Coast doctors reveal emotional toll of Christmas trauma

Dr Michael Natale (L) and Dr Barrie Field will be among those working through the holidays to help those who need it most.

Coast ED docs open up on the trials of festive season treatments

Guitar Hero video gamer becomes real life musician

JAZZ MAN: Matt Allan has gone on to study jazz after getting into guitar through a video game.

WHAT do devotees of Guitar Hero do when they become too good?

School robotics team plans world domination at comp

WHIZ KIDS: Mr Scott Josephs, Hugo Reitano, James Clare, Mason Trout, Toby Wuiske and Mr Ricky Sinclair.

Coast students to compete in international robotics competition

 







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Storms move to Toowoomba, thousands lose power in Brisbane

AROUND 17,000 homes in the Logan area are without power as a storm sweeps through south-east Queensland.

Stanthorpe starts clean-up after first summer storm

OFFICES, pubs and cafes across the main street of Stanthorpe are in complete darkness this evening as a storm tears over the town and the rain continues to pour

Lightning strikes 62,000 times, uproots trees and roofs

FEROCIOUS and spectacular electrical and hail storms tore through Gympie region on Monday, as a series of dangerous storm events came in from the south-west.

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Amanda Hair Design celebrates

Owner Amanda Oxley and her partner Scott.

AMANDA Hair Design in Brightwater celebrated its second anniversary with a party...

THEY SAY: Coast MPs not happy about rail snub

Steve Dickson, Buderim MP: “We have a government who is financially incompetent,” Mr Dickson said. “We need these pieces of infrastructure (Mooloolah River interchange, rail duplication) and we need them yesterday. An inadequate road network around the new hospital will put people’s lives at risk.”

THE Gold Coast rail progress announcement drew colourful responses from our MPs.

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Noosa Seniors Pro AM. (L-R) Ian Baker-Finch. Photo Geoff Potter / Noosa News

Noosa Legends Pro Am./ Noosa Golf Club.

Five things you need to know this Thursday, December 17

THE people of Pomona know how to celebrate Christmas. Tonight they will hold their annual Night of Lights from 6pm, with carols, a laser show and a visit from Santa.

YOUR bunch of five things happening today.

SOAP BOX: Generations seem to exist in alternate realities

Netfilx headquarters in Los Gatos, California.

Each generation tends to have a different take on the world's rules

WATER COOLER: Neighbourhood dogs driving me barking mad

The day gives visitors the opportunity to meet all the pets and to ask the experts questions about which breeds might suit their lifestyle best.

It is hard to tell exactly which house it is coming from

LETTER: Rosie's legacy

2015 Australian of the year, Rosie Batty.

The issue is very much now front and centre

SOAP BOX: Let paramedics have Tasers

Paramedics and ambulance officers shouldn't be sitting ducks

All pollies responsible for rail snub

It’s basic infrastructure for a growing south-east Queensland

MY SAY: Whistle a happy tune and the world’s okay again

Kathy Sundstrom.

It's scary when worry begins haunting your children

Camp cooking: Whip up a feast from whatever you've got

Roothy ready to get cooking on the campfire

Sometimes I just make things up to suit whatever’s in the truck.

A mechanical life: Roothy gives us a glimpse

Where it all started - on the verandah of the old homestead in the Flinders. Anthony Warry captured this photo of Roothy reflecting on a lifetime of playing with machines.

Roothy rolls the shed door back for a glimpse of his secret life …

The 4WD Recovery Handbook: Everything you need to know

Turn even the hairiest offroad situations into a non-event.

How to catch a feed in the middle of the desert

Kenno and his magic desert catch

Catching a feed in the middle of a desert

LandCruiser 79: How LowRange's Gleno gave it the berries

Gleno tweaks the chip on his LC79

Now Gleno’s 79 has the bite to match its bark.

How Gleno's LandCruiser became its own evil twin

LOOKING GOOD: Gleno's 79 all spruced up and ready for action.

The 79 for Roothy's LowRange spruces up with aftermarket goodies.

Car stripped

Thieves stripped a car at 'Pams 4x4 Centre' in Woombye

Coast Doctor opens up about trauma

Dr Michael Natale, Director of Emergency medicine and Dr Barrie Field at Nambour Hospital emergency department. Photo: John McCutcheon / Sunshine Coast Daily

Dr Michael Natale speaks about the impacts of Christmas trauma on medical staff.

Gen Y face tough choices with home ownership

HOME PLANS: Rockhampton’s Nicola Berg, pictured with partner Tim Mills, says she’s keen to buy a home and raise a family.

Young people putting life goals on hold in order to afford mortgages.

Gladstone makes list of Dirty Dozen suburbs to avoid

I Love Tannum Feature. Photo Paul Braven / The Observer

List takes sales, vacancies, prices into account to predict trends

OPEN HOME: Retreat at Maleny set amid forest

For many, a tree change or sea change is the retirement dream

HOLISTIC HEALTH: Herbal tea guide

Emily Holmes, nutritionist.

Some of my favourite herbal teas and their most common uses

A festive time to indulge but keep health in check

Keep a check on over-eating and alcohol consumption this Christmas