Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
SeniorsToday.com.au
Grants help Noosa
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It’s a social thing Page 9
Flower festival beckons Page 35
Some easy steps to balance and poise Sunshine Coast seniors can channel their inner ballerina or ballerino in a special workshop being held at Venue 114, Bokarina, during Seniors Month in October. This year’s theme is Social Connections. Story page 5. Picture: DAVID KELLY
Life in their hands Lifesaving AEDs (defibrillators) are finding their way into key places across Noosa including the National Park, Surf Lifesaving towers and the SES. Noosa World Surfing Reserve has now installed two AEDs (defibrillators) in the National Park at NPA kiosk and at Tea Tree Bay amenities block. They are currently negotiating the placement of a third at Alexandria Bay.
Surfing reserve president Phil Jarratt said in conjunction with the Noosa Heads Surf Club, who are putting three new stations at each of the towers on Main Beach and West Beach, the entire coastline of the Surfing Reserve has now been covered. “AEDs available within three minutes of any point of the coastline, which is the deadline (literally) for cardiac arrest response,” he said.
“This has been made possible by our efforts at the NWSR stewardship council and by generous community and corporate donors.” AEDs have already been saving the lives of surfers in the Noosa area with surfing retiree Bill McLelland, 67 being saved by a defib station at Easter time. The lifelong surfer, originally from Merewether Beach in Newcastle, fund-
ed a dream Noosa retirement by building up the Hunter region’s biggest and most successful milk run over 30 years, but it very nearly turned into a nightmare for partner Shari. “I cut it pretty bloody fine,” Bill said after the incident. “Without the defib station at the beach I wouldn’t be here.” STORY PAGE 4
