For a single long weekend in early May, Montville became the woodcraft capital of Australia. From the sawdust-scented sheds at the Montville Sportsground to the polished gallery floors of the…
A question worth asking: do residents have the right to answers from their council?
A dispute playing out in Nambour this week raises a question that has nothing to do with homelessness, parks or public safety, and everything to do with how local government…
From the Hinterland to the Concert Hall: A New Road to the QSO
On Sunday 3 May, twenty residents from the Montville, Mapleton, Maleny and Nambour region boarded a Mystic Mountain Tours coach and headed south to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre at…
Maleny Music Festival Named Festival of the Year at Queensland Music Awards
The Sunshine Coast Hinterland’s grassroots community festival has taken the People’s Choice award at the state’s most prestigious music industry night, a first for an event that has never chased…
Hinterland Bowls Celebrates in Style as BPHLL Wraps a Historic Season
Nambour Bowls Club welcomed 74 players and guests on Sunday for the Bowlers Paradise Hinterland Local League’s 2026 Presentation Day, a milestone afternoon for both the league and a host…
Rain and Remembrance: Mapleton Marks 111 Years Since Gallipoli
The sky held off long enough for the march. Residents, veterans, school children and visitors assembled at the corner of Wilga Court and Flaxton Drive at 9.30am on Saturday 25th…
Mapleton Falls Toilet Block Nears Completion as Final Fit-Out Begins
This article was updated 11/05/2026: UPDATE: The wait is over! We are pleased to announce that the new Mapleton Falls toilet block is now officially complete and open for public…
More Than a Win: What Nambour’s Car Park Fight Reveals
The Sunshine Coast Regional Council has abandoned plans to sell Nambour’s Howard Street car park, following a rapid and coordinated community campaign that drew strong opposition from residents, businesses and…
Wild Dog Baiting Comes to the Blackall Range – and Residents Have Questions
Updated: 28th April 2026 Sunshine Coast Council’s Autumn 2026 baiting program is underway. For Blackall Range communities, the notification letters have landed, and so has the controversy. Residents across the…
From the Big Cow to a $18.5 million base: LifeFlight’s 46-year journey is far from over
A helicopter rescue service born from Hinterland community spirit in 1979 has a gleaming new base, a surge in demand, and a visitor centre coming later this year that will…