Saturday, July 23, 2016

Queensland traffic: Two dead north of Sunshine Coast and other top stories.

  • Queensland traffic: Two dead north of Sunshine Coast

    A woman died following a truck and car crash on the Bruce Highway near Tiaro on Friday afternoon.About 2.10pm a truck and car collided near Sheehans Road at Gootchie, about 20 kilometres south of Tiaro. Two people have died and another is fighting for life in hospital after separate crashes north of the Sunshine Coast. Photo: Supplied A 59-year-old female passenger of the car was pronounced dead at the scene, while the 56-year-old female driver is in a critical condition at the Royal Bri..
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  • Join the fun on dance floor

    Join the fun on dance floor
    SUNSHINE Coast band The Strangest Dreamers will join a talented list of performers for an Aussie Country Dance night of boot scooting and toe tapping fun tonight at the Coolum Civic Centre.Bringing their mixed flavours of folk, blues, gospel and funk, The Strangest Dreamers will help raise funds for local charity Coolum HeARTs.The event will help provide arts programs for people living with mental or physical illness, depression, anxiety or social isolation.“This event is the first of two annua..
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  • TEST: Are you in the most logical four per cent?

    TEST: Are you in the most logical four per cent?
    It involves one simple question, but the answers to this quick brainteaser are apparent to only four per cent of people - are you one of them? Based on a 1963 ...
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  • Ongoing battle in road repairs

    Ongoing battle in road repairs
    THERE is also an ongoing maintenance program for road repairs which cycles around, based upon regular road inspections driving priorities and scheduling of repair works as needed. There are also patrols undertaken around the region after heavy rainfall the spokesman said. He said more than 2000 potholes were repaired by the council on Coast roads every year. Pothole repairs were prioritised by safety, centred around the location of potholes within traffic lanes and volume of traffic ..
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  • Sports ethos fuels Cromwell Farm family's ventures

    EVERYTHING you see at Cromwell Farms serves to reinforce an image of farming as a healthy, happy industry.The pigs are fat and don’t smell. The pastures are rich, the cattle quiet and sociable and the two bulls placid; there are cute puppies, a lush food forest, jars of honey from hives across the valley. Even the new brumby mare is calm, encouraging Greg Cromwell to suggest she’s ready for riding.Not so visible is what goes on behind the rosy scenes: hard work and co-operation.Add to that a re..
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  • 4 Lewis Street, Tewantin, Queensland 4565

    4 Lewis Street, Tewantin, Queensland 4565
    Beautiful Home Tewantin $510 weekly 4 Lewis Street, Tewantin, Queensland 4565 $510 weekly Available: 31 August 16 Bond: $2,040 Beautiful Home Tewantin Beautifully presented home situated in a well sought after pocket in Tewantin with a back drop of natural bushland right at your back door. Renovated to suit the coastal lifestyle. Walk to Noosa Hospital, the library and the river. Close to schools, shops and transport. • 4 bedrooms • 2 bathrooms (main with bath) • Reverse cycle air..
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  • Queensland weather: Brisbane enjoys hottest July day for 70 years

    Queensland weather: Brisbane enjoys hottest July day for 70 years
    Queensland has more than made up for rudely thrusting extra days of winter upon her unsuspecting citizens.On Saturday, the Sunshine State absolutely lived up to its name and offered the warmest July day in 70 years in Brisbane, matching the previously held record from 1946 when the temperature reached a balmy 29.1 degrees. Crowds flocked to the Brisbane city beach and the surrounding parklands to escape the sweltering weather. Photo: Tertius Pickard It was the peak of a run of unseasonab..
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  • Cruising Speed picks up the pace

    Cruising Speed picks up the pace
    SAVABEEL filly Cruising Speed is rewarding connections for their patient approach and according to co-trainer Chris Meagher, the best is yet to come. Cruising Speed made it three wins in five starts when producing a powerful finish to land the Class 3 Plate at Doomben on Saturday.She counts Emancipation as her third dam and was an $80,000 purchase out of New Zealand for Grant Morgan’s On-Track Thoroughbreds.“I thought we stole her at the time and the pedigree has improved further since,” Morgan ..
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  • Failure puts Johnson out of TCM title fight

    Failure puts Johnson out of TCM title fight
    Johnson’s Falcon on track during practice Steven Johnson has conceded defeat in the Touring Car Masters title fight after engine dramas sidelined his XY Falcon at Queensland Raceway. Suffering a failure in second practice yesterday, Johnson’s team worked until the early hours of this morning trying to fit spare engines offered by fellow competitors. Installation efforts however proved unsuccessful, forcing the Steve Makarios prepared Ford out of the weekend. Greg Garwood subsequently offered hi..
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  • Royal Tithe cements Zielke's 2yo top spot

    Mark Oberhardt Brisbane Saturday 23 July 2016, 1:13pm Sunshine Coast filly Royal Tithe has made a mockery of her critics and helped trainer John Zielke maintain his position as the Queensland's top two-year-old trainer.A Group Three winner during the winter, Royal Tithe looked a handicapping special carrying only 2kg over the limit after jockey Josh Oliver claimed 3kg in the Global Transport Two Year Old (1600m) on Saturday.However, Royal Tithe drifted to as much as $4.40 in the middle stag..
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Massive news for Sunshine Coast cricket fans .The perfect body to survive a high-speed crash .
Sunshine Coast Tennis League to swing into action .The early days of newspapers on the Sunshine Coast .

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