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More than 70 years ago one pro-development Noosa Shire councillor was advocating the reshaping of Noosa’s river entry.
The political forces at play became so strong they eventually led to the transformation of Noosa in the 1970s. A view of Noosa Heads photographed around 1968 when the river mouth sat adjacent to Noosa Woods.
Noosa Spit was created as a bulwark to protect the Noosa Sound estate, which transformed Hays Island, from cyclonic swells.
Noosa’s pivotal development moment has been made topical again by a social media post by Donna Cannon showing the way the river mouth was before a major artificial intervention in the 1970s.
Warick Redwood believes Noosa s lifestyle needs special protections. He said accommodation providers also had to be held accountable for preserving the neighbouring amenity and his night manager was on call to deal with any complaints. However, he said his own home was surrounded by three short stay rentals and he had to ask rental guests to stop swimming at midnight so he could get up and work in the morning. I ve got no problem with people renting their houses to Airbnb, because we need people and more variety, he said. Mr Redwood said the affordable housing situation in Noosa was outrageous .