The Weekend Australian Magazine
By Megan Lehmann
April 25, 2015
The light is fading and something quite magical is happening in the treetops along Noosa’s Hastings Street.
Cars on the pedestrian-friendly boulevard slow to a crawl. A little girl’s strawberry gelato drips gently as her eyes grow wide. Even the famed holiday strip’s signature brush turkeys, loitering in the bushes like a street-gang of young toughs, seem to pause mid-scratch. Everyone looks up as strings of delicate fairy lights flick on, hundreds of metres of lights looping the length of the street, each one beaming out 24 watts of environmentally friendly optimism and bringing a sprite-like sparkle to the heart of a town where until recently gloom reigned.
Full story: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/noosa-booming-how-the-holiday-town-rediscovered-its-mojo/story-e6frg8h6-1227318453007
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