Palm Cove News
NOVEMBER, 2002

Multi-level car park only long term

THE CONSTRUCTION of a multi-level car park at Palm Cove Jetty is strictly a long-term consideration only, Mayor Kevin Byrne says.
"Council has approved the sealing of the existing car park in the next financial year and that is all," he said. The mayor said council also approved a three-hour parking zone on Williams Esplanade between Harpa St and Cedar Road which will be signposted and enforced when Local Law 25 (Regulated Parking) has been amended to regulate the parking restrictions. Other recommendations to Council have been : (1) Two loading zone bays to be installed at the end of Caryota Close together with power outlets for refrigerated delivery vehicles; and (2) Pathways between Amphora St and the Esplanade and from Cedar Rd to the northern car park.


Sanctuary another classy project

THE SANCTUARY development on Cedar Road near the beachfront follows Cove's trend for luxury, high priced apartment resorts.
Sanctuary joins Triton Palace, Sea Temple, Beach Club, Amphora and other new developments in making Palm Cove an ultimate destination for discerning domestic and international travellers. Now under construction, Santuary will have 20 exclusive apartments in three buildings overlooking a large water feature. Wallabies, kingfishers, and curlews will continue to inhabit the surroundings. Apartments are priced from $500,000.


Significant development, says Sno

COVE will have more than 460 new accommodation rooms within the next 18 months, says Cr Sno Bonneau. "The buildings have been designed to ensure retention of as many on-site melaleucas as possible," he said in Northern News, Sept/Oct.


Queenslander, with clock too

THAKRAL HOLDING'S new apartment development on the esplanade next to Clarion Resort has commenced construction with a restaurant which resembles an old Queensland schoolhouse complete with clock tower. The new resort, called Amphora, will be a four-star apartment complex covering two hectares with eight buildings no more than three stories high surrounding a lagoon pool. A clock will be placed in the restaurant's tower in due course.


Cove People

GEORGE BENIGNO was uphosterer to the Pope. Born in Casablanca and raised in Sicily, George worked in the Vatican for eight years as an upholsterer, a trade he followed in his antique shop in Sydney where he carried out repairs for other antique dealers. He speaks seven languages. George was in the French Foreign Legion and was shot leaving him with a wobbly leg for which he uses a walking stick. Arriving here four years ago, his thick white hair makes him easily recognized around Cove. His wife Coleen, of South African-Irish descent, says he is liable to meet someone on the jetty or elsewhere and invite him home for lunch at their Cedar Road apartment. "I don't really mind," she says, "It's nice for George, and I do like the people here. Much more gentle and friendly than city people." George and Coleen retired from their shop in Sydney, travelled the whole of Australia by caravan, and decided Palm Cove was the place they were looking for. "Nothing beats Palm Cove," Coleen said. "We are very happy here. We have found peace."


High profile gardener

COUNCIL has appointed top gardener Steve Jackson to head an independant team working the Palm Cove area from a sub-depot at Buchans Point near the SES building. The appointment means less time for travel to and from the job site with more work undertaken. Coordinator for gardening in Cove is Graham Weston 4044 3044.
(Ref : Northern News, Sep/Oct)


New chairman

ALEX WHYTE of Villa Paradiso is the new chairman of Tourism Palm Cove, replacing founding president of seven years Bob Shaw.


appointed

"He's a poor student who cannot surpass his master."

- Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519

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