Celebrate Festive Season

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1 Celebrate Festive Season Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13 Photo: Raoul Slater Your free program guide to the region s range of festive season community events and activities. Celebrate Festive Season

2 A message from your Mayor Celebrate this summer by getting involved in the 2012/13 Sunshine Coast Festive Season program. Sunshine Coast Council supports festive season events that reflect the cultural values, diversity and lifestyle of our communities and the packed program of more than 70 fun, family-friendly activities held throughout December and January is sure to please. This guide provides you with information on the wide variety of festive activities taking place across the region. I encourage you to: follow the Christmas Tree Trail with 32 trees lighting up across the region find your creative side at the green arts workshops take part in local community carols and festive events Share the spirit of the season by catching up with neighbours, both old and new, and support your community by heading out to a local event near you. So, enjoy the festive season and please stay safe, keep cool, look out for each other and have fun! Cr Mark Jamieson Mayor enjoy the exciting New Year s Eve and Australia Day celebrations. 2 Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13

3 Christmas Tree Trail This year the Sunshine Coast Christmas Tree Trail will dazzle and delight with 32 trees lighting up throughout the region. Decorated trees include Hoop, Bunya, Lilly Pillies, Fig and Jacaranda, Norfolk Pines, Swamp and Paper Gums. Tree location Address Alexandra Headland Alexandra Parade, south-side of Alexandra Headland Surf Life Saving Club Bokarina Wyandra Park, Oceanic Drive Buderim Caloundra Conondale Coolum Cooran Cooroy* Cotton Tree Eudlo Glasshouse Kenilworth Kin Kin Jacaranda tree front of Old Post Office near the Burnett Street roundabout Roundabout, Bulcock and Minchinton Streets Boyle Park next to the swimming pool David Low Way (west side) near Park Street Pioneer Park, King and Prince Streets Roundabout, Maple and Emerald Streets Cotton Tree Park (west of swimming pool) Cotton Tree Esplanade Town Park, Corlis Avenue (near skate park) Rotary Park, Reed Street and Bruce Parade Town Park, Elizabeth and Charles Street Roundabout, 50 Main Street Landsborough Vietnam Memorial Park, Cribb Street * Community decorated tree. Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13 3

4 Christmas Tree Trail Tree location Maleny Mapleton Marcoola Montville Mooloolaba Mudjimba Nambour Noosa* Noosaville Pacific Paradise Palmwoods Peregian Beach Pomona Tewantin Town of Seaside Woombye Wurtulla Yandina * Community decorated tree. Address Roundabout, Maple and Coral Streets Memorial Park, Corner Flaxton Drive and Obi Obi Road Felix Parry Park, Marcoola Esplanade Village Green, Main Street (south of Memorial Close) Norfolk pine between Beach Terrace and Mooloolaba Esplanade (south end) Power Park, Mudjimba Esplanade Nambour Town Square, Lowe and Queen Streets Hastings Street (roundabout intersection) Tewantin-Noosaville Lions Park (near amphitheatre), Gympie Terrace Eliza Peatling Park, Gayome Street Kolora Park, Woombye-Palmwoods Road Heron and Kingfisher Streets (near Surf Life Saving Club) Joe Bazzo Park, Reserve Street Poinciana Avenue (median strip) Seaside Boulevard (entry roundabout) 33 Blackall Street Crummunda Park, Bareki Street War Memorial Park, Stevens and Railway Streets In keeping with council s vision for the Sunshine Coast to be Australia s most sustainable region vibrant, green, diverse only environmentally friendly Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting features in all council-decorated Christmas trees. 4 Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13

5 Green Art Workshops Hosted by Sunshine Coast Council, these workshops are sure to stimulate your child s creativity. Check the website for January s offerings. Bookings open 12 November and are essential as places are limited. A registration fee of $5 per participant can be paid online at the time of booking via council s CommunityHub at events Date Time (Age group) Workshop 17 Dec 10.30am noon (9 14 year olds) pm (9 14 year olds) 18 Dec 10.30am noon (5 12 year olds) 10.30am noon (5 8 year olds) pm (9 12 year olds) 19 Dec noon (5 8 year olds) pm (9 12 year olds) 10.30am noon (5 9 year olds) pm (10 15 year olds) Weaving Bracelets create a bracelet or armband with pandanus or banana fibre and decorate it with emu feathers. Free form weaving sculpt an artful natural basket to house a Bromeliad living Christmas Gift. Noosa Botanic Gardens Festive Bamboo Lanterns create your very own festive lantern. Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens Recycled Jigsaw Puzzle Tree Decorations Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve Recycled Aussie Christmas Cards/Wrapping with Lino Printing Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve Look what I made! experiment with fun printing techniques to create your very own beautiful hand-made wrapping paper and cards. Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens Christmas Paper Crafting creating up-cycled gifts, packages and decorations using green materials. Noosa Botanic Gardens Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13 5

6 Green Art Workshops Date Time (Age group) Workshop 20 Dec 9.30am noon (5 12 year olds) 10.30am noon (5 9 year olds) pm (10 14 year olds) Natural and Native Christmas decorations and gifts create beautiful decorations and gifts using all natural and organic materials. Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens Sugar Gliders of Mary Cairncross Reserve - make your own Sugar Glider in clay, in a day! Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve Registration fees must be paid at the time of booking online, or at a council Customer Contact Centre within one week of booking, as places cannot be held for unpaid registrations. Children attending workshops must be accompanied by an adult and a registration fee is not required for these supervising adults. For further details and information on the full summer program, including January s offerings, visit the CommunityHub online at Photo: Brian Rogers Photo: Rene Bahloo Photo: Davina Foster 6 Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13

7 Christmas events Date Time Event 24 Nov 10am-2pm North Shore Community Christmas Celebration North Shore Community Centre, Mudjimba 30 Nov 5-10pm Nambour Alive! Nambour Town Square Nambour Alliance: pm Lighting of Hastings Street Christmas Tree Hastings Street, Noosa pm Cooroy Lights Up Butter Factory Arts Centre 30 Nov- 24 Dec Various QMP Christmas Window Trail Cooroy Various locations 1 Dec 4-10pm Christmas in Cooroy Apex Park / Mill Place pm Lighting of Montville Tree Village Green, Main Street, Montville pm Carols at Cotton Tree Cotton Tree Park, Cotton Tree Esplanade pm Coolum Fiesta Tickle Park, David Low Way Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13 7

8 Christmas events Date Time Event 1-24 Dec Various 2012 Annual Christmas Tree Festival Kenilworth Kenilworth Christmas Tree Sub-Committee 2 Dec am Toy Run 2012 Stockland Shopping Centre Caloundra to Aussie World, Frizzo Road (Bruce Highway), Palmview Ulysses Club: 2pm Carols Concert Kawana Community Hall, Buddina Sunshine Coast Concert Band: 4-8pm Alex Community Christmas Celebration Buhk Family Park, Alexandra Headland 5 Dec pm Lighting of Mapleton Tree Mapleton War Memorial Park 6pm Woombye Christmas Lantern Festival 33 Blackall Street 7 Dec pm Senior Citizens Christmas Party Lake Kawana Community Centre 7, 14, 21 Dec 6-8pm Festive Fridays Noosa Junction 8 Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13

9 Date Time Event 8 Dec 2-7pm Christmas Family Fun Day Boyle Park, Conondale Conondale Swimming Pool Committee Inc pm Mountain Creek Community Carols by Candlelight Mountain Creek State School Oval Mountain Creek State School P & C Association 9 Dec 4-8pm Lights on the Lake Currimundi Lake, Crummunda Park, Wurtulla pm Palmwoods Green Bush Christmas Palmwoods State School, Palmwoods Christmas Committee Photo: Alain Bouvier Photo: JG Fitzpatrick Photo: Danielle Gillespie Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13 9

10 Christmas events Date Time Event 14 Dec 4.30pm Kin Kin Community Christmas and Carols by Candlelight 2012 Kin Kin Sports Grounds Kin Kin Community Group 4-8pm Mooloolah Valley Community Event Mooloolah Community Centre, 43 Bray Road pm North Shore Carols in the Park Power Park, Mudjimba pm Maleny Christmas Carnival Maple Street, Maleny 5-9pm Nambour Carols and Christmas Festival Nambour Showgrounds Nambour Baptist Church: pm Bli Bli Community Christmas Carols Bli Bli State School Oval 6-8pm Carols in the Park Dicky Beach Park 14, 21, 28 Dec 6-9pm Eumundi Community Christmas Cheer Centre of Town, Eumundi 10 Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13

11 Date Time Event 15 Dec pm Mooloolaba s Christmas Boat Parade The Wharf, Mooloolaba Mooloolaba Yacht Club 5pm Glasshouse Community Carols Beerwah Sportsground 6-8:30pm Buderim Community Carols by Candlelight Buderim Mountain School Oval 6pm Christmas in the Park Tickle Park, Coolum Beach Dec 7-9pm nightly Christmas Festival 2012 Little Red Wagon Kawana Waters Uniting Church Bokarina Photo: Andrew Seymore Photo: Andrew Seymore Photo: Raoul Slater Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13 11

12 Christmas events Date Time Event Dec pm Christmas Lights Spectacular Lifepointe Centre Wises Road, North Buderim 16 Dec pm Twin Waters Christmas Carols Wandiny Room, Novotel Resort, Twin Waters Twin Waters Residents Assoc: 4-8pm Tewantin Noosa RSL Sub Branch Christmas Carnival Memorial Park, Tewantin 21 Dec 6.45pm 2012 Christmas Boating Flotilla Noosa Waters canal system Dec 2 and 7.30pm Miracle on 34th Street The J Noosa 23 Dec 6-9pm Noosa Carols By The River Noosaville Lions Park 6-9pm Carols on Kings Kings Beach Amphitheatre 24 Dec 4pm Peregian Beach Christmas Carols Peregian Beach Park pm Christmas Eve Celebration Mooloolaba Beach 25 Dec 8am Maleny Community Christmas Breakfast Maleny Neighbourhood Centre pm Christmas Day in the Grounds Nambour Showgrounds Suncoast Christian Care 12 Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13

13 New Year s Eve events Local families and visitors are invited to come along and enjoy the familyfriendly entertainment at the following community end-of-year celebrations. Date Time Event 31 Dec 4pm-12.30am New Year s Eve Mooloolaba The Esplanade, Mooloolaba Fireworks: 8.30pm and midnight 5pm New Year s Event Fireworks Display Coolum Beach Fireworks: 8pm and midnight pm New Year s Eve Caloundra Kings Beach Amphitheatre Fireworks: 9pm Creative Events Inc: 5pm-1am New Year s The Lake Boreen Point Foreshore pm-12am New Year s Eve Noosa Marina Fireworks: 9pm and midnight Pet owners in the vicinity of New Year s Eve celebrations are advised that the noise of fireworks can cause pets to become agitated. Council reminds owners to ensure pets are safe and secure for the duration of the event. Free Holiday Buses From Wednesday 26 December 2012 to Sunday 6 January 2013 including New Year s Eve council in partnership with TransLink, will provide free public transport for everyone on the Coast. Visit council s website for full details. Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13 13

14 Australia Day events Date Time Event 26 Jan am Great Australia Day Big Breakfast BBQ Maleny RSL Club Apex Maleny am The Great Free Aussie Breakfast Alan Walker Park, Buddina Kawana Waters Uniting Church 7-10am Australia Day Breakfast Palmwoods State School Hall Palmwoods Progress Association Inc 7am-12.30pm Australia Day on Buderim Burnett Street, Buderim Buderim War Memorial Community Association 7am-2pm Australia Day Community Celebrations Kings Beach 7am-3pm Noosa Local Legends Noosaville Lions Park, Gympie Terrace Rotary Club of Noosa Heads Tewantin Noosa Lions Club 7am-7.30pm Australia Day Coolum Beach Tickle Park, David Low Way Lioness Club of Coolum Beach am Act Local, Think Global Montville Village Green Montville Village Association Inc am Australia Day Breakfast and Games Glenfield Park, Mountain Creek Mooloolaba Lions Club am Australia Day Breakfast Eumundi Aquatic Centre Eumundi Greens 14 Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13

15 Date Time Event 26 Jan 10am-2pm Australia Day Classic Car Show Philip Street Kenilworth (between Mary and Elizabeth Streets) Kenilworth Hotel 10am- 2pm Australia Day Celebration La Balsa Park, Pt Cartwright Rotary Club of Kawana Waters Inc 10am-9pm Marcoola Rocks on Australia Day Marcoola Surf Club and Main Beach Marcoola Surf Club 10.30am- 7.30pm Glasshouse Mountains Australia Day Glasshouse Mountains Sports Club 902 Steve Irwin Way, Glasshouse Mountains Glasshouse Mountains Sports Club Check the Sunshine Coast Daily on 26 January for an up-to-date listing of Australia Day community celebrations and the announcement of the 2013 Sunshine Coast Australia Day Award recipients. Photo: Event Photos Australia Photo: Event Photos Australia Photo: Event Photos Australia Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13 15

16 Acknowledgements Council wishes to thank all contributors and stakeholders involved in the development of this document. Publisher Civic and Community Events Unit Sunshine Coast Council Disclaimer Information contained in this document is based on available information at the time of writing. All figures and diagrams are indicative only and should be referred to as such. While the Sunshine Coast Regional Council has exercised reasonable care in preparing this document it does not warrant or represent that it is accurate or complete. Council or its officers accept no responsibility for any loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from acting in reliance upon any material contained in this document. T F Locked Bag 72 Sunshine Coast Mail Centre Qld /12. Printed on environmentally responsible paper. Sunshine Coast Council gratefully acknowledges its supporters: