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• Noosaville man, 69, confirmed as fatal crash victim

  

  UPDATE:A 69-YEAR-OLD Noosaville man has been confirmed as the fatal crash victim in a five-car incident on the Bruce Hwy.Early police information indicated the man who had died yesterday at the Bells Ck scene had been a 58-year-old Lennox Head man.However, the Lennox Head man and a woman with who he was travelling were in the other vehicle involved in the head on crash.Police said both were being treated in hospital in serious but stable conditions.Another woman involved in the head on impact wh..

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• Vandals once again destroy iconic Sunshine Coast mural | Sunshine Coast Daily

  

  VANDALS have once again destroyed the iconic wave mural in the canefield near Pacific Paradise.The mural was first wrecked by graffiti vandals in mid October, sparking outrage on social media.Artist Owen Cavanagh spent a weekend at the start of this month restoring the mural after Sunshine Coast Airport manager Peter Pallot organised power and access.>> Facebook fury after vandals trash iconic roadside artworkHe travelled from Gladstone, where he works, to complete the weekend restoration ..

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• Old territory is new beat for theCoast'snew top cop

  

  THE Coast's new top cop Superintendent Darryl Johnson's career has brought him back to the region where he honed his detective skills during the 1990s.It is also where the former Caloundra schoolboy spent his early childhood and he has always strived to get back here throughout his various police postings.Supt Johnson, 50, is now the district officer, overseeing about 500 Sunshine Coast police. He transferred to the Maroochydore District Office from a Brisbane-based security and counter-terroris..

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• BACKWARD GLANCES: Pioneers left big Foote print

  

  TODAY we step back in time to focus on Joseph Foote and his family who came to Buderim in 1907.Joseph had recently retired from the family's business Cribb and Foote of Ipswich. They settled on the eastern end of Buderim Mountain on a property originally settled by William Pettigrew in 1870.Joseph Foote and his three sons, Hubert, Eric and Arnold, produced citrus, fruits, coffee, pineapples, bananas and pecans and were very active in community life.Mr Pettigrew had sold the house and surrounding..

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• Coastphysical culture club has no shortage of talent

  

  IF their first competition results are anything to go by, these youngsters will be reaching for the stars in no time.The non-profit Sunshine Coast Physical Culture Club Inc is relatively new to the region but it has already amassed a large pool of talent.Among the tutued prodigies is six-year-old Lila Collins, who placed fourth in the Brisbane North interclub competition, and five-year-old Sasha-Jayde Ward, who recently danced her way into the district final of the Queensland competition.Sasha-J..

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• Noosa ironwoman wins opening round of Nutri-Grain Series

  

  NOOSA Heads' Kirsty Higgison has claimed the opening round of the Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series at Coolum.She finished ahead of fellow Noosa competitor Jordan Mercer who finished third.Making Higgison's win even more remarkable is the fact that this is her debut series."It feels amazing and I can't quite believe it," Higgison said."I just came here this season wanting to requalify for next year, so to come away with the win is unbelievable."Mercer said she was ecstatic for her club mate's win."I ..

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• Turf scarce as Christmas lawn scramble continues

  

  THE Sunshine Coast has just about been turfed out.Turf farms are running short as developers, contractors, home owners and landscapers scramble to get grass down for Christmas.One Sunshine Coast turf farmer has had to temporarily turn away orders from householders to concentrate on his regular customers.Rosemount Turf Farm is cutting up to 15,000sq m of turf a week - enough to stretch almost from Maroochydore to Noosa if the rolls were laid end to end.Owner Ross Boyle said this time of year was ..

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• YOUR SATURDAY: That Guy bringing his music toCoast

  

  GUY Sebastian is bringing his YOU…ME…US national regional tour to the Sunshine Coast on January 29 next year.Fresh off the back of sell-out arena tours, the International Eurovision stage and an acclaimed European tour, Sebastian is set to bring his sound and style to The Events Centre, Caloundra, with this special stripped-back tour.A favourite across generations with male and female music fans, he has firmly cemented himself in Australia's music history with his plethora of awards, album sales..

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• Humans of theCoast: Margaret waits for her own encore

  

  MARGARET McLay is getting tired of being cooped up.An oxygen machine that compensates for her emphysema keeps her on a short leash.Until a portable oxygen machine arrives, her outings are generally restricted to short trips to the shops or doctor and she spends most of her time in the Nambour unit she has called home for the past 40 years."I'd love to get out of my house. It's like jail," Margaret said.The emphysema is not new but kicked in after she was laid up for a while following a fall earl..

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• TO MARKET: Building on top taste of Vietnam

  

  THE Caloundra Fair's The Van from Hoian is proof that a good idea can come from the simplest places.Craig Stanbury and his wife Thao decided to try selling their delicious meals after cooking for Craig's mother's retirement village and a lot of people commented how nice the meals were.Craig said given the Coast had no Vietnamese restaurant at the time, they decided to share Thao's love of cooking traditional food from Vietnam."I think people love the Vietnamese food because it is very fresh and ..

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