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WEATHER TODAY 21° - 32° Sunny Chance of any rain: 10% SATURDAY 21° - 30° Mostly sunny Chance of any rain: 20%
Brace yourselves, folks: our resident rainman Jim Kennedy has some shocking news. After the flood, cometh the drought. Well, maybe not quite, but over the first two months of 2023 the heavens opened only enough to offer 18 per cent of last year’s deluge over the same two months. Says Jim: “Rainfall figures for January and February 2023 are 59mm and 119mm respectively, with the total 178mm. This gives us a measly figure of just 49 per cent against our January/February average rainfall of 365mm. By this time last year we had recorded a staggering 994mm.” Of course, Jim was predicting a dry ’23 as early as mid-January and the BOM has fallen into line with him in its full climate statement and predictions for the
year, saying that La Nina is definitely on the way out with dry times ahead. And a bit of March drizzle hasn’t changed Jim’s thinking either. Jim, 84, has been monitoring local rainfall for several years now and in 2019 he began charting the fluctuations. He is at pains to explain that his gauge readings, on the coast at Sunrise Beach, can be different from the official reading upriver a few kilometres at Tewantin, due to local topography, but they tend to average out. And since Noosa Today first met him two years ago, his predictions based on the evidence of his backyard gauge have been right on the money.
Rainman Jim Kennedy. Picture: ROB MACCOLL
SUNDAY 21° - 29° Partly cloudy Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm Chance of any rain: 30% MONDAY 23° - 27° Shower or two Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm Chance of any rain: 70%
CONTACT US Telephone: 07 5455 6946 Noosa Eastern Beaches Foreshore plan community consultation has been extended.
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Consultation extended for foreshore reserve plan Noosa Council has extended the consultation period for the Eastern Beaches Foreshore Reserve Management Plan to 31 March. The extension aims to give ratepayers and other members of the community more time to provide feedback on the proposed plan. To ensure that everyone has an opportunity to have their say, council has scheduled an additional face-to-face community roundtable on March 28 from noon to 2.30pm at The J. Council is encouraging the community to register for this event via the Your Say project page – yoursay.noosa.qld.gov.au
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An online workshop will be held on Monday 13 March from 5-7pm, and interested individuals can register on the Your Say page. Pop-up events will also be held at Peregian Esplanade Beach Access 50 on Wednesday 15 March, and the Tristania Drive, Marcus Beach, Beach Access 47, on Thursday 16 March. A pop-up at the Peregian Beach Markets will also be held on Sunday 19 March, from 7.30am to 12.30pm. For more information, and to register for the roundtable or online workshop, visit the Council’s Your Say page at yoursay.noosa. qld.gov.au or noosa.qld.gov.au
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The world’s sea turtles have been around for millions of years but are facing an uncertain future as they battle the various impacts from human interaction. They have to contend with millions of tonnes of plastic in the oceans and the harm that comes to them from ingesting it. The beaches they nest on are threatened by development and, as is the case on Noosa North Shore, traffic. Turtles regularly get caught up in fishing nets to be injured or drown or tangled up in fishing line. And more recently in the region they have been suffering from a mystery shell melting disease. The flagship species has become the first to be selected by Noosa Council in a new program targeting the recovery of threatened species in the area. I know it has raised questions in the community not only about the needs of all our threatened wildlife species but also about the ability to monitor the impact of such a program on an animal that spends the majority of its life somewhere else. It is an iconic species, loved by many. Its plight covers many of the issues facing Noosa and it’s a great face for the road map ahead. In other news Noosa Council has a great new look after updating its brand to the 21st Century.