ALMOST $700 of an average residential rate notice goes to improving, maintaining and managing Noosa Shire’s critical infrastructure needs. To better explain where ratepayers’ funds go, Noosa Council has itemised an average residential rate notice to show how it funds…
It was a chilly night but that didn’t stop students and teachers alike from dressing up in their best formal attire for the Coolum State High School Midwinter Ball. The annual formal ball is a way for the Year 12…
An aerial view of the Marcoola night markets which are an essential part of the overall ‘vibe’ of Marcoola which will be preserved by way of the new master plan for the beachside region. Photo: Contributed FIRST round community consultation…
THIS SATURDAY night the Coolum Civic Centre is set to be the stage for a cabaret performance on the ‘darker, greyer and shadier’ side with the cabaret group ‘Babushka’ performing their deep dive into the world of all things literary…
ROAD CONDITIONS Dear editor, I see that Dan Purdie MP is urging residents to sign his petition “to save lives and bust congestion in Coolum”. Our State MP representative seems to think that the recent death of a 3-year-old child,…
Pat (centre) is pictured with her friends from the weekly darts comp. It was a huge day of celebrations at the Coolum Beach Bowls Club on Sunday with family and friends gathering in the greenside bar to celebrate the milestone…
Coolum-Peregian RSL President Peter Lloyd and best-dressed winner ‘Zeus’ at the recent Greek Night which was held on Friday, June 10. The night featured Greek food to buy, entertainment, raffles and a best-dressed competition. The theme nights will be happening…
Photo contributed Egg-cellent people of Coolum, have you seen The Chicken Man? This plucky young thing has apparently been out and about in Coolum Beach – sticking his beak in and shaking his tail feathers all over the place. In…
An aerial view of the flooding sustained on either side of the Sunshine Motorway at Coolum during the February floods of this year. The ‘Surf Ranch’ development will be just to the west of this image. Photo: Kirra Green VANESSA…
ECONOMICS Dear editor, In 2017 business profits were up 20% and wages were down 5%. No wages growth in that record profits boom- same now in 2022. Was the 2017 ‘trickle down’ economics just some drip’s imagination or will it…