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Last week Spencer and his mum Maxine tabled Spencer's 44,000 strong petition to Noosa Council to formally acknowledge the huge support received to save this critical Glossy Black habitat. It also included a letter to the CEO requesting him to halt any clearing until an independent ecological report is done as we believe the current report to be defective.

This letter was sent to the Queensland Moderator and President of the Uniting Church and copied to Noosa Mayor Clare Stewart who is willing to meet and discuss alternatives to the Blue Care development at Sunrise Beach. We are still hoping the Church will acknowledge the wishes of the local community to save this important habitat and take up the offer to meet with Noosa Council.

Glossy Update March 2021 by Desiré Gralton, Bob Carey, Maxine & Spencer Hitchen Last week we invited Mayor Clare for a walk around the proposed development...

When a temporary art installation of Glossy Black-Cockatoo feathers popped up on the corner of Grasstree Court at the edge of the proposed development over Christmas, Spencer was there to capture it in his own thoughtful style.

The following letter was written by Spencer and his mum Maxine and sent to the Uniting Church President Deidre Palmer, who has referred their concerns to the Synod of Queensland. The quote "Killing the planet is against our religion” referred to in the letter was found on the Uniting Church Australia Facebook page and we totally agree that killing the planet is not okay.

Desiré Gralton reflects on the juxtaposition of the Blue Care / Lendlease project with Bob Carey front and centre in her mind. Here we have a man who has spent decades of his life fighting to protect the remaining habitat of the Glossy Black Cockatoos in our region, yet could be in the market for a facility just like this. So would this suit his needs? Here's what Bob had to say...

As a big fan of Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell and especially the traffic updates from Lois Price in the Mad As Helicopter, Desiré Gralton gives her very own Mad-Ass and slightly cranky perspective on the impact the Blue Care development is going to have on traffic in the Sunrise Beach area.

Things are starting to move at the Sunrise Beach Blue Care development with Glossy Bob reporting the start of electrical infrastructure for the site. This post give an update on a response Bob received from Noosa Council and subsequent communications with Lendlease, the company appointed to manage community engagement. Bob followed up with Conor Neville from Noosa Council - he does Ecologist Development Assessments for the Environment and Sustainable Development department. Here's his response:

It all started with James Muller asking Bob Carey if he could recommend a site to host his Glossy feather sculptures. Bob discussed the proposition with Bettina Walter from Glossy Team Sunrise and the rest is history.

The beautiful Glossy Black feather art installation by Sunshine Coast artist James Muller and EarthBase Productions will be adorning the entrance of Sunshine Beach State High School from Wednesday 6 November 2019.

An open letter to Noosa Mayor Tony Wellington, CEO Brett de Chastel, all Noosa Councillors, Blue Care CEO Craig Barke and Project Manager Richard McKeon in light of the recent bush fires in Peregian where fire fighters had to form a shield around the Arcare aged care facility knowing that they didn’t have the staff or the vehicles to evacuate the residents.

A local group of Queensland “Koala Crusaders” are planning to assist the vulnerable Glossy Black Cockatoos at the same time as the declining Noosa Shire Koalas through their great work revegetating a local area of future koala habitat.

Sunshine Beach State High School Relieving Principal, Grant Williams, has quickly become a good friend to the local Glossy Black Cockatoos in his efforts to minimise the impact of construction in the schoolgrounds and the neighbouring land.

The silence on the proposed new development has been deafening from both Council and Blue Care - could it be the quiet before the...

When we saw survey stakes go into the ground around your favourite trees we were so alarmed and worried of things to come. We set out to make people understand how important this patch of earth is for you Glossies. You see, they are building a retirement village where your feed trees still stand as I write.

Join Glossy Team will meet Cr Ingrid Jackson on Thursday 21 March at 5.30pm in front of Noosa Council Chambers to officially hand over the petition to save Glossy feed trees at the Sunrise development. The Noosa Council Ordinary Meeting will commence at 6pm and a debate about minor amendments to the Blue Care development is on the agenda.

Letter to Richard McKeon as a follow up six weeks after meeting with Glossy Team Sunrise representatives again highlighting community concern for the wildlife as well as traffic impacts and emergency evacuation plans. Robyn raises many further options to be explored and even proposes fundraising for financial assistance to ensure a win win for our community, the elderly and the environment.

As a survivor of a bush fire event a local grandmother decided to dig deeper to find out what exactly would happen should a fire break out in the Sunrise Beach area. What she found left her extremely concerned, especially taking into account the addition of 500 elderly residents once the Blue Care development goes ahead.

Last week we met with representatives from Uniting Care / Blue Care to deliver our petition, comments and letters of support. We now turn our efforts back to you Noosa Council. We would like you to support a rethink of the development to make it a biosphere worthy aged care facility.

On 22 January 2019 Sunrise Beach locals supported by a Glossy expert sat down with Uniting Care and Blue Care representatives to discuss the...

Much has happened in the background at Glossy Team Sunrise with letters of support from key environmental groups and the launch of an online change.org petition asking Blue Care to protect and retain as much of the native flora and fauna as possible.