Coast residents rise early for record Anzac Day crowds and other top stories

Coast residents rise early for record Anzac Day crowds

The 78-year-old serviceman has lived on the Sunshine Coast more than seven decades, but this was the first time he had seen the surf boats breach the waves to lay a wreath for the lost. He has traditionally paid his respects at the Nambour ceremony ... >> view original

Zero food-health fines issued after Coast-wide audit

AFTER more than 1000 inspections of restaurants, cafes and mobile food venues Sunshine Coast business owners have come up clean as a whistle. After dozens of Brisbane restaurants were revealed to be dirty, rat-infested and unsanitary earlier, the Daily ... >> view original

Sunshine Coast Fire to face their former hero, Nico Bechar

THE Sunshine Coast Fire expects to be confronted by its former dynamo and proven match-winner, Nico Bechar, at Cleveland today. After a summer stint in New Zealand with Team Wellington, the 31-year-old may make his first appearance of the NPL ... >> view original

Sunshine coast business sales in supply-demand crisis

MONTH in, month out, we speak to hundreds of business owners on the Sunshine Coast, many of which still have a common belief that the current market conditions favour the buyer. Some are contemplating selling their livelihood in the not-too-distant ... >> view original

Coast tipped to host Ironman event

KELLOGG'S Nutri-Grain Ironman Series spokesman Zane Holmes says the Sunshine Coast is in the box seat to reclaim hosting rights to a round in the 2015-16 edition. The Coast is highly regarded in the sport, as evidenced in the region winning the rights ... >> view original

Coast band win Triple J Unearthed Big Pineapple competition

"It's sick to be playing with Dune Rats and (Violent) Soho and bands like that as well... being a Sunshine Coast band, we really appreciate it up there but the music scene is so small that anything like this... it cannot be described how much we ... >> view original

Founder of BC writers festival reflects on Sunshine Coast literary event

Betty Keller had not planned to move to the Sunshine Coast. After teaching high school around B.C. for years (and then becoming a faculty associate at Simon Fraser University's teacher training program), she was looking to retire to a gulf island. But ... >> view original

Teen set to clean up as next top model

A SUNSHINE Coast teen is about to have her Cinderella moment on national TV. Tanahya Cohen of Aroona swapped her job as a cleaner to appear on Australia's Next Top Model, going from scrubbing floors one week to walking the catwalk in a Sydney ... >> view original

Warana unit sells for $310000 under Ray White

A TENANTED strata unit at Warana on the Sunshine Coast has been sold by Ray White Commercial North Coast Central for $310,000. The 153sq m unit in a complex at 5/36 Premier Cct, Warana, was sold to a private investor by Ray White Commercial North ... >> view original

Sekisui asks council to abort Monday's vote

Mayor Mark Jamieson has confirmed Sunshine Coast Council has today fielded an eleventh hour request from developer Sekisui House to abandon a special meeting to determine whether to proceed with planning scheme amendments. john mccutcheon ... >> view original