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Subscriber only A double celebration will be held on Saturday as the Sunshine Coast embraces the World Environment Day Festival at a biodiversity hot spot which has just been increased by 94ha. The Doonan Creek Environment Reserve has expanded to 474ha of wildlife corridor and is now the largest reserve in Sunshine Coast Council s conservation estate of more than 7000ha. Mayor Mark Jamieson said the purchase preserved an area of a highly valued wallum biodiversity corridor between the Maroochy River and Noosa which was covered entirely with native vegetation. This corridor includes diverse habitats such as coastal lowlands and flood plains that together form an essential corridor for our wildlife to move through the landscape, Mr Jamieson said.
A Sunshine Coast hinterland town has been left unable to reach emergency services after experiencing their second phone outage in just five months leaving elderly residents very concerned.