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• 'They're trying to turn the Sunshine Coast into the Gold Coast ...

  

  Mooloolaba C1970s.Photo: MooloolabaCampers at one of Queensland's most famous caravan parks want to have their beachside holiday spot included on Queensland's Heritage Register to stop council plans to build a big landscaped garden on the site instead.They say the Sunshine Coast Council is trying to turn the Sunshine Coast into the Gold Coast.Their holiday spot at Mooloolaba has been "sliced and sliced" over time and is now a 13-metre wide, 600-metre long strip of rocky Mooloolaba beach that is ..

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• Sunshine Coast woman "handcuffed" by pet python

  

  It is unknown whether the owner of the pet python was an experienced handler.Photo: The Snake Catcher 24/7 - SunshinA Sunshine Coast man called a local snake catcher after he "woke up to the screams of his roommate" who had been "handcuffed" by her pet python early Thursday morning.Sunshine Coast snake catcher Stuart McKenzie was called at 3am and had to talk the man through how to uncoil the pet Black Headed Python that had constricted its owner's hands together."She was handling the snake when..

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• Push to have stadium named after James Ackerman

  

  QUEENSLAND Senator Glenn Lazarus, a former Test and Origin prop, is leading the push to have a permanent memorial for former Sunshine Coast Falcons forward James Ackerman constructed.Sen Lazarus has written to Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson in support of permanently renaming the Sunshine Coast Stadium, a section of the grandstand, or a road or nearby landmark in honour of James Ackerman.The much-loved young father passed away after injuries sustained in a tackle during an Intrust Super Cup m..

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• Coolum's proud of its new Junior World Surfing champ

  

  WHEN Isabella Nichols took out the 2016 World Junior Surfing Championships on Wednesday night, a roar went up from the small crowd gathered in the Coolum Boardriders clubhouse.More than 30 people had gathered in "the Shack" to watch the local teenager compete half a world away in Portugal.And there was more than the usual feeling of achievement when the 18-year-old was crowned the world's best because "Bella" is very much a product of the Coolum community.The Daily caught up with Isabella yester..

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• A chequered history for tobacco plan

  

  TODAY we turn the clocks back to the 1930s when Australia was in the grip of the Great Depression.After the collapse of the Beerburrum Soldier Settlement, settler farmers who had stayed on in the Beerwah to Beerburrum region were struggling and many had left their farms due to inexperience, isolation, health issues and poor crop results. Many of these First World War veteran farmers were disabled and had experienced much trauma from their experiences during the war.By 1931, many people were unem..

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• Celine Dion's husband dies aged 73

  

  CELINE Dion's husband René Angélil has died at the age of 73.René, who acted as a mentor and manager to Celine, had been battling throat cancer since 2013 but lost the fight on Thursday morning.His representative told People in a statement: "Rene Angelil, 73, passed away this morning as his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle against cancer. The family requests that their privacy be respected at the moment; more details will be provided at a later time."René had been undergoing ..

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