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Alexa’s set for Paris By Abbey Cannan Noosa local Alexa Leary is living her ’second life’ to the fullest, swimming her way into securing a ticket to the Paris Paralympics. The 22-year-old has inspired the nation at the Australian swimming trials, with her vibrant energy capturing the crowd’s attention. Alexa said, “It’s nearly my three year anniversary since the accident, and I’ve had a lot of support along the way.“ “I’m really proud of myself as I’ve come so far.“ Despite her happy-go-lucky nature, it’s taken a lot of literal blood, sweat and tears to reach this point, and Alexa credits her swim coach Jon Bell for his support along the way. “I was actually swimming when I first got out of hospital for rehab as it was one of the main things that the doctors wanted me to do,“ she said. Continued page 7
The S9 100m freestyle world champion qualified for the 50m freestyle on Tuesday 11 June.
Green revolution By Phil Jarratt
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Noosa Council this week gave its final rubber stamp to what many regard as the most significant environmental project ever undertaken in Noosa – the acquisition and transition to National Park of 2400 hectares of former forestry land, linking Cooloola to Coolum in an almost uninterrupted arc of green space. Councillors voted unanimously to accept the final report of the transition committee of the Yurol-Ringtail Conservation project, chaired
by former Council CEO Brett de Chastel, bringing to a close the formal side of a remarkable project, dreamed about for half a century and delivered over the past decade. All the key players from the past four councils were present in the chamber for the historic vote. The other side of the picture, out there in the former logging camps, will be completed with the final handover of forestry in late August. “A lot of people don’t realise the scope of what is now National Park,” Mr de Chastel told Noosa Today on the eve of delivering his
report. “This is a vast tract of land on which replanting is well underway [some 131,000 trees already planted] and will be a magnificent addition to Noosa’s natural environment for generations to come.” As Noosa Today reported two years ago when the project entered its final phase: YurolRingtail is perhaps best understood by taking a hinterland drive. From Tewantin, head out along McKinnon Drive towards Boreen Point. To your left, with the exception of a few private properties, all the forest you see is part of the
new park. At Louis Bazzo Drive go left. The forest you see to either side is parkland all the way to the outskirts of Pomona. From Pomona to Cooroy, the forest to the left is parkland. Take the Cooroy-Noosa Road towards Tewantin. From Tinbeerwah to the bottom of the escarpment, the forest on both sides is parkland. Welcome to Yurol-Ringtail. But strangely, few people outside a small cohort who helped create it seem to know much about this extraordinary achievement. Continued page 4