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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.
His rental home has now been turned into an Airbnb to make profit at Christmas
He managed to find temporary accommodation through friends on Facebook
But the housing crisis on the Sunshine Coast made it impossible to rent
Pictured: Brian Williams
A single father whose home was razed during Australia s Black Summer was told to leave his rental property nine days out from Christmas because it s been turned into an Airbnb.
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Brian Williams, 62, lost his Cooroibah home, in the Noosa Shire, when sweeping fires tore through his property in November 2019.
His 18-year-old son Beau was home at the time and fled for his life down to a nearby river when he realised the fire had blocked the road out of town.
“The time seemed right to share some of what I’ve discovered about our non-human neighbours in a new book, Wild About Noosa.
“It’s not a field guide but rather a love poem for this very special part of the world.”
The former Noosa de-amalgamation campaigner who served in the regional Sunshine Coast Council before two terms in the reformed Noosa Council, Mr Wellington said one of his greatest pleasures is to wander the local landscape with a camera.
The secret to freezing nature unguarded in his lens frame is his ability of “quietly eavesdropping on our remarkable fauna”.
He received eight stitches in his forehead and had two black eyes, she said. At the football he was complaining about pain and that s when he was given the powder by an unknown friend-of-a-friend and told it would help with his head. Ms Breese said her client had no criminal history. No comment, Glasgow told media as he left court on Tuesday. All I will say is that I applaud the great work that the men and women, of this great state, in the police do to keep our great state and nation safe. A conviction was not recorded.
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