If you go walking in the Noosa National Park to the west of David Low Way, you will be wandering through wallum country. At first glance it may appear to be a tough, somewhat barren landscape. But the wallum is
With this statement by Noosa Parks Association’s president Darlene Gower, NPA this week called for a decisive end to further talk of a commercial walk and private overnight huts in the Cooloola National Park. The local member for Noosa, Sandy
Local bushcarers say Noosa Council’s encroachment policy needs real teeth if it is to meaningfully address the continued vandalism of our coastal foreshores. In a “please explain” to all mayoral and council candidates for the forthcoming local council election on
Not so long ago, the so-called fairy pools near Granite Bay were a local secret. Then everything changed. Suddenly they exploded on social media, and visitors swarmed to the natural wonder, enthusiastically encouraged by the local tourism sector. The result
Endorsement of the Noosa River Catchment Management Plan has been deferred until July 2024, following a 3-3 Noosa Councillor vote, with Mayor Clare Stewart’s casting vote breaking the deadlock. Concern from boating and fishing interests which use the river, about
It was an ambush by the banks of the Noosa River and no prisoners were taken. The post-truth, conspiracy-laden politics in front of a cheering public gallery mob could have been played out in Tennessee. But this was Noosa on
Imagine our Noosa River has a giant dam built across it. Not a concrete dam, but one just as solid…built of bureaucracy, indecision and stagnation. This dam prevents us from fixing the river’s worsening problems. It prevents Noosa Council from
A large sign will be erected to screen an illegal dune vegetation clearance at Peregian Beach in what has been described as “the most egregious case of clearing on the eastern beaches”. Following a huge public outcry, the sign will
This year, as Noosa Council was developing its Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan, it was watching as more beachfront landholders destroyed more native vegetation on yet more dunes. An extraordinary 90 percent of Noosa Eastern Beachfront residents encroach in some
The bulldozers have done their job. The Glossy Black cockatoo feed trees are obliterated. But, do we have a right to know exactly what happened within Noosa Council to allow this process? More precisely, do 12 year old Spencer Hitchen,
If you go walking in the Noosa National Park to the west of David Low Way, you will be wandering through wallum country. At first glance it may appear to be a tough, somewhat barren landscape. But the wallum is
With this statement by Noosa Parks Association’s president Darlene Gower, NPA this week called for a decisive end to further talk of a commercial walk and private overnight huts in the Cooloola National Park. The local member for Noosa, Sandy
Local bushcarers say Noosa Council’s encroachment policy needs real teeth if it is to meaningfully address the continued vandalism of our coastal foreshores. In a “please explain” to all mayoral and council candidates for the forthcoming local council election on
Not so long ago, the so-called fairy pools near Granite Bay were a local secret. Then everything changed. Suddenly they exploded on social media, and visitors swarmed to the natural wonder, enthusiastically encouraged by the local tourism sector. The result
Endorsement of the Noosa River Catchment Management Plan has been deferred until July 2024, following a 3-3 Noosa Councillor vote, with Mayor Clare Stewart’s casting vote breaking the deadlock. Concern from boating and fishing interests which use the river, about
It was an ambush by the banks of the Noosa River and no prisoners were taken. The post-truth, conspiracy-laden politics in front of a cheering public gallery mob could have been played out in Tennessee. But this was Noosa on
Imagine our Noosa River has a giant dam built across it. Not a concrete dam, but one just as solid…built of bureaucracy, indecision and stagnation. This dam prevents us from fixing the river’s worsening problems. It prevents Noosa Council from
A large sign will be erected to screen an illegal dune vegetation clearance at Peregian Beach in what has been described as “the most egregious case of clearing on the eastern beaches”. Following a huge public outcry, the sign will
This year, as Noosa Council was developing its Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan, it was watching as more beachfront landholders destroyed more native vegetation on yet more dunes. An extraordinary 90 percent of Noosa Eastern Beachfront residents encroach in some
The bulldozers have done their job. The Glossy Black cockatoo feed trees are obliterated. But, do we have a right to know exactly what happened within Noosa Council to allow this process? More precisely, do 12 year old Spencer Hitchen,