Carl Reeves, left, has gone into business with Brendan “Rusty” Brooke in the Nambour barbershop Rusty Reeves. by Janine Hill DOWNTOWN Nambour is not where you would normally find someone who has coiffed the hair of Ed Sheeran, Pink or Kate Moss. Until now. Having opted out of glamour jobs and travel for family life, Carl Reeves has gone into business with a friend, Brendan “Rusty” Brooke in a Nambour

Vicki Arthur: “People loved vintage then and they love it now.” by Tani du Toit The way Vicki Arthur made her idea of owning a vintage shop a reality, is the stuff dreams are made of. Looking back almost 15 years, she could never have guessed she would own one of the Sunshine Coast’s most iconic vintage shops located at Nambour. “Back then, I thought it would be fun to

From left, Canefarmer-turned pineapple farmer Gordon Oakes, Mill fitter and turner Greg Rigbye, TramCo chair Greg Rogerson, Don Fewquandi, and Peter Jones from Nambour Crushers. by Janine Hill THE phone rang. Someone rattled the front door. It was 3am on 1 September, 1981. Moreton Mill chief engineer Graham Williams had been asleep at home when workers scrambled to alert him to a calamity. “They said there was a problem with

Jon Coghill and Dan Munday Film fans flooded Nambour Majestic Cinemas on November 3 to see 8 short films that had the whole Majestic Cinema theatre entertained.   The Sunnycoast Showdown is the brain-child of creatives and former Nambourians Jon Coghill and Dan Munday.  The experienced celebrities are not only assisting/mentoring in the creation of these award winning short films, but also talent scouting for future short films and documentaries.

The Nambour music store has been taken over by Steve Gray who decided a rebranding was in order to accompany its new era. by Janine Hill Shake It Up Music has had a shake up and come out the other side with a new name: Infinite Music. The Nambour music store has been taken over by Steve Gray who decided a rebranding was in order to accompany its new era.

Nambour’s Christmas guru and owner of the Nambour Heights Gift and Christmas Shop Ang Dunne tells Santa about the upcoming Contest. Prizes are up for grabs this holiday season with the Nambour Chamber of Commerce, Nambour Tram and Nambour Retailers Group all joining forces under their I Am Nambour brand with working partner Sunshine Coast Council to bring the streets of the CBD alive with lights, decorations and sparkle.  

Above from left: Greg Rogerson,  Darren Shepherd and Peter Clark installed the lighting which will illuminate night time functions at the terminus in Mill Street – Ten four metre high stainless steel poles crowned with LED floodlights now shine down on backyard of the terminus. by Janine Hill A Sunshine Coast Council grant has shone a light, or rather, quite a few, on the Nambour tram headquarters. A $15,000 council

Tony Bryant receives his NHWO 2023 award from Acting Commissioner of Police Tracy Linford and Acting Executive Director of Cultural Change and Engagement Simon Kelly by Janine Hill Behind every community group is a core team who can be relied upon to keep things running in the face of adversity. Tony Bryant is part of the core team of the Burnside Neighbourhood Watch Group.  Since 2009, with the exception of

The Shack’s Dale, Imogene and Donna Dowler, backed by supporters, launch the Trees of Hope Appeal. Just call in to participating stores, grab a hamper bag and fill it according to the list provided. by Janine Hill The Shack’s annual Trees of Hope Christmas hamper appeal was officially launched on November 2 but, behind the scenes, the team had already been hard at work for weeks. Like the elves in

Len Holden with his ’42 Ford hotrod. He says the Friday meetups are better than watching Better Homes & Gardens. by Janine Hill A DEARTH of entertainment on Friday night TV has sparked a weekly event bringing cars and community together in Nambour. Hot rodder Len Holden put out the call in September for owners of pre-1975 cars to get together in the Bury Street carpark one Friday night and

Former Nambour High students Dan Munday, a producer on Survivor, left, and Powderfinger drummer Jon Coghill. by Janine Hill NAMBOUR will get the last look, for now, at eight locally dreamed, locally driven film projects. A special screening of a collection of four short films, a documentary, two reality shows and a Powderfinger music video from the past two years of Sunny Coast Showdown will be held at Nambour’s Majestic