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Council Link provides a door-to-door transport for just $2 each way. Booking is easy by checking the schedule on Council’s website and calling 5441 8856.

They're finally coming! On Sunday, August 17 at dawn, a spectacle unlike any you’ve seen before will take place in the skies, above UniSC Sunshine Coast.

It may have been a wet winter this year, but all it takes is a week of warm weather for bushfires to become a serious threat. Know your home’s bushfire risk and have a bushfire survival plan in place.

The Sunshine Coast Marine BioBlitz project has been announced as a finalist in the prestigious 2025 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

Survey has discovered that Reesville is one of the most densely populated koala habitats in the northern part of South East Queensland.

A celebration of flavour, innovation and community brought together the region’s most passionate producers and changemakers on Friday, July 25.

A new public art plan will help shape the region's cultural landscape.

A wave of digital transformation continues to sweep the Sunshine Coast, driven by better data services via the arrival of a second subsea cable and data centre.

The Sunshine Coast will host the 2025 Australian Coastal Councils Conference, sharing learnings in coastal sustainability, climate resilience and community-focused adaptation strategies, while fostering national collaboration on managing Australia’s changing coastlines.

One of the hinterland’s favourite parks is set to be even better with two welcome upgrades about to start construction.

A farm-to-fork experience at historic Yandina Station, led by a star chef, provided a fitting opening to one of Queensland’s finest food and drink festivals. With more than 50 events still to come, there are plenty of opportunities for locals and visitors to take part.

The 2025 Wild HeART Student Art Prize invites young Sunshine Coast artists to explore native Australian species and share their ecological stories through realistic art. Finalists’ works will feature in a summer exhibition at Maroochy Botanic Garden. Entries close October 5, with prizes across three age categories.

Sunshine Coast Council endorsed its Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2025–2028, reinforcing its long-standing commitment to reconciliation by embedding First Nations cultures and partnerships into all aspects of Council work.

Celebrating seven years to go until the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games with 7 Years to Grow - a vibrant initiative to green our backyard and work towards a more sustainable region in 2032 and beyond.

Invitation letters are on their way to 10,000 lucky households who are invited to register their interest for the first Sunshine Coast Citizens' Panel.

Here’s how you helped shape the future for a well-used neighbourhood park on the Sunshine Coast.

The Living on the Sunshine Coast survey has highlighted once again the close connections between access to the environment, strong communities and quality of life in our Sunshine Coast Biosphere.

Works start on a world-class beachfront destination...find out what you can look forward to!

Discover the Sunshine Coast National Art Prize finalists and vote for your favourite artwork

Sunshine Coast tourists and residents alike will soon benefit from new late-night bus services.

The proposed Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme is now open for community feedback - and your voice is vital to shaping the future of our region.

The Nambour tip will be closed for upgrades from Monday, July 28, to Sunday, September 7, reopening Monday, September 8.

Council’s Major Grants are a twice-yearly opportunity for not-for-profit organisations to apply for funding support to deliver one-off community projects, activities and events.

Community feedback is helping shape active transport corridors on the Sunshine Coast.