Streets sizzle with festive flavour
THE Junction Flava Festival was a huge hit, once again, with record crowds attending despite the heat wave.
While it was hot, hot, hot, event-goers...
Worth every moment
THE most exciting event on the Environment Centre’s calendar this year is the coming launch of the association’s long-awaited 50th anniversary book.
Noosa Parks...
Courage on every page
On Wednesday 12 October, Endeavour had a book launch of ‘Take My Hand - a personal journey of discovery’, written by Joanne Smith whose...
The need to chill
By PHIL JARRATT
ACTING on doctor’s orders, I slowed down last week. It was the strangest feeling.
Barred from entering my office, forced to...
Sticky Ginger Cake
For a seriously sticky ginger treat, try this recipe for Sticky Ginger Cake. Best served with herbal tea and good company on a warn...
Appetite for inner health
NOOSA Cleanse is designed to give your insides a rest from breaking down heavily processed, difficult to digest and nutritionally-blank foods, foods that still...
Gently does it with ginger
WHETHER its crystalised ginger, ginger beer or ginger bread, the zingy root is one of those things you either love or hate.
For those who...
Building a school
By JOLENE OGLE
LOCALS Matt and Tanya Grut need to raise $30,000 to help build a classroom in Vanuatu, and they’re calling on...
Pride in giving
GOOD Shepherd Lutheran College’s middle and senior years students finished their Salvation Army Christmas Appeal on a high last Friday (7 November).
The students presented...
Old hands on deck
THE old surf stories will be flying thick and fast on Sunday at the Sunshine Beach Surf Club, as former active members, supporters, members...
Swap till you drop
NOT everything can be recycled, but that doesn’t mean it has to go into the bin.
Landfill waste can be drastically reduced by re-using or...
Smart recyclers give a toss
NEW research from Planet Ark has found more than half of Australians don’t know what can or can’t be recycled in kerbside bins.
The statistics...
Hot topics
With this my last column for 2024, I thought some updates from the new 58th Parliament and 'hot topics’ here at home appropriate before...
