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• Bindi and Sunshine Coast big winners at tourism awards | Sunshine Coast Daily

  

  SUNSHINE Coast tourism operators have scooped a swathe of awards at this year's annual Queensland Tourism Awards.Individuals and businesses celebrated at Friday night's ceremony in Brisbane as they took out the third-highest number of award wins, with 11 accolades.The Sunshine Coast region was awarded five gold, three silver and one bronze awards with two Hall of Fame inductees.The Sunshine Coast's five gold winners include "Australia's Nature Coast" campaign (Sunshine Coast Destination Limited ..

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• Maroochydore's Lachlan Timms ready to whip up the Storm

  

  MAROOCHYDORE Swans junior Lachlan Timms says he is will make the most of his contract with the Melbourne Storm Under-20s as he takes the next step to achieving his NRL dream.The 19-year-old was scouted by Melbourne Storm development manager Matt Adamson, who spotted the prop running around for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Fogs Colts competition."Matt Adamson expressed interest and that he would like me at the club," Timms said."I was very excited to be a part of the club because even though it ..

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• Scorchers still a chance for victory despite bad weather

  

  THE Sunshine Coast Scorchers did not take to the pitch until 4pm yesterday at Deagon due to bad weather in their round eight Queensland Premier Cricket match against Sandgate-Redcliffe.The hosts managed 73 with three wickets lost after 21 overs.The Scorchers' Steven Heise continued his good form and managed figures of 2 for 27."He's got it on a string at the moment," Scorchers captain Sam Gardiner said."Ash Renouf didn't have his best day with the ball (after taking 5/16 last match), but he will..

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• Steve Irwin's original croc hunter team reunites for feed

  

  IN HONOUR or their late leader, four of Steve Irwin's original Crocodile Hunter team members have gathered to feed Australia Zoo's biggest saltwater crocodile, Acco.Their pilgrimage to the Sunshine Coast tourism icon on Thursday was to raise awareness of today officially being Steve Irwin Day and to reflect on their memories of their friend.Australia Zoo director Wes Mannion, curator Kelsey Engle, senior crocodile team member Stuart Gudgeon and head of Rescue Unit, Toby Millyard, all worked very..

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• Young man drowns at popular Kyambah swimming hole

  

  POLICE are still on the scene at a waterfall near Nambour where a young man drowned earlier this afternoon.A number of young people were at the popular swimming hole on Image Flat Rd, about five kilometres north-west ofNambour, when police report the man had fallen into the rock pool at the bottom of a waterfall.The scene of a drowning at a local swimming spot along Image Flat Road, Kiamba, 5 kilometers north west of Nambour.Che ChapmanQueensland Ambulance Service paramedics attended around midd..

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• Coleborn waits

  

  SURFING: Wurtulla's Mitch Coleborn was still awaiting action at a crucial WorldSurf League event, the famed Hawaiian Pro, after another lay day.The vaulable 10,000-point event is the second last on the Qualifying Series.Goofy-footer Coleborn is 19th on the QS. The top-10 on the year-ending tankings(not including surfers in the top-22 on the Championship Tour rankings) will earn berths on next year's CT.Coleborn is due to start his Hawaiian Pro campaign in round two, where he will meet Vasco Ribi..

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• Agent 99 pops into Queensland

  

  GRAB your shoe phone and make an appointment to meet a pop culture legend.Barbara "Agent 99" Feldon shares the same intrepid spirit as her famous character from the hit 1960s TV series Get Smart.At the age of 82, the actress and writer will make the long journey from her native New York to Brisbane for this month's Supanova Pop Culture Expo."I've always wanted to go to Australia and this is the first opportunity that I've been able to accept," Feldon told the Sunshine Coast Sunday."It's going to..

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• Huracan Spyder weaves its web

  

  WHEN compiling a party guest list, jotting down "Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-4 Spyder" isn't a bad way to start.It may not be a car name that trips off the tongue as easily as, say, "Miura", but Lambo's latest convertible certainly knows how to make an entrance.A Verde Mantis green Spyder was star attraction at this week's grand opening of Lamborghini Brisbane, which becomes the brand's fourth Australian dealership.The Huracan Spyder is currently on a national roadshow following its reveal at Sep..

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• Corporate surf challenge raises $31000 for kids

  

  THE chairmen of the board have made their decision ... life's a beach!The sun had barely risen yesterday but more than 120 surfers in 28 teams had already gathered at the Kawana Surf Life Saving Club for the annual Board Meeting Corporate Teams Surf Challenge charity event.And the winners were a group of special needs children who will benefit from the funds raised.Men and women of all ages from the Coast's business community ditched their shirts and ties, or power sleeves and skirts, and hit th..

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• Journalist-author takes on the world in wonder socks

  

  LIFE can throw you from one place to the next in a matter of days or hours. Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches, as former BBC journalist Arthur Penlington will tell you.The retired reporter-turned-travel writer has taken life by the horns ever since the day he walked out of the BBC offices and ran willingly into the wild with nothing more a tiny 7kg backpack and what he describes as his "wonder socks".Whether it's being told love-making tips by a burly Indonesian gigolo or being on..

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