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14 May 2021 An Aussie retreat has just taken out the top spot as Tripadvisor’s Most Romantic Hotel in the World. The travel review platform released its annual Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards for Hotels on Wednesday, just in case you and your clients need a little travel inspo to brighten up your Friday. Fiji’s Tokoriki Island Resort was crowned the number one hotel in the South Pacific, also ranking 25th in the overall globa...

14-May-2021 Source: Ripper Corp Surf Life Saving Queensland today announced it is joining forces with hi-tech drone search and rescue company The Ripper Group in a move it believes will revolutionise the way lives are saved in marine environments around the world. SLSQ’s investment in the rebranded Ripper Corporation will contribute significantly to the organisation’s vision of zero preventable drowning deaths in the state’s public waters. Capitalising on The Ripper Group’s standing a...

News Clive Palmer is running a multimillion-dollar campaign against the corporate regulator. The only question is: What does he hope to achieve? By Mike Seccombe. Queensland businessman Clive Palmer. You could hardly think of two more dissimilar people than James Shipton and Dee Snider. Shipton, the outgoing chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Geelong Grammar old boy, former Goldman Sachs banker, scion of a patrician Melbourne Liberal Party family, looks like he wa...

Lindsay Ross won the Caloundra Mid-Amateur Championship on the weekend. Golf Peter Owen Premium Content Subscriber only Gold Coast visitor Lindsay Ross showed how much he enjoyed the Sunshine Coast when he stormed home to win the rain-shortened Caloundra Mid-Amateur Championship on Monday. Originally scheduled for 36 holes, the event was reduced to 18 holes when Sunday’s play was abandoned. Ross, the captain of Emerald Lakes, shot a brilliant five under-p...

An intense rain band bringing heavy falls is smashing parts of southeast Queensland with up to 88mm recorded. The rain is set to continue today.

by Tanya French Premium Content Subscriber only Heavy rainfall and localised flash flooding has lashed the southeast coast with water over roads and more rain on the way. Up to 137mm of rain has fallen in parts of the Sunshine Coast as a coastal trough draws in high rainfall totals. Caloundra has recorded 120mm in the last 24 hours to midday, while Bells Creek South has seen 137mm of falls. Localised flooding in Sandgate and Carseldine has been caused by u...

Premium Content Subscriber only The companies behind a controversial surf ranch and residential housing bid remain committed to the Coolum West site while still waiting for State Government approval. The Department of State Development is assessing the impacts and potential benefits of the proposed $1.2 billion Kelly Slater wave pool and residential development. World Surf League and Consolidated Properties are behind the development which includes building 1500 residential properties, an eco...

They included transforming "suitable parts of existing urban areas" into lifestyle community clusters around mass transit. Developing a mass transit system to connect population and employment centres and offer an alternative to cars and moving more people in fewer, larger mass transit vehicles accessible by bike or walking were part of the solutions identified. The survey starts out seeking to find out what features respondents are seeking in a mass transit system. Population growth scenar...

Premium Content Subscriber only At least three people are expected to be charged after police uncovered an alleged drug syndicate operating under the guise of a business in Noosaville. About 100 marijuana plants were allegedly seized after several raids across the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday. Warrants were executed in Noosaville, Coolum and Cooroy as part of a drug operation undertaken by Noosa Heads Criminal Investigation Branch. The alleged syndicate was operating as a pool restoration busi...

New coach to drive youth forwards in pool Edgar Choy appointed coach of Sunshine Coast Water Polos under 14 girls. Picture: Caroline Martin. Water Sports 26th Apr 2021 10:17 AM Premium Content Subscriber only A wealth of international experience is set to drive Coast girls towards a tilt against the countrys best as Edgar Choy dives into the regions water polo coaching ranks. At the age of 13 Choy made selection for the Hong Kong national water polo squad, he...