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Elite athletes dominate By Margie Maccoll Noosa brothers Kilian and Nolan Carrel drove each other on to the finish line to claim first and second spots in the major event, the 5km ocean swim, of the Noosa Summer Swim Festival on Sunday. Close behind them and first woman across the line was Ella Reynolds. All six place getters in the major event were elite swimmers who finished the 5km swim in under an hour. Speaking after the race the Carrel brothers and Ella told how the race wins were another step toward their dreams to compete in ocean swimming at the Olympics, the brothers aiming to swim for their country of birth, Switzerland, and Ella for Australia. All three are members of the team training under renowned coach John Rodgers (JR) at the Noosa Aquatic Centre (NAC). “I love racing with my brother. He pushes me every single day,“ Kilian said. Continued page 2 Ella Reynolds wins the 5km event, with Emily Broun and Claudia Broun. (Rob Maccoll)
Graves sold out Noosa Council has begun preparing a new cemeteries’ plan to guide ‘future demand’ for interment services marked by a reduction in traditional in-ground burials and an increase in requests for cremated ashes internment, memorial plaques and contemporary offerings such as green burials. A green or eco-burial involves placing a body in the soil without embalming, thereby accelerating decomposition, and use of a biodegradable coffin or shroud. Director of community services Kerri Con-
tini told councillors at their 20 February ordinary meeting that council staff were in the research and analysis phase of a new plan that included an assessment of changing interment trends and how best to meet them. “This plan will guide requirements for land,” Ms Contini said. She was responding to a question from local resident Brian O’Connor inquiring whether sufficient land had been reserved for future burial requirements across the shire’s three cemeter-
ies now that reservations for plots are no longer being accepted at the Tewantin cemetery and council has given up land set aside for expansion of the Cooroy Cemetery for use as affordable housing. Mr O’Connor also asked about the possibility of Noosa and Gympie council’s working together to establish a regional cemetery in the hinterland to service a wider catchment area. Ms Contini said a regional model cemetery, perhaps serving a larger area covering two or more councils, could be very effective but its suit-
ability would need to be weighed against factors such as land availability and people’s willingness to travel to a regional location. “We meet with cemeteries’ staff from other councils in South-East Queensland each month to share knowledge, trends and approaches, which supports a strong public cemeteries’ sector,” she said. In Noosa, reservation of a burial site costs $1008, and $658 for reservation of an ashes site. A $6143 internment fee applies for a traditional burial.
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