Landfills can be rotten news
A 30-YEAR-OLD newspaper recovered from Noosa’s landfill is helping promote recycling at local schools.
Council’s sustainability officer Emma Menzies said the paper offered a disturbing...
Noosa shares the bigger picture
THE Noosa Council hosted chief executive officers from two Far North Queensland councils this week. They were in town for a look at how...
A good result any way you slice it
THIRD time’s a charm as local bakers cheer on an apprentice as he represents Queensland.
David Hasler, the apprentice baker at Jaspers on Weyba, went...
Power out, beaches hit in strong conditions
MORE than 2000 homes were left without power over the weekend as wild winds lashed the Coast bringing down tree branches and power lines.
Energex...
Severe storm alert
NOOSA residents are being urged to batten down the hatches as wild weather and flash flooding are expected to strike tonight (Friday) and Saturday.
Local...
Wild weather for weekend
THE Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has released a severe weather warning for South East Queensland.
A BOM spokesperson said Southeast Queensland and northern New South...
Tony’s eyes are on us
By MEGAN OGLE
ELECTION promises and funding commitments were the talk of the town as federal politicians paid Noosa a visit.
Former Prime Minister Tony...
Sir Richard vows to save koala
By MEGAN OGLE
BUSINESS magnate Sir Richard Branson has vowed to save koalas by offering the vulnerable marsupial a luxury hideaway on Makepeace Island.
A...
Laughter by far best cancer medicine
By MEGAN OGLE
A LOCAL support group is calling on members to join in the laughter as they fight their way through cancer.
The local Can...
Life’s in the Laneway
Noosa Junction has been crowned the cultural king of the region after a small group of determined residents transformed the sleepy suburb into a...
Scalp cooling to reduce hair loss
NEW technology to reduce the chance of hair loss while undergoing cancer treatment has just arrived on the Sunshine Coast, with Noosa patients able...
Residents go in to bat
MORE than 60 frustrated residents gathered at Wallace Park on Thursday 26 May to demand that Noosa Council cull the growing flying fox colony.
Event...
LifeFlight airlifts boy to hospital after swing fall
The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted a boy to hospital from the Gympie region after he fell from a swing on Saturday 5...
