A swell Easter holiday
How good has the school holiday swell been!!
As I write (Monday night) Tropical Cyclone Fili still has plenty to offer, so I’ll hold...
Discarded clubs got Jean-Paul back into golf
FINDING an old set of clubs, the bag dusty and speckled with cobwebs, in the garage of a house he was renting in Western...
Kelvin’s golf gets better every year
GOLF must seem a pretty tame pastime for a man who was once considered one of Australia’s most fearless motor bike drag racers.
But Cooroy’s...
Surf scribe leaves the beach
For a guy who hadn’t actually surfed for many years, Stuart Scott maintained the stoke throughout an adventurous, creative life that ended too soon...
Judo state championships in Noosa
The Noosa community is being encouraged to cheer on competitors at the Judo Queensland Championships in Noosa.
The matches will take place at the Noosa...
Black Sea surf zone attacked
Odesa, pearl of the Black Sea, is a relatively small city of just over a million people but a major seaport and a free...
Golfer Peter kicks a goal
Like almost everyone who grew up in Melbourne, Peter Shortal has had a lifelong love affair with Australian rules football.
When he was a young...
Noosa underdogs bat to win
Last Friday, the Noosa District State High School Year 9 cricket team played in the StreetSmarts T20 cricket Sunshine Coast Regional finals series. ...
Cooroy gymnasts stand out
The Senior Mens Team from the Cooroy Gymnastics Club competed at the South East Queensland Regional Championships.
The event held at the Gold...
Tribute to Ash Barty
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk thanked retiring Queensland tennis ace Ash Barty for her inspirational contribution to world tennis and women’s sport.
“On behalf of all...
A very good day for Reon
ONCE each year Reon Weir dons the family’s traditional tartan and attends the annual Scotch Day at Noosa Springs – combining his lifelong pride...
The short and the long of it
Following the frenetic pace of the Noosa Festival of Surfing, it’s been great this week to hang out at possibly the most leisurely-paced surf...


















