Homan gets win at Lake Cootharaba Cat Challenge
SAILING: Sunshine Coast cat sailor Matt Homan, racing his A Class foiling multihull, won last weekend's Top Cat award at the 33rd annual Cat Challenge conducted by Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club.Sailors from the Coast, central Queensland, Brisbane and northern New South Wales made up the fleet of 80 boats. Conditions were fantastic for the A Class, Nacras, Arrows, Hobie 16s and various other catamarans as they completed seven races over the two days.Winners were Adrian Fawcett's Arrow in Division 1, Rob Andrews' Hobie 16 in Division 2 and Homan's A Class in Division 3.>> view originalMore Sunshine Coast flights to New Zealand next year | Sunshine Coast Daily
AIR New Zealand will add an extra service to its Sunshine Coast-Auckland route next year.The airline will run four services in the peak season from July 11 to 31 and September 26 to October 16.During the peak season, flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.Air New Zealand has operated flights into the Sunshine Coast since 2012 as part of its trans-Tasman alliance with Virgin Australia.Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson said the commitment was good news for the tourism industry."The increase in weekly flights next year represents a 10% increase in capacity and comes on top of Air New Zealand's decision earlier this year to extend direct flights between the Sunshine Co..>> view originalDarryl Cheeseman nominated for masters' cricket award
CRICKET: Sunshine Coast's Darryl Cheeseman has been nominated for the Suncorp Bank Bulls Masters' Community Cricket Volunteer of the Year Award.Cheeseman has tirelessly supported the local Landsborough Loggers Cricket Club during the past two years and he also started the first Sunshine Coast women's team.With a passion for helping women and girls achieve a sense of self-pride through sport, recruiting enough players to form a regional women's team was his first mission when he started with the club.He then pushed to get them adopted by the Scorchers (the regional representative club), thus giving the team a pathway to potential state and national selection.Cheeseman coaches twice a week aft..>> view originalMarine experts wants to teach sharks to interact with people
A SUNSHINE Coast marine expert believes face-to-face encounters with sharks off our major tourist beaches would provide a multi-million-dollar boost for the tourism industry.Experienced diver and shark educator Tony Isaacson wants to pave the way for interactive shark dives in which divers could make physical contact and watch "vigorous massage" of potentially dangerous species such as tiger sharks and bull sharks in their natural environment.A long-time campaigner for greater tolerance of sharks, Mr Isaacson believes coastal communities should learn to live with the creatures rather than fear them.He says interactive dives could take place close to the shoreline - maybe even closer than the..>> view originalCommittee taken aback as industry practices revealed
THE Senate Inquiry into Construction Industry Insolvency which paid particular attention to the 2013 collapse of the Walton group of companies is likely to present a unanimous report next month.A spokesman for Senator Doug Cameron, who chaired most of the five public hearings held this year, said the evidence presented had been an "eye-opener" to the joint-party committee.Walton Construction and Walton Construction Queensland went into administration on October 4, 2013, ultimately costing Sunshine Coast sub contractors who worked on the Nambour Coles project nearly $3m.Landscaper Beau Hartshorn lost his business that employed 10 men, his vehicle and his home forcing him to move his young fam..>> view originalFive things you need to know today
1. CRIKEY! Passengers arriving at Brisbane International Airport in November will be greeted by a khaki-clad staff to promote Steve Irwin Day.Steve Irwin with a baby cheetah at Australia Zoo.Chris McCormack2. WE'VE had a Lotto winner and an accidental Cup trifecta. Now there's $50 million on offer in Powerball. Do good things come in threes?3. WINNERS of several sections of the Sunshine Coast Art Prize will be announced at the Maroochy Bushalnd Botanic Garden tonight.Sunshine Coast Art Prize Photography Award finalists' capture diversity and beauty of Sunshine Coast environment Photo ContributedContributed4. THE rush to grab Christmas presents is underway in earnest but not every family can ..>> view originalDisabled workforce waiting to be tapped: advocate
A MAROOCHYDORE-based disability consultant has described people with disabilities were an underground talent pool waiting to be mined.Kay Maclean said many talented people with disabilities had much to offer employers but were often denied access to the workforce."It's like having this great untapped resource. If was gold or oil we're talking about, we'd be mining it eventually."There's so many people with disabilities who are capable of contributing more than they are doing."Ms Maclean, speaking at a Disability and Lifestyle Expo at TAFE Queensland East Coast's Mooloolaba campus today, said incorporating people with disabilities in the workforce began with providing full access to workplace..>> view originalColoborn in contention
SURFING: Wurtulla goofy footer Mitch Coleborn progressed through the opening round of the Oi/HD Sao Paulo Open as he chases crucial rankings points on the Qualifying Series.Coleborn was 23rd on the ratings leading into the third-last 10,000-point event of the season.The top-10 surfers on the year-ending rankings (not including surfers in the top-22 of the Championship Tour) will earn berths on next year's CT.He will likely need strong results in all three of the events and started in positive fashion overnight by finishing second to Kanoa Igarashi in a round-one four-man heat.He is expected to compete in round two, and possibly beyond, tonight.>> view originalWindy Bindi? Jungle girl 'farts' live on US television
IT was the 'fart' heard around the world.Bindi Irwin fans have apparently been given a glimpse into just how down to earth she is, as the world asks: What was that noise?RELATED:The hilarious noise - which sounds awfully like Bindi ripped a fart - can be heard as the starlet is lifted by partner Derek Hough on Dancing With The Stars.Some have suggested the unusual noise could be the result of a microphone malfunction.Bindi Irwin appears to be concentrating while on Dancing with the StarsOn one of the YouTube clips with audio appearing to implicate Bindi in Fartgate, there was nothing but love for Australia's favourite jungle girl, even if she did break wind."Before that far I never really fo..>> view originalBowditch could be a world contender for years
THE Sunshine Coast's Ian Baker-Finch, an Open Championships winner, believes Steven Bowditch could be a contender on the world golf scene for years to come.Bowditch, of Peregian Beach, has continued to improve during the past three years and enjoyed his best season yet in 2015.In May, the heavy-hitter claimed victory at the AT&T Byron Nelson in his adopted state of Texas, on the same course where he married his wife Amanda in 2011."I really think he turned it (his game) around when he got married," Baker-Finch said."He is so much more comfortable and more stable in his own skin."Since that time, he's won a couple of times on the PGA Tour."He's in a good place."Consistent results on tour ..>> view original
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