Tag: Noosa
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Rally planned as tide turns on new Henley Beach sand
Henley Surf Life Saving Club, local government leaders, residents and artist Andrew Baines are attending the Save Our Beaches rally at the surf club at 10am Sunday. Charles Sturt Council ward councillor Kenzie van den Nieuwelaar said sand being delivered to Henley and West Beach was welcome but “we are tired of begging for every…
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Hands off our sand: warning from northern beach residents
Save Our Shores: Semaphore Largs Bay successfully fought to have a Liberal plan for a replenishment pipeline taking sand from their beaches to the south axed when the Labor Government won the last election – and they are ready to fight again. Lobby group member Warwick Norman said if the current review of sand replenishment…
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Popular Adelaide beach disappearing under review tide
Numerous access staircases were closed last year as sand fell away to create a dangerous drop from bottom steps, while some days there is no beach left in some sections for walkers or dogs. Henley Surf Life Saving Club vice president Lennie Hitch said some life members have never seen their beachfront so depleted, with…
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Great southern wave: Why Noosa seems immune to rising rates and falling prices
The beach town, known by some locals as Toorak North, has become a second home to wealthy Victorians and the target of others who desperately want to get in. Real estate in the area is still selling at big mark ups after price rises of about 50 per cent during the past two years. Three…
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Home sweet home: Brisbane’s median house price just cracked $1 million
The REIQ said the Brisbane local government area median house price grew 5.31 per cent over the quarter to a new high of $1,090,000. When looking at the median over a 12-month period it dips to six figures at $950,000, which still represents an impressive 25.83 per cent increase compared to the year prior. Noosa…
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World discovers what we’ve known for years – Coast best holiday spot on the planet
The new index, which collates more than 2 million pieces of content posted publicly online every day about global destinations, scores a destination’s ability to generate positive word of mouth about its tourism offering. It is an aggregate score that focuses solely on online conversations and content that reference or affect a potential traveller’s perceptions…
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Tourism rebounds but a new ‘world of pain’ emerges from staff shortages
But big question marks hang over the sector, not least of which is the dramatic staff shortages which have forced venues to reduce operating hours or close during the peak periods. The issue existed well before Covid, but has increased dramatically since the emergence of highly transmissible Omicron variant which meant affected staff had to…
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Noosa skips ahead, ‘insatiable demand’ pushes Brisbane closer to million-dollar club
The September quarter figures showed what the REIQ termed as “insatiable” demand. Brisbane’s median house price grew 4.7 per cent over the quarter to a new high of $900,000, representing a 15.5 per cent in growth compared to 12 months prior. In March, the city’s median price was $725,000. The REIQ said Greater Brisbane affordability…
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Investors pile into housing market as Noosa becomes unaffordable for most
It came as a report from CoreLogic showed Noosa, Coolangatta and northern NSW were the least affordable housing regions outside the capitals. The CoreLogic affordability report found that in Noosa it took almost 19 years to save a 20 per cent deposit on a home. Last year it took 14 years. The Richmond Valley, which…
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Marathon effort: Noosa swimmer’s bronze tribute to her 82-year-old coach
Lee and Rio Olympic champion Sharon van Rouwendaal sprinted to the timing wall together, with the Dutch defending champion just pipping the Australian for the silver medal by 0.8 seconds in the 10-kilometre open water race at Tokyo’s Odaiba Marine Park. It’s Australia’s first-ever medal in marathon swimming. “I don’t really think I’ve processed how…