Palm Cove News
Tropical North Queensland


FEBRUARY 2006

Not a bad NYE

IT WAS a good turnout for New Year's Eve at Palm Cove, with 7000 crowding the beach and esplanade to watch the fireworks at midnight.
Peter Crotty of Nu Nu Restaurant said the atmosphere was fantastic.
"Lots of fun, lots of happy people, it was great," he said. When the last climactic rockets went up off the jetty, the applause was spontaneous and infectious. Altogether, it was a good place to see in the new year.

Veivers Rd's great pile of dirt

READERS may have wondered about the large mountain of earth at the proposed subdivision near the top of Veivers Road. The mountain was in one spot with a great hole about 12 or 15 metres deep next to it. Within a day or so the pile had shifted to another spot and so had the hole. Mountain and hole just kept shifting. So what was going on? We recalled a movie where rebel prisoner Paul Newman was made to dig a large hole, and then, exhausted, told to fill it in again. But surely not the foreman at Veivers Road also? We struggled through mud and debris to ask the foreman. He said that after the hole was dug, rocks, broken bricks and similar fillings were spread at the hole's bottom to give it a base. Dirt then filled in the hole. "It's to ensure no subsidence will occur," he said.

Editorial

A WELL-BEHAVED LOT

THIS NEWSLETTER bemoaned the loss of Fun in the Sun Day a few years ago which followed fisticuffs on Williams Esplanade. An army of gun-toting police paraded the strip the following year, and Trinity Beach took over the event after that. But perhaps some good has come out of it after all. In Cairns city on new year's eve there were 10,000 people at the fireworks and 70 arrests were made for assaults on police, public nuisance, and drunkeness. Acting Inspector Sean Cryer said : "It's just that element.... they played up and they got locked up."
In Palm Cove where 7000 revellers gathered with an adequate police presence, there was only one arrest.
May we dare to suggest it? Palm Cove now has a reputation : Behave or Else.

A culinary idea

HEATHER SAYERS of Amphora St has come up with an idea.
"What if all the fantastic chefs in our area each submitted a recipe for publication in PCN?" she said. Heather thinks most chefs could have a favourite culinary masterpiece they might like to pass on. Good scheme, Heather. We certainly have the expertise in Palm Cove; our chefs keep getting kudos all the time. So what about it, you master chefs? Write, fax, or email your recipe. It must be original, only one per chef, and not too long, say 300 words maximum including ingredients. Ed.

Know your town

Do you know where Mount Buchan is? Just look upwards : it's right at your elbow on Macalister Range.
MACALISTER RANGE : This is the mountain range that runs parallel to the coast for many kilometres north and south of Palm Cove. Its highest point is Black Mountain near Port Douglas, height 1068 metres (3470 feet.)
MOUNT BUCHAN is on Macalister Range directly west of and overlooking Palm Cove. It marks a point where the range changes direction from south to north to north-west as does the highway. Mt Buchan is 600 metres (1950 feet) high.
(Ref : Topographic Survey Map)

No Nino, not even a Nina

THE Southern Oscillation Index, the phase which influences the number of cyclones, is neither in El Nino nor El Nina cycle, according to the meteorological bureau. Regional director Jim Davidson said in December it was impossible to predict when the next cyclone might develop. "There is a continuation of a neutral pattern," he said.

We came second

PALM COVE was pipped by Surfers Paradise for cleanest beach in Queensland at last November's Keep Australia Beautiful Awards. We won both state and national awards in 2003. The publicity we received then was priceless, both nationally and internationally. Cleanest beach in Australia for 2005 is still to be decided.

Sold off the plan

A VILLA on the esplanade at Drift, formerly Clarion Resort, was sold off the plan for close to $3 million, industry insiders revealed, said Cairns Post late last year. Developers Indigo Projects would not comment on the price. Managing Director Mitch Nielsen said his company had a strong faith in Palm Cove. Godwin Witten's Allan Prince said he thought $3million was a little too high to be true..
"We sold 37 Veivers Rd for $475,000 recently. The cottage will be knocked down and a duplex built. It will be ultra-modern and each unit will sell for $699,000. The land is 21m frontage by 43m," he said.

Australia Day rocked

THERE WAS a free breakfast for all, the Reef Rockers children danced to the loudest possible rock music, the mayor spoke and cut a cake, the kids fished competitively on the pier, other kids competed with sandcastles, and lots more happened for 3000 people on the forenoon of January 26th. Artist Alex Reardon was there painting yet another local scene. "Tourists like to take home local scenes so they can remember their fantastic holiday at Palm Cove," he said. Alex and wife Brenda now live on Cedar Road and he displays his art three days a week at Reef House.

"Patches" found

Those who received a note in their letterbox will be pleased to know the lady's small fox terrior was found behind Pete's Place.

 

Published by Jerry Dukes
52 Terebra St
Palm Cove 4879 QLD
Ph 4059 1610 Fax 4059 0058
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