DETECTIVES from the Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch are appealing for information in relation to five break and enters on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday Januray 22. Shortly before 2.30am, a group of three people smashed the front window of…
Letters to the editor 25/01/23 ENERGY PRICES Dear editor, Some good news at last! Federal Treasury analysis now forecasts wholesale electricity prices should rise by less than half of earlier predictions. The Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s temporary 12-month price cap…
Photo: Kezign Finally, after quite a few years being separated by COVID and a few wet years, summer has well and truly come back to the region, and it has been welcomed with glorious beach days where the sight of…
THE MESSAGE is being delivered loud and clear – if you use an e-scooter or any other Personal Mobility Device (PMD) and don’t use it within the road rules set out then you will be fined and potentially could end…
‘Wave’ mural artist Owen Cavanagh at his Coolum-based studio. Photo: Vanessa Bacon-Hall BY VANESSA BACON-HALL Each edition, the Advertiser will take you on a journey through the life of people in our community – the characters, the notable ones and…
Sunshine Coast Council is hosting a clean-up for the turtles at various beach locations across the coast on February 4. The clean-up will ensure that the little hatchlings have the best possible start when they emerge from their nests. Photo:…
Ann Fox (left) with Quota President Cindy Arbuthnot and member Beryl Briggs. All three ladies had their birthday on the same day with Ann celebrating her 90th birthday surrounded by friends, family and past and present members from Quota Coolum…
FARE EVASION Dear editor, “There’s no such thing as a free ride”, except on public transport on the Sunshine Coast! It is an epidemic that frustrates both paying passengers and bus drivers alike! Further south, Translink inspectors catch these fare…
Movie night to raise funds ADVOCACY group Development Watch is inviting the community to come along to their annual fundraiser which this year is a special screening of the Australian movie ‘2040’. Development Watch (DW) is an Incorporated Association that…
Is it really Christmas without a night of festive singing? On Sunday, December 18 a huge crowd gathered in Coolum’s Jack Morgan Park for the inaugural Coolum Christmas Carols which ran from 3 pm until the early evening. The evening…