QPS and Noosa Council honours LGBTQIA+ community for IDAHOBIT day
Each year on 17 May, Noosa Council acknowledges its LGBTIQ+ community by raising the rainbow flag for International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has also continued its journey ensuring policing services are accessible to all members of the community by raising the QPS Progress Pride flag and unveiling a commemorative plaque at Police Headquarters.
Car and pedestrian collide in Tewantin
A man in his 60s suffered a head injury and was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital after a vehicle and pedestrian incident on Butler Street in Tewantin at 9.04pm on Sunday 19 May.
Ironman office floods
The Ironman office in Noosaville recently suffered significant flooding damage, with the office now having to undergo a complete refit.
As a result, the 30-odd local staff have all gone back to working from home right in the final stages of preparing for the upcoming Runaway Noosa Marathon.
Regardless of the challenges facing the team, planning is all on track with the biggest ever Runaway Noosa set to take place.
Skydiver airlifted after crash landing
The RACQ LifeFlight Sunshine Coast Rescue helicopter crew airlifted a man to hospital on Sunday 19 May after a skydiving incident in the Somerset region.
The aeromedical crew was tasked to the incident at around 4pm and landed the chopper at an airbase close to the scene.
A man, aged in his 20s, was treated by the aeromedical crew and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics for a range of severe and complex injuries.
He was airlifted to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a critical condition.
Woman airlifted after seizure while swimming
The Bundaberg-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew airlifted a woman to hospital after a swimming incident in the Gympie region on Sunday 19 May.
It is believed the teenager was swimming at the beach when she suffered a seizure and went under water.
The LifeFlight crew was tasked to the scene at around 10.30am and landed the chopper at a nearby sports field.
She was treated at the scene by Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics before being transported to the chopper and airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
Man airlifted after mower accident
The RACQ LifeFlight Sunshine Coast Rescue helicopter crew airlifted a man to hospital on Wednesday 15 May after the mower he was operating rolled.
The aeromedical crew was tasked to a private property in the Sunshine Coast region at around 1pm and were able to land the chopper on a nearby road.
The aeromedical crew worked with Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics to treat the man for arm and leg injuries.
The man, aged in his 70s, was airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
It was the second rescue mission for the day for the Sunshine Coast crew after earlier airlifting a man injured in a car accident in the Bundaberg region.
