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CONNECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF GLASSHOUSE COUNTRY AND THE BLACKALL RANGE
Wootha Prize is back on By Sonia Isaacs THE hinterland’s muchloved Wootha Prize is back after it was cut from the hinterland culture calendar in 2025 as collateral damage following the axing of the Maleny Wood Expo. Barung Landcare president, Barbara Kelly, told GC&M News she was excited to announce the prestigious prize would return in 2026. The move marks a significant new chapter for the organisation and the Sunshine Coast’s artisan timber sector, with the revamped prize promising deeper community involvement. Story p3
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Paved for a parking lot Co-Op in fight for survival with four-storey car park to replace business and servo By Sonia Isaacs and Mitch Gaynor
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THE Beerwah Co-Op and service station will be replaced by a fourstorey, 400-space car park and retail precinct when construction for the Wave
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train station upgrade begins in mid-2027, a public meeting on the future of the 90-year-old business was told. The Co-Op has emerged as the major casualty of the $5.5bn Wave rail project, which will connect Beerwah to
Caloundra via a 27km line by 2032. Under current plans, the historic site, home to the Co-Op since 1936, and the adjoining service station will be demolished for an expanded station including an extra train line, island
platform, multi-storey park ‘n’ ride, bus interchange and retail facilities. Emotions ran high at a public briefing on November 25, attended by about 50 residents, where the Co-Op board said the lease was unlikely to be
renewed after mid-2027. “We want to be upfront with our community... the Co-Op is facing a significant transition period ahead,” said Co-Op board spokesperson James Stretch. Story p 4-5
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