Surf Life Saving Queensland sport manager Stuart Hogben said the fitness levels the competitors maintained was amazing. It s one of those ones where there is camaraderie not only from Queensland clubs but guys from interstate that ll come up and that s their chance once a year to catch up, he said. But, they still maintain that fitness and really do put on a good show. While they re all mates off field, you ll see a lot of rivalries on the beach when racing starts. Here s some of Queensland s best masters lifesavers to watch out for across the two days.
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Like wildflowers after a desert storm, they are popping up everywhere. From Byron Bay to the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Stradbroke Island, CoolCabanas are the must-have sun shades for holiday-makers. Our beaches are increasingly dotted with the patterned four-pronged shades with sand-filled pockets and they re packing onto shorefronts like tents at a festival. CoolCabanas have become a global frenzy and a business empire. CoolCabanas taking over Noosa beach over the Christmas holidays. Picture: Tom Offermann The simple - yet genius - design is the brainchild of Queensland architect, Mark Fraser, who came up with the concept while holidaying at Noosa with his wife and kids in 2014.
Border delays could be an upside in a dark chapter for the state s tourism industry, with three-kilometre, hours-long queues keeping Queenslanders in Queensland and softening the blow of border closures. Sleepy towns have burst to life this summer season with regional caravan parks seeing patronage surge, however stakeholders say the State Government s looming border decision, on January 8, will be crucial to keep momentum going . Traffic on the Pacific Highway near the Queensland and New South Wales border. Picture: Jason O Brien An uptick in the state s drive-tourism market had cushioned the blow of the latest border closures with last-minute bookings for December day trips and overnight stays pouring in.
Border delays could be an upside in a dark chapter for the state s tourism industry, with three-kilometre, hours-long queues keeping Queenslanders in Queensland and softening the blow of border closures. Sleepy towns have burst to life this summer season with regional caravan parks seeing patronage surge, however stakeholders say the State Government s looming border decision, on January 8, will be crucial to keep momentum going . Traffic on the Pacific Highway near the Queensland and New South Wales border. Picture: Jason O Brien An uptick in the state s drive-tourism market had cushioned the blow of the latest border closures with last-minute bookings for December day trips and overnight stays pouring in.
Lifesavers fed up with being beach babysitters are urging parents to ditch their mobile phones and keep their kids within arm s reach after hundreds of children had to be rescued during the school holidays last year. Volunteer and professional lifesavers saved 361 children aged 12 or under in December and January last year with frightening numbers being rescued from outside the flags and even from flat water public lagoons. The alarming figures have prompted lifesavers bracing for a record summer school holidays to issue a plea for parents be on alert at the beach, and not leave their children alone in the water.