The Sunshine Coast Australia Day Community Awards have honoured a remarkable group of local heroes, whose dedication, creativity and compassion strengthen our community every day. Selina Tomasich has been named Citizen of the Year for her sustained, life-changing impact across the Sunshine Coast and around the world. In 2010, having witnessed extremes of poverty in the Philippines, Selina decided to do something about it.   She founded Hair Aid to help those families break free. Selina...

The frogs are calling—will you answer? The Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee is delighted to announce that   ‘Find a Frog in February’ has been gathering data from the Sunshine to Fraser Coast Council areas in the region’s largest Citizen Science program, and celebrates 10 years in 2026. Frogs are more than just friendly backyard visitors - they are "nature’s alarm system”. When our frog populations are thriving, it’s a sign that our waterways and ecosystems are healthy too. “Frogs...

Fix it Don’t Throw it -  the KangaMoo & Crew Story by Dan Munday comes to The Little Book Nook, Palmwoods on Saturday, Feb 7, at 10am for a free event in the courtyard. Fixing things was a way of life on the Yandina farm where Dan grew up—creative, necessary and resourceful. That mindset later shaped his career designing  Survivor  challenges around the world. A few years later—watching a chook and a kookaburra squabble—the word  Chookaburra  popped into his head and made him laugh. Soon...