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In the Bosiny Surfboards shaping bay near Arrafina, Portugal, shaper Alex Knight is creating high-performance wooden surfboards that might just become a trend.

Therese Ann Gaylord, age 79, of Mesick, passed peacefully on the morning of Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at home, looking out over the snow-covered property before a glorious sunrise.

Ben Marcus is a natural born writer who worked at Surfer Magazine as an editor for 10 years, and now has 15 published books with his name on them - well most of them, anyway. Born in San Francisco in 1960, Ben lived in the Santa Clara Valley until he moved to Santa Cruz with his mother Sue and younger brother Michael in 1970. Ben was a "Valley" trying to fit in with the cool kids during a time when Santa Cruz was a smaller, quieter, inexpensive hippie beach town. While walking home fro...

Its the end of the road for this temporary pathway along Park Rd. This pathway was constructed in 2018 while the major boardwalk upgrade to the national park was taking place. Councillors were told by staff that the pathway would cost $103,000 to bring up to safety standards and the cost of removal was $130,000. Removal costs will be covered as part a budget review or other project savings. Residential care facility Noosa Hill’s scenic Viewland Dr will now be home to a new Youngcare high...

Cr Stewart, who has never held previous public office, narrowly deposed incumbent Tony Wellington for the top job, largely on her "new broom" approach and a promise to listen and respond more to community and business needs. Not a woman in sight – the first Noosa Shire Council in 1910 was as blokey as they come. This was after the Wellington Council had become "tainted" with the jailing of long-serving councillor Frank Pardon and the public outrage that erupted around former councillor Je...

As well a new library mobile rig Council has spent $900,000 of the environment levy to secure almost 90 hectares of Boreen Point of land.

But the nearby property manager of Coral Beach Noosa Resort Finola Thompson, who formally objected to application, is not happy. "Everything has been done the wrong way round, the focus should be on having professional operators who have a code of standards, who have response times," Ms Thompson said. "How are council going to enforce the conditions, thats the main thing and how will they know whether its being enforced on not? "If you look at the design of that property that has just been ...

Noosa has battled to control short-term lettings in residential areas that attract large number of tenants whose rowdy socialising impacts nearby neighbours. "I understand that this is a police matter and that we can only regulate the land use," Cr Lorentson said. "Police as we know are under resourced … my question is why cant we give our local laws officers greater powers?" Cr Lorentson said. She said there had to be a point when the council decided to step up and act. However, Mr d...

Staff have set a limit of eight people staying in the four-bedroom home, owned by Maxwell and Elaine Keegan, as part of a raft of conditions. Councillors Karen Finzel and Tom Wegener have voiced reservations about the proliferation of short stays in the area in the wake of 18 local submissions objecting to the application and one in favour. Jeanette Gentle of nearby Laburnum Cres in her submission said Robert St, Janet St, Cloudsley St and her street made up "one of the few places in Noosavi...

The March election was like none other in Noosas history due to the COVID-19 restrictions. 3. April 14: Clare Stewart becomes Noosas first female mayo, after the tightest of contests with incumbent Tony Wellington as the shire goes into lockdown to face the coronavirus pandemic. 4. April 15: The changing of the guard and breakdown of the local government "boys club" is official and the new council is sworn in with Cr Karen Finzel and Cr Amelia Lorentson joining surfing identity Cr Tom Wegener...