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From the Queen’s Mainland back to Queensland: A Farewell to Michelle Gilmore

Elisa Mele, Elisa: People, Places & Stories Women of Cooloola Coast - IG @womenofcooloolacoast It was quite the transoceanic leap when Heatley and Michelle Gilmore left London to return to Australia, more precisely, to Rainbow Beach. They had...

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Rhyll Davis

01 May 2025

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Community Skilling Up To Be Prepared In Rainbow Beach

Nicole Harper, CCR Project Manager Plan C started delivering its Community Carers and Responders (CCR) training to Pomona, Gympie, and Maryborough last year and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. A new program will start on the Coolool...

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Rainbow Editor

01 May 2025

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Community Centre Update - April 2025

Denise Orr Rainbow Beach Community Centre is gradually adjusting to life under the new team of Jed Elmer, John McLinden, and Lynda Twamley after the resignations of long-time stalwarts Fiona Hawthorne (retired) and Jenny Brown (moved to Gold Coast)...

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Rainbow Editor

01 May 2025

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New Zero-Tolerance For Illegal Camping In Rainbow Beach

Following growing community frustration in Rainbow Beach, Gympie Regional Council is taking a zero-tolerance stance to illegal camping. From April 2025, Council will install new ‘11pm – 4am No Parking’ signage along Griffith Esplanade, a known...

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Rhyll Davis

01 Apr 2025

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Rainbow Beach to Host Surfing Penguin

From 4 August 2024, the 10 Force Support Battalion; the 35 Water Transport Squadron, will be conducting their annual exercise Surfing Penguin from Rainbow Beach to Inskip Point. Soldiers will be conducting surf negotiation training and certification...

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Rainbow Editor

01 Aug 2024

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Drink driving charges, Rainbow Beach

https://r2. mypolice. qld. gov. au/uploads/2024/04/25/214730_offences-rainbow-beach. mp4 Police have charged a 24-year-old Miva woman with multiple offences following an incident in Rainbow Beach at the beginning of the week. Around 3pm, on April 22...

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Rainbow Editor

26 Apr 2024

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Light Up Your New Year’s Eve!

See Out 2023 With A Bang Well, somehow this year has already come to an end. It just whooshed by didn’t it! As the countdown to 2024 begins, both Rainbow Beach and Tin Can Bay are gearing up to paint the sky with vibrant FREE fireworks displays: ...

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Rainbow Editor

30 Dec 2023

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Santa Flies In To Rainbow On A Surge Of Community Spirit

Elisa Seul As the festive season approaches, Rainbow Beach is gearing up for its much-anticipated annual event, ‘Santa Comes to Rainbow’, now in its remarkable 5th year. The Community Centre, the heart of our vibrant town, will once again be the hub...

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Rainbow Editor

06 Dec 2023

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Cultural Waves Showcase: A Vibrant Celebration at Rainbow Beach

Elisa Seul Rainbow Beach, brace yourselves for another heartwarming evening of artistry, culture, and melodies! After the great success of the Tunes & Tales Event in September, our very own Producer Elisa: People, Places & Events is back...

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Rainbow Editor

23 Nov 2023

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It’s Raffle Time For Rainbow School!

Rainbow Beach State School P&C News Melissa Spanton, P&C Secretary Welcome back to Term 4! On reflection it has certainly been a busy year, with much planning and preparation going into building the Outside School Hours Care (OSHC). There...

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Rainbow Editor

31 Oct 2023

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End Of An Era For Ice Worx

DEAN’S ICE WORX STORY Marilyn Dean Dean’s Ice was started over thirty years ago on 19 March 1993 from small beginnings. We rented half a shed and set ourselves up with a small ice manufacturing machine, a container for storage of product, and...

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Rainbow Editor

31 Oct 2023

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Locals Shine At Recent World Cup

For more photos and details go to the Combined Martial Arts Cooloola Facebook page

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Rainbow Editor

01 Nov 2023

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Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day In Rainbow Greg Walker, Rainbow Beach RSL Sub-Branch At 1050hrs on Saturday 11 November the Rainbow Beach RSL Sub-Branch will be conducting a ceremony at the Cenotaph to mark Remembrance Day. At 11am on 11 November 1918 the guns on...

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Rainbow Editor

01 Nov 2023