Vanessa Hall Editor THE AUSTRALIAN Winter Olympic Team has been doing exceptionally well at the games being held in Italy, and at the time of going to print, our Australian team currently sits at number 11 on the medal tally…
DEMENTIA AWARENESS Dear editor, In 2026, there are an estimated 446,500 Australians living with dementia, a figure projected to more than double to over one million people by 2065. In Queensland, there are an estimated 88,200 people living with dementia in 2026 and without a significant…
Vanessa Hall Editor A COMMUNITY environmental volunteer was saddened to see that a picnic table was deliberately vandalised when arriving to weed along the watercourse which runs off Stumers Creek road recently. The picnic table, which provides shaded respite for…
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…
The Brisbane Lions know where the best hospitality on the Sunshine Coast is, and the team made their way to the Coolum-Peregian RSL Sub Branch for dinner and a meet and greet on Wednesday, January 28 (main picture) and were…
POLICE have charged a man following investigations into an alleged assault in Coolum Beach on December 31, 2025. Officers were called to a licensed venue on David Low Way at around 11.50 pm, following reports that a male employee in…
Vanessa Hall Editor WITH COMMUNITY connection, inclusivity and future growth as priorities, and in an attempt to keep up with the larger established venues in the local region, the Coolum Beach Bowls Club has started 2026 with a fresh new…
THE INSURANCE Council of Australia (ICA) has released figures from 2025 with extreme weather events tallying up to almost $3.5 billion in insured losses from 264,000 claims – the late November storms in our region accounted for a staggering $1.4…
ROAD TOLL Dear editor, Queensland’s roads have claimed 21 lives already in 2026, to January 26, surpassing most states and representing 19-22% of the national toll, despite our 20% population share. This follows 2025’s shameful 308 deaths, the worst in…
OPERATION Coolsafe was held across January 24 to 25 at a number of locations across the Sunshine Coast with police charging 15 people with offences. During the operation, officers conducted more than 1,100 random breath tests (RBTs) resulting in six…