New Qld flag for bowls
Pictured with Dan Purdie is Gail from the Bowls Club. Photo: contributed. Did you know that the month of May will see Coolum taken over by bowlers from all over Queensland? In what is a huge win for the region the…
Faces of North Shore: Michele Lipner
Michele Lipner who founded the Sunshine Coast division of OzHarvest and was also named Sunshine Coast Council’s ‘Citizen of the Year’ at the recent Australia Day Awards ceremony. Photo: Vanessa Bacon-Hall BY VANESSA BACON-HALL Each edition the Advertiser will take…
Police appeal for info on break and enters
DETECTIVES from the Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch are appealing for information in relation to five break and enters on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday Januray 22. Shortly before 2.30am, a group of three people smashed the front window of…
Business Showcase: Exit Planning with Unique Funerals
TALKING about death can be uncomfortable in our society, however, it is an unavoidable subject, and one that if left unaddressed, can leave a real mess for those left behind when you pass. So why not take the time now…
Backing local club in keeping our beaches safe this summer
Signature Roofing and Guttering’s logo takes pride of place on Coolum Surf Club’s IRBs. Photo: Coolum Beach Surf Life Saving Club. Signature Roofing and Guttering are excited to announce that they are now Gold Sponsors of the Coolum Beach Surf…
Woolies and OzHarvest tackle food insecurity this Christmas
Mary O’Rourke, Michele Lipner (head co-ordinator) and Debbie Macaulay from OzHarvest Coolum. Photo: Amanda Williams Woolworths Coolum Beach and OzHarvest are partnering with local communities this Christmas to help raise the equivalent of seven million meals for those in need,…
Top win snagged by local butcher
Top cuts and winners of the ‘Regional Butcher of the Year’ are the team from Coolum’s very own Budd’s Butchers. Pictured left to right are Jude Hardy, Ben Budd and Kurt Hunter. Photo: Contributed IN A COUP for local Coolum…
One Agency hosts Coolum’s Local Gems
Julie Evitts from One Agency who hosted the ‘Local Gems’ morning. LOCAL business chamber Coolum Business and Tourism (CB&T) recently hosted their monthly ‘Local Gems’ networking morning at Coolum’s One Agency Real Estate which is arguably located in one of…
Coolum Caf changes hands
Simon and Di Stevenson with new owner of the Caf Peter Ryan (centre). Photo: Vanessa Bacon-Hall AFTER a stellar 20 years, proprietors Di and Simon from the Caf on Birtwill are hanging up their aprons and moving on from their…
Wave mural artist opens surf art studio
Photo: Vanessa Bacon-Hall Local artist Owen Cavanagh has finally seen the fruition of a lifelong dream to have a local surf art studio and exhibition space with the opening of his ‘Studio 53 Art & Surf Culture’ space in the…