Queensland to close borders to Greater Sydney
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced today Queensland will close its borders to all of Greater Sydney.
From 1am Saturday, 31 additional New South Wales local government...
Weather perfect for Today weatherman
Noosa turned on a magnificent day on Monday to welcome Today Show weatherman Tim Davies as he filmed the weather live to the show...
Orealla Crescent Bridge hits halfway mark
Nine concrete deck units have been installed this week, signaling the halfway mark of the Orealla Crescent Bridge construction at Sunrise Beach.
Each concrete deck...
Council preserves infamous wave mural
Almost 20 years ago, local surf artist Owen Cavanagh painted a large mural of Mudjimba Island on the side of an old cane shed...
Big bird spreads joy
The giant laughing kookaburra, a 750kg sculpture created by artist and academic Farvardin Daliri dropped into Noosa on Monday. Noosa MP Sandy Bolton snapped...
Student loss felt across the community
The Noosa Lexis English language school has dropped its campus enrolment from 300 international students to less than 30 since Covid-19 restrictions were imposed...
Star appeal puts the school spotlight on the environment
Actor Lincoln Lewis gave a movie star touch to the launch of the Wave of Change program on Tuesday at Sunshine Beach State High...
Bridge of sighs
James Duke Bridge, Noosaville and Duke Road, Doonan
James Duke gets a bridge and a dress circle hinterland road named after him largely owing to...
Protecting our patch
My colleagues on the stewardship committee of the Noosa World Surfing Reserve and I have been working over the past couple of months to...
Named, shamed and pictured
PHIL JARRATT asks why some drink-drivers are photographically shamed in the media and not others.
At the beginning of July a local media organisation “named...
$100,000 grant for Noosa biotech start-up
Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien announced a significant boost for a Noosa biotech start-up, with funding for world-first technology to extract highly...
Trails off limits due to harvesting operations
Trails seven and eight of the Noosa Trail Network are closed to public access to allow for plantation harvesting in the Yurol-Ringtail Forests.
Council’s Principal...