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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 -…
It was a truly wonderful Christmas Day in Coolum and especially festive at the Coolum Civic Centre with the annual Coolum HeARTs free Christmas Lunch once again held. This free community lunch, which is entirely put on by way of…
THE COOLUM Boardriders are set for a huge 2026 with the first club round being held on Sunday, February 1. All members, past, present and future, are encouraged to sign up via www.surfingaustralia.com and follow the links to register their…
Vanessa Hall Editor THERE will be no reduction in the amount of existing off-leash access at the popular Stumers Creek dog beach after Sunshine Coast Council adopted the Sunshine Coast Dog Exercise Area Regional Plan after a vote at the…