Noosa Council has welcomed international recognition naming Noosa Heads one of the Top 10 Most Welcoming Towns on Earth, the only Australian destination to feature in Booking.com’s 14th annual Traveller Review Awards. The global accolade places the coastal suburb alongside leading destinations worldwide and highlights the enduring appeal of Noosa’s community spirit, lifestyle and natural…
Katie Rose Cottage Hospice, a cornerstone of community-based palliative care in the Noosa hinterland, has temporarily paused inpatient admissions as it grapples with mounting financial pressure and funding uncertainty. Chair of the board and treasurer Les Godwin FCPA [Fellow Certified Practising Accountant] said the pause was a difficult but necessary step. “The temporary pause to…
Children at Cooroy Outside School Hours Care continue to embrace the spirit of Pink Up Cooroy over recent months, creating heartfelt gifts to lift the spirits of people undergoing cancer treatment. Inspired by the annual local campaign, the children set to work moulding pink clay into small keepsake hearts. Using cookie cutters, they shaped each…
The Eumundi Dragons Rugby Union Club is charging into the new season with confidence, eager to build on a growing wave of excitement for rugby across Australia. Based at the picturesque Eumundi Showgrounds, the club is positioning itself firmly within a bright future for the sport at both grassroots and elite levels. With six home…
Parents of teenagers can play an important role in backing up the new social media age limits by using the tools already built into most smartphones. Modern phones offer full Parental Control and Assistive Access (search online for step-by-step instructions on how to install on your under-16’s phone model) settings that allow adults to manage…
A major refurbishment of one of Noosa’s most recognisable beachfront buildings is highlighting the growing pressure on ageing coastal properties to invest in upgrades as maintenance demands intensify. McNab Building Services (MBS) has completed a full structural and aesthetic renewal of Number One in Hastings Street, a 24-apartment complex at Noosa Heads, delivering a comprehensive…
For Sharon Risse, becoming an Australian citizen was never about paperwork or passports. It was about a dream that began when she was a little girl standing in her grandparents’ backyard in Germany, imagining a future on the other side of the world. “My journey to Australian citizenship is not dramatic or extraordinary, it was…
A recent vehicle strike on turtle hatchlings on Noosa’s North Shore has renewed calls for drivers and beach users to stay off the dunes and take extra care during nesting season as threatened sea turtles make their annual return to local beaches. Loggerhead and green turtles are currently nesting among the dunes along Noosa’s coastline,…
February is here and with it comes the annual call for an army of frog finders to head outdoors and help protect one of the local hinterland’s most loved wildlife groups. The Find a Frog in February Citizen Science program is entering its tenth year, inviting residents across Cooroy, Pomona and surrounding hinterland communities to…
Plans to transform the former Tewantin TAFE campus into a creative hub featuring a School of Design have been abandoned, with the long-vacant site now proposed for independent seniors’ living after years of vandalism and deterioration. Independent Member for Noosa Sandy Bolton confirmed a new assessment by NRA Collaborative found the former Tewantin TAFE buildings…
