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Wet, wet, wet Heavy rain and strong winds of 20-30km/ hr kept all but the bravest of Noosans inside with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting a week of wet and windy conditions, continuing across the weekend. After months of wet conditions and recent damaging floods some locals were on edge fearing what might eventuate. SES Noosa local controller Warren Kuskopf said they’d received a number of calls mostly to assist with leaking roofs and requests for sandbagging. “People are getting prepared,” he said on Tuesday. “All the creeks are up, particularly in the Doonan area and everything is full. Reports are the rains are more north. We’re so saturated it won’t take much.”
Walking in the rain by a rarely deserted Noosa Main Beach.
Picture: ROB MACCOLL
Connecting food By Phil Jarratt It was billed as the Noosa premiere of Damon Gameau’s film Regenerating Australia, a timely polemic about the virtues of regenerative farming practices, but the Country Noosaorganised soiree at The Apollonian Hotel the other night was so much more. Part country fair, part old-time revival
meeting, and a little bit Woodstock without the music – although whistling accordionist Nicholas Reefman delighted the patrons on the terrace - it brought together the leading lights of Noosa’s growing new farming movement along with a lot of new and old residents just feeling their way with permaculture gardens or small acreages. After a rousing and entertaining Greetings
to Country from Udjeee Tais, Country Noosa’s Bryant Usher explained some of the objectives of the night. “What we’re trying to do is create a connection between consumers and all our people who produce food locally. We want to get into the restaurants and let them know that we can provide good, healthy local food. Regeneration is what we have in our minds and community
and connection are at the forefront of that.” With air travel and carbon offsets coming back into focus as travel restrictions ease, Bryant hit the nail on the head with this analogy. “We want to eliminate food miles – there’s food that travels way too far to be consumed, and we want to reduce or eliminate that in favour of good, locally produced food.” Continued page 2
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