Coolum Civic Heart
The Coolum Civic Centre continues to play its role bring people together in Coolum, hosting a large variety of community events. I had the pleasure of recently attending the Sunshine Coast Chinese Association Chinese Cultural Immersion event as part of Harmony Day celebrations.
Activities included calligraphy, Tai Chi, traditional clothing, opera and Chinese tea culture.
Coming up this month at the civic centre, the Coolum Art Collective will exhibit their latest work at their popular Easter Exhibition held across the Easter long weekend from April 7 to 10 and Sunshine Coast Malayalee Association will be showcasing Kerala culture at their Easter Celebration on the May 6.
Free mulch
Bring your ute or trailer to Sunshine Coast Council’s resource recovery centres at Nambour to get a load of mulch for free.
Autumn is a great time to give your garden some love and helps to stabilise the soil, preventing it from washing away, so pick up your free load of mulch at Cooney Road, Nambour.
Search ‘Mulch and crushed concrete sales’ at sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au for details.
Entries open for WildHeART Student Art Prize
Does your child like to draw? Unleash their creativity and enter your art into the competition for native Australian flora and fauna art and be in with the chance to win a share of $3000. The WildHeART Student Art prize is a children’s art exhibition with three age categories. Entries close 16 July.
Visit the “See and Do” on botanic-garden.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au for competition details.
Get your game on
These school holidays, challenge your family and friends to a game with a wide range of board and life-size games at the Coolum Library on Thursday, April 13 from 9.30am to 11.30am. Check out the ‘what’s on’ section of library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au for other Library hosted school holiday activities.
A reminder that I regularly share my community chat days, local events, new development applications and other messages on my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MariaSuarezDivision9.

