A popular Queensland music festival has been canned permanently after funding for the event was axed due to the rising cost of living. The Caloundra Music Festival was canned by the Sunshine Coast Council after they announced they had made the difficult decision to discontinue the event on Tuesday. “Patrons who attended the 2023 event … Read more
Australia’s music festival crisis has deepened, with organisers of the latest event to pull the pin making clear that inflationary pressures “puts festivals like this in a precarious position”. Caloundra Music Festival last year attracted 16,000 people to Kings Beach on the Sunshine Coast over three days, pumping an estimated $4 million into the local … Read more
7NEWS journalist Rosanna Natoli has been declared the new Sunshine Coast Council mayor, after a nearly two-week wait on election results. Natoli takes over the role from current Mayor Mark Jamieson, who has been in office since 2012. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: 7NEWS reporter Rosanna Natoli declared new mayor of Sunshine Coast Council. Newsletters: Breaking … Read more
A Queensland mum “felt sick in the tummy” after claiming to have discovered rodent droppings in a Woolworths-bought chips product that her children began eating. Katie Herd and her husband Alex have lashed the supermarket over the purported discovery in the packet of Mamee Rice Snacks Sticks, bought from a store on the Sunshine Coast … Read more
A Noosa resident has divided opinion with an angry post about a person taking up public parking spots by “camping illegally”. The man, who did not want to be named in this article, posted a photo to a community Facebook page showing a car bearing an L-plate parked at Noosa Woods Bay. The car had … Read more
When Jane McFadden began taking Vyvanse, the “music” in her head stopped for the first time in her life. “Before I started taking medication, I felt like I was constantly overwhelmed, in constant anxiety and felt like I had all of these music tracks going on in my head all the time,” the Sunshine Coast … Read more
It started as a rash, but led to Tara Rogers becoming “completely incapacitated overnight”. But that’s not even the “scary part” about Ross River virus, the Sunshine Coast woman said. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Aussie mum ‘completely incapacitated overnight’ from mosquito bite. Catch the best deals and products hand-picked by our team at Best Picks … Read more
A 12-year-old girl has grabbed and swung around a snake in a desperate bid to rescue her guinea pig from its clutches. Brisbane radio personality Kip Wightman has posted the remarkable footage of his niece Rosie going to extraordinary lengths to give her pet, named MaxiBon, a second chance at life. The footage shows Rosie … Read more
One of Australia’s most celebrated chefs has closed his Noosa restaurant after two years. Peter Kuruvita has not revealed why Alba Noosa has closed, just two weeks after it was commended in the Australian Good Food Guide’s (AGFG) Chef Hat Awards. But he said the glamorous venue was set to reopen as an events space … Read more
