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FUTURE HOPES: In 2030 I hope that Noosa is a place where neighbours and community get together to help out each other and the environment around them

WHAT do you hope Noosa and the Sunshine Coast look like in 2030?
Take a photo that sums up your hopes for the area’s future, write a short caption that explains it and send it to Sunshine Coast Council’s Zooming into 2030 competition for the chance to win a share of $3000.
Entrants so far have said they hope there will be community festivals to enjoy, locally grown produce to buy, that it’s easy to get around, that the coast is still a great place for a family holiday, and that the streets are alive with music.
Competition organiser Alan Rogers said it was open to anyone living on the coast with a digital camera. Prizes to the value of $2000 will be given across three categories - 13 and under, 14-21 and open, and there is a $1000 mayoral prize.
``Just think about what matters to you and what you’d like to add, change or keep on the coast into 2030,’’ Mr Rogers said. ``The pictures don’t need to be works of art, just clear and in focus.’‘
Peregian Beach resident Lyn Bollen said a photo taken at a garage sale organised by residents of her street, Spoonbill St, summed up her hopes for the future: ``In 2030 I hope that Noosa is a place where neighbours and community get together to help out each other and the environment around them.’‘
The street’s residents got together two years ago when trees in a nature strip were poisoned. They have established environmentally sustainable practices for many of the street’s households.
``I would love it if in 2030, every street on the Sunshine Coast could be a Spoonbill St where people try to do a little bit together to help make their community,’’ Lyn said.
Residents will hold their third community garage sale this Saturday, from 7am, with 10 households joining in. It aims to encourage residents to sell or pass on unwanted household items instead of putting them into landfill.
Children will sell No Tree No Me stickers to raise money for the street to sponsor a koala through the Australian Koala Foundation.
Zooming into 2030 entries can be a normal photograph, an image that has been altered or edited, or a collage. Captions must be no more than 25 words, starting with: ``In 2030 I hope that. . . ‘’
The images will be used to illustrate council’s first community plan. Prizes will be awarded as vouchers. Entries must be received by 5pm, Friday, September 17. The community will choose the winners in three categories at a community conference next month.
www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au or phone 5475 7272.

Source: whereilive