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PROUD OF As R&W Noosa Holidays rebrands to Niche Luxury Accommodation, the move marks an exciting new chapter for Jennifer Carr and Peter Butt.

As founders and co-owners of the high-

Thus, investors from Victoria and New South

profile business, the pair have been

Wales, along with an expat base, fell in love

intimately involved in Noosa’s holiday

with Noosa and wanted to own a property

accommodation scene for the best part of

here. However, as with any substantial

30 years. Key contributors to its growth have

real estate asset, the desire came with

been their dedication, acumen, reputation

significant costs - for properties they were

and forward thinking, which helped bring the

perhaps only able to use for four to six weeks

area to the attention of a global audience

of every year.

with an appreciation for luxury and lifestyle.

And the focus on high-end was there from day one.

Mr Butt, a former real estate principal alongside Ms Carr, says Noosa Resort Management was established when they bought into the Richardson & Wrench real estate network back in 1992. Their first office was in the La Mer building, which was then newly finished and acclaimed as the premier position in Hastings St. “Our primary holiday letting properties

Holiday letting represented an opportunity to offset the cost, while maintaining a home in Noosa and also taking full advantage of the extraordinary capital growth in the prime areas of Noosa.

Since then, Niche’s organic growth has seen it extend a management, marketing and maintenance umbrella over a wide spread of almost 250 properties in Noosa Heads, Little Cove, Noosaville and Sunshine Beach, delivering superior rental returns and a healthy record of returning guests.

“It’s a record unmatched in value-added

at the time were La Mer and First Point, and

services to our owners,” says Mr Butt.

their amazing pedigrees were instrumental in

Even from the turbulence that has impacted

establishing R&W at the premier end of the

2020, he sees incredible opportunities

holiday letting business,” he says.

moving forward as guests increasingly seek

The nature of the business allowed the duo

out a serviced and curated experience,

to provide a full-service loop for customers,

rather than simply picking up the keys from

first in selling most of the premier beach

an agent.

and waterfront property in Noosa and

“Sue Willis, our managing director, has

Sunshine Beach and then in handling the

been fabulous for our business. She has

holiday letting. The name change to R&W

really identified an exceptional opportunity

Noosa Holidays came in 2000 when the

to further develop a high-end, sophisticated

business moved into its current address at

market during the coming years,” he says.

23 Hastings St.

“Restricted overseas travel will bring

In 1997, Mr Butt sold Netanya Noosa,

Noosa into fresh focus for travellers who

which was then strata-titled. With the

may otherwise have looked to destinations

management rights for letting and caretaking

such as Aspen, Vail, the south of France and

ensuring incredible returns for owners,

Europe. The challenge is to satisf y

this was the impetus in understanding building a substantial following among returning guests. Mr Butt and Ms Carr, by the year 2000, had cemented their position as the ‘go-to’ holiday letting agency for property owners.

At the same time, the business was also writing another new chapter of success, as it pioneered the holiday letting of familyfriendly Noosa Sound homes in incredible locations such as Witta Circle.

Ms Carr says: “It was a formula that

this niche.”

To this end the business has recently been engaged with the launch of prestige properties such as the award-winning Domic at Sunshine Beach and the recently refreshed Hastings Park, a stunning nineapartment property overlooking Main Beach in Noosa.

These new relationships are testament not only to the incredible performance of the team at Niche, which employs more than 23 locals under Ms Willis, but also to the personal reputation of Mr Butt and Ms Carr,

worked: we sold the properties and ensured

noted as dedicated benefactors of Noosa’s

they were well looked af ter for the owners,

economic growth through their involvement

who earned a very tidy income in their

in bodies such as the Hastings Street

absence. It was hassle-free for the owners,

Association, Tourism Noosa and Zonta.

they recommended us to others and the business grew.”

Noosa had never really had a significant ‘hotel-style’ base outside the Sheraton.

“The world may go crazy from time to time as we’ve seen this year,” says Ms Carr.

“But Noosa is enduring, and it seems people cannot wait to return. Truly, everyone just loves Noosa.”

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With a carefully curated portfolio of almost

As befits a business that can look back

250 properties, Niche Luxury Accommodation

proudly on its long heritage, Niche Luxury

offers an unparalleled selection of holiday

Accommodation also casts an eye to the

homes and apartments.

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Its prestige reputation was instrumental in securing management rights for 23 HASTINGS STREET

Hastings Park, the most exclusive boutique accommodation in iconic Hastings St.

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More recently came the jewel in the oosa’s premier holiday accommodation provider has embarked on an ambitious

rebrand that outlines a sophisticated vision for the future.

crown, with the acquisition of Queensland’s

What the move represents is a new global standard of luxury in Noosa. What it maintains is the promise of extraordinary experiences for visitors.

“Our guests are looking for the perfect holiday home – a place for fun, family, friends or retreat,” explains Ms Willis.

and our new name and branding reflects the enormous pride our team takes in doing this.

“It also acknowledges our role as

pursuing and advancing a more sustainable model of guest accommodation.

“We have substantially adapted the way we do business to be as green as possible,

the vision of renowned industrialist

and this is reflected across our operations,”

Evgeny Skigin to life.

she explains.

From a big-ticket perspective, this includes liaising with property owners on the

We are bringing a global standard of luxury accommodation to Noosa

“Our goal is to curate an exceptional getaway for them in a home away from home

Ms Willis notes Niche Luxury Accommodation’s ongoing commitment to

most expensive coastal property, Domic,

and Peter Butt, and managing director to become Niche Luxury Accommodation.

of the rebrand.

a Sunshine Beach landmark that brought

Under the direction of owners Jennifer Carr Sue Willis, R&W Noosa Holidays has evolved

been strengthened and enhanced as part

installation of solar power and prioritising ecology alongside economics in signing contracts with suppliers.

On a smaller scale, the business uses organic cleaning products where possible, works with locally made sustainable toiletries brand Saya and spotlights local artisans in welcome hampers. It also runs a paperless office and boasts a vehicle fleet that includes a Tesla, an electric car and a scooter.

Renting for roughly $100,000 a week,

“For us, having an eco focus is about

it’s less a building and more a lifestyle and

committing to a viable and sustainable

landscape, with every conceivable luxury

future,” says Ms Willis. “It’s who we are, not

considered and curated.

just what we say, and we’re incredibly proud

custodians within our beautiful UNESCO

of the role we play.”

biosphere reserve and our renewed commitment to the sustainable growth

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of this important industry.”

Ultimately, as Niche Luxury Accommodation

Ms Carr, who co-founded the business

looks to the future with a prestige identity

28 years ago, notes that in the early days,

that reflects its role at the forefront of local

“visitors walked into our real estate office to

tourism, longevity and success come down

collect keys for their holiday, and we would see

to a simple understanding: that Noosa is so

them at week’s end when they returned them”.

much more than a destination. It’s a lifestyle,

These days, however, there’s a much

a landscape and a sense of luxury. A blend

greater focus on building personal visitor

of the urbane and unspoilt laying claim to a

relationships, something the Niche team has long been acclaimed for. It’s about making

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that sincere investment in people that brings

A niche all of its own.

Now with a name to match.

them back time and again, eager to embrace all those extraordinary experiences, from

“With properties such as Domic,

helicopter flights and private concierges to

we are bringing a global standard of

welcome hampers with champagne on ice.

luxury accommodation to Noosa,”

As Ms Willis explains: “Our niche is luxury.

unique slice of paradise.

says Ms Willis. “We’re also re-introducing

We’ve long been acclaimed for delivering it,

an exclusive clientele to this stunning

and now we have a name that reflects it.”

Queensland destination.”

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Life’s a beach She had planned to be travelling the world on the World Surf League Pro Longboard Tour this year, but Covid-19 had other plans for Noosa resident Kirra Molnar.

She might look relaxed, but don’t let thhat fool you - she’s the busiest girl on the beach.

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Noosa Today ‘s Phil Jarrat spoke to Kirra about her busy life by the beach in our Beach People feature on page 29.

Schoolies patrol

By Abbey Cannan Noosa will have more than double the usual amount of police officers on deck to manage the influx of 4000 Schoolies set to hit the region from Friday.

Mounted police on horseback will be patrolling Hastings Street with two horses from Friday to Monday in the afternoons and evenings to keep crowds in check.

Noosa Heads Police Station Acting Senior Sergeant Troy Cavell said they had sourced teams of police from Maroochydore, Tactical Crime Squad, Water Police, Mounted Police Unit on horseback, Dog Squad, Criminal Investigation Branch, Child Protection Unit, and

Op Linnett from Brisbane for Covid compliance.

“We have also sourced the services of Gympie Road Policing Unit and Maryborough Tactical Crime Squad who have provided officers for the Noosa North Shore/Teewah Beach/Double Island areas on a permanent basis for the eight days,“ Sgt Cavell said.

He said they planned on providing an increased police response from Friday 20 to Sunday 29 November in and around Noosa with police primarily targeting the Hastings Street and Noosa Junction areas.

“Planning has been completed with all accommodation providers, licensed premises,

business managers and various police and external agencies including Red Frogs, Office of Liquor and Gaming, Qld Parks and Wildlife,“ he said.

“Accommodation providers have employed extra security for their respective resorts and Noosa Council have extra lifeguards, extra security, local laws officers.

“We are expecting the resort to manage their own problems and if police are required it will be at the last resort.“ With about 60 per cent of school leavers now being 18-years-old and legally allowed to attend bars, Sgt Cavell said the 18 plus wouldn’t be a problem, it’s the underage that

will cause most concern.

“This will be for the clubs/bars to manage and Liquor Licensing will be checking. With restrictions on numbers being reduced today, most will see an increase in patrons at their premises,“ he said.

“This will not change from what police deal with on a regular basis, drinking inside the premises is better than in a public place and we will rely on venue security to manage their patrons.

“We will be looking at preventing further offences occurring outside the licensed premises including assaults, wilful damage, public order offences.“

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Tewantin State School and the Rotary Club of Noosa have a long standing relationship, working together on many projects within the community.

With the support of the Rotary Club of Noosa and the School Chaplaincy program, Tewantin State School has been able to successfully implement a Life Skills program for their students. The students have become very engaged and are excited to get in to the kitchen each week. With food, cooking and coming together in the kitchen being the focus of this program, students are learning a range of practical skills to take home. Students participate in all aspects of preparing the meals and are always excited to share what they have made.

This program has grown out of the recent COVID-19 lockdown when the school and the School Chaplain - Bill Howard - expanded their support to students and families at home.

Chappy Bill delivered meals prepared by The Boathouse to many families. From this experience, the cooking classes were developed to give students useful life skills that they can use at home. Chappy Bill runs weekly classes where the students turn fresh ingredients into tasty meals. Costs for this program are covered by the Rotary Club of Noosa under its ongoing funding of Chappy Bill’s work to support the students and families of Tewantin school.

Recently the school was visited by past Rotary President and current Treasurer, Tess, and current President, Gerald, who came to see the great work Chappy Bill is doing with the Life Skills Program.

On the menu was Lasagne and Chocolate Caramel Pretzels. Yum. The support of the Rotary Club of Noosa is greatly appreciated to enable this very popular

Learning to cook nutritious meals and tasty treats.

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Cooking is a skill for life. program. The school is considering if it can expand the program to afford the experience to more students.

Tewantin State School students also actively participate in the Rotary Club of Noosa Book Fest and annual Shoe Box Parade where students and families fill shoe boxes with essential items for families in Timor.

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3. Jean Sherrell-Alexander “I want to go to Spain and see my son and daughter in law.”

Look out for Olympic historian Ian Jobling’s latest article this week on P42 as part of his series on the history of proposals and bids by Australian cities to host the Olympic Games.

Two weeks ago in Noosa Today Ian’s story predicted Brisbane was looking like the first runner for the 2032 Olympics. In his article he quoted Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) CEO Matt Carroll saying “the AOC believes Queensland’s bid for selection as the host state is ‘ahead of the pack’”.

On Tuesday this week, Courier-Mail journalist Peter Gleeson agreed in his article headed “’Queenslanders First to Build Our Olympics’ in which he says IOC President Thomas Bach had written to Annastacia Palaszczuk to congratulate her on re-election as Premier, stating “the IOC is looking forward to continuing our close and fruitful cooperation with .. .in view of the candidature of Brisbane to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032.”

In other news Schoolies begins today and while the police have doubled their numbers to prepare for any wayward activities Noosa will be rolling out the welcome mat to the 4000 or so who have chosen to spend their end of school celebrations with us. Keep an eye out for them.

Also keep an eye out for our wildlife which are still doing it tough as their habitat recovers from last year’s bushfires and they have to contend with extra humans during the holidays. If you see pelicans or seabirds in trouble wildlife rescuer Goetz Schweinfurth is happy to help. Call him on 0466 307 536.

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Dumpers fined A Eumundi resident has been fined after dumping 800 litres of household waste down an embankment.

The resident was fined $2135 and must clean up the waste they had illegally dumped in a nature reserve.

The waste was found following an investigation by Sunshine Coast Council’s Illegal Dumping Officers.

Service Excellence Portfolio Councillor Christian Dickson said illegal dumping was taken very seriously and carried significant penalties.

“It was shocking to hear that this resident had gained vehicle access to a restricted track in the nature reserve and then dumped approximately 800 litres of household waste down an embankment,” Cr Dickson said.

“This waste could have been disposed of correctly and simply through council’s household bin collection, so it really was a senseless act.

“The dumped waste contained dangerous plastics and emitted a foul odour that had begun to attract wildlife scavengers which tore bags open, spreading the harmful plastics,

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risking their health and causing further environmental contamination.

“In this instance, the responsible person has returned to the site and removed the illegally dumped waste as per the compliance notice.”

There are many items that can be recycled or disposed of for free at council’s resource recovery centres including whitegoods, scrap metal, motor vehicle oil, domestic pesticides and chemicals, car batteries, gas bottles, mobile phones and much more.

Two stable patients were assessed after a QAS crew came upon a two-car crash on the Sunshine Motorway southbound at 10.26pm on Wednesday 11 November. Only one person required transport to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Car and bike rider collide in Alexandra Headlands Paramedics transported one patient to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition following a vehicle and bicycle crash on Centenary Crescent at 8.21pm on Wednesday.

Man burns himself in backyard fire A man in his 50s was taken to Gympie Hospital in a serious but stable condition with burns to his arms, face and chest after a backyard fire incident at a private address at 6.40pm on Wednesday.

12 Days till Christmas on Hastings

Man falls down embankment in Alexandra Headland A man in his 20s was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition after falling approximately 5m down an embankment on Alexandra Parade at 3.15am on Friday 13 November.

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If you’re in Hasting Street next month a floating fish may nibble the top of your head as you drink your latte.

Noosa’s famous street is presenting a “Twelve Days til Christmas” moving, joyful extravaganza complete with Living Statues, roaming acrobats, English Bobbies a jazz band, clowns, carol singers from Noosa Chorale, Dancers from Noosa Professional Dance Academy, Bubbles the Baby Elephant and much, much more.

The entertainment will take place from 4pm to 7pm each day from Friday, December 11 until Tuesday, December 22.

According to Alesha Gooderham, Hastings Street Association’s projects manager, the street’s 200 traders are “right behind this spectacular idea.”

“Because of Covid 19, this year has felt like a decade. It gives the opportunity for the street to come to life,” she said.

Paramedics assessed three patients following a two-vehicle crash on Amaroo Street at 7pm on Friday. One patient was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition with a wrist injury, while two patients declined transport to hospital.

Car and bicycle crash in Mountain Creek Paramedics transported one patient to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition following a vehicle and bicycle incident on Sharon Crescent at 6.01pm last Friday.

Car smashes into tree in Noosaville One patient was transported to Nambour Hospital in a stable condition following a car crash into tree on Walter Hay Drive at 6.39pm Saturday 14 November.

Second car hits tree in Bli Bli The coloured fish puppets which will float and swoop down Hastings Street on Perspex poles carried by operators.

A male teenager was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition and a further three patients were assessed however declined transport following a singlevehicle into tree at 8.50pm.

Cannabis charges laid following police operation Police have charged 17 people on 67 drug and weapon offences as part of an operation targeting the unlawful production of cannabis on the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay Burnett areas.

From November 12 to 16, as part of Operation Romeo Factor, detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Drug and Serious Crime Group executed 18 search warrants across the region including: Glass House Mountains, Nambour, Mount Coolum, Maleny and Glenwood.

As part of the operation, police seized approximately $474,600 worth of drugs including 156 cannabis plants and 12.365kg of dried cannabis.

Hydroponic growing systems, valued at $56,000 were found across 13 addresses. All were actively being used in the production of cannabis and were destroyed.

A sawn-off .22 bolt action rim fire rifle and crossbow were also seized.

To date, 17 people have been charged with 67 offences including 15 counts of producing

dangerous drugs.

A 47-year-old Maleny man was also charged on five counts of supplying dangerous drugs and is due to appear in the Nambour Magistrates Court on January 21.

Detective Acting Superintendent Troy Pukallus of the Drug and Serious Crime Group said the drugs seized were destined for the local market, with investigations identifying a surge in hydroponic equipment being sourced and used in the production of dangerous drugs.

“The success of this operation will impact drug availability on the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay Burnett region, making the community safer ahead of the holiday period,” Detective Acting Superintendent Pukallus said.

“It also sends a message to those involved in the illicit drug market, who may have turned to locally producing cannabis as a result of supply issues with the border closures of COVID-19, know that police will continue taking every opportunity to target and disrupt your criminal behaviour.”

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When you need a shed

By Margaret Maccoll Over the past six years a group of Noosa men transformed what was little more than the concrete foundations of a former Unitywater sewerage facility into a village of sheds and a place for men to share skills and knowledge, build friendships and improve their health and wellbeing.

On Tuesday the Noosa Mens Shed officially opened their latest addition, a Health and Fitness Centre and office, built by volunteer members over the past 10 months with funding from a Jupiters Gambling Benefit Fund grant and donations of materials and services from local businesses.

Shed president Steve Phillips said the Mens Shed was like every other shed in Australia there to improve men’s health, both physical and mental.

Steve said they were fortunate to have so many skilled men in-house with everything

built by members from concrete slabs to the electrics. After developing a relationship with the University of the Sunshine Coast the Mens shed aims to run health events from medical testing to seminars and educational talks and will use its new shed as the venue.

Unitywater’s Michael Arnett said they acknowledged the work by the Mens Shed on the land they provided under a peppercorn lease and looked forward to a continued relationship with the group.

The new shed was officially opened by Noosa MP Sandy Bolton and Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart.Cr Stewart described the facility as a community hub - a wonderful place for people to come together.

She said it was a place that was needed now more than ever as we struggle out of COVID. Ms Bolton congratulated the men on the facility they had created, saying it demonstrated the “incredible outcomes” that could eventuate when people worked together.

Mens Shed members Conrad with Geoff Montgomery in the metal shed.

Unitywater’s Michael Arnett, Mayor Clare Stewart and Men’s Shed president Steve Phillips.

Mens Shed members Ian Dell, David Nivala and Graham Klinge in the woodworking shed.

Noosa Rotary Club supports Legacy In 1923, Legacy made a promise to help families carry on with their lives after the loss or injury of a loved one in military service.

It was a simple promise that Legacy keeps today; providing long term social, emotional, developmental and financial support to the families of Australia’s veterans.

Across the Sunshine Coast Legacy supports around 900 widows and families and relies on around 40 Legatee volunteers to provide that support.

Legatees are the backbone of Legacy and deliver the vast majority of our services.

Legatee and member of Noosa Rotary Club Stan Quin has been supporting Legacy for the past 17 years.

Stan’s motivation for joining the Legacy team from his National Service training and the family connections to services Air Force.

He works tirelessly in the important role of fund raising and also in an advisory manner to the organisation.

The Rotary Club of Noosa has been a supporter of Legacy for over 20 years.

A Legatee is a volunteer who makes the personal commitment to assist the widows, partners and families of deceased and incapacitated Servicemen and women cared for

by Legacy.

In the past ex-Service personnel were sought for recruitment as Legatees. Now, those in the community who share the Legacy values and respect the work of Legacy are welcome and strongly encouraged to join.

More information on the Sunshine Coast Legacy Group can be found at Legacy’s Facebook page: facebook.com/LegacySunshineCoast/.

President Gerald Victor and Rotarian Morris McPhee handing over a cheque for $1000 to Legatee and Rotarian Stan Quin.

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Bubbles the Baby Elephant puppet, complete with French ringmaster

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By Jim Fagan Ian Mackellar is back. The popular former director of Noosa Longweekend and Noosa Alive is over his “sabbatical”and has created a sparkling, moving, joyful extravaganza of street entertainment for Hastings Street next month.

Commissioned by the Hasting Street Association and titled “Twelve Days til Christmas,” it starts on Friday, December 11, and ends on Tuesday, December 22. From 4pm to 7pm every day varied forms of fun and laughter will make Noosa’s most famous street buzz with excitement.

Just to give you an idea, you may expect to see on different days floating fish, living statues, Cabbage Patch dolls, illuminated butterflies, unicyclists, a flying angel, acrobats, English Bobbies, stilt walkers, Lollipop Ladies, a jazz band, clowns, carol singers, a harpist, a violinist, Bubbles the Baby Elephant ... the list goes on.

“We want to reignite some positive energy into Hastings St and inject pre-Christmas joy and cheer after what has been a very trying year for all of us,” Ian told Noosa Today. “The challenge from the Association has been to

produce something different.

“It is, however, a very big street so I thought roaming entertainment, coupled with several different zones like the Siebel Forecourt where singers, dancers, ukulele players, jazz and classical musicians from Noosa community groups could perform was the way to go.

“I am pleased to say among the groups are Noosa Chorale, Noosa Professional Dance Academy, Noosa Orchestra and Noosa Jazz Society.”

Ian said the living statues were something that had not been seen in Noosa. before “You have to pinch yourself. ‘Are they real?’ I just hope people will come to Hastings Street and be amazed.

“One of them is called Golden Girl. She carries an orb and strikes all these art deco poses we seen in figurines. This young lady was Australia’s representative to the European Moving Statues Competition in 2018. The costume is unbelievable and I’m really excited about her.”.

“Another is Snapshot, a 1920’s photographer complete with flashgun. He is an amazing, colorful and quirky statue. This statue won the World Championship in 2018. So just to be

able to bring it to Noosa and our community to see this is wonderful.”

He said Bubbles the Baby Elephant whom Noosa last saw at the 2008 Noosa Longweekend is coming. “Bubbles is a Jim Henson designed life-sized baby elephant puppet, very cute, and she will be accompanied by her French ringmaster.

“She will be at the entrance to Hastings Street near the Police Station on the first day.”

And you can expect a floating fish to nibble the top of your head as you drink your latte.

The fish are colored coral fish puppets which float down the street on Perspex poles carried by operators.

Ian said putting the event together had been an “enjoyable experience. When I left Noosa Alive at the end of 2018. I had been there ten years and I needed a break.

“I’ve been directing and performing at Noosa Arts Theatre since then and I’ve enjoyed the sabbatical. My passion is creating and when the opportunity came up to put together this 12-day program I jumped at it.

“I love things that are unpredictable. I think we are going to blow people away.”

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By Jim Fagan Projects manager of Hastings Street Association, Alesha Gooderham says its 200 members think the “Twelve Days to Christmas” next month is a “spectacular idea.”

They are right behind it.”

She said: “Because of Covid 19, this year has felt like a decade and it gives the oppor-

tunity for the street to come to life with artistic quality entertainment, little moments of magic that allow people to enjoy and experience.

“We looked at doing only a one evening event like we did last year with the Queensland Ballet at the Christmas Tree lighting but with Covid we have had to reconsider. We’re now going to have roaming street

entertainment over the 12 days.

“It will engage the whole street, from No1 right down to The Woods.

“Because it is being held from 4pm to 7pm it bridges when shops and restaurants are open in the late afternoon and evening and is a really nice way to engage both the retailers and restaurants. “We’ll be able to engage families coming down after school or in the

evening. You can come out for an ice cream or dinner, we’ll have surprise entertainment for all ages’ Alesha said, “It is great to have someone of Ian’s calibre, creativity and connections on board. Ian’s ability to create a program of world class entertainment is really important as Hastings street is a destination in its own right.”

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Help track flying foxes As the weather warms up and more flying-foxes arrive on the Sunshine Coast, council has called on the community to help track the animals’ movements and feeding habits by joining the citizen science project Bats in Backyard.

Simply download the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes (CAUL) Urban Wildlife’ app and log any sightings of flying-foxes over the weekend from Saturday November 28 to Sunday November 29.

You can record flying-fox sightings from your home or as you go for a walk around your local area.

Jacqueline Nolen, Senior Natural Areas Planner encouraged the Sunshine Coast community to monitor the three species of flyingfox that call the region home over Spring and Summer—the grey headed, the black and the little red flying-fox.

“The CAUL Urban Wildlife app is straightforward to use, enabling people to record their sightings of flying-foxes at a safe distance,” Ms Nolen said.

“The change of season marks the beginning of birthing season for grey-headed and black flying-foxes, as the species vacates winter sites and returns to traditional maternity roosts to give birth and raise their young.

“And this month (November), also saw the early arrival of the little red flying fox to the Sunshine Coast from the northern and western areas of Queensland, with sightings reported at Andrea Ahern Bushland Reserve, Battery Hill and Porter Park, Golden Beach.

“The little reds are usually mating or pregnant this time of year and tend to be more vocal than black and grey-headed flying-foxes, so the roosts may be a bit noisier as they argue over territory in the trees, however they are generally only on the Sunshine Coast for eight to12 weeks

Tyron using the CAUL Urban Wildlife app to capture little red flying fox roost location. to feed on local flowering plants, such as eucalypts, bloodwoods and myrtles.”

Ms Nolen said flying-foxes were incredibly important to the 600 other species depending on them.

“Flying-foxes play a critical role helping to keep our native forests healthy,” Ms Nolen said.

“Some trees, like Australian eucalypts, only flower at night and depend on flying-foxes for survival to pollinate their flowers and spread their seeds.

“Without flying-foxes, there would be no food and shelter for our koalas, no pristine habitat for our native birds, and no magnificent forests for all of us to enjoy.

“So now, more than ever, we need to find ways to co-exist with this incredibly important native species.

“Council understands it can be difficult liv-

Tyron de Kauwe, Jacqueline Nolen, and Tony Isaacson, working in partnership with council and Bat Rescue to help protect flying-foxes.

ing near flying-fox roosts at times, and we have a long-term aim to entice flying-foxes to a more suitable home away from residences.

“Which is why we are calling on residents to download the CAUL Urban Wildlife app and to help us continue our research to better understand how a flying-fox chooses its roost sites, so we can rehabilitate more appropriate reserves with trees they like to live in and food they like to eat.”

Natural Areas Conservation Officer Tyron de Kauwe said flying-foxes were wild, seasonal, highly nomadic animals that move between roost sites across the Sunshine Coast and Australia.

“Understanding their movements over the long term will help council to reduce the impacts on residents who live near roosts sites,” Mr de Kauwe said.

“Maternity roosts will start to get noisier at night as newborns call for their mother. It may all sound like one big noisy mess to us, but female flying-foxes can identify the call of their own young despite all the other calls in the roost.

“Council’s management actions are limited during birthing season in accordance with State and Commonwealth law which ensures there are fewer orphaned or dead pups and to reduce the risk of human or pet interaction with young that have fallen out of trees.

“The birthing season generally lasts until January or February, when the young become independent and capable of moving away from danger.”

If you see an injured bat, avoid contact and call trained wildlife rescue professionals on 1300 ANIMAL (264 625).

Zonta joins the world in walk against violence With police reporting an increase in domestic violence violations this year Zonta Noosa is urging residents to support their ’Say No to Violence Against Women Walk on 29 November.

Zonta Noosa have joined Zonta clubs around the world in their violence against women campaign to bring awareness to this issue and advocate on behalf of genderbased violence survivors.

Launched in 2012, the campaign has raised awareness of the global pandemic of women’s rights violations and has united Zonta clubs to take action to fight violence against women and gender inequality.

Zonta Noosa president Margie Fisher said it wass important to note that while locally the prevalence of sexual and domestic violence does not appear to have decreased, reporting and help seeking, have significantly increased, suggesting the initiatives Zonta and other groups organise to create awareness of this issue are working.

At a recent Zonta Noosa meeting Acting police inspector Northern Patrol Sunshine

Coast District said police had witnessed an upward trend in reported domestic and family violence applications and breach of Domestic and Family Violence orders since the start of the calendar year.“In terms of police generated Domestic and Family Violence Applications, Noosa Police in the 2019 calendar year generated 89 applications across the entire year. With still over six weeks remaining this calendar year we can expect these numbers to reach around 109 police applications or an increase of about 18 per cent on last year. In terms of Contravene Domestic Violence Order - we have had 66 cases reported in Noosa Heads Division since 1 July 2020.

We are projected to be up 21 per cent on last year’s financial year figures if this trend continues.”

Noosa police implore members of the Noosa community who are experiencing difficulties to seek assistance from the various support agencies operating across the Noosa Shire, all of whom provide caring and dedicated support across a wide range of disciplines.

Margie is calling on the Noosa Community to join Zonta on the “Say No to Violence Against Women Walk” on 29 November to increase the awareness of domestic violence in Noosa.

“The statistics quoted by Noosa police are alarming and emphasise the need to drive greater awareness of women’s rights violations here in our own community,” she said.

During the 16 Days of Activism, 25 November-10 December, all Zonta clubs and districts are encouraged to take local, national and international actions to influence the making and implementation of laws, as well as changing gender-based attitudes and behaviours to end violence against women and girls.

To draw attention to this issue the ‘Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women’ campaign has also adopted the use of the colour orange. This vibrant colour not only stands out while being worn, but is also eye-catching on buildings, statutes and other structures. Globally, 25 November is also known as Orange Day. To show support for this cause

the Eiffel Tower in Paris is illuminated in orange for the 16 days of Activism event as are many other significant monuments across the world. Closer to home the Storey Bridge is lit in Brisbane along with some other buildings.

“We are delighted at the level of support that that Zonta is receiving for this campaign: Noosa Council are displaying a banner at the start of the walk in Noosaville; the Hastings Street Association are organising orange lighting for the main Hastings Street roundabout; while Bendigo Bank and the Noosa Library are hosting promotional displays for the whole duration of the event,” Margie said.

Everyone is invited to show their support for eliminating violence against women by joining the Zonta Club of Noosa walk at 8am on Saturday 29 November. Meeting place is the Lion’s Park Sound Stage near the Noosa Yacht Club, Gympie Terrace.

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Margaret celebrates 100

By Abbey Cannan If Queen Elizabeth can enjoy a Gin and Tonic, then so can Noosaville’s Margaret Sherrell as she celebrates her 100th birthday.

Margaret was joined by her friends, fellow residents, Noosa MP Sandy Bolton, and Southern Cross Care Queensland’s CEO Jason Eldering at Noosa Waters Retirement Estate on Thursday 12 November to enjoy the special milestone.

Her century of life has been filled with farm work, horse riding and travelling the world, but the one thing Margaret is most proud of is her family.“I grew up on a farm in the UK and was married during the war and had a lovely son,“ she said.

“He loved me very much and was very caring. When my son grew up, he worked at the bank and then he was transferred to Singapore, where he met my daughter in law.

“He was the manager and she was working for the Australian Government after all the troops had left. He came to Australia and when they had a child, he brought my granddaughter to the UK to see us. When the second one was arriving, he said you better come out here if you want to see your grandchildren growing up.

“My husband had arthritis and was terribly crippled. So we came to Australia to live and they were both public servants in Canberra.

We were a bit scared they didn’t want us to settle in the Canberra district but we said we’ve come all these miles to be with you so we settled there too.“ Margaret said she had no idea Canberra was so cold.

“We stayed in Canberra for five years and in the meantime we had been up to Queensland on holiday and loved it so we bought a block a land and built and then we came up to Noosa to live,“ she said.

“I’ve been here 30 years and I’ve seen many

Margaret Sherrell has spent the last 30 years living in the Noosa region.

Noosa MP Sandy Bolton joins Margaret Sherrell to celebrate 100 years. changed over time. I’m happy here.“ Margaret said the one thing everyone should do in their life is travel the world.

“See as much of the world as you can,“ she said. “I’ve always been frugal at home and spent all of my money on travelling and seeing the world.

“It broadens your mind it also makes you appreciate your own country more.“

Margaret parties with her neighbours at Noosa Waters Retirement Estate.

Margaret said her favourite places to travel had been the Pacific Islands and South Africa.

“I had a wonderful holiday in South Africa on Safari. I’ve never been to Alaska because I don’t want to be cold.“ Margaret said she was lucky to live out in the country during the war.

“I was on the farm, so I wasn’t in the cities where all of the devastation was. But we were

32 miles from Plymouth so we could see the glow of Plymouth burning because they had a lot of petrol there,“ she said.

Margaret said she didn’t feel any different to be 100 and that her secret to a long life was a drop of wine with dinner.

“I also enjoy a Gin and Tonic. Queen Elizabeth aged 102 and she used to like her Gin and Tonic as well,“ she said.

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A rare act of kindness

By Jim Kennedy

Jim Kennedy and his lucky $50.

Picture: ROB MACCOLL

Can I pay cash anywhere?

Jim’s belief that you should be able to use cash anywhere is widespread, particularly amongst seniors, who are its biggest users.

But while cash is legal tender, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia, notes and coins don’t have to be accepted in transactions.

The retailer is free to set the terms of payment, and refusing to accept cash is not against the law. The Currency Act even sets

out restrictions around when you can use cash. For example, a retailer can knock you back if you try to pay more than $5 using only 5c, 10c or 20c coins. If you’ve saved a collection of $1 and $2 coins, the most you can pay in a single purchase is $10 or $20 respectively, but of course you can still use the machine at your bank to deposit them.

A notable exception to the no cash rule is if you’re paying off a debt. The RBA states that if you have no other way to pay, a store

owner is obliged to accept cash.

While we haven’t quite arrived at the cashless society yet, Covid-19 has accelerated the process. According to the RBA we now use cash for one in four payments, and these are mostly low-end purchases. The over-65s, however, still use cash for about half of their payments, which is of some concern to health authorities, since they are the most vulnerable to disease and cash is invariably dirty.

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If you want to read a story that will leave you with a warm inner glow and a winsome smile, please read on. If you want to read a story in which a grown man is reduced to tears within 180 seconds by a rare act of kindness, please read on.

Finally, if you want to read a story in which the person delivering this act of kindness seeks no recognition or payment, please read on.

Being a Wallabies supporter, I took myself off to the game at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, November 7, to watch the Wallabies defeat the All Blacks. The game started at 6.45pm, an hour earlier than normal due to daylight saving in the southern states. Because this coincides with my dinner time, about 30 minutes before the game I made my way to the food and drink outlet and selected a meat pie, the stalwart of footie food, and a bottle of water to wash it down. This is where the problem started.

I proceeded to the checkout queue and and when it was my turn to pay, I offered the woman on the cash register $50 cash. Quite politely, she advised me that due to Covid-19 they did not accept cash, and credit card was the only form of payment they were authorised to accept. She also told me, again quite nicely, to put the pie back in the oven and the water back in the refrigerator.

Being old school, at 82 years of age, I only ever leave home with what I think I’ll need.

Therefore, I didn’t see any sense in taking my wallet with me and running the real risk of losing it. I was pretty confident I wouldn’t be asked for proof of age, and I had more than enough cash.

As I left the food area the woman on the cash register called me over and told me that her colleague had organised payment for me, and that I should go and reselect the items I wanted and wait by the adjacent cash register for her return. I did as I was asked, thinking that the company must have an alternate cash payment system that they didn’t like to publicise. But when I presented my pie and water to the second woman, she simply charged both items out using a credit card she had brought with her.

Naturally, I offered to reimburse the credit card payment with the $50 that I had in my hand, but she told me that it was her personal credit card and I didn’t owe her a cent.

At this point tears were running down my cheeks! All it took was 180 seconds. When I insisted that I pay her, the only comment she made with a smile was, “Pay it forward”. The next morning at my local coffee shop I paid for the coffee of the first stranger I met.

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Ready for a flying start The action at Sunshine Plaza has soared to new heights with the announcement that Australia’s largest high ropes course, Next Level, will open its zip lines to the public at 9am on Friday 27 November.

The adventure park is Melbourne-based, TreeTops Adventure Group’s, first Queensland location following the success of 13 other parks across Australia, and forms part of Sunshine Plaza’s vision to create a world-class dining, shopping and now adventure experience.

TreeTops Adventure Group CEO Nicolas Dansin said the much-anticipated high ropes course will provide an opportunity for those wanting to test their skills and challenge their limits as they scale the obstacles and fly the zip lines over Cornmeal Creek in Maroochydore.

“We are delighted to be opening our first Next Level branded park here in Queensland, which has seen us expand from building high ropes courses in the natural environment to creating our first ropes course on poles in an urban, outdoor location,” Mr Dansin said.

“While the build has had its challenges including procurement delays from suppliers abroad and the advent of COVID-19, we are excited to announce that we’ll be ready to welcome our first customers on 27 November.”

“There really is something for every level of participant, starting from the age of six and ranging up through all ages and skills to the most capable climbers, who will enjoy the challenge of the three most difficult courses which reach up to 18m above the ground.”

“The park includes seven different high ropes circuits categorised across four levels of difficulty and — working within the COVIDSafe guidelines for our industry — we can have up to 140 people across the 145 aerial obstacles and 16 zip lines at any given time.”

The course has over one kilometre of zip lines, the longest of which spans 135 metres across Cornmeal Creek taking participants from all levels back to the starting point on the

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main tower. Next Level also includes a 22mhigh viewing platform offering impressive 360-degree views of the Sunshine Coast which can be accessed as a separate activity to the high ropes.

Sunshine Plaza Centre Manager Michael Manwaring said this latest addition to the centre’s offering will be a great drawcard, not only for locals but for key drive markets like Hervey Bay, Bundaberg and visitors from the west who already travel to Maroochydore to experience the first super-regional shopping centre north

of Brisbane.

“The adventure course will not only activate Cornmeal Creek thanks to the zip lines whizzing people across the waterway, it will also create a visually appealing outlook for those enjoying our quality dining experiences on Cornmeal Promenade,” Mr Manwaring said.

“We will have a diverse range of cuisine on offer on Cornmeal Promenade by the time Next Level opens on 27 November. In addition to our great existing dining options of Japanese cuisine from Motto Motto, Vietnamese favou-

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This strong dining offer further enhances our customer experience by providing more opportunities to relax, dine and be entertained while enjoying our impressive retail offering.”

“We are also excited to announce that strEATside Market will open on Cornmeal Promenade on 27 November including eight of the coast’s most popular street-food vendors, musicians and entertainers.

“We are thrilled that Tree Tops Adventure Group recognised the opportunity to open the country’s largest high ropes course on poles right here at Sunshine Plaza.”

Mr Dansin said the group identified Sunshine Plaza as the ideal location for their first foray into Queensland and the launch of Next Level, the urban version of their adventure parks.

“Through this challenging year, our commitment to the Sunshine Coast never wavered and we are very excited to now be opening at a time when Australians are holidaying at home, interstate borders are expected to reopen and people are hungry for new experiences,” Mr Dansin said.

“The build also progressed when unemployment was rising due to the impact of COVID-19 and I’m pleased we were able to use many local suppliers for cables and timbers as well as local tradies for the ticket office build, poles installation and pole manufacturing.”

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Appeal for witnesses Two jet ski riders have narrowly escaped serious injury after rocks were thrown at their vessel from a bridge at Maroochydore last Friday.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident at approximately 3.15pm on November 13 where two 17-year-old boys were travelling on a jet ski eastbound along Cornmeal Creek when a group of people threw large rocks at them from the Duporth Avenue Bridge.

The boys were forced to take evasive action and swerve, resulting in them colliding with one of the bridge pylons.

The pair were both thrown from the jet ski into the creek. The driver was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital with a wrist injury.

The vessel suffered irreparable damage estimated to be worth around $8000.

Preliminary information suggests the group involved may have been five or six teenagers, mostly boys and one girl. Three people in the group had bicycles and were last seen fleeing towards Ocean Street.

One of the boys was wearing a black shirt with red shorts and carrying a black backpack.

Senior Constable Murray Lyons from Sunshine Coast Water Police said the matter could have resulted in serious injury or even death.

“We would appeal for anyone who may have been in the vicinity around Cotton Tree or Ocean Street at the time of the incident and may have seen the group involved to come forward,” Senior Constable Lyons said.

“Police take matters such as this extremely seriously.”

The vessel suffered irreparable damage estimated to be worth around $8000.

Covid-19 restrictions ease across Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a further easing of restrictions from Tuesday 17 November as Queensland continues its recovery from the pandemic.

Gatherings: increase gatherings in homes and public spaces from 40 to 50 across Queensland Indoor premises: increase from one person per four square metres to one person per two square metres (eg restaurants, cafes, pubs, clubs, indoor play areas, museums, art galleries, places of worship, convention centres and parliament house Weddings: up to 200 people can attend a wedding and all guests can dance Funerals: Up to 200 people can attend a funeral

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events: seated, ticket venues to in· Indoor crease from 50% to 100% (eg theatre, live music, cinemas and indoor sports) Performers can reduce distance from audience from 4m to 2m except choirs which remain at 4m from audience Outdoor events: increase outdoor events from 1000 to 1500 with a COVID safe checklist (larger events require a COVID safe plan) Open air stadiums: Increase seated Capacity from 75% to 100% Outdoor dancing: outdoor dancing allowed (eg outdoor music festivals) The opportunity exists to fill the Cauldron for Origin 3.

The Premier said these were sensible steps

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back to normality after Queensland recorded 60 days without a locally acquired case.

“This is the result of the hard work of Queenslanders,” the Premier said.

“Other countries are experiencing third waves with increasing numbers of daily cases.

“Queenslanders are able to enjoy our Queensland way of life and we have to keep up the good work.”

The changes will come into effect at 4pm on 17 November 2020.

Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Yvette D’Ath said the pandemic isn’t over so we have to stay vigilant.

“We can’t forget the basics,” the Minister said.

“That means keep up social distancing, stay home if you’re sick and maintain basic hygiene.”

Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said the good work of businesses and venues under COVID-19 Safe Plans, such as collecting contact details, complying with occupant density numbers, and providing hand sanitiser, had helped move Queensland to further ease restrictions early.

“Queensland’s COVID Safe plans have worked well to keep our community safe and help keep life as normal as possible,” Dr Young said.

“COVID Safe Plans will be reviewed and updated in line with the further easing of restrictions, and government departments will work with their stakeholders to do this.”

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USC Professor Claudia Baldwin.

Professor Baldwin said smart technology would be deployed to record baseline heat loads, target areas for heat reduction and to track improvements in greenery and heat stress over time.

“This project involves providing leadership and capacity building for climate change adaptation in the aged care sector,” she said.

“Reducing heat in aged care facilities will have multiple benefits for health, economic and social benefits for aged care providers, residents, staff and visitors, as well as contribute to biodiversity.”

UnitingCare welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with USC and Griffith University in taking a lead role to address the impacts of climate change through the first evidence-based heat adaption plans within the aged care sector in Queensland.

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Tribute of poppies for Remembrance Day

By Jim Fagan Australians commemorated Remembrance Day last Wednesday with large gatherings like the one at the War memorial in Canberra or RSL Servicemen’s clubs all over the country.

Others were like the small, gated com-

plex at Monterey in Tewantin where about 30 people made their heartfelt tribute which included a flag ceremony, reading of the Ode, singing the National Anthem and observing one minute’s silence.

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Life in aged care could become a whole lot cooler thanks to an innovative new research project led by University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) and Griffith University.

Researchers will investigate the impacts of greenery, like shrubs and trees, on aged care facilities and their residents, and use this information to develop a model Heat Adaptation Plan for Queensland’s aged care industry.

Lead investigators Professor Claudia Baldwin (USC) and Dr Tony Matthews (Griffith University) will use a $127,493 Queensland Department of Environment and Science grant - part of the Strategic Adaptation Priorities Program - for a joint research project named Green Infrastructure for Mitigating Heat Stress in Aged Care Facilities.

Landscape architects Dr Chris Boulton from Griffith and Dr Sylvia Tavares from USC are also involved in the project.

The team will conduct research and develop heat adaptation plans for industry partner UnitingCare’s Queensland facilities, something Dr Matthews said had been largely overlooked by the aged care sector.

“Heatwaves have killed more Australians than fires, floods and all other natural disasters combined,” Dr Matthews said.

“Remarkably, very little attention has been paid to the role of urban greenery in reducing heat stress for seniors.

“This innovative new research will tackle this crucial issue, with direct benefit for some of our most vulnerable populations.”

Dr Matthews said adding greenery, like shrubs and trees, to reduce heat loads in aged care facilities would be the key focus of the study.

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Care under Covid rule

By Margaret Maccoll It has been a year that will long remain in the memories of Noosa Care at Tewantin. Just 12 months ago bushfires threatened bushland beside the facility forcing its evacuation. In January they weathered a lightning strike then in March the threat of COVID arrived.

When the COVID-19 pandemic was at its height across Australia and aged care facilities were bearing the brunt of the virus residents at Noosa Care felt safe and protected. The community-based not-for-profit organisation operates Carramar at Tewantin and Kabara in Cooroy.

This week CEO Megan D’Elton and Carramar residents Jill Shaw, Peg Burgin and Christine Milligan spoke to Noosa Today about their COVID experience.

It was at the beginning of the year talk began about the COVID virus, Megan said.

The facility had dealt with threats of previous viruses before and managed well.

“We were mostly concerned at what it was,“ Megan said. “At first it was overseas, we didn’t know how it was going to affect us.“ Then it was in the Shire.

“Everybody in aged care was getting correspondence about what they should be doing to prepare for it, what COVID was“.

Megan said plans they had in place to control infection they adjusted to control COVID and have continued to update and adjust as more information on the pandemic was received.

“We shut our site to all visitors for four weeks,“ she said. “That gave our residents peace of mind and gave staff a sense of safety.

“Communication was key to keeping everyone calm, informed and abreast of the changing environment and Noosa Care used all means available to them including telephone, email and Skype to maintain communication with residents, relations and staff.

“We tried to make like as normal as possible inside for our residents but they couldn’t go out on the bus,“ she said.

The facility employed extra staff, mostly hotel staff, to take on extra tasks of cleaning and non-essential care that took the burden of extra duties from usual staff to enable them to care for their clients.

As restrictions eased visitors were slowly able to return on restricted times and in reduced numbers and documents had to be maintained to track every visitor. They employed extra reception and booking staff to maintain records.

We had to ensure if visitors came from overseas or interstate that they had been quarantined, had received a negative COVID-test and

Jill Shaw, Christine Milligan, front, and Peg Burgin everyone was required to have an influenza vaccination, Megan said.

Dealing with the disease threat has been expensive and while the government provided some financial assistance in the form of COVID payments it hasn’t been enough to cover the facilities extra and ongoing expenses.

Megan said they needed to purchase enough personal protective equipment to cover everyone for three months just in case of an outbreak and the cost of it has doubled since COVID arrived. Staff were provided with additional training and visited Noosa Hospital for instructions on the use of PPE. Within their infection control plans has been the ability to isolate particular areas of the facility to restrict any potential outbreak and a staffing roster that kept staff in separate areas so as not to cause cross contaminate. If an outbreak occurred they planned for the option of accommodating staff onsite.

Megan said all their advice on procedures came from Queensland Health and they were updated regularly by the department.

In addition Noosa Care has had an infection control officer employed onsite for the past 20 years.

“We have always had good infection control practices,“ Megan said.

When the National Aged Care Emergency Response (NACER) program was introduced in July-August Noosa Care sent a team of their staff to Victoria to assist with the outbreak.

When they returned to work after quarantine they brought back expertise beyond what was expected, Megan said.

“We took on that knowledge and put it into our plan,“ she said.

Dealing with the pandemic has been relentless and continues. Residents are still restricted to two visitors and social distancing practices are in place, but bus trips have recommenced though low crowd destinations are now selected.

Our main aim was to keep staff and residents safe and to keep everyone going, Megan said.

“Staff have been amazing. They have focused on residents,“ she said.

Residents Jill Shaw, Christine Milligan and Peg Burgin say they had never felt frightened of the virus at all and had always felt very safe at Noosa Care.

“There were precautions that were taken for us,“ Chris said.

Jill said her family were pleased she was in such a lovely place.

“They would have been more worried if we were in the community,“ she said. While she hasn’t been able to see family members she has been in regular contact by phone and Skype. Skyping family and friends is regular practice for these modern, technically-savvy seniors with help on hand should technical difficulties arise.

Pegg said despite the shutdown she had not felt restricted at all. She said the residents were able to take lovely walks around the grounds and staff provided them activities. She said coffee mornings had been organised by staff as well as regular entertainment.

“It’s such a comfortable, happy place to be,“ she said. “You feel you’re part of a big family.“ Jill agreed, saying she would have felt more restricted living in her own home.

Chris said since COVID arrived a number of groups had been set up including a knitting group and art group.

“It’s very popular with people. I particularly like the art group,“ she said.

The trio are looking forward to spending time with family at Christmas but if restrictions are tightened again they would also be happy to spend Christmas at Noosa Care which they hear “is lovely“.

Calling on Noosa and Coolum District residents Summer is set to look a little different this year, so Golden Circle and Surf Life Saving Australia have released a surf safety checklist to help Noosa and Coolum District residents share sunshine safely and still enjoy the water.

“55 per cent of drownings on the coast last year occurred more than 5km away from a lifesaving service. This summer, we are asking Aussies to STOP before rushing in and check for rip currents, LOOK for other dangers and a patrolled location, and PLAN to stay safe and know your limitations and swim between the red and yellow flags,” Shane Daw, General Manager Coastal Safety, Surf Life Saving Australia said.

“Additionally, we’re asking beachgoers to practice social distancing and to stay at home if you feel unwell. By ticking items off our Share Sunshine Safely checklist and working together we can keep our beaches open and enjoy them safely this year,” said Shane Daw, General Manager Coastal Safety, Surf Life Saving Australia.”

Golden Circle is also encouraging Noosa and Coolum District residents to jump on board the Sunny Saviours movement and celebrate the person in their lives who gets them outside, loves to play and brings the light and laughter to their day.

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were recently recognised for their dedication and commitment to not only saving lives but brightening the lives of people around them simply by sharing a little sunshine.

Now we want to celebrate our local Noosa and Coolum District Sunny Saviours,” Sachin Rajpal, Head of Marketing-Beverages at Kraft Heinz ANZ said.

“After a tougher than normal year, it’s important we take the time to honour people who brought joy and sunshine to our year.

I’m calling on Noosa and Coolum District residents to shout out who their local sunny saviour is and how they brighten the lives of people around them by using #mysunnysaviour.

“What better way to finish off the year than by celebrating those moments of fun, happiness and positivity amongst Aussie family and friends, no matter how big or small.”

Sunny Saviours is the first initiative for the newly formed partnership between Golden Circle and Surf Life Saving Australia. As part of their commitment to the community and Surf Life Saving Australia, a $50,000 donation will be provided on behalf of Golden Circle from Kraft Heinz Australia. The donation will support Surf Life Saving Australia to continue providing vital lifesaving services to the community during the upcoming summer season.

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Anne Macdonald from Uniforms for Kids picked up a collection of Protective Services Group uniforms.

Uniforms for kids Aimee and Jazz Smith hard at work wrapping gifts.

La Valla captains at St Teresa’s College lend a hand.

Hamper appeal Imagine Christmas morning without presents for your children or a festive meal on the table.

Without help, that will be the reality for many on the coast in this terrible Covid-19 crisis year.

Noosa-Tewantin’s St Vincent de Paul’s annual Christmas hamper appeal is aimed at bringing joy to families in need.

The appeal is well under way but there’s still time to get on-board and make this Christmas season a great one for those doing it tough.

Last weekend 85 donated gifts were wrapped by some generous helpers in Noosaville and that is only the beginning.

Many gifts already have been donated by the students at St Teresa’s Noosaville and now it is the turn of the young ones at St Thomas More Sunshine Beach to collect goods for the hampers.

But it is not just up to the students. The Vinnies would like as many people in the community as possible to get involved and to donate goods for the Christmas hamper appeal. To date, more than half of the donated gifts have been for women. Gifts for men, including seniors, and children from teenagers to toddlers and babies - are desperately needed.

Some suggestions for suitable gifts include toiletries such as moisturisers, deodorants,

hair products and shower gel. Cosmetics such as lip gloss or balm and nail polish. Mugs or cups, backpacks and handbags would also make great gifts. For the children sports equipment, balls, notebooks, cute pens, puzzles, toys, colouring books, socks and hats are some ideas.

And what’s Christmas Day without special treats for the table? Welcome donations could be soft drinks, candy canes, bonbons, chips, popcorn, custards, puddings, Christmas cakes and tinned ham.

To arrange collection of items for the Christmas hamper appeal phone Petra in Noosaville on 0490957265.

The Protective Services Group donated some older, unused uniforms to Uniforms 4 Kids on Tuesday 10 November.

Uniforms 4 Kids is a not-for-profit charity, founded by retired Queensland Police Service (QPS) officer Yvonne Pattinson OAM, aimed at re-purposing uniforms for disadvantaged children within the community.

Since the program’s inception, QPS uniforms have been repurposed for the children of First Nations Peoples across Australia and also children in the Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea.

When launching the initiative in 2019, former Commissioner Ian Stewart said that through this program, QPS uniforms were continuing to serve and protect Queensland communities.

Protective Services Group Superintendent Keiryn Dermody said that she is so proud to have our otherwise discarded uniforms go to such a worthy cause.

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AI Fire detector on alert Protecting the community is at the heart of what Fireball International does. Directors Chris and Gabrielle Tylor of the global company based at the Digital Hub in Peregian Beach were devasted when fires threatened to engulf the area late last year.

They knew their company, Fireball.International, could make a difference by detecting and identifying fires in less than three minutes and alerting authorities so that action could be taken swiftly.

Currently, it takes approximately 45 minutes for a bushfire to be reported. Relying on the human eye and the concern of inquisitive observers, it is often by chance that a fire is first noticed and reported. Precious minutes are often wasted as onlookers are not sure whether the fire has already been reported.

But artificial intelligence combined with satellites and ground sensors are changing all of that.

Utilising satellite and ground-based sensor/camera data as well as airborne assets combined with powerful deep machine learning algorithms, Fireball’s FUEGO intelligence system can detect fires automatically within minutes and evaluate their growth in realtime, allowing for rapid, effective fire suppression. The impact of mobilizing emergency services within minutes can make all the difference in being able to protect and save lives, homes, businesses, and the animals who call the bushland home.

Even small fires are automatically detected within 3-5 minutes with a near-zero rate of false positives.

The camera installed last Thursday at the Peregian Digital Hub is an initial test camera and its images will be transferred directly to FUEGO-Intelligence, a powerful artificial in-

Gabrielle and Christopher Tylor with the camera at Peregian Digital Hub that will detect fires across the area.

Christopher Tylor with his fire camera telligence hosted in the cloud.

“This camera, even though it is a temporary test installation, will monitor the area around the clock,” Chris Tylor said.

“We have other cameras ready to roll out and the satellite is in place to deliver this service right here - right now.“ Fireball’s FUEGO system has been implemented in California and has proven to be more reliable, faster, and accurate than the

existing alternatives.

Currently, their Artificial Intelligence Engine is processing nearly one billion images per year from about 1000 ground-based cameras detecting fires as early as a minute after they start. Fireball is also analysing around 500,000 satellite images per year (one every 60 seconds).

Fireball’s FUEGO intelligence system currently monitors around 123 million acres 24/7

from Mexico to Canada covering California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon and Washington issuing alerts shortly after ignition. So far in this 2020 California fire season, Fireball has detected and confirmed at least 850 fires.

Since opening at Peregian Beach in February the company has expanded rapidly with 16 employees and subsidiaries in Reno, Nevada, USA and Vancouver, Canada with European and South American offices to open soon.

Get ready for a severe weather season Queenslanders Queenslanders are warned to get ready for a wild weather season.

Minister for Fire and Emergency Services, Mark Ryan, says a severe weather season is on the cards.

“With La Nina conditions active for the 2020/21 severe weather season, Queensland could face heavier than usual rainfall.

“We can’t control the weather or when the next disaster will hit Queensland, but we can all be aware and prepared.

“It’s about all of us giving ourselves the best chance of achieving the best possible outcome despite what weather extremes may come our way.

“Many Queenslanders have experienced destructive cyclones and devastating floods and they know just how significant the impacts can be.

“It’s important that everyone takes a little time to ready their families for the challenges that may come our way.”

Minister Ryan said getting ready for the

summer season involved three key points:

· Have an emergency and evacuation plan · Pack your emergency kit sure you’re covered - check your in· Make surance “It doesn’t take that much time to get ready.

“For example it only takes about 10 minutes to prepare your household emergency plan on the Get Ready Queensland Website: www.getready.qld.gov.au.

“Summer is a great time in Queensland, but as we have seen so many times over the years, it can also pose some challenges.

“So let’s enjoy the summer with the peace of mind of knowing that we are all prepared for whatever the weather may bring.”

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) Commissioner Greg Leach said QFES was prepared for a busy severe weather season.

“QFES is well-resourced to meet the challenges of storms and cyclones, thanks to our dedicated volunteers and our specialist swift-

water rescue firefighters,” Mr Leach said.

“QFES personnel train throughout the year to hone their skills so they can respond quickly and safely in an emergency.”

Mr Leach said recent severe weather in the south-east corner of the state demonstrated the destructive impact a storm could have on a community.

“The State Emergency Service (SES) received more than 3,400 requests for assistance after large hail wreaked havoc in late October,” he said.

“The SES and Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) firefighters worked hard to tarp damaged roofs, with support from our interstate SES colleagues in New South Wales and South Australia, while our Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers also provided assistance to affected residents, including welfare checks.”

Mr Leach said it was important residents took steps now to protect themselves and their loved ones.

“Removing debris from the around the home, cleaning gutters and downpipes, trim-

ming overhead branches and securing loose items in the yard can make a big difference when wild weather hits,” he said.

“All households should have emergency and evacuation plans, a well-supplied emergency kit with important items and ensure their insurance is up to date.

Mr Leach said tourists should also be mindful of their surroundings in case the weather changed quickly.

“Those visiting Queensland this summer may have never experienced a severe weather event,” he said.

“It is important tourists tune into local media for weather updates, stay indoors during bad weather, never enter floodwater, and record the details of the locations they are visiting in case they need to seek help in an emergency.

“While our highly-trained personnel are ready to help when called upon, everyone needs to do their bit this storm and cyclone season to reduce the impact of severe weather.”

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New aerospace facility The State Government will partner with a Sunshine Coast aerospace company to deliver a large-scale, state-of-the-art aircraft manufacturing and modification facility at Caloundra.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said HeliMods would accelerate the $10.3 million expansion of its current facility by almost five years thanks to support from the Palaszczuk Government’s Jobs and Regional Growth Fund.

“Aircraft manufacturing and maintenance has great potential to grow our economy and create thousands of local jobs in years to come,” the Premier said.

“By partnering with HeliMods, we can ensure that we create more of these jobs in Caloundra.

“Because we’ve been able to minimise the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Queensland, we can now focus on rebuilding our economy.

“That means more jobs and more projects like this that will pump millions of dollars into the Sunshine Coast.”

Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development Steven Miles said the partnership would create more than 65 Sunshine Coast jobs.

“We have a plan to rebuild the economy and create more opportunities for locals,” Mr Miles said.

“Advanced Manufacturing is a growth industry. We’re tapping into this rapidly growing, global industry to stimulate our economy here in Caloundra.

Member for Caloundra Jason Hunt said HeliMods was an impressive local business that’s developed world class capabilities in design, engineering, advanced manufacturing, certification and systems integration to customise helicopters.

“Since its founding in 2002, HeliMods has achieved significant growth both domestically and internationally, and has established a strong reputation as world-leading in its field.

“The company now employs a young, dynamic and highly skilled workforce of over 30 people, with more than half of those in specialist technical roles.

“We’re partnering with them to create even more jobs in the future.”

HeliMods has developed a niche in transforming standard factory aircraft into machines capable of performing complex special missions such as tactical operations, aerial po-

licing, emergency medical services, and search and rescue operations.

They service a diverse and growing client base including the Australian Defence Force, Queensland Government’s Public Safety Business Agency, Starflight Australia for Victoria Police Air Wing and LifeFlight Australia.

Its reputation and expertise also extends well into the northern hemisphere with clients as far afield as Canada.

In addition to further building a deep pipeline of work for civil clients, the facility and capability expansion will better position HeliMods to catch the wave of once-in-ageneration defence contracts and to establish themselves as a significant player across the aerospace and defence industries.

The facility expansion will include hangars capable of accommodating large civil and defence aircraft, such as Boeing CH-47 Chinooks, in a segregated and secure environment.

Alongside facility expansion, HeliMods will also invest in capability enhancements across advanced engineering and manufacturing, and cyber-physical security systems.

HeliMods founder Will Shrapnel said the Queensland Government’s support was essen-

tial in accelerating the company’s growth and will allow it to compete for larger defence and civil contracts.

“This expansion marks a new and exciting milestone for our business. We have worked hard over the years to build capability that is unique and sovereign and have established a proven track record in industry across both Australia and global export markets,” Mr Shrapnel said.

“This investment will now allow us to further scale our capability and become a major player in the aerospace and defence industries, from right here on the Sunshine Coast.

“It represents an opportunity for us to become a next-generation provider to defence, one that can deliver the highest levels of quality and rigour, without compromising on speed or agility.

“Through this growth, we will also create greater opportunities for our region and seek to pave the way for new, technology-enabled careers for the next generation of talent.

“Our team is incredibly energised by this growth and look forward to the exciting journey ahead.”

Tewantin-based suicide support group changes hands provided in the region.

Sandra Moran contacted StandBy for support after losing her son to suicide in 2014 and has since gone on to support others bereaved and impacted by suicide as a StandBy lived experience representative.

“The police referred my family to the StandBy Support After Suicide service, this began a chain reaction of connections to local and relevant supports,” the Biloela resident said.

“Suicide grief is such a traumatic grief, we the survivors need to know that everything we are feeling about our loss, are valid and totally normal, I consider it a privilege when a survivor of suicide shares their own experience with me.

“We, as survivors, need understanding in the aftermath of suicide loss. We simply need patience, kindness and zero judgement.

“In my role as a lived experience representative, I try to provide a voice for those who are not yet ready to speak, or who may never be able to speak up. I try to show survivors that there is still hope after complete devastation.“ Tewantin’s StandBy coordinator Janet Adena will continue in her role and ensure continuity of support for individual and community needs.

If you, or someone you know, is experiencing a personal crisis or distress, please seek help immediately by calling 000 or call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467.

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A Tewantin-based after suicide support group has its future ensured after long-term partner UnitingCare Queensland this week took over the reins.

StandBy Support After Suicide general manager Karen Phillips said the organisation began on the Sunshine Coast almost 20 years ago and has since expanded its services across Australia.

“StandBy has been proudly supporting families, loved ones, witnesses, first responders and communities impacted by suicide for almost two decades,“ Ms Phillips said.

“We understand that the grief that follows suicide is complex, and that from one suicide up to 135 people may be impacted.

“Those that are bereaved or impacted by suicide are at a greater risk of suicide themselves, and our focus is to provide a range of supports to anyone that may be impacted, including emotional and practical supports to young people, children, schools and workplaces.

“We’ve had a long-term relationship with UnitingCare Queensland since the StandBy Trial Replication Project in Brisbane in 2006 and in the North Queensland region since 2009.”

UnitingCare Queensland previously partnered with StandBy in Brisbane and North Queensland and has now expanded the partnership to include Sunshine Coast, Central Queensland and Wide Bay. Uniting Care Queensland’s Family and Disability Services group executive Brent McCracken said StandBy was a welcome addition given the extensive services UnitingCare

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Helping people find love

By Margaret Maccoll In an age where finding love online has become the norm, more people are turning for help to find a partner not from a computer but to a professional.

Shannon Ichikawa insists she’s not a modern-day matchmaker but a life coach who doesn’t find partners for her clients but helps them with their mindset and their strategies in locating one.

In a different approach this month Shannon has for the first time organised a singles event called Cacao Connections to bring likeminded people together.

When Shannon decided to take on study to become a life coach she had to focus her studies on what aspect of life she wanted to help people to achieve.

Having been asked by friends for help finding love with success she decided she could help other people and established her business Welcome Lasting Love.

Having spoken to many people in Australia and overseas Shannon has helped many clients find love and along the way helped them with other issues.

Shannon said in one case after speaking to a client the woman realised taking up dance that she had been contemplating would put her in a better frame of mind to find love.

“I’ll be more vibrant in myself and will find love,“ the client told her. The next time Shannon saw her the client had found a partner.In another case a client reconnected with a former partner but soon after experienced problems. After discussions with Shannon the client realised her grumpy moods had nothing to do with her partner and the relationship blossomed.

“It’s amazing what people can do,“ she said. “There are all kinds of success.“ Shannon said as a small business opera-

Shannon Ichikawa is helping singles find a partner. tor she had found some parts of her business such as marketing a challenge and sought help from Noosa Business Mentoring.

Through listening to her aims and ideas for success her mentor has helped her develop business plans.

In her new venture Shannon aims to bring together 70 people in a single mingle event called Cacao Connections.

“The event is for sunny coast singles to connect over cacao and conversation,“ she said.

“Why over cacao? Because it will be held at the wonderful local gut health bar, Jungle

Readers to have their say on the future of media

vember at Jungle and Co, Noosa Junction.

This single mingle has an age range which is a guide only, of 30ish to 50ish. The next one in 2021 will be aged 45ish and above.

To help people relax a few mingling activities, a food demonstration, music and door prizes are included in the evening.

Bookings are essential.

Email Shannon at Shannon@welcomelastinglove.com or visit welcomelastinglove.com Shannon is also on FB at Shannon Ichikawa - Welcome Lasting Love and Instagram @ welcomelastinglove

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Newspaper readers across the Noosa region are urged to have their say on the future of country media in Australia’s biggest survey on local news.

The survey, launched nationally this week, is part of the largest study of its kind in Australia, running for three years with almost $250,000 backing from the Australian Research Council, one of the Federal Government’s main competitive research funding agencies.

Deakin University, RMIT University and Country Press Australia - the peak regional media organisation, of which this newspaper is a member - are leading the study.

The project’s lead investigator, Deakin Associate Professor Kristy Hess, said the future of local newspapers depended on support from local audiences.

“If you read your local newspaper, then it’s absolutely vital you fill in this survey to show your support for local news. We are depending on you,” she said.

“We want to hear your ideas and feedback on the role of country newspapers in these digital times. We want to know what the paper means to you and how it might improve into the future.”

Project partner and Country Press Australia executive director Bruce Morgan said the project was as much about regional communities as it was about local media businesses.

“Local media outside metropolitan Australia is very much the journal of record for the towns and regions it represents,” he said.

“It is not exaggerating to say that, should we lose local media representation, it will impact not just on the fabric of those communities, but the very principles of democracy. That is, the ability to record, champion, challenge and hold accountable.

“That is why this highly-credible, wellfunded research is vital to those communities and their future.“ The survey should take up to 10 minutes and will ask a range of questions that relate to readers’ views on local newspapers.

All participants have a chance to win one of

and Co in Noosa Junction, and one of the superfoods they will showcase that evening is the delicious cacao. Also, chocolate is the language of love.“ The intention for the event is to have a relaxed evening where local single people who are like minded can meet each other, widen their circle of friends and you never know, some romance may even be sparked, she said.

“People interested in health, conscious living, keeping fit or spirituality may be the kinds of people who are drawn to coming to this event,“ she said.

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Brian and Carene Taylor display a photo of them riding the Trail, 1988.

Man of the trail and bush Phil Jarratt reunites with a true blue bushman The little I know of the craft and lore of the Australian bush, I learnt from a Kiwi, of all people.

More than 30 years ago I wrote: “On a clear and lovely morning I rode east from Hodgson Vale with Bicentennial National Trail co-ordinator Brian Taylor and his wife Carene. We rode past the polo club recently built on R.M. Williams’ property, then high into the hills on a bridle path and along a plateau. From here we could track the progress of the National Trail across the fertile Darling Downs to the border ranges and on into New South Wales.

“From our vantage point we could see a long, long way, but only a minute fraction of what was to come as the Trail made its way down the Divide through two more states. Already we had spent the better part of four months exploring the trail through Queensland, and at times we were road-weary.

But it wasn’t our homes in the city we yearned for - it was the time to do the country justice.”

I still feel that way when I go bush, like I need more time to follow that creek bed around its bend, talk more to that character in the pub, to lie on a swag at night and watch the constellations, to listen for birdsong at dawn.

Along with travelling saddle bag lite, making a chunk of salted beef last a week, getting a horse down a boggy zigzag and a hundred uses for a forky stick, Brian Taylor taught me what to look and listen for in the bush, and how to appreciate its flora, fauna and people.

During the latter half of 1987, and into the Bicentennial year of 1988, with photographer Jan Subiaco, we explored the more remote parts of the 5,300-kilometre National Trail from Cooktown to Healesville near Melbourne on foot, by 4WD and, wherever possible, on horseback. Along the way Brian introduced us to an incredible cast of characters, from bush poet Bob Harlow - who would crouch by the campfire and watch the horses all night, while rolling endless Tally Hos and reciting in his mellifluous voice, “I was born upon the Daintree, I’m a product of the land ... ” - to the legendary R.M. Williams, Brian’s mentor, whose 26 NOOSA TODAY Friday, 20 November, 2020

Sunset drink for the horses. Brian (left) and the author, Guy Fawkes River, 1988. idea this incredible trail was.

Brian Taylor’s friends became my friends through a bond of trust you only find in the bush. When I wrote a book about our long trail ride, old Reg Williams contributed a heartfelt and generous foreword. When Bob Harlow’s wonderful Aboriginal wife Viv died prematurely - “Dunno what’s gonna get me first,” she’d say, “too much salt or too much of Bob’s BS” - I flew up to Mossman at the family’s request to

deliver a eulogy.

And yet, somehow the years flew by, and even though in retirement the Taylors had moved a decade ago to the furthest reaches of Noosa Shire to be closer to family, we hadn’t seen each other for 30 years until last weekend, when I drove up a steep hill to a comfortable home surrounded by forest, and watched Brian, the bloke who once rode tall in the saddle as TV’s “Carlton Drover” (Australia’s equivalent

Picture: JAN SUBIACO to the Marlboro Man), hobble out on his bionic ankles to greet me.

Now in their eighties, the Taylors are selling up and moving into town after a lifetime on the land, but it’s a wrench. While Carene showed my wife over their beautiful gardens, Brian pointed out a wild peacock and showed me the breaks in the thicket where the ‘roos come in at dusk. “Never seen a dingo here, but I hear a few,” he said.

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Brian the bushie, Kin Kin, 2020.

The stables on the property are empty now.

Brian’s artificial ankles and replacement hips - the result of tough first grade rugby in New Zealand, a bad car accident and decades getting in and out of the saddle - haven’t allowed him to ride for years, but Carene, an equestrian rider and horse-breaker of note, only hung up her riding boots this year. Still, being so close to the elements of a lifelong passion for the bush is something they know they can’t replace.

Brian first returned to the land of his father’s birth in the 1950s, and worked the big cattle runs of Queensland before returning to New Zealand to gain an agricultural degree.

Later, he and fellow Kiwi Carene married and settled on the Atherton Tableland to raise a family. He taught from time to time, but his heart was in the bush and he was never happier than when droving, shearing, fencing or rough-riding.

And then along came Reg Williams. The legendary stockman who founded a saddlery in South Australia in 1934 and later branched into boots, was a multi-millionaire long before he met Brian while researching his concept of a horse trail to follow the Great Divide from one end of Australia to the other. In the younger man he found a kindred spirit, which happens to be the name of the Taylors’ hinterland property.

Says Brian: “Reg had a lot of money but he never forgot where he came from and he treasured the idea that kids were our future and that they could learn so much from experiencing a trail that took them into the heart of our country, like the Americans had with the Appalachian and Redwood trails. Reg also had this thing about kids from the bush having equal opportunity for education, so he said, you’re going to come to Toowoomba where they can have both, and you’re going to work for me.”

Soon Brian was working in a little office on R.M. Williams’ two pet projects - the Stockman’s Hall of Fame and the National Trail.

While he contributed to both, his work on marking and mapping the trail, securing access from both Europeans and First Nations occupants, and writing the history of the areas it crossed began to occupy all his time. By the mid-‘80s, both he and Reg realized they were going to need help to finish the project, and it came in the form of the now-controversial Bi-

centennial of European settlement.

Although Bicentennial funding would later mean widening the trail concept to include bikes and even 4WD vehicles on some sections, when I met Brian in early 1987 while he was negotiating access through the Widden Valley west of Newcastle, all of that was for the future. I loved his passion for the project and we struck up a friendship that within months had turned into an adventure of a lifetime. For me at least.

Until we left China Camp and headed up Gold Hill for our drop down onto the Daintree River, I didn’t tell him that I’d had my first riding lesson two weeks earlier. After a week of saddle sores and a couple of nasty drops into the mud, he’d probably figured it out.

After the opening of the Bicentennial National Trail in 1988, Brian told Reg he couldn’t stand office work for a moment longer and had to go droving. Says Brian: “I’m out Barcaldine somewhere a month or two later with 8000 wethers, and one morning there’s this cloud of dust and a big LTD Ford pulls up and Reg Williams climbs out. I said, do you want a drink of tea, old fella? He said, ‘I just had to come and see how you’re going.’ We had a wonderful friendship.”

Reg Williams died in 2003 and a few years later the Taylors shifted camp to Noosa Shire to be nearer children and grandchildren. (In fact, we found out last weekend, we have grandsons in the same soccer team.)

Over the past few decades Brian has published five well-received books of short stories and verse celebrating the bush, starting with The Forky Stick in 1988, which he proudly gave me on our last trail ride together. It was a long time coming, but earlier this year he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for a lifetime of services “to rural and remote communities, and as an author”.

As we got up to leave after a memorable lunch, I asked the great storyteller what he’d do when they moved to “town”. He said: “I often think about that, and I reckon I could go to old people’s homes and read stories, share the wonderful life I’ve enjoyed in the bush. I’d like that.”

He leaned in as he adjusted his ankles for the stairs and whispered: “And I’d like to see them rename the National Trail the ‘R.M. Track’. Make sure you mention that.”

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On the Trail in the Daintree, 1987.

Picture: JAN SUBIACO

A feed of catfish out of Cania Dam, Brian and author, 1987.

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Businesses take control Forward thinking Noosa businesses are turning to solar power with great results, and the resounding message is, Solar for Business is a No-Brainer. Many are now looking at how to take their control of energy usage even further, and this is where commercial batteries are leading the charge.

Battery systems make the most of rooftop solar and slash demand charges while providing certainty of supply during power outages.

Battery-supported solar installations ensure that any excess energy can then be stored for use when electricity rates are high or for overnight usage.

Batteries allow a business to shift its energy profile. The savings from this are heightened if a business is subject to demand charges.

This can account for a significant portion of a company’s annual electricity cost. Where a demand charge is in place, this can be up to 45-50 percent of total electricity costs.

The benefits of storing all excess solar output in onsite batteries don’t stop at demand charges. All business will have an overnight electricity usage of some form, so capturing the excess solar produced during the day ensures that this power is available for night time usage, ensuring minimal to no grid consumption, and the best bang for your solar buck.

Battery storage combined with solar helps businesses to maximise their use of self-generated and very cheap electricity. But even without solar panels, the use of a battery storage system can enable a company to use cheaper off-peak grid power for charging. You can then use that stored energy at times when mains

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Case Study: Battery + Solar = No Electricity Bill With solar installed at his home, Andrew Chapman already knew its benefits. For his business, he wanted to go a step further, harnessing all of the solar energy while using a battery for storage to ensure energy security.

Andrew has run his well-known Andrew’s AGrade Mechanical business in Pomona for 18 years, operating five days a week and often late into the night. He says: “The financial savings from solar were an obvious benefit, but energy security was the main reason for us installing the solar and battery system in our business.

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The busiest beach bum Surf coach and world longboard tour competitor Kirra Molnar might look relaxed but she’s the busiest girl on the beach.

The Noosa resident and University of Sunshine Coast graduate had planned to be travelling the world on the World Surf League Pro Longboard Tour this year, but Covid-19 put paid to that, and she finds herself juggling commitments as a high performance surf coach, a fitness trainer at Pro Movement Studios, helping out in the surf shop for her sponsors, Classic Malibu, appearing and hosting on the popular Oz Longboarding podcast, and working on the stewardship committee of the Noosa World Surfing Reserve.

“Yeah, it’s busy,” says the 27-year-old, “but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Almost everything I do is centred on surfing, so how good is that!”

Like a lot of talented surfers who grow up in Noosa, Kirra was conflicted about whether to follow the longboard or shortboard path.

Her dad, former Noosa hotelier Steve Molnar, got her out on a foamie from the age of six, and she soon graduated into shortboards. The deal was nearly sealed when the family moved to Fiji when she was 13 while Steve worked at the Sheraton Denerau. With easy access to some of the world’s best reef waves surrounding Namotu and Tavarua Islands, her surfing ability progressed quickly, surfing the legendary Cloudbreak at more than twice her height before she’d turned 14.

But on their return to Noosa, Kirra found she didn’t really enjoy competing on a shortboard, while she loved the family feeling of the longboard community. She says: “It started out with just dragging the longboard out to compete with all my schoolmates in the Noosa Festival of Surfing, and kind of developed from there. But it’s only been in the past four years or so that longboarding took over.”

After graduating from St Andrews, Kirra took a double degree in sports and exercise science and business management at USC, spending part of her last semester doing work experience with Tropicsurf surf travel company, where she got to know surf legend Dean Brady and former Brisbane Lion Jarryd Bates,

Picture: ROB MACCOLL who were just setting up the Pro Movement training studio. On graduation she began splitting her time between fitness coaching at pro Movement and surf coaching for Merrick Davis at Noosa Learn To Surf.

“I guess I was always on track from there to set up my own coaching business,” she says, “but then I had a chance to become a pro surfer and I grabbed it.”

After getting a sponsorship from Classic Malibu and some real performance longboards under her feet, and encouraged by longboarding mum Kim, she competed on the WSL qualifying series in 2018, winning the women’s logger event at the Whalebone Classic at Cottesloe, WA, and qualified for the expanded four-stop 2019 tour.

Kirra is the first to admit it was never going to be easy. “I did Noosa, followed by Spain and

Kirra in the barrel. then New York. I missed out by one spot on the finals in Taiwan but I got super lucky and got a wildcard. In Noosa I came equal 17th, then in Spain I won my round one heat and then got put in a heat with world champions Kelia Moniz and Honolua Blomfield and got knocked out. In New York I got knocked out in the first round and in Taiwan in the second. I finished my first year on tour in 25th , so I suppose you could say it was character-building.

But I gave to my best shot, and I loved it.”

She also dismisses the idea that the women’s tour is somewhat bitchy. “You might see a bit of that in Noosa, when you have six girls in a heat trying to surf the point, but on the tour it’s never more than three in a heat, we’re all hanging out together and it’s like family.”

Kirra surfed the season-opener for this year in Noosa in February, and was all set to go around again when Covid hit. Would she

Picture: IAN BORLAND consider 2021? “Oh, I’d love to give it another crack, but I’d also like to do a master’s degree in high performance sport. And I’m really enjoying my coaching.”

Kirra set up her own coaching business this year with a permit to operate between Sunshine Beach and Peregian, where she conducts school classes for St Andrews and elite small squad coaching for some of the region’s hottest young surfing prospects, like young Lucy Bowen. “Lucy is possibly the best prospect I have,” she says. “But like me, she just has to decide between longboards and shortboards.”

Kirra’s working day begins and ends at the beach, but she still relishes the chance to take a holiday and ... surf! “I love to go somewhere like Mexico with my partner and just chase surf. That’s my happy place. Whatever happens, I’ll be a beach bum for the rest of my life.”

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TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK

THE BLOCK NINE, 7pm

FRIDAY

MUM ABC, 10pm

While there are some of the usual tropes (dumb blonde, angry curmudgeons, hapless son), Mum offers a beautiful mix of heart and humour as it follows the middle-aged and recently widowed Cathy (Lesley Manville) as she makes the tentative steps towards a deep connection with Michael (Peter Mullan), who has remained long-silent of his love for her for the best part of 40 years. Tonight, Cathy and Michael’s Easter Sunday plans are thwarted

MONDAY

THE GREAT HOUSE REVIVAL SBS, 7.30pm

The beautiful gift of renovation shows is in their ability to sweep up us in the drama of pondering which bathroom tiles speak most to us, which shade of eggshell white is more welcoming and, the eternal question: to water feature, or not to water feature? The seemingly trivial becomes essential and in so doing, pulls us away from the constant drama of the world at present.

In tonight’s finale, host Hugh Wallace follows a restoration of epic proportions as couple Carolyn and Michael and brother Henry attempt to bring life back into an 1850s Regency-style mansion in Ireland.

The property, last used as a hotel, has deteriorated with disuse, but the trio are determined to make it a home. be topped.

SATURDAY

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING SEVEN, 7.30pm

!Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy gave movie fans one of the most thoroughly engrossing spectacles ever to have graced a cinema.

Picking up from The Two Towers, The Return of the King sees the original Fellowship still fractured, with Frodo (Elijah Wood), Sam (Sean Astin) and duplicitous Gollum (Andy Serkis) making their way to Mount Doom. Meanwhile, Gandalf (Ian McKellen) tries to thwart Gondor’s senile wannabe king (John Noble), while king-proper Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen, pictured with McKellen) tries to raise an evil-smiting army.

A magnificent conclusion to a cinematic saga that will probably never be topped.

We’ve sat by and watched – and judged – these hardworking pairs for months as they smashed, sanded and decorated their way through their renovation dreams.

It all comes to a crunch tonight as the completed homes in Melbourne’s bayside suburb of Brighton go under the hammer.

While we are taken on a trip back through the contestants’ journeys this season, nerves are high as the winner is revealed by hosts Scott Cam (avoand Shelley Craft. Can fan favourites Jimmy and Tam take the prize?

Their 1950s renovation has won most of the competition, but will its boldness be too much for the bayside buyers?

Don’t miss it.

The Block host Scott Cam

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SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 10.30 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG, R) 11.00 The Recording Studio. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 1.55 Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip. (R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Father Brown. (PG, R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 Al Jazeera English News. 7.00 BBC News. 7.30 Italian News.

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 The Point. (R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Wheels Of Wonder. (PG) 4.50 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: The Lover In The Attic: A True Story. (2018, Mnsv, R) Molly Burnett.

2.00 Dr Death. (Mad, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Desperate Housewives. (Mas, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 Nine News Local. The latest news, sport and weather.

6.00 Headline News. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mad) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight.

2.30 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Jane profiles natives for the cottage garden.

8.30 Vera. (Mv, R) After a surgeon is shot dead and his daughters abducted, DCI Stanhope and her team pursue the killer.

10.00 Mum. (Ml) Cathy and Michael have plans.

10.35 ABC Late News. Detailed coverage of the day’s events.

10.45 Gruen. (R) Presented

by Wil Anderson.

11.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Continuous music programming.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Scanning The Nile: Lost Cities Of The Delta. (Premiere, PG) 8.30 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PG) Takes a look at the story of Fry’s.

9.20 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M, R) Hosted by Jimmy Carr.

10.10 SBS World News Late.

10.40 Country Music. (PG, R) 11.40 M: The City Hunts A Murderer. (MA15+l, R) 2.25 Miniseries: Safe Harbour. (Mal, R) 4.30 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (PGal, R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Joh and Charlie check out Oye Mi Canto House.

8.30 MOVIE: A Star Is Born.

(2018, Madls, R) A musician helps a young singer find fame even as his own career spirals downward. Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott.

11.30 SAS Australia: Uncensored. (Mal, R) 12.30 How To Get Away With Murder. (Ma, R) 1.30 The Zoo. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Escape To The Chateau.

(PG, R) Part 1 of 3.

8.30 MOVIE: Jason Bourne.

(2016, Mav, R) An assassin is forced out of hiding when one of his old allies uncovers information about his past. Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander.

10.55 MOVIE: Fargo. (1996, MA15+lv, R) A man plots to have his wife kidnapped. Frances McDormand.

12.45 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop.

4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.00 WIN News.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Living Room. (PG) The team renovates a backyard.

8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Panellists include Amanda Keller, Tony Martin, Urzila Carlson, Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem.

(M, R) Hosted by Dave Hughes.

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Stargate SG-1. 1.40 Beat The Internet. 2.05 BBC My World. 2.30 Ultimate Airport Dubai. 3.25 The Gadget Show. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Hipsters. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders.

9.20 Ina Loves Porno. 10.10 Vagrant Queen.

11.00 The Feed. 11.30 Natural Wines With Clovis.

12.20am MOVIE: Break Loose. (2013, MA15+) 1.55 Vikings. 2.45 NHK World English News. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News.

5.30 Indonesian News.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 Disappeared. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute.

2.30 River Monsters. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation.

4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Coastwatch Oz. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Dog Patrol. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 11.30 Property Ladder UK. 12.45am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Escape To The Country.

9GEM (52) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon ER. 1.00 Poirot. 3.00 MOVIE: Silver Bears. (1978, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Earth From Space. 8.50 MOVIE: Star Trek: The Motion Picture. (1979) 11.30 Police Ten 7. Midnight Westside. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (81) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 14. Valencian Grand Prix. Replay. 9.30 iFish. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager.

6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Evil. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 NCIS. 4.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 5.00 Jake And The Fatman.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Ragnarok.

Continued. (2013, PG, Norwegian) 7.25 The Nutty Professor. (1963, PG) 9.25 Zarafa. (2012, PG, French) 10.55 The Wind Rises. (2013, PG) 1.15pm Vai. (2019, PG) 2.55 The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp. (1943, PG) 5.55 Little Men. (2016, PG) 7.30 White Men Can’t Jump. (1992, M) 9.40 13 Minutes.

(2015, MA15+, German) 11.45 Families. (2015, M, French) 1.50am T-34. (2018, M, Russian) 3.55 The White Knights. (2015, M, French)

7MATE (73) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 7.30 Creek To Coast.

8.00 Storage Wars: Texas. 8.30 Pawn Stars. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.00 Dipper’s Backyard BBQ Wars. 3.00 Pawn Stars. 3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 World’s Craziest Fools. 5.30 MOVIE: Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes. (1972, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: X-Men: Days Of Future Past.

(2014, M) 10.10 MOVIE: Alien. (1979, M) 12.40am Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

10.30 Malcolm. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Quantum Leap.

3.00 Children’s Programs. 4.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 4.30 Gumball. 5.00 MOVIE: Adventures In Zambezia. (2012) 6.40 MOVIE: Turbo. (2013) 8.30 MOVIE: Transformers. (2007, M) 11.20 Heroes.

12.15am Urbex: Enter At Your Own Risk. 1.10 After The Raves. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy.

5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

PEACH (82) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 The King Of Queens.

8.30 Becker. 9.30 Everybody Loves Raymond.

10.30 Cheers. 11.30 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 Becker.

4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier.

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.30 Supernatural. (Final) 11.30 The Middle. Midnight Frasier. 12.30 Home Shopping. 1.30 Charmed.

2.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.30 Home Shopping.

Programs. 6.45pm Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.30 Gruen XL. 9.15 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.45 The IT Crowd. 10.10 The Catherine Tate Show. 10.40 Inside No. 9. 11.15 Schitt’s Creek. 11.35 Red Dwarf.

12.10am Threesome. 12.30 Wasted. 12.55 Finding Joy. 1.25 The IT Crowd. 1.50 Small Tales And True.

(Final) 2.20 News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Guess How Much I Love You. 5.15 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. 5.25 Patchwork Pals. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.45 Late Programs.

N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 8.45 Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.35 Bushwhacked!

10.00 The Point. 11.00 Heart Coming Home. Noon MOVIE: Cry Freedom. (1987, M) 2.35 Bamay. 3.00 Cities Of Gold. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Raven’s Quest. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style.

5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari.

6.25 To The Point. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style.

7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 Mustangs FC. 8.00 MOVIE: The Red Turtle. (2016, PG) 9.25 First Nations Bedtime Stories. 9.35 Milpirri: Winds Of Change. 10.35 Footprints On Our Land. 11.30 Late Programs.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

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Saturday, November 21 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Pine Gap. (Ml, R) 1.30 The Sound. (R) 2.30 Dream Gardens. (R) 3.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 3.30 Landline. (R) 4.00 Basketball. WNBL. Round 2.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Cup of China. 4.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 4.10 Gourmet Farmer. (R) 4.40 Coast New Zealand. (PG, R) 5.35 Nazi Megastructures. (PG)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 1.00 Horse Racing. The Gong Race Day. 3.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. (PG, R) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Creek To Coast.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Award Winning Tasmania. (PG) 12.30 Rebound. 1.00 The Healthy Cooks. 1.30 World’s Greatest Animal Encounters. (R) 2.30 The Block. (PGl, R) 4.00 The Perfect Serve. (PGl) 4.30 The Garden Gurus.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. (R) 8.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 9.00 GCBC. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 1.00 My Market Kitchen.

(R) 1.30 Buy To Build. 2.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Taste Of Australia. (R) 3.30 Roads Less Travelled.

4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.30 10 Travlr Northern Territory. 5.00 News.

6.00 Searching For Superhuman: Building The Brain. (PG, R) Takes a look at the human brain.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Victoria. (PG) A ball at the Palace could not come at a worse time when sketches of the Royal family are made public.

8.20 Shetland. (Ma, R) Perez must re-assess the investigation in the aftermath of Jo’s attack. Adding to Perez’s stress, Cole and Jackson from MIT arrive on Shetland and set their sights on Malone.

Tosh begins to have doubts about Lars.

9.20 Endeavour. (Madv, R) When a self-proclaimed moral crusader receives a death threat, Endeavour must protect her.

10.50 Poldark. (Mav, R) Ross fights for Ned’s life.

11.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Secrets Of Our Cities: Footscray. (PGas, R) Part 2 of 3.

8.30 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys: Railways And Imperialism. (PG) Michael Portillo exploration of railways continues with a focus on their role in European imperialism.

9.30 MOVIE: JFK. (1991, Ml, R, , France) A district attorney independently investigates the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek.

12.50 Dynamo Beyond Belief. (Ml, R) 3.30 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (Mal, R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Patrol. (PG) Follows the men and women who protect New Zealand’s borders from drugs, weapons, pests and diseases.

7.30 MOVIE: The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King.

(2003, Mv, R) As the quest nears its end, the free races of Middle Earth struggle to unite to battle the armies of Sauron.

Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin.

11.35 SAS Australia: Uncensored.

(Mal, R) Recruits race up a mountain with a 60kg sled.

12.35 How To Get Away With Murder. (M, R) Annalise reconnects with a past client.

1.35 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: The Da Vinci Code.

(2006, Mav, R) An academic uncovers a conspiracy while helping investigate a murder inside the Louvre. Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen.

10.30 MOVIE: Firewall. (2006, Mlv, R) The family of a security expert is kidnapped by a ruthless criminal mastermind.

Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany.

12.30 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Ms, R) A countdown of the top 10 best laughs.

1.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

(R) Skippy is kidnapped.

2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. Home shopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (PG)

6.00 Rugby Union. Tri Nations.

Round 4. Australia v Argentina. From McDonald Jones Stadium, NSW. 9.00 MOVIE: The Merger. (2018, Ml) A former AFL player living in his country hometown after an abrupt end to his sporting career decides to coach the hapless local footy team, upsetting some residents when he recruits refugees to play. Damian Callinan, Kate Mulvany, John Howard.

11.00 Blue Bloods. (Mv, R) After a video surfaces of officers partaking in a clear case of entrapment, Frank focuses on finding the cop who leaked the video. Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a writer who worked in the hip-hop scene.

12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Fiona O’Loughlin’s Greatest Hits. 9.55 QI. 10.55 Mock The Week. 11.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 12.10am Would I Lie To You? 12.40 Friday Night Dinner. 1.05 I’m Alan Partridge. 1.35 Absolutely Fabulous. 2.05 Live At The Apollo. 2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch.

Noon MOVIE: Manhattan. (1979, M) 1.40 New Girl. 2.55 Insight. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.20 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 6.30 Only Connect. 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.10 Miniseries: Hungry Ghosts. 1.15am Vikings. 2.05 The Movie Show. 2.35 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (72)

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Travel Oz. 9.30 NBC Today. 11.30 Vasili’s Garden.

Noon The Bowls Show. 1.00 River Monsters.

2.00 A Moveable Feast. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Sydney Weekender. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Weekender. 4.30 Building The Dream. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover.

12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (52)

6am Newstyle Direct.

6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.15 My Favorite Martian. 10.45 MOVIE: One Million Years B.C. (1966, PG) 12.50pm MOVIE: Angels One Five.

(1952) 2.50 MOVIE: The Secret Of Santa Vittoria.

(1969, PG) 5.40 MOVIE: Return To Paradise. (1953, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Stepmom. (1998, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Shall We Dance? (2004, M) 12.05am Dangerman. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (81)

6am Home Shopping. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 MacGyver. 11.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon Star Trek: Voyager. 1.00 Truck Hunters. 2.00 Car Crash Global: Caught On Camera.

3.00 Driven Not Hidden. 3.30 Fishing Edge. 4.00

By Design Heroes. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 SEAL Team. 12.15am Law & Order: S.V.U. 1.10 48 Hours. 2.05 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Musomagic Outback Tracks.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Zarafa.

(2012, PG, French) 7.25 Vai. (2019, PG) 9.10 The Secret Of Moonacre. (2008, PG) 11.05 A Monster In Paris. (2011, French) 12.45pm April And The Extraordinary World. (2015, PG, French) 2.45 Little Men. (2016, PG) 4.20 The War Of The Buttons.

(2011, PG, French) 6.25 Bend It Like Beckham.

(2002, PG) 8.30 The Company You Keep. (2012, M) 10.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 MXTV. 10.30 Roll With It. 11.30 Life Off Road. Noon Mudslingers. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Step Outside. 2.00 Limitless.

(Premiere) 2.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers. 6.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades. 9.00 MOVIE: Dracula Untold. (2014, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

2pm Surfing Australia TV. 2.30 Xtreme Collxtion.

3.30 Liquid Science. 4.00 BattleBots. 5.00 MOVIE: Happy Feet 2. (2011, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Shrek 2. (2004, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Quantum Of Solace. (2008, M) 11.10 Heroes. 12.05am The Horn.

1.00 Bromans. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers.

3.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (82) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.30 Becker. 9.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.30 Cheers. 11.30 Charmed. 1.30pm Carol’s Second Act. 2.00 Rules Of Engagement.

2.30 Seinfeld. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Spyforce. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory.

10.30 The Middle. Midnight The Flash. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.20 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 6.50 Move It Mob Style. 7.15 My Animal Friends. 7.30 Molly Of Denali.

7.55 Tales Of Tatonka. 8.10 Waabiny Time. 8.35 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 9.00 Rugby League. Tribal League. 6pm Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 7.00 NITV News Update. 7.05 Ella. 8.35 Dance Rites 2020. 10.05 MOVIE: CB4. (1993, MA15+) 11.40 Bamay. Midnight Volumz.

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Sunday, November 22 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline Summer. 1.00 Don’t Stop The Music. (R) 2.00 Basketball. WNBL. Round 2. Bendigo Spirit v Townsville Fire.

From Townsville Stadium, Queensland. 4.00 Victoria. (PG, R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition.

6.30 Al Jazeera News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 France 24 English News Second Edition. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 How To Get Fit Fast. (PGs, R) 4.45 Coast New Zealand.

(PG, R) 5.35 Nazi Megastructures. (PG, R)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Border Security: America’s Front Line. (PG, R) 12.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League.

Game 55. Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Weekender.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Cybershack. (PG) 10.30 Ultimate Rush. (PGl, R) 11.30 Targa Great Barrier Reef 2020. 12.30 Explore. 12.50 MOVIE: Sliding Doors. (1998, PGsl, R) Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch. 2.50 The Sporting Bubble. (PG, R) 4.00 Wild Metropolis. (PGa) 5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 My Way. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Fishing Aust.

(R) 8.00 Pooches At Play. (R) 8.30 The Living Room. (PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 GCBC. (R) 12.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 1.00 Taste Of Australia. (R) 1.30 Left Off The Map. (R) 2.00 10 Travlr Northern Territory. (R) 2.30

By Design Heroes. 3.00 Jamie & The Nonnas.

(R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.30 Fishing Aust. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Sound. Music show.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Restoration Australia. (PG) Hosted by Stuart Harrison.

8.40 Miniseries: Roadkill. (Final, Mls) Part 4 of 4. As Dawn’s premiership falters, Peter makes a move for the top spot.

9.40 Total Control. (Mlv, R) Alex proves her worth to the government by brokering a deal with native title holders.

10.30 Killing Eve. (MA15+v, R) Carolyn introduces Eve to her new team.

11.15 Australian Made. (Mls, R) 12.35 Endeavour. (Madv, R) 2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Louis Theroux: Talking To Anorexia. (PG, R) 4.00 Louis Theroux’s Weird Christmas.

(MA15+s, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Lost Treasures Of The Maya.

(PG) Takes a look at the Maya.

8.30 Pompeii: After The Eruption.

(PG) Dan Snow and Raksha Dave explore the aftermath of the eruption of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. 9.45 Filthy Rich And Homeless.

(Madl, R) Part 3 of 3.

10.45 First Contact Canada: A Road To Healing. (PGa, R) 11.35 The Case Against Adnan Syed: Justice Is Arbitrary. (PGal, R) 1.55 Forbidden Lie$. (Malv, R) 3.50 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (Mls, R) 4.20 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.50 Food Safari Fire: Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Beat The Chasers.

Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

8.30 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Anita Cobby Murder. (MA15+av) Takes a look at the 1986 kidnapping and murder of 26-year-old nurse Anita Cobby.

9.50 Killer Tapes: The Game Show Serial Killer. (Mlv, R) Presented by Susanna Reid.

10.55 Autopsy USA: Andy Warhol. (M) 12.00 Medical Emergency. (PG, R) 1.00 A Moveable Feast. (PG, R) 1.30 The Real Seachange. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 The Block. (Final, PGl) Hosted

by Scott Cam and Shelley Craft.

8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.30 Nine News Late. Takes a look at the latest news and events from Australia and around the world.

10.30 See No Evil: Can I Help You? (MA15+v) A look at the 2013 murder of Imran Ashgar.

11.30 Killer On The Line: Christopher Strettle. (Mv, R) 12.20 Grand Hotel. (Msv, R) 1.10 The Healthy Cooks. (R) 1.35 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show.

Guests include Hugh Grant, Nigella Lawson, Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Amy Adams and Romesh Ranganathan.

8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (Return) 9.30 Blood And Treasure. (Mv) Danny poses as arms dealer Aiden Shaw in order to extract information on the location of a terrorist.

11.20 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.20 NCIS. (M, R) The team investigates a petty officer’s murder.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 CBS This Morning.

5.00 Headline News Early.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.15 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 Gruen XL. 10.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.30 Fiona O’Loughlin’s Greatest Hits. 12.55am Would I Lie To You? 1.25 The Thick Of It. 1.55 Way To Go. (Premiere) 2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The Movie Show. 12.30 Stand Up And Be Counted: A NAIDOC Concert Special. 2.30 New Girl.

3.50 WorldWatch. 4.20 MOVIE: Electric Dreams.

(1984, PG) 6.05 From The Ashes: A Fresh Start.

6.35 The Jeff Bezos Empire: The Rise And Reign Of Amazon. 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Lost Gold Of World War II. 9.20 MOVIE: Vinyl Nation. (2020, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 It Is Written. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Mums At The Table. 9.00 Home Shopping. 9.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 10.00 The Thrill Of The Chase. 11.00 House Of Wellness. Noon The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 Vasili’s Garden. 2.30 The Bowls Show. 3.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: Kelly’s Heroes. (1970, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (52) 6am Morning Programs.

7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 Avengers.

11.00 MOVIE: Carry On Regardless. (1961) 12.55pm Getaway. 1.25 MOVIE: They Who Dare. (1954) 3.40 MOVIE: Kansas Raiders. (1950, PG) 5.20 MOVIE: Kings Of The Sun. (1963, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise.

8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (81) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Mission: Impossible. 1.00 MacGyver. 2.00 Bondi Rescue Kathmandu Coast To Coast. 3.00 Driven Not Hidden. 3.30 Healthy Homes Aust. 4.00 Buy To Build. 4.30 Fishing Edge. 5.00 I Fish. 5.30 Truck Hunters. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 15. Portuguese Grand Prix. Midnight Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 10.05 Beauty And The Beast. (2014, PG, French) 12.10pm The War Of The Buttons. (2011, PG, French) 2.15 The Secret Of Moonacre. (2008, PG) 4.10 April And The Extraordinary World. (2015, PG, French) 6.10 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 8.30 Gomorrah. 9.30 Aloys. (2016, M, Swiss German) 11.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm Creek To Coast. 1.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 2.30 Step Outside. 3.00 Motor Racing.

Night Thunder. King Of Wings. 4.00 Bushfire Wars. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Counting Cars.

6.00 Last Car Garage. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Rambo: First Blood Part II. (1985, M) 10.30 MOVIE: Kingdom Of Heaven. (2005, MA15+) 1.25am Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

2pm Dance Moms. 4.00 MOVIE: Adventures In Zambezia. (2012) 5.40 MOVIE: Big Daddy. (1999, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life. (2003, M) 10.00 MOVIE: John Wick.

(2014, MA15+) Midnight Heroes. 1.00 Bromans.

2.00 Dance Moms. 2.50 Mike Tyson Mysteries.

3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 3.30 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 4.00 Late Programs.

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Softball. SA Premier League. 11.30 Rugby Union.

Monsoon Rugby Union. 1pm Touch Football. WA Super League. 2.30 NT Football. 4.00 Football.

NTFL. 5.45 African News. 6.00 APTN National News. 6.30 Boomalli: Five Koori Artists. 7.00 Behind The Brush. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 College Behind Bars. (Premiere) 8.35 The Work.

10.10 Not Just Numbers. 11.10 Late Programs.

6am Charmed. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Middle. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 Charmed. 1.30pm The Neighborhood. 2.30 2 Broke Girls. 3.00 Broke. 3.30 Man With A Plan.

4.30 The Middle. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends. 10.00 Man With A Plan. 11.30 2 Broke Girls.

12.30am Mom. 1.30 The Flash. 3.30 Charmed.

4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT: Spreading the festive cheer are (L-R) Annette Morris – QAS, Kent Mayne – QFES, Santa, Inspector Ben Carroll – Noosa Police.

A PLAN TO MAKE US MORE ACTIVE Council is preparing a comprehensive strategy to encourage Noosa Shire residents to walk and cycle more often Council is preparing a draft Cycling and Walking Strategy to encourage more residents to keep active by walking and cycling.

The Strategy has been formulated with the help of a Project Reference Group, made up of sporting and bicycle groups, local businesses, Zero Emissions Noosa and other community groups.

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Every $1 invested in cycling infrastructure returns almost $5 to Queensland in health benefits, reduced traffic congestion and other benefits.

“It’s primarily about getting people out of cars, onto footpaths and bikeways to get where we need to go in a safe, enjoyable way,” project officer Aiden Flannery said.

Noosa has about 160 kilometres of walking and riding trails and 153 kilometres of cycle network routes.

The strategy will guide Council’s planning, development and promotion of its bike riding and walking networks in the future and includes prioritised 5-year and 10-year infrastructure implementation plans.

Fact facts 29% of bike riders in Noosa are female. That’s higher than the national average

153KM is the length of Noosa’s dedicated cycle network

240KM is the length of Noosa’s sealed pathways

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WASTE WAR GETS INTERACTIVE Emma also takes students on tours of the Noosa landfill.

“I love speaking to the students, they understand that we need to be looking after our world better.

I’ve had so many students, as young as grade 1, comment that people are so wasteful.”

Waste education just got more interesting too, with last week’s opening of The Ed Shed, an interactive and engaging waste education hub, at the Noosa landfill.

“The new space gives lots of hands-on learning with 3D landfill, compost bin and worm farm displays, so the kids get a good look behind the curtain at what actually goes on with all types of waste”.

EYE ON WASTE: Emma Menzies at The Ed Shed with Tewantin State School second-year students.

Charged with educating the community about reducing waste and recycling right, Emma Menzies certainly walks the talk.

“I’m passionate about the environment and reducing our waste is just one of the things we can do. I compost everything, I think about what I buy and try to reduce packaging as much as I can, I buy all my dry goods like

oats and grains from the source so there is no plastic packaging.

Recycling is great but we need to be reducing our waste, we need to start asking ourselves do we really need it?”

As Council’s Waste and Sustainability Officer, Emma is a familiar face to thousands of local school kids. As well as giving regular talks to local schools,

The students also get a talk at the Ed Shed about the problems plastic is causing in the environment, why it’s important to reduce our waste and learn what can and can’t be recycled.

They then get a tour of the landfill and see what happens to our waste and all the other things that get recycled,” Emma said.

The Ed Shed will also be used by the Reviva recycling shop, which plans to hold a range of different types of upcycling workshops.

STATE FUNDING DELIVERS FOR NOOSA Council is working on more than 60 infrastructure projects Council is busy delivering more than 60 projects with the $3.8M recently provided by the Queensland Government.

Work has finished on nine of the 12 public toilet revamp projects paid for with the funding, with the last three to be finished this month.

More than $250,000 is being spent on Noosa’s community halls, with 10 of the 14 projects already complete.

“We’re out to quote now for major works to Tinbeerwah Hall to reinforce the roof trusses, replace the windows and renew

the cladding to help make sure it continues to serve the community for many more years to come,” says Infrastructure Services Director Carl Billingham.

“We’re also upgrading the Main Beach boardwalk lighting to LEDs, and we’ve freshened up the lifeguard towers with new paint, lighting, roof sheets and vinyl.

“We’ll put the refurbishment of the Pomona Memorial School of Arts Hall amenities out to tender shortly, with a view to starting work at the start of next year.”

Council received $2 million through the Queensland

Government’s Unite and Recover Stimulus Package and $1.8M Works for Queensland funding.

“We’re wasting no time putting this money to good use.”

IN BRIEF Volunteers’ brunch It’s been a tough year for our volunteers, so come and join Council for a thank-you brunch.

International Volunteers Day is on Friday December 4 and Council is putting on a free picnic brunch at Noosaville Lions Park from 9am11am. Due to COVID-19, you must book at https:// internationalvolunteers. eventbrite.com.au

Councillor chats Grab a cuppa and catch up with a councillor on Friday November 27. Councillors will be at Boreen Point’s Apollonian Hotel, Raw Energy at Peregian Beach and Beach Chalet, Sunrise Beach from 10-11.30am.

No need to book, simply turn up. It’s an opportunity to meet the Councillors and have a chat.

COOROY GAINS EXTRA PARKING, NEW ASPHALT Resurfacing of Cooroy’s Maple, Myall and Emerald Streets is among the recent Council works projects nearing completion.

The project includes the reconfiguration of Maple Street’s parking bays to meet the latest road standards and boost safety.

Council has also provided additional disabled parking as well as motorbike parking bays and new cycle lanes.

The work has delivered a stronger road base for all three streets, plus the new asphalt surface.

For works project details, visit noosa.qld.gov.au/wip

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Monday, November 23 ABC (2)

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Can We Save The Reef? (R) 11.00 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Gruen. (R) 1.35 Squinters. (Mls, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Mav, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.15 Father Brown. (PG, R) 5.05 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Al Jazeera News. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. (Maw, R) 3.00 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (R) 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.30 The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick. (PGa, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Dangerous Matrimony. (2018, Mv, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Cheat. (Mlv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.30 The Block. (Final, PGl, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.00 Australian Story. Australians tell personal stories.

8.30 In The Face Of Terror.

(PG) Part 2 of 3.

9.20 Media Watch. (PG) Paul Barry takes a look at the latest issues affecting media consumers.

9.35 Q+A. Interactive public affairs program in which the public gets to ask questions to experts.

10.40 ABC Late News.

11.15 Nigella’s Christmas Table. (R) 12.15 Rage 30: Stories From The Red Couch. (Mdl, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Death In Paradise. (Mav, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Jennifer Byrne.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Great House Revival.

(Final, PG) Presented by Hugh Wallace.

8.30 Life And Birth. (M) A 19-yearold has surgery to save her baby while she is still in the womb.

9.35 24 Hours In Emergency: The Outsiders. (Ma, R) An elderly woman is rushed to St George’s Hospital with a suspected stroke.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 DNA. (Malv) 11.55 The Bridge. (MA15+lv, R) 2.10 The Red Line. (Ma, R) 3.50 My Second Restaurant In India. (R) 4.50 Food Safari Fire: Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 7.30 SAS Australia. (M) In a daunting challenge, recruits are tasked with rescuing a downed pilot.

8.30 The Rookie. (Mav) John and the team attempt to get Rosalind to help them search for Lucy after she is abducted. After Angela discovers Wesley unconscious from a dangerous cocktail of alcohol and pills, she is forced to keep him close.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Chicago Fire. (Mv) Brett and Foster find themselves at odds.

12.00 MOVIE: Farewell, My Love.

(2000, MA15+lv, R) Gabrielle Fitzpatrick.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Gold Coast Cops. (Mdv) Officers chase a man through the suburbs.

8.30 MOVIE: Spectre. (2015, Mv, R) A cryptic message from secret agent James Bond’s past sends him on the trail of a sinister organisation called SPECTRE, while the new M finds himself battling political forces to keep the secret service alive.

Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux.

11.25 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.55 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Cybershack. (PG, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Bondi Rescue.

(PGadl, R) The lifeguards are overwhelmed at Christmas.

8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Final) A look at news with comedians competing to see who can remember the most about the week.

9.30 Just For Laughs Australia.

(Mdls) Performances from Lomas, Melanie Bracewell, Rhys Nicholson, Aaron Chen, Georgie Carroll and Nath Valvo.

10.30 Kinne Tonight. (Mls, R) 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.00 The Project. (R) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 CBS This Morning.

5.00 Headline News Early.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 8.50 Luke Warm Sex. 9.25 Detectorists. 9.55 Hang Ups. 10.25 Inside No. 9. 10.55 Schitt’s Creek. 11.20 Red Dwarf. 11.50 Threesome. 12.10am Wasted. 12.35 The IT Crowd. 1.00 Sando. 1.30 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.15 News Update. 2.20 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

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6am WorldWatch.

Noon Stargate SG-1. 1.40 Beat The Internet.

2.05 Game Of Bros. 3.05 Hunting Hitler. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week. 5.15 Hipsters. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Sex And Death. (Premiere) 10.40 Full Frontal. 11.10 Stacey Dooley: Shot By My Neighbour. 12.05am Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Adventure All Stars. 11.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1pm Disappeared. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Criminal Confessions. 11.50 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 12.50am Late Programs.

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6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon ER. 1.00 Death In Paradise. 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: The Blue Lamp. (1950, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Grantchester. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 See No Evil. 11.40 Late Programs.

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NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2.35pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 9.15 April And The Extraordinary World.

(2015, PG, French) 11.15 The World’s Fastest Indian.

(2005, PG) 1.35pm Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 3.40 Travellers And Magicians. (2003, PG, Dzongkha) 5.40 Beauty And The Beast. (2014, PG, French) 7.45 The Journey. (2016, M) 9.30 Female Agents. (2008, MA15+, French) 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.00 Outback Lockdown. 3.00 MXTV. 3.30 Blokesworld.

4.00 Storage Wars Canada. 4.30 Engineering Connections. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 Housos 2020. 9.00 Regular Old Bogan. 10.00 MOVIE: Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise. (1987, M) Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Quantum Leap. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny.

7.30 MOVIE: Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy. (2004, M) 9.30 MOVIE: Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

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Behind The Brush. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.25 To The Point. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.25 Call Me Olly. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 Australia’s Shame. 10.00 News. 10.05 Predator On The Reservation. 11.05 Late Programs.

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Law & Order: SVU. 11.15 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.10am Shopping. 2.10 Late Programs.

6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Friends. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 Rules Of Engagement. 12.30pm A Million Little Things.

1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.30 Carol’s Second Act. 3.00 Becker. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld.

10.00 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Late Programs.

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Christmas Day Luncheon Tuesday, November 24 ABC (2)

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Nigella’s Christmas Table.

(R) 11.00 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Go-Betweens: Right Here. (Mdl, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Mav, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Father Brown. (PG, R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. (Maw, R) 2.55 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.30 Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey. (PGa, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: I Am Elizabeth Smart. (2017, Mav, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Cheat. (Malsv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Desperate Housewives. (Mas, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local. The latest news, sport and weather.

6.00 Headline News. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.00 Outback Ringer. (Ml) Clarry musters on his family property.

8.30 MOVIE: Wayne. (2018, Ml) Documents the story of 1987 World Motorcycle Grand Prix Champion Wayne Gardner’s rise to fame. Wayne Gardner, Donna-Lee Kahlbetzer.

10.05 Searching For Superhuman: Bionic People. (PG) A look at developments in bionics.

11.05 ABC Late News.

11.35 Q+A. (R) 12.40 The Set. (Ml, R) 1.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Death In Paradise. (Mav, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great British Railway Journeys: Truro To St Mawgan. (PG) 8.30 Addicted Australia. (M) Part 3 of 4.

9.35 Where Are You Really From? (PG, R) Part 1 of 4.

10.05 The Feed.

10.35 SBS World News Late.

11.05 Why We Hate. (Premiere, M) 11.55 The A Word. (Premiere, Mals) 1.05 The Day. (MA15+alv, R) 4.00 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (Mls, R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 7.30 SAS Australia. (Malv) Recruits face intense interrogation.

8.40 SAS UK. (Premiere, Malv) Volunteers set out to complete a unique version of the British Army’s SAS selection course.

9.50 World’s Most Shocking Emergency Calls. (MA15+av) Documents shocking emergency calls.

10.50 The Latest: Seven News.

11.20 Blindspot. (Final, Mhv) The team rushes to find a solution.

12.20 Grey’s Anatomy. (Mas, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (PGl) Follows the activities of police units.

8.30 Australian Crime Stories: The Hunter. (Mlv) Takes a look at the 2011 disappearance of the head of Victoria’s Barwon Prison, David Prideaux.

9.35 Lincoln Rhyme: The Hunt For The Bone Collector.

(Premiere, MA15+v) Officers investigate a series of murders.

10.35 Nine News Late.

11.05 The First 48: Murder Rap. (Mav, R) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Ambulance Australia: Ultimate Emergencies. (Mal, R) Follows dispatchers and paramedics working for NSW Ambulance’s Sydney operations.

9.00 NCIS. (Return) Gibbs and Fornell pursue the leader of a drug ring who supplied drugs to Fornell’s daughter.

The NCIS team deal with a mystery close to home when a cadaver goes missing from the autopsy room.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 The Project. (R) 2.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 CBS This Morning.

5.00 Headline News Early.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.10 Ghosts. 9.40 I’m Alan Partridge. 10.10 Frontline. 10.40 Inside No. 9. 11.10 Schitt’s Creek. 11.35 Red Dwarf. 12.05am Threesome. 12.30 Wasted. 12.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.15 Detectorists. 1.45 QI. 2.15 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 3.00 News Update. 3.05 Close.

5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon RuPaul’s Drag Race. 2.05 Beat The Internet.

2.30 Game Of Bros. 3.00 Hunting Hitler. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Noma Australia. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.35 Escaping Polygamy.

9.25 We Are Who We Are. 11.45 Final Space.

12.35am MOVIE: The Editor. (2014, MA15+) 2.20 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Sydney Weekender.

12.30 A Moveable Feast. 1.00 Disappeared. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 Funniest Cutest Kittens Ever. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Coastwatch Oz. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (52) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon ER. 1.00 Grantchester. 2.10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything.

3.10 MOVIE: The Railway Children. (1970) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Halifax f.p. 10.40 The Disappearance Of Maura Murray. 11.40 Late Programs.

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NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.50pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The World’s Fastest Indian. Continued. (2005, PG) 7.35 Beauty And The Beast. (2014, PG, French) 9.40 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 11.40 Travellers And Magicians. (2003, PG, Dzongkha) 1.40pm A Matter Of Life And Death. (1946, PG) 3.40 Ponyo. (2008) 5.40 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 7.30 The Iron Lady. (2011, M) 9.30 White Tiger.

(2012, M, Russian) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers.

1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Limitless. 2.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. (Premiere) 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Full Custom Garage. 9.30 Counting Cars. 10.30 Big Easy Motors. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Quantum Leap. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Meet The Fockers. (2004, M) 9.50 MOVIE: Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (2008, MA15+) 12.05am Miami Vice. 1.00 Ultimate Rush. 2.00 Dance Moms.

2.50 Late Programs.

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The Kamilaroi. 2.15 Call Me Olly. 2.30 Express Yourself. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style.

5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari.

6.25 To The Point. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style.

7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Keep Calm And Decolonize.

7.25 News. 7.30 Red Chef Revival. 8.00 The Casketeers. 8.30 Trickster. 9.30 NITV News Update. 9.35 The Point. 10.35 Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 10.25 Elementary. 12.15am Shopping.

2.15 Late Programs.

6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Raymond. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 Rules Of Engagement. Noon WIN News. 1.00 Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.30 Seinfeld.

3.00 Becker. 4.00 Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Mom. 11.00 Late Programs.

Wednesday, November 25 ABC (2)

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NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.05 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address.

1.40 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Father Brown. (PG, R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. (Maw, R) 3.00 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.35 Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey. (PGav, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Stranger At The Door. (2004, Mv, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Cheat. (Mlv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Desperate Housewives. (Masv, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local. The latest news, sport and weather.

6.00 Headline News. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food.

(R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) Hosted

by Tom Gleeson.

8.30 Gruen. Comedian Wil Anderson analyses the advertising industry and consumerism.

9.05 Reputation Rehab: Boomers.

(Ml) Kirsten Drysdale and Zoe Norton Lodge take a look at the reputation crisis faced by Boomers.

9.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. UK-based panel show.

10.20 QI. (PG, R) 10.50 ABC Late News.

11.25 Media Watch. (PG, R) 11.40 Tick F***ing Tock. (Mal, R) 12.35 The Set. (Ml, R) 2.30 Rage.

(MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Building Britain’s Canals: Leeds And Liverpool. (PG, R) Part 2 of 3.

8.30 The Great Train Robbery: The Hidden Tapes. (M) Explores the truth behind the legend of the ’63 Great Train Robbery.

9.25 Outback Rabbis: Untold Australia. (PGa, R) Follows a pair of Chabad Rabbis.

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 24 Hours In Emergency: The Courage To Go On. (MA15+al, R) 11.50 MOVIE: Final Portrait.

(2017, Malns, R) 1.25 Riviera. (Malv, R) 3.15 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.30 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (Ma, R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) 7.30 Britain’s Got Talent. (PG) The remaining acts compete in front of celebrity judges as they vie for the grand prize.

10.00 Sun, Sea And Surgery. (MA15+a) Follows three women visiting the Comfort Zone clinic in Turkey where they are to undergo cosmetic procedures.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Celebrity Obsessed: Sandra Bullock. (MA15+av) A look at an incident involving Sandra Bullock.

12.35 Code Black. (Mav, R) 1.35 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 ARIA Awards. (Ml) The Australian music industry’s major awards ceremony from The Star Event Centre, Sydney.

9.30 The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story. (Mal, R) Traces the rise of singer-songwriter Adam Lambert and him joining the band Queen.

11.15 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.45 New Amsterdam. (Mamv, R) Sharpe tries to find a creative way to help Max. 12.35 My Way. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (Premiere) Jamie Oliver reinvents some family favourites, including a British twist on a classic bolognese.

8.30 Bull.

9.30 The Masked Singer USA. Celebrities compete in a singing contest where their identities are concealed by a mask.

10.30 Bull. (Ma, R) Bull represents an insurance company.

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 CBS This Morning.

5.00 Headline News Early.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 The IT Crowd. 9.20 Rosehaven. 9.45 Frontline. 10.15 The Thick Of It. 10.45 Ghosts. 11.15 Inside No. 9. 11.45 Schitt’s Creek. 12.40am Red Dwarf.

1.10 Threesome. 1.30 Wasted. 1.55 QI. 2.25 The Catherine Tate Show. 2.55 Hang Ups. (Final) 3.20 News Update. 3.25 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch.

Noon RuPaul’s Drag Race. 1.50 Beat The Internet.

2.15 Game Of Bros. 2.50 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista.

3.00 Hunting Hitler. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Noma Australia. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 MOVIE: Her Smell. (2018, MA15+) 10.55 MOVIE: Pariah. (2011, MA15+) 12.30am Late Programs.

7TWO (72)

6am Morning Programs.

Noon Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 Disappeared. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 Make You Laugh Out Loud: Cutest Ever Puppy Party. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Coastwatch Oz. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner.

8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Jonathan Creek. 11.40 Late Programs.

9GEM (52)

6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon ER. 1.00 New Tricks. 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything.

3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Sea Devils.

(1953) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders.

11.00 Late Programs.

BOLD (81)

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Ponyo.

(2008) 8.00 Travellers And Magicians. (2003, PG, Dzongkha) 10.00 A Matter Of Life And Death.

(1946, PG) Noon Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 1.50 Belle. (2013, PG) 3.45 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 5.45 Delbaran.

(2001, PG, Farsi) 7.35 Gauguin: Voyage To Tahiti.

(2017, M, French) 9.30 Into The White. (2012, M, Norwegian) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Limitless.

2.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Engineering Connections. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League.

Semi-final. 9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Quantum Leap. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Underworld. (2003, MA15+) 11.00 The Nanny. 11.30 Malcolm. Midnight Miami Vice. 1.00 The Break Boys. 2.00 Dance Moms. 2.50 Late Programs.

PEACH (82)

Bingo Monday from 10.30am

Live Music

Raffles Wednesday from 5.30pm

6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Raymond. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 Rules Of Engagement. Noon WIN News. 1.00 Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.30 Seinfeld.

3.00 Becker. 4.00 Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 2 Broke Girls.

11.00 Late Programs.

Bistro & Coffee Sunday Raffles Gaming Courtesy Buses Shop from noon 3 Bars & Bottle Room, TAB & Shop Keno

1 Memorial Avenue, Tewantin Q 4565

5447 1766

www.noosarsl.com.au

@noosarsl

12471018-SG47-20

Songlines On Screen. 2.00 Intune 08: The Flood Concert. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style.

5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari.

6.25 To The Point. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style.

7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Keep Calm And Decolonize.

7.25 News. 7.30 Cold Justice. 8.30 Faces Of Harassment. 10.00 News. 10.05 Away From Country. 11.05 Late Programs.

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.10am Shopping. 2.10 Late Programs.

Thursday, November 26 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 Australian Story. (R) 11.00 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 Reputation Rehab. (Ml, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Final, Mv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Father Brown. (PG, R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. (Maw, R) 2.55 Great British Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (R) 4.30 Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey. (PGa, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Honor Student.

(2014, Masv, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Cheat. (Mlv, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Desperate Housewives. (Masv, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local. The latest news, sport and weather.

6.00 Headline News. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.00 Scottish Vets Down Under.

(PG) Deadly bushfires threaten Bendigo.

8.30 Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip: Get Some Number 8 Wire. (R) Part 2 of 3. Griff Rhys Jones’ exploration of New Zealand’s back roads continues in the South Island.

9.20 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) A festival queen is murdered.

10.20 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 10.50 ABC Late News.

11.25 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends. (Ml, R) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Death In Paradise. (Final, Mv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Secrets Of Britain: Secrets Of The Tower Of London. (PGav, R) Explores the Tower Of London.

8.30 Empire With Michael Portillo. (PG) Part 2 of 4. Michael Portillo reveals how Britain amassed the wealth to conquer the world.

9.25 Fargo. (MA15+) Loy forms an uneasy alliance.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 24 Hours In Police Custody: A Knife Through The Heart. (Mal, R) 11.55 On Becoming A God In Central Florida. (Mals, R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) 8.30 The Front Bar: Cricket Edition. (Return, Ml) Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at the cricketing world.

9.30 The Latest: Seven News.

10.00 The Amazing Race. (PG) Teams are in Paris, France, where they must whip up some tasty treats.

12.00 Blindspot. (Mv, R) Rich’s place in the FBI is called into question.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Great Getaways. (Return, PG) Takes a look at Aussie getaways.

8.30 Race Across The World.

(Return, PGl) Five teams of travellers race from Mexico to Argentina on a shoe string budget.

11.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (Mav, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. Jamie Oliver reinvents family favourites.

8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Ma) Deputy Chief Garland is forced to put friendships to one side after his church pastor is arrested.

10.30 This Is Us. (Ma) The Pearsons celebrate their 40th birthday.

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 CBS This Morning.

5.00 Headline News Early.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7pm Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Mock The Week. 9.30 Reputation Rehab. 10.00 Superwog.

10.25 Finding Joy. 10.50 Inside No. 9. 11.20 Doctor Who. 3.40am News Update. 3.45 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Guess How Much I Love You. 5.15 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. 5.30 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.55 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon RuPaul’s Drag Race. 1.50 Beat The Internet.

2.15 Game Of Bros. 2.50 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista.

3.00 Hunting Hitler. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Noma Australia. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 My Penis And Me. 10.15 100 Vaginas. 11.10 Addicted Australia.

12.10am Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Hospital.

1.00 Disappeared. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute.

2.30 House Of Wellness. 3.30 To Be Advised. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Coastwatch Oz. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (52) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon ER. 1.00 As Time Goes By. 2.20 Explore. 2.25 Antiques Roadshow. 2.55 MOVIE: Heavens Above! (1963, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 9.30 The First 48. 10.30 The Price Of Duty.

11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (81)

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am A Matter Of Life And Death. Continued. (1946, PG) 7.10 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 9.10 Belle. (2013, PG) 11.05 Ponyo. (2008) 1.05pm Wildwitch. (2018, PG, Danish) 3.00 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding.

(2012, PG) 4.50 Forever Enthralled. (2008, PG, Mandarin) 7.30 Stage Beauty. (2004, M) 9.35 Beanpole. (2019, MA15+, Russian) 12.05am Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Limitless.

2.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Engineering Connections. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League.

First semi-final. 9.00 MOVIE: Soldier. (1998, MA15+) 11.05 Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Quantum Leap. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. (1994, M) 9.15 MOVIE: American Pie. (1999, MA15+) 11.10 The Nanny. 11.40 Malcolm. 12.10am Miami Vice. 1.10 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.10 Late Programs.

PEACH (82)

Water Is Life. 2.00 Away From Country. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.25 To The Point. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Keep Calm And Decolonize. 7.25 News.

7.30 Black As. 7.40 American Soul. 8.30 The Point.

(Final) 9.30 MOVIE: Once Were Warriors. (1994, MA15+) 11.15 Late Programs.

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team. 12.30am Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Raymond. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 Rules Of Engagement. Noon WIN News. 1.00 Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.30 Seinfeld.

3.00 Becker. 4.00 Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.30 Carol’s Second Act. 11.00 Late Programs.

Friday, 20 November, 2020 NOOSA TODAY 35

PUZZLES SUDOKU

No. 003

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

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DOWN Spectacles (7) Neighbour of Mexico (9) Listlessness (5) Components (5) Celebrated (9) Citizens of the US (9) Preamble (colloq) (5) Winners at Hastings in 1066 (7) Related to pressurised water systems (9) Recruit (9) Promise (9) City in California (7) Cooked with water vapour (7) Mythical shooter of lovers (5) “I don’t know” (colloq) (5) Places (5)

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6 LETTERS CHORDS CRINGE ENZYME INCOME MARMOT ORCHID SIESTA

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7 LETTERS ABDOMEN ANAGRAM CITADEL 20-11-20

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True or false: Namibia shares a border with South Africa?

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Which of the Brontë sisters wrote Jane Eyre?

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Which of these countries was not once part of Yugoslavia: Macedonia, Serbia or Albania?

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In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to do what?

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Evan Rachel Wood (pictured) was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in which 2003 film?

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The title of which European country’s national anthem translates in English to “A Toast”?

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David Bowie gained fame in the 1970s with his flamboyant alter ego named what?

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What was the name of the sheep who was the first animal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell?

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Lucille Fay LeSueur is the birth name of which 1930s actor?

10 True or false: a centipede always has 100 legs?

ANSWERS: 1. True. 2. Charlotte Brontë.

3. Albania. 4. Travel into outer space.

5. Thirteen. 6. Slovenia. 7. Ziggy Stardust.

8. Dolly. 9. Joan Crawford. 10. False.

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NEWS

Djabindja garden opens Tewantin State School held its NAIDOC celebrations on Tuesday, with Gubbi Gubbi Elder Lyndon Davis and Torres Strait Island performers, Zom Zolbe Kolbe performing for the students.

Lyndon was also the special guest at the opening of the school’s new garden, Djabindja, which means ’Place of Food’ in Kabi Kabi language.

The garden was the culmination of weeks of work for the Year 6 student leaders as part of the annual Kids in Action Program. Kids In Action mentors Mandy Botterell and Sally Johnston were on hand at the opening ceremony, which featured a cameo of Dhakkan the Rainbow serpent.

Also present were members of Noosa Community Garden, Tewantin SS P and C and Principal, Rob Jennings, who assisted Deputy Principal, Mr Cass, in erecting the DJABINJA sign on their garden centrepiece, which was sponsored by Noosa Pots and Plants.“NAIDOC is a highlight of our calendar and it was serendipitous that we were able to have Lyndon with us today to open our garden. Each class has their own ’plot’ within the space, growing veges chosen by the kids. Before this term, the garden didn’t exist. Now it’s an oasis,“ Mr Cass said.

The garden area also features a traditional ’island hut’ (berig mud in the Meriam Mir language of the Torres Strait), as well as garden plots for the staff, which have been planted with taro, kumara, bananas, papaya, cassava and bush yams. A bush tucker section is awaiting planting.

Principal, Mr Jennings, acknowledged the efforts of staff and students in bringing the garden together.

“Tewantin SS is an inclusive community school, and today - the amazing dancing, this garden opening - are yet again examples of the community spirit which pervades our school,“ he said.

Zom Zolbe Kolbe performing for the students.

Tewantin State School students join in on NAIDOC celebrations.

The opening of the school’s new garden, Djabindja.

Interactive space shapes young minds on waste Waste education just got a lot more interesting with the official opening of Noosa Council’s ‘The Ed Shed’ today, an interactive waste and recycling education hub.

The Ed Shed, perfectly situated in the Reviva recycling shop at Noosa’s resource recovery centre, is an interactive space that explains the problems waste is causing around the world, and the importance of us all trying to reduce our consumption.

“It’s hard to imagine what the inside of the landfill looks like especially when you see a hill with grass on it, so the 3D landfill display in the Shed is like a part of it has been cut away, it shows exactly layer by layer what’s inside.” Cr Joe Jurisevic said.

“There’s also a 3D compost bin and worm farm, which gives an inside look at the inner workings of what happens when your food scraps start to break down inside your compost bin.”

While it is not open to the public yet due to COVID restrictions, Deputy Mayor Frank

Tewantin State School grade 2 students with (l-r) Mitch McIntyre from Resource Recovery Aus, Cr Frank Wilkie, Russell Ping, Reviva Manager and Cr Joe Jurisevic.

Wilkie said over 660 local school students have already been through the Shed in the last three months.

“It adds a real hands-on element to the learning that was already taking place,” Cr Wilkie said.

“The students get a talk at The Ed Shed from our Waste and Sustainability Officer, Emma Menzies, about the problems plastic is causing in the environment, why it’s important to reduce our waste and learn what can and cannot be recycled.

“Ms Menzies then takes them on a tour of the landfill to see what happens to the waste and all the other things that get recycled.”

“The wonderful men at the Noosa Men’s Shed made a conveyor belt out of recycled material. When the students come through, they sort out the contamination from the recycling on the belt and get a better understanding of the process.

“The mats the students sit on are made from plastic taken out of the ocean and turned into carpet mats, so they get a real sense of what can be achieved from recycling.”

And it’s not just for school kids. The Reviva recycling shop will also use the Shed to hold different types of upcycling workshops in the future.

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Council wins top award Sunshine Coast Council has won Project of the Year at the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia, Queensland Awards this week (November 10) for the Sunshine Coast Airport Expansion Project.

The Sunshine Coast Airport Expansion Project also won in its nominated category ‘Projects over $10 million’.

The Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia, Queensland is the peak body representing those working in the public works sector in Queensland.

The awards recognise council’s successful delivery of its largest infrastructure project to date, and the largest aviation project delivered by any local government in Queensland.

Sunshine Coast Council Economic Development Portfolio Councillor Jason O’Pray said the accolades were a great honour and highlighted the sheer size of the runway project, the professionalism with which it was managed and the resources, material and labour that went into its construction.

“The Sunshine Coast Airport Expansion Project is the largest single infrastructure project council has ever been involved in, or is likely to be involved in again,” Cr O’Pray said.

“The project reached a major milestone in June this year with the completion of the 2.45 kilometre runway and accompanying taxiways.

“The entire Airport Expansion Project is set for completion next month, on time and on budget.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime achievement for our community and will be a notable highlight in the history of the Sunshine Coast,” Cr O’Pray said.

Sunshine Coast Airport Expansion Project Director Ross Ullman said he was honoured to accept the awards on behalf of council and acknowledged the project team and the contractor for this remarkable achievement.

“There have been many notable milestones over the course of the project which has seen around 1.3 million cubic metres of sand from the Spitfire Channel in Moreton Bay, transported to the Sunshine Coast by a dredge vessel, Mr Ullman said.

The sand forms the foundation of the runway.

“As well as the sand, more than 400,000 tonnes of fine crushed rock and 64,000 tonnes of asphalt had been placed on the runway, topped with 409 lights powered by more than 50 kilometres of electrical cabling—it’s extraordinary,” he said.

Following this week’s win, the Sunshine Coast Airport Expansion Project will progress to the Australian Institute of Project Management Awards in 2021.

The awards celebrate excellence in public works and the achievements of councils, engineering and consulting firms engaged in that sector in delivering exceptional outcomes for Queensland communities.

Sunshine Coast Airport Expansion Project Director Ross Ullman.

Residents warned of penalties for illegal tree clearing

Illegal tree clearing.

An estimated 60 native trees were damaged and a large percentage of the total canopy cover was removed.

The two property owners were each fined $4000 and the contractor fined $1500, with convictions recorded. The court also ordered

$4994.37 in restitution costs against two parties.

Acting Environmental Operations Manager Michael Anderson said council, through its Sunshine Coast Environment and Liveability Strategy, recognised the importance of protecting and enhancing our natural assets.

“Council takes a very strong stance when it comes to illegal tree clearing,” Mr Anderson said.

“Council receives regular complaints of illegal clearing and poisoning of native trees.

We are grateful to those residents who report this to council as without their information, it is often difficult to find the culprits and prosecute them which in turn deters others from carrying out this environmental vandalism.

“Council also receives requests to trim trees on council managed land and carries out vegetation maintenance works in the park and reserve network for a number of reasons which includes ensuring public safety, delivering environmental outcomes, such as removal of weeds and replanting with na-

tive species, and protecting our assets and visual amenity in designated viewing areas for our community’s benefit.

“Our natural environment is part of what makes the Sunshine Coast so special and people can face significant fines for illegal damage if convicted.”

Council has received 123 complaints for illegal tree removal since January 2020, and there have been six serious matters at Buderim, Shelly Beach, Warana, Mudjimba, Marcoola and Yaroomba, reported to council in the last few months.

Council has also responded to an additional four matters concerning damage to vegetation in Pelican Waters, Bell Vista, Little Mountain and Coolum.

Four investigations are underway in reserves which have had vegetation damage including Mons School Road Bushland Conservation Reserve at Buderim, Liana Place Bushland Reserve at Forest Glen and two investigations at Marcoola-Yaroomba Foreshore Bushland Conservation Reserve, Mount Coolum.

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Sunshine Coast Council is coming down hard on residents who illegally clear or damage trees in council managed reserves, with a string of cases being investigated and heard before the courts.

In October, a Mudjimba couple appeared in Caloundra Magistrates Court and was fined $12,000 and ordered to pay $9272 in restitution costs after illegally clearing native trees in the bushland reserve near their property.

Both pleaded guilty to charges including clearing trees in the reserve, burning vegetation and storing cut vegetation from their property in the reserve.

In handing down her decision, Magistrate Stephanie Tonkin said the maximum penalty of $113,000 for illegal clearing and the fine handed down on this occasion reflected the importance the community placed on vegetation and habitats for native species.

In August 2019, the council prosecuted two property owners and a tree felling contractor for damage caused to vegetation in the Donegal Drive Environmental Reserve at Yaroomba.

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Australian surfers found their collective voice seeing off the Norweigian oil giants seeking to drill the Great Australian Bight.

Surfers rally for climate The biggest names in Australian surfing have banded together to defend Australia’s coastline and the surfing lifestyle from the threat of climate change.

Surfers for Climate, founded by longboarding champion Belinda Baggs and former prosurfer Johnny Abegg, is taking on the crucial challenge of bringing the Australian surf community together to protect the coastline from future threats.

“For surfers, the ocean is life,” Baggs said.

“Climate change, fuelled by the burning of fossil fuels, threatens everyone’s way of life. For the surfing community, this is a red alert. Everything we love is under threat.”

Australian surfers found their collective voice seeing off the Norweigian oil giants seeking to drill the Great Australian Bight in February this year, and have now come together to take on an even bigger challenge, climate change.

“The ocean has made me who I am. Now, we get the chance to help save it,” Abegg said.

“Through Surfers for Climate, we are standing to fight for the ocean, so my kids, and generations to come, can continue to ride waves

in thriving oceans.

“Surfers for Climate will bring surfers together in a positive, fun and inspiring way. The ocean has shaped our country. And now, we must stand up and do what we can to create the future we all want.”

Legends of the sport, like pro surfers Adrian “Ace” Buchan, Laura Enever and Pacha Light have joined swimmer and ironman Ky Hurst, actor and director Simon Baker, surf filmmaker Jack McCoy, and musician Jack River as ambassadors for Surfers for Climate.

“The freedoms we had as kids, the thrills, spills and lessons learnt amongst the beauty and power of nature, it held us close. To think we could repay it by inaction breaks my heart,” Surfers for Climate ambassador Simon Baker said.

The surfer-led organisation’s launch today coincides with a remarkable collaboration between Jack McCoy and legendary Beatle Paul McCartney, who have created a new film clip to McCartney’s evocative homage to the ocean, “Wine Dark Open Sea,” featuring the hypnotic surfing of Belinda Baggs.

Surfers for Climate draws inspiration from

Longboarding champion Belinda Baggs. the True Locals, First Nations’ people, their generational wisdom and connection to land, waters and culture.

Surfers for Climate is an Australian-based

registered charity fostering a broad alliance with other surfing and environmental groups, climate scientists and campaigners and surfing communities around the world.

Young Sunshine Coast kids clean up our beaches Eight schools, 262 students, teachers and parents, over eight days have picked up 121 kilograms or almost 4000 pieces of litter from Sunshine Coast beaches to get the sand ready for the arrival of nesting turtles as part of the annual Schools Beach Clean Up. During the beach clean up, which took place from Monday 2 November to Monday 16 November, the students also brainstormed solutions to cut out litter at the source and stop it ending up on the beach in the first place.

Students from Coolum State School, Buderim Mountain State School, Maroochydore State High School, Buddina State School, St Johns College, Immanuel Lutheran College, Chancellor State College and Pacific Paradise State School all volunteered to clean up their local beach.

Single use plastics were the most common items found including plastic food packets, plastic straws and plastic takeaway drink cups.

Scoute Myer, a Year 7 student from Maroochydore State High School was surprised by the amount and variety of rubbish they found during their clean up of Maroochydore Beach.

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tissues and clothing items,” Ms Myer said.

“I think people should reduce litter on the beach by looking for a bin or have a container they can put rubbish in so they can take it home to put it in the bin, so they aren’t littering our beaches and oceans.

“My ideas to reduce single used plastics are to stop plastics at the source, like at the factories, or by using bio-degradable materials instead, like cardboard.”

Environmental Operations Senior Project Officer Raeleen Draper thanked the students for contributing towards a clean marine environment.

“The response from the Schools Beach Clean Up event has been fantastic. We’ve got so many enthusiastic students, teachers and even parents coming along to clean up the beach for the turtles,” Ms Draper said.

“These students are our future and at the schools beach clean-up event, they can see firsthand the impact rubbish has on the marine environment.

“Their passion, and innovative source reduction ideas and actions have been inspiring. They understand why it’s so important to stop litter at the source, before it even reaches our environment.

“The 2020 Schools Beach Clean Up looked

Students from Coolum State School help clean up the beach. a little different this year, due to COVID. Usually we’d host one big clean up, but this year we had each school cleaning up different locations with health and safety in mind.

“This meant we were able to clean up eight different beaches along the coastline.

“All the litter has been counted and entered into the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI) database, recording the loca-

tion, quantities and types of marine rubbish collected, to give an overview of the impact on each beach.

“This week, the learning has continued with the schools completing a Source Reduction Workshop, where students reflected on the data collected and discussed source reduction actions and solutions to some of our local marine debris issues.”

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Property expo call The first Noosa Hinterland Property Expo will showcase a boutique collection of local businesses including some of the most knowledgeable property experts and home and garden suppliers in the region.

Just a dozen exhibitor spots are left, so if your business has anything to do with property or living in the Hinterland this provides the perfect opportunity for you.

Noosa Hinterland Property Expo founder Sirah Rob said they had a lot of early interest in the first ever property expo for the hinterland from exhibitors, sponsors and attendees.

“Our aim is to provide an abundance of local connections and a wealth of knowledge under the one roof,” Sirah said.

“It will be a must attend for home owners looking for fresh ideas, people new to the area and wanting to learn about the region, anyone wanting more information on acreage living or how to be self-sufficient and sustainable, or if you are in the market to buy, sell or invest.”

Some additional highlights of the Expo include Celebrity Guest Speaker, Shelley Craft from Channel 9’s program The Block; an onsite broadcast by Sea FM’s BarRat and Heidi; two full day of presentations from experts on a variety of topics; over 30 exhibitors; and a host of activities including succulent planting, macramé keyring making, a photo booth, and balloon artistry.

Exhibitor opportunities are being snapped up quickly by savvy local business owners and as spots are limited, exhibitors need to book now to be involved in this landmark event for Noosa.

Shops 1&2/2 Kingfisher Drive in Peregian Beach.

Peregian Beach a winner Celebrity Guest Speaker, Shelley Craft from Channel 9’s program The Block.

The first Noosa Hinterland Property Expo is planned.

Details on Exhibitor and Sponsorship opportunities are still available and information can be found at www.noosahinterlandpropertyexpo.com.au on the Exhibitors page.

The event is planned for the weekend of 20 and 21 March 2021 and has been supported by Noosa Council.

An interstate buyer has snapped up an oceanfront tenanted investment on two titles under the hammer for $1,640,000 at Shops 1&2/2 Kingfisher Drive in Peregian Beach.

Lots one and two combined were 119sqm and were part of a 261sqm building. One tenant currently straddles both lots, however the property could easily be returned to two smaller tenancies, if required.

The property was marketed and sold

by Ray White Commercial Noosa and Sunshine Coast North Property Consultant John Petralia.

“We put together a healthy marketing campaign via the internet and social media and from that, we had a strong response with a high number of inquiries,” Mr Petralia said.

“We had inquiries from all over, including New South Wales, Victoria, and from locals, such was the opportunity that was available with this property.

“There was an offer prior to the auction of $1,250,000 and that was rejected - that offer was then increased to $1,350,000 - but

was again rejected by the seller.

“Come auction day we had five registered bidders, as well as a number of buyers wanting to make an offer if the property failed to sell at auction.

“We had more than 30 people on site as the bidding started at $1,000,000, jumping up in $100,000 increments to $1,400,000, then up by $50,000 bids to $1,550,000.

“It then came down to a local buyer and a buyer’s agent representing a New South Wales bidder. At $1,600,000 the auction was halted, and discussions occurred with the seller over the phone.

“The property was then put on the market and bidding continued in $5,000 increments until the hammer fell on the final sale price of $1,640,00.”

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In 1965 no city was bidding for the 1972 Olympics because no NATO country could not issue visas to East Germany.

Australian Swimming Union Secretary, William Berge-Phillips felt there was support among IOC members, including the President Avery Brundage, whose comment “Sydney can do it” was headlined in the Australian press at the time.

A 1988 Melbourne promotional pamphlet outlined 10 benefits of a successful bid, including an excess of 20,000 jobs, a heritage of world-class sporting facilities, and a major focus for the Bi-Centennial celebrations.

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By Ian Jobling Seven years from the 1972 Olympics, there were no proposals from any cities to stage the event — the reason? East Germany.

International sports federations (now known as GAISF) had agreed in Lausanne, Switzerland in 19655 that the country and city staging the 1972 Olympic Games must issue visas to all athletes entitled to compete. This automatically eliminated NATO countries as possible organisers because they would not issue visas to the Communist-occupied East Germany.

The Secretary of the Australian Swimming Union (ASU), William Berge-Phillips, however, was quoted as saying that “many delegates at the Lausanne meeting were keen on the idea of Sydney applying for the 1972 Olympics.”

Avery Brundage, President of the IOC, was receptive to the idea, and his “Sydney can do it” comment was headlined in the Australian press at the time.

The idea, however, was not welcome by the Australian media. The sports editor of Sydney’s Sun-Herald stated on May 2, 1965 that it was “crazy to suggest Sydney could stage the Games on a scale as grand as Tokyo .... to get the Games ahead of other nations whose visa restrictions would rule them ineligible, would be a pyrrhic victory.”

Another journalist, the state political correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, pointed out on October 7, 1965 that the Australian Government also had a policy which would prevent the issuing of visas to an East German team. However, the AOF decided unanimously in May 1965 to support an application by Sydney even though it was considered a “calculated gamble.”

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Cartoonist Aubrey Collette’s depiction of Victorian Premier Dick Hamer wrestling PM Malcolm Fraser over ‘funding’ with Brian Dixon as Olympic Torch-bearer. Pictures: IAN JOBLING COLLECTION held in the same country. Readers may recall from last week the equestrian events for the 1956 Melbourne Games were staged in Stockholm, Sweden. However, Hugh Weir, a member of the IOC in Australia, was quoted as saying, “there is nothing at this stage to indicate that

the equestrian events will not be on the same program for the 1972 Games.”

This was an unlikely possibility and the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman H F Jensen, suggested that he would ask the Premier (Askin) to make a special grant for the study of exotic

Two weeks ago in Noosa Today (November 6) I introduced a series of articles relating to the history of proposals and bids by Australian cities to host the Olympic Games with several statements

by Matt Carroll, CEO of the Australian Olympic Committee. Mr Carroll stated then that “the AOC believes Queensland’s bid for selection as the host state is ‘ahead of the pack’, He added, “With the support of the Federal Government, Queensland Government, and the South East Queensland Council of Mayors, the candidature for a Games in Queensland is well advanced.”

On Tuesday this week, Courier-Mail journalist Peter Gleeson wrote under the headline “‘Queenslanders First to Build Our Olympics’, IOC President Thomas Bach had written to Annastacia Palaszczuk to contribute on her re-election as Premier, stating “the IOC is looking forward to continuing our close and fruitful co-operation with .. .in view of the candidature of Brisbane to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032” Today, the third article in the series relates to the unsuccessful proposals of Melbourne and Sydney in 1972 and 1988, respectively, which preceded Brisbane’s official bid in 1992. horse diseases to help Sydney’s application.

Support for the proposal needed to be forthcoming from both the State and Federal governments before Sydney’s application could be prepared for submission to the IOC by the mid-1966 deadline.

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The Sydney Morning Herald’s state political correspondent, under the headline ‘Games Campaign a “pipe dream”, wrote on October 7, 1965 that “the State Treasury is examining an estimate by Alderman Jensen that Sydney could stage the Games for 15 million pounds, and will report to the Premier, Mr Askin ... But this proposal, in view of the political as well as the financial problems, looks to be moonshine.”

Eventually, the NATO issue relating to visas was resolved to the satisfaction of the IOC and Munich in West Germany was approved to stage the 1972 Games.

Sydney was again early off the mark to link hosting an Olympic Games with Australia’s 1988 Bicentennial Celebrations. A formal policy announcement by the newly appointed Minister for Sport in NSW, Eric Willis, was published in the Olympic News - a NSW Olympic Council bulletin - in March 1971. This bulletin also reported that Sydney’s Lord Mayor had formally written through the AOF to the IOC to host the Games.

A ‘Citizens of Sydney 1988 Olympic Games Committee’ was appointed with the Deputy Lord Mayor, Alderman Nicholas Shehadie (a former Rugby Union great) as chairman. Other members comprised community and business leaders.

Sports journalist and author, Jim Shepherd, was pessimistic about Sydney’s chances. Under the headline ‘The Olympics for Sydney not very likely, Mr Wills (sic)’, wrote: “Australia has staged the Olympic Games once - in Melbourne in 1956 ... Less than 12 months before the opening ceremony building was drastically behind schedule and at one stage, the Chairman (sic) of the International Olympic Committee, Mr. Avery Brundage, threatened to take the games away from Melbourne ... Those memories have faded for all but the International Committee. It is highly doubtful if Melbourne would ever be considered as a future host city.

“Sydney’s situation is hopeless, ludicrous, in comparison. ... The very day he [Willis] praised the ‘Olympics for Sydney, 1988’ slogan he admitted that he had no budget, no firm ideas about raising money to assist sport and ‘no bright ideas’ about developing Sydney as an Olympic venue.”

Another committee was formed seven years later in November 1978 to advise the NSW government under Premier Neville Wran on the feasibility of bidding for the 1988 Olympic Games. The report of this interdepartmental committee, entitled ‘Records relating to

a proposal to hold a 1988 Olympic Games in Sydney’, persuaded the government to decide not to proceed as the likely $2 billion cost was beyond the resources of the State.

The then current IOC member in Australia, Phil Coles, has stated that the Games climate then was very different because “this wasn’t long after Montreal’s Games (1976) and the financial problems they were experiencing were very public.”

Sydney’s proposal fizzled, but Melbourne stepped forward and its bid to the IOC to stage the 1988 Olympics was endorsed by the AOF in 1980. The federal Minister for Home Affairs, Robert Ellicott, announced in September 1980 that the Federal Government had established an interdepartmental committee to examine the proposal, which had been made public by the former Melbourne footballer and then Victorian Minister for Youth, Sport and Recreation, Brian Dixon.

An Australian delegation presented Melbourne’s case to the General Association of GAISF in Monaco in October 1980. Dixon remained confident of Federal Government support, and it was promulgated that the ‘Olympic Games for Melbourne Committee’ would send a delegation to Lausanne in late February 1981 to speak with IOC officials.

A glossy booklet outlining Melbourne’s venues was in the final stages of preparation amidst speculation of whether the Federal Government would meet half the $767 million cost of staging the Games and take a share in the estimated $642 million revenue.

There was no trip to Lausanne. Federal Treasurer, John Howard, announced on February 24 1981 that the necessary funds would not be made available. Premier of Victoria, Dick Hamer, stated that it had been agreed by the two governments that Melbourne’s bid would not proceed.

Former Jamaican sprint champion and Olympian, and then sports journalist in Australia, Mike Agostini, wrote that the Fraser Government’s rejection of the Melbourne bid was a blessing in disguise, “most of all for the Australian taxpayer”: “While the Victorian Committee ... conservatively estimated a deficit of only $144 million, the more realistic estimate by the Federal Government was much higher - at a staggering $500 million’. 47 A Morgan Gallup Poll reported that only 51 per cent of Melbourne citizens favoured their city hosting the Games with 41 per cent against and 8 per cent undecided. Of those under the age of 30, 73 per cent were in favour.”

The success of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games set in motion a proposal which transitioned into the formal bid for Brisbane to host the 1992 Olympic Games.

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UKULELE CLASS Ukulele Class starting soon for raw beginners.

No musical knowledge necessary. Call Cherry the Ukulele Lady on 0410 573 629.

QCWA Cooroy Cent Sale QCWA Cooroy will hold a cent sale on Saturday 21 November. Doors open 12 noon, starts at 1.30pm.

Admission $ 2. Afternoon tea will be served.

Enquiries phone Wendy 5447 6140. All Welcome.

TEWANTIN-NOOSA NATIONAL SENIORS The last meeting of the year will be held on Tuesday 24 November (please note change of date) at the RSL at 10.15am for 10.30am start. Our guest speaker is Cathy from Tewantin Travel. Covid 19 rules apply. Please phone Norm for catering on 3129 0540.

ARTS & CRAFTS Learn to crochet workshops: One-to-one tuition with Janelle Turley is on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9.30-11.30am at Noosa Shire Arts & Crafts Association, Wallace House, Wallace Drive, Noosaville. The association is a centre for creativity, learning & friendship.

New members welcome.Phone 5474 1211 email: create@noosaartsandcrafts.org.au or visit https://noosaartsandcrafts.org.au.

River and have donated over $5,000 In the last 4 years. Call Sandra on 0466 44 99 46 for more information.

SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCING AT POMONA Every Tuesday evening from 7-9.30 pm Pat and Norm Young organise a Social evening at the Pomona Memorial School of Arts Hall.

The cost is $ 4, which includes supper. It is a very enjoyable evening as Pat and Norm provide New Vogue as well as Old Time Dancing.

Everyone is welcome. Phone 0407 456 939 for more information, or come and visit.

PRO BUS NOOSA RIVER Looking for something to do? While we are not yet conducting our usual monthly meetings our club offers many activities and these subclubs are meeting regularly and include the following activities - craft, golf, art, lunch, outings, walking trips, theatre, wine appreciation, creative writing, book club, scrabble, coffee mornings, Mahjong and ukulele. Phone 0410 687 639 for more information.

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BOOMERANG BAGS NOOSA HOME SEWERS NEEDED

Our weekly Music Group is held every Thursday from 9.30-11.30am in a private home in Noosaville and we are adhering to COVID safety guidelines. We listen to Classical Music on CDs or watch Classical Music DVDs. Donation of $2 for morning coffee or tea and biscuits.

Phone Lyn on 5449 0537 for more details

We have been sewing throughout Covid and Boomerang Bags are more in demand than ever, but we are limited with the number of sewers at our sewing bees. We need competent sewers to sew bags at home. We can give you packs of fabric cut and ready to sew. It would be preferable if you have an overlocker.

Donations of clean re-useable fabric are always welcome and we can arrange to collect if necessary. We continue to support Ocean Crusaders to remove rubbish from the Noosa

Association of Independent Retirees (AIR) Noosa Branch is the peak National not-for profit organisation supporting self-funded retirees and those planning a sustainable retirement.

We are back to face to face meetings. One of our current advocacy issues is the Retirement Income Review which will directly impact all working Australians and retirees.

For further information phone 0478 479 049

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(Ian Jobling is Honorary Director of the UQ Centre for Olympic Games at The University of Queensland)

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WEEKLY EXERCISE & DA NCE Comprising gentle exercises and dance routines to stimulating music, our ‘Dance for Joy’ sessions promote fitness and wellbeing. Routines are specially programmed to pro- mote balance, coordination and core strength for people with restricted mobility. No ex- perience needed. Come along and give it a go.

Classes every Thursday at the Freemasons Hall in North St, Yandina, 10.30-11.45am. For more details call Philippa 0417780016 or email philippaj712@gmail.com

FABULOUS 50S PLUS We are a fun, friendly, seniors social group, we welcome couples and singles to join us for morning coffee every Monday from 10am at the Wine Bar, Tewantin Marina and Thursdays from 10am at the Boathouse on the Noosa River. We also have a monthly program of dinners, lunches, walks and other activities.

Please contact Joan on 0419517869 or Helen on 0459228955 for more details.

TRY TOASTMASTERS Would you like to develop public speaking and leadership skills for life? Welcome to Noosa Toastmasters. We are a fun-loving, supportive group who are all learning together. Due to the current restrictions, we are now conducting hybrid meetings - online via Zoom and in-person at the CWA hall in Poinciana Ave, Tewantin. We meet every second and fourth Monday of the month. Phone Ian Davies on 0410 750 651 or email noosatoastmasters@gmail.com.

BOOKFEST SHOP POMONA Cooroy-Pomona Lions now have their book shop at the Pomona Community House in the heart of Pomona on Memorial Ave, We are Friday and Saturday each week from 9am to 1pm.

A great range of good value books, of all kinds on sale. For information contact 0434612149.

COMMUNITY UPDATES

Weekly roster for Meals on Wheels Weekly Roster for Tewantin- Noosa Meals on Wheels beginning Monday 23/11 to Friday 27/11.

Monday Drivers: Tony, Justin, Alice, Andrew, Rebecca, Rosemary, Michelle, Lorraine, Cheryl Kitchen: Martina, Stephen, Len, Geoff, Judi Tuesday Drivers: Alice, John Mc, Kevin & Rob, Driver Needed D-Run, Cheryl, Trina & Don, Barani & Peter, Gary, Simone & Chris Kitchen: Christine, Loz, Jo Wednesday Drivers: Hugh & Randal, Council, Gary, Liz & Lis, Julie, Bronwyn & Nick, Evelyn & Maureen, Roz, Simone & Chris Kitchen: Rob, Richard, Judi, John, Donal Thursday Drivers: Mark, Margaret, Ray Z, Donna & Julie, Justin, Sharon & Jan, Barani & Peter, Lucky, Victor & Tatiana Kitchen: Loz, Vicki, Jerry, Sharron, Anthea Friday Drivers: Bruce, Victor & Tatiana, Aldo, Jean & Janet, Lynette & John, Sam & Kevin, Joy, Dee, Driver Needed I-Run Kitchen: David, Karyn, Geoff, Neil, Charlotte Friday, 20 November, 2020 NOOSA TODAY 43

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Steve Anderson takes a break

Alwyn Bishop with his Aussie race car

Michael Von Rappard on track for a win.

Hill climb roared on

By Margaret Maccoll The Summer Hill Challenge was held last weekend with 130 drivers and, because of Covid-19, no spectators but the restricted audience did little to reduce the enthusiasm and competitive spirit of drivers at Gyndier Drive, Tewantin.

The Noosa Beach Classic Car Club event brought together an eclectic mix of cars, including a contingent of muscle cars sponsored

by Shannons Muscle Cab Group, to race the 1.5km course. Known for their characteristic roar and style the muscle car group comprises US and Australian V8s from 1963-73. “It’s a fun category for V8 touring cars,“ said driver Phil Ross, a Shannon’s business development officer, who came to race his 1964 Mustang (car 937). Phil purchased the car in the US and brought it to Australia about three years ago.

After about 55 years racing the Mustang has had a few engine modifications but not one smashed panel.

One of the smallest cars at the meet had to be Alwyn Bishop’s Aussie race car. A support car for V8s the quaint car with a 1300 motor bike engine finished the course in 65 seconds.

Another standout car was the one-of-itskind car in Australia, Frazer Nash Le Mans replica, brought to the hill climb by Dr Chris Stafford. The aeronautical engineer got the car from a friend in Sydney about two years ago and has been a long time motoring enthusiast.

Ken Nothdurft swapped rallying for the sprint after making a few changes to his Holden. Having raised money for Endeavour Foundation and the Australian Kidney Foundation Ken competed in several rallies, winning the 1996 round Australia rally while raising funds for charity.

Last year’s winner at the Noosa hill climb and this year’s favourite was young driver Michael Von Rappard. The 25-year-old from Airlie Beach travelled to the race from Airlie Beach with his father and fellow racer Harold.

Michael completed the course in a personal best time of 49 second.

Also recording a personal best last weekend was Shane Murphy who beat his 65 second record with a 64.3 seconds in his 1968 Lotus 7.

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Michael Von Rappard on track for a win. has kept it in near original condition. Having been to the Noosa hill climb about half a dozen times it’s the never-ending challenge to beat the clock and the good-natured competition from drivers that fuels the attraction.

Pictures: ROB MACCOLL For John Anderson and his son Shane spending time together and sharing their love of motor racing. Having been a race car driver in the UK in his younger days 80-year-old John took to the road last weekend in his 1954 Aus-

tin Healey while Shane drove their 1930s Triumph.

“It doesn’t get any better than spending a weekend in Noosa and getting to hang out with dad for a weekend,“ Shane said.

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Shane Murphy with his 1968 Lotus 7

John Anderson and the 1954 Austin Healey he raced on the weekend.

Muscle car enthusiast Phil Ross with his 1964 Mustang.

Ken Nothdurft and his rally car turned road racer.

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Gubbi Gubbi Dance Troupe perform a traditional dance.

Lynden Davis with the Gubbi Gubbi Dance Troupe.

Picture: ROB MACCOLL

Dance troupe members Robbie Peters and Zeke Davis

Sharing Gubbi Gubbi way

By Margaret Maccoll Traditional Gubbi Gubbi dances and stories were shared with about 200 people who attended the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre last Saturday during NAIDOC celebrations that also included First Nations artworks exhibited across the entire gallery.

Led by Lyndon Davis the Gubbi Gubbi Dance Troupe performed a number of dances including the Brolga and Black Cockatoo Dance that are traditional to the region while Lynden explained their significance.

He spoke of the Bunya gathering that used to bring together people from northern NSW to western and northern Queensland for trading, marriages and to share stories and share in the bunya nut harvest.

Lyndon talked about various place names around the region and their Aboriginal meanings. Tibrogargan means biting grey glider and Cootharaba was named after the trees from which the wood they used to produce their clubs or kuthar grew.

He spoke about the relationship of Indigenous people with the land describing it as such a closeness that particular trees are named and known within the community and he spoke about the need to share the information.

“Our people have been in the landscape. We love that landscape, we know that landscape,“ he said.

“This is a a great opportunity to celebrate our living culture.“ The Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre First Nations art exhibition provided the venue to share artworks from First Nation artists residing on Gubbi Gubbi land.

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Ilana Kelly and Dave Beasley

Lucy Guo, Greg Judd and Tara Norton.

Hiedi Wilkinson and Vinnie Kinchela

Tara Robinson and Rhiannon Yarrow at the Cooroy Butter Factory Art Gallery.

Olga Demidow and Susan Glindinning

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The Bolton Report Sandy Bolton, Noosa MP

Back to it Being ‘humbled’ never quite conveys the many emotions attached to being re-elected to represent our community. It is an honour and a privilege like no other, and brings feelings of enormous responsibility, as well deep gratitude to our community who made a decision to retain its independent voice, the only one out of 93 electorates across QLD. How proud I am of our uniqueness, and preparedness to set new benchmarks in expectations and of governance.

In the first days of this 57th Parliament, there is a flurry of activity and letters. One was again highlighting the failures of our voting system, reflecting your complaints about the location of the early voting centre at Noosaville that created traffic, parking and accessibility issues, and postal votes that arrived extremely late.

The issue of the volume of heavy haulage in our hinterland continues, and it was good to see support for my advocacy from Mayor Clare. With an assessment by DTMR already completed some weeks ago, we now wait for the design costings on recommended works to ensure the safety of road users. With many in the impacted communities rightfully asking the simple question on how our systems have allowed this, we await the advice from Councils Barrister as well other agencies how to reduce these impacts, and will be meeting with residents as soon as this information becomes available.

At a time when our community is preparing for end of year celebrations, we are ready-

ing for the first Parliamentary sitting now that all seats have been ‘declared’. As well a Budget and Estimates hearings. It would be a wonderful Christmas gift if some of the changes to this process suggested be adopted to reduce wasted resources expended every year, however I feel given the extreme circumstances of the pandemic I may need to continue my advocacy for next year! When it comes to saving taxpayer dollars and greater efficiency, there can be no excuses for any level of Government not to adopt sensible measures, especially in a post COVID world.

Due to Parliamentary sitting dates, I sadly may not be able to attend several traditional Christmas gatherings that I have so looked forward to with our community organisations, aged care residents and businesses. Please be assured that I will get to any that I can and send blessings together with my most sincere gratitude for your understanding if I am unable to be there. However, I will be with you in spirit, and work out alternate ways to catch up as it has been a big year and there is much to celebrate together!

Remember that we have extra resources including mounted police to accommodate our young visitors as part of their end of school celebrations and ask that should you have any concerns to let our teams know. It is an exciting time for school leavers, and they will appreciate our warmth and sharing of our very special home with them during this time in their lives.

Until next month do not forget to be fire, flood and storm ready, just in case!

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A FORLORN SITUATION If it wasn’t for the moderating effects of popularity amongst centrists, we would be living amidst the most right wing federal government in Australia’s history (post white Australia policy).

This governments agenda’s include : Reducing protections for the environment. Denying climate science. Promoting the top down economics of resource extraction above more sustainable and inclusive types of economic diversification. Fostering a non accountability culture boys club of corruption. Undermining this countries welfare policies in favour of the extreme religious right view that charity should fill the gap produced but the functions (dysfunctions?) of the “market“. Using Modern Money Theory for political reasons while still banging on about economic rationalism and idolizing the socio-economic tendrils of a now defunct and possibly sociopathic neoliberal ideology(most obvious in gov. response to social housing crisis). Dabbling in white supremacy (see response to Uluru statement).

O and my favourite sloganeering. “If you have a go you get a go“. Meaningless, mindless claptrap that deliberately ignores the complexity of modern socio-economic reality. As a very smart, courageous and wonderful man once termed , a “Simplicio” is what we have at hand here.

Dylan White, Doonan

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AN ENTITLED LIFE It makes me sad to see in society today such a sense of entitlement to consume. This, in combination with Trumpism: narcissistic pride, ego, vanity, conceit and arrogance, leads to the untenable situation of morally irresponsible consumption.

In concert with very high expectations for personal gratification is a decline in altruism.

People feel they are entitled to have all their expectations met. Life should be easy. The needs of others do not matter. This selfish behaviour was most evident earlier this year with the supermarket hoarders. Shelves were cleared with little regard for other people.

Delayed gratification is difficult to accept, and hence, there is now a surge in AfterPay and Zip methods of paying for consumer items as opposed to working hard and saving up to buy an expensive item. Consumers feel the need to act now to get what they see as theirs. This behaviour exhibits a sense of social Darwinism on their part.

The malaise of modern life is best summed up by Epicurus who famously stated, “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.“ We often forget to celebrate or acknowledge all the good we have in our lives. We should pay close attention to small, wonderful things that populate our daily lives and cultivate gratitude for all that we have, surrendering our desire for more.

Brigid Muir, Cooroy

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On a spectacular warm weekend in Noosa Lance Hunt captured a few images of springtime including some boats on Noosa River and a masked Lapwing chick born over the weekend.

If you have a Lenscape please email to newsdesk@noosatoday.com.au It is getting bigger and better each issue, and the Community Feel is on the rise again!

All we need now are the Matches, Hatches, and Despatches, and we will all know what is going on in our very beautiful precious neck of the woods.

So difficult to read the digital paper outside in even dappled shade! Give me the good old newsprint every time! Who wants to stay inside in this weather!

Off to the beach now, before 5pm, which my father and his salty friends always called “shark feeding time”!!

Thanks a million to you hardworking journalists!

Diana Anderson

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NOT SO FUNNY There’s a new comedy duo cropping up on our TV screens, mainly the tax-payer funded, leftist ABC. These grey ghosts of the past appear deadly serious as they bemoan the fact they were exiled by an evil media baron. But everybody knows their own poor performances on the nation’s biggest stage led to their fellow players forcing their exit, stage left. They ignore the fact that the same evil media baron backed their earlier rise to power and fleeting glory.

Funny if it wasn’t so pathetic.

John Mikkelsen, Noosa

LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE Having just completed the survey for the future of the local newspapers, I found it was only about the future of those papers who had decided what was in their interest the best for taking away the pleasure of those readers who relied and looked forward to their “breakfast news“ with cornflakes and a boiled egg.

Due to the COVID-19 and if you look at the latest increase in book sales they blew it this year for sure, it was the only bit of pleasure and contact with the local news for those without digital access.

Noosa Today stepped into the breech for which a lot of Noosa locals will be forever grateful.

Now for a weekend delivery of 2 newspapers they want $260 up front to keep them fi-

nancial for the next 12 months. Forgetting the local news agent who with 4 delivery guys, who never failed to give good service but now no longer have a job.

Shutting the gate when the horse has bolt-

ed and not listening to what the people want seems to be the way it is and now the result can be found in the Obituary Column.

Ernest Wright, Sunrise Beach

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USC leads fish research Recreational and commercial fishers are being asked to play their part in important marine research by keeping an eye out for mahi mahi off the southern Queensland coastline that are sporting long orange ribbon-like tags.

The research is aimed at boosting catches and sustainability of the large ocean fish species and is being led by USC PhD student Felicity Osborne and her supervisor, marine ecologist Dr Ben Gilby, in conjunction with Fisheries Queensland and Dr Adam Barnett from James Cook University.

The team plans to tag 60 mahi mahi before the end of this year and release them in waters off the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast to closely monitor their activity.

Each fish will have an electronic acoustic device surgically implanted in its stomach cavity and will be identifiable by the orange tag attached near its dorsal fin. Those who catch these fish are being asked to either release them or return the acoustic devices and tags to the research team for re-use.

The researchers will track each fish to identify how the species is using 25 Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) that have been installed in waters off South-East Queensland.

The FADs are yellow buoys anchored offshore to attract fish. Great catches of mahi mahi have been reported as the larger fish target smaller prey schooling around the structures.

Ms Osborne, who has USC degrees in Science Honours and Animal Ecology and is a keen fisher and diver, will analyse the data from acoustic receivers attached to the FADs that detect and track tagged fish.

Mahi mahi or Coryphaena hippurus (also known as dolphinfish although it is not related to the dolphin) is a pelagic species that is popular with sport fishers and seafood lovers.

They grow fast, reach up to 40kg, reproduce at a high rate, and rarely live beyond two years of age, but little is known about their movements.

“My research aims to overcome this key gap, to help inform management of fish stocks and better position future FADs in the ocean to maximise fishing opportunities,” she said.

“We want to know if mahi mahi are using the FADs as a network, how long they stay at each buoy and where else they go.”

Felicity Osborne with a mahi mahi she caught.

The project is supported by grants from Fisheries Queensland and the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) Queensland acoustic telemetry arrays which are funded by the Department of Environment and Science, Queensland and operated by the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Field support will be provided by Avenger Fishing Charters and Smithy’s Fishing Charters.

“We are asking fishers to keep an eye out for a long orange tag near the dorsal fin and let us know if they catch one,” she said. “The tags have contact information so that the internal

Felicity Osborne with a mahi mahi she caught. electronic devices can be returned to me and another fish can be tagged in its place.

“If a captured fish is not released alive, we ask fishers to return both the external and internal electronic tags (located in the stomach cavity) and record the date, time, location and fish length.”

FADs are deployed from the Gold Coast Seaway north past Stradbroke, Moreton and Bribie Islands, Caloundra, Mooloolaba and Noosa, then up to the Wide Bay Bar. Ms Osborne, of Kuluin on the Sunshine Coast, said she was delighted to be on her

third USC degree to continue her trajectory as a fisheries scientist and marine ecologist.

“I started my research career later in life after multiple careers as a hairdresser and a plasterer,” she said.

“The idea that the ocean can provide for you and your family is amazing but I felt that I needed to be able to give back for what I was taking (as a fisher).

“I am very glad that I started this journey and have the privilege of being mentored by researchers like Lecturer in Animal Ecology Dr Ben Gilby.”

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On The Soapbox Peter Blessing

International Men’s Day shows men have rights too International Men’s Day is observed to raise awareness by improving gender relations, men’s health and promoting gender equality.

International Men’s Day is celebrated on 19 November every year to raise awareness about men’s health, improving gender relations and promoting gender equality. www.internationalmensday.com International men’s day encourages men to teach the boys in their lives the values, character and responsibilities of being a man. Mahatma Gandhi said: “We must become the change we seek“ but how are these values celebrated in our society today?

Most men and women believe men make an enormous contribution to our world societies through families and communities with marked variation from previous decades where we now see more equality with men playing an even larger role in raising children, often witnessed in their care of children and “pushing the pram“.

However the need to give women a fairer representation in society is creating serious health repercussions on the men who do not deserve the collective punishment continually metered out to them by extremist misandrous feminists, degrading and humiliating them on a daily basis in just about all areas of society.

The language used to usher in this degradation of men has been evolving for some time.

Accusations of man spreading, mansplaining, toxic masculinity, white male privilege, the list goes on. Men are facing discrimination in the workplace, often with unsubstantiated allegations of sexual misconduct and the definition of domestic violence being expanded on a weekly basis providing little incentive for the good men to continue instilling these values in their children? Three out of four suicides are men and men live six years less than women.

Collective punishment is maintained against all men for the heinous domestic violence crimes of a few men. There is scant recognition of the roles played by women in domestic violence, particularly in non violent domestic violence or coercive control, and women are responsible for more infanticide than men. Research from the 2016 ABS Personal Safety Survey and Australian Institute of Criminology recorded 8.9% of men that experienced emotional abuse by a current partner had their partner threaten to take their children away from them, compared to 4.6% of women and over 1 in 3 persons who experienced violence from an intimate partner were male. https://honest-ribbon.org/domesticviolence-research/female-perpetrators-ofintimate-abuse/.

I became more interested in these issues after being approached by a young man acquainted with my family struggling with severe bias against father’s who suffer domestic violence with no assistance provided, if they are not too proud to seek it. The “assisting“ organisations are the same for assisting women and assume French law guilty and just direct men to anger management. As a result of this I sourced information from a few of many groups such as Dads in Distress, Parents in Distress, Men too, Australian Brotherhood of Fathers.

They are all struggling to get men recognised to be treated equally under the law as equals, particularly in family situations, let alone University Campuses where departments such as “End Rape on Campus“ have obtained enormous power to do serious damage to young men’s careers. Just like what a bikini costume reveals is interesting, but what it hides is vital (men also wear bikini costumes) this group have been established by presenting incorrect conclusions using interesting data without the vital data to politicians and public servants who like so many are unaware of what statistics can hide and are afraid to be seen supporting men. In fact rape on campus has the same prevalence as off campus and

universities have been carrying out kangaroo court action to deprive our sons and grandsons of completed university qualification based on a claimants verbal statement with no normal representative legal process. University campuses are facing huge legal costs for their efforts but still persist. An unexpected positive of the recent US Supreme Court Justice appointment of Amy Coney Barrett may be her critical reforms in the way American campuses (where Australian universities got the idea) handle sexual misconduct allegations. Also in Australia, Senator Amanda Stoker recently exposed serious identical issues in Australian universities.

So while extreme action is often seen as the only way to achieve goals, the collateral damage has to be recognised and men require support as much as women and every other gender and racial group so readily supported by our local councils newspapers, and national radio/TV stations.

Noosa resident Peter Blessing describes himself as a retired feminist, Australian and overseas lecturer and accredited solar power designer/installer with four adult children with interests in equal rights and support for men and women, permaculture, sailing , cycling and tennis.

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Headline act Sunny Coast Rude Boys.

All new line-up launched With the positive news that COVID-19 restrictions are easing across indoor venues in Queensland, Venue 114 is thrilled to announce the exciting line-up for its next LIVE@114 music gig scheduled for Saturday 5 December.

Proudly presented by Venue 114, this lively performance features a diverse line-up of local, talented artists including DJ Global Party People followed by Solua, The Mad Tones and headline act Sunny Coast Rude Boys.

The award-winning Sunny Coast Rude Boys are a 10-piece soundwave playing uplifting ska and reggae (classic covers and originals) drawing on musical influences that have shaped this genre from the Jamaican movement through to British pop Two Tone.

The ’Rudies’ have shared the stage with the likes of Bad Manners, Nicky Bomba, Strange

Tenants, The Original Wailers as well as headlining at Island Vibe Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Blues on Broadbeach, Caloundra Music Festival and QLD Ska & Reggae Festival to name just a few.

Global Party People feature DJs and producers duo Sri Keshava and Joakin Eskasan.

Together they mix back-to-back their original remixes and mashups, switching between the decks and live instrumentation, and never missing a beat to keep us feeling good.

Aussie-Californian Sri and Mexican-American Joakin have been touring the world for the last five years and are very happy to share their music influences with us on the Sunshine Coast once again.

Solua is a radiant heartfelt band who bring a

happy vibe full of rhythm and grooves through their conscious music.

Raised on the sultry Caribbean island of Guadeloupe by Brazilian and French parents, front-woman Melissa Cambon performs a repertoire in different languages that reflects her wonderfully vibrant heritage.

The Mad Tones’ music encompasses a fun mixture of reggae ska and crooning island soul.

The Mad Tones feature an all-star reggae ska line featuring Kazman (Dubmarine) Rudi Quinzalez (Island Vibe), Ali Files (Darky Roots) and Dougie Fresh (BluesFest MC).

With influences as diverse as The Specials, Prince, Manu Chao and Fela Kuti, you will find yourself getting swept up in the collective euphoria of getting your jive on. Whether it’s a

Goonies and Gremlins at the movies Starry Nights Outdoor Movies are hosting a double-feature screening of 80’s classics ‘The Goonies’ and ‘Gremlins’ on Friday 27 November.

The screening was initially scheduled for Halloween but wild weather saw the event postponed.

Presented in partnership with The Imperial Hotel Eumundi, a percentage of ticket sales will be donated to Movember.

Movie-lovers are advised to book quick smart as car numbers are limited, and drivein sessions have been selling out fast.

Cost: $30 per car, with tickets sold in advance to ensure a contactless entry. To guarantee a spot on the night, pre-book at www.ticketebo.com.au/starrynights Venue: Eumundi Showgrounds, Black Stump Rd - off Memorial Drive, Eumundi. Near northern Eumundi entrance to Bruce Hwy. 50 NOOSA TODAY Friday, 20 November, 2020

Gates will open at 5pm, with the film screening at 6.30pm(ish) Ensure your car stereo works, or that you have portable radio on hand, as sound is transmitted via FM to car radios.

Candy bar on-site with fresh popcorn, sweets and cool drinks. Guests are encouraged to bring a ’car picnic’ or pre-order.More about the movies: THE GOONIES (PG) The Goonies are a group of friends living in a village which will soon be demolished. Setting out to find a way of saving their homes, The Goonies find a treasure map and they set off in search for the treasure of the legendary pirate One-Eyed Willy - located beneath an abandoned restaurant. Joined by a deformed gentle giant named Sloth, The Goonies embark on a great adventure through an underground maze filled with traps and skeletons,

where they are pursued by Sloth’s mother, thief Momma Fratelli and his brothers Jake and Francis.

GREMLINS (PG) Billy’s dotty dad discovers a Mogwai (mogwhy) and buys it as a Christmas present.

Billy loves his sweet furry pet Gizmo,but disregards the basic rules of owning a Mogwai. Gizmo spawns nasty offspring, and the new creatures go wild. Billy and his mum are forced to destroy the little suckers. The mayhem looks under control until Spike, the malicious Gremlin leader, hops into the school pool and multiplies exponentially. Soon the whole town is under attack! So, when your washing machine blows up or your TV goes on the fritz, before you call the repair man, turn on all the lights and look under all the beds ‘cause there just might be a gremlin in your house!

dank basement or the arena, The Mad Tones take the energy in the only direction they know - through the roof.

Sure to be a sell-out Sunshine Coast audiences will be in for a treat as these popular, engaging LIVE@114 music series will continue to evolve throughout 2021.

Get your tickets now.

When: Saturday 5 December, 7-11pm featuring; DJ Global Party People, Solua, The Mad Tones and Sunny Coast Rude Boys Where: Venue 114, 114 Sportsmans Parade, Bokarina Cost: $25pp + bf BOOK NOW at www.venue114.com.au Licensed, seated event. Under 18 years must be accompanied by an adult.

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Eumundi Brewery launches new brew Craft beer and rum lovers will be excited to hear about a unique creation launched last week at The Imperial Hotel from the brew crew at Eumundi Brewery, who have collaborated with the Bundaberg Rum Distillery to make what is unquestionably a very Queensland beer - the new ‘Eu-Bundy IPA’.

Head Brewer at Eumundi Brewery Chris Sheehan said Eu-Bundy IPA is a limited release special batch brew - a West Coast IPA that is part Eumundi Brewery, part Bundaberg Rum Distillery with several twists.

“It’s a classic IPA with an assertive yet balanced bitterness and light malt body, and a hearty helping of Bundaberg Small Batch

Spiced Rum,” said Chris.

“The rum, with its sweet dried spice nose of cinnamon and clove pair perfectly with the citrus nose from a heavy load of Citra hops, all finished off with a gentle addition of local ginger from both Bundaberg and Eumundi.”

Excited by the collaboration, Chris said the partnership brings together the best of two Queensland producers - Eumundi Brewery and the Bundaberg Rum Distillery - both with strong local legacies.

“While beer and rum are from very different drink spheres, we wanted to create some magic by bringing the two together in one glass. I felt confident it would work, and I’m happy to

say that taste tests tell us the union of flavours is indeed a winner.”

Duncan Littler from the Bundaberg Rum Distillery was equally excited to welcome the new brew.

“Finally, we can deliver a rum-influenced IPA to the beer lovers of Queensland! And we’re proud to have teamed up with a crew that has such a strong local footprint to do it. The opportunity to create Eu-Bundy IPA was a fun and interesting way to stretch our creative legs using our globally awarded Small Batch Spiced Rum, as well as bring our iconic rum to more Queenslanders. Now there’s no need to choose between the two.”

Imperial Hotel’s Simone serves up the Eu Bundy

Baroque brilliance from Italy, France in Coolum

By Jim Fagan The finest of European Baroque comes to Coolum this week-end with the Pacific Chamber Players performing music from Italy (Scarlatti and Vivaldi), France (Loeillet), Germany (Fasch and Krieger) and England

(William Corbett).

The Players, who include Donna McMahon (violin), Anne Bowyer (cello), Sue Hunkin (oboe),Neil Heymink (bassoon), Warren Brewer (trumpet) and Janet Brewer (harpsichord), are one of the most popular groups on the Coast.

Their two programmes of chamber music will be presented on Saturday at St Peter’s Catholic Church at 1pm and 3pm. They will last one hour with no interval and no afternoon tea.

The concert will be repeated at Eudlo Hall the following day at 2.00 and 4pm. COVID

safe measures will be in place at both venues.

Bookings are essential as Covid restrictions only permit a limited number to attend each concert. Ticket Prices: Adults $28, Concessions $25, School Students $7. Further information: phone 5446 8128 or go to http://www.pacificchamberplayers.com/2020-season.html

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Tucker With Trevor Restaurant Review

A Hastings Street special Trevor Pepys reviews Locale In times gone by, when Noosa’s food culture began to hit its straps, we were justly famous for the warmth of our welcomes, effusive greetings, attentive seating and a fast track to something to wet the whistle.

I’m thinking here of maitres d’ like Stef Fisher, Brett Massoud, Peter Gilligan, Dave Burgess and Johnny Blundstone. But the frontof-house superstar of more recent times who takes the Edi Brunetti memorial award for making you feel like a long-lost friend, is Locale owner Rio Capurso. This is high praise.

Even Mick Jagger had to concede that Edi was world class after he calmed and charmed Jerry Hall down when she threw a tantrum and threatened to throw herself into Lake Cootharaba because he didn’t have any Evian. “Just bring her tap water,” Mick whispered when the fuss had died down, “She won’t know.”

It must be their shared Italian heritage, but Rio puts a smile on my face every time I enter Locale, just like Edi. Unfortunately, when Trevor and the missus visited recently, he was having a night off, so things might have got off to a bad start, but they didn’t. We were greeted enthusiastically and shown to a charming courtyard table with a filtered view of people’s ankles as they came and went from the little car park above. But only Trev would mention this, and the overall ambience, just beyond the roar of the crowded main room, was pleasant.

Trevor was last at Locale back in February with a rowdy bunch of visiting Americans whose ebullient leader insisted on over-order-

Fresh-shucked oysters. ing for the table (we’d already had two hours of hors d’oeuvres on a river cruise) so we decided to under-order this time. And, to be honest, some of Trev’s best experiences at Locale have been grazing on tapas in the bar.

So we ordered the pane selection ($9) while we pondered the menu and guzzled a bottle

of quite decent Range Life King Valley pinot grigio ($48), the closest thing Locale has to “house wine” - don’t get me started. A word about the bread: you can give it a fancy name, but a basket of bread is approximately just that, right? Well, not always. This basket was filled with crispy, cheesy, melt-in-the-mouth

taste sensations that made you want to slurp more of that wine, just like peanuts in the pub.

Next, we slid into half a dozen natural oysters with white balsamic, eschallot, prosecco and limoncello dressing ($5 each), which Trev livened up with a side of Tabasco. Yum. More pane to mop up the juice.

We followed this with a couple of entr¨¦esize selections from the pasta menu to share, Mrs Tucker opting for the tagliatelle of squid ink pasta, Mooloolaba king prawns, calamari, garlic, lemon, butter, basil and pistachio ($34), Trev for the tortelli with braised lamb, brood, farm greens and broad beans ($29). Lucky we were sharing, because Trev’s tortelli was a little sub-par, and Pepys house rules dictate that he who writes the review gets the better of any shared dish, otherwise you can stay home with a TV dinner and a cask of plonk.

Any pasta in squid ink is a good base for fresh local seafood, but this night’s tagliatelle was a subtle marriage of flavours that really worked. The lamb tortelli was simply too bland to compete, but there was nothing left on the plate, it must be said.

The verdict: Half a dozen or so years since it opened in the French Quarter, Locale still lives up to expectations as one of Hastings Street’s special event dining experiences, not over the top expensive, but don’t expect to get out under a hunjie a head, even if you eat as lightly as Trev’s svelte figure suggests he does.

But it is a special experience, even when Rio’s not there.

Locale, 62 Hastings Street. Phone 5447 5111

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Tears of joy at end of run When Sunshine Butterflies heard that the Noosa Triathlon was cancelled due to COVID-19, they we incredibly disappointed, as their members love participating in the Tingirana Special Triathlon each year.

Thankfully, along came an army of professional triathlon and multisport event staff, triathletes, triathlon club members and locals who all volunteered their time to bring the incredibly heart-warming event to Sunshine Butterflies.

Courtney Akrigg from World Triathlon joined forces with Bec van Pooss from Iron Man Oceania and together they rallied their industry colleagues and mates, to host this very special triathlon event at Sunshine Butterflies five-acre property ‘Our Backyard’ at Cooroibah.

Members of all abilities took part in three inclusive events for the day, a ‘Run’ leg, (an egg ‘n’ spoon race), a water-based relay and a ‘bike’ leg utilising wheelchairs and billy carts.

It was an emotional moment as the triathletes came racing through the finish line, cheered on by our awesome volunteers from St Andrew’s Anglican College, the Noosa community and the many Sunshine Butterflies staff.

Members were treated to a special guest appearance from the incredible vision-impaired cyclist Darryl Munck and Tim Rook who shared their experiences about getting out there on their awesome two-seater bicycle.

To top off an already incredible day, the Noosa Tri team presented Sunshine Butterflies with a very generous donation of $,000, raised by the wonderful Noosa Tri team.

Recently retired professional triathletes Beth and Luke McKenzie joined in the fun and were blown away by the wonderful atmosphere.

There were smiles, laughter and tears of pure joy from everyone that attended.

It was one of the most magical days at ‘Our Backyard’ described by one of the members, as “the best day of my life.”

Recently retired professional triathletes Beth and Luke McKenzie who joined members on the course, encouraging them to reach new heights.

Special guests, vision-impaired Cyclist Darryl Munck (Right) with his riding partner Tim Rook.

Members having the time of their lives on a hot day in Cooroibah.

Courtney Akrigg from World Triathlon, interviews recently retired professional triathlete Luke McKenzie who had some inspirational words to share.

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This is a huge Auction of workshop items, farm equipment, trucks, motor vehicles etc. Items include: Studmasta Head Bail (unused), Weigh Platform and Reader, 6ft extra H/duty Howard Slasher, 2 x 300cc Quad bikes (4x2), 2005 Toyota Hilux single cab ute (registered) 228,000 klm, 2011 Holden Commodore ute (registered) only 105,000 klm, 400 litre Silvan Spray Unit with Boom, 18 steel farm gates, single burner branding furnace, 2011 Volvo FM13 prime mover, 2006 Iveco power star prime mover, Komatsu forklift, 40ft shipping container, Husqvarna 242E zero turn mower (little use), 3 phase mincer, 2 steel molasses tanks approx 30,000 litres each, 2 steel cattle grids, Diamond Harrows, Set of 4 Endurequip truck hoists, Tyre changing machine (a Ranger product), 2 Pallet jacks, 20 Ton Press, large Gantry (manual), OfďŹ ce Building (2 room) 24ft 6â€? long, Nightshifter 6000 Lighting Plant (as is), Shell antique Fuel Bowser, Boat and Trailer, hundreds of boxes of nuts and bolts many of which are stainless steel, pressure cleaner, welders, air compressor, trowling machine, vibrator, large qty air bags, oil ďŹ lters, fuel ďŹ lters, brake liners, suspension parts, fan belts, s/steel milk tanker parts, motors, pumps, barb wire plus hundreds of other items too numerous to list.

Note: Auction on account Mary Valley Milk and Riverside Cattle Co. A/C Outside Vendor: 2006 Hilux Dual Cab, 3.5 Ton Pad foot Roller, 2001 1850G Acco truck Crane and Tipper combo, JCB 220LC Excavator.

Directions: Auction is approximately 3 km from Kenilworth Township.

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By Joy Ringrose This has been a year of rest and consolidation for the showjumping horses of the Sunshine Coast, and indeed, show jumpers throughout Australia. The calendar of agricultural shows in Queensland has been completely empty until recently.

Now that people are free to travel and congregate again, the showjumping fraternity has been demanding some competitions for their horses.

The Sunshine Coast Showjumping Club had to cancel this year’s February and July shows, but is now helping to answer the riders’ needs by organising a three-day show at the Nambour Showgrounds, to be held over the 27th, 28th, and 29th of November.

Although the focus will be on starting younger horses, and giving experience to younger riders, with many smaller height classes, there will also be some big classes for top class juniors, and World Cup riders.

The Junior Championship, to be held on Saturday night, has already attracted some

outstanding aspiring young riders and their purpose-bred, athletic horses.

The last class of the show, to be held on Sunday afternoon, will be the Grand Prix, a class that will feature some of Australia’s best riders, one of which is Merrick Ubank, who recently returned to Australia from a successful overseas campaign.

Local international competitor, Billy Raymont, will also be competing in this class. He will also be bringing a string of younger horses to this show to gain experience in the smaller classes. Billy recently quarantined for 14 days, after being allowed to return home after an extended stay of competing and coaching in Victoria. He is now back in full swing of training horses, competing and giving lessons up here.

The three-day show kicks off at noon on Friday, 27 November, and is free for spectators. Details about the different classes can be found on the SC SJ Club’s Facebook page.

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Division 2 Councillor Terry Landsberg congratulated Corey for his stellar achievements.

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Corey, 34, first became a lifeguard when he was 17.

Now based full-time at Kings Beach and a crewman for the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service, Corey said he was thrilled to receive the award.

“I’m pretty stoked because this is the first professional award I’ve won within my workplace,” he said.

“It’s really nice to know all my hard work and helping out with the young guards has paid off.”

Corey first developed a passion for beach safety as a nipper and estimates he’s performed hundreds of thousands of preventative actions during his service.

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Northerlies bring the bite Offshore has been a mixed bag of success this week as the winds persist and the swell has been up at times on the Noosa Bar. The estuaries have also seen a change following the previous week’s rain and even the freshwater is warming up.

Starting offshore there was a weather window for bigger boats on Thursday, which saw boat ramps chock-a-block full by 7am. The light winds and cleaner swell made for an easier crossing for more experienced boaties.

With most anglers searching for the first mackerel of the season halls reef, sunshine reef and North Reef were the popular places. Although no mackerel were caught, there were good numbers of smaller jewfish around the 80 to 90 centimetre mark, tuskies, mack tuna and sweetlip. While waiting for the mackerel, make sure you have a small length of single strand wire above your hooks to prevent bite offs.

Take a look at the mason single strand and ask us about haywire twists.

Beach fishing continues to fish well for bread and butter species. Small dart are all along the coastline with a few tailor and bream in the mix. Summer whiting are starting to show up in greater numbers and nothing beats a live worm, so be sure to grab a pack on your next visit along with some whiting tube and red beads for added attraction.

Noosa River is coming toward a great week ahead with the moon phase. The recent northerly winds have warmed the water up a bit more, which has seen mangrove jacks becoming more frequent. Other fish becoming active are flathead. The recent influx of whiting has seen a few bigger fish following them into the sand flats. Flatties can be found throughout the Noosa River but the Frying Pan, Dog Beach and Weyba are the favourites. Try the small Molix shads if wanting to throw something bigger which will cover you for flathead and jacks.

These bigger jointed baits work very well, especially at night because of the vibration they create. Jack fishing can be done at night in the same places that flathead frequent, as jacks go out onto open water to hunt. Big eye trevally will also be on the hunt in packs and small Zerek Poparazzi poppers cast out with a quick popping retrieve works best to trigger the bite.

Up-river, between the lakes, you can find small undersized jewfish. These fish will take a range of bait and lures and they love a soft vibe like the Samaki range, which come rigged and ready to fish out of the box. Throw these around more open areas and work the bottom few feet and expect to catch a wide range of other species too.

Freshwater has been quieter this week but with the lead up to the moon and warmer waters now is the time to break out small surface frogs like Zman finesse frogz and Chasebaits frog. Cast these onto lilies or the gentle sloping bank and twitch these slowly into open water.

Lee Mason is pictured with a 52-centimetre mangrove jack, which he caught in Weyba Creek. It went for a mullet strip.

Pictures: WWW.FISHINGNOOSA.COM.AU Be sure to put in plenty of pauses as bass love to hit a paused lure. As the sun rises switching to smaller jerbaits like the Bassday Sugadeep, which is a personal favourite, has secured many solid fish just sitting in the shade of an overhanging tree and bush. Be quiet on the water and enjoy the warmer weeks ahead as it will be a great time to start getting fish off the top.

Don’t forget when in store to ask about our Suzuki 4 stroke outboard motor giveaway!

Now, for all the latest information log on to www.fishingnoosa.com.au for up to date bar and fishing reports, don’t forget to drop into Davo’s Tackle World, Davo’s Boating and Outdoors in Noosa and Davo’s Northshore Bait & Tackle in Marcoola for all the right equipment, bait and advice to get you catching. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, and remember: Tight Lines and Bent Spines!

Bhay Raynor Johnston won last week’s $100 Davo’s Tackle World/ChaseBaits Fish of the Week prize with this quality cobia which he boated in Laguna Bay. NOOSA WEATHER FORECAST

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FRI 20 NOVEMBER 5:48 PM 11:16 PM

0.53 m 1.21 m

Morning clouds.

6:56 PM

0.59 m

SAT 21 NOVEMBER

1:01 PM 8:08 PM

1.68 m 0.61 m

SUN 22 NOVEMBER

2:05 PM 9:10 PM

1.6 m 0.59 m

MON 23 NOVEMBER

3:05 PM 9:59 PM

1.56 m 0.56 m

3:57 PM 10:38 PM

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Sunny.

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26 / 19 °C Morning clouds.

27 / 17 °C

SAT 21ST NOVEMBER 00:24 AM 5:58 AM

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Sunny.

SUN 22ND NOVEMBER 1:47 AM 7:09 AM

1.12 m 0.69 m

Sunny.

MON 23RD NOVEMBER 3:07 AM 8:30 AM

1.18 m 0.75 m

Quality snapper from a recent Cougar One charter to Double Island Point.

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28 / 19 °C

TUE 24 NOVEMBER Scattered storms late.

Increasing clouds.

33 / 20 °C

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WED 25TH NOVEMBER 4:57 AM 10:40 AM

26 / 19 °C

4:41 PM 11:12 PM

1.54 m 0.46 m

Thunderstorms. Overcast.

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Stand up and be counted World champion stand up paddleboarder Brianna Orams has been named USC’s Sportsperson of the Year for 2020.

However it’s unlikely Brianna will hold the trophy aloft any time soon, as Covid-19 travel restrictions have resulted in her studying online from her hometown of Auckland in New Zealand.

The pandemic meant the Environmental Science student could not compete in the 2020 SUP Euro Tour from April to July as planned, but her other achievements over the past 12 months were enough for her to clinch USC’s top award for student athletes.

Brianna won the junior technical race at the Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) world championships in China in late 2019, became the SUP united 5km and 10km time trial champion in mid-2020, and won or placed well at various SUP competitions in New Zealand.

The impact of Covid-19 on elite sport this year has meant many USC student athletes including Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls - were denied the opportunity to compete in any major events.

Jane Larkin - 2020 Resilience Award.

There was so much disruption to sport this year that USC introduced its 2020 Resilience Awards to recognise those who made the most of the changed circumstances through ongoing training and competition, community involvement and study success.

Two students - sprinter and Doctor of Creative Arts student Jane Larkin and cyclist and Clinical Exercise Physiology student Zack Gilmore - received these awards at a special event at USC Stadium on Friday 13 November.

Zack Gilmore - winner of the 2020 Resilience Award.

Top quality cricket is coming to Tewantin...

By Randall Woodley It was announced this week that the Tewantin-Noosa Thunder first XI team will take on the Sunshine Coast Scorchers First Grade side in the Laguna Realty T20 Challenge under lights on Thursday night, 26 November at Read Park. The Thunder team won the recent Sunshine Coast Cricket Association Twenty20 series (winning eight out of nine matches) and the players are looking to test themselves against a highly rated team.

The Scorchers have been consistently one of the top sides in this format in Queensland Premier cricket so will put on a show as they warm up for the their T20 campaign.

The TNT team will include one of the club’s coaches, Bulls and International player, Nathan Reardon and one of the BBLs top wicket takers and local identity Ben Laughlin.

All players, supporters of the club and members of the public are invited to this match starting at 6pm. The club bar will be open and wood fired pizza van will be operating.

MATCHES LAST WEEKEND: Last Saturday was the first day of the two-day matches which will now be played fortnightly until the end of the season.

FIRST GRADE: The team took on the Maroochydore Swans at Buderim, which was really a match that would decide second place in the premiership ladder. Against all expec-

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Bowler Tom Freshwater took six wickets last Saturday. tations the day turned into an outing for the bowlers who took 15 wickets during play for only 174 runs scored off the bat. Losing the toss, TNT was sent out into the field on what was going to be a 33- degree day. With openers Scott Aufderheide and Tom Freshwater, who have taken over 100 red ball wickets between them in the past two years, the boys could not wait to get out into the field.

These two clever and experienced cricketers did not disappoint and they bowled virtually unchanged for the day. The Swans were 3/31 after an hour and then 4/60 at lunch and later all out 110 in the 43rd over an hour into

the middle session. Scott bowled 19 overs 3/50 and ‘Freshy’ picked up his third five-wicket haul of the season with 6/47 off his 18 overs.

All 10 Maroochydore wickets were caught with the highlight being two brilliant catches at short leg by Sam Baker. Dom Taylor picked up the last wicket with 1/7 off his three overs and teenager Harrison Lea bowled three overs for two runs.

The Thunder had 43 overs to bat and a great opportunity to set the game up. Maroochydore bowled well and with the pitch being quite slow scoring was very difficult.

TNT lost two early wickets but kept strug-

gling to accumulate runs. Sam Baker and Jake Dennien batted for 21 overs for 45 runs to get the team back to 3/60 before both fell in the last 10 balls of the day to allow Maroochydore back into the game. At stumps the batting side was 3/64 needing 47 runs next week to pass the target score. With plenty of batting in the sheds it is hoped that a couple of good partnerships should get the Thunder over the line for a first innings win and maybe, just maybe set up for an outright.

THIRDS: The team played Maleny at Dale Officer Oval in the first of the two-day games and Jason Toohey continued his form at the toss losing again and is now 0-8 on the season. Bowling first the Thunder boys had the visitors at 3/64 at drinks. Openers Tom Stewart (2/17 off 9) and Ben Giddy had opened the bowling and kept the pressure on all the batsmen. By mid-afternoon the bowlers had done their job and Maleny was all out for 150.

Others to take wickets were Brad Thompson (3/24 off 9 overs), Jason Toohey (3/29 off 10), Nick Bennett (1/32 off 8), and Blake Steel (1/12 off 4) The Thunder started very badly, losing its first three wickets for 17 before Nick Bennett 25 (not out) and Blake O’Donnell 24 began their rescue mission. At stumps TNT was 4/69, still needing another 82 to gain first innings points for the match. Next Saturday will be crucial day for the team to remain in the top half of the ladder.

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Pin High Peter Owen

He’s chasing the dream Promising young professional Ryley Martin, starved of opportunities this year due to Covid-19, is planning to make up for lost time by moving to North America in the New Year.

Martin, who is an Ambassador Member at Noosa Springs and plays most of his golf there, has played only a handful of tournaments this year.

His latest was the Northern Territory PGA in Darwin late last month when he made the cut after a disappointing first round 80, but finished well back.

“It’s been very hard this year,” Martin said.

“It’s been hard to build up any sort of momentum but, on the other hand, it’s allowed me to do things I wouldn’t normally have been able to do.”

That includes playing a lot of social golf at Noosa Springs and Maroochy River, where he is also a member, and long periods of working on his game.

“I’m fairly happy with the way I’m playing right now,” said the young man who is renowned for how far he hits the ball and the consistency of his putting.

Martin and his father are planning to head to North America in January or February, probably basing themselves in Canada.

“My aim is to win my way onto the Canadian Tour,” Martin said. “It’s very competitive and a good stepping stone to the United States tours.”

Ryley plans to be away for about eight months, returning for the Australian summer series of tournaments.

He won his way onto the Australasian Tour late last year. He qualified for the Q School final by finishing in the top 10 at preliminary qualifying at Noosa Springs.

Rugby hero is Noosa bound Rod McCall, the tough lock who helped the Wallabies win the 1991 Rugby World Cup, has taken three months to reach a decision, but he’s now decided he wants to spend his retirement years in Noosa.

McCall, who played 40 games for Australia and 107 for the Queensland Reds in a celebrated career, has just spent three months renting a villa at Noosa Springs, where he’s looking forward to living and working on his golf game.

He was one of 76 men and women who competed in last month’s Sunshine Coast Spring Classic, a 72-hole tournament for club golfers.

“The body held up better than I thought it would,” said the grandfather of three who turned in rounds of 26 Stableford points (Maroochy River), 25 (Twin Waters), 30 (Noosa Springs) and 26 (Peregian) to finish midfield in the tournament’s Division 2.

“It hasn’t been an easy time off the course, either,” he said. “I had 14 around at my place last night.”

McCall said he had many Noosa friends, and that was one of the reasons he decided to spend three months in the region before making a firm decision on relocating.

“It’s definite now,” he said. “I’ll go back to Brisbane for a while but we’re now officially looking for a home in Noosa, and we plan to move early in the New Year.”

Noosa women win the foursome title Noosa pair Judy Patterson and Sue McLaurin have taken the Division 2 category of the North Coast zone ladies foursomes championship. Judy and Sue took 147 shots to win by two strokes from Carol McLeod of Caloundra and Ann Sutherland of Beerwah. The event was staged at Bribie Island.

Ladies in the spotlight at Noosa Springs It’s a date in the diaries of many female Noosa golfers - the Noosa Springs Ladies Golf Series, where golf and glamour get together. The ladies play 18 holes of golf in the morning, and follow up with a gourmet champagne lunch in the clubhouse.

And this year there’s something extra - the chance to win a half-day session at one of Australia’s best day spas.

The last of this year’s series - shortened

Invincibles Tour members Tyler Duncan (left) and Justice Bosio teamed with volunteers Irene and Ray Lally to be runners-up in the Invincibles golf day.

Rod McCall shows his style on the golf course.

Ryley Martin (left) watches as fellow pro Glenn Joyner plays during their recent round together at Noosa Springs.

to two events because of Covid-19 - is on 15 December.

Those who play in both legs will be in the running for the major prize - a Half Day Spa Escape, which includes a Thermal Suite Experience and a choice of massage, facial or sugar scrub, plus four rounds of golf in an electric cart.

The cost is $39 for Noosa Springs members, $89 for social and reciprocal members, and $99 for visitors. Everybody who plays receives a $20 discount on any future Spa package.

For more information phone 5440 3325 or email golf@noosasprings.com.au.

Invincibles cheer their favourite son Once a year, the admirable Sunshine Coast Invincibles Junior Golf Tour gets together to celebrate the year, thank its sponsors, reward its highest achievers, raise some funds, and play golf. The venue this year was Noosa Springs, and the Invincibles had something special to celebrate - the brave performance of Cameron Smith, runner-up in the US Masters at Augusta.

Smith is one of hundreds of young golfers who learned their craft on the Invincibles Tour, playing junior tournaments across the Sunshine Coast.

“It seems only yesterday that little Cameron was competing against youngsters twice his size on our tour,” said Invincibles founder and president Graeme Miller. “But, even then, you could see there was something special about the little fellow - that he was going to become a champion”.

And as sponsors, supporters, friends and current members of the Tour gathered in the clubhouse after their game on Friday, the Invincibles recognised two young golfers who may, in time, trace Cameron Smith’s footsteps.

Tyler Quaill (Maroochy River) and Amy Hodgson (Redcliffe) were presented with $1000 encouragement scholarships, the money to be used for travel to, and accommodation at, an event of their choosing.

Home ground advantage

Nobody knows Noosa Springs better than Phil Starkey. After all, it was he and his family who built the place. Starkey’s dad Alan was the architect of the plan, buying the 103ha property, designing the resort and residential precinct, putting the stamp of quality on it and watching as it developed into an integrated resort of national significance.

Phillip, a lawyer by profession, was beside him almost all the way, and is still involved in some aspects of the property.

These days, though, he is able to spend more time on the golf course. And last week it showed. Playing off a handicap of 14, Phil Starkey recorded 40 points to win the Wednesday Stableford competition - not an achievement to rival the construction of an award-winning resort, but one to be savoured, nonetheless.

Club competitions NOOSA Monday, 9 November Women’s Stableford: A Grade - Cynthia Duco 38, Cheryl Grieve 37; B Grade - Michelle Linklater 40, Pat Law 38. Rundown to 34c/b; women’s Stableford (9 holes): Ann Tummon 21, Carole Moynihan 20, Jenny Drummond-Gower 19c/b.

Tuesday, 10 November Men’s Tuesday Club Stableford: A Grade - Greg Collins 43, Alex Officer 41, Dallas Furner 40c/b, Benjamin Palfery 40; B Grade - Ross Cunningham 41, Robert Tasker 40, Eugene Barry 39, Peter Shortai 38; C Grade - Jeremy Alkin 44, Robin Versluys 40, Phil Grieve 39c/b, Michael Davenport 39. Rundown to 36c/b.

Wednesday, 11 November Vets stableford: A Grade - Ron Turner 43, Bob McCormick 41c/b, Alastair Kerrison 41; B Grade - Alan Bradley 42, Graham Meadows 41, Andy McGill 40; C Grade - Ed Beckett 40, Renze Bais 39c/b, Paul Sprunt 39. Rundown to 36c/b.

Saturday, 14 November Men’s Stableford: A Grade - George Giblett 42c/b, Cooper Lau 42, David Murray 41c/b; B Grade - Robert Hemmings 41c/b, Nathan Jack-

Widening the focus

By Peter Heiniger So often in golf, we’re reminded to narrow our focus on just the ball to assist in blocking out any negative outside influences which may affect the outcome of our shot.

Now, that may be the case with the greater majority of shots, however a different approach can be applied when faced with green-side bunker shots, where contact should only be made with the sand and not the ball.

Instead of narrowing your focus on the ball, broaden your focus to take in a patch of sand around and underneath the ball. That patch should be approximately a two-inch radius around and underneath the ball. A good thing to do is to create the image in your mind of a poached egg and broaden your focus on the white/albumen of the egg and not the yolk. Broaden your focus and before you know it, you’ll crack the secret of playing bunker shots well.

Good golfing.

Peter Heiniger is the Noosa Springs resident PGA teaching professional son 41, Michael Norman 40c/b; C Grade - Peter Turnbull 40c/b, Chris Cahill 40, Tim McKiernan 39c/b. Rundown to 36c/b. Women’s Stableford: Jennifer Eborall 38, Noreen Scanlon 36, Rosemary Caffyn 35c/b.

NOOSA SPRINGS Monday, 9 November Women’s Stableford: Sandra Probert 39c/b, Rosemary Perkins 39c/b, Anne Smith 39c/b.

Wednesday, 11 November Men’s Stableford: Phillip Starkey 40, Alan Emblin 39, Ric Holm 38; women’s Stableford: Rosemary Perkins 39, Dana Angus 37c/b, Jill Robson 39c/b.

Saturday, 14 November Men’s Stableford: Carl Vogel 38, Dick Whittington 37c/b, Paul Betar 37, Steve Walker 36; women’s Stableford: Bronwyn Driver 38, Jill Wilson 38, Margie Charlton 37, Dorothy Marlow 37.

COOROY Tuesday, 10 November Women’s Stroke (9 holes): Mary Miller 33, Kaye Gilmour 36c/b. Rundown to 38c/b.

Wednesday, 11 November Vets 4-man Ambrose: Errol Radley, Russ Rylance, Peter Jeucken, Wayne McKinnon 53.25; Bob Noble, Keith Harkin, John Stewart, Andy Stewart 55; Grant Smallacombe, Jim Henderson, Wayne Hastie, Scott Bennett 55.5.

Friday, 13 November Coopers Challenge, Stableford: B. Robbo 40c/b, B. Price 40.

Saturday, 14 November Women’s Stableford: Aileen Morton 38c/b, Den Nelson 38.

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Between The Flags Ron Lane

Major awards for Noosa On Saturday afternoon, invited members of the Noosa Heads SLSC gathered together in the First Point Room of the surf club to witness the announcement of the winners of the Australian Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence for the 2019/20 season. These awards cover all aspects of lifesaving, from administration to beach safety and surf sports. Also to be named were those chosen to become honoured members of the very elite group, the Australian Hall of Fame.

For Noosa, the celebrations commenced when Lana Rogers - who for that season represented Noosa - was named as the Athlete of the Year. This saw Lana win the Coolangatta Gold, plus the Nutri Grain series, in which she won all three rounds. Training under coach Sharlene Kelly of Noosa, this was indeed a remarkable performance. The season had been shortened by Covid-19, but to win the two toughest events on the calendar, against the elite of the Australian girls, was indeed remarkable.

This win has been a follow-on to her outstanding successes in the previous seasons: Australian and Queensland senior belt champion, Australian Iron Woman Champion, a third in Coolangatta Gold and selection in the Australian team to tour Japan.

If naming Lana as the Australian Athlete of the Year had many jumping for joy, then the announcement of the appointment of Darren Mercer to the Australian Surf Life Saving Hall of Fame really made the afternoon one to remember. The major highlight of this award is that it is an appointment made by his peers, not something that is voted on by his competition mates. In doing so, their decision is based not only on his outstanding achievement as an iron man competitor and coach at club state and international level, but also his conduct away from the beach and his contribution to the lifesaving movement in general.

Darren was stunned. “I was certainly not expecting this - it is a massive honour. This honour is one that is sure to be celebrated by this tightknit family of parents John and Maureen, wife Tiana, daughters Jordan and Madison and also his grandfather Joe”. Born in Bulli, NSW in 1967, Darren was educated at the Thirroul Public School and St Paul’s Catholic College. On leaving college after Year 10 he started working as an apprentice electrician. “After a short time, I decided that it was not the job for me. At this stage in life I had been through the nippers at Thirroul where I had started competing, then got my bronze at Austinmer at age 15. By then I had got a taste for the iron man event and at age 16, contested my very first at Bondi, coming second to Guy Leech. My next carnival was at Glenelg, where things were reversed: I took first place and Guy second. I got him back,” he added with a laugh.

“After that I knew what I wanted to do in life.

From then, it was full-on progression; it was a great time competing with all the elite men: we were going gang busters.” At this stage his older brother Dean was also competing, and both were being coached by their father, John.

“It was dad who was to be the big influence in our lives,” Darren said.

The research leading up to the announcement of the award shows a career that would be the envy of any fair-minded athlete. His first major success came in 1984/85 when he won the under-18 iron man championship of Australia and repeated the effort the following season. At the end of his career, his record was indeed outstanding, one that read (all at National level): three medals in the iron man (two gold, one bronze), four medals in the board rescue (one gold, two silver, one bronze), two medals in the Coolangatta Gold (first and second), and in the Manly Gold Iron Man, the New South Wales equivalent to the Coolangatta Gold, four gold from five races.

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Noosa surf club legends Lenore Grice and Darren Mercer. again achieved outstanding success - making the name Mercer a commodity that commanded the utmost respect through all ranks of the lifesaving movement. His success in competition also saw him selected, on five occasions, as a member of the Australian team; one of which he served as team captain. “We were against South Africa and apartheid had just been lifted so it was very interesting,” he said. “All up I went ok, winning two gold, one silver, and one bronze in the Iron Man Series.’’

And this was at international level!

For Darren, his personal family life started in the early 1990s when he met an attractive young lady named Tiana. They soon became partners. However, there was no big wedding plans. “We actually eloped: while on a trip to Hawaii I grabbed Dean as best man, a celebrant and that was it. We were married,” Darren said. They are now the proud parents of two beautiful daughters, Jordan and Madison.

The two brothers both went on to become legends of the Australian Iron Man circuit. But Dean’s life was tragically cut short, when at the age of 47 he passed away suddenly following a cardiac arrest. For Darren and the family it was a shattering experience: a family member gone, but never forgotten.

It was in 2000 that Darren made the switch to Queensland and, after spending several seasons with various clubs, in 2010, he finally settled in Noosa where he, on application, was appointed to the position of head coach of the Noosa Heads Surf Club. This was to be the start of a successful career in coaching. There’s been many highlights through the years, but one that really stands out was 2019 when his Taplin team (a blue-ribbon event) did the unthinkable and went through the entire season unbeaten. But amongst his many triumphs has been the unbelievable success (at state, national and international level) of daughter

and iron woman competitor, Jordan.

Darren’s coaching of Jordan has been responsible for (just to name a few) her success in these major events: Australian Nutri Grain Iron Woman Series 2016, six times winner of the Molokai Paddle Board title, and the Women’s World Paddle Board Championship in Denmark. She is also the only woman to win both the Molokai Paddle Board and Ski race. Add to this the various wins in the state, national and international events in lifesaving, and it soon becomes obvious that Darren Mercer must rate amongst the best. “I am so proud of him,” said Jordan, “this recognition is overdue: people are not aware of the things he does for others behind the scenes. I think,” she added with a laugh, “the only time he is not thinking of others is when he is competing, because then he is there to win.” Well done, and congratulations on the Hall of Fame induction.

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Life of Brine Phil Jarratt

Passing of a pocket rocket Tragic news from Sydney on Monday as the light went out for turbo-charged pocket rocket John Shimooka, the Hawaiian former world pro tour surfer known universally as ‘Shmoo’.

Shmoo, 51, who had battled depression for many years, lost his wife Lisa in tragic circumstances last year, and then almost lost tour buddy and former world champion Sunny Garcia in a depression-induced incident. Many people in the surfing world, myself included, knew of Shmoo’s demons, but there was shock in those circles this week because he was such an exuberant and seemingly resilient little bugger.

Kelly Slater, who got to share a few waves with his old mate in Sydney earlier this year, summed it up, posting: “My heart’s ripped out.

I’m sorry, Shmoo. I thought we had this”.

Shmoo, by his own admission, was a party animal first and a professional athlete second when he burst onto the scene in the late 1980s.

Inevitably he dropped off tour and was selfmedicating in a seedy Orange County beach flat when Sunny Garcia dragged his butt back to Hawaii and got him fit and touring again.

One of Shmoo’s finest moments as a pro was when Sunny and he finished one and two at Bells in 1995.

When he retired from the tour, Shmoo and Lisa moved to Sydney, setting up home in Cronulla while he worked for Quiksilver International. In those years I worked with Shmoo at Quiksilver events around the globe and came to know him pretty well. We shared some fun waves in Hossegor, Makaha, Fiji and even at South Avalon, opposite the Quiksilver HQ, and although he sometimes had a reputation as a wave hog, all I remember is Shmoo calling an older and lesser surfer into set waves with a big smile on his face.

To say he was an exuberant little fellow is an understatement, but there was often something just below the surface. The Jiu Jitsu black belt was good at his job, a hard worker and a dedicated dad to son Brandon. Above all, he was a fine surfer who put his own stamp on every wave he rode.

For two years up to his death he had been general manager at Surfing NSW. He is survived by Brandon, and will be missed by all who knew him and were touched by his spirit.

Those seeking help can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36.

Windansea take Sunny Cup in nailbiter The surf might have been a bit how’s your father, but enthusiasm ran high last Sunday at Dog Poo Alley at Sunshine Beach as 160 surfers from seven Sunshine Coast clubs battled it out for the Sunny Coast Cup. Defending champs Noosa Boardriders hosted the mixed tag team event in front of a big, rowdy crowd, and were looking good to take the cup home again until the dying stages of the 70-minute final, when the wind dropped off a little, the bank started to grind out some longer lefts, and Windansea’s Cam McDougall pulled into a howler and outran the lip all the way to the beach to take the glory from the home side who finished second.

In a day of stellar performances in difficult conditions, Noosa 2 team rider Aaron Kelly scored the highest single wave score.

Straight to the pool room As tickets for the Noosa World Surfing Reserve’s Surfers’ Christmas Ball continue to sell like hot cakes, long-time NWSR supporter Paul Winter has donated a superb replica ‘speed pin’ surfboard from his Fuyu label for the lead item in the charity auction to be held on the night.

The stunning orange and green 8 ft 2 pintail is a replica of an old Shane board that Paul found at Crescent Head, but more broadly it is representative of the pre-Tracker period of the shortboard revolution of the late 1960s. During this brief “transition” era of 1968-69, surfers and shapers were rejecting the first somewhat clunky shorter boards pioneered in Australia

by Bob McTavish and marketed as Plastic Machines and moving more towards Hawaiian Dick Brewer’s mini gun concept, in which the

‘Shmoo’ in full flight.

The winning team. contours of the sleek big wave pintails were adapted to shorter boards.

By ’69, the favoured shape would be the squaretail Tracker, and from there we’d move on to even shorter boards, but there is no doubt that in 1968 the speed pin had its shining moment. And according to Noosa surfboard historian Darryl Homan, the Fuyu

Picture: COURTESY OF TOM SERVAIS

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Fuyu shaper Paul Winter with the speed pin.

Picture: ROB MACCOLL.

speed pin is “an absolutely beautiful an authentic replica, superbly crafted”.

Whew! So much history in one board, and one lucky collector is going to take it straight to the pool room on 12 December.

The Surfers’ Christmas Ball, a fundraiser for the World Surfing Reserve’s stewardship program for 2021, will feature guest speaker Gary

“Kong” Elkerton, the loveable larrikin of Australian surfing, surf toons from the evergreen SandFlys (and maybe a very special guest) and a three-course feast. It’s going to be the party of the year at Sunshine Beach Surf Club’s impressive upstairs function space. Don’t miss out. For more information and ticket sales go to: noosaworldsurfingreserve.com.au Friday, 20 November, 2020 NOOSA TODAY 63

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Auctions in recent weeks have been good testament to that. The $9.8m paid this month for a beachfront Hastings St apartment was a stand-out.

Yet that was followed up this week with two auctions in particular.

There were more paddles in the air than at a table tennis tournament for the auction of the two-bedroom, two-bathroom, two-car apartment 221 Sebel, 32 Hastings St, Noosa Heads, last Friday.

On the second level, with northerly aspect and overlooking the swimming pool, the apartment had created a lot of interest with 13 registered bidders - six phone bidders and five in the room.

Gordon Macdonald was calling the auction for Shane McCauley and Frank Milat of Richardson & Wrench Noosa. And the bids came thick and fast.

It was one of the most intense auctions in a long time.

Fully furnished and with lift access, the apartment enjoyed a north-facing balcony overlooking the resort pool.

Directly opposite the beach, the number of registrations for the apartment were an indication of how strong the market is.

“The phones are at the ready for two,

two, two at two, two, one,’’ the auctioneer began.

“Make it yours.’’

Bidding started at $1m and, just like a table tennis rally, moved with lightning speed to $1.5m.

Strategies varied from $5000 bids, to $15,000s and then $50,000 to take it to $1.550m. Another five, then another to see it go to an interstate buyer at $1.560m.

LITTLE COVE AT ITS BEST Following hot on the heels of Friday’s auction in Hastings St, Tom Offermann Real Estate’s Luke Chen had something special up his sleeve on Saturday.

At 7/18 Park Rd, Noosa Heads, for the auction of the three-bedroom, twobathroom apartment at the top of Cove Point there was lot of excitement as 14 bidders registered Auctioneer Gordon Macdonald said there had only been one other sale in 11 years in the complex, giving an indication of how sought-after the location at Little Cove was.

With filtered views through the trees to Laguna Bay and Noosa North Shore, bidding started at $3m start, which gave an insight into how keen bidding would be.

Once it hit $4.9m there were just two remaining ... one in the room and the other on the phone.

Strategies came into play as increases of $10,000s were met with rises of $50,000.

A number of times bidding was called a third time only for another $10,000 on the phone ... $5.110m, $5.150, $5.160.

Then, after more than 40 bids, the phone bidder from Melbourne was out and it was sold at $5.20m to the Brisbane buyer in the room.

Proof, the auctioneer said, of good real estate.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUYER Nathan Howie of Noosa Estate Agents reports the sale at auction of the threebedroom, two-bathroom, two-car townhouse apartment 4/59 Elizabeth St, Noosaville, on Saturday.

“It was good,’’ Nathan said. “And there was plenty of conditional interest in case buyers did not take it on the day.

“It sold under the hammer to South Australian buyers for $1,175,000. A great result.

“They have discovered us. Brisbane is looking at us as well as the Gold Coast.’’

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0403 646 930 Richardson & Wrench Noosa. Thirteen registered bidders, sold at auction $1.560m SATURDAY, November 14 Castaways Beach 7/528 David Low Way: 3bed, 2bath, 2car free-standing beachfront residence, Will Hanton 0421 653 007 Dowling Neylan. Withdrawn prior to auction Noosa Heads 12 Mitti St: 4bed, 3bath, 2car house with pool, Rebekah Offermann 0413 044 241 at Tom Offermann Real Estate. Sold prior 7/18 Park Rd: 3bed, 2bath, 1car apartment, Luke Chen 0417 600 840 Tom Offermann Real Estate. Fourteen registered bidders. Bidding from $3m, sold under the hammer $5.2m 5108 Peppers, 5 Morwong Cres: 4bed, 3bath, 2car villa, Shane McCauley 0403 646 930 Frank Milat 0438 528 148 Richardson & Wrench Noosa. Sold under the hammer $2.45m 8410/5 Morwong Dve: 2bed, 2bath, 1car apartment, Chris Miller 0412 894 542 Tom Offermann Real Estate. Passed in, working with interested parties Noosaville 4/59 Elizabeth St: 3bed, 2bath, 2car townhouse apartment, Nathan Howie, 0414 424 333 Noosa Estate Agents.

Sold under the hammer for $1,175,000 9/73 Hilton Tce: 3bed, 1bath, 1car fullyfurnished unit, Roger Omdahl 0412 043 880 Laguna Real Estate. Passed in, talking with two parties FRIDAY, November 20 Glenview 194 Connection Rd: 4bed, 2bath, 6car house, pool, on 14ha, private on-line auction 10.30am, Vicki Pain, 0427 655 209 Jen Galinska, 0499 011 971 Ray White Eumundi Noosa Heads 4 Iluka, Serenity Close: 3bed, 2bath, 2car apartment, 1pm, Eric Seetoo 0419 757 770 Tom Offermann Real Estate SATURDAY, November 21 Noosa Heads 13 Mainsails Sq: 4bed, 3bath, 2car house, pool, Lauren Chen 0412 672 375 Tom Offermann Real Estate. Sold prior Marcus Beach 50 Tristania Dve: 3bed, 2bath, 2car, 3pm, Tracy Russell 0413 319 879 Tom Offermann Real Estate ●

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ALKIRA APARTMENT SELLS Jill Goode of Tom Offermann Real Estate has sold 1 Alkira, 31 Noosa Dve, Noosa Heads, to a Brisbane buyer for $2.7m.

The three-bedroom, two-bathroom, twocar apartment is one of three in a building designed by Gabriel Poole.

It has its own pool, hot tub, barbecue terrace, elevator and 400m from the beach.

BEACHSIDE LIVING There has been a good level interest in the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 50 Tristania Dve, Marcus Beach, ahead of Saturday’s auction at 3pm with Tracy Russell of Tom Offermann Real Estate.

“It’s good to see a lot of locals looking at it,’’ Tracy said.

“It’s a 484sq m home close to the beach, with ocean views and lap pool.

“It’s a great home in a lovely residential community.’’

Interest has also been from interstate and expats returning home.

BEACH AND COUNTRY Jen Galinska and Vicki Pain at Ray White

Luke Chen was on the phone while Gordon Macdonald called the bidding at the three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment 7/18 Park Rd, Noosa Heads, on Saturday. 221582

Rural Eumundi have an interesting property going to auction on Friday, November 20.

Bendles Farm at 194 Connection Road, Glenview, offers a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house with six-car garaging on 14ha with 330m of Mooloolah River frontage.

Set for an on-line auction at 10.30am, the property has been an irrigated turf farm for 25 years and a manager is available in an on-going capacity.

It offers a huge spring-fed dam, bore and seasonal creek. Deep, rich and healthy alluvial river flat soils to grow or graze anything you like.

The house has been meticulously renovated and includes polished blue gum timber floors, a fireplace set in a stone wall, landscaped gardens with a mineral pool.

Interest has been from Victoria, New South Wales, Toowoomba, inland and northern Queensland, Jen said.

They have been looking to downsize, wanting lifestyle, be closer to family or simply families wanting that bit of space.

“It’s a unique property. Everything about it is appealing.

“It’s been operating as a turf farm but is not being sold as a business. It’s up to the

buyer as to future use.’’

“The infrastructure includes two threebay sheds and water will never be an issue.

“Really, it’s for anyone with a dream of land.’’

SEA BREEZES, OUTLOOK The four-bedroom, three-bathroom house with pool and five-car garaging on 0.43ha at 57 Foxtail Rise, Doonan, has gone to contract with Will Hanton of Dowling Neylan.

Offered with a price guide of $1.5 million, the multi-level home was crafted for family living.

In a bushland setting with ocean views, it saw a local buyer attracted by the setting on a ridge which attracted breezes as well as outlook.

With Mediterranean styling, full wraparound balcony and huge entertaining area, it provides space in which to work from home.

AUCTION Action FRIDAY, November 13 Noosa Heads 221 Sebel, 32 Hastings St: 2bed, 2bath, 2car fully-furnished apartment, Frank Milat 0438 528 148 Shane McCauley

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4 ‘ I l u k A’ S e r e n I t y C l o S e NooSA HEADS

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Do you have your eye on the prize albeit a housesize apartment in an award-winning precinct? From the elevated prodigious alfresco living space on the ground floor, nature rules with filtered views through Paperbark trees in the reserve abutting a waterway on Noosa Sound. There’s an emphasis on privacy, the only intrusion is birdsong. A classy design, neutral palette, marble flooring and exquisite artworks create an ambient atmosphere.

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Prized location taking beachside living to new heights. Enjoy ocean views and the sound of rolling waves and cooling sea breezes. Just a stone’s throw from the sand. This generous and private residence offers soaring ceilings and the perfect north easterly aspect designed to offer protection whilst maximizing the ocean and white water views and an abundance of natural light.

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Saturday 21 November 3pm

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Agent Tracy Russell 0413 319 879

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Love to live in the front row, an absolute beachfront position in the dress circle of Noosa’s hotspot Sunshine Beach? Do your ultimate aspirations encompass designing a one-off showstopper, footsteps the-sand? Behold the opportunity of a lifetime, the only remaining site in much-coveted Park Crescent, for those seeking an innovative, evocative beach house, yet understand the privilege of residing in a millionaire’s playground.

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Saturday 28 November 11am

Agent Nic Hunter 0421 785 512

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U7 ‘LAs RiAs’ QUAmby PL NooSa HEadS

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Picture an impressive apartment with an invisible line between indoors and out, seemingly suspended over a white-sand beach and jetty. Bedazzling seascapes across the Noosa River to the North Shore, south stretching to the Everglades, beyond to Mount Cooroy, as well as gull’s eye views of waterways around Noosa Heads to the right. Such are the pleasures of basking in a carefree, sunsplashed yearround idyllic playground.

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Saturday 28 November 1pm

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Agent Luke Chen 0417 600 840

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There is no doubting the instant appeal of a plum corner position in a prominent estate. Inside the impressive residence, eyes are immediately drawn to the north-facing great outdoors, thanks to sliders which ‘disappear’, bringing the wide covered terrace and the glistening pool with water feature backdrop, into full view. With a built-in pizza oven and BBQ, the mind goes into overdrive thinking about the options for entertaining and family fun.

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Saturday 5 December 1pm

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308/5 HAstings street NooSa HeaDS

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Imagine waking in a luxury bayside apartment, throwing a towel around your shoulders and taking the lift to beach level for a morning swim before breakfast! Sun-filled apartment 308, facing due North across Laguna Bay, has indoor & outdoor dining on the main living level, plus an exclusive use private roof terrace for sunbathing and sunset drinks. The ocean & beach views are as captivating as this photograph.

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Upon arrival to unit 35, you’ll find yourself drawn straight to the railing of your outdoor dining area to absorb unique 180° water views over the white sandy beach. There’s always something to see on the waterways that wrap on 3 sides around this perfectly presented apartment; pelicans landing, locals fishing from the far bank, rays hoovering the river bottom, and an endless procession of watercraft heading out to explore the river.

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Saturday 12 December 3pm

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17 CoorAn Court NooSa HeaDS

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The magnetism of paradise on a north-east facing, wide white-sand 19m waterfront, with almost 180-degree sweeping Noosa Sound river views, is undeniable. Looks like the alfresco scene is set from lolling on a sun lounge by the pool, lunching with friends or sundowners on the T-shaped jetty.

Boating and fishing enthusiasts will be in seventh heaven while stand-up paddle boarders and kayakers will relish the peacefulness of sunrise.

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Sunday 13 December 11am

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4-6 ArAkoon CresCent SuNShINE BEaCh

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Imagine designing a one-off showstopping masterpiece on a 1174m² double block, just a few footsteps from the glistening white sand in the much-coveted exclusive hotspot of Sunshine Beach.

Yes, it is absolute beachfront, has a dress circle address plus knockout mesmerising views from the headland of the Noosa National Park, sweeping across the Coral Sea to Mooloolaba.

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When sitting on the riverfront deck of unit 26, take a moment to appreciate the outlook. What becomes apparent is you’re in the middle of all Noosa offers, but your outlook has virtually no human development. All you see are boats, and birds going about their business on one of the prettiest waterways in Australia.

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65 GeorGe Street T e wa n T I n If you are lured by affordability and an appealing lifestyle, by George this unmissable beauty will enthral by night and blossom by day. In the first garden ‘room’ cultivate a sunny state of mind albeit Palm Springs with breeze blocks, rockeries and succulents. There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will capture your heart, and this could be the one.

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Saturday 5 December 10am

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Agent Cameron Urquhart 0411 757 570

1/13 AnGler Street nooSa HeaDS If you fancy multi-million-dollar northerly views of Laguna Bay, yet want to be in walking distance to Main Beach, here’s a cracking opportunity to quench your thirst. This totally reimagined townhome encapsulates the sub-tropical lifestyle implicitly. The private sun terrace and pool, were designed for family fun and is the perfect space for hosting poolside parties.

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Saturday 5 December 11am

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99 Hollett roAD N o o S Av i L L e it’s near impossible for equestrian enthusiasts plus beach lovers to enjoy both worlds. Usually compromised on, it’s either paying for horse agistment, or tackling a 30 minute drive into town. What if we told you that you could have both - PLUS a Noosaville address? Here are a rare 31 flat acres, an existing north facing residence all within a 10 minute drive to Noosa Main Beach.

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Saturday 5 December 12pm

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Agent Lauren Chen 0412 672 375

105/61 NoosA spriNgs Dr NooSA SPriNgS Picture a world-class gated residential precinct made up of beautiful homes with contemporary style and influences of the Mediterranean; a championship golf course carved out of the bushland; and a clubhouse that makes living at Noosa Springs an absolute joy. And what about a north-facing townhome with a master suite on the ground level? Bliss awaits.

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Saturday 12 December 2pm

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TREASURE IN MILLIONAIRE’S PLAYGROUND IF escaping this summer to the tranquillity of a very chic waterfront residence, with its own beach and only a short walk to Hastings Street, sounds too good to be true, start packing.

From the leafy streetscape in a quiet cul-de-sac on Noosa Sound, the bold contemporary design, accented by mature Pandanus, is a standout, as is the slate feature wall and the wide pivot bespoke glass and timber slatted front door.

Admire the evergreen frangipani garden on the right, also lofty ceilings, double height glass panes and banks of louvres.

Natural light drenches indoors and casts wispy shadows over the travertine tiled floors, which seem to stretch endlessly from the hallway, to the big tease of being on the waterfront.

Take a moment to swoon over the expansive open-plan living areas boasting a sunny design-forward aesthetic, evocative of memorable times hosting family and friends indoors and out.

On the northern side, glass sliders seemingly disappear to reveal a private garden and covered terrace, the first of many entertaining options. It wraps around the living and dining spaces and abuts the glistening wet-edge pool with pool deck and copper-look waterfall wall.

Overall, the extensive back 'garden' has a dazzling panorama of the wide waterway yet appears to be perched on the 20-metre water's edge.

But look, there's more. Four timber steps to the white sand beach make it easy to 'launch' a kayak or stand-up paddleboard into the clear clean river, which is at the end of a quiet cul-desac. There is a pontoon and the jetty is perfect for sundowners, yet long enough for a power boat requiring deeper water.

In addition, it is easy access to the Noosa River and the Everglades.

With an accent on effortless entertaining, an enticing kitchen is a necessity. From a butler's pantry, long island stone bench/breakfast bar and counter tops, to high-end appliances including a gas cooktop, it is all here.

In the north wing on this level, another very appealing feature is one of two king suites. The over-generous space, with walkin robe and granite-tiled ensuite bathroom opens out to a courtyard-style garden.

There is also a media room, powder room, storage under the stairs and a drying deck is accessed from the laundry.

Upstairs the mezzanine level is akin to a family retreat with a central/media/ library space. The king suite with ensuite bathroom and walk-in robe has a balcony overlooking the wide waterway and jetty; a queen-size suite with walk-in robe and ensuite bathroom has a northerly aspect;

and the fourth bedroom shares the familysized bathroom.

"For anyone seeking to cultivate a sunny state of mind in a safe, secure and stunningly beautiful oasis, this residence simply has it all, " enthuses Tom Offermann Real Estate agent Julie Bengtsson, "and the millionaire's playground is the perfect destination for high-flyers seeking an unrivalled lifestyle.

"Noosa Heads is the domain of many and on the wish-list of many more, however in one of the most exclusive streets and just 10-minutes from Hastings Street, Noosa Main Beach and the Noosa National Park, is the current hottest opportunity for a sage investor."

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· Land Size: 615m · House Size: 513m Design: ARK Projects · House 20m incl beach + jetty + · Waterfrontage: pontoon 5mx6.7m wet-edge to waterfrontage · +Pool: copper-look fully tiled waterfall feature 2

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wall Garage: 3-car; roller door access to waterfront About: cul-de-sac street & canal; slate feature wall at front entrance; travertine tiled floors & bathrooms; carpeted bed-

rooms; Verosol auto blinds on terrace

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tops; 2-pac cabinetry; soft-close drawers; scullery/butler's pantry; SMEG dble oven, 5-burner gas cooktop Security: CBUS home automation; full security

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tiques, bars & nationally known restaurants, Noosa Main Beach and Noosa National Park; Noosa Village, gym, cafes, Gympie Terrace and Noosa River foreshore. Close to transport links, supermarkets and services ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 18 Cooran Court, NOOSA HEADS Description: 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 garage Price: $7.5m Inspect: Saturday, 21 November, 1pm-1.30pm Contact: Julie Bengtsson, 0418 980 247, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE noosatoday.com.au

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“AVENAL” NOOSA TRANQUILITY APARTMENT “AVENAL” Apartments would arguably be considered as one of Noosa’s most popular locations.

Soak in that Noosa lifestyle and take some time out on your large, covered balcony while you feel the calm of those gentle breezes from this elevated position.

Ideally located on the top floor to soak in those glowing sunsets and calming breezes, this superb apartment provides an owner occupier or investor with the prime opportunity to secure a sensational Noosa lifestyle apartment.

Unwind and relax on your wrap around balcony and immerse yourself within the tranquility of this sensational yet elevated apartment featuring hinterland and water glimpses within a very small boutique block.

Superbly situated amongst the natural tree lined landscape of Viewland Dr and Angler St, Noosa Heads.

What a great location! Within very close proximity to Noosa Junction cafes, restaurants, medical, shopping, and business district.

Noosa’s main beach and Hastings St only minutes away.

Some of the other features to mention are two spacious bedrooms with individual balcony access from either bedroom.

Master bedroom with an ensuite and double basin. Low body corporate fees, two bathrooms and separate toilet, reverse cycle air-conditioning, security screens and ceiling fans, dual balconies, single lock-up garage, tropical pool, entertaining terrace, cabana and pet friendly (subject to Body Corp approval). ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 4/13 Viewland Drive, NOOSA HEADS Description: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 garage Inspect: As advertised or by appointment Auction: Saturday, 28 November, 12 noon on site Contact: Rick Daniel, 0411 737 767, RICHARDSON & WRENCH noosatoday.com.au

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PERFECTLY POSITIONED ONE of four brand new coastal homes, set in the heart of a desired riverside enclave, offering the highest quality of design, scale and architecture. Completely stand-alone residence on a site of approximately 340m2 within a complex with a considered design balance of internal and exterior living.

As you enter the homes you feel an immediate sense of calm and exclusivity resulting from the carefully selected materials and open plan living. The expansive entry is illuminated by Beach Oak timber floors and oversized grey tinted window suites allowing natural light, louvered ventilation and capturing the surrounding tropical gardens.

The full-sized kitchen is anchored by a generous island bench that caters for breakfast bar eating or guest entertaining. The considered material selections continue with inclusions of Miele appliances, hand-cut porcelain tiled splashback, two-pack joinery with Blum soft-close door hardware, built in Vintec Wine Fridge, Zip Filtered Chilled and Boiling water, Villeroy & Boch tapware and Reconstituted Stone benchtops with nanoanti-stain technology in mat-finish.

Continuous and unrestricted, the kitchen flows to the living and dining rooms and out onto the alfresco/patio areas paved with sealed Turkish ‘Almond Milk’ Travertine natural stone, laid to French pattern design; all ideal for entertaining. The open and bright space paired with 2.7m high ceilings offers the perfect canvas for your personal art collection, whilst the dado-rail wainscoting wall detailing, expressing a nod to coastal design craftsmanship.

The spacious master suite is the perfect sanctuary as you enter the upper floor and pass the study nook. The ensuite bathroom with Limestone Herringbone feature tiled wall continues the coastal narrative, with two-pack joinery vanities supporting Villeroy and Boch tapware. The generously sized walk-in-robes integrated within the master suite are comfortably supported by 100% New Zealand Wool Cavalier Bremworth carpets. The spacious second and third bedrooms, each with built-in robes, are supported by the main bathroom on the upper floor of the property.

Location on Elizabeth Street is unparalleled, embodies a local community spirit and village that is perfectly positioned along the beautiful Noosa River where you can spend your days with the hub of water sports, boutiques, cafes and restaurants, or simply walking the water’s edge where you will chance upon friends and family.

Noosaville Town Centre has all the weekly shopping sorted and you’re only a short ride or drive to the Hastings Street National Park precinct. Perfectly provisioned within one of Australia’s most enviable suburbs, this is a refined home perfect for the discerning new owner. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 48A Elizabeth Street, NOOSAVILLE Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price Guide: $1,850,000 - $2,050,000 Inspect: Saturday, 10.15am-10.45 am Contact: Adrian Reed, 0409 446 955 and Darren Neal, 0401 212 505, REED & CO ESTATE AGENTS 22 NOOSA TODAY

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A north facing Paul Clout designed home in esteemed dress circle The Anchorage, this is a home where triumphant design meets resort style living. Looking across a wide body of water the expansive home’s layout ensures streaming light, tailored breezes and water views throughout.

The significant structure embraces the northern outlook through wide banks of bifold doors and offers elegant and flexible entertaining.

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ENTERTAINER’S DELIGHT SITUATED in a quiet cul-de-sac in the tightly held leafy “Palms “ precinct of Noosa Springs estate. This beautiful “Stephen Kidd “ designed residence offers a casual open-plan layout that embraces indoor/outdoors alfresco living at its best.

Offering a recently renovated home with 3 large bedrooms plus 4th/ study all set in a lush garden setting with no lawns to mow.

The modern kitchen and dining area flow easily onto the oversized pergola/ entertaining area catching the cooling breezes so essential to the Noosa lifestyle. Plenty of room to barbecue with friends or stretch and read a book in the quiet garden setting.

The upstairs offers an extra living space through to the large master bedroom suite with built-in spa and beautifully renovated ensuite. The balcony off the living area offers views to the clubhouse and resort pool area.

Take a dip or do your laps in the 20-metre community pool only steps away from your door. You can wander over to the golf club in 5 minutes for a round or enjoy a coffee. The Palms is a perfect place to relax and enjoy the wonderful community life it offers and total security within Noosa Springs gated estate. The gatehouse is manned 24/7, and we have never had a break-in or a burglary in our 21-year history.

Being 5 minutes from The Beach, Hastings St, Sunshine Beach and Gympie Terrace (Noosa River) why would you live anywhere else in Noosa! ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 731/61 Noosa Springs Drive, NOOSA HEADS Description: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $1,650,000 Inspect: Saturday, 21 November, 12.45am-1.15pm Contact: Joe Langley, 0419 883 499, UNIVERSAL PROPERTY 24 NOOSA TODAY

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O U R S T O R Y S O FA R - O V E R $ 1 4 . 5 M I L L I O N I N S A L E S D U R I N G O U R F I R S T M O N T H O F O P E R AT I O N. Noosa’s property market is currently in overdrive and we wanted to share some of our recent experiences.

41 HILTON ESPLANADE, TEWANTIN PRICE - $3,950,000 LOCAL BUYER Record sale in street by more than $1M

766/61 NOOSA SPRINGS DRIVE, NOOSA HEADS PRICE - $1,645,000 INTERSTATE BUYER Strong price achieved

24 NEPTUNE CIRCUIT, NOOSA WATERS PRICE - $3,500,000 SOLD IN 4 DAYS LOCAL BUYER Record sale in street by more than $1M

1/6 EDWARD STREET, NOOSAVILLE PRICE - $2,200,000 SOLD IN 1 DAY INTERSTATE BUYER Record sale for duplex in street

4/59 ELIZABETH STREET, NOOSAVILLE PRICE - $1,175,000 SOLD BY AUCTION INTERSTATE BUYER Record sale in complex

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COTTAGE RETREAT ON 5 PRIVATE ACRES WHAT an ideal weekender/holiday retreat to escape to from the maddening city crowds and in the future build your dream home.

Access onto the property down a meandering driveway, through a canopy of native trees and then opens to a clearing where the cabin is.

The cabin is elevated, 2 levels, taking in the serene outlook below, combination of a rain forest and established trees.

Access the cabin on a timber walk way onto a great deck area, upstairs is living, dine, kitchen, raked ceiling, very basic but does the job! At the back overlooking the land is an enclosed sunroom to relax in, breathe a sigh of this is the life, not a sound except for the cheerful birdlife.

Internal stairs to the lower level which accommodates the 1 bedroom, bathroom, laundry. Plus brand new septic system, a large expense already outlaid for your new home when and if you build.

The cottage is what it is, does need a lot of tender loving care, but a great

project to work on to make it yours. If you have visitors they can pitch a tent or bring their camper. Sit around a camp fire and reminisce.

Go bush walking on your own land and see what you can discovery, lots of different fauna and flora, or just around the corner is Lake MacDonald which offers kayaking or fishing on the dam. Also Mt Tinbeerwah is just a few minutes away, go for a leisurely hike to the lookout and enjoy the amazing views of Noosa and the ocean, go at the right time, watch the sunset, enjoy with a

drink and some nibbles.

Only 2 mins off Cooroy Noosa Road. (take Sivyers Road) approx. 10 minutes from Tewantin and Cooroy, 15 minutes to Noosaville, Noosa River/Gympie Terrace, then on to Noosa Main beach.

So close to Cooroy Village for all your relevant needs, great restaurants, Boutique Brewery's, variety of shops or down the hill

to Gympie Terrace with the huge selection of restaurants, then to world renowned north facing Noosa Main Beach for a refreshing swim, then back to your retreat.

What more could you want on a weekender/holiday getaway!

Not many vacant 5 acre vacant blocks come up in this area very often, so take advantage of this opportunity. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 37 McIntyre Lane, TINBEERWAH Description: 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 garage Price: $639,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Marie Fetterplace, 0412 789 054, marie.fetterplace@robertjamesrealty.com.au, ROBERT JAMES REALTY

200MTS TO NOOSA RIVER – “BRONTE” SMALL COMPLEX OF 8 In a word “Unique”, free standing Villa tucked away at back of complex for privacy. Vaulted ceilings thru out, lots of natural light flooding in from louvered windows above.

Spacious open plan. 2 bedrms, one ensuited, both have built-ins & ceiling fans + a 2 way main bathrm & sep loo. North facing back deck catches Noosa River breezes.

This Villa is located in the most desirable location of central heart of Noosaville, 200mts to Noosa River, Cafes, Noosa Village shopping centre, Dan Murphy’s!! Don’t miss out on something u have always dreamed of having, a unit walking distance to Noosa River & beaches.

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ENTERTAINER’S DELIGHT 3-4 BED I 2.5 BATH I 2 CAR PRICE $1,650,000 Situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in the tightly held leafy “Palms “ precinct of Noosa Springs estate. This beautiful “Stephen Kidd “ designed residence offers a casual open-plan layout that embraces indoor/outdoors alfresco living at its best. Offering a recently renovated home with 3 large bedrooms plus 4th/ study all set in a lush garden setting with no lawns to mow. The modern kitchen & dining area flow easily onto the oversized pergola / entertaining area catching the cooling breezes so essential to the Noosa lifestyle. Plenty of room to BBQ with friends or stretch and read a book in the quiet garden setting. The upstairs offers an extra living space through to the large master bedroom suite with built-in spa and beautifully renovated en-suite. The balcony off the living area offers views to the clubhouse and resort pool area.

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RARE, RAFFLES INSPIRED VILLA MUCH sought after but rarely available … until now!

This will be a lifestyle purchase. The new owners will be able to park their car and walk to all the attractions Gympie Terrace can provide and have easy access to the attractions for which Noosa is famous.

Located directly across from Noosa River is this spacious 4 bedroom Villa is as big as a house with double lockup garage with internal access.“River House “will be in high demand by astute investors.It also boasts quality throughout and would ideally suit Owner occupiers looking to downsize Professionals who have a busy lifestyle Empty nesters who love travelling where they can lock and leave Those are looking for a family weekender Those looking to have that top class holiday investment close to the restaurants, shops, transport, our golden beaches plus much, much more!

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HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 4/271 Gympie Tce, NOOSAVILLE Description: 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $1,550,000 Inspect: Saturday, 10am-10.45am Contact: Greg Smith, 0418 758 465, greg@selectnoosa.com and Tanya Taylor, 0400 220 580, tanya@selectnoosa.com, SELECT NOOSA REAL ESTATE

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Contact Agent Greg Smith 0418 758 465 Tanya Taylor 0400 220 580

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REIQ DATA BACKS NOOSA AS STATE’S JEWEL IN THE CROWN, AS LOTS HIT MARKET THE final curtain is fast approaching at Parkridge Noosa with the recent release of the $70 million third and final stage of the award winning master-planned community and according to the latest REIQ data the local property market is one of the best performers in Australia.

While addressing a group of local buyers and real estate agents at Parkridge Noosa last month, REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella described Noosa as the jewel in Queensland’s property crown.

“With a local economy that’s remained relatively buoyant, backed by strong population and job growth, along with ample investment in large infrastructure projects, the Sunshine Coast housing market remains on a positive growth trajectory.

“The growth has exceeded all expectations with Noosa’s median house price actually higher than Brisbane at $840,000. This is phenomenal, I can’t think of anywhere else in Australia where a regional market exceeds a capital city’s price. We’ve seen Noosa’s median house prices grow at 47% over the past five years while the median price for units have risen at 63.5% over the same period to $715,000,” Ms Mercorella said.

Ms Mercorella added that vacancies for rentals in Noosa was just under 1% and with a growing trend of interstate buyers purchasing properties in Noosa sight unseen, it was unlikely there would be slowdown in demand.

Parkridge Noosa sales manager Jeremy Gilmore said the final stage includes 54 four, three and two-bedroom apartments and houses along with a number of spacious four-bedroom homes which boast some of the project’s best views across Lake Weyba.

“All good things must come to an end and this final stage release is sure to attract strong interest from local and interstate buyers keen to secure a home in what has been described as Noosa’s last piece of paradise.

“As well as interstate buyers purchasing properties sight unseen, we are also seeing a number of the purchasers in our earlier stages now re-invest in stage three of the project which continues to reinforce the value of what we have created at Parkridge Noosa,” Jeremy said.

Parkridge Noosa has been designed by award winning local firm Blackburne Jackson and the construction team at Hutchinson Builders who recently received a Master Builders Queensland award for their work in earlier stages of the project are currently onsite to complete the project by late 2021.

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Antonia Mercorella REIQ CEO and Jeremy Gilmore sales manager Parkridge Noosa. pool, while the stunning Fish Parkridge restaurant and a local convenience store all spill out onto an expanse of lush grassy parkland.

Noosa Springs Golf and Spa Resort Is within walking distance and golfing

enthusiasts have provision for golf buggy access and parking. Noosa’s stunning beaches, world class restaurants, cafes and boutiques as well as local entertainment, sporting and cultural centres are all within easy reach.

The Parkridge Noosa sales office is open to the public from 11am to 1pm daily. For more information, visit: www. parkridgenoosa.com or to arrange a personal viewing call Jeremy on 0418 943 787. ●

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A TRULY STUNNING HOME WELCOME to 20 Rani Circuit.

This home is a beautiful exploration of luxury, design and functionality and has been developed to create a sense of warmth and space, while offering a welcoming feeling of ‘home’. If you have been searching for an immaculate entertainer with a seamless indoor outdoor flow, or a modern single level residence to enjoy, then your wait is over.

Situated in a prestigious Noosa Waters precinct, this home perfectly embraces the Noosa lifestyle, it is cleverly designed with the coast life in mind and provides a lifestyle that many seek, but few are lucky enough to attain.

Every aspect of this clever and functional design has social family lifestyle at the heart of its concept. The centrepiece of this home is where the spacious living room meets the outdoor entertaining.

The substantial undercover entertaining area will be the centre of proceedings when entertaining family and friends and overlooks the sparkling pool with tranquil

waterfall feature.

The kitchen is the ultimate showstopper boasting stone benchtops, ultra-modern design, quality appliances, plenty of bench space which allows for seating and a spacious butler’s pantry room. The chef of the family will be very happy indeed!

The four bedrooms are all about comfort and space and the master suite is no exception. Here you’ll wake up in a large king size bedroom with gorgeous white planation shutters and features a

beautifully crafted ensuite with double vanity, separate shower, and huge walk-in robe. Separate to the master are three spacious bedrooms with a very generous media or separate lounge area at the centre - perfect for kids to entertain themselves or for those fun family movie nights. The large family bathroom has deep bath to soak in and a separate shower.

The laundry is purpose built with plenty of storage. There is space and privacy for everyone in this home.

The home is fitted with ducted air conditioning for year-round comfort, a small study/office space that can be closed off and the garage is oversized with an extra storage area & a rear roller door for easy access.

Centrally located within walking distance of thriving Noosaville with its river esplanade lined with restaurants, cafes and shops, this property is in a highly desirable location - make contact today to arrange an inspection. ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 20 Rani Circuit, NOOSAVILLE Description: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $1,295,000 Inspect: By appointment Contact: Deb Drake, 0459 990 505, CLEVER PROPERTY, 5473 0508

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HOME WITH 360-DEGREE VIEWS LOOKING for Nirvana on an incomparable lush green estate, blessed with 360-degree views in the cosmopolitan heart of the naturally beautiful Noosa Hinterland?

With its sweeping driveway and two street frontages, the striking contemporary residence, cleverly designed by Trevor Reitsma, is engineered, and solidly constructed to perfection on a level knoll. It is a masterpiece, just 15-minutes to Noosa Main Beach.

With its unsurpassed natural elements and vibrant vistas connecting to the environment, the sense of arrival is evocative of tranquillity. It continues indoors where honey-hued Backbutt floors, sun-drenched voluminous multiple living areas with vaulted ceilings and a breezy overlay, are pivotal to the overall design.

From the entrance foyer, eyes are directed to an alfresco living space which has views over the spring fed dam and is a vital part of the core fundamentals of a truly functional home.

Eyes are then drawn to the immense

open plan living and dining spaces which define chic comfort albeit a relaxed lifestyle. For those who just happen to be the consummate entertainer, it continues in the kitchen with stone benchtops, rainforest green marble splashback and the latest premium appliances.

There is a seamless transition from the lounge to the north-facing, Spotted Gum timber deck, where the views to Mt Cooroy, Mt Eerwah and Mt Ninderry are spectacular.

Similarly, must-do sundowners looking out to Mt Cooroy and the Hinterland from the western side.

In the south wing, two master suites with a media room and deck in between, can be accessed from the ground floor.

Both have built-in robes, stone bench tops, marble sinks and Italian tiles in the ensuites. One has a spa bath where drinking in the views of Mt Eerwah and Mt Cooroy is part of the soaking pleasure.

There are an additional two queen-size bedrooms with build-in robes, also a study nook nearby, plus family bathroom and laundry with loads of storage space.

"This ravishing residence is undoubtedly a lifestyle opportunity for sea-changers, tree-changers and tee-changers," extols Tom Offermann Real Estate agent Eliza Coppin, "after all there are three golf courses nearby, also, it's only 15-minutes to Noosa Main Beach and the world-famous Noosa National Park.

"It truly has to be seen to be totally appreciated especially the views, the wallabies grazing in the paddocks, as well as the neighbourly kookaburras and parrots. It is a case of finding things in life that will catch your eye however only a few will catch your heart. This could be it." ●

HOME ESSENTIALS Address: 62 Lone Hand Lane, EUMUNDI Description: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 garage Price: $2.8m Inspect: By appointment Contact: Eliza Coppin, 0423 726 639 and Cameron Urquhart, 0411 757 570, TOM OFFERMANN REAL ESTATE

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VACANT LAND - FOOTSTEPS TO BEACH GET excited … 27 Adams Street is on the market for the very first time since the early 1950s.

The sound of the waves and views of the beach and ocean surf combined with the cooling ocean breezes set the scene for you to design and build your own dream beach home to showcase sweeping coastal views from this amazing block.

This block is in a highly coveted highside position at the beach end of Adams Street near Ross Crescent, with beach and surf views over Alison Park.

Direct beach access is 50 metres away (via Access Point 35). The Sunshine BeachSunrise Beach stretch is an area of natural beauty with excellent beach fishing, surf breaks and lifeguard patrolled beach areas.

Enjoy walks northward along the beautiful Sunshine Beach past the Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club.

Extend your beach walk to enter Noosa’s famous National Park along the Coastal Track towards Lion Rock and secluded Alexandria Bay. Or head south and take in the atmosphere of Sunrise Beach with its glorious expanse of golden sands.

A peaceful beach stroll or short walk through leafy streets brings you to the vibrant Sunshine Beach Village, home to boutique dining, retail shops and the popular and new Sunshine Beach Surf Club. You can dine out and have that extra glass of wine (or two) and walk home no parking angst, no counting standard drinks!

This treasured slice of paradise has been held by one family since the early 1950s. The much loved original beach shack has gone to leave you with a cleared easy to build on vacant block.

Imagine what an amazing lifestyle beach home you could create in this premium beachside pocket. Think of it … waking up here each day to enjoy the calming simplicity that coastal life brings, tucked away on a quiet no-through loop street. It’s a beachside nirvana, pure and simple!

Noosa Main Beach and Noosa Heads National Park, along with schools, supermarkets and professional services are only a few minutes drive away.

This is arguably the closest vacant block to the beach along the Sunshine BeachSunrise Beach strip. You can see the sea, hear the sea, and smell the fresh sea air from here.

Vacant land so close to the beach in this highly coveted location is extremely rare.

There is nothing that replicates this offering on the market today. Nothing.

Contact Pip Covell 0418 714 744 or Rob Spencer 0408 710 556, Sunshine Beach Real Estate, today to find out more and express your interest. Don’t delay and let this opportunity of a lifetime slip away.

Features: Vacant 519m2 block just footsteps from the sand and surf with coastal views.

Tightly-held by the same family since the land was released in the early 1950s. This is the closest vacant land to the beach in the area, tucked away at the Ross Crescent end of Adams Street close to popular surf breaks. Walking distance to Sunshine Beach Village dining precinct and Surf Club.

Vacant land - 519m2 just footsteps to the beach and surf First time on the market since the 1950s High side of the street allows full advantage of views Stunning sea vista including white water and beach Just 50 metres to beach access Quiet no-through loop street close to excellent surf breaks and fishing beaches Vacant land this close to the beach is rare This really is the opportunity of a lifetime!

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SWEEPING VIEWS, EXCLUSIVE ENTERPRISE! 4 ENTERpRISE STREEET, SuNSHINE BEACH

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1/20 Viewland Drive

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Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505

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16The Quarterdeck

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Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505

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53 Marlock Court

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Clever Property 0459 990 505

Wednesday 25th November

Marcus Beach

11.00 - 11.30am

1/13 Angler Street

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0421 785 512

Saturday 21st November 2.30 - 3.00pm

50Tristania Drive

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Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879

Noosa Springs Saturday 21st November

Noosa Heads Friday 20th November 10.00 - 10.30am

1/20 Viewland Drive

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Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505

10.00 - 10.30am

1521/1 Lakeview Rise

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Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505

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16The Quarterdeck

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Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505

12.00 - 1.00pm

4/10 Serenity Close

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Tom Offermann Real Estate 0419 757 770

10.30 - 11.00am

764/61 Noosa Springs Dve

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Universal Properties 0419 883 499

11.15 - 11.45am

541/61 Noosa Springs Dve

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Universal Properties 0419 883 499

12.00 - 12.30pm

744/61 Noosa Springs Dve

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Universal Properties 0419 883 499

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731/61 Noosa Springs Dve

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Universal Properties 0419 883 499

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Laguna Real Estate 0491 185 774

1/126 GympieTerrace

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Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 446 955

Noosaville Friday 20th November

Saturday 21st November Tom Offermann Real Estate 0417 600 840

11.00 - 11.30am

1/159 GympieTerrace

11.00 - 11.30am

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4/81 Noosa Parade

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2

1

$795,000

Dowling Neylan 0405 976 181 10.00 - 10.30am

6/40-42 James Street

3

1

1

Contact Agent

Noosa Estate Agents 0424 904 301

11.00 - 11.30am

1/13 Angler Street

3

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0421 785 512 10.00 - 10.30am

2/27 Edward Street

3

2

2

Price Guide $2.2 Million

11.00 - 11.30am

105/61 Noosa Springs Dr

3

2

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247 10.00 - 10.45am

4/271 GympieTce

4

1+

2

1,550,000

12.00 - 12.30pm

817/100 Resort Drive

2

2

1

$685,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 714 653 10.15 - 10.45am

48A Elizabeth Street

3

2

2

PG $2,050,000

12.00 - 12.30pm

6/7 Peza Court

2

2

1

$1,379,000

Dowling Neylan 0405 976 181 11.00 - 11.30am

8 Jailee Court

4

2

2

$1,125,000

Select Noosa 0418 758 465

12.00 - 12.30pm

308/5 Hastings Street

1

1

-

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0417 600 840 11.00 - 11.45am

3/34 James St

2

2

1

$699,000

Robert James Realty 0412 789 054

12.30 - 1.00pm

1732/5 Lakeview Rise

3

2

2

$2,650,000

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505 11.00 - 11.30am

1/159 GympieTerrace

2

1+

1

$850,000

Laguna Real Estate 0491 185 774

1.00 - 1.30pm

1521/1 Lakeview Rise

3

2

2

$1,630,000

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505 11.00 - 11.30am

9/73 HiltonTce

3

1+

1

Open to offers

Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880

1.00 - 1.30pm

35/5 Quamby Place

2

2

1

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247 11.00 - 11.30am

99 Hollett Road

4

2

2

Auction

1.00 - 1.30pm

18 Cooran Court

4

4

3

PG $7.5M

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247 12.00 - 12.30pm

1/181 GympieTerrace

3

2

2

$2,250,000

Dowling Neylan 0409 685 211

2.00 - 2.30pm

1/20 Viewland Drive

2

2

1

CONTACT AGENT

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505

3.00 - 3.30pm

16The Quarterdeck

4

3

2

CONTACT AGENT

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0438 695 505 11.00 - 11.30am

2

1+

1

$850,000

Laguna Real Estate 0491 185 774

Laguna Real Estate 0491 046 645

Saturday 21st November

Laguna Real Estate 0406 953 304 9.30 - 10.00am

Richardson & Wrench Noosa 5447 4499 Select Noosa 0418 758 465 Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 446 955

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 672 375

Wednesday 25th November 1/159 GympieTerrace

Time

Address

A B C

Price Guide

Agent Time

Address

Noosa Waters

Marcus Beach

Saturday 21st November

Saturday 21st November

11.00 - 11.30am

24 Masthead Quay

5

3

2

PG $3,300,000

11.45 - 12.15pm

28The Anchorage

6

4

2

CONTACT AGENT

Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 446 955 3.00 - 3.30pm Reed & Co. Estate Agents 0409 446 955

50Tristania Drive

Friday 20th November

Saturday 21st November

1.00 - 1.30pm

67 Orient Drive

4

3

2

Auction

10.00 - 10.30am

9 Ridgeway Street

4

3

2

$1,625,000

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0423 972 034

Agent

3

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0413 319 879

3

2

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0419 757 770

2

2

1

AUCTION Saturday 28

Richardson & Wrench Noosa 5447 4499

3

2

1

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0417 600 840

3

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0411 122 331

4

4

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0419 757 770

Noosa Heads

Sunrise Beach

10.00 - 10.45am

A B C

OPEN HOMES

Price Guide

4/10 Serenity Close

Saturday 21st November

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0499 483 049 12.00 - 12.30pm

4/13 Viewland Drive

Saturday 28th November

Sunshine Beach

1.00 - 1.30pm

7/8 Quamby Place

Friday 20th November Saturday 5th December 4.00 - 4.45pm

4 Enterprise Street

7

7

3

Offers Over $3M

Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999 11.00 - 11.30am

1/13 Angler Street

Saturday 21st November Friday 11th December 10.00 - 10.45am

14 Cooloosa Street

3

2

2

Contact Agent

Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999

11.00 - 11.45am

226 Edwards Street

4

2

2

Contact Agent

Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999

11.00 - 11.45am

7/2 Parkedge Road

3

2

2

By Negotiation

Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999

12.00 - 12.45pm

4 Enterprise Street

4

4

3

Offers Over 3M

Sunshine Beach Real Estate 07 5447 2999

4.00 - 4.30pm

7 Dolphin Crescent

Saturday 12th December 1.00 - 1.30pm

308/5 Hastings Street

1

1

1

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0417 600 840

2.00 - 2.30pm

105/61 Noosa Springs Dr

3

2

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247

Tewantin

3.00 - 3.30pm

35/5 Quamby Place

2

2

1

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 980 247

Saturday 21st November

Sunday 13th December 4

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0421 785 512

Laguna Real Estate 0412 043 880 11.00 - 11.30am

10.00 - 10.30am

11Tinaroo Place

3

1

2 O/Over $555K Considered

10.00 - 10.30am

65 George Street

3

2

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0411 757 570

10.00 - 10.30am

20 Lomandra Place

4+

3

2

Tewantin

Laguna Real Estate 0491 185 774

10.00 - 10.30am

8 Nichols Ct

4

2

3

$875,000

Robert James Realty 0438 682 700

11.00 - 11.30am

21 Gympie St

4

2

2

Offers Invited

Robert James Realty 0438 682 700

11.00 - 11.45am

24 Homestead Drive

4

2

2 O/Over $660K Considered

17 Cooran Court

Noosaville Saturday 5th December 12.00 - 12.30pm

99 Hollett Road

3

2

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0412 672 375

1.00 - 1.30pm

2 Regatta Circuit

4

2

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0421 785 512

Laguna Real Estate 0428 711 163

Saturday 19th December

Auction Diary

11.00 - 11.30am

4/19-21 Russell Street

2

2

1

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0418 714 653

11.30 - 12.00pm

100/73 HiltonTerrace

2

2

1

Auction

Laguna Real Estate 0491 046 645

Castaways Beach

12.00 - 12.30pm

32 Mermaid Quay

3

3

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0447 263 663

Saturday 21st November

Sunshine Beach

-

-

-

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0421 785 512

3

2

2

Auction

Tom Offermann Real Estate 0411 757 570

11.00 - 11.30am

35 Moonbeam Crescent

4

3

2

AUCTION Saturday 19

Richardson & Wrench Noosa 5447 4499

11.00 - 11.30am

35 Moonbeam Crescent

4

3

2

AUCTION Saturday 19

Richardson & Wrench Noosa 5447 4499 11.00 - 11.30am

Saturday 28th November 26 Park Crescent

Glenview

Tewantin

Friday 20th November

Saturday 5th December

10.30 - 11.00am

194 Connection Road

4

2

6

Auction

Ray White Rural Eumundi 07 5442 8080 10.00 - 10.30am

65 George Street

Designer Noosa River Gem! 1/159 Gympie teRRace, Noosaville

2 A 1+ B 1 C

D

• Vibrant Gympie Terrace, stunning Noosa River views • Beautifully renovated with stylish furnishings included • Downstairs open plan light filled lounge, dining & kitchen • Chefs kitchen, gas cooktop, 900ml oven & stone benchtops • Stacker doors lead to fully fenced private courtyard • Current AIRBNB rental onsite management available • Full size tennis court, sauna, spa and swimming pool • Prime real estate in a prime location. One not to be missed!

FoR sale $850,000 vieW Fri & Sat 11-11.30am Wed 11-11.30am

melanie Butcher 0407 379 893

chrissie Baker 0491 185 774

Relax and spoil yourself in Noosa

auctioN oN site sat 19 Dec 12pm

100/73 HiltoN tce, Noosaville

2A 2B 1C

D

• 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse with home office or media area • Easy walk or bike ride to all that Noosa has to offer • 3 tropical style pools (1 heated), 2 spas (1 heated) & sauna • On-site restaurant and bar five BBQ areas for your enjoyment • Floodlit full-sized tennis court • Children’s fully equipped games room • Bus transport outside the Resort to access all areas of Noosa

FoR sale Auction vieW Sat 10-10.30am

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les miller 0491 046 645

Jack Jackson 0406 953 304

daintree tewantin Family Lifestyle 24 HOmEStEAd dRivE, tEWAntin

4A 2B 2C

D

• Set in quiet cul-de-sac, close to bush walking & bike trails • Lovely home with functional floor plan • Spacious kitchen, modern appliances & great for entertaining • 4 double bedrooms, walk-in robe and ensuite to the master • Extensive patio overlooking a resort style 9m saltwater pool • Double garage, remote security gate, solar power & air-con

FOR SALE Offers Over $660,000 Considered viEW Sat 11-11.45am

Warren Evans 0428 711 163

Opportunity in Old tewantin!

97 mOORindiL StREEt, tEWAntin

2A 1B

C

• Minutes from Tewantin village, schools and public transport • Amazing 999sqm of near level land in Old Tewantin • North East surrounding outdoor living potential • Room for a pool and large men’s shed for the toys • Fantastic opportunity with old shack • Ready to be developed

FOR SALE $645,000 viEW

By Appointment

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Warren Evans 0428 711 163