Noosa Today - 2nd December 2022

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Friday, 2 December, 2022

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Their market of sucess By Phil Jarratt

Ish and Shane Stanley at last weekend’s Noosa Farmers Market.

Picture: ROB MACCOLL

When you create an event in Noosa it’s as easy to make enemies as friends, and you tend to get blamed for everything from the weather to the traffic to the tyre tracks in the car park. But if you stand by your creation and its values, it will survive, and it might even thrive. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Noosa Farmers Market on another packed Sunday morning at Rococo Oval last weekend, Shane Stanley and wife Ish could feel quietly proud that their baby has done both, evolving from a tiny operation in the corner of the Noosa Tigers’ AFL grounds in 2002 to a sprawling market of nearly 100 stalls, still on the same site, a successful family business employing eight people, a major tourist attraction and, most importantly, providing the financial lifeblood to around 3000 people in the local agricultural sector. It hasn’t been an easy ride to get here, and along the way Shane has had his share of blues and stoushes with councils, irate shopkeepers and a few disgruntled stallholders, as well as suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune in the form of droughts, floods, and a pandemic. But the Farmers Market has barely missed a beat, and for the last eight years it’s had a Saturday twin at Kawana, while Shane has also mentored similar markets all over regional Queensland. Continued page 6 and 7

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Artificial intelligence (AI) and ultra-highdefinition cameras are being trialed in Noosa Council as part of the Firetech Connect Program to demonstrate and test novel approaches to bushfire detection. Noosa Council is the first council in Queensland to partner with US tech company Pano AI to trial 360-degree, ultra-high definition cameras and advanced AI technology to

detect fires early, verify their location and provide real-time intelligence. The intention of the trial is to demonstrate the capabilities of the new technology to improve reaction and response to fires. By proving the efficacy of these solutions in real world environments, the hope is that these innovative technologies will be adopted more quickly by other local and state agencies.

Pano Stations have been installed at Mt Tinbeerwah lookout in Tewantin National Park and on Black Mountain to continuously scan the landscape to patrol and identify potential bushfire activity. Mayor Clare Stewart said real-time information makes all the difference. “This is cutting-edge technology that helps safeguard our community,” she said.

“Rapid confirmation of a fire may help our fire emergency personnel to identify and extinguish a blaze before it becomes a threat,” she said. “This council is driving big changes to traditional fire detection measures to do what we can to avoid a repeat of the 2019 bushfires,” Cr Stewart said. Continued page 3


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