Lee McCarthy
Last week we published a story in Noosa Today about the new UHF repeater which has been upgraded by The Double Island Point UHF Committee.
The repeater offers a communication channel and allows Double Island Point visitors and Rainbow Beach locals to stay in touch with vital services and improve communication on the popular stretch of beach where there is no phone reception.
Last week The Ice Man, Rob Gough who with wife Martine Lokan runs the vital service of providing supplies to campers and visitors to all beaches across the Cooloola Coast, put Channel 7 into good use.
Rob said: “At 9.30am on 25 September, I received an emergency call on the Double Island repeater, Channel 7 which I then relayed to Martine who notified Parks of the fire and its location”.
“With the help of the students and parents from St Andrew’s Anglican College, Peregian Beach we extinguished the grass fire. The Teewah Rural Fire Brigade arrived and hosed down the burnt ground to make sure there was no chance of the fire reigniting. It could’ve been worse if not for quick action and response from vigilant campers.
“Only recently recommissioned, the repeater is already doing its job! Please refrain from using channels 37 and 7 for idle chat on the beach and congratulations to the team involved in getting the repeater working again.”
The repeater provides a much-needed communication channel in the Double Island Point area, so people can still access weather updates, beach conditions, tidal alerts, and emergency information even if they are in an area where their mobile telephone does not receive reception.
