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Australian beaches are beginning to resemble campgrounds, pushing aside the little old umbrella users

How Australia’s Big Things helped shape our tourism industry, and our culture David Nichols and Cristina Garduño Freeman January 13, 2021 The Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, NSW, in 2006. Source: Flickr/sixty4coupe. As many Australians enjoy (relatively) COVID-normal summer holidays, many of us may be heading off on road trips, family breaks or beach holidays to take in the much-missed Australian sites. And some of those sites may be big. The Big Pineapple. The Big Merino. Even the Big Prawn....

Beach maximalism: a frenzy for cabanas and carts is taking over Australian shores Stephanie Wood A friend and I took my blue and white-striped umbrella to Noosa beach the other day. I was a bit dismayed. From the path above the beach we surveyed the scene. Perhaps, I thought, we had fallen through the earth on to an Italian spiaggia – one of those private beaches where you can rent a sunbed or cabina and lie alongside rows of the idle rich, inert in large sunglasses. For hal...

Premium Content Subscriber only Looking for fun once the sun comes blazing back? Here are 17 top attractions in Noosa and on the Coast you cant see from your home, holiday apartment or caravan campsite: 1. Discover Australias everglades on a relaxing afternoon cruise along the "river of mirrors" in Noosa. The river system meanders through the subtropical rainforest which is home to more than 40 per cent of Australias bird life.

States biggest business bust-ups of 2020 It was a year that tested businesses to the limit and as expected 2020 had its fair share of heavy-hitting Queensland business bust ups and defections. Business by Emmaline Stigwood Premium Content Subscriber only In a year that tested businesses like no other, 2020 saw plenty of executives switching allegiances, long-term business buddies breaking up and some major legal disputes hit the headlines.   SURFS OU...

Instagram followers that “the famous Blue Mountains Penis Cairn” has been “vandalised”. And by “vandalised”, they mean turned into a pair of boobs. “The attack, which we can only assume was carried out by a radical and highly organised group of hikey feminists, has rendered the Penis Cairn in the Blue Mountains no more. It’s now a giant pair of tits,”  We Are Explorers said in an Instagram post. They said Instagram user @travelling.hungry.mal sent them an image of the famous...

In 2017 the owners floated a plan to expand existing facilities, build a water park, a new 120-room resort hotel, glamping tents and a food hub. Email exchanges between the owners from December last year, revealed in court documents, showed a business relationship in decline. Mr Kendall and Mr Rankin disagreed on how much development and project manager Jim Costello should be paid as part of a services agreement. Over the past five years Mr Costello has been involved in the project he worke...

WEATHER, TIDES AND BEACH REPORT The intense downpour that lashed the Coast over the weekend and on Monday has now eased, with the weather bureau predicting a partly cloudy day for the region. Theres a 60 per cent chance of showers this morning, which should ease by this evening.  A dangerous surf warning remains in place for the region with surf and swell conditions expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as rock fishing, boating, and swimming. Conditions are expected to ease i...

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