Business Showcase COOLUM HEARING CO. PROUDLY locally owned and operated by husband-and-wife team Matthew and Cassandra Virgen, Coolum Hearing Co. has quickly established itself as a trusted provider of independent hearing healthcare within the Coolum and wider Sunshine Coast community. As the only independently owned full-time…
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…
DOES the local region have the ‘best’ fish and chip or ice cream shop, do we host the best event, make the best coffee, burger or parmi, or do we have the best natural attraction? These are just some of the 15 categories that are…
UNITYWATER has opened applications for its 2026-27 Healthy and Thriving Community Grants for local organisations in the Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa regions. Groups have up until Friday, May 1, to apply, and they can apply under the program’s three key categories –…
THE PEREGIAN Digital Hub will be holding a hands-on workshop for locals in an effort to help people get the most out of new technologies such as AI. Mastering AI can make life easier in countless ways and can help…
It was a huge day of fundraising on Friday, March 20, as special guest and cricket legend Merv Hughes recounted stories as the guest of honour at the Marcoola SLSC major fundraiser. Guests were treated to a two-course meal, a…
KERRY MULGREW LOCAL photographer and sunrise chaser Kerry Mulgrew has an exciting new offering, and ‘Kezign’ wants to help you take the best travel photographs that you possibly can when you next venture abroad. Whether you’re heading off on a holiday somewhere exotic…
UNITYWATER has made a dedicated dent into the use of single-use plastic water bottles with their mobile water van, which has filled some 70,000 bottles with fresh water at local events across the region in the past 12 months. Thirsty…
A COOLUM man had an extra lucky Christmas day with a $100,000 windfall from a scratchie, which was given to him as a present from his uncle. The man has confessed he hasn’t stopped celebrating since winning the prize on…
IN AN effort to make visiting Noosa Beach and Hastings Street a little less stressful over the Christmas and New Year period, Noosa Council will again implement a raft of measures to make the journey and visit a little less…