Leigh Warneminde News Today

Council planning staff and former CEO Michael Whittaker appeared at-odds over conditions for a rooftop bar in the Sekisui House Yaroomba Beach proposal just weeks before its approval. Internal emails released as part of a recent Sunshine Coast Council Right to Information disclosure of more than 3000 pages revealed differing opinions over the conditioning of usage for the rooftop aspect of the proposed hotel. On May 24, 2018, Mr Whittaker requested planning staff make "some improvements to t...

She said she saw the human holiday crush looming as a bigger baby turtle danger than predatory foxes and the coastal light pollution which could lead hatchlings astray. “Because there are so many people on the beach, I’m really worried that somebody’s going to stick a beach umbrella through a nest,” Ms Warneminde said. “One of the big messages is for people to stay off the spinifex and stay on the soft sand bits.” Up to 17 loggerhead sites and three green turtle nests are located fr...