ON JUNE 6, we celebrate the moment Queensland became its own state and separated from New South Wales, and this year is set to be one big party! It’s our day to get together and celebrate our state – our…
Vanessa Hall Editor IN less than a month, a weekly ‘Drop In’ held in Coolum’s Tickle Park has fostered a surge in positive community engagement and relationship building between local young people, local police and PCYC. Each week the turnout has grown with young…
VISITORS to the iconic and very popular Mount Coolum will now find the trip even more comfortable with a new amenities block located at the base of the mountain in the car park, finally open to the public. The new…
ECONOMICS Dear editor, The current government’s heavy reliance on “Keatingera economics” feels like a rerun of a 1980s textbook, not a serious response to the very different world we face today. That playbook—dismantling protection, ending tariffs, and opening the economy to unrestricted imports—may…
THE CRISAFULLI Government recently announced that SMEC Australia Pty Ltd has been awarded the detailed design contract to progress the Sunshine Motorway and West Coolum Road interchange upgrade at Mount Coolum. The project will deliver two new south-facing ramps, providing an additional access point to the motorway…
Raising awareness for Mitochondrial Disease one step at a time! THOUSANDS of walkers will be traversing the coastline this Sunday, May 31, from 6.30 am as the Sunshine Coast ‘Bloody Long Walk’ sets about raising much-needed funds for the Mito Foundation and…
LOCAL artist Ro Clark is inviting the local art-loving community to experience her latest exhibition in Galley Lane (beside Yum Gelato, Coolum), featuring atmospheric acrylic landscapes inspired by the beauty of loss, regeneration and the ever-changing Australian coastline. Currently on display until June 8, the…
Vanessa Hall Editor A NEW retail development with provisions for a Hungry Jack’s with a drive-thru has been proposed for the parcel of land next to the existing Woolworths site in Coolum. Division 8 Councillor Taylor Bunnag stated that Council had received…
IN RECOGNITION of Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month, the Coolum community now has a ‘red bench’ in Tickle Park, which will serve as a visual reminder that this often-hidden issue needs to be acknowledged and spoken about. The ‘Reb…
COOLUM will soon be home to a new sports facility with a pump track set to take shape within the Lions and Norrie Job Park, which is located adjacent to the northern end of the Coolum Caravan Park. As part…