It's great news for 138 Sunshine Coast community organisations with their local council putting up $990,000 to give them a helping hand this financial.
A mother-of-two is confined to a wheelchair in constant pain after a surf lesson went horribly wrong due to a rare condition that has doctors stumped.
Roisin Clark woke up before sunrise on December 10, 2019, and excitedly got ready for her very first surfing lesson at Maroochydore Beach, on Queensland s Sunshine Coast, before work.
On a beautiful summer morning she and her best friend posed for a photo in front of their large learner surfboards, ready to get on the ocean.
That photo would be the last one ever taken of the graphic designer standing on her own.
Pictured: A photograph of Roisin Clark (right) and her best friend before a surf lesson. It would be the last photo ever taken of her standing up on her own
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The 2016 Sunshine Coast event was estimated to have generated an economic impact of $19.54 million for the local economy.
This year’s event is expected to deliver an economic impact of about $17 million despite the challenges of the pandemic.
Plans to try and host the event every three years were being forged back in 2018 when council staff began discussions with Tourism and Events Queensland. Lana Rogers wins the ironwoman race in 2018 at The Aussies. Picture: SLSA
Council officers outlined the intention of those discussions in their presentation to be made to councillors at next Thursday’s meeting.
Reducing cash and in-kind support required to secure the event, preventing a future “bidding competition” between Queensland-based regions to host and further advancing the council’s “growing partnership” with Tourism and Events Queensland were listed as intentions of the discussions.
The event will run from April 16-24. First to compete will be the U14 and U15 athletes. The action starts from 8am Friday at Maroochydore beach with ironman and ironwoman and surf and board races throughout the day. The final events will be the under 14 male and female surf race finals. Sprints and beach relays will take place at Mooloolaba from 2pm Friday. Saturday s beach events at Mooloolaba begin at 7am with the young athletes competing in 2km runs. Flags will start from 4.30pm. Competitors aged from 30 to 75 will also hit the water at Mooloolaba on Saturday with the masters open swim events starting from 8am.