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RAE LIPSKY...
Growing up in Australia our
holidays were all about heading for a favourite beach
and sometimes spending the entire summer holidays
there with family and friends. So many beautiful
beaches over the years have made special memories
but one captured our hearts.
We discovered Noosa in the early 70's while holidaying
when our family was very young. It was so unspoiled,
there was no coastal highway in those days and it felt
remote and isolated, rather like being stranded on an
island with kilometers of wide, fine sand beaches that
for the most part were empty. We just knew this was
where we wanted to holiday forever.
“It was so unspoiled... rather like being stranded on an island with
kilometers of wide, fine sand beaches that for the most part were
empty. We just knew this was where we wanted to holiday forever.”
Proximity to the spectacular Noosa National Park
with its stunning coastline, secluded beaches and
walking tracks was the focus of our search for a place
to build. We bought a vacant lot close to the southern
entry to the Park at North Sunshine Beach and built
our first holiday house in 1979. Balinese Beach House
came years later and is in this same street, enjoying
sweeping ocean views and just meters from the entry
to the National Park.
We loved the laid back feel of the area with its
focus on preserving the natural environment and
its restrictions on building high rise apartments or
buildings anywhere in the Noosa Shire. This protection
of the beaches from building shadowing and knowing
that the beach lifestyle we wanted to enjoy would be
preserved has proven to be true almost 40 years later.
The natural beauty that is Noosa is still the draw card
for holidaymakers today. And the rich and famous
have gradually moved in buying their own piece of
beach paradise. For some tourists this is a draw card
too, the thought of sharing the beach, boutiques and
restaurants with people one would only read about in
magazines.
The climate is comfortably warm and its shorts
and tee shirt weather for most of the year which
has our southern neighbours booking a stay when
the southern freeze kicks in. Casual summer weight
clothing in natural fibres along with a casual jacket for
cooler days and nights are pretty much the norm.
We love our beach lifestyle and sharing it with
holidaymakers gives so much pleasure.