Phil Jarratt

Phil Jarratt
Phil Jarratt is a journalist, author, publisher and film-maker with more than 50 years experience in Australian and international media. He has lived in Noosa for 32 years and currently writes for Noosa Today. His most recent book is Place of Shadows, The History of Noosa, which is available for purchase at philjarratt.com

Time for truth telling

I first learned of the concept of truth telling when Noosa film-maker Shaun Cairns and I spent a lot of time in Timor-Leste between 2017 and 2019, making a documentary called Generation 99. The film was produced to be shown

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Saving Cooloola was just the beginning

When rain falls on the Cooloola Sand Mass, the blessed water freshens the foliage of the forest trees, their vines and their epiphytes, dripping through to the sandy floor or running down the bark of the tree trunks to penetrate

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Time for truth telling

I first learned of the concept of truth telling when Noosa film-maker Shaun Cairns and I spent a lot of time in Timor-Leste between 2017 and 2019, making a documentary called Generation 99. The film was produced to be shown

Read More »

Saving Cooloola was just the beginning

When rain falls on the Cooloola Sand Mass, the blessed water freshens the foliage of the forest trees, their vines and their epiphytes, dripping through to the sandy floor or running down the bark of the tree trunks to penetrate

Read More »