It even forced the golden arches of McDonald s in Noosaville to downsize about 30 years ago. This cross high atop of the spire of the St Andrew s Lutheran Church in Brisbane would never be allowed in Noosa. Pic: Caitlin Nayanar Councillor Brian Stockwell three years ago recalled the famous Maccas rejection from the 1990s as Noosa looked to follow suite to oppose large 7-Eleven and Total Tools signs near Eumundi Noosa Rd. The benchmark case was McDonald s, we were the first shire in Australia to limit the McDonald s signage to 1.5 sqm illuminated sign, Cr Stockwell said then. Last week, council s planning department authorised minor approval changes to the church s new place of worship to adjoin the church hall at the college on Noosa Eumundi Rd.
Come December 25, the former Australian naval leading seaman and his 10 pound Pom will be surrounded by family in Noosa celebrating 65 years of marriage. Mr Court met his wife-to-be in England when he was in the navy preparing to return to Australia with the newly commissioned aircraft carrier the HMAS Melbourne. We got married while I was over there on Christmas Day, he said. It was after they first met at a wedding. Ron and Wendy Court on their wedding day. I was a dressmaker and I used to make all the wedding dresses for the girls here, Mrs Court said.