Quota Coolum Beach Inc
Our members have been busy over the Christmas break, sewing on the red poppies that have been given to us and which will be used to make our ‘cascade of poppies’ for ANZAC Day 2026. We sincerely thank all the…
Coolum Art Project: One Year Out
COOLUM Art Project (CAP) opened our first exhibition ‘UnChanged’ in December 2024 in Galley Lane, and the latest version is currently there again until February. The UnChanged format is an exhibition of community contributed photos, and it was incredibly popular…
Coolum Beach Meals on Wheels
COOLUM Beach Meals on Wheels has been busy during the summer, and we are very much looking forward to another year serving the local community and providing nutritious meals. In December, we had a big thank you for all our…
Start the new year off with a windfall for your local community group with a grant
APPLICATIONS are now open for Queensland’s largest one-off community grants program with the Gambling Community Benefit Fund offering grants up to 35,000 to support community organisations across Queensland. The Gambling Community Benefit Fund grants program supports not-for-profit groups to deliver a range of projects , including renovating…
Noosa Council CEO provides update on fraud incident
SINCE the calculated fraud attack which targeted our Council in December 2024, we’ve successfully recovered a further $200,000, bringing the total amount recovered to $640,000. This reduces the original $2.3 million loss to $1.7 million. I want to reassure the…
Police appeal for witnesses to Maroochydore assault
INVESTIGATIONS continue following the serious assault of a man in Maroochydore onSaturday morningJanuary17.Just after midnight, two groups of people became involved in an altercation onOceanStreet, with a 21-year-old man punched and knocked to the ground. He was transported to Sunshine…
Letters to editor 21/01/26
Dear editor, FRIENDLY TRAVELS There was a time when every country road came with its own unofficial greeting. You’d pass another car, lift a couple of fingers off the wheel, and the other driver would do the same. Just a…
New dog signage to take confusion out of where to go in Noosa
PEOPLE accessing beaches along Noosa Council’s Eastern Beaches region with their four-legged friends will find a series of new signage installed in an effort to help dog owners know where they can and can’t take their dogs. Noosa Council has…
Winner, winner, $100K Christmas dinner!
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…
Peregian Beach Carols
The longest-running Christmas Carols on the Sunshine Coast did not disappoint on Monday, December 22, with the Peregian Beach Carols once again hosting a huge afternoon of family-friendly festive fun. Santa and his elves made a truly magical arrival -…