Get your guns, boys.
It’s a little ironic that the Sunshine Coast, sixty miles of warm-water coastline that includes the iconic points of Noosa Heads, is the site of three proposed wavepool developments.
You’ve heard about the WSL’s $1.2 billion Slater pool and “intensive housing” development on a Sunshine Coast floodplain.
(For background read: Longtom investigates WSL’s billion-dollar wavepool development, parts one and two, here and here.)
The other two tanks include a “$130 million mega waterpark” featuring an Endless Surf wavepool, and a $25 mill Waco-style pool (American Wave Machines) on the site of an old gas station in the Glass House Mountains.
All of ‘em are “holistic” and promote “wellness” and “yoga and meditation.”
Now, the developer of the $130 mill park, which has already been approved, has made a submission against the Glass House Mountains pool claiming the Sunshine Coast ain’t big enough for the both of ‘em.
“It is considered that the market for more than one surf park facility on the Sunshine Coast is unsustainable at this stage,” the submission reads, adding a pool needs a quarter-million customers a year to work and that ain’t gonna happen if the joint is littered with the things.
Howevs, of the 980 submissions made in regards to the Glass House Mountains pool, most were in favour.
The Kelly Slater WSL development, meanwhile, promises a 20,000-capacity stadium, 1500 “waterfront homes”, a six-star eco-resort, restaurants, bars, a retail village and “an environmental education centre based on the site’s wetlands and nearby waterways.”
And that’s before you even step into the main arena.
Stark has described the local surfing community as “ecstatic and excited.”
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Not one website has picked up on the wave pool coming to the gold coast. I guess for journalists now, if it’s not on Instagram they can’t find the information.
https://www.theurbandevelop…
“1500 waterfront homes” that noone will buy.
“IF” Ziffs Sunshine coast mega city development real estate deal gets up what will they call the new city?
Coolum West will not get up, neither Pregian Springs East.
Kellyvi11e, no way, his brand is damaged from his anti vac statements?
It WILL have include Noosa in it’s name as every suburb as far as way as Gympie does so I suggest-
Toorak2 on Noosa?
Noosa pools by Ziff?
So many, many naming & BG bill board options?
But seriously where’s Webber????? until he speaks not worth buying into any of this
Six-star restaurant? Environmental education centers? 1500 waterfront homes?
Is he proposing to build an entire city out of whole cloth? What about a public library or shopping center? Perhaps a hospital and police station while they’re at it??
Mega million $ villas built on a flood plane by a dodgy developer backed by WSL billionaire Ziff relying on a State government for funding and approvals on the sunshine coast…
What could possibly go wrong??
Stark contrast.
Family multipark pass?
pure xtsea right there.
Faaaark those guys were such kooooooky lame as fuck lepers…
Next to sea.
Wave Pools, the near-beer of surfing.
St. Pooli N.A.
amen
Very pleased to hear about Kelly’s proposed environmental education centre.
a fuckin stadium? lol
haha yeah!…
educational center guide: “remember the wetlands that used to be here? well let me explain to you how great they are, and also give me money”
it’s like a Monty Python script , it reminds of the one where the dude is trying to sell dead birds out of a pet store
He’s not dead, he’s just resting. Beautiful plumage.
The self-professed ‘environmentalists’ are always so easily duped.
paradox is you will need to be fully vaccinated to enter?!?
I bet they have a welcome to country ceremony too, they won’t be able resist
Screenshot your mates vaxx cert.
Guaranteed entry
Not too much scientisty cunty stuff then.
Are you pigging out at the Outside sans Jaffa barrier twillo?
What an appropriate location!
They should build one in Indo next…
Maybe you could fill a 20,000 person stadium at Teahupo’o, maybe. That Slade tub? Maybe if Nickelback pays live while they let the water settle down.
The neighbours in the million plus villa’s would complain about the noise.
Bloody oath
Heck, anyone (even in the cheapest seats) should complain about Dickelsack at any volume…
I’m currently taking submissions from anyone interested in ‘terminating with extreme prejudice’ any and all businessmen, financiers, dealers and dickhead designer nerds (as well as fuckwit pool followers) behind all these ideas.
P.S.
Send any financial (or otherwise) propositions to me here.
Cheers…
I’m all for any wave pool so long as it’s not Kelly’s.
Fuck the WSL and Starky in particular.
What’s the deal with this endless surf mob? What technology is it?
You’d be mad to bet on any of them.
Would like a Waco pool here though…
Endless Surf is Endless Surf tech! Creators of Typhoon Lagoon.
Their artwork appears to have been rendered by somebody who has never actually seen a wave break in real life before
Hello google
I miss Longtom
I miss, too, but I think he has one more piece for us, 25 books to read before you die etc.
What could I earn at BG if I were exceptional and prolific ? Basically the opposite of Surfads?
He really left you flaccid, didn’t he?
@Surfacids
@Surflaccids
It’s a blessing.
You are prolific. Exceptional in the same way a smelly fart in an elevator is. And you are opposite of Surfads as only 10% of your posts are of any value. The pay? None, dolled out in bitcoin.
You’ve let me off lightly there.
I’m starting to feel the love.
DHMF is a self professed Dead Head, which means he only has love for Jerry Garcia’s gooey love handles and 9 1/2 fingers while loving to twirl in a circle, arms flailing about, imagining himself a Dire Wolf in gypsey Sheep’s wool.
Will he ever live his values?
Not likely.
Not likely at all.
DHMF says he uses only 10% of his brain conversing with us. That’s how much he values the BG community. I believe he’s lying. No one could be so spectacularly smart using just 10% of their brain. Unless they’re some sort of evil genius. Or just evil.
This will make you laugh/cry
Fifty thousand out protesting against the mandate on saturday
Also there was an anti protest protest. 120 people
They had signs that said
Pro vaxx mandate
Anti fascist.
They looked super confused, their leader said
We have to be healthy to fight the fascist antivaxxers.
Good luck kooks!!!!!
Unchecked power is so intoxicating.
Biggest protest numbers in history
Zero drone or chopper shots on any commercial or state networks.
The biggest news was a cricket players dikpik.
Jotto trying to troll. I said 1%, in interactions with you.
As you enter deeper into senescence and it’s clear as day you don’t surf, it’s dropping to .03%. .
Typical Jotto taking shit out of context. I was clear i only love his noodling up to 1977 or so range. Diabetic heroin Jerry sucked.
Looking forward to it
I miss my Grandfather, but he’s dead as well.
What stage of grieving is this, anger, depression, acceptance? I’m here for you Negs
Negatron grieves in moderation.
Hhmmmm
Ya shouldn’t be too worried about his disappearance.
His recent work on swellnet stinks worse than Jonah’s flabby arse after he’s played in an LA sewer drain.
A few questions about an old movie and a page about rising house prices.
Ppfffttttzzzzz
Lame as fuuuck
We’re better off without him…
The Stu guy writes heaps better and he’s ratshit.
Yeah well
I presume that the Stu guy owns the site as most of it’s written by him, I’ve only read one of his ‘articles’ (when LT firstly went there) though and it was lame as fuck too.
Was just checking it out again today to see if some blokes boohooing about Longtom leaving here was deserved.
It’s not…
I don’t know any guys that surf that talk about stuff like that.
If they did they’d be mocked and given a big aaahhhwooo
His wave forecasts have been spot on in recent times and well worth the subscription fee.
Lametom
I haven’t read any of his material he has produced under the oppressive boot of the swellnet overlords.
yeah wtf? he said he’s still shred with us here…