Noosa’s RIPE Dance wins two national awards
Noosa based RIPE Dance has received national recognition for its work with local seniors by taking out two Australasian Dance Education Awards for ’Regional...
Keen to head offshore
With swells reaching over four metres and winds to 50 knots, nobody fished offshore last weekend.
With a bit of luck things will have...
Tales of old men and the sea
Over a vast number of Noosa Surf Festivals, one of my favourite things to do was talk story with the aging pioneers of our...
Queensland win State of Origin
A Queensland team consisting of Sharon Campbell, Ken McGrath, Robyn Skaar and Ross Birkitt won the State of Origin tennis tournament held at the...
Tough week for Thunder teams
It was a tough weekend for the Thunder senior teams with just two winning their matches. When you score 5 for 393 like the...
Thunder teams in strong positions
Last weekend all the Thunder Club’s senior teams played the first day of their two-day matches and most are in strong positions for wins...
Coolangatta Gold
From inside the world of competitive Surf Lifesaving comes the major events, the Coolangatta Gold and the Nutri Grain Iron Man. Each and every...
Off-shore anglers blown away
With the winds at that annoying 15-20 knots, it come down to will we or won’t we for the offshore anglers.
For those in...
Boards for the boys in ‘Nam
Trolling through my old hard drives looking for a particular shot from the 1960s on a surfless, devil wind spring day last week, I...
Thrills and spills of the Summer Hill Climb
The weather gods were smiling favourably for the 26th running of the Noosa Hill Climb Motorsport event over the weekend.
Flags fluttered in the...
Lions and Wombats team up in Supa Oldies Tournament
It would normally be more of a feeding frenzy when the Noosa Lions come up against the Cooroora Wombats.
But over the weekend, the...
Thunder’s winning record – hard to beat
The game of cricket has for years been known as the sport where statistics take pride of place. How many centuries did he score?...