Palm
Cove News
Tropical North Queensland
JULY 2006
Golf
course to be 9 holes, par 3
DEVELOPERS
of Ocean Edge, Indigo Projects, have announced a nine-hole par 3 golf
course will replace the existing championship course as a temporary
measure.
Project Manager Dennis Nichol said local and visitor golfers will have
no delay in continuing the game on site.
"Construction of new tees and greens has already commenced,"
he said. "The moment we close down holes 1,2,3, and 4 of the existing
course to start work on residential allotments for Stage 1, we will
have the new par 3 course up and running," he said.
The brainchild of Indigo's Senior Landscaper Dave Poulsen, the par 3
links will be formed from existing holes 5,8,9,14, and 6/15. All new
tees and greens will be covered with long-lasting grass on soil with
sand base. The existing course is still quite playable with golfers
hitting over or around the new areas, Mr Poulsen said. He added that
the par 3's longest hole would be 245 metres and the shortest 90.
Mr Nichol said the changeover would be smooth and temporary for now.
"We expect to decide on Stages 2 and 3 in about two or three years
time, " he said.
Another quarter million from council
CAIRNS
CITY COUNCIL has allocated $250,000 for drainage in Palm Cove.
Announcing its budget for 06-07on June 21, the council also promised
$150,000 to be shared with other beach areas and $25,000 for Clifton
Beach erosion. Councillor for Division 11 Sno Bonneau said Palm Cove
had a singular problem in channelling huge amounts of water each year
from the hillslopes passing through to the ocean.
"We
have spent two or three years putting in pipes and drains. The extra
$250,000 is just for on-going work," he said.
"We
have a number of projects around Palm Cove, and drainage is just one
of them."
Letter
to Editor
Dear
Jerry,
Being
born and bred in Palm Cove my friends and I have always loved the place.
What a beautiful part of the world to grow up in. So when I see it referred
to in your newsletter as "Cove" I think to myself "Where`s
that place?" That's because if one was to abbreviate it, it must
be called "THE Cove" or "Palmies" and nothing else.
Great
newsletter. Keep up the good work. Ben Felan, Thais St.
Editor
: Thanks, Ben. But alas, you have caught me out. In the six years I
have been writing this newsletter, no one has blasted me for "Cove."
You see, I'm an addict to abbreviation : I can't help it.
As
your name is Benjamin, I must call you Ben. If I meet someone called
Margarita, she will be Marg.
It's
gotten me into a lot of trouble I can tell you. When I tried to abbreviate
the name of a golfing partner, she said : "My name is Estralita,
not Estra." It's hard. When I asked : "What was your score
for that hole, Estralita," I tended to stutter.
My
wife Anthea becomes Ant, although she does prefer Sweetie-pie.
Anyway,
what's wrong with occasionally saying Cove instead of Palm Cove? The
people in Port Douglas call their town Port, Surfers Paradise becomes
Surfers, Jo-berg is the popular name for Johannesberg. I could go on.
Oh,
by the way, Ben, I think "Palmies" is just terrible.
Tanner's
$35,000 bike
TANER
DENGIZ of Sarayi Resort & Restaurant on the esplanade can be seen
these days riding his new Harley Davidson around Palm Cove, Port Douglas
and surrounds.
Fashionably
adorned with beard, moustache, tattoo on the shoulder, leather jacket,
dark glasses and helmet, he says he has joined the bikies.
"The
bike club is very social. We Harley Davidson people like to travel in
convoy and we stop only where they serve the best coffee," he said.
Taner's
restaurant has changed its menu from mainly Indian to Mediterranean/Seafood.
Your
editor and wife, having partaken of his Vegetable Encheladas and an
excellent Atlantic Salmon, can confirm that the judicious addition of
fresh cumin and rosemary makes an enormous difference to any dish.
Reef as healthy as can be
THE
GREAT BARRIER REEF is still one of the world's healthiest reef systems,
according to our Federal Environmental & Heritage Minister.
"The
vast majority of the reef after Cyclone Larry remained in great shape,"
Senator Ian Campbell said.
He
said only one percent of the reef was damaged.
The
reef stretched more than 2300 km and the area severly affected was no
more than a band 20 to 30 km wide, about one percent of the whole, he
said.
The
senator said that history had shown the reef demonstrated remarkable
resilience following other tropical cyclones in the past.
"It's
very healthy," he said.
(Ref
: Cairns Post, 6-4-06.
Is it pawpaw, papaya or both?
According to June's Readers Digest, pawpaw has distintive yellow flesh,
rounder, larger fruit, more savoury flavour.
Papaya
has orange to red flesh, smaller, pear-shaped, sweet flavour.
NO NEWSLETTER FOR AUGUST
Your
editor (and also the editor of the website) are taking a break. Next edition
will be September - Jerry Dukes
Published
by Jerry Dukes
52 Terebra St
Palm Cove 4879 QLD
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