Man collapses at Sunshine Coast fun run
A man in his 50s has collapsed in a running event on the Sunshine Coast.The event, which is being held at Palmer Coolum Resort, sees entrants running between a number of different checkpoints in pairs. A man has collapsed in a fun run on the Sunshine Coast. Photo: Rohan Thomson The man collapsed at about 8am with lifesavers from nearby Yaroomba Beach and members of the public performing CPR on the man.Paramedics were called and are still on scene trying to revive the man.For independent ..>> view originalKiwis to fine Wicked Campers over dirty slogans
AFTER a New Zealand council announced it would begin issuing fines for campervans brandishing offensive slogans, the question has been raised whether our local authorities should be taking a similarly tough stance.Queenstown District Council said it would issue a $300 fine every time one of Wicked Campers’ vehicles displaying sexually explicit, indecent or offensive slogans was spotted in Queenstown.However, both Sunshine Coast Council and Noosa Council said it fell outside of their jurisdicti..>> view originalTickle Park filled for youth festival
MORE than 500 people filled Coolum's Tickle Park yesterday in a celebration of the talents and accomplishments of the Sunshine Coast's young people. The inaugural Blended Youth Culture, Art and Music Festival was such as success that organiser Maddie Aldwell, from Integrated Family and Youth Services, said preparations had already begun for next year's event. "We are hoping to have it every year and given the big turnout for the first event we are definitely on track to hold it again. W..>> view originalHuge boost for paddlers as they prepare for world titles
MEMBER for Caloundra Mark McArdle donated $3000 to the Sunshine Coast's No Limits Adaptive Paddling Program on Friday. No Limits is a national outrigger paddling program for people with physical disabilities such as leg amputees, vision impairment and neuromuscular disabilities. The team are busily training for the World Outrigger Sprints at Kawana in May where Australia will defend their world championship in adaptive paddling. More than 2500 competitors from 30 different countries ..>> view originalA proud history of keeping us safe
AS WE see thousands head to the Sunshine Coast to compete in the 2016 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships (The Aussies) we take a step back in time to look at the early years of this iconic sport.Surf lifesaving members come from all over the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and many other places and we regularly produce world, national and state champions.The area’s formative years also produced outstanding members of local clubs with membership increasing from Brisbane as conditions on the Bruc..>> view originalMichel Anderson and Braedan Jason bound for Paralympics
EXPERIENCED Paralympic campaigner Michael Anderson and newcomer Braedan Jason are among the first Coast swimmers to have qualified from the Rio Games. Anderson, 28, won the Australian Championships 100m backstroke final on Friday night with his second best career time. He had already qualified for the team with his heat swim earlier that morning. Jason, 17, also qualified for the Paralympics in the 400m freestyle and the 50m freestyle events. Anderson has lived on the Coast since ..>> view originalPolice hunting duo after tomahawk used in home invasion
POLICE are appealing for public assistance following an assault at a home in Waterford West yesterday morning. Initial investigations suggest just after 8am two men, one armed with a tomahawk, entered a house on Clearview Street and assaulted two male residents. The pair then fled the scene in a silver four-wheel-drive. A 38-year-old male resident was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious condition for treatment of severe head injuries. A 42-year-old male res..>> view originalHigh-profile artists among many entrants for Coast art prize
ENTRY in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2016 closes soon and with a prize pool of more than $35,000 the prestigious national award has attracted quality submissions from a range of well-known and emerging artists, as well as two high-calibre judges. Director of Community Services Coralie Nichols said the increase in prize money had attracted an increase in entries from across Australia. "We have already received more entries than at the same time last year, and with new entries flooding i..>> view originalFly a Boeing 737-800 in the heart of Mooloolaba
HAVE you ever dreamt of flying a commercial jet?If you’ve ever looked up at the planes flying into Sunshine Coast airport and wondered what it would be like to be at the helm, you’re in luck.A new flight simulator that opened in Mooloolaba yesterday, Sunjet Simulations, offers the chance to experience flying a Boeing 737-800 – the same planes as those Virgin Australia regularly flies into the Coast.The brainchild of owner Patrick Hanna, customers are able to feel what it’s like to sit in the fl..>> view originalNambour Hospital stalwart, Joan Rogerson, has died age 88
JOAN Rogerson was as much a part of the outpatients' department at Nambour General Hospital as iodine, plaster, and a roll-up of battered footballers every Monday morning. Mrs Rogerson, who has died aged 88, became a familiar face in the community during the 32 years she worked at the outpatients' department. The hospital was a modest timber building when she started working there in 1960, with Doc Moffat, as Dr Jack Moffat was known, as medical superintendent. Everyone knew everyone..>> view original
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Man collapses at Sunshine Coast fun run and other top stories.
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