The Garth Prowd OAM Triathlon Scholarship was created in partnership with Noosa Triathlon and the Prowd family in honour of the man who revolutionised triathlon, running and cycling events in Australia, and who was an enthusiastic athlete advocate. Garth was passionate about supporting rising athletes and his scholarship aims to unearth our future medallists and […]

Once upon a time, a group of art students passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended with the group receiving beer in return for music and came to be known as Mental as […]

Noosa District State High School Year 12 student Jasmin Smith has received a special academic award from the Father Heffernan Memorial Bursaries. Jasmin was chosen as one of the elite few to receive this award over the past 19 years. She received $1000 to assist her in perusing her goal to attend the Sunshine Coast […]

The River Read Noosaville is excited to be welcoming Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writer and journalist Peter FitzSimons to launch his latest book James Cook The Story Behind the Man who Mapped the World. On Tuesday 12 November 12 Peter will be joined by special guest host 92.7 MixFM’s Caroline Hutchinson at 250 Grammi Food and […]

A spur of the moment chance snap of one of Australia’s most-loved small birds has delivered big results for amateur photographer and USC student Jordyn Colquhoun. Jordyn’s photograph titled ‘Willie Wagtail’ has taken out the top prize in the University’s 2019 Gerard Mills Memorial Prize for Wildlife Photography. “I was sitting near the Sippy Downs […]

Starting tonight, the Noosa Surf Film Festival is an event for all ocean lovers that brings together the best of film, art, music and photography showcasing local creatives and filmmakers from across the globe. Coming alive Friday 11 and Saturday 12 October at The J in Noosa Junction, the festival is the place to be […]