Tennis in his blood
By Margaret Maccoll
For most of his life Pete Hoad rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous growing up as the son of one of...
It’s Noosa all over
By Margaret Maccoll
A campaign combining cinema, television and YouTube commercials, mobile posters on Melbourne trams and Sydney buses and a high profile static poster...
Plastic not fantastic
By Margaret Maccoll
A campaign to make Noosa plastic-free was launched on Sunday at the Noosa Festival of Water by environment group, the Boomerang Alliance.
Spokesman...
Grand old Garry a karate guru
By Margaret Maccoll
Ten years after taking up karate at 64 retired police detective Garry Maher is teaching other over 50s they too can take...
Noosa Alive showcases well-known artists
By Margaret Maccoll
Sunshine Beach artist Sam Vatovey will join a group of eight local artists to exhibit together for the first time at the...
Nothing but net
By Ron Lane
If you look into the background of well-established country sporting clubs, you will always find that there are one or two names...
Sun shines on Noosa market
By Margaret Maccoll
After a week of rain the sunny skies brought locals and visitors out in numbers to the Noosa markets for a tasty...
Mums take the cake (and don’t eat it)
By Margaret Maccoll
A Noosa Council fitness program for mums has been named Program of the Year by Parks and Leisure Australia during its recent...
Tribute to late MP
By Margaret Maccoll
Noosa MP Glen Elmes gave a condolence speech in State Parliament last week for the Member for Cooroora from 1974-'89, Gordon Simpson,...
River decked out with bridal awards
By Margaret Maccoll
Noosa’s River Deck Restaurant was thrilled to take home the Sunshine Coast restaurant reception award and runner-up Queensland restaurant reception at the...
Sunshine down memory lane
By Margaret Maccoll
What’s up Sunshine? is Noosa Council’s exhibition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the naming of the Sunshine Coast.
The exhibition features...
War on plastic bags
By Margaret Maccoll
A ban on single use plastic bags and a cash for containers scheme has been included in a Waste Reduction and Recycling...
Cooroy man charged over South Burnett corpse
A near-Gympie man was arrested on Friday 23 January and charged with torture, deprivation of liberty and extortion, following the discovery of a man's...
