Green catbirds are so named because they are green and sound like cats, although some people think they sound more like a crying human child. They tend to go quiet in winter, but come spring all hell will break loose,
For most of Noosa, our Council staff and – fortunately – a majority of our Councillors, the Noosa Plan is a pretty big deal. It’s our blueprint – a contract between the Council and residents – for the kind of
Above all else, the reason Noosa has achieved a rare – albeit precarious – balance between humans and nature is that we have one of the most engaged communities in Queensland. Sadly this does not by itself guarantee that community
Two giant shadows have been cast over Noosa’s right to plan its own destiny. Our council has been hit with a double whammy; first the unrealistic housing targets imposed by the State Government through last year’s SEQ Update and now
The Yurol /Ringtail project is, quite simply, the most significant environmental achievement I will see in my lifetime. Such is the importance of this transformational project, now coming together after an extraordinary feat of sheer determination from our leading Conservation
Residing opposite a national park results in lots of visits from wildlife. Monitors, dragons and skinks occasionally appear in our yard, and some even decide to join us indoors. Pink-tongued Skinks are like Houdini lizards: agile climbers, they seem to
How hard is it to wrestle a seat like Noosa away from a popular, hard-working Independent Member? Well, just ask the LNP as it manoeuvres clumsily towards full campaign mode for the October election. The party faithful turned up this
You probably wouldn’t spend 5, 10 or 20 million dollars on a house with broken windows. But how about one with broken ethics? Would you buy, or sell, a house that you knew was causing environmental damage? This is a
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
Newly elected Mayor Frank Wilkie and five of the 2024 councillors directly acknowledged residents’ frustration with the implementation and enforcement of the Short Stay Let Local Law (SSL LL) during the election campaign. Mayor Wilkie committed to “halt the spread
Green catbirds are so named because they are green and sound like cats, although some people think they sound more like a crying human child. They tend to go quiet in winter, but come spring all hell will break loose,
For most of Noosa, our Council staff and – fortunately – a majority of our Councillors, the Noosa Plan is a pretty big deal. It’s our blueprint – a contract between the Council and residents – for the kind of
Above all else, the reason Noosa has achieved a rare – albeit precarious – balance between humans and nature is that we have one of the most engaged communities in Queensland. Sadly this does not by itself guarantee that community
Two giant shadows have been cast over Noosa’s right to plan its own destiny. Our council has been hit with a double whammy; first the unrealistic housing targets imposed by the State Government through last year’s SEQ Update and now
The Yurol /Ringtail project is, quite simply, the most significant environmental achievement I will see in my lifetime. Such is the importance of this transformational project, now coming together after an extraordinary feat of sheer determination from our leading Conservation
Residing opposite a national park results in lots of visits from wildlife. Monitors, dragons and skinks occasionally appear in our yard, and some even decide to join us indoors. Pink-tongued Skinks are like Houdini lizards: agile climbers, they seem to
How hard is it to wrestle a seat like Noosa away from a popular, hard-working Independent Member? Well, just ask the LNP as it manoeuvres clumsily towards full campaign mode for the October election. The party faithful turned up this
You probably wouldn’t spend 5, 10 or 20 million dollars on a house with broken windows. But how about one with broken ethics? Would you buy, or sell, a house that you knew was causing environmental damage? This is a
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
Newly elected Mayor Frank Wilkie and five of the 2024 councillors directly acknowledged residents’ frustration with the implementation and enforcement of the Short Stay Let Local Law (SSL LL) during the election campaign. Mayor Wilkie committed to “halt the spread