Safeguarding children online
By JOLENE OGLE
Shocking statistics released by the Government reveal that one in five Australian children aged between eight and seventeen experience cyber-bullying each year.
The...
Where losers are winners
By JONATHON HOWARD
HE was one of Australia’s most loved and most controversial Biggest Loser contestants, now John Morrall is inviting a group of 24...
Financial squeeze at nudist retreat
By JONATHON HOWARD
NUDIST retreat owner Rainer Muekenberger said his adult party went “extremely well” last weekend, but remained worried that his finacial situation will...
Building castles made of sand
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE sandcastle man Arron McCormick is back on Noosa Main Beach with his Noosa Council permit in hand.
Last Thursday Noosa Council issued...
Light pole crash lands
By JONATHON HOWARD
STAFF from Choices Flooring at Eenie Creek Road were shocked to witness a street pole collapse on a vehicle towing a caravan...
Flying foxes sent flapping
By JONATHON HOWARD
SUNSHINE Coast Council has hailed its flying fox dispersal methods at Cassia Wildlife Corridor a success, despite two separate attempts to disperse...
A tale to raise your eyebrows
By JOLENE OGLE
PATRICIA Robinson Dunn first wrote her debut novel more than 15 years ago. But it sat collecting dust until a few years...
Calamity at high school
The Noosa District State High School musical production of Calamity Jane received great acclaim from the primary school students, parents and community members who...
Cooroy PO… love at first sight
By JOLENE OGLE
THEY were meant to be enjoying their retirement years as grey nomads, but Karen Chaplin and Janette Evans couldn’t resist the call...
Momentary act of madness
By JOLENE OGLE
AN APPRENTICE carpenter has been sentenced to 18 months probation following an attack the magistrate labelled a “dog act”.
Dominic Reece Bryham, 19,...
Domestic violence intolerable
By JOLENE OGLE
NOOSA Magistrate Simon Young has labelled a man’s attack on his ex-partner as a “serious act of domestic violence”.
Obi Obi man, Michael...
Pro-development council
By JOLENE OGLE
Noosa Council is a council that mostly says “yes”, according to planning committee chairman and Councillor Frank Wilkie.
Recent statistics show that more...
75 years bowling in Noosa
Noosa Tewantin Bowls Club celebrated its 75th birthday on Sunday 20 November with a day on the greens.
The club has come a long...
