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Tall Trees take over Cooran Established by local hinterland artists for the community in 2012, Tall Trees Art Inc. has quickly became one of the most popular Sunshine Coast art exhibition hosts. Almost lost during Covid, the Tall Trees art trail returned last weekend as the entire length of Cooran’s main street was transformed into a collection of art venues including the historic Cooran Hall which became an art gallery for the weekend. Visitors wandered up and down the street, visiting the various venues, dropping into the art markets in the park and stopping by the cafes and eateries in the picturesque village. For more information, visit talltreesart.com Continued page 8 Amy-Lee Lanzon with Bruce in her art nook. Picture: ROB MACCOLL
River plan delay By Margie Maccoll After six years of work, Noosa Council staff put forward a draft Noosa River Catchment Pla, at Monday’s general council meeting that included the establishment of a Conservation Park, but after more than hour of questions and debate, the plan was deferred to council’s October meetings. Having a catchment plan would enable council to access state and federal government funding for river health, staff said. It would provide a framework for collabora-
tion with key partners and the draft plan had a range of actions and opportunities for community and stakeholder engagement. Among the opportunities was for Kabi Kabi people to play a greater role in river management and the possible establishment of an Indigenous Land and Sea Ranger program. Among the actions was “the establishment of a Conservation Park under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Qld) across fish habitat areas to protect and improve the health, biodiversity and species’ habitats of the Noosa River“.
Staff said “this would provide a statutory head of power for better integration of river management across government agencies under a trust agreement and joint management plan with the Queensland Department of Environment and Science“. “At the moment, council has no jurisdiction over the river. This would give us seat at the table via a management plan,“ staff said on Monday. “We learnt from the 2019 draft plan that other government agencies are not happy with council taking over. This is looking at a more
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structured way. “If council has concerns, we would have a voice at the table.“ The plan states that the “Conservation Park would explicitly recognise that the current fish habitat area regulations and management principles continue to apply including ongoing commercial and recreational fishing, with Department of Fisheries (DAF) having continued responsibilities for governing sustainable fishing“, and staff said, “that remit would not shift“. Continued page 4
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