Mudjimba Residents Association

22/10/2026

08/10/2026

08/10/2026

30/09/2026

🐶 North Shore Dog Beach Area - Pincushion 🏝️

I’ve received a few questions over the last few days about whether dogs will still be able to access the southern part of the beach and river next to Pincushion Island?

Yes.

There’s a small space of beach and river between Pincushion and the seasonally restricted area. As some of you pointed out, the maps I posted on my page showed that.

Those maps were taken from the Dog Exercise Area Plan.

Council investigated the mapping issue shared on their own pages and identified an administrative error relating to mapping information.

Online mapping is being updated to align with the original dog exercise area plan mapping.

Physical signage maps will be installed at North Shore in the coming week, to help people clearly understand the areas restricted and open for dogs off-leash.

🦮 Dunal trails 🪧

There have been some furphies floating around that informal trails through the dunes at North Shore have always been off-leash. Unfortunately, that’s never been the case. Why?

It is true that due to sand movement and tides, parts of the off-leash areas on the western side of the river have been hard to access at times which has meant people and dogs have gone ‘bush’, creating informal trails and tracks through the dunes and vegetation.

Council’s decision to formalise and recognise some of those informally made trails and tracks is not about legitimising people taking their dogs off-leash in those areas. This is about trying to respond to the suggestions made in the various consultation processes that people wanted to be able to do a ‘loop experience’, and couldn’t do so with the restrictions at the river mouth, without going through the dunes and vegetation. We listened.

So you will see signage rolled out along some of the trails providing guidance to residents about where the trails leads. But let’s be clear - every trail and every beach access path in this is area is on-leash and more to the point, if you’ve taken your dog off-leash on the trails previously, you shouldn’t have been there in the first place.

I appreciate the interest of residents who use this space regularly, and thank you for your patience. As always, I’ll try to answers questions or concerns you have.

Taylor

27/09/2026

A Sunshine Coast councillor opposed new plans for a resort, hotel and housing development: 👉 https://bit.ly/4xGqQ2W

21/09/2026

Personal Statement - Proposed Airport plan risks destroying our local character

I do not support the proposed Airport North Precinct Plan and urge the community to share their views when public consultation opens.

The Airport North Precinct, which is the northern section of land that operated as the now decommissioned runway, is in a relaxed beachside location that is serviced by already-stretched infrastructure. As someone who has grown up locally and is now raising their kids here, I want to retain some of our unique coastal characteristics.

The northern precinct proposal, submitted by Sunshine Coast Airport to Economic Development Queensland (EDQ), paves the way for a potential 10-storey resort complex and hotel, hundreds of residential dwellings, bars, and significantly increased retail footprint. This proposal does not have my support for several reasons.

Firstly, residents in the North Shore and Coolum communities have consistently and actively fought against inappropriate high rise and intensified developments. The reasons are wide ranging - maintaining the relaxed coastal identity, scenic amenity, environmental impacts (ie light spillage), flood risks and a lack of infrastructure. This proposal fundamentally risks undoing what makes this part of the Coast special, which generations have fought to protect.

Secondly, the decision to propose land uses within the airport boundaries for things such as retirement living and other housing, diminishes the opportunity for complementary aviation uses that further stimulate and diversify our regional economy. There are many opportunities for housing development in our region thanks to the State Government’s eagerness to prioritise housing supply, but there are very few areas where aviation precincts can flourish and exist. The current proposal only reinforces community perception that the change to the runway configuration years ago was indeed a land grab designed for non-aviation purposes.

Finally, the current application is incomplete. The lack of detailed traffic modelling provided as part of the application when lodged should raise serious concerns for residents about how hundreds of residential units, high rise tourist accommodation and increased retail yield on the airport will impact the local road network. The motorway duplication is likely decades away, the David Low Way is already under stress and on public transport, the ‘Wave’ is not proposed to reach this part of the airport precinct. EDQ should carefully consider whether the State Government or Council can realistically deliver the road and public transport infrastructure needed to support such intense development.

So, while I may not be the person who gets to decide what happens at this location because of the decisions of previous councils, I will do what I can to advocate and shape the outcome to better reflect the aspirations of residents.

I am asking our community to stand-up and let EDQ, which is a department of the State Government, know exactly how we feel about this proposal. EDQ will be the decision-maker.

Given my balanced track record when it comes to development proposals, I could hardly be called anti-development - I’m a development conscious pragmatist.

Parts of the airport’s growth are great things to be celebrated by our region, but there are clearly some aspects that are not. I will always fight against developments that risk destroying the character of a community and our future economic prosperity. This is no exception.

Note: The views expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinion of Sunshine Coast Council.

18/09/2026

18/09/2026

Interested in becoming a surf lifesaver? Express your interest and join our next course!

(Nipper parents, we have a different course for you- check Zoe’s emails for info)