QUEENSLANDERS across the state are being asked to be vigilant as they start the clean up after heavy rain and flooding with a deadly soil born bacteria potentially lurking across south-east Queensland. University of the Sunshine Coast microbiologist Associate Professor…
LOCAL food retailer White’s IGA has taken out a series of awards at the 2025 Queensland and Northern NSW (QNN) IGA Awards of Excellence, further showcasing their commitment to quality and excellence in the retail sector. With six stores across…
Pickleball is a sport which is a mix of badminton and tennis and is very popular in Coolum with nine sessions played each week, equating to 180 people playing, at the Pat Cavanagh Centre at Coolum State School. The game…
Mayor Rosanna Natoli and CEO John Baker attended a community meeting on Saturday, February 22, after being invited by the Save Stumers Creek Off-Leash Dog Beach group. Council have extended the consultation period by one week to the Dog Exercise…
Photo: Contributed Coolum Lions have hit the ground running in 2025, with the club once again helping others by way of financial help, with the Coolum Boardriders Club receiving $2,000 recently. Coolum Boardriders were very happy with the windfall. “We…
STUMERS LOVE Dear editor, I have been walking my dogs at Stumers Creek for a little over 25 years. They have all loved the freedom and open exercise available when they are off-lead on a long stretch of beach. There…
Photos: Coast Care. A huge shoutout to our amazing turtle volunteers from Coolum and North Shore Coast Care, who managed to rescue a young turtle in trouble on Monday morning, February 24. Turtle volunteer Leonie, along with beach walkers Prue…
Ian and the team at Wagtail Coffee who sold the most 2025 Coolum and North Shore Coast Care calendars. Submissions are now being sought for the 2026 calendar. Photo: Contributed Community Update COOLUM AND NORTH SHORE COAST CARE A BIG…
The men behind BraveBlokes.TV, Lincoln and JD Knight, who are shining a light onto men’s mental health. Photo: Contributed IT’S NO secret that getting men to open up and deal with mental health is not easy and one local group…
Poisoning of trees at First Bay, Coolum and warning sign. Photo: Contributed NATIVE trees along a section of First Bay in Coolum and a section of verge on David Low Way opposite have been targeted and deliberately poisoned in an…