Average bloke from Pascoe Vale
Quiksilver founder Alan Green, who died last week at 77, was a creative genius and branding wizard disguised as an average bloke from Pascoe...
Where danger lays in wait
As I lay on the table watching the staff apply the finishing touches to my second skin graft, I suddenly became aware that both...
Apocalypse Los Angeles
As I write this the full horror of the Los Angeles fires is only beginning to emerge but this much is certain: the body...
Lucy and Mal Club make peace
Well, not quite, but for mine the best thing to come out of a surfless last week of 2024 was an agreement between feisty...
Disappointing loss in one day final
Around the Grounds
A disappointing grand final loss underpins an underwhelming weekend for Tewantin Cricket. The lone bright spot coming from a day one...
Resilience, enthusiasm
PRECEDE
It was a year in which Queensland endurance horse riders competed in four Australian states. ERLE LEVEY takes a look at a sport that...
Noosa’s top sports stories of 2024
JANUARY
TAJ COMPETES IN MEXICO
Noosa Junior weightlifter Taj Marsh competed at the World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Guadalajara Mexico. In a field that can only...
North Shore goes berserk
Last week I was reminiscing about the incredible start to the surfing year in Hawaii in January. This week it was happening all over...
Blimey what a year it was!
As the year winds down we’re starting to see a little bit of motion in the ocean, courtesy of a coastal low, so maybe...
Noosa masters meet their match at Hervey Bay
In 2024 the annual Hervey Bay meet was again a highlight of Noosa Masters’ competitive calendar. But with an unexpected twist.
For a decade, Noosa...
A run that made history
Noosa Athletics
“Our School season of Athletics reached its climax over the weekend,” said Head Coach Mick Hooper, “with the completion of the Australian All...
People, places of the heart
Still woken several times a night by a slow-healing leg wound that is keeping me out of the surf (grumpy) and in and out...
Concerns over WHO pandemic agreement
There is much concern in the community about the Albanese Labor Government’s adoption of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement.
In May 2024,...
