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Dancing queens bag state title

Sunshine Coast Irish dancers have taken away the 2017 Queensland Irish Dancing Championships awards this month, and will travel to Adelaide in September to...

Four decades of woodchop

By Margaret Maccoll After 42 years of woodchop, Phil Campbell still holds the sport in which he has won numerous titles in high regard. This...

Bats hover around food

By Margaret Maccoll Bats make bad neighbours. They are smelly, noisy and offensive, but it’s hard not to admire their resilience, adaptability, intelligence and the...

Healthy mental illness coping skills

Sunshine Coast sisters have teamed up to share their stories of mental illness, raise funds for ReachOut and organise a marathon to raise money...

Sailors get ready to race

The racing season is about to begin at the Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club in Boreen Point. Club racing for juniors, monohulls, catamarans, trailer...

Festa back under tourism roof

Tourism Noosa announced on Monday it will be running the Noosa Food and Wine Festival in 2018 taking over from the 2017 Event Organisers,...

Girls are kicking goals

By Margit Cruice It was a nail-biting finish to the semi-final of the Queensland Junior Girls Schools AFL competition last week. St Teresa’s Catholic College...

Art tugs at heartstrings

Noosa Open Studios is showing locals and tourists there’s more to Noosa than fantastic beaches, cafes and boutiques. As the name suggests, the event invites...

Pencil writes his name

By Ron Lane It was in the early summer of 1967 that lifesavers of the Noosa Club, on an early Saturday morning, spotted what they...

The face of courage

Janet Kake, 53, has been diagnosed with breast cancer three times. The Eumundi resident was first diagnosed with cancer at 33-years-of-age and lastly three years...

Not the retiring types

By Margaret Maccoll Seniors called for a review of legislation and the introduction of a national contract for retirement villages when they attended a forum...

Inquiry draws the line on shark nets

By Margaret Maccoll The Senate Inquiry chaired by Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson into shark mitigation and deterrence measures in Queensland waters last week heard from...

Seniors Walk of Honour

As the Year 12 Class of 2025 set down their pens for the final time, a sense of completion washed over them. Their long...