Friday, 8 October, 2021
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All eyes on Noosa It was jam-packed with action in Noosa last weekend with events such as the Noosa Polo Cup, Noosa Trail Walk and Open Studios Art Trail bringing the school holidays to a close, but there’s no time to rest with plenty happening again this weekend. Artworks have been popping up in the environment this week as part of Noosa’s Floating Land exhibition which begins tomorrow and runs until 24 October. In its 11th iteration the exhibition’s brief is “at the edge of ideas“ and the works will be concentrated in two key anchor sites - at Lake Cootharaba at Boreen Point and on Noosa Head’s award winning Park Road Boardwalk from Hastings Street to Noosa National Park. Conceived in 2001 as a biennial outdoor sculptural program, Floating Land aims to reflect “Noosa’s national and international reputation as a community and a place that foregrounds care for and engagement with the natural environment“. Noosa Open Studios will continue over this weekend with more than 100 artists opening their studios across the Shire. And look out for wild women who will be mountain biking, trail hiking and kayaking in the Wild Women Adventure Race on tomorrow. For more information go to visitnoosa.com.au
All eyes on the ball at the Noosa Polo Cup. Picture: ROB MACCOLL
Holiday chaos By Abbey Cannan
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Police say the school holiday period at Teewah Beach was “chaotic“ with campgrounds hitting full capacity and close to 100 speeding fines being handed out. The busy area requires a joint operation between Noosa Police, Sunshine Coast Road Policing Unit, Tin Can Bay Police, Rainbow Beach Police, Gympie Road Policing Unit, Marybor-
ough Tactical Crime Squad, and Queensland Parks and Wildlife rangers. Noosa Police officer-in-charge acting senior sergeant Troy Cavell said Noosa Police alone conducted about 200 random breath tests detected three drink drivers. “Every weekend at Noosa North Shore is at 100 per cent capacity which is 1500 campers allowed in Teewah campgrounds and up to
2000 vehicle permits issued each day, according to National Parks website,“ he said. “So it has been absolutely chaotic but you look at Noosa on the weekend, it was packed as well.“ Snr Sgt Cavall said the crime rate was low around Noosa these school holidays. “In terms of stolen cars and break and enters, over the long weekend it was next to
zero,“ he said. “We didn’t get any stealing from beaches or cars, which is normal for coastal areas at peak times. So that was good for us. “The first week of the holidays weren’t too busy and the second week, we had that bit of rain come through so that kept things fairly subdued. Continued page 3