Your guide to development on the Sunshine Coast
Builders welcome housing boost THE housing market has received an injection of confidence with the latest finance figures showing a sharp spike in the number of loans for owner-occupiers. Master Builders deputy executive director Paul Bidwell said there was a 9.6% increase during December, increasing from 10,165 in November to 11,141 (seasonally adjusted). Sugar Rd area gains new office A TWO-STOREY office will be built at 70 Centenary Cres at the intersection with Sugar Rd in Maro..>> view originalMY SAY: Wellington not delivering for Coast electors
LIKE the Palaszczuk Labor government, Peter Wellington has been a disappointment for the Sunshine Coast. He is Labor's kingpin and keeps them in power, but the people of the Sunshine Coast are questioning his election promise to deliver. Despite his continual support for the Palaszczuk government, the Coast has missed out. We've seen no advocacy from him and, like Labor, he's frozen at the wheel. The deal he made with Labor made sure he was looked after, with more resources includ..>> view originalCoast has plenty to offer directors
THE location scout who helped Angelina Jolie find the perfect place to shoot Unbroken believes the Sunshine Coast can capture a slice of the lucrative film industry. Duncan Jones, whose other list of credits include Matthew McConaughey's Fools Gold and George of the Jungle, said the Coast's smaller population might be its advantage over the Gold Coast. The film industry raked in an impressive $156 million windfall for the Gold Coast in 2014/15 alone and has been the setting for major bl..>> view originalKethro stuns Glasshouse as local cricket finals loom
CRICKET: Once more the weather ruled Sunshine Coast division one cricket fixtures, though enough play was available for Caboolture's outright win over Caloundra and an amazing Maroochydore Blue victory over Glasshouse. Gympie was again frustrated in the quest for points with just a handful of overs played at Kev Hackney Oval against Maroochydore Red, leaving the Gold 1/15 when rain closed play for the day. At Tewantin only five overs yielding two runs progressed Nambour to 5/71, seeking..>> view originalArt group going strong after half a century
NOT many clubs can boast they have been established for half a century. Sunshine Coast Art Group can. The Buderim-based group turns 50 this year - formed in 1966 by Sunshine Coast artists who wanted to meet regularly to discuss their paintings. As a result, they started to exhibit annually in the CWA Hall in Maroochydore. In 1967, other disciplines were added such as sculpture, weaving and jewellery. The EO DeVere Gallery, located next door to the Maroochydore Library, opened i..>> view originalChristchurch Valentine's quake: It could have been worse
Christchurch reporter Kurt Bayer on a nerve-wracked city that has been jolted back into a painful past. You always fear the worst. Up a ladder with a chainsaw is not the ideal place to be when a major earthquake hits. The ground was tipping and rolling like being on the Interislander in a storm. Getting down the ladder without cutting my arm off, I bounded inside to check on my 5-year-old son. "Dad, why is the door banging?" It felt like a magnitude 6. The shaking had stopped but my l..>> view originalGrowth spurt for popular surf club
ALEX Surf Club's Bluff Bar will be extended to the north and nippers will have a new training room after the Sunshine Coast Council approved a development application last week. Renovations to the south side of the building on Alexandra Pde, Alexandra Headland, have been underway for months, but the council's recent decision has allowed a section of land to its north that is currently used for recreation and sporting to be repurposed and included in the club's "footprint". Inside the cl..>> view originalBritish band killed after van plunges from Swedish bridge
FIVE Britons have been killed after their car fell more than 80ft from a bridge into a canal in Sweden. Police spokeswoman Eva Nilsson said the victims are all believed be men aged between 19 and 35. Their bodies were recovered by divers. The deceased are members of the band Viola Beach and their manager. The band were in Sweden to perform at the Where's the Music? festival in Norrköping. The Warrington-based band members were Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin. Th..>> view originalScarlet and Ashley shine in nippers championships
DICKY beach Surf Life Saving Club hosted the Sunshine Coast Nipper Branch Championships at the weekend. 700 Nippers from 12 Sunshine Coast clubs and 3000 spectators braved the rainy blustery conditions that saw the water events cancelled on the second day of the two-day event due to rough seas. However organisers were able to run a reduced event program for the 12 Sunshine Coast Clubs and they were able to battle it out on the Saturday in the beach events with some awesome results for t..>> view originalMEET THE CANDIDATES: Council officer builds on opportunites
GEOFF Peters is looking to step out from behind the scenes and take a leading position on the Sunshine Coast Council. Having spent the last four years working in the council's economic development department, Mr Peters has announced he will be adding his name to the list of what is shaping as a hotly contested Division 4. The father-of-two has taken leave from his economic development role to take a tilt for the vacant Division 4 seat. The 55-year-old Wurtulla resident enjoyed a care..>> view original
Sunday, February 14, 2016
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