Health & wellbeing

The Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival will be held 23-25 March 2012.  Whether cheering or competing, act now if you want to be part of the action.   Read more >

The first thing that struck me about the Maroochy Bushland Botanical Gardens – they are not in Maroochydore, but Tanawha near Buderim. Read more >

While our friends in Sydney and Melbourne try to gather up the courage to dip their toes in the cold ocean, we’ve been enjoying water temps in the early twenties here on the Sunshine Coast. The end of summer is the perfect time to dive on in … maybe that’s why our friends at the Noosa Festival of Surfing hold their event in March each year. Read more >

Go Wake Cable Park, Bli Bli will host the final stage of the Liquid Force Australian Rail Jam Series, 11-12 February 2012. The National event will be the largest yet attracting the largest prize money and international riders including world champion, Tom Fooshee from the USA. Read more >

Standing on King’s Beach, there’s an odd trick of the light. People and surfers bobbing about on the waves seem a lot closer than you think. It’s like perspective has been telescoped, like you’re looking through a telephoto lens. Perhaps its the gentle seeward slope of the beach itself, perhaps it’s just the light. Like people on the beach, the past seems similarly close around here too. There’s something about Caloundra that recalls old time holidays, simple pleasures and family fun. Read more >

I’m a dog. And dogs don’t often get holidays. So when my Mum and Dad suggested to me we head off to Rydges Oasis Resort at Caloundra for a night, I barked my enthusiasm. I’ve never been to Caloundra, though I’ve heard from some other dogs it’s really dog friendly and they were all were really envious when I told them the Oasis has a bring-your-pup option and…that I was going! Hoowwwll!!! Read more >

Noosa looks the best at either end of the day. In my opinion. The way the sun glints off the water, gets caught in the footprints in the sand, moves across the landscape; makes the soul sing. Today, dawn, it’s as clear as a bell, and the outline of distant Double Island Point is sharp. If Noosa was a person, this would be it dressed up in its finest, showing off even. So great. Read more >

The Australian Tennis Pro Tour will return to Caloundra from 4-12 February 2012.

With $50,000 in prize money and world ranking points up for grabs, this year’s event will attract exciting Australian rising star James Duckworth, Taiwanese Lu Yen-hsun and 2011 Wimbledon Junior Champion, Luke Saville. Read more >