Dog day at the Apollonian

Friendships formed through their love of schnauzers brought together about 60 people and their dogs on Saturday at the Apollonian Hotel at Boreen Point for their annual summer lunch. Organiser Barb Luetjens said the schnauzer gatherings began about 20 years ago on the Gold Coast and after joining the groups Facebook page she decided the Sunshine […]

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Julian joins Noosa World Surfing Reserve

2018 World Surf League #2 Julian Wilson will kick-start his 2019 championship campaign by becoming the Noosa World Surfing Reserve’s latest ambassador, it was announced this week. Julian, who learnt to surf on Noosa’s points and the beach-breaks between Sunshine and Coolum, will join ambassadors Jordan Mercer and Josh Constable as the “Triple J Team”, […]

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Building resilience

Resilience will be on the agenda when Australian Survivor 2017 runner up Tara Pitt and former army officer James Greenfield “Steppin Out” during WINDO’s Women’s Week Festival. Sunshine Coast stay at home mum Tara Pitt admits she was not the fittest person and didn’t play sport but when her father, a veteran, died by suicide […]

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Oysters reefed out, scientists let go

“Heartbreaking” is how University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) Professor Thomas Schlacher described the discovery last Thursday that eight out of 14 artificial oyster reefs sited in the Noosa River had been irreparably damaged and have to be removed. Also distressing for the USC research team he led was to be dropped from the research […]

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Last hurray before the reno

To say that Sunday 3rd February was a happy/sad day for the Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club would have to be the under-statement of the year. It was on this occasion that the biggest crowd in the history of the Supporter Club gathered to bid a sad farewell to this great club house. The […]

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Klim leads the summer swim

Olympic swimmer Michael Klim was counting the benefits of ocean swimming before he joined the juniors at the Noosa Summer Swim on the weekend. “Just being out in the elements, the salt, the ocean air and you just feel so much better after it,” he said. The ambassador for the World Series Swim event said […]

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