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Festival shapeshifts and vows to keep bringing arts to Noosa

Despite the set backs to the arts industry due to Covid-19, a Noosa festival has announced that ‘the show will go on’ but with...

Council awarded for migrant work program

Sunshine Coast Council has taken out the Multicultural Australia category in the 2020 National Awards for Local Government. Member for Fairfax Ted O’Brien, joined by...

Noosa psychiatrist releases debut novel

A well-known Noosa psychiatrist turned author has released his debut tragic-comedy novel inspired by his fascinating career in psychiatric care. Entering his sixties, Chris Cantor...

PhD student helps develop ‘bushfire scar’ model

A USC researcher has helped develop a computer model that aims to predict how long a bushfire will burn and how much of the...

Jimmy Howard – music man

Locals would recognise Jimmy Howard as the country and western guitar-playing singer who has performed at the Noosa Farmers Markets for many years. The 90-year-old...

Graduate’s zebrafish research could unlock 
key to genetic defect in people

Genetic research by a USC PhD graduate in England has used laboratory modelling in zebrafish to identify a key feature of a rare kidney...

Messages of hope from World War II veterans

Maroochy RSL welcomed 20 World War II veterans to the club as part of its ongoing veterans’ events program, to both celebrate and thank...

Citizen scientists hit the Coast’s first ClimateWatch trail

Encouraging local families to get outdoors and become ‘citizen scientists’ is a key goal for the Sunshine Coast’s first ‘ClimateWatch Trail’ which has been...

Professor Robert Elliot: behind the multi-billion dollar international students industry

Professor Robert Elliot retired from the University of the Sunshine Coast last month after having guided its international student program from infancy to significant...

25 minute drive, a world away from care

Let’s face it, the weather wasn’t ideal as we drove into Habitat Noosa Everglades Ecocamp mid-afternoon last Friday, but the rain eased off and...

Iconic Halse Lodge seeks new life

Noosa's iconic Halse Lodge was placed on the market this week by owners, Anglican Church Southern Queensland (ACSQ), to test what vision others may...

Victory for the Yellow Tee protesters

Mark one up for people power as Queensland Health yesterday reversed its decision to deny Noosa's John Bowie an exemption from hotel quarantine. This comes...

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Dance, music and bonfire to warm hearts

It’s time to gather together as a community at the National Reconciliation Week launch event in Mapleton. Come along for a bonfire, see the welcome...