ANZAC DAY
IT WAS wonderful to see many local schools and community groups commemorate ANZAC Day at the Coolum-Peregian RSL Dawn Service recently. Inspirational stories from veterans and understanding and hope from our youth were shared. Thank you all for your participation.
WORLD ENVIRO DAY
Save the date for Sunday June 5 which will be the Coastal World Environment Day (WED) Fest at Jack Morgan Park. Hosted by council, this event is part of the month-long World Environment Day program. I’m so excited to have the event in Coolum. Another local WED event is the Doonan Planting Festival. Help plant 1000 food trees for glossy black cockatoos, flying foxes and other wildlife at the free family friendly event on Sunday June 26 from 8am to 11am. There’s tree planting, wildlife displays, live music and free food. Registrations are essential. Book now at http://tiny.cc/1000treesdoonan
THE KEEPER
Jack Hagan is the next Coolum Keeper. He will be reading Coolum residents’ and visitors’ mail in Tickle Park every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4pm from May 13 until June 3. Jack is the seventh keeper in a series of 10 interactive public art exhibitions. Letterboxes will be dotted around town and will move location during the project but there will always be one stationed at the library and another at the Arts Hub in Tickle Park on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 6am to 6pm. Come down and write a message and post it using the letterboxes for Jack to read.
BARN’S LANE
The Barn’s Lane development application has received approval and I thank the community groups and residents who made submissions. This was a great case study of the developer working with the community regarding their application.
ORGANICS BIN
For residents who don’t have one, your new garden organics bin will be delivered in May and June 2022, ready for the service to start from Monday July 11. Garden organics bins are collected on the same day as your general waste bin and on the alternate week to your recycling bin. Please don’t use your new garden organics bin until Monday, July 11 – as it won’t be collected before then. If you’re unsure, search ‘bin day’ on council’s website to find your collection day. And please remember to put your bins out before 6am.
KEEP IN TOUCH
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. In the event of wet weather, some of the locations will change for Community Chats. Please check my Facebook page for the latest updates.