Your Local: April 2023

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COMMUNITY

The AGM report shows solid financials again for last year allowing a strong reinvestment back into the club and the broader community. Through their community donations program they provided over $75,000 of donations and sponsorships given back to local community organisations and activities.

“Our donation program is well received by the community and an initiative to give back to the community for their support of the Club,” said President Barrie Adams.

The mural that now adorns the back of the club has been another beautiful addition they have made to town and the Club has also undertaken upgrades on facilities within the club including the recently finished refurbishment of the bar

and reception areas that looks fantastic.

The sub-branch also had a busy year providing services to veterans, ceremonial activities, work at the garden of remembrance and cenotaph and more!

“It’s impossible to put a price on the social value our club has for so many of our members. I constantly receive awesome feedback from members on the positive impact made by our customer service and the caring attributes of our amazing team that make it all happen, daily.

“I must thank all members for their continued membership and support to our club throughout the year. The success of the club can be attributed to your continued patronage and support,” said General Manager Helen Hollingworth.

The club seems to be under good stewardship and we look forward to seeing what 2023 brings!

- CURLS

COOROY HAIR DESIGN

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THE Cooroy Community Garden’s pavilion is evolving with thanks to the team from Bendigo Bank Cooroy. With the best materials chosen, Permaculture Noosa have had a structure designed that will be a hallmark of Cooroy for many years, or decades, to come.

The Bendigo Bank Community Pavilion is currently undergoing further works with teams of people helping to build cob walls to complete the walled-in area including a kitchen, office and storage room.

Permaculture Noosa is offering adults and kids the chance to ‘stomp in the mud’ to learn how to make COB to create a true earth building in the Cooroy Community Permaculture Gardens.

“We have already held six workshops with many participants signing up to do it all again,” said Permaculture Noosa Vice President, Sandra Guy.

“People from all walks of life have joined in the fun and as this is an activity the whole family can take part in, it’s a great way to spend a morning or afternoon.”

There are two workshops scheduled for April – Friday April 21 and Saturday April 22. Start is 9am in the Cooroy Community Gardens, 26 Emerald St, Cooroy. Workshop is $50 with lunch included (children are free).

Apart from the fun of stomping in the mud, you can be part of this great community activity which will create a unique building for posterity in Cooroy. www.permaculturenoosa.com.au

Pushing the COB into place

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Cob workshop ‘stomp in the mud’

COOROY RSL’s AGM in March highlighted some more great achievements by Cooroy’s community club.

Let’s embrace and celebrate our young people!

QUEENSLAND Youth Week (April 1117) is the annual celebration of young people aged 12 to 25 years and the positive contributions they make to Queensland.

Pomona & District Community House (PCH) are kicking off celebrations by providing a rare opportunity for our hinterland youth to let us know how they see the world through the art of zine (pronounced zeen).

Cultural Seed Mapper and Artist Jeremy Staples is facilitating two zine workshops on Friday 14 and Saturday April 15 for young people (12-25 years) @ PCH, 10am – 4pm. A free pick up and drop off bus will be provided by PCH from Kin Kin, Cooran, Cooroy, and Pomona. More info: https://events.humanitix.com/ youth-zinesters-unit-tell-us

It’s also a chance for us as a community to ensure we are supporting our young people. PCH have partnered with Natalie Stokell, Founder and Educator of ‘Tell Your Daughters’, to deliver free sessions on empowering sex education for parents and caregivers of tweens and teens. The sessions will cover: When to Tell and What to Say, Keeping Kids Safe in a Tech World, and What is Positive Sex Education? Parents and caregivers are welcome to drop by one session, or come to all. Starting Thursday, April 27, 6-7pm in The Lawson Shed @ PCH. The sessions are a parent and caregiver space, if you are interested in attending but require child-minding please let Susan know (susan@pomonacommunityhouse. com.au). Check the website for more details: pomonacommunityhouse.com.au.

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REDUCED SPEED LIMIT ON KIN KIN ROAD

SPEED on Kin Kin Road will reduce to 50km/hour. In response to community concerns, the speed limit on Kin Kin Road in Pomona, between the Exhibition Street and Subway Avenue intersections will be reduced.

A speed limit review had been

completed on a 1.2 kilometre section known locally as Factory Street.

“When looking at speed limits a range of factors are considered, including road function, roadside environment, prevailing traffic speeds and crash history,” Mark Bailey Minister for Transport and

Main Roads said. “Driving to the conditions, including speeds appropriate to the environment, saves lives.

“We’ve listened to the community and the existing 60km/hour speed limit will be reduced on this stretch near the shops.”

PLACEMAKING TRIAL AT POMONA

The hinterland town of Pomona is the site of a new placemaking pilot trial. A place-based approach to planning looks to build on a community’s unique connections to a place, and the location’s values with a focus on creating vibrant, welcoming, and inclusive communities and public spaces. The pilot may involve a range of initiatives, with a focus on creating positive economic, environmental and social outcomes such as more targeted community services, street activation, improved pedestrian connectivity, and greater village amenity.

PASSIONATE ABOUT COOROY?

The Cooroy Chamber of Commerce are seeking enthusiastic members of the Cooroy business community to join our executive team. With small monthly meetings and a highly engaged group of people, we are seeking another person to join us. If you have a passion for our community and you would like to work together with us, please come and chat to Jacquie at LiveLife Pharmacy about how to get involved.

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Jeremy Staples

A love affair

with Noosa

BEFORE HE WAS HEY! BILL, HE WAS WILLIAM HENRY WATSON, SO-NAMED AFTER KING WILLIAM IV. THIS YOUNG BILL FIRST CAME TO NOOSA AS A FRESH FACED 13 YEAR OLD IN 1963.

By Margie Wegener

HE left school and home, with his mum’s blessing, two cans of orange Schweppes and a small bottle of vodka. “Off you go son, you’re going to be a man now,” she told him. Headed for Queensland, Bill landed in Noosa with not much more than his bag. After two months at old Thatcher’s Caravan Park he had overstayed his welcome, so on a whim he hitched to Darwin. By the time young Bill returned to Noosa in the summer of 1968 he had the work experience of a man twice his age, with enough stories to fill a book.

For the last thirty years Hey! Bill and his girls have been a mainstay at Main Beach Noosa with his long red trailer, cold water and colourfully flavoured shaved ice. He has spent his entire adult life serving generations of visiting beach goers and local families, promoting the laid back Noosa lifestyle by simply living it.

For Bill, Noosa was love at first sight. “I arrived in the night, slept in my car where Netanya (Noosa Beachfront Resort) is now. When I woke up in the back of the 1963 panel van, an old plumbers car, there it was, the shadow of the headland. I was looking over to the north shore, the bay was like crystal and the waves were just purling. I nearly surfed myself stupid.”

By age 18 Bill had an education of sorts.

In the Northern Territory he was hunting crocodiles and mining underground. He handled explosives and worked on a huge, remote station where he honed his legendary knife skills. Eventually he returned to Noosa with all of his savings and the young man was ready to unwind.

“When I first arrived back in Noosa, Christmas ‘68, there must have been a cyclone and I surfed every day. The surf was absolutely fantastic. I surfed for months until I couldn’t surf again. Surfing, sleeping and eating hamburgers. I would walk around to the National Park and jump in there or First Point. I never really got down to the river mouth. I always had a thing about the river mouth. Sharks. Boats going in and out all the time.”

The start of Hey! Bill was oranges. Lying in his car one day he was thinking about fruit. When he was a kid in Sydney his family had a business selling fruit door to door. It was a craving for fresh fruit that gave him his first big idea in Noosa.

“Our family had fruit barrows in Sydney, they had six fruit barrows. So I used to work

the barrows when I was a kid, delivering fruit. So that’s what happened when I was laying in the back of my car, I thought, I’ve got to do something, I’ve got to create something. Oranges first. I ended up getting a kerosene fridge, that was all we had then. I put the oranges in there. There was a fruit shop in Hastings street, near where Aromas is today, so I use to go there and get my oranges.”

Then he had his second big idea. He borrowed a dog, to get into see the local vet. He asked him for a hypodermic needle. “I’m selling oranges on the beach and I want to inject them with vodka,” he told the surprised vet. “Well then they would chase for me for the oranges, Hey Bill, Hey Bill, can I have one of those oranges?!” Carting cold oranges in a hessian bag across his back from Hastings Street to Granite Bay was hard work. The hessian would cut his skin and the cold oranges would burn, but this was the beginning of Hey! Bill’s popularity. It was a more relaxed Noosa in those days. A small local population with a colourful injection of characters who would

arrive by van or boat and stay a while, some would never leave. Artists, surfers, dropouts, con artists, hippies, dreamers. Granite Bay was the popular beach as it was the furtherest away, providing seclusion for nude bathers. It had a fresh water spring in the rocks and there was even a communal drinking cup for catching the drinking water.

“Everybody was there, walking around with no gear on. Back in those days there was plenty of sand there. You’d get a big storm and it would all get washed away, but then it would come back again. Magic.”

Tourists came and went, many stayed and played a role in the developing Noosa of the eighties. Bill evolved his services into food delivery, providing breakfasts for the towns labourers and lunches of fresh fruit and wrapped sandwiches. He went into restaurants, photography, painting and developed Noosa’s first recycling centre by recovering glass bottles.

“You had to have a go in those days because if you didn’t you’d miss the train. When I gave up surfing I was doing a bit of painting for a while during winter. I had a Ford Falcon station wagon and I

For the last thirty years Hey Bill and his girls have been a mainstay at Main Beach Noosa with his long red trailer, cold water and colourfully flavoured shaved ice.

Photo: Gillian Everett

Hey Bill labelled spring water in 1996 before water was big business!

nearly painted the whole of Noosa. I had nearly 30 men working for me at one stage.” Bill was there when the surf club starting serving beers and at the founding meeting of Noosa Tourism (now Tourism Noosa). He was the original icon for the Accom Noosa brand, ‘the swimmer’.

It was a trip to Hawaii and a shaved ice at the Honolulu Zoo that led to Hey! Bill’s, original Paradise Snow beach delivery in Noosa. “I went to Hawaii in 1981 to see a young lady, but that’s another story. I was at the zoo and I saw the shaved ice vendors all over the place on the back of golf carts, calling out “shaved ice, get ya’ shaved ice”. I had to buy six of the machines to get them at the right price! And I had to buy the flavouring, 32 different flavours, which I didn’t need!”

Bill would live in Hastings Street for nearly 40 years, leaving the strip around the mid nineties when the French Quarter was built opposite Main Beach. “The last bastion fell when they built the French Quarter. I had been living in the Freeman’s place up on the hill before that, behind the Driftwood holiday units. I’ve grown up with Noosa. I’ve seen the transition from a sleepy little village, with a dirt road down Hastings Street to a metropolis you might say.”

Bill is a great story teller, with a memory for detail and a gift for humour. He knows all the stories; the larrikins, the controversies, the

scandals, the successes and failures. He has no bitterness, no regrets and no enemies. He’s not overly sentimental but he speaks of Noosa with a genuine love.

“I’ve always said that Noosa’s like a beautiful woman. You look after her, she’ll look after you and that’s what I’ve done. I’ve looked after her all these years, or I’ve tried to, the way that I think it should have been done and she rewards me everyday. Noosa has gone through its infancy, it’s into adulthood. We don’t want to get old and die. So can we make the right decisions? We’ve had good people doing good things for Noosa. Nancy Cato, Noel Playford, Dr Gloster, Dennis Massoud, Bob Abbott and a bus load of others like myself. Thank God they were here. Good people, doing good things.”

A who’s who of Noosa joined Bill to celebrate his 70th birthday at Hastings Street’s Rococo in 2020, but the biggest table was reserved for Hey! Bill’s angels, past-employees who descended from all over. Hailey Vivash started working for Hey! Bill as a 15 year old and has worked beside him shaving ice, on and off, for seventeen years. “I used to see him at the beach, and one day I thought, I’m going to ask him for a job.”

“It’s incredible what Bill has done for Noosa. On a daily basis there are people from all over that remember him. It’s beautiful to see generations of families returning to the beach and being excited to see him. Now they bring

their kids and they all have childhood stories. They tell us the ices are the best in Australia and it’s because of the ingredients. He only uses local syrups.” Working for Bill, is an education within itself, Hailey says. “He calls it Hey! Bill’s School of Life. He’s taught me so many things. But mostly he always made sure the girls know their worth, your value. He made us all strive for what we wanted. He’s always encouraging, caring and supportive of all us girls.” These days Bill is a Cooroy local who loves a coffee and a chat. He still makes his way to the beach, if the weather is good and families are there. In the past he would drive on the beach but today he is permanently on the board walk near the lifeguard tower at Main Beach. The list of famous customers is endless. At the top; Prince Harry, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, Dame Quentin Bryce and Barack Obama. He handed Obama a shaved ice and he said, “I haven’t had one of these for years, since growing up in Hawaii.”

Noosa has been the love affair of a lifetime for a young man who took every opportunity that came his way and made a living to match his lifestyle. “I don’t know if I should hang my hat up yet. I feel like I’m too young to be doing that because I love going down to the beach and looking out there because it just changes every day and I meet all of these incredible people in Noosa.”

Bill Watson and the Hey! Bill team at Main Beach Noosa, serving up shaved ice for generations

The Pomona State School Mural project was a fantastic opportunity to contribute my artwork to Pomona State School. I thoroughly enjoyed my little chats with the students and all their questions about how to paint a mural, what jobs are in art, our local animals and the odd unicorn reference!

All the people involved in this project have worked together so well – it’s a real testament to the creative community we have in our district. I gained so much personally and professionally from the experience and hope the mural is enjoyed for many years to come.

WITH KINDNESS, Tia Carrigan

LOCAL WOMAN FINALIST FOR GLOBAL AWARDS

ROBYN Simpson of Choose the ‘Tude has been selected as a finalist for the 2023 Women Changing the World Awards.

The Women Changing the World Awards recognize women globally achieving outstanding success in areas such as sustainability, humanitarian work and advocacy. Ms Simpson is a busy mother of two and the founder of a start-up social enterprise and co-producer of Indelible, a docuseries which identifies the root causes of bullying. Ms Simpson believes bullying is preventable with the right knowledge, tools,

support and dedication. “The work we do is as beneficial to the adults as much as the children we are raising,” says Ms Simpson. “Our events create opportunities for whole community engagement, promote positive messages and inspire acts of kindness. Each event supports at least one related not-for-profit so we can lift others up while communicating to a broad audience.”

WHY NOT AN ADJUSTABLE!

Beds R Us is a locally-owned family business supporting local sports clubs and school sports. Owner Brad and his team will ensure you are given the best advice and the best price when purchasing your new bed from Beds R Us.

An adjustable bed might be right for you as it can assist in pain relief from conditions such as arthritis and sciatica. It can reduce back pain, help eliminate snoring and assist with asthma.

We have a great range of adjustable beds and are proud to support local manufacturers, Sleepmaker and Sleepyhead, who supply us with leading technology mattresses.

Brad and the Beds R Us guys look forward to meeting you, please see a couple of customer reviews below.

Awesome experience the guys there really know their stuff.... Highly recommend.”

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Time to celebrate the Mary Valley

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AT COOROY LIBRARY

Do you have questions regarding local community or social services? Need information about flood or disaster recovery and resilience? Want to talk to someone regarding a community issue or need assistance understanding grants and what’s available to you?

Then pop down to Cooroy library from 9am to 2pm on Tuesdays for a chat.

ONE of Australia’s richest food bowls, the Mary Valley, is set to celebrate its outstanding produce in the appropriately named Mary Valley GourMay Festival throughout the month of May.

European settlers may have first flocked to the Mary Valley and Gympie in the mid-19th century for the prospect of gold, but today, it is golden fruit, vegetables, dairy, herbs and meat that deliver the region’s earthly treasures. The Mary Valley can produce everything from the more traditional dairy, beef, pineapples, avocados and limes to more exotic persimmons and feijoas.

GourMay Mary Valley is a celebration of the farmers, producers and creators, whose hard work and passion bring flavours to the plate. It’s a great opportunity to meet the people behind the produce, who put joy on

the plate. It’s a month full of events that will appeal to lovers of good food and authenticity. Festival Day will be held on Saturday May 6 in Imbil Town Square and Rail Park. There will be talks, cooking demonstrations, exhibitions, and competitions. The main event however will be a cook off – a Ready Steady/ Mystery Box ‘cook off’ between local foodies.

Witjuti Grub nursery owner Veronica Cougan will explore growing edible natives. Rebecca Dart will share her knowledge on the benefits of edible bamboo and Amber Scott, from Kandanga Farm, will explain the importance of Farming with Nature.

Imbil’s exciting new Wild Vine Café will host Mary Valley’s Boozy Brunch. Kandanga Farm Store will host a dinner curated by bush foods expert Peter Wolfe.

A wide range of produce-led events will be held during GourMay, including WindRush Estate’s Tempranillo 2020 Wine Launch, ‘Bellbird and back...a taste of the trail’ - a gentle half-hour stroll along the Mary Valley Rail Trail to a bellbird habitat where a campfire dinner with local foods and music will await. Attractions include the Mary Valley Rattler operating Tasting Trains throughout May, the Dingo Creek Vintners Lunches, Kenilworth Tasting Festival, a short films festival, art exhibitions and a GourMay Mary Valley photography competition based on photos taken during the festival.

The program for the GourMay food festival will grow over the next month, and full details of events can be found at www.maryvalleycountry.au/gourmay-2023.html

A Community Development Officer will be at the Cooroy Library every second Tuesday and a social worker, every other Tuesday from 9am to 2pm.

FAIRPLAY VOUCHERS

The FairPlay program provides vouchers up to $150 to support children in getting active. The vouchers can be used for sport and active recreation membership, registration or participation fees with registered activity providers. For more information or to apply for a voucher visit https://www.qld.gov.au/ recreation/sports/funding/fairplay

SIP AND SOCIAL TO RECONNECT FLOOD IMPACTED RESIDENTS

NOOSA Council has arranged a weekly community catch up for those impacted by the 2022 Floods.

Residents are encouraged to bring

friends and join us for free coffee.

Council has employed a ResilientRecovery Officer to work closely with those residents impacted by last year’s floods. She regularly visits the impacted communities and hopes this Sip and Social event will help residents to reconnect.

LOCALS AND VISITORS INVITED TO #EXPLORENAMBOUR

A passionate team of Nambour business and community groups have been working together to build some great digital assets to promote living, working, shopping and exploring Nambour.

Developed to encourage locals and visitors to explore Nambour, the digital makeover includes a revamp of the I AM NAMBOUR website.

The website now includes a newly created Parking Map and Vintage and Retro Op Shop Hip Hop Map, plus up-

to-date small business and local industry content, links to investment information and destination marketing information.

Division 10 Councillor David Law said Nambour was one of the first experiences visitors had of the Sunshine Coast.

“Nambour has a flourishing retro and vintage scene to explore and now 17 of the popular destinations are a click away for shoppers on a handy digital map.” For more information visit https:// iamnambour.com.au/

COOROY

DAWN SERVICE - 4.45AM War Memorial Cenotaph

EUMUNDI

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BBQ BREAKFAST - 8 TO 10AM Rotary Club of Eumundi, Eumundi Amphitheatre

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DAWN SERVICE - 5.30AM Tewantin Cenotaph SERVICE - 6.30AM Tewantin Cemetery

Kettle Potato Chips 135-165g Selected Varieties Kinder Surprise B ue or Pink Bunny 75g $5 per 100g

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Doonan landmark

open for business

By Margie Wegener

THE recent opening attracted capacity crowds and the new venue has been solidly booked since day one. The distinctive, original building was retained and has been renovated into an internal bar and function space, amidst alfresco dining areas and beer gardens.

Built in 1990 it operated as the popular German themed restaurant, the Waldschloss, for about 10 years. Sunday afternoons were boozy and busy affairs with flowing Weizen beer, live music and piles of festive food. My parents, along with many locals, were frequent visitors. On one occasion mum had really enjoyed the roast duck and invited her German friends to return for Sunday lunch. A large group gathered but unfortunately on this day, the duck did not live up to expectations. Mum’s friend Hermann went back of house to meet the German chef and came back to report that the chef was well into the Hefeweizen!

After a period of closure, the (original) Sunspace Cafe came along in 2014 and reimagined the property as a wholefoods cafe, amongst organic gardens and free ranging chickens. It was a welcome space for young families with garden play areas. The indoor shop stocked a wide range of locally made produce, handicrafts and pottery as well as organic fruit, veges and pantry supplies. The kitchen produced a gluten and dairy free menu with fresh, organic ingredients and the chilled out vibe made it a popular meeting place for many locals. (Today Sunspace Cafe can be found in Beddington Road, near the Steiner School).

Over time, the original building has become a familiar, local landmark. My German-Swiss friend Pierre, feared that his favourite local building might change. “That building always makes me happy”, he would tell me, fondly recalling home.

But he need not worry. With no shortage of character and charm, The Doonan construction lovingly embraces the old with designer landscaping, exposed brick,

planter boxes, expansive lawns, vines and garden beds. It is a delight. Well worth a visit and best to book ahead. www.thedoonan.com.au

The landmark structure with its prominent red roof still remains

The original Sunspace Cafe

The lush productive gardens of the original Sunspace

The original building has been renovated into an internal bar and function space, set among the venue’s extensive alfresco dining areas and beer gardens

The Doonan’s striking architecture has been a major talking point

SPAGHETTI OPERA AT ALFRESCO’S!

THE STROKE OF A WOMAN

ANDI. Kuri. Dawn. Freyja. Dakota. Azara. Farah. Etta. These beautiful names are but a few of many that have become part of the engaging ‘Sisterhood’ art collection at the Original Eumundi Markets. Separately they are artistic creations in their own right where personality has met brush stroke. Each painting comes to life through the vibrancy of colour and technique. The fascinating personality behind each painting is Madi, also known as Madison of Madison Beaufort Art.

Madison’s inspiration. Madi took the lessons she had learnt through the examples she was shown, and not only seized each day with her artistic ability, but she also let her art determine her path forward in life and so the lucidness of the ‘Sisterhood’ art collection was born.

OPERA Australia’s multi award winning Cheryl MacDonald and celestial soprano from London, Lou Van Stone, will be performing an awesome array of arias and musical numbers at Alfresco’s Garden Cafe for the first Spaghetti Opera on Saturday April 22, from 5-8pm.

What’s included….

• Complimentary arrival Prosecco with crostini and Italian olives.

• Chef Dennis will be offering three rustic choices of authentic Italian dishes - Rigatoni alla Bolognese, Linguine ai frutti Di mare and Spaghetti alla puttanesca

• And for dessert - a magnificent Tiramisu.

Tickets are $95pp, booking via link on alfrescosgardencafe.com.au. For more info please text Jimi on 0428 974 748. 1381 Eumundi Noosa Road, Eumundi

Madi is a renowned artist and respected stallholder at the Original Eumundi Markets. Her adoration of a woman, her form, and the power she holds within herself, has become a phenomenal journey of discovery, opening doors to artistic notoriety for this Sunshine Coast innovator and creator.

As a little girl, it was elephants and fairies that became the subject of Madison’s creative flair as she transformed old boxes and pieces of paper, into a works of art. Honing into her yet untapped entrepreneurial capabilities, young Madi quickly discovered people would pay her to purchase one of her unique artistic creations.

Taking a leap of faith in 2021 and leaving the security of her fulltime job as a teacher, Madi drew on the power that had been present throughout her life. She was raised being surrounded by strong intelligent, confident women. These women became

As Madison said, “each print has her own story, her own lesson, name, personality. These prints stand for the lessons and loves I have learnt in this life, and for the women who have made me what I am.”

Madison Beaufort Art now hangs in homes, offices, bedrooms, and special places all over the Coast and the final destinations her many customers have taken them. Each individual print comes with a personality card introducing the purchaser to the phenomenal woman who inspired the piece.

This phenomenal woman who goes by the name of Madison Beaufort describes herself as a disorganised, crazy, creative ball of fun who craves adventure as much as she craves chocolate. She is still in her infancy with her artistic journey but standing at her stall at the Original Eumundi Markets, her raw talent draws you in with an oozing to dare her to show

you what she can do. It is most certainly a case of – ‘watch this space’.

Madison Beaufort is the stallholder behind Madison Beaufort Art. Madi’s story is another of the fabulous stallholder stories just waiting to be discovered at the Original Eumundi Markets, Wednesday

NEWS IN BRIEF

STORYTIME IN POMONA!

Join us once a month at the Pomona Markets for songs, stories and fun! Enjoy a day out at the popular markets with your little library lovers before dropping into the Chai Tent for Storytime. Check our Events Calendar, scan the QR code. No need to book.

CHEESE CHAMPIONS

Woombye Cheese Company have won the title of Grand Champion Cheese for their Woombye Blackall Gold cheese at the 2023 Australian Grand Dairy Awards Champions. This means their cheese is the best of the best across ALL cheese classes in Australia.

PRIDE IN WORKMANSHIP AND SERVICE AWARD 2023

The Rotary Club of Cooroy is pleased to honour local people who consistently give that special extra in their job. Designed to acknowledge employees or business operators, irrespective of age or vocation, who in the eyes of their employer or their customers display outstanding qualities in terms of approach, attitude, dedication and commitment to his or her job. More information and an entry form - http://www.cooroyrotary. org.au/.../pride-in-workmanship...

WILD ABOUT NOOSA HINTERLAND

WHEREAS most of our birds of prey are regal and awe-inspiring, there’s instead something rather comical about the Pacific Baza. For starters they have a strange little crest on the back of their head that looks just wrong on a raptor. It would be seemlier on a parrot. What’s more, when a Baza looks straight at you, their bright yellow eyes appear to be crossed. And, to top it all off, they have a habit of appearing as though their head has been stitched onto their body the wrong way round (see photo).

Of all birds of prey, these are the ones most frequently spied in our region. The presence of a pair of Baza is often announced by their wheezy, whistling call - or else smaller, nesting birds such as Noisy Miners screeching at them in a frenzy.

The Pacific Baza’s favourite food is stick insects, particularly the big, juicy ones that frequent treetops. They will also eat frogs, lizards, snakes and, as you’ve guessed, nestlings. Oddly enough, this is one predator bird that also has a liking for fruit and vegetables. One pair of captive Baza refused to breed unless lettuce was included in their meal plan.

Pacific Baza are not the best architects. They build ridiculously flimsy nests high up in tall trees. Inevitably, their breeding is often disrupted by storms. Luckily, the young develop rapidly, becoming independent just three to four weeks after hatching.

Pacific Baza

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL

with Tony Wellington

Gift ideas

LADYBIRD NOOSA Noosa Junction Plaza, Noosa Heads Marie Jo Chen full cup bra C-DD $173.95 Rio brief $87.95

20 20 DISTILLERY Taylor Court, Cooroy 20 20 Lavender Vodka

COOROY SHOES Maple St, Cooroy DeValverde Slipper. Made In Spain, $89.00

THE RIVER SHACK TEWANTIN Poinciana Ave, Tewantin A range of Tasteology Syrups. $39.95

BOLD AS LOVE Maple Street, Cooroy Pink Freshwater Sterling Silver Earrings $59

BLUE BROWN BAG Maple St, Cooroy Botanica body products, from $24.95

THE RIVER SHACK TEWANTIN Poinciana Ave, Tewantin Urban Rituelle handcream, lemongrass. $29.95

SPA

GROW LANDSCAPE YARD Pioneer Rd, Pomona Gift a garden voucher

Gift ideas

LADYBIRD NOOSA Noosa Junction Plaza, Noosa Heads Wacoal bralette florilege in honey $84.95 and florilege brief $44.95

TR EAT MUM FOR MOTHER’S DAY

COOROY RSL

Trio Box of candles - $55 Hand poured in Australia

WILD VINE CAFE IMBIL

OPEN MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER - 6.30AM TO 8PM

Try the breakfast waffle with banana, stawberries, ice cream & chocolate ganache. A great place to spoil Mum. 116 Yabba Rd, Imbil www.thewildvineimbil.com.au

POMONA DISTILLING CO

SUNDAY MAY 14

MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST

Celebrate the women in your life with this special breakfast celebration. A La Carte Menu. Bookings from 7am to 9.30am.18 Reserve St, Pomona https://pomonadistilling.com.au

ALL DAY DINING

Treat Mum to breakfast, lunch or dinner! 25 Maple Street, Cooroy - Ph: 5447 6131 cooroyrsl.com.au

NOOSA HINTERLAND BREWING COMPANY

ENJOY A RELAXING LUNCH

Plus cold craft beers and a bit of acoustic live music. Open 12 to 8pm. Email cara@noosahinterlandbrewing. com.au or call 0448 423 971 to book. 28 King St, Cooran

COOROY HOTEL

FULL MENU FOR LUNCH & DINNER

Lunch 12- 2.30pm - Dinner 5.30- 8pm

Bookings Recommended 38 Maple Street Cooroy, Ph: 5472 1900 cooroyhotel.com.au

SPOIL MUM EARLY WITH A GOURMAY HIGH TEA APRIL 23

GOURMAY MARY VALLEY

RAIL PARK HIGH TEA

SUNDAY APRIL 23

Celebrating the produce and flavours of the Mary Valley while spoiling your Mum.

Imbil Heritage Railway Station Cnr William St & Yabba Rd Imbil

Your Local

School holiday fun!

can grab a cuppa at our onsite café and supervise from the cool and inviting airconditioned room!

NOOSA AQUATIC CENTRE

NOOSA COUNCIL

RECREATIONAL VENUES

www.noosa.qld.gov.au

Whether you are creative, sporty, crafty or just wanting to learn something new, Noosa Council offer a range of school holiday activities for children of all ages and interests to enjoy.

Venues include Noosa Leisure Centre, Noosa Aquatic Centre, Noosaville and Cooroy Libraries, Noosa Regional Gallery, The J, Peregian Digital Hub and don’t forget the GO NOOSA free local bus service throughout the holiday period. Here is a snapshot of the activities you can choose from…

NOOSA LEISURE CENTRE

Noosa Leisure Centre is hosting Bricks for Kidz one-day Workshops for Lego lovers, Basketball clinics and casual hoop shooting for all ages. Kid’s Playroom provides an awesome space for the 1-5 year olds to jump, climb and swing while mums

Qualified Noosa Aquatic Centre Learn to swim staff offer intensive blocks of swim lessons throughout the Easter school holidays. This is an excellent way to catch up on vital lifesaving water skills and swimming abilities. The shaded and heated pool, inflatable fun, BBQ area and on-site café make it a full day outing guaranteed to wear the kids out! Lap swimming is available as well as an air-conditioned spacious gym and crèche.

NOOSAVILLE AND COOROY

LIBRARIES

Noosaville and Cooroy Libraries have numerous FREE creative workshops including Egg-citing Easter craft, make Laser Cut Bookmarks, Bunny Heat Packs, Paddle Pop Photo Frames, enjoy Ocean Life education and Legendary Lego sessions as well as a Games Day full of giant Connect 4, hula hoop dancing, and egg and spoon races just to name a few!

NOOSA REGIONAL GALLERY

Noosa Regional Gallery also has lots of school holiday workshops for children over 6 years. For a small fee children can attend Creating Different Landscape Paintings with artist Trevor Purvis, Layered

Landscapes with artist Odessa Mahony-de Vries, Façade (experiment with personal aesthetic colours), Name it- Frame it (learn how to bring text to life with typography and create a cool design for your name), Earthy Environments (create a textured landscape featuring trees and birds through ripping, cutting, gluing and arranging shapes of colour) and the ever popular Artplay Sunday from 11am-1pm.

THE NOOSA J

The J is hosting Snowy and the Seven Cool Dudes - an interactive and fun performance for children and families. Snowy is becoming more beautiful every day and The Wicked Queen is not happy! She has decided to send Snowy away, to get rid of her, once and for all. Audience age recommended: 3-11 years. A timely piece of live theatre about making better food choices, while keeping kids fit and healthy! Friday April 14, 11am $22 - 50 minutes (no intermission).

PEREGIAN DIGITAL HUB

Peregian Digital Hub have heaps of Easter fun workshops for kids and teens who love robotics, coding, digital art, game development, music/video production, and more!

Go Noosa Free Buses are running again around Noosa from Saturday 1 through to Sunday 16 April. Enjoy the journey these

holidays - walk, hire a bike or scooter, catch a free bus or buy a discounted frequent traveller pass for the local ferry.

Noosa Council’s Summer School Holiday activity guide (great for printing off and popping on the fridge) can be found here - https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/schoolholiday-activities/school-holiday-activities-1 Booking information for individual venues is listed on the summer school holiday guide . Booking is required for most of the activities; some require a small fee, others are free.

NOOSA ARTS THEATRE

THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. APRIL 5-9.

Little Seed Theatre Company and Noosa Arts Theatre are partnering together to bring you C.S Lewis’ timeless classic, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardobe. Bookings via www.noosaartstheatre.org.au or 5449 9343

YOUR MATES BOWLS PUB

Opal Street, Cooroy

FUNDAY SUNDAY

Sunday April 30, 11.30 onwards, $35. Live music from 12.30 onwards. Loads of family fun with face painting, lawn games, Jenga comp plus cocktail jugs and yumo food specials! Should be a cracking familyfriendly arvo. https://yourmatesbrewing.com/pages/ bowlspub

GINGER FACTORY

50 Pioneer Road, Yandina, HOP INTO THE EASTER FUN AT THE GINGER FACTORY

cycle, history, and medicinal benefits of ginger. Join one of the knowledgeable tour guides as they take you on the ultimate ginger journey, held within The Ginger Factory Farm Garden. Harvest your own ginger and take it home to grow, then experience the finished product first-hand with a guided product tasting of the new Buderim Ginger wellness range. www.gingerfactory.com.au

• Wednesday April 12 -The Journey Stick

• Thursday April 13 - Autumn Leaf Bowls $10 per child. Payment is required to secure your spot.

www.eventbrite.com.au/e/bushland-holidayprogram-autumn-tickets-570338587067

TRY THE GREAT BOTANIC RACE

If you’ve got older kids try the great botanic race. Grab a map at the front entrance and explore the gardens on this self-guided orienteering challenge. Kids will need to find mapped points to solve the puzzle along the way. Great for ages 10 years and older. The garden is open from 7am to 5pm, seven days a week.

NOOSA TEWANTIN RSL

AUTUMN KIDS PROGRAM

Tuesday April 4, 5pm - Kids Disco. $10 per child, includes Disco and snacks.

Thursday April 6, 10.30am - Mr Fye Magic Show.

Monday April 10, 5pm - Kids bingo.

Friday April 14, 10.30am - Geckos Wildlife.

Experience a musical adventure of problem-solving hilarity in this captivating show these school holidays! Join Lucky Clucky as she tries to remember how to lay colourful eggs for the Easter bunny. Presented by the Cheeky Monkey Club, the show will have children enthralled as they help Lucky Clucky action out a plan to fulfill her colourful order just in time for Easter! For the most egg-cellent Easter activities and all the usual ginger fun such as a ride on Moreton the Train, endless amusement in the free soft play space, Little Explorers, a journey around the world on the Overboard Boat Ride and more, hop over to The Ginger Factory these school holidays.

THE GINGER HARVEST TOUR

Discover the world of ginger with this hands-on, premier tour! The seasonal Harvest Tour offers a unique, limited-time opportunity to learn about the growth

MAROOCHY REGIONAL BUSHLAND BOTANIC GARDEN

33 Palm Creek Rd, Tanawha

CONNECT WITH NATURE AND LEARN BUSHCRAFT

Celebrate Autumn at the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden Bushland Holiday program! Children and families will love these seasonally inspired workshops led by Sunshine Coast’s leading nature play facilitators and held in the beautiful bushland.

• Tuesday April 4 - Whittler’s Guild

• Wednesday April 5 - Earth Arts

• Thursday April 6 - Basket Weaving

• Tuesday April 11 - Bubble Bender

EASTER SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

Kids’ Playroom

Fun for kids aged 0-5 years! $5 per child – parent supervision required.

Bricks for Kidz

Bricks for Kidz are holding multiple one day workshops at the centre over these holidays.

Basketball Clinics

Contact NDBA via email noosacyclones@gmail.com or phone 0421 358 229

Egg-citing Easter Craft

All ages, free

Noosaville Tue. 4 April 9-11am

Cooroy Thurs. 6 April 2-4pm

Games Day 3+, free Noosaville Wed. 12 April 2-4pm

Cooroy Tue. 4 April 2-4pm

Laser Cut Bookmarks 12+, free Design and make your own wooden bookmark using our laser cutter Noosaville Makerspace Wed. 5 April 2-3.30pm

Creating Different Landscape Paintings with artist Trevor Purvis

Ages 6 – 12 years. $25 per child

Tues 4 April, 10.30am - 12pm

Layered Landscapes Ages 6 – 12 years. Wed 5 April, 10.30am - 12pm $20 per child

Casual Hoops

Do you have a child that just wants to shoot some hoops with a mate? It’s only $4.20 per person to enter our courts for some casual shooting – please phone Centre to check avail times.

For more info: noosaleisurecentre.com.au Ph 5329 6550

For more info: noosaaquaticcentre.com.au Ph 5448 0288

Snowy and The

Bunny Heat Pack 3+, free Noosaville Thur. 6 April 9-10.30am

Cooroy Wed. 5 April 9-10.30am

Paddle Pop Photo Frame BYO photo. 3+, free, no need to book, drop-in session, adult supervision required.

Noosaville Tue. 11 April 9-10.30am

Cooroy Wed 12 April 9-10.30am

Ocean Life Education 5+, free, Bookings required.

Cooroy Tues. 11 April 1-2.15pm

Legendary Lego All ages, free Explore new skills and ideas while having fun together with LEGO!

Noosaville Thur. 13 April 9-11am Cooroy Thur. 13 April 2-4pm

Façade Ages 13+ years. Using mixed media this workshop focuses on individuality resulting in an abstract selfportrait with artist Odessa Mahony-de Vries Wed 5 April, 1 – 3pm $20 per child

Name it, frame it! Ages 6 – 12 years. Create an artwork of your name to take home in a frame with artist Odessa Mahony-de Vries. Thurs 13 April, 10.30am - 12pm $20 per child

TRY

A NEW TRAIL ON ADVENTURE SUNSHINE COAST

Adventure Sunshine Coast has more than 200 free adventures covering walking, cycling, paddling and riding trails right across the region! From exploring a community playground loop with your toddler to discovering a hidden hinterland trail with an adventurous tween-ager. https://adventure.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

Earthy Environments Ages 6 – 12 years. Experiment with painting, collage and drawing to create a mixed media artwork with artist Odessa Mahony-de Vries.

Thurs 13 April, 1 – 2.30pm $20 per child

ArtPlay Sunday All ages. Drop by between 11am and 1pm for free creative activities for all ages Book a ticket for your family via our website. Sun 16 April, 11am-1pm Free Bookings essential

Hub Holiday Program

Monday 3 to Friday 14 April

Easter fun for kids and teens who love robotics, coding, digital art, game development, music / video production, and more!

members at Australia Zoo, in our Easterthemed treasure hunt! Follow the clues in our zoo-wide adventure to uncover the secret word. All eggs-plorers get a prize! https://www.australiazoo.com.au/event/ easter-holiday-fun/

AUSTRALIA ZOO

April 1 - 23, 9am – 5pm

TAKE ON THE GIANT INFLATABLE OBSTACLE COURSE

Hatch a plan and challenge your family and friends on our giant inflatable obstacle course! Race through tunnels, tubes and slides and see if you can manage to stay on your feet the whole time! This is a FREE activity from 9.30am to 1pm and 2 to 4 pm and is suitable for kids 4 to 15 years old.

EASTER LONG WEEKEND FESTIVITIES

Friday April 7 - enjoy FREE breakfast* from 9 -10 am with your paid admission. Easter Sunday April 9 - take part in our Easter Egg Laying Animal Trail where every adventurer gets a prize. Enjoy FREE hot cross buns*, and go for gold in our Golden Egg Hunt! *While stocks last.

EASTER BILBY TREASURE HUNT

Easter school holidays are not complete without a treasure hunt! Come and meet the Easter Bilby’s marsupial family

SUNSHINE COAST TREETOP CHALLENGE

Big Pineapple, 76 Nambour Connection Rd, Woombye

Get ready to push your fears to the limit and get your adrenaline racing. Suspended amongst 10 acres of stunning coastal rainforest be taken sky-high to experience stunning views from the tree canopy. Featuring six unique courses which start off easy, and work up to heart-pumping extreme, there is a course to suit everyone! www.treetopchallenge.com.au/sunshinecoast-adventure

JOIN THE SEA TURTLE RESCUE

SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast Parkyn Pde, Mooloolaba. April 1 - 16

Join the mission of the Turtle Rescue Team to learn how and why we must help our turtle friends. Upon entry, kids will receive

GO CAR FREE CAREFREE

a free activity booklet to begin their turtle rescue mission. Moving through multiple rescue stages, families and kids can dive into this learning experience from weigh in, checking diet and hydration to comparing x-rays, before giving their turtle the green light for release. Once their turtle rescue mission is complete, kids will receive a rescue certificate, ‘shell-ebrating’ the great work that they have done to help the turtles. Guests can also book a Behind the Scenes Tour (at an additional cost of $15pp) and watch our marine experts working to rehabilitate the turtles. If any are ready to be released over the school holidays, guests are also welcome to join us for our turtle release. $47 per adult and $33 per child (free for under 3) www.visitsealife.com/sunshinecoast/turtle-rescue/

NOOSA BOTANIC GARDENS

GUIDED WALKS - SUNDAY APRIL 2, 8.30 TO 9.30AM.

Enjoy these hour long guided walks with Friends of Noosa Botanic Gardens on hand for any questions.

MUSIC IN THE GARDENS - SUNDAY APRIL 2, 10AM TO 12NOON.

Take the family out for a picnic while you grab a coffee under the Poinciana trees.

IMBIL BUSH CHALLENGE

Cnr Yabba Rd & William St, Imbil

EASTER SATURDAY APRIL 8, 9AM - 3PM

Bush Challenge Fun Day. Test your skills with fish casting, fire starting, whip cracking, whistling, horseshoe throwing. Plus kids activities, live music, stalls, food and much more.

KONDALILLA NATIONAL PARK

Take a walk through the trees, embracing nature, and going for a dip in Kondalilla Falls? If this sounds like a great family day out then Kondalilla National Park is the perfect spot to spend your next day out! https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/ kondalilla/about

HOP IN FOR EASTER FUN

NOOSA RSPCA PET OF THE MONTH Meet

Requirements:

Respectful kids needed. Must meet and greet other dogs to ensure good match. Likes to interact with other dogs, but they can’t be too rough. Would benefit from mental and physical activity to stop from getting bored. Need a secure fence to keep him safe.

If you are keen to meet and adopt me, please fill in an expression of interest online or call us. My adoption fee includes desexing, microchip and health check and up to date vaccinations, worming and flea treatments! For $450, you get my love and a bag of royal canin food. Can’t wait to meet my furever home xxx

Marley

I am a very sweet natured, lovable boy. I am not as big as some amstaff x’s - American Staffordshire Bull Terrier / Bull Arab (Mixed), I’m about 26kg. Sadly, I was surrendered as my first owner was ill. I have a very sweet, lovable personality. A nice calm side as well a playful fun side. I can be a little unsure at times with some handling, but have a lovely gentle nature. I love people, other dogs and of course my toys. I am very affectionate and could be an indoor/outdoor dog.

what’s on

SUNSHINE COAST BOOKFEST & CLOTHING SALE

SUNSHINE COAST KOKODA CHALLENGE

GHEERULLA COUNTRY ART FAIR

BOTANICAL DYES AND NATIVE FOODS WORKSHOP

SATURDAY APRIL 29

GALERU: FOREVER FRUITS FARM

FRIDAY TO MONDAY - 7-10 APRIL

NAMBOUR SHOWGROUNDS - 8am-4pm

LIFELINE Queensland’s Sunshine Coast Bookfest and Clothing Sale on Easter Weekend. Entry is free and books and clothing start from $2.50!

@Lifeline Sunshine Coast Bookfest and Clothing Sale

YANDINA COUNTRY MUSIC

FRIDAY TO SATURDAY APRIL 21-22

KENILWORTH

THE Kokoda Challenge Sunshine Coast returns to Kenilworth with 18, 30 and 48km endurance events that take you on a scenic journey through Imbil State Forest. The funds raised support Kokoda Youth Foundation programs to help kids in the local community.

@TheKokodaChallenge

VIVA LA VINTAGE MARKET

SATURDAY TO SUNDAY APRIL 22 - 23

GHEERULLA HALL - 2184 Eumundi Kenilworth Road, MOY POCKET

2 DAYS of showcasing our local Artists and Artisans - Arts, Sculpture, Pottery, Coffee, Food, Stalls & much more @Gheerulla Art Fair

IMBIL BULL BRONC BARRELLS

45 Musavale Road COOROY - 10am-3.30pm

JOIN Chef Chris Jordan (3 Little Birds), Aunty Terri Waller (SevGen) and Norton Fredericks (Retritus) for this wonderful workshop. Participants will explore the fundamentals of botanical dyeing and printing, be educated on native foods as well as celebrate the unique culture and natural resources Australia has to offer. https://retritus.com/store/p/botanicaldyes-and-native-foods-workshop

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

SUNDAY APRIL 16

YANDINA 'HALL OF FAME'

24 Steggalls Rd, Yandina - 12 Noon - $8 BE entertained with popular country including other upbeat, crowd-pleasing favourites. Guest artist is the highly talented ‘Tommy’! Raffles, door prizes, BYO lunch, free tea and coffee.

@Yandina Country Music Hall of Fame

NOOSA’S ONLY LOCALLY GROWN COFFEE

New blend coming soon

SUNDAY APRIL 23

THE BREWERY + THE GREEN ROOM @ THE IMPERIAL HOTEL EUMUNDI - 9am to 1pm

A boutique market with a reputation as the place to find unique collectables. Full of fabulous vintage wares, retro fashion, homewares, a huge selection of vinyls and a wealth of handcrafted treasures. Plus live music. vivalavintagemarket@gmail.com.

SATURDAY APRIL 29, FROM 2.45PM

IMBIL - MARY VALLEY STATE COLLEGE

RODEO, 5.30pm. FIREWORKS, 8.30pm. BAND, 8.30pm till 11.45pm. KIDS ZONE, 3pm till late - All rides are free. Bar, market & food stalls & heaps of fun

@Imbil Bull Bronc & Barrels General Enquiries 07 5484 5178

EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT

YOUR MATES BOWLSPUB COOROY

FREE - Starting from 4pm

FREE bowls under lights, live tunes, lawn games, meat boards and of course cracking craft beer and food. Explore a range of special cocktails and there’s also free pool.

https://yourmatesbrewing.com/pages/bowlspub

Noosa Black is a family owned and run coffee plantation nestled at the head of a picturesque valley near Kin Kin in the Noosa hinterland. We are the only commercial coffee grower in Noosa Shire.

We first planted our 6,000 coffee trees in 2005, nurturing them until we produced the award-winning coffee that we proudly offer today.

EatinorTakeaway

100% Arabica No Pesticides Sun-dried Locally roasted

ONLY LOCALLY GROWN COFFEE

WHERE TO BUY: IGA Cooroy, IGA Noosa Junction, IGA Pomona, Kin Kin General Store, Cooroy Harvest Fresh, Cooloola Berries, Farmer & Sun Gympie, Tewantin Market Garden, Pomona Little Pantry

ONLY COFFEE PLANTATION

BUY ONLINE: Get your Noosa Black Coffee direct from the farmer

WWW.NOOSABLACK.COM

Noosa Black is a family owned and run coffee plantation nestled at the head of a picturesque valley near Kin Kin in the Noosa hinterland. We are the only commercial coffee grower in Noosa Shire.

MUSOS’ JAM SESSIONS

TRANSFORMING RELATIONSHIPS RETREAT

ORCHID SHOW TEWANTIN

KENILWORTH TASTING FESTIVAL

SATURDAY MAY 20

KENILWORTH DAIRIES - 9am to 4pm COME and celebrate the best of Kenilworth’s culinary scene at the Kenilworth Tasting Festival! kenilworthdairies.com.au/kenilworth-tasting-consumer/

QCWA COUNTRY FAIR

SATURDAY MAY 27

CWA HALL COOROY

EVERY FORTNIGHT: WEDNESDAY

12-4PM & FRIDAY 6-10PM

APOLLONIAN HOTEL, BOREEN POINT

Drag your old instruments out of the wardrobe and come and play with us. A drum kit, PA, and bass amp will be provided, and old style blackboard system. B.Y.O. instruments. https://apollonianhotel.com.au

MAY 8-12 - 5 DAYS - 4 NIGHTS

ROSECLIFFE BOUTIQUE FARM

COTTAGES, COORAN

HEAL from difficult relationships, be awakened to healthy new possibilities within existing relationships & be empowered to manifest your dream connections. This is an opportunity for you to be rapidly empowered to move forward in your truth, aligned with your deepest soul essence.

Penelope 0490 459 535

SCONE TIME

TUESDAY APRIL 11 ,

10 to 11.30 am

Cooroy Memorial Hall, $8 Tickets can be purchased online www.trybooking.com/CGVGB

Sconetime Cooroy with Sunshine Coast Foodie Martin Duncan & Traecy Hinner of Noosa Black Coffee.

FRIDAY MAY 12 TO SUNDAY MAY 14

TEWANTIN CATHOLIC HALL

Experienced orchid growers will be on hand to advise on caring for orchids, and potting bark and fertilisers will also be on sale, along with $1 raffle tickets. It’s also a great opportunity to buy a beautiful Mother’s Day orchid gift.

MILLION PAWS WALK NOOSA

SUNDAY MAY 28

APEX PARK NOOSA

COLLECTORAMA

SATURDAY JUNE 3

NAMBOUR SHOWGROUNDS

QLD GARDEN EXPO

JULY 7-9

NAMBOUR SHOWGROUNDS

NOOSA ALIVE FESTIVAL

JULY 21 - 30

A 10-day festival offering a diverse program of events including music, theatre, ballet, comedy, opera, literature, visual arts, cabaret, circus, debate, environment, food, wine and more. Book your tickets online now at noosaalive.com.au

EASTER BUNNY WILL BE VISITING RICHIES BAKERYMaple Street Cooroy on Easter Saturdayso Hop in and say Hi!

COUNCIL WINS APP AWARD

Noosa Council has won the Snap Send Solve Community Engagement State Award in the inaugural 2022 Solver of The Year Awards.

Snap Send Solve is a free app that simplifies the reporting of community issues across Australia.

The app makes reporting easy for Noosa residents and visitors when they see an issue while out and about.

Cooran resident Andrea Taylor says Snap Send Solve is a great tool to communicate issues to Council 24/7.

“I’ve been using Snap Send Solve for over three years, you get a good response and can do it right there and then when you have an issue, and don’t need to wait on the phone or do during office hours,” Ms Taylor said.

Noosa Council out-performed 90 organisations in Queensland to win the title. Jason Pratt, Council Customer Service Manager, said, “having pictures attached really helps to identify and prioritise the requests we receive, and we’ve seen consistent growth. In 2022 we received 4966 reports.”

Noosa residents can find out more information on Council’s website – noosa. qld.gov.au – and download the app from the App Store or Google Play.

WORK CONTINUES ON $80 MILLION FLOOD REPAIR PROGRAM

It has been a busy 12 months for Council since the storm event which impacted South East Queensland.

Noosa Shire has a program of works across 11 localities, including the repair of 30 landslides, 13 water crossings or drainage structures and 70 roads. The work is expected to total approximately $80 million and

is funded through assistance provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth/State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Director of Infrastructure Services, Larry Sengstock, says the most significant impact is a landslide which has destroyed a section of Black

Mountain Road, Black Mountain.

“Progress towards that rebuild took a step further this week by publishing of the forward procurement notice,” he said.

“In January this year the repair of the landslide nearby Crawfords Road, Black Mountain, was completed to help ensure continued access to the new detour created by the larger landslide.”

Late last year, some interim works were completed on Schreibers Road, Cooran to protect water main infrastructure.

Mr Sengstock said the dedicated project team continued to assess the works program and prioritise repairs based on the impact to the community and resources availability.

A year since the 2022 floods, Council is making progress on the massive reconstruction effort needed to restore essential assets

SNAP: Customer Service Officers Kenzo and Tasha (left and right) with Noosa resident Andrea (centre).

RAPID RESPONSE TEAM LAUNCHED

immediate repairs, or install barriers and temporary signage advising that Council is aware of the issue and repairs will be completed as soon as practical,” Infrastructure Services Director, Larry Sengstock, said. Any work that is beyond the capacity of the rapid response team will be scheduled to be completed at a later date.

Rapid Response Officer, Mark Jackson, said, “the requests we have received so far have been varied, no two days are the same. We have responded to oil spills, phones being dropped in a drain, trip hazards, overgrown vegetation, sign damage and emergencies such as trees that have fallen across the road.”

IN BRIEF

Shire-wide traffic counts underway

Council is using pneumatic rubber tube strips and cameras to conduct traffic counting at more than 95 intersections across the Shire.

Council has formed a new rapid response team to swiftly deal with damage reports and other public infrastructure issues across the shire. The team will be first on scene to “make safe” the site or infrastructure that is damaged or not operating as intended, until further works can be carried out.

The move will help tackle an increase in customer requests and speed up job completion times to ensure community expectations are being met.

The team will assess damage, prioritise and implement repairs and safety measures.

“Wherever possible, the multidisciplinary team will complete

The rapid response team is committed to providing a high level of customer service. Once the site has been inspected, the team will contact the customer directly to advise of the outcome.

“The community response has been very positive so far. We have been contacting customers after completing their request and they have been very happy with our prompt service and communication,” Mr Jackson said.

LIVING WELL NOOSA PROGRAM EXPANDS

Activities on offer from the coast to the hinterland to support residents

Noosa Council’s latest initiative, the Living Well Noosa program, is already expanding, much to the delight of local residents. The program includes popular classes such as beach yoga, mindfulness sessions, Pilates, art therapy, crocheting and sewing workshops amongst others.

Council’s Community Programs Officer, Angela Romanowski, said the program has been well received within the community.

“One of our newest classes is the Workers’ Wellness Wednesdays. This event focuses on the combination of physical and mental wellness, with

classes changing every month,” Ms Romanowski said.

Local resident and art lover Penny Robertson finds the weekly art therapy group at Peregian Beach Community House uplifting and inspirational.

“I love my Thursday morning art class. It gets me out of the house. I have met people with whom I now go to lunches, outings and social events outside the class,” Ms Robertson said.

Council launched the Living Well program with a specific focus on promoting preventive strategies related to mental wellbeing and social connection across the shire.

For more information on the Living Well Noosa program visit Council’s website – noosa.qld.gov.au

Used for traffic counting only, this technology can classify vehicles based on their type, size, and speed. Traffic counting is an important activity in Council’s infrastructure planning. It provides valuable information on the flow of traffic, evaluates road performance, and enables Council to make informed decisions about the design and operations of our infrastructure network for the future.

Counts have recently been completed in Cooroy, Doonan and Tewantin, with further suburb counts scheduled until May.

CHECKING THE PIPES

Did you know that Council maintains over 250km of stormwater pipes?

Council is currently using camera footage to inspect the stormwater network to help identify cracks, blockages, tree roots and other maintenance issues before they turn into bigger problems.

So far, half of the network has been inspected. The footage has found an abundance of items that do not belong in the drains such as bottles, balls, plastics and an esky lid. Please bin itdon’t drop it to help avoid blocking the drains and keep Noosa litter free.

ON THE ROAD: Council’s new rapid response team will ensure a swift fix to damage and other infrastructure issues.

ART OF LIVING WELL: Angela Romanowski (left) from Council joins locals (L-R) Norma Donnelly and Penny Robertson at the art therapy class with Holistic Integrated Art Therapist Michelle Greene.

YOUR LOCAL LIFESTYLE PROUD SPONSORS

Cooroora United Football Club - Under 16 Girls

Your Local Lifestyle is proudly supporting and sponsoring Cooroora United Football Club

As a small local business we are honoured to be able to support a great sporting club in our community.

Weekends OUT & ABOUT

DAGUN GROWERS MARKET

DAGUN RAILWAY STATION

Every Saturday 3pm to 5pm

Wine and Cheese, Coffee and Cake, live acoustic jam Session, fresh food market Mary Valley Country Harvest Co-operative

Happy Birthday to Max Woods - Cheers lots of love all your family and friends xx

Noosa Hinterland Brewing Crew supporting the runners at the Noosa Ultrail trail with a nice cold brew! Fundraising for their local footy team Pomona Cooran Cutters R.L.F.C. Nice work guys!

NOOSA BARTER TRIBE

LAWSON SHED IN POMONA

(next to Pomona Community House on Station St).

Every Sunday 11am-1pm

Connect with the community and barter our home grown produce, homemade goods, plants, skills and services etc... Be there early to set up, label your goods and get a name tag. Also bring change for anything available for sale. Open to all types of goods.

@Noosa Barter Tribe

Happy Birthday to the lovely Erin Yardwood - lots of love all your family and friends xx

YOUR SEASONAL PRODUCE WATCH with Matt Golinski

GUAVAS

ORIGINATING in South America, guavas are now cultivated in most tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world, including Asia, Africa and Australia.

A member of the myrtle family, the tree has a beautiful smooth copper coloured mottled bark and prolifically produces its yellow berries with soft sweet pink flesh throughout Autumn and into Winter.

Its ability to propagate easily has seen it spread throughout much of the Sunshine Coast region, its seeds distributed by birds, mammals, livestock and humans, and it is now considered an invasive species and environmental weed.

As well as animals loving this fruit, fruit flies are also quite fond of them, meaning they tend to get stung and become unusable unless netted, however I have discovered the ones on my property are getting better as the year cools down and the fruit flies are less active.

Guavas can be eaten raw straight from the tree, but they also make lovely juice and cordial, jams and jellies, and when blended and strained the pulp dehydrates well into fruit ‘roll ups’.

This isn’t a fruit you’ll generally see in the supermarket; but go for a walk in the bush in most parts of the Noosa hinterland during the cooler months and there’s a good chance you’ll come across a tree or two.

GUAVA JELLY

Ingredients:

500gm guavas, diced

300gm castor sugar

50ml lemon juice

Method:

Place the guavas in a small saucepan, cover with cold water and simmer until soft.

Press though a fine sieve with the back of a spoon - I put mine in a nutribullet and pulsed them first to break them up - and return the strained liquid to the saucepan. You should have about 2 cups of liquid.

Add the sugar and lemon juice, return to the heat and simmer for about 45 minutes, skimming off any foam that rises to the surface with a ladle. The final amount should be about 400 – 500gm.

Pour into sterilised jars, seal and refrigerate.

BOOKS with Paul Noonan Josephine Moon’s first novel featuring an all autistic cast

IN this day and age where we are all modern explorers in our 4WD’s and caravans, it’s time to ask how well do we know our own country?

Most of us are pretty sure we know the longest river and highest mountain, but is this the whole story? Wild Extremes presents an extremely readable backstory to Australia’s fascinating geographic records - and is full of surprising facts. Like did you know Australia’s highest mountain was measured recently and found to have grown over 60 metres! This book is unashamedly full of facts and information but it’s so easy-to-read it’s sometimes hard to put down.

The book is a twenty-year project by Eumundi local and renowned naturalist, author, and speaker Ray Andrews. Ray uncovers some strange facts, busts some misconceptions and generally introduces readers to a side of Australia that eludes most travellers. Ray has a special

fascination with how plants, animals and humans have adapted to living in extreme places and he introduces his chapters with a diverse range of Australian characters who have lived in the extremes.

If you’ve ever wondered where Australia’s greatest tides, longest cliff lines, biggest deserts, oldest rocks, best preserved meteor craters or deepest lakes are, the dozens of maps and images will help you find these out-of-the-way places, making the book a perfect travel guide. But as a one stop guide to Australia’s natural history this book will appeal just as much to educators. Available at Berkelouw Books in Eumundi and all good online bookstores.

RENOWNED Noosa Hinterland author Josephine Moon recently shared her autism identity with the world and now brings readers her most heart-warming tale yet, featuring an all autistic cast.

Phoenix Rose, a 35-year-old neurodivergent teacher, receives an urgent plea from an online friend in Tasmania who is desperate for help to re-home her beloved animals. Caught at a crossroads in her career and her relationship with partner Zack, Phoenix agrees to embark on a spontaneous road trip to relocate the menagerie from Tasmania to Brisbane.

Talking about her own diagnosis Josephine mentions, “never in a million years would I have thought I was ADHD because, just like with autism, we’ve all been fed a narrow stereotype of what ADHD looks like. You know, the kid (a boy) in the classroom that can’t sit still, can’t stop talking, causes trouble, gets suspended etc. But as one of my diagnosticians said to me, “if you think of the cast of Winnie the Pooh, everyone can recognise Tigger as the ADHD one, yet it’s more helpful if you realise that EVERY character in Winnie the Pooh is ADHD… yes, even Eeyore.

“ADHD can look very different on different people. The way it looks on me is very different and could be very different on you too. It’s tricky!

“For me, my advice is that if you think you might be ADHD, do not ignore that. It could save your life. I know it’s a long process, but it’s worth it.”

Tobias ‘behind the valley’ new album launch

FRIDAY April 28 sees the long-awaited launch of TOBiAS’ third studio album, Behind The Valley at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi. TOBiAS will perform with his full band, supported by Sky Eater. Soulful. Engaging. Enigmatic. Indie/folk singer songwriter TOBiAS has been described as “Beck meets Paul Kelly meets War On Drugs”.

His new album Behind The Valley was selfproduced and recorded at a home studio in the Mary Valley with Andy Tainsh, with mixing by Elliot Heinrich from Pony Records in London. “It’s the first time I’ve really written how I wanted to write and record, with creativity, passion and having so much fun doing it,” he says. “There were beautiful moments in the studio where I knew I was on the right path … usually in the form of a hook or guitar line that felt like it dropped out of the sky!”

TOBiAS says playing at The Imperial to launch the album feels so very right.

“I grew up in Eumundi busking at the markets for most of my childhood. The Imperial Hotel was the central meeting point for all locals too back then. Some of my fondest memories are sitting on my mum’s knee watching local bands play in the front room of the Imperial. It’s where the seed was planted for me that’s for sure,” he says. Known for his exceptional breadth, craftsmanship and songwriting ability, TOBiAS comes to life in his live performances with his band.

Playing The Bunker, Friday April 28. Imperial Hotel, Eumundi. Tickets $20 (+ booking fee) through Oztix. 18+ event. www.imperialhoteleumundi.com.au

NOOSA HEADS JAZZ CLUB THIS APRIL

THE Noosa Heads Jazz Club proudly presents ‘Springtime In Paris’ where tunes made famous in France by the celebrated clarinet and saxophone player Sidney Bechet will be featured.

You are in for another cheeky diet of fascinating rhythms, beautiful harmonics, and entertaining repartee. Simply an afternoon of sublime music with two internationally admired reeds players, Paul Furniss and Paul Williams, accompanied by John Reeves (piano & accordion), Dave Burrows (guitar), Peter Freeman (string bass) and Rod Andrew (drums).

The magic that was Sidney Bechet will cast its spell at the Majestic Theatre on Thursday April 27. For more information and tickets go to www. noosajazzclub.com/event/springtime-in-paris-1925/

A BAROQUE CELEBRATION

FORMED in 2014, Arioso Chamber Ensemble brings together the talents and experience of leading specialists in Baroque performance. This year Arioso welcomes viola da gamba player Shannon Scheltema. Shannon has recently returned from The Netherlands where she has spent several years performing with orchestras and ensembles in The Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland.

Arioso Chamber Ensemble’s first programme for 2023 includes a selection of joyous celebratory Baroque music including Handel’s ‘Music for the Royal Fireworks’ Vivaldi’s solo motet ‘Nulla in mundo pax sincera’ a selection of arias by Handel and Purcell, and sonatas by Rebel and Rameau. Presented Sunday April 30, 2.30pm at Cooroy Memorial Hall. Tickets are available online or cash at the door: $35 Full / $30 Concessions / $12 Students. For further information please visit www.ariosochamberensemble.com

26 - 28 May 2023

Silver Jubilee Exhibition

FEATURING

VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONS

MUSIC JAM & SINGALONG

POETRY IN THE PUB

FAMILY FUN DAY

Kenilworth Hall, 7 Maleny Kenilworth Rd, Kenilworth For more information head to www.kenilwortharts.org.au

Proudly supported by

Paul Furniss

Sneak peek at NOOSA alive! 2023

A 21st birthday demands a fitting celebration and NOOSA alive! Festival plans to throw a 10-day party to mark its major milestone in 2023.

The sophisticated annual arts and cultural festival officially comes of age from July 21 to 30 when it brings a packed program of special events to Queensland’s premier coastal community.

While organisers are keeping the full program under wraps for now, they have teased Noosa locals with an exclusive sneak peek of the big names and headline acts

gracing stages in 2023. Headlining the festival, is music icon Kate Ceberano who returns to Noosa with her unmistakable voice.

She is among a day-long musical showcase in Noosa Woods Park that includes the Sunshine Coast’s best and brightest performing in the Stars of the Future final, judged by enduring star of the Australian stage and screen Rhonda Burchmore.

Also performing is TJAKA, a trio of young Indigenous musicians blending hip-

hop, reggae, funk and sounds from their ancestral Aboriginal culture.

The popular Seaside Vibes launches NOOSA alive! Festival on the iconic Main Beach with alfresco DJs and live music sets across opening weekend, headlined by local trio Raw Ordio on Friday and a special guest act on Saturday.

Opera fans are in for a treat with TENORI under the STARS!, an evening of gourmet food, fine wine and exceptional music set on the sandy stage of Noosa Main Beach.

Tenors David Kidd, Craig Atkinson and Andrew Pryor perform a songbook blending opera, musical theatre and jazz, accompanied by guest soprano Laura Coutts and harpist Hayley Erin.

From the sea to the sky, Cirque BonBon ENCORE! returns to fuse contortion, aerial artistry, dancing and death-defying acrobatic feats to dazzle audiences across two performances on July 25.

Book-ending the festival is contemporary jazz vocalist Emma Pask and Trio, with headliners, Vika and Linda Bull, who bring their unique blended vocals to close out the 10-day event on July 30.

NOOSA alive! Festival releases its full program with tickets on sale April 3. Visit noosaalive.com.au for more information and to subscribe for updates and early bird ticket offers.

ANTIQUATED ANAESTHETIC APPARATUS ON DISPLAY

A new exhibition will open at Eumundi Museum on April 4 titled Antiquated Anaesthetic Apparatus

The Museum has collaborated with the UQ

Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History to create a fascinating display of old, kind-of-scary looking machines that were used over the last century or so to put patients to sleep and keep them alive during surgery. Some of these objects look surprisingly basic. Some of the machines and techniques are surprisingly recent.

The machine featured here is a pulmoflater. It dates from the 1940s and is one of the earliest ventilators manufactured – a machine to help patients breathe when unconscious under anaesthetic. Intrigued? Drop into the Eumundi Museum for more. Eumundi Museum is open 10am – 3pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Free entry. 73 Memorial Drive, Eumundi.

Vika & LInda Bull close the festival on July 30

Photo: Brian Purnell Mushroom Creative House

Seeing the Soul - Horses at liberty

AT the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre (CBFAC) the month of April is again resplendent with a botanical theme. But the horse has now entered the room.

Taking over the two front galleries is a massive exhibition of 75 works by 42 artists that depict horses at liberty, free from all forms of tack and saddlery across a wide range of media including painting, drawing, pastel, metal and found material sculpture, photography and digital. This monumental exhibition, titled Seeing the Soul, is the inaugural Hoofbeats Sanctuary Art Prize with prize money totalling $15,000.

According to Hoofbeats Sanctuary CEO, Barb Blaski, Seeing the Soul is a

major fundraising initiative to support and promote the Sanctuary’s work by celebrating and showcasing equine art and raising awareness of mental health.

After enjoying the beauty of so many horses, step into the large back gallery and experience the large photographs and works on paper by Naida Ginnane, a local artist who has exhibited here and overseas with collectors in the UK, USA, Singapore and Australia. Her experimental techniques, such as light painting and long exposures reflect a distorted natural environment that is both captivating and mysterious. Abstraction and realism co-exist in Ginnane’s world, where the plants take centre stage.

Whilst visitors work their way through so many diverse and beautiful works, the CBFAC upstairs gallery offers something totally different. Four under 40 artists have an assignment. Each week one artist will make work in the gallery space in response to a puzzling telephone message left by the previous week’s artist. After the residencies an exhibition titled Broken Telephone Artist Residency – The 40 under 40 will take place in May revealing all the works made over the residency period including the telephone messages.

All exhibitions run till April 30. www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au

NOOSA ARTISTS: FINAL BOARDING CALL

APRIL 30 is the final day you can sign up to be part of 2023’s Noosa Open Studio (NOS) event, so don’t miss the deadline.

This year’s event – the largest of its kind in Queensland - is the eighth, to run from October 6 to 15, with placements open to artists from across Noosa shire and immediate surrounding districts.

It will also be the first to be headed by NOS new president, Simone Leao, of Outer Art Studio, who moved here three years ago, attracted to our “stunning landscape, pleasant weather and creative community”.

“After living most of my life in small

dwellings in large cities around the globe –including Rio de Janeiro, Manchester, and Sydney – I finally arrived in paradise,” Ms Leao said.

“My partner and I bought a four-hectare off-grid property in the Noosa Hinterland covered by native vegetation and a diverse wildlife, where I established my art studio in a barn.”

She joined NOS as a featured artist and volunteer, through which she met many fellow artists.

“Some are close friends now,” Ms Leao said.

“I had many visitors in my studio during

the event: locals, people from all over Australia - even a few from overseas.

“The feedback I have received and seeing my artwork going to new homes made me a more confident artist.”

Her success inspired Ms Leao to assume the president’s role of the committee organising the 2023 NOS event.

More than 115 artists participated in and benefited from last year’s Noosa Open Studio, so make sure you register before April 30 –and let your career take flight.

Visit www.noosaopenstudios.com.au for all the details.

Simone Leao in her studio

Artist Roslyn Nolen’s entry To Be Free

International artist plans Mary Valley exhibition

INTERNATIONALLY celebrated artist Ian Mastin brings his still life collection to Art on Yabba fine art gallery in Imbil in May.

It’s a major coup for the new gallery opened by Mary Valley Artslink and managed by its president Heinke Butt. Self-taught, Mastin has an international following and is influenced by the Dutch and Flemish Masters of the 17th century. Critics have said his paintings are so realistic, you’ll feel like you can almost pick them up.

The Mastin exhibition opens on May

SUNSHINE COAST ART PRIZE CALL FOR ENTRIES

THE visual art award is now in its 18th year and is a showcase for outstanding contemporary 2D arts in Australia.

There are four prize categories, including three professionally judged categories as well as the popular people’s choice award.

Submissions can be made online at gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au with entries closing 11.59pm, May 14, 2023.

5 and runs to the end of the month. The opening event An Epicurean Delight features as part of the Mary Valley GourMay food festival and promises art, food and opera at the Wild Vine Café, Imbil. Well-known actor and opera singer Lincoln Scott will perform and the

audience can enjoy a menu of Italian culinary delights. Those who like performance art will enjoy Poetry and Song on Sunday April 16, 8am-10am, with local bush poet Ian Mackay reciting his witty original work alongside Mary Valley practitioners Jennie

Hawkes Wright and Jack Wright reading a selection of their works.

And between the lines, an acapella choir will add a backdrop to the hearty breakfast available at Wild Vine Café. It will be a morning of humour, lyricism, storytelling and life stories.

Find Art on Yabba at 116 Yabba Road, Imbil, open Thursday-Sunday, 10am-2pm and follow the Mary Valley Artslink on Facebook. Bookings $80pp on Eventbrite https://bit. ly/3YRYlhN

ART, MUSIC, POETRY AND FAMILY FUN AT KENILWORTH ARTSFEST

FOR the Kenilworth ArtsFest Silver Jubilee year, the Kenilworth Hall will be the venue for a wonderful exhibition of paintings and 3D works, including Outdoor Art made from recycled materials, from May 26-28. Entries are now open. On offer are a host of other great activities.

POETRY IN THE PUB / SINGALONG/JAM SESSION

Saturday May 27, 2 to 5pm

- Kenilworth Hotel

Guest poet, Arcadia, will be performing

and all are invited to stand up and recite or read poetry. From 6.30pm there is a singalong/jam session where you are invited to join in a singalong with the Kenilworth and District Singers (KADS) and those with an acoustic instrument are welcome to play along.

FAMILY FUN DAY

Sunday May 28, 8am - Kenilworth Showgrounds. Free event Hosted by Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce and ArtsFest, there will be entertainment for all with stalls, children’s

art activities, face painting, kite flying, a jumping castle and a couple of fun and nonsense competitions! ‘Get a Handle on This’ invites you to bring your entry for a decorated object with a handle – anything from a tea pot to grandma’s handbag! ‘Wheely Wheely Well Decorated’ is a competition for decorating anything with wheels, from a bicycle to a wheelbarrow! Just bring along your entry for the 12 noon judging.

For the weekend of May 26 -28, Kenilworth is the place to be for art, poetry, music and fun!

Ian Mastin exhibition opens on May 5

Shakespeare at the Lake

NOW in it’s seventh year, Shakespeare at the Lake, is returning in all its glory. Proudly presented by Little Seed Theatre Company, The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. In Padua, Italy a man by the name of Baptisa has two daughters. The younger daughter, Bianca, is pretty and pliant and has many would-be suitors. According to the custom of the times, Baptista will not allow Bianca to marry until he finds a husband for his eldest daughter, Katherine. Katherine is a witty, intelligent woman who knows what she wants. A husband and marriage is not one of them. As intelligent and witty women with strong opinions often are, Katherine or Kate as she is called is feared by the men in her village and dubbed ‘the shrew’. A spoiled and wealthy young man by the name of Petruchio sets out to woo Katherine for the sizeable dowry her father offers for her. The two prove a match in wits and the game is on. Harvey Sallaway plays Petruchio, bravely setting out to balance

the macho Petruchio with humour and the unexpected destabilising results of falling in love. The Taming of the Shrew is Harvey’s fourth foray into the world of William

MAJESTIC THEATRE POMONA AUTUMN SEASON

APRIL

15th – Andy Cowan – Big Mama’s Door

21st – Issi Dye – The Legends of Rock & Roll – From Elivs to JOK a great show of music memories

29th – Karen from Finance – Doing Time –Drag Comedy at its best.

MAY

5th – Soultown Show –All the greatest soul hits performed live on stage

20th - No Way Jose – Latin Jazz & Fusion

27th - Barry Charles – The Birthday Concert

JUNE

4th – Sacha Gibbs-Mcphee – Fruitful Fantasies –Classical performance

16th – Estampa – World Music

24th – Good Morning Vietnam V2 – Relive v 60’s & 70s

MAINSTAYS

Silent Films 12 noon every Saturday

Noosa Jazz 4th Thursday of the month in 2023

Shakespeare following roles in Little Seed’s Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing and last year’s As You Like It. Naire McDonald as Katherine is a force and meets every challenge the role demands with skill and humour. Naire has an impressive array of theatre experience ranging from Touchstone in As You Like It to Carmen Diaz in FAME and soon, over Easter, as The White Witch in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

The Taming of the Shrew has been adapted numerous times for stage, screen, opera, ballet, and musical theatre; perhaps the most famous adaptations being Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate and the 1967 film of the play, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The 1999 high school comedy film 10 Things I Hate About You, and the 2003 romantic comedy Deliver Us from Eva are also loosely based on the play. Set against the stunning backdrop of Lake Macdonald, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ plays in the Noosa Botanical Gardens in the Amphitheatre this May 13, 14, 20 and 21. Tickets are available via www. little-seed.com.au

THREADS ARTS EXHIBITION

NOOSA ARTS & CRAFTS ASSOC.

UNTIL APRIL 24, 9AM -3PM

SHOWCASING distinctive textile-based arts and crafts, including hand-made paper and bookmaking, as well as threadsbased artwork, such as quilts, crocheted and knitted pieces and embroidery work. 1 Wallace Drive, Noosaville. noosaartsandcrafts.org.au

POMONA RAILWAY GALLERY

EXHIBITING UNTIL APRIL 27

LOCAL artist Janet Luttrell uses a playful, contemporary style with acrylic on canvas to evoke the wonders a garden can offer- whether it be plants, birds, butterflies, flowers ,trees and animals or fantasy. Come and soak up the array of subjects and colours depicted on canvas in Janet’s solo exhibition Secret Garden.

SECRET GARDEN EXHIBITION

The truth about motivation

OUT of curiosity, I recently decided to Google ‘How to stay motivated’. In the section where Google adds similar questions that other people have searched, I read ‘How do I force myself to stay motivated?’, ‘Why am I so lazy and unmotivated?’ and ‘Why does motivation fade away?’. It seems motivation is a common problem.

Motivation can be defined as your drive towards action. Often when you decide to pursue a goal, you’re feeling inspired and ready to take action. Many people believe this ‘feeling’ should stay with them until they’ve reached the goal, but in reality, it

LIVING WELL NOOSA What’s On

LIVING Well Noosa is a free and low-cost preventative health initiative developed to improve the health and wellbeing of the Noosa Community.

Try yoga, tai chi and aqua aerobics amongst others. The initiative takes a holistic approach addressing a range of health dimensions including; physical, social, mental and spiritual health. An expanded reach is offering more programs across the Hinterland. Download the April Calendar of Events by scanning the QR code.

dwindles. Solutions such as finding your ‘why’ for a goal can help. Understanding yourself better can also help - you might know that making things more competitive spurs you on, or perhaps you can use your desire for adventure to stay on track. Maybe you’re someone who thrives on persistence, like the saying ‘a dog with a bone’, or it might be as simple as your love of personal growth that keeps you moving.

Ultimately however, if you are in pursuit of finding your motivation, the truth is that you aren’t taking action towards your goal. Finding your motivation can end up

being a distraction. What if the answer is to take an action…any action?

One of the most powerful tools I use with clients is to ask “What’s your One Next Step?” The idea is that you ask the question, and then take immediate action. You don’t need to know every step to reach your goal, there’s no forcing, and no wait time to find your motivation… it’s just a small movement into action. If you repeat this, the momentum cycle will take hold and you will find yourself achieving your goals. So I have to ask…what’s your one next step?

QI-GONG

On selected Saturdays in April, May and June, Cooroy Library.

PILATES

Tuesday: 9.15 - 10.15am

Ridgewood Community Hall

CORE STRETCH

Thursday: 9.30 - 10.30am

Cooran Memorial Hall

WOMEN’S CIRCLE: MUMS AND BUBS WELLNESS EVENT

CREATIVE ART THERAPY

On selected Saturdays in April, May and June, Federal Hall

Saturday April 15, 10.3011.30am. Noosa Springs Fitness Club, $12 booking required.

KICKING GOALS with Margit

Cruice

www.margitcruice.com

SIMPLE EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT

Thursday April 22, 11.3012.30pm. Noosa Leisure Centre, $10 Booking required

PARENTS CONNECT

Monday April 17, 10.30 - 11.00am Cooroy Library, Free

NUTRITION with Sarah Gray STOP DIETING!

REMEMBER when the word, DIET, meant the food you consumed on a daily basis. Those were the days! How things have changed. Now the word diet can mean anything from no carbohydrates, to carnivore, to eating the right amount of macro’s, to eating once a day, counting calories, and even eating desert for breakfast!

In Australia today the diet industry is worth a whopping $515.4 million, and $142.6 billion worldwide. Over 2.5 million Australians have tried a weight loss diet. These figures are set to rise, and profits come directly from the insecurities of our body image and our health. Companies have glutted the media with quick fixes and the promise of success and glamour. Having it all is what it’s all about. Or is it?

Sadly, many find out the hard way that there are no quick fixes. Building a healthy relationship with food takes time, effort and awareness. We need to pay more attention to how we feel rather than how we look. In a world where vanities rule and

the size of your clothes matters, most will never experience the freedom the comes from a healthy view of self and food.

But there is hope, and saying no to diets is the first step. We need to appreciate that food is meant to be enjoyed and that viewing food as good or bad sets us up for failure. Having a holistic view of a wholesome lifestyle encourages change that begins at home and is sustainable. Over thinking and becoming desperate to fit into that size 8 dress only causes more discontent with one self, with one’s life, and keeps us on the diet roller coaster.

If you are ready to make the change, STOP googling weight-loss, don’t listen to your friends, and most importantly, be kind to yourself. We are our own harshest critics. Please reach out if you are keen to free yourself from the diet industry.

You are what you eat!

www.foodtrition.com.au, @foodtrition1

WHY is magnesium is so important for your wellbeing?

Magnesium is an essential mineral, needed for hundreds of physiological processes in the body. It is part of many cellular systems in the body that regulate energy production, electrolyte balance, neurotransmission, muscular conduction, inflammation, bone development and blood glucose control.

DID YOU KNOW?

Muscle twitches, cramps, spasms, palpitations, and in more severe cases, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, weakness, fatigue, and constipation can all be signs of a magnesium deficiency. Certain foods, medications, and stress can also interfere with magnesium levels. i.e., alcohol and caffeine increase the excretion of magnesium, tannins in tea bind and remove minerals such as magnesium. Stress can also reduce hydrochloric acid levels in the stomach –decreasing magnesium absorption.

HOW TO GET MORE MAGNESIUM INTO YOUR DIET?

Since magnesium is part of chlorophyll (the green pigment in plants), green leafy vegetables such as spinach and silverbeet are great sources. Other foods include nuts, seeds, wholegrains such as brown rice, bananas, other vegetables and legumes. Supplement wise – not all magnesium

supplements are created equal. It’s important to go for quality. Some are more bioavailable/better absorbed in the body, and there are many different forms of magnesium (glycinate / citrate / oxide / hydroxide and more).

Magnesium is an incredibly important mineral for so many of our bodily functions. From blood pressure, insulin release, pain management, stress and mood support … as well as being a muscle relaxant. Speak to our team in store to find the right one to suit your personal needs. If there is a topic you would like us to cover next month, email us at tewantin@flannerys.com.au

GRAZING PASTURE TO ECOLOGICAL WONDERLAND

AN ambitious vision to restore cleared grazing land to original lush rainforest in a “new kind of park” has been revealed by Sunshine Coast Council.

This comes with the release of the draft master plan for the proposed Sunshine Coast Ecological Park, which features numerous highlights including two treetop bridges, a forest lookout with 360 degree views over the Glass House Mountains and down to the coast, a community pavilion, operations and research facility and ‘forest rooms’ for play, discovery, rest and contemplation.

The 65Ha land parcel, currently used for cattle grazing, lies in Jinibara country adjacent to the existing Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve at Maleny, and within the Mountain View Green Space - one of the Sunshine Coast’s five major green spaces.

The plan aims to create a place where humans and nature co-habitate, with ecosystems thriving alongside spaces for the community and visitors to experience ecological restoration through education, play spaces and nature-based recreation.

Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Mark Jamieson said the proposed project would restore pre-colonisation rainforests and wetlands, but it would take decades for ecosystem function to recover and flourish.

“In 30 years and beyond, council wants our next generations to benefit from the decisions

we make today,” Mayor Jamieson said.

“Over time, we’ll have the privilege of watching the ecosystems in this park recover as species return to the restored forest and wetland.”

With the Sunshine Coast officially recognised as a UNESCO Biosphere, Mayor Jamieson said council remained committed to major projects such as this, demonstrating our future focus to enhance our national and

INVASIVE PLANT ALERT - KUDZU

KUDZU (Pueraria montana var. lobata) has been found on the Sunshine Coast in the Verriedale area. Kudzu is a fast growing, climbing plant that is spread by seeds and runners, suppressing native plants and degrading healthy ecosystems. The seeds can remain viable in the soil for years, germinating in the warm, late Summer weather.

Kudzu is only found at a handful of sites across the Sunshine Coast which has meant that we have been able to contain it and are working towards eradication. Kudzu looks very similar to glycine (Neonotonia wightii) but you can distinguish it by the lobed leaves and flowers (see images below).

If you think you have Kudzu on your property please call Sunshine Coast Council on 5475 7272. When everyone takes biosecurity action at their place, it impacts our whole region.

international reputation and support our economy, lifestyle and environment.

“This is an ambitious vision, and a once-in-a-generation opportunity,” Mayor Jamieson said.

The Sunshine Coast Ecological Park draft master plan sets out four interconnected yet distinct precincts across the park: The Rainforest, The Heart, The Hub, and the Waterways.

Wetland Boardwalk, looking towards the Treetop Bridge. Artist impression only

TAKE A HIKE IN THE HINTERLAND with Andrea Taylor

Kin Kin Loop

AS the weather is cooling off it’s a wonderful time of year to get out and enjoy the beautiful scenery that Kin Kin has to offer.

The Kin Kin Loop is a part of the Noosa trail network and is 15km’s return. I’m being liberal with the time but allow yourself five hours as there is so much to enjoy. The trail is also suitable for mountain bikes and horse riders.

This walk has a detailed map at Main Park in Main Street, Kin Kin. It doesn’t matter which way you go, although I suggest leaving early and going anticlockwise. This way you get to enjoy the breathtaking sunrise over the farmland, with kangaroos and cow’s grazing in the morning sun. This walk is one of wide open spaces and plenty of fresh country air.

So as you head off past the show grounds and over the little creek crossing (which may not be passable in wet weather) you go past Steve Weis Gallery with awesome art work. Steve is an artist that gives new life to recycled iron and the front gates sum that up. A little further up the road are some cool sculptures before you head off through one off many gates and farms.

As I said earlier, the scenery is spectacular, with beautiful green hills, lily covered ponds and so many cows. I love cows - they are so curious. There are two rest spots, one at Sheppersons Lane with a sheltered picnic table and portaloo which is very clean, and the other at Gradys Park which has a sheltered picnic table but unfortunately no toilet. One part of the trail is along a dirt road, as part of the footpath is over grown, although the wildlife makes up for it. We saw kangaroos, goannas, plenty of bird life, one rather big spider, heard a very loud rustle in the scrub beside the road (EEK!) and a couple of very cute miniature horses that loved our attention.

You are going to need a good level of fitness as there are a couple of good long hills. It’s definitely family friendly if that’s what your kids are into.

I love a good hike with a pub at the end, but unfortunately the KinKin Pub is being renovated. Do not fear - The Black Ant has beer on tap or a cool drink along with a great menu open from 7.30am daily. Don’t forget the Markets 8am – 12pm, first Sunday of the month.

As always remember plenty of water, sunscreen and a hat.

Happy hiking - Andrea

a SHED!’

The Black Ant has beer on tap or a cool drink

The Autumn Garden

AUTUMN is our favourite time of the year to get in the garden!

And it is the best time to plant!

It is usually Spring when we feel the excitement and inspiration to get in the garden and plant. Shrubs and trees are flowering all around us and we are surrounded by beautiful, bold colours and brilliant, new growth.

However, all these gorgeous plants are not looking lush and spectacular because they were just planted, they are looking so incredible because they are already established. They are already settled in and eager to grow in the new warmer Spring air. So, the secret to a spectacular Spring garden, is not an extreme garden plantout in Spring, it is in fact, to plant now in Autumn!

Autumn weather offers the best temperature to help reduce transplant shock and provides the optimal conditions for root establishment. The growth above ground may not be very obvious, but the growth underground is happening without us noticing. It is this underground growth that is most important.

Plus, we have several months ahead of great growing weather, along with seasonal Autumn rain, which gives your new plants the best opportunity to settle in before Spring. By the time the warm Spring weather arrives, your new plants will already have an established and strong root

system which in turn creates stronger and healthier plants.

So, for the best looking native plant garden around, pop in and see us at Natives ‘R’ Us Nursery. Have a chat with our friendly staff - we would love to help you!

YOUR LOCAL NATIVES with Jacinta, Natives R Us www.nativesrus.com.au

LEARN HOW TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL NATIVE GARDEN

A new event series is set to transform backyards across the Sunshine Coast.

The Backyard Series, proudly brought to you by Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens, will run year-long practical hands-on workshops about how local native plants can be incorporated into a beautiful backyard garden design.

The low-cost workshops will be delivered by experts in the topics and align with the seasonal calendar in partnership with the region’s leading plant nurseries and gardening experts.

The Autumn workshops will focus on backyard basics of caring for soil, designing beautiful cottage and contemporary style native gardens and how to consider diversity as a design principle using layers and levels.

Sunshine Coast Environment and Liveability Councillor Peter Cox said the workshops aimed to improve backyard biodiversity across the Sunshine coast.

“These workshops are perfect for people who are already interested in gardening, or for people who are just starting their journey into native gardens and designing for biodiversity,” Cr Cox said.

“Everyone is welcome, however the knowledge gained would particularly suit people with small to medium sized

blocks who would like improve their backyards to suit our climate, soils and local wildlife.”

Division 5 Councillor Winston Johnston said Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens was an exceptional example of a large native garden in action.

“Local native gardens make your life easier – they are drought tolerant, low maintenance, wildlife friendly, sustainable and can have stunning, vibrant flowers,” Cr Johnston said.

APRIL WORKSHOPS

April 1, Caring for Soil

Dr Sandra Tuzsynksa – Soil microbiology, fungi and worms for healthy growing conditions, Worm Flow set up.

April 15, Design a Beautiful Native Garden Shaun Walsh Landscape Architect – achieving formal, cottage and contemporary styles with local plants. April 30, Designing Gardens for Diversity Natalie Sanderson – Designing gardens for diversity using layers and levels. Registrations are essential for each event which cost $20 per workshop. Register under ‘see and do’ at https://botanicgarden.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/

Repurposing and Reusing

PERMACULTURE NOOSA CLUB NIGHT

APRIL 4 - 6PM, COOROY MEMORIAL HALL

We are really pleased to introduce Syntropic Farming experts Jim and Julia from Lighthouse Regenerative Organic Farm as guest speakers at our next club night. The couple will share their message of abundance, community, mycelium networks, social permaculture, healing soil and soul through humbly and consciously connecting with an alive, intelligent system and how this world view brings humans back in harmony with nature and their true selves.

REPURPOSING and reusing is Cooran’s Rosecliffe Boutique Farm Cottage’s philosophy to reduce emissions. The main farmhouse is a relocated 1908 Queenslander. Guest accommodation features repurposing and reuse of buildings and transport vehicles, giving them a new life while reducing their environmental impact.

‘Tree Tops’ is a re-purposing of the old Yandina School House. The ‘Rosecliffe Bus Stop’ is a restored and repurposed 1952 Sydney Leyland Tiger bus with an adjoining bathroom and kitchen. A W7 Class Melbourne Tram has been repurposed as couples accommodation.

Farm maintenance and running equipment includes a 1963 6 ton Bedford commercial truck, a restored 1930’s 30 feet Southern Cross windmill drives the swimming pool filter and pool so no grid power is used and a 100 year old piston pump transports water - all great examples of repurposing and reuse for emissions reduction.

Rosecliff’s sustainability strategies strengthen their emissions reduction approach, including a 32 solar panel system, using food scraps for fodder, filtered rainwater collection, air drying of laundry, insulation throughout and energy efficient repairable appliances.

Rosecliffe is a great example of people

living and working in the Noosa Biosphere, reducing it’s environmental impact and emissions, and working towards the Noosa Shire community’s target of net zero greenhouse gases by 2026. For information about reducing your emissions, head to ZEN Inc.’s website or join to support its work/projects.

communityengagement@zeroemissionsnoosa.com www.zeroemissionsnoosa.com.au

Members entry free, non members $5 JOBS TO DO IN APRIL

• Keep compost piles damp and turn

• Apply fertilizer tea to young mango and pawpaw, cabbage, leek, lettuce and silverbeet. Apply at 1⁄2 strength fortnightly to spinach.

• Apply seaweed tea to mango, lemon grass and 1⁄2 strength to new strawberry plants.

• Feed tomatoes with magnesium (epsom salts) 1 tablespoon in 9 litres of water

• Watch for fruit fly on tomatoes and capsicums, cover with exclusion bags.

Rosecliff repurposed tram

Ultra-Trail® 2023

NOOSA Ultra-Trail® returned for its second year this March. Following a soldout inaugural event in 2022, Noosa UltraTrail® has become the largest trail run event in Queensland, with a field of over 1,500 runners traversing the spectacular Noosa Biosphere Trails located within Noosa Hinterland.

“We are humbled but extremely excited to have over 1,500 participants come to Noosa for our second event. Not only does this make Noosa Ultra-Trail® Queensland’s most popular festival style trail run event, but it ranks the event as Australia’s 3rd largest behind UTA and Kosciuszko, both of which are UTMB® WORLD SERIES events.

The support we have had from Tourism & Events Queensland, Queensland Parks & Wildlife and Tourism Noosa has been fantastic and we’re thrilled to be able to showcase the Noosa Hinterland to people from around Australia and all over the world,” said Nick Stewart, Event Director.

PHOTOS: SUNNY COAST PHOTOS

SUNSHINE COAST REGIONAL BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP

WHAT an amazing turnout for the Impact Boxing and Fitness inaugural Sunshine Coast Regional Boxing Championship tournament. Team Impact has previously held its annual tournament every year in Cooroy now for 12 years.

This year my partner Kylie and I decided we wanted to bring something new and exciting to Cooroy. There has never been a boxing championship of this style on the Sunshine Coast so we decided to host this event in Cooroy. And what a great decision it turned out to be.

We had nearly 200 nominations from all over Queensland. Once the bouts were all matched we had 66 bouts on paper. After a few pull outs we ended up with 60 bouts to be competed throughout the day/night. Boxing started at 11am and went through to 9pm.

It was great to see so many families passing through the door and as always the support from our local Cooroy community was amazing.

A big shout out also to all the local business that jumped on board to support the show without hesitation. We truly do live in a great community. Team Impact all boxed extremely well and all enjoyed competing in front of their home crowd.

One of the highlights was Grayson ‘The People’s Champion’ Keating boxing in his annual boxing exhibition bout. Grayson has Down syndrome and has found a home at Impact boxing. A place where he feels accepted without judgement and is part of a big family.

On behalf of Kylie and myself I would like to thank everyone for their support and we look forward to bringing you the 2024 Sunshine Coast Regional Boxing Championships. Mark Evans.

Luke Martin and ‘The People’s Champion’ Grayson Keating

Kylie Richards, Jake Ward & Mark Evans

Cohen Robinson

U15A SUNSHINE COAST PREMIERS

CONGRATULATIONS to the CooroyEumundi Under 15A team for finishing the season strong with a convincing victory in the grand final against Caloundra recently. The team was undefeated in the 2022-23 season! Cooroy batted first, posting a solid score of 245. Riley Woolmer making an outstanding contribution of 81 n.o., forming a momentum shifting partnership with Angus Hetherington who scored a handy 50 runs. The middle order added some vital runs while the opening bowlers returned. Steven Galea came home strong to finish the innings with a quickfire 39 runs off 29 balls. Caloundra got off to a flying start

with the bat, making for some nervous spectators until Carys Underwood took a match changing catch, dismissing Caloundra’s best batter. From there the wickets continued to tumble under the pressure of Cooroy’s bowling attack and Caloundra were all out for 138. The wickets were shared around the bowlers with Angus Hetherington taking 3 for 7 off 6 overs and Travis Woolmer taking 2 for 12 off 6.

Well done to the U15A team, you played a marvellous season and should be proud of your achievement. Thank you to Ben Woolmer for his massive effort in coaching the team for such a successful season. Go the mighty Cougars!!!

THANK YOU FROM CLINTON AND THE STARLIGHT FOUNDATION 2023

Hi there! It’s Clinton here. My Challenge for Starlight Foundation was to swim 60 kilometres and raise much needed funds of $5465. My friends from Sunshine Coast Community helped me achieve my goal and I raised $7,000. With you supporting me I swam 70 Kilometres. You have brought happiness to sick kids and their families and I truly thank you for your kindness.

From Cooroy’s Super Fish

Clinton Stanley

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MOUNTAIN BIKING with Andy Flanagan

AGE NO BARRIER!

DAVE

WELCH - 75

• Started mountain biking about 10 years ago. Runner and road biker prior to this.

• I ride at least 3 times a week and really enjoy our Monday e-bike group ride exploring unfamiliar trails

• I don’t really have a favourite. I love trails that are new to me.

• Goals – to get better and have less lie downs (crashes). Recently back from a two week mountain bike tour with friends, great fun, would like to do more of this. Australia is full of trails to explore!

• Tips – buy an electric mountain bike and find a group to ride with!

RICHARD POYNER - 78

• Started MTB 16 years ago. One week before the first Noosa Enduro (2007??), a ‘friend’ told me about a nice ride I would enjoy the following weekend –all I needed to do was buy a bike!

• How much do you ride

- Approx 10 hrs per week including stops.

• Favourite trail network Derby Tasmania • Goals

Just keep riding, improve technical ability, exceed 100,000 kms ridden (only 7,556.3kms to go).

• Tips

Ride with a group which includes better riders than you

Mountain biking doesn’t seem to have an age limit. Here a few examples of some of the people I ride with.

ERROL SHEARSBY - 76 AND A BIT

• Was introduced to MTB approx 27 years ago by my son in Redwood forests inland of Santa Cruz, California USA.

• I started with five rides a week when I retired in 2020, to three a week currently.

• I love all rides, especially tight technical sections and difficult climbs. Wooroi, Parklands and Sugar Bag Road are all local favourites.

• Goals - I really enjoy challenging myself against faster experienced riders, but the main focus is to have a great deal of fun.

• Tips to fellow riders are buy an ebike, look well ahead and stay safe, Till next time, stay safe and enjoy the ride. Andy Flanagan - Mountain biker, Unicyclist, Senior Mechanic at Spoke N Trail and lover of the great outdoors! Cheers, Andy Flans

Dave Welch

Richard Poyner

Errol Shearsby

LLEW O’BRIEN Federal Member for Wide Bay EASTER ROAD SAFETY

Easter holidays are a great time to get away for a short break, but our roads are always extremely busy with everyone keen to make the most of their time off.

Statistics show that regional drivers in Queensland are dying at three times the rate of city drivers. Road fatalities and injuries in regional Australia are overrepresented, and looking at the state of regional roads, there is strong evidence that road conditions are a contributing factor to the disparity.

Please, put road safety first and drive to the conditions, wear your seatbelt, observe the speed limit, and don’t drive tired or impaired by alcohol or drugs. Every decision you make behind the wheel is important. Let’s make sure that everyone gets to their holiday destination and home again safely.

VETERAN CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

Australia owes a great debt to our veterans who helped secure our freedom, and the Australian Government is releasing a new Certificate of Appreciation to honour their service and sacrifice.

Australian Defence Forces veterans who served overseas in wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations from the

Second World War on, including those who provided logistics support in Vietnam, or served on the home front during World War II are eligible to receive the certificate. Please contact my office on 4121 2936 or email llew.obrien.mp@aph.gov.au to apply for a Certificate of Appreciation.

INTEREST RATES AND COST OF LIVING

We have now seen ten consecutive interest rate rises by the independent Reserve Bank of Australia. The banks need to pass on these rises to deposit holders as quickly as they move to raise interest rates on borrowers. These interest rate rises are biting, and the cost of living keeps on going up, despite the Government promising lower interest rates and lower living costs.

The cost of living will be made worse if the Government’s proposal to impose a 10 per cent increase on fuel taxes and registration charges on truckies proceeds, costing the sector an additional $2.6 billion, which will be added onto the price of everything travelling on a truck, so we’ll all end up paying more.

From March 20, 2023 there will be an increase to the Age Pension and Supplement of $37.50 for singles and $28.20 for each member of a couple. If you would like a copy of my Age Pension Guide, please contact my office and I’d be pleased to send one to you.

SANDY BOLTON State Member for Noosa

HOW the year is flying by! The latest Parliamentary sitting was quite intense, with the debate on the Strengthening Community Safety Bill to address youth crime demonstrating how frustrated we all are - my speech outlined it all. In an Adjournment speech, I spoke of recent concerns regarding some conflict between First Nations people in relation to the Cooloola Great Walk and have requested that any final approvals not be issued until this has been resolved. Bringing Kabi Kabi back to their country should not be negatively accompanied by what seems to be questions on Native Title and other processes, and as part of ‘truth telling’ at the start of Path to Treaty, these questions must be addressed.

The Teewah Cooloola Working Group met last Friday to view proposed changes to address the issues impacting this area. After four years of advocacy to get to the ‘pointy end’ we look forward to sharing what will be implemented immediately, and those that will take longer through legislative change. With Easter coming up and secured extra resources, spread the word that there is a zero tolerance approach to wrong-doing, whether speeding, driving on dunes, hooning or any other unacceptable behaviour.

The new land valuations for the Noosa electorate have been released, and it is not good news for those already having

financial difficulties with many households seeing as a result a potential increase in their rates. We have posted to Noosa 360 (www.SandyBolton.com/Noosa360) with further information, as well details if you require a review of your property.

In response to resident concerns, TMR have completed a speed review on Factory St, Pomona resulting in a speed limit reduction to 50km/h. A reminder that our office has posted the full TMR speed review process as well as a recent progress update on advocacy for pedestrian crossings on Hill St and Factory St to Noosa 360.

With so little room here, please stay updated via Noosa 360 on issues we are working on. In addition, follow ‘Sandy Bolton MP’ on Facebook to receive updates as soon as available, especially our Friday ‘weekly wrap’ , and by subscribing to our e-newsletter. Always, if you have any questions or require assistance regarding state related matters, please do not hesitate to contact our office at 5319 3100 or email noosa@parliament.qld.gov.au.

As always it is wonderful to attend the many events in our ‘Noosa Country’ with a special shout out to all involved in the International Women’s Day event, ‘Mirror Mirror’ at Cooroy. There were so many beautiful aspects to reflect on afterwards!

Until next month,

ROB SKELTON State Member for Nicklin

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY

SAFETY BILL 2023

This last sitting week, I was proud to speak in support of our government’s Strengthening Community Safety Bill 2023.

Queenslanders have been raising concerns about crime, and our government has listened. Under the Palaszczuk Government, Queensland has among the toughest youth justice laws in the nation; and this bill makes those laws even tougher.

We have heard from people all across the state that action needs to be taken on youth crime, and this bill achieves just that. We are committed to ensuring our community is kept safe and that serious repeat young offenders are held to account.

RENTAL SECURITY SUBSIDY

If you’re facing short-term financial barriers, our Rental Security Subsidy can help by paying a portion of your rent directly to your property manager for up to 12 months. The subsidy can support you if you’re experiencing financial barriers to maintaining your tenancy, such as stress from bills, health issues, the sudden loss of employment, and unforeseen caring responsibilities.

To find out more about this scheme, you can contact the Maroochydore Housing Service Centre on 5352 7333.

It’s just one way we’re delivering housing

assistance for Queenslanders – and we’ll keep working to do more.

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GRANT RECIPIENTS

After today’s announcement of its second successful round of funding, the Social Enterprise Growth Grant is now open for another round!

Congratulations to Global Care Australia, The Crafter’s Heart Nambour, Nambour Meals on Wheels and SevGen Indigenous Corporation on their successful applications to the last round! The work you do in our community is invaluable, and I was pleased to be able to provide you with letters of support.

If you know an established social enterprise that has an outstanding idea for an innovative project, I encourage you to contact my office.

CLARE STEWART Noosa Mayor

REMEMBER to nominate the special places, buildings and features you feel are important to the character, identity, and story of our Shire. The aim of the project is to capture the places across the Shire, from the coast to the hinterland, that are important in telling the story of the Noosa region over time. The input provided will help Council recognise, celebrate, and conserve the special places and features we want to hold on to for future generations. It can be anything from a special place to a street, unique building or even a view. The feedback received during the consultation - which runs until the end of March 2023will help council to ensure Noosa’s heritage and character remain an integral part of our local identity and landscape. Visit Council’s Your Say Noosa website to take the survey, learn more about the review or register for a community presentation or pop-up at locations across the Shireyoursay.noosa.qld.gov.au

In exciting news for our hinterland residents, Pomona will be the site of Noosa Council’s first placemaking initiative. The trial continues our investment in the hinterland and our commitment to supporting and enhancing the unique character and charm of Noosa’s diverse communities. A place-based approach to planning looks to build on a community’s unique connections to a place, and the location’s values with a focus on creating

vibrant, welcoming, and inclusive communities and public spaces. It’s about putting people at the heart of Council decisions. Crucial to the success of the trial is working closely with residents, businesses, and other stakeholders- the people who live, work, and play in Pomona- to identify and enhance the town’s unique assets and attributes that create a sense of place, liveability, and social connections.

Council is cracking down on illegal camping with Local Laws staff taking a zero-tolerance approach in response to the growing community frustration. Last year Council issued 212 fines for illegal camping and the issue accounted for about a third of the total complaints relating to Local Laws in Noosa. Local Laws officers have already issued over 50 fines in the first two months this year. The crackdown is on travellers illegally camping, not on local people who may be sleeping rough in cars due to the housing crisis. Council officers are very sensitive to these issues. Where staff come across people in genuine need they are trained to be able to support them to access services that can assist them.

Finally, Cooroy, Black Mountain and Federal residents are invited to attend Sip and Social every Saturday at Busstop Espresso in Cooroy- 201 Mary River Road, Cooroy. The event aims to bring together members of our hinterland community who have been affected by the 2022 floods and it’s open to everyone. Every Saturday from 9-10am. Until next month, stay safe, Clare.

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PANORAMIC OCEAN VIEWS

With a rare north-easterly aspect and perfectly orientated to indulge in beautiful sunrises year-round, this sensational home is the one you’ve been waiting for. SEE PAGE 54

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MEET GEORGE ANDREWS DAVID BERNS REAL ESTATE

Many of you might know George as a longtime local, expert gardener or from helping run several local businesses. Fast forward to 2023 and after 7 very busy years of real estate, George is sought after for his friendly, helpful approach and extensive local knowledge.

MY MARKET OUTLOOK

It has been an interesting start to the year. As the Noosa Hinterland’s leading agency we have written dozens of contracts, many of those being for $2M +.

While the market in general seems to have slowed and buyers are cautious not to overpay, we have regularly received multiple offers on well-presented properties, achieving excellent results for our sellers. There are plenty of qualified buyers waiting for the right property to appear with price brackets from $1M up to $5M+.

HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE QUARTER

It’s easy to think of highlights as the biggest sales or breaking the

street record, but for me it’s seeing the genuine happiness and relief on client’s faces when they have achieved a smooth and successful sale or found the home of their dreams. Sounds a bit cliché but these are the moments that keep me feeling good about what I do.

MY QUOTE FOR THE QUARTER

I’ve often found myself saying to people that if they are thinking to sell this year, then the sooner the better. It’s well worth the effort to create a good first impression, tidy and mulch gardens, give the external of the house a pressure clean if needed and minimise furniture inside to create a clear and spacious feel.

WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY ...

George was just fantastic to work with on the sale of our property. His communication levels were extraordinary. He never left us wondering, his advice was sound and the results spoke for themselves. Not only did he sell our home, he found our new one too. We can’t recommend him highly enough.

Siobhan & Dave - Tinbeerwah

We loved working with George. He worked with us every step of the way to make sure we got the price we wanted and the house sold in a week.

Anthony & Crystal - Doonan

With over 150 reviews from happy buyers and sellers, George is an agent you can rely on and trust.

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Page 55 - 24 Panavista Court, DOONAN

Page 54 -401 Sunrise Rd, TINBEERWAH

BEAUTIFUL LEVEL BLOCK WITH RAINFOREST AND CREEKS

Build your dream home here in one of the best located hinterland suburbs, just minutes to both Eumundi and Peregian beach, with privacy in a natural setting perfect to build a substantial home. This 4.06-Ha level block has multiple locations to build a variety of designs (STCA) and has a seasonal creek plus it backs onto Yandina Creek. The block harbours picturesque sections with some amazing trees existing on the property such as a few old tallowwood and ironbark and a lush rainforest area with the usual species of native palms, ferns, orchids and staghorn. When building it is worthwhile considering milling the timber from your build site. There is power at the front of the property, a good location for a road in, and across Yandina Creek at the rear, with a slight elevation on this gently

sloping contour, the view opens to grass paddocks and old cane land out to North Arm.

Located just 15 minutes from the fabulous Noosa River and restaurants, and only 10 minutes to Peregian Beach and the Peregian Springs shopping centre. Eumundi and Doonan are under 10 minutes away, plus it is in the catchment area for a variety of private and public schools. This block is perfect to create your private oasis and may be suitable for eco-tourism ventures (STCA).

Land Use 1: Vacant - Large Housesite

- Zoning: SUSTAINABLE CANE LANDS (4900)

For more information or to schedule an inspection contact Brendan Weatherill on 0466 248 345

Situated only 30 minutes’ drive from Noosa and Gympie. Boasting a genuine 3 bedroom Queenslander, fantastic 360 degree views, large acreage, privacy, set up for cattle and horses and close to most conveniences.

Meandering through coastal palms, across crystal clear rock pools and views of forest timbers and undulating hills you will appreciate the peace and tranquillity this property possesses.

With a total area of 114.13ha (282 acres) this property is one of Kin Kin’s larger land holdings. There is an abundance of water supplied from beautiful mountain streams and a spring fed dam. Cattle are tended to in a large set of steel cattle yards.

The back boundary has access to the

great Noosa walking trail.

This package of tranquillity, privacy, views, business opportunities and lifestyle doesn’t come along often.

Priced right to sell at $3,000,000

Give Trevor a call today to secure your inspection time on 0428 373 777

Price: $3,000,000

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Address: 247 Eastern Branch Road, Kin Kin

Agent: Trevor Grady

Tom Grady Real Estate

Phone: 0428 373 777

With 2 offices already located in Gympie & Goomeri, Tom Grady Real Estate is excited to announce that they have opened a 3rd office located at 54 Main St Kin Kin. Trevor Grady, has been selling the Gympie District for over 7 years, & he is a “local” to the Kin Kin area.

Born & raised in the District, Trevor & his wife Nina Grady both know the area well.

Should you be looking at buying or selling in the area, do not hesitate to contact Trevor on 0428 373 777.

‘Selling the Gympie District for over 40 years ’

ESCAPE TO THE NOOSA COUNTRYSIDE

Well-presented three-bedroom, two-bathroom home plus office, sheds and more on a beautiful usable 11.3 acre property located in the charming country town of Traveston.

Enjoy relaxing at the end of the day on the front verandah and watch the sun go down or unwind near the wood fireplace on those colder days. The pool area and verandah are perfect for parties or just a great spot to sit back and relax while the kids play in the pool.

Boasting a huge 12 x 7 m shed that was originally used to live in while the main house was being built, with rooms still in place. Alternatively the rooms could be easily removed to increase the already spacious building. At the front of the shed is a 6x6m carport and a convenient under cover area on the side of the shed, perfect for keeping a mower and other equipment.

Potential to do a variety of things as most of the property has been selectively cleared with a section of land left natural offering extra privacy and an opportunity to make your own bush walking tracks so you can enjoy the abundant wildlife right at your doorstep. This really is a great opportunity for the savvy buyer with the development potential subject to council approval.

Well-presented three-bedroom, twobathroom home plus office

• Development potential (STCA) for this beautiful 11.3-acre lot

• Two dams with power at the main dam, bore hole in place (no pump)

• Spacious modern kitchen with gas stove and dish washer

Front deck for sunsets and back patio for entertaining near the pool

• Large 12x7m shed which has been set up for guests in the past

• NBN in place and 5kW solar

• Open machinery shed, paddocks

• Registered bore with pump

Price: Offers Over $1,050,000 considered

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Address: 33 Toomey Street Traveston

Agent: Damon Gore Countryside Realty Noosa

Phone: 0401 115 816

THE NEW-LOOK HINTERNOOSA SUPER TEAM

PANORAMIC OCEAN VIEWS

Since 1989 Hinternoosa have been synonymous with real estate in the Noosa Hinterland and served as trusted advisors to the prestige and large acreage hinterland market.

Since 2010 Wythes Real Estate have been bringing a fresh energy and approach to the entry level to million dollar plus hinterland market. Both agencies are known and respected for their local team of hinterland experts and achieving exceptional results.

With proven track records independently, it is exciting to announce the top two leading agencies in the hinterland are going from strength to strength by coming together to form a super team that is a new-look Hinternoosa. The combined talent of both teams forms a group of the best of the best real estate

professionals in our region. They have a unified vision aiming to continue to raise the bar in real estate with a highperformance team culture that offers a client experience like no other.

They recognise they are stronger together and their goal is your success. By achieving superior results in sales and property management and providing an exceptional client experience, the new-look Hinternoosa is positioned as the agency of choice when buying, selling and renting in the Noosa Hinterland. Individuals who make up this super team have thrived under the leadership of business owners and Directors, Sirah and John Robb.

For a real estate experience like no other that will achieve a superior result, contact the new-look Hinternoosa team today. hinternoosa.com.au

With a rare north-easterly aspect and perfectly orientated to indulge in beautiful sunrises year-round, this sensational home is the one you’ve been waiting for.

An incredible position with panoramic ocean views from Noosa’s Laguna Bay all the way to Coolum Beach, gaze into the distance over a sea of green to the blue Pacific.

Flawless timber floors feature on the upper level which is bathed in natural light and decadence.

High ceilings, zoned aircon and a wood burning fireplace add to the ambience. At the heart of an expansive open plan design is the gorgeous kitchen with stone island bench, gas cooktop and mesmerising views of the coast.

Wake up to enchanting birdsong in the luxurious master retreat with oversize walk-through robe and impressive ensuite.

An intelligent floor plan layout offers 2 guest bedrooms and a dedicated home office, while the lower level has a fourth bedroom, third bathroom and secondary living space, perfect for extended family.

The current owner has finalised Short Term Accommodation approval with Noosa Council, increasing options for investment return.

With established tenants in place for an easy transition, this property is a long term asset to secure, as positions like this are seldom on offer.

Set on almost 5 private acres with reliable bore, beautiful gardens, free form saltwater pool and yoga deck, this home is a jewel on the edge of Tinbeerwah’s magical escarpment.

Price: Offers From $3,100,000 4 3 3

Address: 401 Sunrise Rd, Tinbeerwah

Agent: David Berns

David Berns Real Estate

Phone: 0408 629 438

Agent: George Andrews

David Berns Real Estate

Phone: 0447 778 951

YOUR SUNSHINE COAST SANCTUARY AWAITS

Positioned at the end of a quiet culde-sac this stunning modern yet classic home has all that you desire set in the heart of Noosa’s beautiful Hinterland. Surrounded by lush rainforest, this property is a true sanctuary, offering an abundance of living spaces, swimming pool, separate cottage and an elevated 1.4 acres of low maintenance land to spread out and catch cool summer breezes.

The home welcomes you with a covered patio and wide foyer. As you step into the living area, you will enjoy the abundance of natural light with high ceilings, and large picture windows framing the stunning view out to the gardens. The hybrid Savanah oak flooring adds warmth and texture to the room, while the air conditioning ensures year-round comfort.

Perfect for relaxing or entertaining, on the lower level there is a spacious lounge and formal dining room with stunning timber French doors and bay windows. There is also an expansive, open plan living room overlooking the outdoor entertaining area and pool quarters. The fresh Hamptons inspired, contemporary kitchen is a chef’s dream, with quality appliances and ample storage space.

On this level you will also find a separate office, laundry, and powder room.

On the upper level you will enjoy an enormous master bedroom with ensuite and walk in robe and an additional three bedrooms all with built in wardrobes. The extra reading area at the top of the stairs provides yet another option to curl up and escape to a private space.

A highlight of this property is the sparkling in-ground pool and its surrounds positioned off a fully equipped cottage featuring generous

bedroom with ensuite, separate living room and kitchenette.

The home has been meticulously maintained and has a fresh renovation including a refurbished tile roof giving the home a European flavour. This property is a rare gem and offers modern luxury with classic charm surrounded by tropical gardens and rainforest, the ultimate sanctuary for those seeking peace and tranquility. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to make this incredible property your own.

Price: Offers Over $2,350,000 5 3 2

Address: 24 Panavista Court, Doonan

Agent: Clint Smith, Suter Smith Cleine

Phone: 0407 028 001

Agent: Lian Scott, Suter Smith Cleine

Phone: 0402 221 823

17 Lilly Pilly Rise, Eumundi

3 2 6 1.25 Acres

Welcome Home! This immaculately kept property boasts an elevated cul de sac position, capturing cool breezes and an abundance of natural light, providing you with breathtaking views of Cooroy Mountain and the valley below. Enjoy an incredible sunrise and sunset from the enormous covered deck, perfect for entertaining family and friends.

clint smith 0407 028 001 clint@sutersmithcleine.com.au

lian scott 0402 221 823 lian@sutersmithcleine.com.au