www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/noosa-tourism-jobs-not-secure/507648/
Looks a lot like the image in this news story... 
Ah yer, thats the one.
Who gets the license, is it a lucky dip or musical chairs for who wins the license. ?
fair enough. every man and his dog wants to start a school. only room for a few. I dont care how they restrict commercial enterprise. if you try and make money out of kiting (which there isn't much) and therefore me then you can deal with whatever that entails IMHO. as a consumer I'm not affected so either suck it up or get a real job like the rest of us poor saps in the real world
If someone is in the water helping someone else learn to kite then how are they going to regulate that. The shop that ends up with the licence may have something to say but if a customer walks into a shop OFF the beach and pays for tuition and then goes to the water for the lesson, then i dont see how they can stop this. Will they check every man with a kite to see what there doing. I dont think so. Maby the guys running there business out of the back of a van may have a problem if they have the local park as there shop but the guys that have legitimate shops shouldnt.
Well hopefully the council sees sense and leaves it well alone.
methinks he is rather jaded with his usual job and is secretly jealous of someone who works in the kiting industry.
That, or there's sh1t on his liver..
So many people are angry with instructors..... why is it?
Why does everyone want teaching to stop once they get into the sport?
All this decision by council will do is force people onto the dole and mortgage forfeits...
Thankyou to all those who support us, Let me point out that its not just kite schools, they are planning on reducing our SUPS schools from 3 down to 1 and Surf Schools from 4, down to 1. Let me add that their is more than enough business to support these no's.
The best thing you can do is phone or write to councillor Russell Green or Lew Brennan, (find their details on the sc council website) stating your support for Kite Schools. We have a meeting with all concerned next week and if we can present the case with over 100 letters supporting us then we stand a chance.
This is why
"Council decided to reduce impact on public land due to the feedback from the 105 respondants to their surveys conducted over the 3 weeks prior to christmas" thats right, 105 was deemed sufficient to implement a policy for the whole sunshine coast representing nearly 300,000 people.
The surveys were only to be found at library's or the internet, not that anyone even knew about them. Not one of the surveys actually expressed any discontent with the status Quo, around 45 expressed their concern about in increase of use on public land, Kiting was supported by over 35 and came in as the third most favoured business for public land after surfing and boat hire.
No Consultation with Industry or Tourism noosa.
This all leads to one thing, On what did the council base their decision?
I can understand the council wanting limit the number of schools at each area but to just issue one permit is not suitable in some locations -
I Cairns there are now 3 permits for the main kitesurfing beach -
There is a happy medium that needs to be found for each area -
In some locations 1 operator may be enough, other locations may support more. What wont work is 6 schools trying to teach in place like the NOOSA river mouth.
Somehow you need to convince council that the operators there now can work -
Good luck
They are usually a bunch of dicks to deal with.
