Camping and National Parks

Following our previous NOOSA 360 updates regarding driver behaviour on Teewah Beach and within the Cooloola Recreation Area, concerns continue to be raised by residents and visitors regarding unsafe driving practices, particularly during peak holiday periods. As part of enforcement…

Following our February 2025 update regarding management planning for Tuchekoi National Park and Tewantin National Park, we followed up with the Minister for the Environment seeking an update on progress toward a full review and joint management planning. The minister…

Our advocacy on the management of visitation to the Teewah–Noosa North Shore beaches has continued on behalf of Noosa residents and stakeholders. In September 2025, Noosa Council sent us a list of priorities on behalf of Noosa Council and Teewah…

The Estimates process is a crucial one, providing opportunity to find out how public funds are being spent or not spent, whether what communities had sought was being delivered or not, and ultimately, ensure what is passes the ‘pub test’.…

Even though inflation is down from post COVID-19 highs and there is some interest rate relief, as Sandy said in Parliament, at grass roots, the reality is we have overburdened not-for-profits and volunteers delivering everything from food to accommodation through…

Queenslanders have endured ongoing financial and emotional hardship since the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes increases in domestic violence and mental health issues and a housing crisis. In addition, high inflations, with this budget addressing cost of living pressures through electricity…

Sandy recently announced a positive outcome to her request for no commercially built structures in the Great Sandy National Park with the Queensland Government no longer proceeding with the Cooloola Great Walk Ecotourism Project (CGWEP) and have also reassured that…

In response to concerns regarding the cancellation of this much-loved annual event by the King of the Mountain (KOM) committee, Sandy asked a Question without Notice (QWN) during Parliament to the Queensland Minister for Environment, which is below including the…

As per our February 2021 Noosa 360 update, in 2018 Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) and Noosa Council entered into an agreement whereby council would apply its local laws to Noosa National Park to address concerns about overnight and…

In Sandy’s recent Noosa MP Community Survey, some residents expressed the below concerns regarding our local National Parks: What are the future plans for the Noosa National Park? How are we protecting habitat from urban development? The shortage of park…