Andrew Wallace - LNP Federal Member for Fisher today announced a Federal grant for $60,000 for Mooloolaba Bowls Club to replace ten year old lights, that with age, had become too dim to perform their original function. The grant delivered through the Coalition Government's Community Sport ... more
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Prime Minister’s Environmentalist of the Year set to MC National Clean Technologies Conference
The Prime Minister’s Environmentalist of the Year and leading sustainable business expert Arron Wood The Prime Minister’s Environmentalist of the Year and leading sustainable business expert Arron Wood has been announced as the MC of the National Clean Technologies Conference due to take place ... more
Grammar receives record 10 OP1’s
Tharushi Abeyratne, Sunshine Coast Grammar School Dux and OP1 recipient with her proud mother. The results are in! A time of great anticipation for thousands of school-leavers with OP (overall position) results released over the weekend and for ten students from Sunshine Coast Grammar School the ... more
Noosa Council director ‘fox trots’ in to retirement
Noosa Mayor Tony Wellington farewells retiring Community Services Director, Alan ‘Fox’ Rogers. After 14 years with Noosa Council and 30 years in local government, Noosa’s widely respected Director of Community Services, Alan ‘Fox’ Rogers, retires this week. Mr Rogers has played an instrumental ... more
McLaren and Ryan Take Out 2018 Rip Curl GromSearch
Nyxie Ryan (Lennox Head, NSW) has gone back-to-back at the Rip Curl GromSearch. Credit: Ben Stagg / Surfing Queensland thanks to Camera House Champions have been crowned across six divisions today at the 2018 Rip Curl GromSearch presented by Flight Centre on the Sunshine Coast. Competitors faced ... more
Groms Shine on Day One of the 2018 Rip Curl GromSearch
Jahly Stokes (Buddina, QLD) smashed through her round one heat today at Coolum Beach. Credit: Ben Stagg / Surfing Queensland thanks to Camera House Day one of the 2018 Rip Curl GromSearch presented by Flight Centre has kicked off at Coolum Beach with the 12 and under, and 14 and under divisions ... more
Funding support for struggling migrants
Ted Ted O'Brien with a group of migrants at their Friday morning English class at the Nambour Community Centre A program to help migrants adjust to life on the Sunshine Coast has been awarded a significant federal grant. Member for Fairfax Ted O’Brien said some migrants had trouble finding ... more
Go Noosa transport and traffic trials begin tomorrow
Mayor Tony Wellington, Councillors and community members launch the ‘Go Noosa’ trials at Noosa Heads today (14 Dec) Noosa Council’s Go Noosa transport and traffic trials officially start tomorrow to coincide with the beginning of the Queensland school holidays. In an effort to make it easier ... more
Tropical Cyclone Owen weekend weather outlook
Tropical Cyclone Owen has reintensified and is expected to be a major influence on local weather over the next few days. Here is Sunshine Coast Council Disaster Management Coordinator Cathy Buck to provide some background on what's happening, what to expect, and how to stay safe and aware. ... more
2018 Rip Curl GromSearch to Kick Off Tomorrow on the Sunshine Coast
Ashton Pignat (Mount Coolum, QLD) is coming in hot to the Rip Curl GromSearch. Credit: Ben Stagg / Surfing Queensland thanks to Camera House Over 180 grommets from all over Australia and several international surfers will congregate on the Sunshine Coast tomorrow for the fifth and final stop of ... more