Palm
Cove News
FEBRUARY 2004
Hoons
on Cedar Road
DRAGSTERS
and bikers at 150kph were out front recently, Cedar Road resident Dr Alexandria
Berger says.
" Not only that, our home was vandalized on 28 Dec and house lights
were cut leaving bare live wires. They tried to hot-wire a car next door
and they overturned rubbish bins. We need a police presence here,"
she told Palm Cove News.
Dr Berger said she would like to see a citizen and retailer's association
started in Palm Cove.
"It would carry more weight when dealing with the authorities,"
she said.
Irukandji traps doing job
SMALL jellyfish
traps installed in the channel between Palm Cove and Double Island are
providing adequate warning of the tiny irukandji menace, lifeguard Andrew
Barton says.
"The
traps are checked three times a day. If any irukandji are found, the
beach is closed until the risk has gone," he said.
Fine
mesh nets, being quite expensive and difficult to operate in choppy
seas, are not used at the moment.
Irukandji
can frequent both reef and mainland waters; 40 people are hospitalized
each year from the vicious sting. One million people visit the reef
annually.
Reef
House Awards
SEBEL REEF HOUSE & SPA won the prestigious Deluxe Accommodation
Award at the TNQ Tourism Awards recently.
The award followed a much-coveted star rating for the restaurant in
Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide for 2004. General Manager Craig Biber
said the restaurant was the only one in Cairns to receive the rating
and only one of two in Tropical North Queensland.
"The awards are a great honour, particularly at such a significant
stage in the evolution of Palm Cove," he said in Northern News,
November.
Kayaks
up early
KAYAK TOURS
of Double Island now start at 5.30am for a cheaper ride, says operator
Tony Worth.
Sunrise tours cost $40 + $5 insurance; half-day $65 + $5; sunset $40
+ $5.
"The sunrise tour has been popular," he said. "From the
resort side of the island, you can see the sun rise, have champagne
and strawberries, and mix it with green back turtles, manta rays, and
dolphins.
"We have been seeing a lot of movement and have been told there
are going to be some famous faces on the island over the next few months."
Bookings 0402 861 011
Letter to Editor
I would
like to thank all the many people of Palm Cove for the welcome and kindness
they showed me. It made my special holiday even more special. Thanks.
Don't go away, I'll be back (from UK.)
-
Sheila, (Boe's mum, Trivia St.)
Change
of name
Wild
World is now called Cairns Tropical Zoo. "We have been confused
with a water slide park, a theme park, and even a porn shop!" Sales
Manager Larry Russell said.
Editorial
ALABAMA BOY MAKES GOOD
BUDDY BYRD
got into the hospitality business because he wanted to work somewhere
close to the surf.
Finishing his education in Hawaii where he spent much of his spare time
on a surf board, he reckoned a job at a hotel right on the beach was
just the ticket. Now 43 and still very keen on all water sports - diving,
sailing, surfing (at Gold Coast) - William Larry Byrd Jnr says running
Palm Cove's biggest commercial enterprise, rearing five kids with wife
Yvonne, and refurbishing their Talpa Close home is all pretty hectic.
Yvonne, who hails from Perth, met her future husband on the Gold Coast.
They both agree that Novotel Palm Cove, with 41 hectares of land, 20
departments, 246 rooms, and 163 employees including six indigenous workers
is no small responsibility. Buddy was born in Alabama, USA, spending
time in New York, Fiji, seven years manager of Novotel Darwin, four
years manager of Grand Mercure Hotel, Broadbeach, and now three years
at Cove.Novotel
Palm Cove is very protective of its flora and fauna, says Buddy.
"This
is partly because the owners, the Ho family, are Buddhists and very
conscious of the environment. They
have erected a small Buddhist shrine at the northern end of the property
and offer a daily thanks for the land, the trees, and the resident animals,"
he said.Novotel
have plans all approved for a new apartment block; but considering the
sudden tremendous increase in accommodation units all over Palm Cove,
the owners have adopted a wait-and-see attitude.
In
the meantime, last year provided a 75 percent occupancy rate for Novotel;
and tourism awards for Spice Market Restaurant and the conference centre
just keep coming.
And
what does Buddy Byrd think of Palm Cove?
"Love
it," he said.
Published by Jerry Dukes
52 Terebra St
Palm Cove 4879 QLD
Ph 4059 1610 Fax 4059 0058
Email : jgdukes@ozemail.com.au
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