Media Releases in News – Noosa Shire Council

Detours in place as $2M Cooroy drainage project begins

Traffic and pedestrian detours will be in place around Cooroy’s Garnet Street from mid-August, as work begins on a $2 million flood mitigation project. Greenwood Grove developer WM Projects is u

Call for submissions as second Community Jury tackles river issue

newDemocracy Foundation has selected a new group of 24 local residents to form Noosa’s second Community Jury. They’ll meet for the first time on August 22, and spend five months developing

Happy 102nd birthday Helen!

Noosa’s Helen Rhodes describes her visit to Noosa Community Support as a weekly highlight. That was especially true last Tuesday when she celebrated her 102nd birthday at the centre surrounded b

Mum's the word on new fitness program

Council is calling on new mums to help shape a proposed Get Out, Get Active fitness program for women with young children. The future program will link local mums with free or low cost fitness activit

Residents to help design new boardwalk

Residents will help Council design the final stage of Noosa’s Park Road boardwalk upgrade. Council will consult local residents and stakeholders on a concept design for the 400-metre section bet

Council calls for rethink on koala offset site

Council is calling on Main Roads to rethink its choice of sites for 60,000 koala trees currently destined for land beside the Bruce Highway, north of Cooroy. Councillors last night endorsed a motion a

Council calls on flying fox experts

Council is calling in flying fox experts to provide advice on how best to manage the Wallace Park flying fox colony. Councillors last night voted to have expert consultants develop a management plan f

Noosa LDMG on alert following earthquake

Noosa’s Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) is on alert following a 5.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fraser Island this morning. Local Disaster Coordinator Martin Drydale said t

Annual bulk rubbish collection begins August 8

Noosa Council’s popular bulk kerbside waste collection begins next month. The annual service to residential properties will begin on 8 August and run to 17 October with a break during the Septem

Tips and tricks for successful grant writing

Council is offering local community groups helpful advice on ways to secure grant funding. An information session next Wednesday will guide community, sporting and not-for-profit groups in making the

NAO robot needs a name

The mission is on to find the Library’s new NAO humanoid robot a name. Noosa Library Service has launched a competition to find the walking, talking, fully programmable robot, a new moniker. &ld

Hidden landscapes feature in Gallery's new exhibitions

Artists Kym Barrett and Thomas Sydow exhibit their distinct works at Noosa Regional Gallery from 23 July to 23 August. In From Sense to Sensuality, artist, Thomas Sydow, shares his colourful and multi

Community Jury members give jury concept the tick

Noosa’s inaugural Community Jury members have given the Community Jury concept – a first for a Queensland council – the thumbs-up. The 23 residents are finalising a set of recommenda

Green Army joins Bushland Care groups' war on weeds

Noosa Bushland Care groups’ war on weeds has won some welcome reinforcement from the Green Army. Green Army team members are in Noosa to support the Shire’s 20 Bushland Care groups until O

Call Council to check signage compliance

Council is urging local business owners to check that their advertising signs comply with the rules. New Local Laws for advertising devices took effect from 1 July, with requirements for temporary sig