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This is my last editorial for Noosa Today.

I've had a wonderful two years with the publication, enjoyed numerous fabulous events and met many talented, dedicated and determined individuals.

I'd like to thank everyone who has assisted and contributed to Noosa Today over that time.

People from all walks of life from politicians and sporting representatives to conservationists, animal carers, business owners and the many volunteers who make Noosa what it is, have had input in Noosa Today.

And thank you to the letter writers for your passionate opinions and the photographers who added life to the pages.

Farewell Please continue to send your contributions to newsdesk@ noosatoday. com.au Margaret Maccoll

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NEWS

FIRES HALT NOOSA TRAIL WALK The Great Noosa Trail Walk has become a victim of the recent fires with its postponement until May next year.

Organiser Jim Ennis said the decision to postpone the walk was made in conjunction with the SES and the National Trust Australia (Queensland).

"Although walkers will be disappointed, we had to put safety first," Mr Ennis said.

"The fires on the Sunshine Coast, together with the forecast weather conditions for October, forced us to postpone the walk which was to be held from 5 October," he said.

The walk would be re-scheduled for the long weekend from the 2nd to the 4th of May next year.

Mr Ennis said that if walkers would like to defer their walk until May, their booking will be held for them and they would be guaranteed a place on the next walk.

If walkers needed to cancel, Mr Ennis said they should contact him as soon as possible on gntw@

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"We will refund the cost of your ticket, but please be aware that it may take approximately four (4) weeks for us to process your refund," he said.

Walkers who do not cancel but choose to walk in May will save money. Mr Ennis said he anticipated the cost of entry next year would rise from $249 to $299 to cover increasing costs.

Mr Ennis said that the National Trust (Qld), which was a valued sponsor of the Great Noosa Trail Walk, had agreed to honour its agreement to provide membership of the National Trust to everyone who registered for the walk in October.

Walkers could expect to receive correspondence from the National Trust about this shortly. ●

CLIMATE WARRIOR CALL FOR EARTH SOLUTIONS Queensland company, EarthTech is confident it can reverse climate change by unleashing the creative and tech skills of Australia's under 30s.

"Young people are frustrated, which is why hundreds of thousands were out in force for the climate protests across Australia last week.

We want to help them transform this frustration into effective solutions," EarthTech co-founder Brian Keayes said.

"EarthTech is offering young climate warriors an all-expensespaid trip to Makepeace Island, Richard Branson's Australian home in Noosa, where global experts and investors will help make their climate solutions a reality.

Earth Tech co-founders Brian Keayes and Ant Moorhouse.

"We've launched EarthTech to build a wide-ranging tribe of people focused on climate action. As our lawmakers are deadlocked on the issue, we feel we have a moral

obligation to step up and create grass-roots change," Brian said.

Young Australians are invited to form teams and take part in the Earthtech challenge through

December. The winning teams will attend the EarthTech Summit at Makepeace Island in Noosa in February 2020.

The best solutions to come out of the summit will receive investments via crowdfunding, donations, grants and equity. They will also receive expert support via pro bono, fee-forservice or equity compensation. "(Young Australians') ability to collaborate, their flat networks, hyper-connectivity, and the fact they don't subscribe to hierarchy or permission-based systems means they can make things happen really quickly and that's exactly what we need to unleash," Brian said.

EarthTech Challenge entries open next month. ●

HAVE FUN - AND HELP A KOALA TOO A fantastic fun-filled night of food, fabulous floor shows, funky Bingo games and fancy prizes, will give you a chance to help our desperate Sunshine Coast Koalas who have been doing it very tough lately.

Just a couple of years ago, photographer and koala rescuer Bernard Jean could name 11 koalas within the Noosa National Park. A month ago, he reported he could only find three.

Since then recent bush fires added to the extreme drought conditions, while more development requiring the destruction of vital noosatoday.com.au

food trees saw increasingly more koalas killed by vehicles as they vainly struggled to find trees.

Several have been rescued sick and transported to veterinary treatment, some too ill to save and last week yet another female mauled to death by a loose dog on Tewantin Golf course with her badly injured joey now in a volunteer carer's hands.

The Queensland Koala Crusaders hope people will turn up in droves to show they really care, on Saturday 12 October, at Joe's Waterhole Hotel, Memorial Drive Eumundi for this Drag Queen Bingo Night starring

everyone's favourite naughty but nice 'Gals', the outrageous Melony Brests and Sall Monalla.Tickets are $40 booked at Joe's Waterhole or phone 54428144, includes a twocourse meal and first-class floor show. Doors open at 5.30pm and please state any dietary restrictions when booking.

All proceeds go directly to the Koala Crusaders' ongoing rescue and training, rehabilitation and tree planting projects.

For more information or to donate call Eileen Walder on 0420 939 723. ●

Aggie Star, one of our beautiful breeding mothers who we recently lost to sickness and were unable to save.

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COVER STORY

GOING WITH THE GRAIN

BY MARGARET MACCOLL n accidental woodworker, it was only to accompany a friend and never the intention of Jeff Fraser to take up woodwork but about eight years on the retired public servant has learnt skills he never expected he would have at Cooroora Woodworkers Club and made some friends along the way.

"I started wood turning. I didn't think I was going to be very good.

It turned out I enjoyed it," he said.

"The club is a good environment.

There are people there with real skill.

I've been encouraged and supported.

They're a good bunch of people."

Jeff 's story was not dissimilar to that of other members who displayed their skills and wares at last weekend's annual Woodcraft show at Cooroy where their products were pitted against other woodwork groups around south east Queensland.

Club president John Gygar retired from his work as an IT executive 12 years ago and was bored when he stumbled on Cooroora Woodworkers.

"When I joined I couldn't saw a straight line," he said. Describing himself as a frustrated artist John has since won awards for his wooden boxes, is an artist in demand for raffle prizes and never has to worry about buying Christmas presents.

The club has about 100 members with about half attending the workshop at least once a week while some are involved in milling wood at Ringtail forest.

"People donate logs, up to one a

Cooroora Woodworkers president John Gygar.

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Jeff Fraser turns wood for a bowl. week," John said. "We go and retrieve it it, let it dry our for a year or so then mill it. We supply members, and sell it to the public."

The not for profit organisation funds its annual expenses for upkeep of about $35,000-$40,000 mostly through profits from its annual show and timber sales. Their wooden products of choice are diverse and include artistic wood work such

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Jim Pound does inlay work as sculpture, inlay and practical products such as bowls and spoons.

Ziko Hart creates beautiful hand crafted harps. A drummer by trade he travelled to Africa to learn more about drumming but instead discovered African harps.

He loved the sound and sought out a man in Africa who showed him how to make the harps. Back in Australia he began working on

Celtic harps as well, learning from an expert in Hervey Bay. Ziko now spends much of his time restoring antique harps built in the 1700s and 1800s.

"It's beautiful working on antique harps," he said. "Everything is hand made. There's still quite a few around in Australia. They've been in the family for years. They get handed down." noosatoday.com.au

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Milling The Cooroora Woodworkers group is made up mostly of men and about a dozen women including Pam Window who brought to the show her award winning clock to showcase her intricate work. Pam began woodwork at home about 15 years ago and now teaches at the club.

"I like the people," she said.

Nearby the Cooroora Woodworkers Club in Cooroy is the Cooroy Camphor Laurel Club which also shared a space at the weekend show to display the everyday products they create from camphor laurel wood.

President Stuart Campbell said the group used wood given to them from trees which are plentiful weeds in the Noosa Shire.

On any day the club attracts between six and 15 volunteers, 40 per cent women, who find uses for the wood from bread boards to bowls and utensils as well as selling it publicly as slabs.

"People just turn up if they want to," Stuart said.

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Delicate inlay work woodwork happening at Cooroora Woodworking.

"It's companionship in pursuit of excellence in woodwork," John Gygar said."You make some pretty nice friends. There's a nice tone in the shed."

John who is also a member of a Men's Shed said Cooroora Woodworkers differed from a Men's Shed which provided a place for men to stand shoulder to shoulder and was more about health and welfare.

Though in some ways they share the same aspects of camaraderie, purpose and friendship and the opportunity to participate meaningfully in the community.

The event being held during Men's Shed Week lends itself to comparison as an organisation that provides much benefit to its members.

Crowds poured into the annual show which was held at Cooroy's Memorial Hall, highlighting the contribution the organisation makes to both its members and the wider community. â—?

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NEWS PERMIT IS A LIFE-SAVER

INJURED HOLLY NEEDS HELP For the past two years Tewantinraised Holly van Slooten hasrescued, rehabilitated and rehomed horses that have been abused, mistreated or sent to the slaughter house.

But a couple of weeks ago she was injured while training one of the horses rescued from the slaughter house.

Her friends have rallied to her aid and are asking the community to lend a hand through a go fund me page they have set up.

Holly's unplanned journey first began in March 2017 when she purchased a mare named Hazel and her foal Bambi, who were very malnourished.

"Hazel was very battered and mentally scarred from previous abuse," Holly said.

"In April 2017 I met Jinda ex-trotter extraordinaire, she was previously saved from slaughter.

Jinda proved a failure as a trot racer so she became a brood mare and as a thank you from the industry she was sent to slaughter when she was deemed useless.

"These three horses inspired

me to start JBH Horse Rescue, rehabilitate, re-homing program."

After continuing to rescue more horses, Holly realised that she didn't have enough space on her five-acre property in Imbil to keep them all.

"I wanted to keep all of the horses I rescued but I just don't have the space or money," Holly said.

"I haven't yet got insurance as I'm fully self-funding this horse rescue and all of my weekly wage goes towards the horses I have, and my fiance Kyle feeds me.

"I spend over $15,000 a year just on hay and have also spent over $20,000 in the past two years since I began this journey on vet bills."

This is why Holly decided to start looking for new homes for the rescue horses after she rehabilitated them and has since rehired 15 horses.

Hay or other donations would be greatly appreciated.

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Surf Life Saving Sunshine Coast (SLSSC) and Noosa Council have signed a three-year permit for the Peregian Beach Surf Lifesaving Club.

The agreement is formally supported by Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ), the peak body for surf lifesaving across the state.

As the successful tenderer in Council's recent EOI for the clubhouse facility, SLSSC plans to reestablish an independent, volunteer surf lifesaving club.

SLSSC President Gerard O'Brien said the club would now be established over a three-year transition period.

"We believe the broader Peregian community is now large enough and diverse enough to sustain an independent club over the long term," Mr O'Brien said.

"We are calling on the broader Peregian community to support us in re-energising the local surf lifesaving club over this period and to unite behind the goal for the good of your community.

"We acknowledge that SLSSC has an important role to play in uniting the community to ensure our focus returns to where it should be protecting our beachgoers."

Mr O'Brien said there had been significant confusion around lifesaving activities at Peregian Beach.

"We want to make it clear there will be one Peregian Beach SLSC and it will be governed by SLSSC as it is progressively re-established over the next three years. An advisory board will be established over the coming months to ensure active community consultation is undertaken during this process."

Mr O'Brien said Noosa Heads SLSC had generously agreed to continue to provide vital administrative and financial services to support SLSSC throughout the transition period at Peregian Beach.

"We are all currently focussed on preparing for the upcoming

volunteer patrol season, which begins at the start of the school holidays on Saturday 21 September.

In particular, we are hoping to build on the success of last year's Nipper program and grow our volunteer numbers so that we can provide at least one more Peregian-based patrol this season."

Mr O'Brien said SLSSC was also seeking to facilitate community access to the first floor of the clubhouse over the course of its three-year permit.

"We have already initiated discussions with the other interested user group for the space and are happy to talk to any other community groups who may have an interest in using the first floor, provided that use does not compromise surf lifesaving activities," he said.

"The current permit acknowledges there will be no commercial activity conducted on the first floor of the facility. The permit also includes a specific provision for the negotiation of a long term lease for the new club, similar to a traditional Surf Life Saving Club lease. The long term model, which will exclude poker machines and gambling, aims to deliver a sustainable revenue stream to support lifesaving operations.

We will be actively engaging with the local community on options to achieve this objective." ●

GRANT EXPANDS KITCHEN COOKING PROGRAM Sunshine Butterflies last week officially opened their brand-new Social Kitchen, an outdoor cooking space for children and adults of all abilities, coinciding with Disability Action Week activities.

The new facilities will support Sunshine Butterflies' weekly cooking and nutrition program that offers activities from planting and growing fruits and vegetables to cooking and sharing healthy meals together.

The undercover area, including a spacious deck, has been funded by a $100,000 grant delivered by the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF).

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members really want to help provide better nutrition and education to kids around Australia and New

Zealand," he said.

Sunshine Butterflies Founder and CEO Leanne Walsh said the organisation was overwhelmed to receive such a generous donation.

"The Social Kitchen is an outdoor extension of the existing Sunshine Butterflies Farmyard Cooking School kitchen which was also part-funded by HNF in 2017 and 2018," she said.

"This space will allow us to expand on the current cooking program and will focus on providing nutrition education to a greater number of people of all ages living with a disability, as well as children within the local community." ● noosatoday.com.au

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LETTERS

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

PERSONAL THANKS Pam Murphy, her daughter Angela Williams, Lester and Jackie Harding would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Queensland fire and emergency services, police, Noosa Council and all those who willingly volunteered their time and energy during the recent bushfire crisis in Peregian Beach. Apart from Pam it appears most of us escaped with relatively minor damage but for the quick actions of firefighters, police and all other services involved the outcome could have been very different.

A special thankyou to Amanda, Kylie, Jodie, Sandra and Judith from Noosa Council and Red Cross for their invaluable help and support.

Also to Villa Noosa for providing accommodation and meals, the RSPCA for sheltering Ellie, Pam’s cat and Noosa Council for their assistance and efforts to locate her other cat Daisy. Offers of accommodation and support for Pam have been overwhelming and she is truly grateful.

To Coles, Woolworths, IGA and Kitch’n Thyme for your wonderful contributions of food etc. Also thanks from Pam to Big W Noosa Civic for their generous donation of clothing and other items, John Bird Tewantin Jewellers for kindly replacing her watch and cleaning a precious necklace. Peregian Beach Hardware for donating a wheelbarrow. Jodie from Commonwalth Bank Noosa Junction for buying her a hat. 6yo Edee Allsopp from Yandina Creek for the beautiful card and present and Class 1C Students from Tewantin State School for their lovely letters complete with vibrant new house designs. They are truly amazing.

Our sincere apologies to those people/organisations we have failed to mention. Life hasn’t quite returned to normal yet but we’re getting there.

Pam, Angela, Lester and Jackie, Peregian Beach

ALL OPINIONS HAVE MERIT I find it strange that D. Saunders (NT 12/9) can rant about Steve Hall being

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Spring in the Mary Photography Competition is one of a month of activities on the Mary. This image by Annamiek Wilson is last year's winner. The theme this year is, A Decade of Reflections to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the "No Dam" decision.

For more information visit the MRCCC website www.mrccc.org.au with entries closing on Friday 1 November. ● given too much space in this newspaper, while completely overlooking the fact that a few weeks ago John Mikkelson was given the entire Letters page to himself. Steve’s perfectly rational and detailed reply to John is denounced by D. Saunders as a “green/left diatribe”, while John’s letter in the same issue again escaped unscathed. Perhaps this is because John also poured scorn on “Green idealogues”. I always find that Steve Hall’s letters are meticulously researched and respectful, even when he takes the fight up to the usual climate deniers. Perhaps what they say is true - maybe reality does have a left-wing bias.

Graham Coghill, Marcus Beach

TOTALLY ACCURATE Heroes Save Us, politicians blamed the wrong culprits (from Spectator Australia 14/9).

“HEROES SAVE US” - That’s the headline on our local Noosa paper, superimposed over a dramatic photograph of a lone firefighter directing a puny stream of water from a hose into an advancing wall of flame at the small Sunshine Coast town of Peregian Beach.

It’s a term which can be over-used, along with “amazing” and “miraculous,” but in this case, all totally accurate. In a scene straight out of Dante’s Inferno, flames and embers fanned by winds gusting to 50 knots suddenly threatened thousands of homes at Peregian Beach and other coastal centres to the north towards Noosa, during the week.

While the firies put their lives on the line to save homes, a couple of motorcycle cops and others in a car braved the flames sweeping across access roads to rouse residents from their beds in some cases, and direct them to safety. Their bodycam footage dramatically showed just how horrendous the situation was, as the load hailer message “evacuate now” filled the night air.

From our coastal home only about six kilometres from the fire front, my wife and I could see the glow lighting the sky. We were receiving fire emer-

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gency text messages telling us to be prepared to leave: “Watch and act”.

That night we heard news reports that 10 homes had been lost at Peregian. A rumour that the service station in the small coastal village had been consumed by the flames hung heavy as we went to bed late for a worrying and mainly sleepless night.

Fortunately, as the next day dawned, we heard the previous night’s news had been clarified - only one home had been destroyed, another seriously damaged, and several others affected to some degree. No lives had been lost and the service station had been saved. Miraculous, with the flames sweeping across David Low Way, the access road connecting Peregian Beach with other coastal communities.

We were still in the firing line, the fire was still raging, but the strong, cold winds moved from north westerlies to south easterlies - better for us, but putting other settlements further inland around Lake Weyba/ Weyba Downs at risk.

During the day, from our roof deck, we could see the constant stream of fire-fighting helicopters hovering in the smoke above the fire front and dumping their water loads, but the flames continued to advance through the extensive national park forests.

Then that afternoon the majestic converted Boeing 737 arrived from New South Wales and dumped its 15,000 litres of pink fire retardant ahead of the inferno and again, miraculously, within about an hour, we could literally see the thick plumes of smoke start to diminish. Hallelujah!

That night we slept more easily and as the week wound down it was pretty obvious that it was all over, as about 5,000 residents who had been forced to evacuate were allowed back to their homes among scorched earth and gardens.

The fire risk remains high and it is apparent how “touch and go” the situation was at the height of the emergency. The firies had drawn a defensive line in Peregian. Their very real fear was if the flames had skipped that, the dunal forest terrain to the north would sweep the flames right through Marcus and Castaways

Beach onto Sunrise and beyond, potentially as far as the tourist mecca of Noosa. Catastrophe averted.

Not unexpectedly the fires here, in the Gold Coast hinterland, other parts of Queensland and New South Wales, have sparked the usual outcry from some media commentators and politicians blaming “climate change”. This includes the Greens’ Adam Bandt and even Jackie Trad, in her short role as Acting Queensland Premier.

Well, climate change doesn’t provide matches or lighters, and the real tragedy is that the Peregian fire and a number of others were deliberately lit. Two teenagers have been charged with starting the Peregian blaze and police have set up a special task force to investigate, with about 10 so far identified as having been maliciously or negligently ignited.

“Idiots” seems a mild term for the firebugs, given the risk to lives, property and defenceless slaughtered and maimed wildlife. While kids might be responsible for “accidentally” starting some fires, one has to wonder at the motivation of any adult or teenager old enough to know right from wrong. The punishment should fit the crime.

John Mikkelsen, Castaways Beach

TIME TO STOP RIVERFIRE I have never liked the concept of Riverfire.

It is ludicrous that government spends taxpayers’ money on environmentally harmful pyrotechnics that contribute to climate change, releasing ozone - a secondary pollutant and greenhouse gas.

Fireworks also cause air quality deterioration, which is dangerous for those with respiratory conditions and asthma.

Thousands of birds die after Riverfire, as they are literally scared to death; many suffer heart attacks.

Birds also die from other causes, including broken necks and smashed skulls after flying into each other or into stationary objects in their environment, as their night vision is very poor. Survivors of the fireworks display are in great danger because these birds are forced to find a safe place to roost in the middle of the night after taking flight erratically.

The casings left after a firework has detonated or burned end up littering the area with a variety of toxins, which can poison birds, wildlife and children for a long time after the fireworks themselves have been forgotten.

It is especially insensitive to waste an astronomical amount of money when much of Queensland is in drought or on fire.

There are far more worthy causes for this money to be spent.

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Local author Rita Lee Chapman celebrated a milestone birthday recently by releasing another book.

The Poinciana Tree is the sixth book Rita has published and she says the cover and title were inspired by the beautiful Poinciana trees around Tewantin.

Whilst not disclosing just how big a birthday she recently celebrated, Rita did say that she hopes The Poinciana Tree will soon join her other books in the local libraries.

This story is set around the beautiful Poinciana tree, with its amazing red flowers.

Suzanne Matthews arrives home from work to find the kitchen in disarray and her daughter missing.

After searching the house, her eyes turn towards the garden, drawn to the Poinciana tree. Underneath its canopy she sees her daughter, slumped against its trunk.

When the police are unable to identify Jennifer's killer, they turn their attention to her husband,

Rita Chapman Mark. Whilst trying to cope with her grief, she finds herself fighting to prove her husband's innocence, as her world is turned upside down.

She is inspired by another woman, who went with her husband to the Sudan as medical volunteers for a charity organisation.

The tale of raw emotion, desperation and acceptance can be purchased online at https://www.amazon.com/dp/ B07XGGY2PZ ●

Ever wondered whether there are rules, instructions, best practice techniques for a mentor to follow.

Well there are and they are revealed in an Australian first mentor training handbook titled The Art of the Business-Mentor.

Local Noosa identity, Michael Donovan has assembled a selection of best-practice recommendations from his 15-year experience as one of the country's leading businessmentors.

Michael lead the mentor cadre for Mt Eliza Centre for Executive Leadership; the Australian operation of UK-based BlackSwan and Merryck & Co; established the Mentor Connect Program for the Australian Institute of Company Directors and held membership of Fortune 100 mentor and coaching network, The genesis of the handbook arose through requests to train in-house mentors. The content is scalable from corporates to small business and is an easy reading reference to help mentors serve their mentees better.

The Art of the Business-Mentor recently featured at the Australian Independent Publishers trade stand at both the Frankfurt and

Beijing Book Fairs during August / September.

The soft-cover 132-page handbook will be released on-line only using social media.

The publication will be released at The 'J' on 10 October 10 at 10am endorsed by Business Mentors Noosa (BMN) with a foreword by Noosa MPIndependent Member Sandy Bolton MP.

CRACKER NIGHT AT THE BUNKER Put Friday 4 October in your diary for what will be a cracker night at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi when three fantastic bands - Bad Dad Orchestra, The Barren Spinsters and Tobias take to the stage in The Bunker.

The Bad Dad Orchestra are nine Tasmanian Dads bringing big grooves, snappy horn lines and catchy as hell vocals.

They formed in mid-2015 from a concept devised by the band's late guitarist Liam Guthrie, and quickly evolved into a powerhouse combination.

Tickets: Pre-sale $20 at The Imperial Hotel (Ph: 5442 8811) or through Oztix (+ booking fee). $25 at the door unless sold out prior.

Doors open at 7.30pm ●

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19, Grate (great). 22, Mini-ster. 23, Kind. 24, H-ere. 25, Sen-tries.

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DOWN 2. Better preserved (5). 3. Don’t do it. The salt will leave a mark (7). 4. Prepare to go on a trip with the gang (4). 5.

Inform officials about the lair and the animal (8). 6.Replied getting rid of Ed could spell danger (5). 7. The wind, darn, is blowing through, also (7). 12. Says it again about America (8). 14. There’s nothing in here about the iron lady (7). 16. One of those violent picketers? (7). 18. The appearance of the fellows spoken of (5). 20. Nervous, stand guarding the Poles (5). 21. It’s a novel twist including a river bird (4).

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QUICK PUZZLE NO. 7593 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Quisling. 6, Sack. 8, Lion. 9, Conjuror. 10, Lever. 11, Rapier. 13, Celery. 15, Unclad. 17, Polish. 19, Dirge. 22, Wiseacre. 23, Slay. 24, Knot. 25, Lemonade.

Down - 2, Unite. 3, Sincere. 4, Itch. 5, Generous. 6, Slump.

7, Cholera. 12, Mythical. 14, Emotion. 16, Crimson. 18, Inert. 20, Grand. 21, Helm.

ACROSS 1. Clashed with and was got rid of (8). 6. Won’t go back to get the containers (4). 8. A growing girl (4). 9. Hard to get along with, or just the opposite (8). 10. I am a businessman. There’s nothing wrong with that (5). 11. Make free of charge (6). 13. Switch the coins? (6). 15. Oil the wheel (6). 17. Smart but loud, as colours go (6). 19. Said it’s a big jar (5). 22. Having had a little rest, prepared to attend to (8). 23. A soft-hearted type (4). 24. Take this before going to hospital (4). 25. Guards the money and does one’s best (8).

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WHAT’S ON PAUL LONGMATE

REMNANTS CONTAINED

Head Chef at Saw&Mill Cooroy

Remnants Contained - The Keeping of Memories is an exhibition by local artist Penny McIntyre who spent the majority of her life in Brisbane, growing up within a large family. Her father was a Melbourne artist involved with the early "Social Realist" movement, and his influence and strong views on social justice had a lasting effect on her young mind. Her journey with storytelling through creative mediums commenced with ceramics in 1986 at South Brisbane Tafe shortly after the birth of her second child. Many years later when "timing was right, finances almost there ... ."I had the luxury of full time study at Queensland College of Art".

This opened the door for a new practice in metalsmithing, jewellery and small sculpture. Penny's skills in manipulating metal, combined with her strong affinity with found objects, ceramics and creating a narrative have resulted in a fabulous collection of objects, jewellery and sculpture.

This exhibition will be her first solo show and was conceived two years ago during the overwhelming task of collating and sifting

My favorite dish on the menu this season is our house smoked pork belly, saffron fondant potato and wilted baby spinach.

Cooking tips I have learnt, freshest ingredients, cook to order and cook from the heart I have always had a passion for cooking since I was in junior school in Wales. Then working as a dishy through high school and loving that fast-paced, challenging environment At Saw&Mill we offer an innovative menu along with our classics corner which is very popular, cooking some old time classics, our Sunday share boards are

unique and great value.

Out of work I have four children and two acres, no need to say anymore.

Living in Noosa, even after 15 years here still feels like I’m on holiday every day. So much great produce and fresh seafood, and having a mix of coastal and hinterland living right on your doorstep. ●

IMPORTANT TIME FOR ORCHIDS John Green

Springtime is the most important time in the growing phase of orchids. Most of the plants have flowered and are now producing new growths and new roots; this is the ideal time to repot your collection. Most of the orchids I grow are ephytes (grow on trees) and hate being grown in

pots. The potting media which is normally bark should be replaced every 2 years as it breaks down.

The Noosa club meets at the Tinbeerwah Hall each month beginning at 1pm. The objective is to share growing ideas and promote friendship with like-minded people. The next meeting will be on 5 October.For more information visit us on Facebook. ●

through collections of "stuff" in her studio. These "very necessary bits and pieces" Penny said, "only an artist would understand why we keep so much". Many are very precious to her and contain mixed memories which form a narrative on past lives, travels, family and old friendships.

Remnants Contained -The Keeping of Memories opens on Friday 27 September and runs until Saturday 19 October and Wan'din'in arts space, behind Discover Eumundi Heritage and Visitor Centre, 73 Memorial Drive Eumundi. More info at www.discovereumundi/arts-space ●

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For details go to noosagolf.com.au, to book call 5447 1407(ext 2) or simply come along to 46 Corooy Noosa Rd, Tewantin.

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COMMUNITY UPDATES FRIDAY ENVIRONMENT FORUM Roslyn Leslie, a WILVO volunteer, will be guest speaker at Noosa Parks Association's Friday Environment Forum on September 27. Hear about the busy life of WILVO volunteers and learn about the struggle our wild animals face when their habitat is lost to development. Finding a new home is stressful for animals when competing with vehicles, domestic pets and other creatures resident in the area.

Join the audience at the Environment Centre, 5 Wallace Drive Noosaville to learn about WILVOS saving wildlife. Morning tea will be on offer from 10am and the forum commences at 10.30am.

To enjoy the birds and insects of Wallace Park meet Valda in the carpark at 8.30am. All welcome.

Join A Cappella choirs St Andrews Singers sing popular songs in Tewantin at St Andrews Drive on Mondays at 10.15am.

Good Vibrations sing popular songs at the Anglican Church Hall, Miva Street, Cooroy on Mondays at 7pm. Spiritsong Chamber Choir sing mostly classical sacred at Uniting Church Hall, Poinciana Ave, Tewantin on Wednesdays at 7pm. Email choir director Andrew at andrewjemmet@gmail.com or phone 5474 1498.

WEEKLY ROSTER FOR MEALS ON WHEELS Weekly Roster for Tewantin- Noosa Meals on Wheels beginning Monday 30 September to Friday 4 October.

Monday Drivers: Cheryl. Marie, Drivers needed runs C, F, Andrew, Anne & Oliver, Michelle & Neil, Helen & John.

Kitchen: Martina, Stephen, Len, Geoff.

Tuesday Drivers: Val, Liz, Tania & Friends, Margaret & Jill, Simone & Cookie, Barani & Peter, Driver needed run F. Kitchen: Ashleigh, Christine, Jo. Wednesday Drivers: Julie, Drivers needed runs B, E, Gary, Victor, Bob, Barbara & Gerry, John.

Kitchen: Judi, Sandy, Jerry, Mark.

Thursday Drivers: Denise, Helen & Kath, Anne, Victor, Kenny & Neil, Jan & Sharon, Barani & Peter.

Kitchen: Lois, Vicki, Christine.

Friday Drivers: Jeff, Driver needed run B, F, Peter, Jean & Janet, Lynne & Kay, Rosalie & Jack, Bryan.

Kitchen: Sandy, 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.

We are looking for Drivers on other days for permanent runs.

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REVISIT MELBOURNE BID In the excitement of the possibility of the City of Brisbane and surrounding regional areas hosting the 2032 Olympic Games, it is appropriate to re-visit the bid by the City of Melbourne to host the 1956 Olympics. It is almost incomprehensible that the Victorian Olympic Council, which had less than 5 shillings (around 50 cents in the $-language in the bank at the time of initial discussions in 1946 should consider such a venture.

But the Victorian Olympic Council did, and along with the Melbourne City Council, received the honour from the IOC in 1949.

However, we (Melbourne and Australia) nearly lost them!

Newly-appointed IOC President Avery Brundage was unhappy with the progress of facilities, especially the fact that were numerous delays over deciding the 'Olympic Stadium' as the Melbourne Cricket Club refused to allow Melbourne Organising Committee to use the MCG! What a story - hope you can join us to hear and see the developments.

IOC President Juan Samaranch supported Ian's

NOOSA 2010 COMBINED PROBUS CLUB Invites Retirees to join us at the Tewantin Bowls Club 65 Hilton Esplanade at 9.15am on Tuesday 8th October for our monthly meeting with interesting speakers, morning tea, hear about our activities and our many trips to enjoyable destinations.

For more information contact Brian 0403 435 978.

LADIES PROBUS The outing Is lunch at Relish Restaurant Noosa Springs Golf Club on Thursday 26 September at 12.30pm. For more information call Kim on 54553860 or Pam on 54506017.

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GUILDED LILLIES Olympic sport expert Dr Ian Jobling research at the IOC Archives in Lausanne because much of the correspondence from the Melbourne Organising Committee was 'one-way'. For example, letters to IOC President Brundage and other IOC members could not be located within the archives in Australia because they had not been copied - or were lost!

The cost of the Olympic Talk is $10, including Afternoon Tea. Students $5.

Funds go to the Sunshine Beach State School Chaplaincy Program and the Noosa Masters Swimming Club.

For further information, contact Ian Jobling 0417 192 531 i.jobling@uq.edu.au ● program. There is no charge but I do appreciate a $2 donation for morning tea or coffee and biscuits.

Phone Lyn 5449 0537.

CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF NOOSA We meet each Sunday at 9.30 am at the CWA Hall (next to the Post office) in Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin. We are an inter-denominational Christian Fellowship and warmly welcome all visitors. Visit www. christianfellowshipnoosa.com/ or phone Chris 5326 3155

SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCING AT POMONA

CLASSICAL MUSIC GROUP

Every Tuesday evening from 7pm to 9.30pm Pat and Norm Young organise a social evening at the Pomona Memorial School of Arts Hall - cost is $5, which includes supper. It is a very enjoyable evening as Pat and Norm provide New Vogue as well as Old Time Dancing. Come and be a spectator, and see if you will enjoy it. Everyone is welcome. Phone 5485 2007 for more information, or come and visit.

We meet every Thursday at 9.30am to 11.30am in a private home in Noosaville to listen to classical music on either CDs or DVDs. You are not required to present a

Support your local Red Cross branch at our annual fashion parade where the fashion is from " It's All About Me". Friday 4 October at

Want to enjoy good wines, foods and good fellowship on a monthly basis? Join us at one of our monthly dinners locally. The Noosa Beefsteak and Burgundy Club has been in Noosa for more than 40 years. Ring John Dicker on 0414 323266 for more information

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10am for a 10.30 start at the Forum room, Laguna Retirement Village.

Tickets $20 a head which includes Champagne on arrival and a light lunch following the parade. Great raffle prizes too. Contact Jan on 5474 0636 for tickets. Monthly meeting: Friday 20 September at 9.30am at the Forum Room, Laguna Retirement Village. All visitors welcome. For more information email nt.branch@ hotmail.com.

RED CROSS

The Tewantin Guilded Lillies Sewing Circle meet on the last Saturday of each month at The Masonic Hall Moorindil Street Tewantin. The ladies get together for an informal but highly informative day of sewing fun. All welcome no matter what your level or your interest. Morning tea, start time is an informal 9am to 3pm. For more information call Judy 0447168882.

THE ZONTA CLUB Come and join our group of friendly, like-minded women and have fun raising awareness for local initiatives.

The Club meets monthly for dinner.

All visitors welcome. Contact: Margaret 0448 011 422.

NOOSA TOASTMASTERS Develop Public Speaking and Leadership skills for life at Noosa Toastmasters. We are a fun loving, supportive group who are all learning together. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month 6.30 - 8.30pm at the CWA Hall in Poinciana Ave, Tewantin.

The first two visits are free so you can come and see if it's the place for you. For enquiries phone Luke on 0404297582 or email noosatoastmasters@gmail.com.

TEWANTIN TENNIS CLUB Tewantin Tennis Club was formed in 1980 by a group of mainly matureaged tennis players. Several of the founding members still enjoy playing at the current premises in McKinnon Drive where the Club has 10 well-maintained synthetic grass courts and a Club house. The Club's "Social Group" welcomes new members and visitors to their group which plays on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays beginning at 6am.

BOOK LAUNCH Isobell McConnell's novel, ‘The Scottish Immigrant' will be launched at Duke Tait Cottage in Earl Street, Tewantin on Friday 11 October at 11am. The $20 novel is set in Scotland, Melbourne and on the canefields of North Queensland from the early 1900s through to the 1940s.

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FEELING THE VIBE OF VILLAGE Regarded as Noosa's bohemian cousin Peregian Village, according to local Peter Goodlet, has everything a village requires - a friendly local pub, local square, boutique shopping, excellent coffee, fine dining, an array of health and beauty services and is very dog friendly. It even has a boutique shop for pet couture. Last Friday and Saturday Peregian Village opened its doors to showcase all it has to offer at the inaugural Village Vibes.

It also raised more than $26,000 for the Rural Fire Service volunteers who helped save the village in this month's extreme fire. ●

Nicole Neale, Diore Mauric, Abigail Wolff and Stephen Wolff.

Rural firefighters Matt Tinney and Peter Van Den Broeke with SLSC Leigh McCready.

Pizzami owners Paul Hicks and Sharlene McKenna with Kathy McKenzie and John Munnery.

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SPORT TODAY

GREAT FISHING ALL AROUND

BY JACK MANGROVE This week we have seen some great captures in the estuary and offshore.

Although still a little bumpy for most owners of smaller boats, offshore is an option for skilled skippers with bigger boats. For others staying safe in the river is the best place to be.

Those who did make it offshore during the temporary drop in winds got some solid snapper at North Reef along with a mixed bag of reefies and even a big yellowtail kingfish.

These fish love drifted live baits and once hooked are known to bust you off on the reef, so be sure everything is ready for such fish. Other than that if headed offshore monitor the swell on the bar and aim to fish briefly during the early mornings before the winds pick up. Best option would be to head to Sunshine Reef or Jew Shoal so you are close to home.

The Noosa River has good flathead as now is their breeding season. The lower estuary up toward the mouth of Lake Cooroibah is producing fish from 60cm to 90cm so be sure to release these breeding

sized fish so they can continue the next generation. If using lures then be sure to put in plenty of pauses with soft vibes a great option, especially if new to using lures. For bait anglers grabbing your cast net, bucket and aerator is a great way to obtain live herring and poddy mullet. They will last much longer in clean aerated water so be sure batteries are fresh and ready to go.

Summer whiting are coming on strong around Gympie Terrace and the dog beach. These fish love live beach worm, yabbies and even peeled prawn baits. Be sure to keep lines light for the best presentation in the current and be sure to keep hooks super sharp as they often leap out of the water once hooked. Lure fishing is one of the best ways to target these fish and casting small surface lures is a great way to target these fish if land based.

Other fish in the river include queenfish and GT which can be found throughout the system, but really like the river mouth, woods bay and around Munna Bridge.

These fish will smash big live baits and lures and are a sucker for bigger

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soft plastics on heavier 15-20lb leaders. Another great option is a bigger surface stickbait in the 110120mm size. When cast out and retrieved the commotion created often gets the attention of the bigger fish.

Off the beaches things have been fairly quiet with the winds and increase in swell. The daytime is still producing dart, bream and whiting, especially around the river mouths and gutters along the coastline.

Night time should see an increase in activity as we approach the new moon phase and bigger tides. This is a great time to target jewfish and tailor so be sure to fish around the turn in the tides and keep baits fresh or live for the best results.

Freshwater fishing has been going well early mornings or late afternoons which usually sees the winds drop off. Bass fishing during the morning on small jigs and plastics will be a great option if you are without an electric motor. If in a boat then suspending hardbodies and soft vibes will seek out the fish including saratoga which are still feeding in the smaller size range.

Craig Mullet with a nice tailor.

During the late afternoon we should see a strong surface bite, so be sure to throw smaller poppers and surface walkers.

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

STATE OF GYMNASTICS competitors having to qualify at a regional level in order to compete.

Gymnastics Queensland Chief Executive Officer Kym Dowdell said this is the pinnacle event for many of our young gymnasts with competitors from 65 clubs taking part.

"The skill set these gymnasts will bring to the event hasn't come easy - they've been working and training hard for months, committing time and energy so they can perform at a high level," Ms Dowdell said.

For further details on the event, please visit www.gymqld.org.au ●

More than 1,000 junior gymnasts - including those from Cooroy Gymnastics Club, Gympie Gymnastics Club, Maroochy Beach Gymnastics Club, YMCA Caloundra Gymnastics Club and Sunshine Coast Gymnastics Academy - will compete in one of the biggest events on the Gymnastics Queensland calendar in a bid to claim the title of state junior champion.

The Junior State Championships and Regional Team Challenge which is taking place at the Sleeman Sports Complex in Brisbane between 27 September and 1 October - is a prominent event with all

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Bring the kids to play NoosaÕs only Championship Golf Course set in a nature reserve. For all the details go to noosagolf.com.au or call 5447 1407. We are located at 46 Corooy Noosa Rd,Tewantin.

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LIFE OF BRINE

PHIL JARRATT

SPRING SURF BREAK SHINES Spring break is a concept better known amongst students in the US than here, but if you're a surfer in Noosa, spring break has a special, almost tragic connotation, for this is the time of year when we can see long periods of Lake Pacific, with the only action on the bay coming from wind chop from those dreaded northerlies, week after bloody week.

Coming off an intensive work period in the surfless zones of South East Asia, I was hoping for a few unseasonal good swells on the points during September, but instead I've been surf-starved like everyone else, other than a few splashes in ankle snappers on the beachies. I've had to pull the stand-up down from its rack and head out on the river for my exercise. Not that there is anything wrong with that - it's just not surfing.

On the other side of the ledger, there is no better way to admire our waterways, silted up or not, than by paddling a SUP down around the edges of the Frying Pan, or up Weyba Creek to the lake, especially if you get on the water nice and early, ahead of the wind and the crowd.

Gliding through glassy water along a mangrove shore, birdlife going crazy above you, schools of fish and lazy rays sunning themselves on the sandbars beneath you. Hard to beat, unless there's a rideable wave somewhere.

Last Friday I top-and-tailed my day with wonderful experiences on our river. I started it with a long paddle and finished it eating fish and chips and drinking wine on a blanket on the shore, listening to the mellow grooves of the SandFlys.

Does it get any better than that!

Well, only when the points are pumping.

DROPPING THE KIDS OFF AT THE POOL Watching the webcast of the finals of the WSL Freshwater Pro at the Surf Ranch last weekend, I was reminded of a recent exchange of emails and texts with my colleague Matt Warshaw, a former pro surfer and now the world's leading surf historian. Just turned 60 and living in cold water Seattle, Matt claims to have all but given up surfing, maybe apart from the odd family holiday in Hawaii or Mexico.

We were comparing our recent personal experiences at the Surf Ranch, where he got to ride a few waves and I didn't. He said: "I'm laughing in a sad way at the fact that the tube I got at Kelly's pool will almost certainly be the last one I get in this life. On a visceral, maybe even spiritual level I hate that pool noosatoday.com.au

Tractor trophies for the finalists.

Lakey Peterson deep in the tube. and all that it stands for."

When I told him that I had been suited up and ready to jump in when the guy paying the enormous bill for everyone's wave-riding pleasure intervened, telling me that I could only try for a wave after everyone else had finished at five and before they shut the plant down for the day, Matt responded: "That's maybe the most depressing sentence I've read this month. What the f ... have we done to our sport!"

My own responses to watching the world's best competing in that soulless park in the Central California food bowl fluctuate from despair, watching everyone do exactly the same lip bashes and floaters over and over again in the qualifying rounds, to delight

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Gabriel Medina’s punt of the finals. watching the finalists push the limits further and further in search of a percentage of a point that will make all the difference. Of course, that's what all surf comps are about, but Surf Ranch, with its almost identical canvas for each surfing artist to draw bold lines upon, distils the experience down to a heady brew of skills and strength.

For me that's everything I like and loathe about artificial waves in a nutshell. They create a level playing field that dumbs the process down almost enough for sports fans of all stripes to understand and (maybe) enjoy. If you know surfing backwards, at times it can be exciting. But it's not surfing.

Or should I say, it's surfing minus most of the elements that drew me

to it in the first place. Without the unpredictability of the ocean, the raw fear of a rogue set, the chase up and down the reef to find the take-off on a moving tide, the sheer joy of unexpectedly finding one that grows down the line and opens up to let you in ... without all of that, you're just a muppet with knee pads pushing into a skate bowl. And I never was.

For the record, the Brazilian Storm took out the men's quinella - Media first, Toledo second, with Owen Wright in equal third and Julian Wilson equal fifth the highest placed Australians. California's Lakey Peterson came from behind to beat France's Joanne DeFay in the women's. â—?

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