St

Peregian Beach

11.00am - 11.30am

3/14 Edgar Bennett Ave

2

2

1

$725,000

12.00pm - 1.00pm

25 David Street

4

3

2

$1,495,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0418 714 653 10.00am - 10.30am

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0418 714 653 Saturday 27th April

Wednesday 1st May

Tom Offermann Real Estate - 0412 672 375 Saturday 4th May 45 Lorilet Street

Tewantin

12.00pm - 1.00pm

25 David Street

4

3

2

$1,495,000

2.00pm - 3.00pm

13/3 Morwong Dr

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3

2

Auction

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Noosa Waters

12.00pm - 1.00pm

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12.00pm - 12.30pm 10 S Pacific,179Weyba Rd 2

Saturday 27th April

10.00am - 10.30am

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Saturday 27th April

Marcus Beach 11.00am - 11.30am

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Noosaville

11.00am - 11.30am

Saturday 27th April 11.00am - 12.00pm

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Wednesday 1st May 1.00pm - 1.30pm

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WHAT’S ON LOCAL TALENT IN FAST-PACED COMEDY Nick Enright's deliciously fast-paced comedy Daylight Saving is on at Noosa Arts Theatre for a limited season from Thursday 25 April.

Set in the late 1980s, Daylight Saving is an Australian romantic comedy about love, loneliness, food and friendship.

Director Tania Nash said she is excited to have assembled a dream cast for this too rarely seen gem. ''I am thrilled to have such a brilliantly gifted cast sign on to perform in one of Nick Enright's most popular plays," she said.

"The cast handles the material confidently and the comic timing is sharp."

The stellar cast is led by Zoe Griffen and award-winning actor Glen Miller as husband and wife, Felicity and Tom. Playing the role of Josh, an American professor of history and Felicity's old high school flame, is the charming Frank Wilkie and the hilarious Sheila Oliver will play the role of Bunty, Felicity's loud, opinionated mother. The gifted Ali Lambole performs the role of Felicity's intrusive and clueless neighbour Stephanie, and muchloved local Clark Groves plays Jason, the famous tennis player managed by Tom. Considered one of Australia's muchloved playwrights, Nick Enright trained for the theatre at New York University School of Arts after early experience in Australia including with Nimrod and MTC. He was an actor, director and teacher as well as a writer. He has writ-

BRISTOL TO NOOSA The Bristol Car Club of Australia is holding its biennial rally in Noosa, with seven couples from the UK shipping their rare cars to tour Australia and join the week-long rally and display.

Joining the rally from the UK are two 1953 403 models and four highly sought after 1955 405 convertibles, along with a more modern 603 from 1976.

The cars along with another 32 from Australia will be on display in the Noosa Woods, at the river mouth end of Hastings Street, on Monday 29 April from 10am.

Touring drives in the Noosa hinterland will occupy three of the following days.

A highlight, especially for the UK visitors, will be a day trip by four wheel drive buses to Fraser Island.

Bristol cars were made by the Bristol Aeroplane Company after World War II, keeping their craftsmen in employment. They have hand-beaten, beautifully curved and streamlined aluminium bodies. Being hand-made, only small numbers of each model were made, meaning they are rare and sought after.

The rally will run around Noosa from 28 April to 5 May. For more information visit www.bristolownersclubofaustralia.com. au ●

The talented cast of Daylight Savings. ten for film and television, including cowriting with George Miller the screenplay for Lorenzo's Oil which was nominated for an Oscar. He has written a number of musicals most notably the Australian production of The Boy From Oz. Among his many awards are two Green Room Awards for Best Play, four Gold AWGIE Awards, the 1998 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award and the NSW Premiers' Special Award. As well as being a prolific writer, Nick was a noted acting

teacher, particularly at NIDA and WAAPA. His creative genius was cut all too short when he died at the age of 52 in 2003.

The Noosa Arts Theatre is located at 163 Weyba Rd, Noosaville. For more information visit www.noosaartstheatre. org.au/daylight-savings/ or call 07 5449 9343.

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10. Object to the reedy note (5). 11. See the point and get an agent (4). 12. If it’s fragile, the shock may be too much for it (4-5). 16. Shortening and using as a studio (7,2). 20.

Put out and taken aback by the objections (4). 22. Left one M out in “marmalade,” perhaps (5). 23. Catch, in case, turning right (4). 24. Drive within an hour, generally (4).

25. Help more than once (3,3,4).

DOWN 1. Put in something to eat and a litle foreign currency (6).

25. Help more than once (3,3,4).

DOWN 1. Put in something to eat and a litle foreign currency (6).

2. Lists the various resorts (7). 3. The boss tried tearing a hole through it (6). 4. Disease that is caught in bars, perhaps (6). 5. Saw the woman had gone off on (5). 7. Catches, though it’s hard, the snakes (5). 13. She was brought up by a bit of a nut (3). 14. The manor’s Norma’s (7). 15.

Most worried about the rain and the winds (5). 17. The slim figure inside has the cure (6). 18. Wanting to take the T out of “abating” (6). 19. Pictures showing how a gem is cut (6). 21. Pound the rhythm out and you complain (5).

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Tickets are being sold at $49.90 for an adult and $45.00 for a pensioner, senior and student.

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WIGGLE FUN TOUR IS ON AT VENUE 114 - IT’S A REAL HOT POTATO! The kids will be jumping with joy when The Wiggles come to the Sunshine Coast as part of their Wiggle Fun Tour on Friday 17 May at Venue 114 at Lake Kawana.

Hot off the back of last year's sold-out tour, tickets are now available for this year's show which will see Emma, Lachy, Anthony and Simon singing and dancing with all their Wiggly friends including Captain Feathersword, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus and the brand new Wiggly friend, Shirley Shawn the Unicorn.

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BY ABBEY CANNAN Local author Denny Neave has shared powerful personal stories of veterans who participated in the Sydney Invictus Games in new book 'Unconquered'.

Having grown up in a military environment and inspired by the professionalism of his father, a Vietnam vet with over 30 years' Regular Army service, Denny's interest in military history was sparked early on.

After being a member of the Army Reserve for almost 30 years himself, Denny has written four military history books and produced a compelling documentary.

Unconquered was launched 24 April and tells the remarkable true stories of Australian and New Zealand men and women who fought and conquered extraordinary challenges from the battlefield to the sporting arena.

"When I saw that the Invictus Games were in Australia, and having spoken to the victims, I thought their stories were incredible and it was important to me that people heard their journey," Denny said.

"At the games there was inspiration coming from the veterans all around the world and the atmosphere was amazing."

There was one particularly inspiring story of true mateship that summed up the entire games for Denny. The story involves Private Andrew Tonkih and his support for British competitor Alan White. Alan White is an ex-Royal Marine who suffered a back injury that left him partially paralysed. He fought valiantly to recover, coping with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and depression to represent the United Kingdom in the road cycling, pedalling with his arms in a recumbent bike.

"During the afternoon race on Sunday, as he completed the final lap, Alan was overcome by exhaustion, grinding to a halt at the base of a hill, at the corner where his daughter was

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watching from the sidelines. The crowd was cheering and pushing him on, his daughter yelling, 'Go, Daddy! You can do it!' But Alan had come to a standstill, physically and mentally spent," Denny recalled.

"He pulled off his socks and shoes, and began inching his way up the hill, pedalling a quarter-turn at a time and locking his handbrake so he wouldn't roll back down. It was at this point that Private Andrew Tonkih, who was assisting with the race at the time, ran over to Alan and asked, 'Is it okay if I help you mate?' Alan nodded and Private Tonkih stepped behind him, grabbed the rear bars of the bike and, with the crowd cheering on and Alan's daughter watching, began pushing him up the hill, giving him the short boost that he needed to conquer the slope and cross the finish line. Private Tonkih later met Alan and his family, and he was thanked for his help."

During the Invictus Games, Prince Harry referred to 'the healing power of sport' as he watched competitors from 18 countries around the world represent the nation for which they'd fought. Through the power of sport, they have proven that they can overcome the mental and physical trauma inflicted by their service.

The book is available in any major retailer or online at www.bigskypublishing.com.au. ●

The Noosa Shire Museum will stage a Heritage Day on Saturday 4 May from 9am to 2.30pm which will provide an insight into local life since European colonisation.

There will be historic displays, arts and craft demonstrations, local family histories on show and wildlife information and a chance to see some early Australian films.

Merideth Walker will talk on the forced removal of Sunshine Coast Aboriginal people and other speakers will include Kabi Kabi Elder Fred Palin who will speak on Noosa Biosphere Reserve big ideas project, Trish Kearton who will talk on Choices create History and Zana Dare will discuss early Australian films.

Roslyn Leslie from Wildlife Volunteers Association will discuss bat rescue and

there will be local histories on families including Sanderson, Chapple, Gallaway/Burchill/Lally, Andrews and Miller.

There will be entertainment and food.

In addition the Museum and Cooroora Historical Society have established a twice monthly market in the historic Cooran Village with the expectation to offer a place where families and friends can leisurely enjoy browsing for tasting fresh produce, including bread, smallgoods and jams. In addition to the fantastic food and condiments, this market will also host a selected range of handicraft stalls, Museum artifacts and raffles.

The Cooran Village Markets will be held on the first and third Sundays of the month from 9am to 1pm at 28 King Street, Cooran. ●

DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY WITH MISS LEADING Great food, bright atmosphere and good company can only be improved with one thing: a stunning live band. Audiences can look forward to an unsurpassable evening with cover band Miss Leading, makes their way to the Tewantin Noosa RSL for a much-requested return appearance.

Don't be misled by their name, the only direction this band will take you is onto the dance floor.

From rock to pop, groove to blues Miss Leading have everything you need for a toe tapping night out.

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COMMUNITY UPDATES NOOSA BOTANICAL ARTISTS The Friends of Noosa Botanic Gardens are holding an Autumn Walk on Sunday 28 April. We meet at the main shelter a little before 9am. Wear comfortable shoes, a hat, sunscreen and insect repellent. Bring water and a camera. Dogs are welcome. The guides are always looking for news members, if you are interested have a chat to one of us on the day, or come to the gardens any Thursday between 9am and 11am. You'll find us working in the gardens, just look for the high-vis orange shirts. We meet every Monday at Wallace House at 1-4pm. Beginners are welcome.

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Noosa Koalas workshop presented by Rachel Lyons from Noosa Landcare / Wildcare Australia is on Thursday 16 May from 5-7pm at Rural Futures Centre, 65 Pavilion St, Pomona. Bookings essential, contact info@ noosalandcare.org ph:5485 2468 for more information. Free for Noosa Landcare members and Bushcare members. $10 for all other attendees.

SPIRITSONG CHAMBER CHOIR We have been taking a short break, and will be singing again from Wednesday evening 1 May in Tewantin. Please email Andrew at andrewjemmet@gmail.com for details or phone 5474 1498.

ROTARY CLUB OF NOOSA Noosa Rotary will be holding a Trivia night on Saturday 27 April at the Tewantin RSL Club. Entry $10 will include snacks on all tables. Bookings are essential on 54471766.

Tables are limited. Questions will commence at 6.45PM. Limit of 8 per table.

NOOSA PARKS ASSOCIATION Guest speakers at the Environment Forum on Friday April 26 will be Noosa Councillor, Dr Brian Stockwell and Principal Strategic Planner, Rebecca Britton. Their presentation will track Council's role in protecting the natural values of Noosa through land use planning.

Come along to the Environment Centre, 5 Wallace Drive Noosaville to hear about the draft Noosa Plan and to ask your question or provide feedback to Councillor Stockwell.

All welcome. Join Valda and the Interpretive Birding Group from 8.30am. Meet in the carpark, or arrive at 10am for coffee, with the forum commencing at 10.30am. Visit www. noosaparks.org.au for more information.

SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCING AT POMONA Every Tuesday evening from 7pm to 9.30pm Pat and Norm Young organise a social evening with Old Time Dancing at the Pomona

WEEKLY ROSTER FOR MEALS ON WHEELS Weekly Roster for Tewantin- Noosa Meals on Wheels beginning Monday 29 April to Friday 3 May 2019.

Monday Drivers: Maya, Marie, Simone & Cookie, Andrew, Anne & Oliver, Cheryl, Michelle & Neil.

Kitchen: Stephen, Len, Geoff.

Tuesday Drivers: Bruce, Liz, Kevin & Rob, Cheryl, Tania & Friends, Fiona, Pranee & Peter.

Kitchen: Ashleigh, Christine, Jo, Geoff.

Wednesday Drivers: Ian, Maryellen & Leon, Gary, Victor, Jan & Bryan, Bob, Barbara & Gerry.

Kitchen: Judi, Sandy, Elfie, Glenis, Mark.

Thursday Drivers: Driver needed run A, Kath & Helen, Anne, Victor, Kenny & Neil, Jan & Sharon, Pranee & Peter.

Kitchen: Lois, Christine, Elfie, John.

Friday Drivers: Maya, Therese, Peter, Jean & Janet, Driver needed run E, Terry & Bryan, Rosalie & Jack.

Kitchen: Sandy, Elfie, Charlotte, Mark, Neville.

You can also check the roster on our website www.tewantinnoosamealsonwheels.

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

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EXPERT TALK ON FISH PROJECT The Noosa River system is intrinsic to Noosa's identity with a long heritage making it a major drawcard for locals and tourists. But how healthy is the river system and how should its future be best managed? These are the fundamental questions that will be explored by guest speaker, Dr Simon Walker, at the next Noosa Parks EnviroForum on Tuesday 30 April.

Dr Walker, a marine ecologist, will discuss the decline of marine biodiversity in the Noosa River system over the last century and explain how scientists, council and environmental groups are now working together to rebuild the biodiversity through the Bring Back the Fish project.

Event coordinator, Lyn Graham, said the EnviroForum is becoming an important and exciting monthly event for locals and visitors with an interest in environmental issues and this month will Memorial School of Arts Hall - cost is $5, which includes supper. Phone 0407 456 939 for more information, or come and visit.

TEWANTIN NOOSA GARDEN CLUB The next meeting is on May 13 at 1.15pm for a 1.30pm start, in the Catholic Church Hall, 5 Moorindil Street, Tewantin. Guest speaker: Sean Morrow who will speak on native animals. Guests Welcome. For more information contact Marilyn 0754499074. Sean will also be holding an Open Garden at his property, 18 Hawk Lane,Pomona, on May 18 at 9am.

NOOSA PARKS ENVIROFORUM The next EnviroForum will be held at Noosa Parks Environmental Centre, Wallace Park, Noosaville on 30 April beginning at 5:30pm with live music, drinks and finger food. At 6.15pm, the guest presenter Dr Simon Walker will discuss how healthy the Noosa River system is and how its future would best managed. $5 contribution. For more information: www.facebook.com/noosaenviroforum/

LADIES PROBUS CLUB OF NOOSA HEADS Our next meeting is on Thursday 9 May at the Forum Hall Laguna Estate at 10am. The Guest speaker is Heather Warner who will be speaking on ' The Dingoes of Fraser Island.

The outing is lunch at 'The Deck' restaurant Sunshine beach on Thursday May 23 at 12.30pm. For more information call Kim on 54553860 or Pam on 54506017.

ROTARY CLUB OF COOROY We welcome members, friends and visitors to join us Monday 29 April to hear Rtn Janet Kake tell us about the importance of noosatoday.com.au

Our weekly Music Group will be held every Thursday from 9.30 to 11.30am. We listen to Classical Music on CDs or watch Classical Music DVDs. Donation of $2 for morning tea. Phone Lyn on 5449 0537 for more details.

be no exception.

"The Noosa River system is such an important part of our local environment and its current health and future management is something that all local residents should be aware of," she said. having Dr Walker speak at the Noosa Parks EnviroForum this month will be a great opportunity for people to learn about the health of the river and about the Bring Back the Fish project from someone who has been involved since its inception.

The Noosa Parks EnviroForum (an initiative of the Noosa Parks Association) will be held on Tuesday 30 April at Noosa Parks Environmental Centre, 5 Wallace Drive, Wallace Park, Noosaville from 5.30pm with live music, drinks, finger food and guest speaker.

Cost $5. For more information email Lyn at noosaparksenviroforum@ gmail.com or visit www.facebook.com/ noosaenviroforum ●

CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND NOOSA BRANCH Our Biggest Morning Tea is at Noosa Boathouse on 23 May. Arrive 9.30am for 10am start. $20 a head prepaid on booking, raffle and lucky door prizes and entertainment.

Phone Annie on 0409385566.

RETIREES WELCOME Noosa 2010 Combined Probus Club is a retirees club that meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 9.30am in the Tewantin Noosa Bowls Club 65 Hilton Terrace Tewantin.

Our club has fun day trips and longer holidays to various places of interest, we also attend the theatre, have garden visits, dinning and walking groups together. Call Brian 0403 435 978 for more information.

SOCIAL DANCE LESSONS

Body Language. All welcome; join us 6pm at the Masonic Hall 58 Elm St. Cooroy. We follow the meeting with an, optional, dinner at the Cooroy RSL. We are a fun loving, friendly club with an interesting program so come along and we will make you very welcome. Contact Andrew on email secretary@ cooroyrotary.org.au or call 0421 407 097 for more details.

U3A NOOSA FRIDAY TALKS PROGRAM U3A Noosa Friday Talks are held at 1.30 pm at U3A, 64 Poinciana Ave, Tewantin. Friday 26 April is a USC Talk by Dr Jay Ludowyke on RMS Carpathia: Titanic & WWI. On Friday 3 May is a talk by Dr Tom Hewitt on Environmental Graphic Design. Full details available at www.u3anoosa.com.au/ or contact reception on 5440 5500.

TEWANTIN-NOOSA PROBUS CLUB The next General Meeting is on Monday 29 April at 9.45am. All visitors are welcome and the cost for attending is $5 per person, which includes morning tea. Guest speaker is Senior Sgt Carroll from Noosa Heads Police Station. The meeting will be followed by lunch at your own expense in the RSL restaurant. For more information contact Geoff Bailue on 0418145034.

TEWANTIN-NOOSA REDCROSS The next meeting is at the Forum, Laguna Retirement Village, Lake Weyba Drive Noosaville, on Friday 17 May at 9.30am. Our Guest Speaker will be Felicity Harpley, an Education Consultant. Members and guests are invited to attend what promises to be an interesting presentation.

Tewantin Masonic Hall every Sunday. For more information visit www.andrewsclassdance.com or ring Andrew 0429 829 328. All welcome, with or without partners.

NEW BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES For years 7-12 students and adults. Tuesdays from 4pm starting 23 April at Tinbeerwah Hall, 863 Sunrise Road, Tinbeerwah. Join us with or without a partner. Phone Sharryn for Bookings and all information, 0404 097 358

NOOSA MEN’S SHED GARAGE SALE A range of garden accoutrements and potted plants will be available from 9am till noon in a garage sale at the Men's Shed - Wallum Lane, Noosa Springs on Wednesday 24 April.

Timber or metal items can be made by the Two Wood Sheds or the Metal Shed.

FREE HATHA YOGA AND MEDITATION Free yoga taught by a qualified senior yoga teacher at a range of times and locations in Tewantin, Cooroy and Peregian Beach. For more information call Dagmar 5443113 or email dagrich@aapt.net.au.

NOOSA RIVER PROBUS CLUB Noosa River Probus Club meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at the Christian Outreach Centre Noosaville, time 9-9.30am start and the cost is $6.00 per meeting.

A.I.R. NOOSA BRANCH A.I.R. is the peak National not-for-profit organisation supporting self-funded retirees or those about to retire. For more information phone 0411211566 or email airnoosacommunications@gmail.com. ●

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OUR HOTEL IN BALI A couple of hours after touching down in LAX in the wee hours we'd checked into the "Jarratt Wing" of our friends' rambling Pacific Palisades spread and climbed into bed for a nanna nap that took care of most of the day.

When I finally opened my eyes it was beer o'clock and Oliver Garrett had come around to share a few Modelos. Although I'd written extensively about his family history and exchanged emails with him, I'd never actually met Oliver, who is a friend and neighbor to our LA mates, the Hills. So it was quite a shock to open the door to the kitchen and be confronted by a giant of a man with a friendly smile and a beer in one hand and the other extended to me.

We got along like wildfire and sat down to talk story, and what a story Oliver has.

In the late 1920s his grandmother Louise, a talented painter, married the Hollywood

writer and director Oliver H.P. Garrett, a former New York City newspaper reporter who heard the clarion call for more and more scripts at the dawn of the talkies, caught the train to Los Angeles and made his fortune with a string of hits, including A Farewell To Arms. The couple moved into a dream home just around the corner from where we're sitting this spring afternoon, on the Palisades above Santa Monica Bay, and had a perfect life, for a while.

But old Ollie had a roving eye, and while he was off shooting a movie in Hungary and romancing the female lead, a beautiful Hungarian model, she took comfort in the arms of her tennis coach, Bob Koke. Born in Los Angeles in 1910, the tall, fit Koke studied at the University of California before getting a job in the production department at MGM, where one of his first assignments was to travel to Hawaii as assistant to

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When Oliver Garrett returned to LA with his Hungarian model in tow, Louise spat the dummy and filed for divorce. Then she ran away to the Far East with her tennis coach.

The couple left Los Angeles in October 1934, bound for Yokohama, then travelled through Japan, Shanghai and Hong Kong before arriving in Bali in August 1936. This is the point where I picked up the story while researching the social history of Bali some years ago.

The Kokes (which was how they presented themselves, to avoid scandal) checked into the Bali Hotel in Denpasar, where they met the woman who was to turn their Far East dream into a nightmare.

K'tut Tantri (real name Muriel Pearsen) was a short, frumpy Scots woman who was unhappily married and living in Los Angeles when she saw the film Goona-Goona at a Hollywood cinema and immediately booked a single passage to Bali. So it was Hollywood and a broken marriage that brought both Tantri and Louise to Bali, but that was all the women had in common.

Louise later wrote: "On the second or third day we were having drinks on the veranda and who should show up but a dumpy woman in a sarong, horn-rimmed glasses, black hair, and she spoke English.

She rented us a car and ... showed us Kuta Beach."

The particular part of Kuta Beach she showed them was a couple of acres of beachfront where the Hard Rock Hotel now sits. Tantri had this mad dream of building Bali's first beachfront hotel, and who should rock up but a couple of mad dreamers!

Tantri and the Kokes became partners in a joint venture that started to fall apart almost before it began, with threats of violence and litigation, public spats in bars and restaurants, the full monty. But Bob Koke was a man who got things done, and despite dodgy builders and Tantri's mad presence, he and Louise opened the doors of the Kuta Beach Hotel early in 1937.

Bob sent to Hawaii for a couple of his redwood surfboards to be shipped out, and when they arrived he taught his houseboys how to surf, then helped them build their own shorter, lighter boards. So Koke not only built the first beachfront hotel in Bali, he also introduced surfing there.

But then the Japanese invaded. Bob managed to get Louise on a cruise ship out of Surabaya, then later tried to hitch a ride home on US Air Force planes, where he was told it would be better if he enlisted. So began a distinguished career with the Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner of the CIA) in Batavia and Shanghai, and with the South East Asia Command.

In March 1946, just as the Dutch landings began on Bali, a tall, tanned American stood on the beach at Kuta, shaking his head at the panorama of rubble that extended from his feet to Jalan Pantai way to the south. Bob Koke took off his army cap, wiped his brow and kicked at the dirt, revealing the remains of the concrete wall of the laundry block that had once been part of the Kuta Beach Hotel.

Back in the States, he and Louise moved to rural Virginia, near CIA headquarters at Langley, where Oliver Garrett and his brother would visit their grandparents during semester breaks. Oliver chuckles at the memory. "We'd always try to get Bob a bit drunk, because although he'd signed the oath, the stories would tumble out."

Yep, I said, should be a Hollywood movie. â—?

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SPORT TODAY NOOSA GOLF CLUB RESULTS There were 210 players in the Tuesday Club Single Stableford on 16 April. Scratch rating (M) 72.0 Winners: A Grade: Bruce Blakemore 41, Peter Fryer 40 C/B, Hugh Dolan 40 C/B, David Hutchison 40.

B Grade: Dave Butler 42, Alec Graham 41 C/B, Dave Tebbutt 41, Gary Tye 40 C/B. C Grade: Michael Donnelly 37, Glenn Puckeridge 36, Ralph Webster 35 C/B, Clive Hart 35 C/B. Place getters: Colin Myers 40 C/B, Anthony Jedynak 40 C/B, Frank Mcintyre 39, Shane Dunn 38 C/B, Harrison Phillips 38 C/B, Ross Smith

38, Peter Zipf 37 C/B, Mark Tickle 37 C/B, Nick Walley 37 C/B, Alan Martin 37 C/B, John Mierocha 37, John Curtiss 36 C/B, Greg Strang 36 C/B, Andrew EGEA 36 C/B, Murray Mcmillan 36 C/B, Rodney Vaughan 36, Chris Misios 35 C/B, Aron Whitford 35 C/B, Alan Holley 35 C/B, Bert Cheong 35 C/B. Nearest to Pin: A Grade: Paul Neate, Anthony Zipf, Bruce Osborne, Harrison Phillips.

B Grade: Colin Myers, Gary Tye, Andrew Lonie, Mark Trevanion.

C Grade: Glenn Puckeridge, Bruce Howden, Glenn Puckeridge. ●

TEWANTIN NOOSA BOWLS RESULTS Liz and Adrian Brooks aside their 1967 Mercedes Benz 250 SL with the Easter Rally Trophy.

EASTER RALLY A GREAT SUCCESS A couple of showers didn't dampen celebrations for Liz and Adrian Brooks' as they took out first prize in last Sunday's inaugural Easter Car Rally organised by the local Roadrunner Social Car Club.

The Car rally started at Cooroy with 42 club members travelling through Pomona to Kin Kin where all drivers and navigators stopped for a coffee break before heading off to Kia Ora near Gympie for lunch. Drivers and passengers were given a list of questions to test their abilities of observation along the scenic route. Club spokesperson, Noel St. John-Wood said these events were all about having a fun day out in our cars with friends. Our region has some great drives and exploring these areas in a group is a great day out which is what our car club is all about. www.roadrunnercarclub.com.au ●

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HELP PUT SOME WIND IN THEIR SAILS With the help of qualified sailing instructors and volunteers from the Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, and funded by the Noosa Come Together Festival and the Yacht Club, a group of very excited sailors took to the water on Gympie Terrace, Noosaville for the second sailing adventure for the 2019 Sailability season . For some of them it’s a challenge just to climb into the sailing boats, but once on board their joy is palpable.

Whilst the Sailability program has been going for many years, it was at risk of folding in 2016 as funds had dried up and a new sponsor or donor could not be found.

Oz Bayldon who had recently returned to Noosa made a commitment to keep the program running, and launched the Noosa Come Together Festival.

The family friendly music festival and busking championship held at the Lion’s Park, Gympie Terrace will bring together a day of busking competitions on Saturday 8 June followed by all day family entertainment on Sunday 9 June.

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closely with Sporting Wheelies and bring along some of their very talented sports teams to show off their skills.

Over the history of the Noosa Come Together Festival almost $42,000 has been donated to fund recreational activities for locals with disabilities including the Disabled Surfer’s Association and Riding for the Disabled.

Our small committee are out pounding the pavement again, asking retailers, restaurants, cooking schools, small homebased businesses, private individuals to donate to our silent auction.

If you can donate we would love to hear from you. Visit www.noosacometogether. com, www.noosabuskingchampionship. com/ or visit on Facebook. ●

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ANDREW 'BOY' CHARLTON OLYMPIC HERO

BY JIM FAGAN So far Dr Ian Jobling has raised close to $1000 for two Noosa not for profits-- the Sunshine Beach State School Chaplaincy Program and the Noosa Masters Swimming Club-- with his popular talks on the early years of the Olympic Games.

And this Sunday he will continue with his fundraising gold medal effort with another talk—this time featuring one of Australia's most idolised swimmers, Andrew "Boy" Charlton, who won gold in the 1500 metres in Paris in 1924 in world record time.

"He was mobbed when he came back

to Sydney and he inspired a song, "The Wonder Boy," which became quite a hit," Ian says.

Ian also takes a look at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam where women athletes competed for the first time in track and field.

Australian champion sprinter Edith Robinson was the only track and field female athlete in the Olympic team and, although selected for the 100 metres, she also took part in the 800.

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HOOK, LINE & SINKER

JACK MANGROVE

SUCCESS FOR CHARTERS Earlier in the week a few of the larger charter boats made it Sunshine Reef and had great success. A mixed bag of reef fish including sweetlip, pearlies, some cracking coral trout and a big Spanish mackerel hit the deck. These fish taking live baits and whole gang hooked pilchard dead baits fished hard on the bottom.

Inside the river, whiting have been on the move around the mouths of both Noosa and the Maroochy and reaching mid 30cm mark. Simple running sinker rigs with 4-6lb lines provide the most fun and taking worms, yabbies and small strip baits of squid. Don't forget to use a length of red whiting tube to emphasize your bait and give you a bit of bite protection should you pick up a feisty flathead.

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handle and release the bigger fish as they are fattening up for the winter breeding season.

Mangrove jack are still getting caught further upstream between the lakes and around the various bridges and jetties around the lower river area. Most of these fish are now taking live baits of poddy mullet and herring after dark and on the higher tides. In the same area smaller school sized jewies are taking soft plastics and vibes. These fish are really drawn in by vibration so slow roll paddle tail plastics.

If getting live bait then be sure to use a drawstring cast net, especially if over rocks.

If you need help throwing a cast net this holidays feel free to drop in and let us show you how it's done in a few easy steps. In the lower estuary around woods bays, Noosa sound and along the current line the trevally have been giving anglers a run for their money.

These fish taking a wide variety of baits with small herring live baits the go too along with 70-90mm surface walkers and poppers for the lure anglers. These fish love to feed off the surface during the early mornings so

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get out there and be sure to have something ready to throw at any bust ups or schooling fish. Take a look at Bassday Sugapens and Atomic K9 walkers a well as Rapala x-rap poppers. If wanting to chase these fish under the surface the Keitech easy shiner in silver flash minnow and wakasagi have been smashing the diamond and golden trevally.

Lastly the crabs are on the move and now

is the time to put a pot or two in the water.

Make sure your pots are compliant and clearly marked as fisheries will be out on patrol this holiday season. Be sure to leave your pots along the mangrove edges and not in the main boating channel and hopefully you could be dining on a big buck!

So on behalf of Jack Mangrove, best of luck on your fishing adventures! ●

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