Koala rescuers have noticed a steep increase in callouts to local koalas in the past couple of years, which suggests that numbers are holding, if not actually increasing, across the shire. And if one extrapolates the density discovered in Yurol and Ringtail to other known koala habitat in Noosa, we are talking about potentially thousands of koalas already surviving, reproducing, and living the Noosa dream.
Look north from Noosa Main Beach and the Cooloola section of The Great Sandy National Park stretches away to the horizon. More than just a wonderful stretch of coastline, it is also a geological marvel: part of the largest vegetated dune system on the planet.
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
The spotlight on community safety and appropriate penalties for offenders has been a key headline-grabbing issue for both major parties in the lead up to the Queensland state election. There is little doubt that crime, including youth crime, domestic and
(This story has been updated to reflect that some businesses mentioned in an earlier version are neighbouring but not directly impacted by the development application.) “Local planning decisions need to be made in Noosa, not Brisbane.” That’s the main takeaway
When I was mayor, a development application came to council seeking approval for a petrol station on the Eumundi-Noosa Road, between Rene Street and Eenie Creek Road. I received correspondence and verbal urgings from some residents urging a refusal of the application on the
The aesthetic look and feel of Noosa could be permanently destroyed and the Noosa planning scheme effectively neutered if two large development applications are given the go-ahead – one of them being potentially the biggest unit development ever presented as
Bunco (noun): a swindle or confidence trick The neon cuckoo bee is one of the prettiest of our native bees. The electric blue patches seem quite inappropriate for a sensible bee’s couture. That iridescent colour is the product of branched,
A high-stakes game of Monopoly that could lead to Noosa becoming just another high-rise hotspot like Maroochydore or Surfers Paradise is well underway. The game kicked off some weeks ago when a local property developer rolled the dice in a bid to win a massive jackpot. As you will already know unless you’ve spent the last month spelunking in
The polls show that a change of government in Queensland next month is all but certain. Will Noosa’s lone Independent Sandy Bolton hang on, or will ex-Mayor Clare Stewart be swept in on the rising LNP tide? If you get
To understand some of the big issues facing Noosa Council right now, we need to go back just a little to see what it’s come through in recent years. That journey can tell us a lot. There was a short-lived
Across Australia a high-stakes political arm wrestle has been playing out over protecting our children from the flood of TV and online gambling ads. Here in Noosa, and across our coastline, there’s a parallel problem that’s even more deeply embedded,
A development application lodged more than four years ago for a commercial car wash in Cooroy has now been approved. The automated car wash, designed to cater for four-wheel drives, RVs and caravans, will be located between the two petrol
Koala rescuers have noticed a steep increase in callouts to local koalas in the past couple of years, which suggests that numbers are holding, if not actually increasing, across the shire. And if one extrapolates the density discovered in Yurol and Ringtail to other known koala habitat in Noosa, we are talking about potentially thousands of koalas already surviving, reproducing, and living the Noosa dream.
Look north from Noosa Main Beach and the Cooloola section of The Great Sandy National Park stretches away to the horizon. More than just a wonderful stretch of coastline, it is also a geological marvel: part of the largest vegetated dune system on the planet.
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
The spotlight on community safety and appropriate penalties for offenders has been a key headline-grabbing issue for both major parties in the lead up to the Queensland state election. There is little doubt that crime, including youth crime, domestic and
(This story has been updated to reflect that some businesses mentioned in an earlier version are neighbouring but not directly impacted by the development application.) “Local planning decisions need to be made in Noosa, not Brisbane.” That’s the main takeaway
When I was mayor, a development application came to council seeking approval for a petrol station on the Eumundi-Noosa Road, between Rene Street and Eenie Creek Road. I received correspondence and verbal urgings from some residents urging a refusal of the application on the
The aesthetic look and feel of Noosa could be permanently destroyed and the Noosa planning scheme effectively neutered if two large development applications are given the go-ahead – one of them being potentially the biggest unit development ever presented as
Bunco (noun): a swindle or confidence trick The neon cuckoo bee is one of the prettiest of our native bees. The electric blue patches seem quite inappropriate for a sensible bee’s couture. That iridescent colour is the product of branched,
A high-stakes game of Monopoly that could lead to Noosa becoming just another high-rise hotspot like Maroochydore or Surfers Paradise is well underway. The game kicked off some weeks ago when a local property developer rolled the dice in a bid to win a massive jackpot. As you will already know unless you’ve spent the last month spelunking in
The polls show that a change of government in Queensland next month is all but certain. Will Noosa’s lone Independent Sandy Bolton hang on, or will ex-Mayor Clare Stewart be swept in on the rising LNP tide? If you get
To understand some of the big issues facing Noosa Council right now, we need to go back just a little to see what it’s come through in recent years. That journey can tell us a lot. There was a short-lived
Across Australia a high-stakes political arm wrestle has been playing out over protecting our children from the flood of TV and online gambling ads. Here in Noosa, and across our coastline, there’s a parallel problem that’s even more deeply embedded,
A development application lodged more than four years ago for a commercial car wash in Cooroy has now been approved. The automated car wash, designed to cater for four-wheel drives, RVs and caravans, will be located between the two petrol