Sunshine Coast Garden Expo
Marion Beasley, her committee and team deserve high praise for their expertise, determination and commitment in staging the Qld Garden Expo StoneAge Landscaping were the display winners and very happy with their success.
At Home In My Neighbourhood
At Home In My Neighbourhood is a Sunshine Coast Council initiative to encourage more community engagement, around where you live. Make friends, help out, stage events & build history. Launched at Nambour Community Centre with Cr Jenny, Liam...
Story Seat Unveiling
Sunshine Coast Council with assistance from the State Government, Libraries Qld and advocacy from LGAQ have installed 10 Story Seats across our Coast to encourage First Five Forever reading and learning skills for youngsters. Kids absorb so much...
NAIDOC Week
Celebrating NAIDOC (National Aboriginal & Islanders Day Observance Committee) with our Sunshine Coast Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in Nambour this morning. A great cultural occasion and a credit to local Kabi Kabi...
BA Murphy & STEPS
My congratulations to Ben & Amanda Murphy & their big hearted subbies for building two houses at Aura SunshineCoast from which the proceeds will go to Steps to assist young adults living with disabilities Carmel Crouch and her team are...
MediFarm QLD Medical Cannabis Symposium
Medifarm staged the first ever Queensland Medical Cannabis Symposium at the @InnovationCentre USC, which I was pleased to open. Director Adam Benjamin is positioning our Sunshine Coast as a world leader in a $70B industry. Thanks to Peter Andrew...
First NZ Flight for 2018
Welcoming our first 2018 New Zealanders on direct flights from Auckland. 45,000 seats available until the end of October. Kiwi visitors loved our welcome at Sunshine Coast Airport. Thanks to our many volunteers including Nancy & Noelene...
LiFi (Light Fidelity) Australia Launch
You have heard of WiFi, well today our Sunshine Coast was the Australian launch site for LiFi (Light Fidelity) Instead of using radio waves it uses light to transmit data. Thanks to Sudhir Shreedharan for our first demonstration in the...
Caloundra Cup
Delighted to join Mayoress Lorrell at the Caloundra Cup to enjoy a great day of racing on our SunshineCoast.
Supporting Brighter Future 4 Kids Foundation
Early breakfast with Commissioner’s Katarina Carroll QFES and Debbie Platz, Deputy Federal Police along with others supporting Brighter Future 4 Kids Foundation. Recycling Police & Emmergency Service informs for kids. Generous recyclers...
Sunshine Coast Council Budget Presentation
Proud to present our Sunshine Coast Council Budget with our Deputy Mayor Tim Dwyer Our 7th surplus in a row with a strong commitment to a growing community. $200million on roads, stormwater, parks, sports & recreation facilities as well as...
Maroochydore CBD Tree Planting
Our new City Centre is coming to life. With help from Maroochydore State School students and teacher Geoff Habel Cr O’Pray and I planted the first trees and scrubs at the main Aerodrome Road entrance. A great thrill and memory for the students...