Photo: Quota Coolum Beach It is with great pleasure that we can let the community know that the winner of our Mother’s Day patchwork quilt raffle was Cath Davis. Cath was delighted to win the beautiful quilt which was drawn…
The Coolum Men’s Shed is actively seeking new members and to make it easier for men to get out to the shed, which is located in the industrial estate, the Coolum Surf Club will be picking up and dropping home…
Potters Kim and Andrea with their pottery, some of which will be available to purchase on the May 19 at the morning tea which will be raising money for cancer. The community is invited to come along to the ‘Clayden’…
Mark Borgert and Emma Menzies have their items sorted for next month’s Textile Recycling Day to be held at the Bicentennial Park in Sunshine Beach. Photo: Contributed IN A QUEENSLAND first, Noosa residents will have the opportunity to recycle their…
Election must promise to address housing ADDRESSING Australia’s housing crisis needs to go beyond party and state lines, according to Vinnies Queensland’s Coolum President, Marshall Morison. Mr Morison said the numbers of people coming to Vinnies for homelessness support was…
A CALL to fill a critical shortage of volunteers in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) hopes to inspire more Queenslanders to provide social support for some of the most vulnerable in our community.The Re-engaging Volunteers into Residential Aged Care Facilities Program…
Flood appeal update THE Australian Red Cross has distributed funds to more than 30,000 people affected by floods in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales (as of 9am Monday 18 April). This represents: *33,939 financial assistance grants of $500 to…
An Emerging Invasive Species Clusia rosea IN JULY 2019, Coolum and North Shore Coast Care (CaNSCC) was informed by a Local Government Environmental Officer, of the discovery of a potentially invasive species, Clusia rosea (also known as the autograph tree)…
Happy ninth birthday to Arcare Peregian Springs and to cut the cake was Pamela and Lynda. Photo: Contributed RECENTLY the Arcare Peregian Springs community celebrated their nine-year anniversary since opening in 2013. Residents and team members, including the management team…
Ninderry MP Dan Purdie presenting the new Coolum Peregian RSL Sub-branch President, Peter Lloyd, with the ‘Supporting Local’ hampers to support their fundraising efforts. Photo: Contributed IN AN effort to continue the work of helping returned service personnel the Coolum-Peregian…