INJURED WILDLIFE Dear editor, While out walking recently in a Coolum street, I came across a badly injured young plover bird – with highly stressed parents hovering around. I thought the young bird was dead but then it moved its…
SUNSHINE Coast ratepayers once again have the chance to win up to $1000 off their next rate bill by signing up to receive future rate notices by email. Sunshine Coast Council Outstanding Organisation Portfolio Councillor Ted Hungerford said ratepayers could…
Mother and daughter – Atiah and Lenni enjoying time on North Shore beach with their furry friend. Photo: Contributed SUNSHINE Coast Council is considering how it can balance the needs of both our community and wildlife at the popular Maroochy…
Jan Cooke (left) and Tina Grigson show two of the items for the silent auction which will be raising funds for Katie Rose Cottage which provide end-of-life care. Photo: Contributed More than twenty local artists have pooled their talents to…
The Doonan Creek Environment Reserve is quickly becoming rehabilitated by various tree plantings such as National Tree Day which was held on Sunday, July 31 and saw 1500 seedlings planted out. Photo: Contributed THE SUNSHINE Coast community came out to…
NOOSA Council staff are working through the late surge of short-stay and home-hosted accommodation applications from property owners making the most of waived fees. Council’s Development Assessment Manager, Kerri Coyle, said more than 1200 applications were received in the two…
Members from both the Coolum Men’s and Coolum Women’s Shed came together recently in a show of support for a little girl who needed a sensory frame for her home. Pictured is Warren Evans, Frank Bates and Charlie Thomson from…
The Cool Homes for the Sunshine Coast booklet and compass which is a new building and renovating guide published by Sunshine Coast Council to help people build and renovate eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable homes. Photo: Contributed Sunshine Coast Council has…
The watercourse volunteers with the remains of a ‘camp’ along the dunal section that flanks the watercourse in Coolum. Camps that serve as a refuge for the homeless are often left with rubbish needing to be removed. Photo: Contributed THE…
Sunshine Coast Council has a new waste collection provider and has also expanded their organics collection with 86,000 homes now putting out their green lid bin each fortnight which will be picked up by one of the new waste trucks…