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Ultraman crowned The three days of Ultra-Triathlon racing at UM Australia reached its climax on Noosa Main Beach at midday on Monday with Brisbane athlete Anthony Vlodmans just holding out Bli Bli resident Tony Goodyear for the overall win. The women’s category had a similar fate with Melinda Cockshutt of Port Macquarie being crowned champion despite being beaten home on the day three run by Claire Ferguson from Townsville. A field of 36 athletes from seven countries started the event on Saturday morning with their 10km swim and by late Monday afternoon all 36 athletes had completed the 515km of racing.
Brisbane athlete Anthony Vlodmans was crowned the 2024 Ultraman champion. Picture: DAVE GLEESON SUNNY COAST PHOTOS
Cooloola overhaul Coming hot on the heels of the Maritime Safety Queensland Noosa River reforms statement, the Queensland government’s release on 3 May of not one but three reports explaining the Cooloola Recreation Area’s proposed new management plan may well be regarded by some as information overload.
But the key report of the package, the draft management plan, will be seen by those who have followed the history as the most important document on Cooloola to be released in 30 years. In 1994, in perhaps the Goss Labor government’s crowning achievement on the environment, the State released the Great Sandy Region Management Plan, which in two sections – Fraser Island (now K’gari) and Co-
oloola – laid out in great detail the proposed future for the most important aggregation of national parks in South East Queensland. Announcing the Great Sandy Plan in 1994, then-Environment Minister Molly Robson said: “With the end to sand mining and logging on Fraser Island, the World Heritage listing of the Island, and the extension of national parks in the region, the opportunity has been
created to preserve the natural beauty and the essential evolutionary processes of the region. That opportunity is grasped in the Great Sandy Region Management Plan, as implementation of the Plan will preserve this rich heritage and share it with all who would benefit, without diminishing the natural splendour and life of the region.” Continued page 3
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