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PUBLIC ARTWORK TO ADD COLOUR TO OCEAN STREET
IMAGE: JESSE DELISLE
A beautiful remnant of the successful World Festival remains in Ocean Street. A cube adorned with artworks by Gerrard King, Steve Falco, Benjamin Strand and E J Zyla stands proudly outside The Rhythm for passersby to appreciate. A public vote to announce the people’s choice has seen King take bragging rights and also a $250 cash prize for his efforts.
NO NEED TO AIR YOUR DIRTY LAUNDRY WITH ORANGE SKY Orange Sky, the organisation behind the world’s first free mobile laundry now has a permanent van on the Sunshine Coast after having visited the region for the past 12 months. Orange Sky co-founders Nic Marchesi and Lucas Patchett were named 2016 Young Australians of the Year for their work in establishing the world’s first free laundry service for the homeless. The new van will add to Orange Sky’s fleet of 10 laundry vans and three shower vans across Australia. To find out more, visit orangeskylaundry.com.au.
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BLOOMHILL VOLUNTEERS THANKED More than 400 dedicated Bloomhill Cancer Care volunteers were recognised for their efforts during National Volunteers’ Week. Around 140 vollies turned up for a special breakfast with Bloomhill staff and board members serving the guests, which saw 24 volunteers acknowledged for five, 10, 15 and even 20 years of service. Throughout 2016, Bloomhill volunteers gifted more than 71,000 hours to clients and the community and drove more than 130,000 kilometres to provide transport support to more than 700 clients.
Civil construction has begun on stage one of Maroochydore’s new central business district. This area, at the northern end of the 53-hectare site, will be the commercial heart of the new city centre and is set to be transformed over the next 12 months. Contractors are constructing a grid of eight streets across the 10 hectares of stage one, which will intersect to create new lots for commercial, retail and mixed-use developments. New footpaths and cycleways are being built, lighting will be installed and public areas will be landscaped. Below ground, complex infrastructure is being installed to provide power, water and communications to the future residents and businesses of the new CBD, as well as access to Council’s Smart City Wi-Fi network.
TOOMOO RAISES $20,000 FOR CHARITY More than 120 cyclists rode a gruelling 10 hours from Toowoomba to Mooloolaba to raise funds for STEPS Pathways College, which officially opened last week. Riders were pushed to their limits in the name of charity, but the challenge was worthwhile as the group raised $20,000 and purchased a fleet of bikes for students at the college. The popular ride has now raised more than $60,000 for local charities.
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