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Tapping into Oktoberfest By Jacqueline Trewin
The Oktoberfest Show Band will transport you to Munich.
Picture: KIMBERLEY JONES
Dust off your dirndl and don your lederhosen for the second annual Oktoberfest in Cooroy set to be a day jam-packed with activities for the whole family. Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart will open the free event expected to draw bigger crowds this year on Saturday 1 October at Saw and Mill Restaurant in their outdoor Beer Hall on the Green. “Last year we had a really successful event with over two thousand people attending. This year we’re expecting even more, but we’ve also got more activities,” Saw and Mill restaurant manager Kimberly Bateman said. “Lots of planning is involved to ensure it’s a fun and safe event for everyone,” she said. The Oktoberfest was first held in 1810 to honour the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen through several days of public drinking and feasting that helped to unify a kingdom. Third generation master baker and German Bakehouse owner Sven Noack who is currently busy baking thousands of pretzels for the Oktoberfest in Brisbane says the festival in Cooroy is unique. “A lot of restaurants and cafes do not do Oktoberfest like we do. We have a beer tent, an authentic band and everything else that reminds you of Oktoberfest in Munich,” Mr Noack said. Featuring authentic Bavarian music, the Oktoberfest Show Band will transport you to Munich, where the largest beer festival in the world is now in full swing. Continued page 14
Happiest campers By Abbey Cannan
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For 37 years, the Chittick family have been creating magical memories while visiting the exact same site every September at Noosa River Caravan Park. They’ve had births, laughs, big storms, celebrations, and gravel grazes, including a fall on the day of the interview by Barb Chittick, 83, who says she’s been clumsy since she was a kid. Together with her husband David, 88,
they’ve celebrated their 40th, 50th and 60th wedding anniversaries at the Noosa park. “We first came up from Victoria 37 years ago and met a friend of ours here that showed us around. We chose Noosa River Caravan Park by sheer chance,” David said. “We would fish in the river all the time and we made a lot of friends in the park. “We had our kids, so we started coming during the school holidays, and then their kids started coming as well. The kids have
grown up with other kids in the park. It’s like coming home for us.” The great grandparents said they still love Noosa as much as the first day they visited. “Dad gets home and counts how many weeks it is until he’s back,” Emma Chittick said. “It’s a wonderful place to keep coming to.” Barb said they’ve created some funny memories over the years. “Along with our wedding anniversary cel-
ebrations, we also renewed our vows here,” she said. “We drove off after the ceremony with metal cans on the back of our car. We’ve had a fancy dress party here. We got in a lot of trouble doing silly things over the years. “We got together a little golfing group from here where we had 35 to 40 golfers from the park and we’d have a barbecue every Thursday. And it’s still going.” Continued page 2