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A NOOSA bird expert holds grave fears for the impacts on Lake Weyba wildlife if a proposed major residential development close to the western side of Lake Weyba is approved. Valda Maclean has had her eyes opened to the scope of the Noosa on Weyba project after leading 30 locals on a birding survey on […]

NOOSA on Weyba developers have put a plan into place to support Noosa’s dwindling koala populations – but it may not be enough. A Friends of Lake Weyba member, Noosa veterinarian Mark Powell, said the developer’s koala protection measures could not disguise the fact that the developer was endeavouring to introduce more than 2000 new

MORE than 100 of the frontline warriors in what could be one of Noosa’s next big eco-battles turned out last Sunday to help save Lake Weyba from a proposed major development. A flotilla of 40 water craft organised by the Friends of Lake Weyba paddled to the earmarked development site for the Kayak for Weyba

A CAMPAIGN to preserve the environmental integrity of Lake Weyba has just received a major boost, with Noosa’s most powerful green lobby lining up to oppose any major development outside current planning guidelines. Noosa Parks Association has fought and won most of the significant green fights in the area over the past 50 years. Its

NOOSA locals are gearing up for an environmental stoush not waged between a developer and local opponents since the days of the proposed Titanium golf resort at Kin Kin. The Friends of Lake Weyba have sought advice from former Noosa Council population cap town planner Paul Summers, who is appalled at what the Mantle Group

IN FEBRUARY this year the Sunshine Coast Daily reported that then Coast Mayor Bob Abbot endorsed a State Government proposal to turn a koala habitat near Noosa National Park and Lake Weyba into a protected area. The proposal would create Queensland’s first biodiversity offset area, requiring Brisbane-based developer, Mantle Group, to hand over privately owned

Late last year, Mr Lucas gave “support in principal” for the offset for the purposes of “koala conservation” and in February, he officially announced the site as the state’s first ever biodiversity offset. Photo: Michelle Smith THE generous donation served up by the Hot Wok Food Makers company to the Queensland Labor Party suggested a link

The generous donation served up by the Hot Wok Food Makers company to the Queensland Labor Party suggested a link to the hospitality industry. But the company’s director Godfrey Mantle had more cooking than hot noodles. I have always made it clear I couldn’t care less what political party people support. The prominent Brisbane restaurant