The Birthday Party of the Year is on at Coolum’s Caribbean Dreams Ice-Cream Parlour this Saturday, where owner Duncan Jones (left) will once again team up with Make-A-Wish Foundation’s ‘Flossy’ and Michelle to collect gold coin donations. Caribbean Dreams Coolum Beach is celebrating their fourth anniversary by once again hosting the ‘birthday party of the [...]
While Coolum’s Kids Plus Child Care Centre already ticks all the boxes as a caring, friendly and fun environment for young children, a recent yard enrichment is encouraging learning through natural experiences. In a back-to-basics approach, the Centre has reenergised its traditional play areas and, through extensive landscaping works, created imaginative pockets of garden, a [...]
The annual Girls Go Surfing Day – the world’s longest running female learn-to-surf program – hits Australian beaches this weekend. In its 23rd year, the Girls Go Surfing Day encourages female non-surfers and beginners of all ages to experience the thrill of surfing with their friends and family. To be run across the coming weekend [...]
Dinosaur number two has taken residence at Palmer Coolum Resort in the shape of a huge skeletal Omeisaurus. Already nicknamed ‘Bones’ by resort management, the Jurassic giant will soon befriend Palmer Coolum Resort’s original dinosaur, the now world famous Tyrannosaurus Rex, ‘Jeff’. Jeff established himself as a global personality during December’s Australian PGA Golf Championship [...]
Coolum’s Caribbean Dreams is hosting their very first Ice-Cream eating competition as part of the Australia Day spectacular, to be held in Tickle Park on 26 January. The exciting competition is already creating a buzz among residents, who are lining up for their chance to win an incredible 12 months’ supply of delicious Caribbean Dreams [...]
The starting lineup has been finalised for this year’s infamous Coolum Cup –The North Shore Realty Cane Toad Handicap Race, to be held as part of Coolum’s Australia Day spectacular on 26 January. An outstanding field of local talent has been assembled to jostle for top position amongst a knot of high-flying government toads in [...]
Coolum District Coast Care, with the support of The Shop Coolum and Sunshine Coast Council, are presenting a ‘Clean Waves, Clear Water’ event in Coolum’s Tickle Park on Sunday 20 January 2013. The free family-friendly event will celebrate the coast’s great beaches, surf and lifestyle; while also educating the community on working together to protect [...]
Almost one hundred eager grommets converged on Coolum earlier this week to battle it out in the water and participate in loads of beach games and giveaways in the Wahu Surfer Groms comp. Run over two days (7-8 January), the Sunshine Coast competition was event seven of the annual Wahu Surfer Groms series, with the [...]
Well over a thousand people gathered in Coolum’s Tickle Park on Saturday night (15 Dec) to celebrate the true sprit of Christmas with a tinsel-tinged night of carols, dancing, Santa and fireworks. Now in its 15th year, Coolum’s Christmas in the Park is a highly anticipated free community celebration presented annually by Coolum Christian Family [...]
It was a case of déjà vu yesterday as Coolum High School’s recently celebrated MR Shield winners, Isabella Nichols and Jaleesa Vincent, both claimed victory in their respective Rip Curl GromSearch divisions. This time however, the win was at their home break in Coolum and made all the more sweeter with the backing of a [...]
