Community

The Sunshine Coast Motorsport Club is preparing to invest in its Doonan home after securing a 10-year lease over the Fellowship Drive site it has used for more than a decade. Sunshine Coast News reported that the lease, granted in January after years of permit-based use, gives the volunteer-run club the certainty it needs to expand and improve its racing facilities. Club president Bo Williams said the venue is set to be named Doonan Park later this year.

Tinnitus Relief Australia will open a dedicated Mooloolaba centre on Saturday, with chief executive Jamie Manwarring saying the service is designed to give residents a clearer pathway into assessment, education and evidence-based management.

Queensland Police issued 18 traffic infringement notices at Teewah Beach during Operation Sandstorm patrols, including fines for a driver allegedly travelling over the beach speed limit with a child sitting on his lap.

Police have seized 33 weapons on the Sunshine Coast after scanning 7816 people in the first year since Jack's Law was made permanent across Queensland.

A new OzHarvest distribution hub at Kunda Park will increase capacity to collect surplus food and supply frontline charities across the Sunshine Coast and Gympie regions.

Three new retaining walls have been installed along the Buderim-Palmwoods Heritage Tramway Walk after a landslip, continuing years of drainage and erosion work on the historic corridor.

Police have shifted the fatal Buderim unit fire investigation into an evidence-testing phase after the death of 21-year-old Isabella Nicholls at a King Street unit blaze.

New Sunshine Coast dog access rules came into effect on 3 July, changing where dogs can be exercised across beaches, rocky foreshores, sports fields and selected environment reserves.

Sunshine Coast Health is urging regular testing after local syphilis cases more than doubled, with 95 cases recorded last year compared with 38 in 2022.

Pomona's long-running push for safer town-centre streets has moved into a more practical phase, with detailed design completed for Factory Street improvements and the wider town-centre design nearing finalisation.

Maleny's Maple Street upgrade is moving into delivery after Sunshine Coast Council appointed Kuluin-based Disc Landscapes to carry out the streetscape works.

Dicky Beach IGA owner Shane Kensett has helped push a statewide petition on tougher youth bail laws into state politics, with Sunshine Coast MPs backing the call.

This year's regional volunteer awards shortlist runs across surf clubs, neighbourhood centres and disaster response groups, sketching a quiet portrait of how the Coast actually holds together.

The hinterland is not a backdrop to the coast. It is a set of towns with their own economies, pressures and stories that deserve consistent attention.

A welcome of sorts. If you have just moved here, this is the context that takes most newcomers a year or two to absorb.

Parks, libraries, pools and community centres do quiet, important work. This is how we plan to give them the coverage they deserve.