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Coming up in 2025, wood chops and wheelbarrows

The Sunshine Coast Heritage Calendar is available to buy and it's chock full of your sporting memories.

From a 1977 sack race in Kenilworth to a 1965 wheelbarrow derby through the main street of Nambour, the 2025 Sunshine Coast Heritage Calendar certainly lives up to its theme, ‘Sports through the Ages’.

Thanks to contributions from our community members who sent in their family photos, every page is a trip down memory lane.

The $6 calendar is available across the region and will make a cherished stocking filler for anyone who loves a bit of nostalgia.

Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli said the calendar featured a wonderful collection of personal photographs alongside images from Council’s Picture Sunshine Coast collection.

Burnside Soccer Club 1983

“The personal images and memories provide a window into the real story of everyday life on the Sunshine Coast over the ages,” Mayor Natoli said.

“The everyday lives, holidays, memories and photographs we all hold in our family albums tell a broad story of what the Sunshine Coast was, and is, like.

“Our journey as a region is a continuous story and how we experience it plays an important role in our community.

“These images can now be enjoyed by everyone and will become part of our shared Sunshine Coast history.”

Images in the calendar have been tinted with colour, a technique in keeping with the tradition of hand-colouring monochrome photographs which began in 1900.

Front cover of the 2025 Heritage Calendar

The calendar is on sale at Council libraries and customer contact centres and is available to view on Council's heritage website. 

Five community members received framed canvas prints of their images as a special keepsake for their winning contribution.

Competition Winners

Lenore Meldrum with Lennox Meldrum competing in the Sack Race, Kenilworth, 1977. 

Lenore Meldrum with Lennox Meldrum competing in the Sack Race, Kenilworth, 1977. 

Gina Fink shared Mooloolaba SLSC competing in the Spring Race, Mooloolaba, 1950s.

Mooloolaba SLSC competing in the Spring Race, Mooloolaba, 1950s

Eumundi Museum sent in an image of A tennis match played at Meyers' Court, Eumundi, 1914.

An image of a tennis match played at Meyers' Court, Eumundi, 1914.

Nambour Museum shared a photograph of the Group Tunnel Ball Team from Nambour Rural School’, Nambour, 1949.

Group Tunnel Ball Team from Nambour Rural School, Nambour, 1949. Nambour Museum

Robyn Powell sent in her 1957 image of Ada Cunning ready for Saturday tennis, Tanawha.

Robyn Powell's 1957 image of Ada Cunning ready for Saturday tennis, Tanawha.

Picture Sunshine Coast is a database of more than 29,000 images that depict the history and development of the Sunshine Coast. Images can be viewed in Council’s library catalogue.

The other images featured in the calendar are:

  • Annual Sports Day, Eudlo, 1969
  • Gnat car racing at the showgrounds, Nambour, 1963
  • Grass skiing down the slopes, Woombye, 1981
  • Wood chopping competition, Peregian-Coolum, 1966
  • Cars racing at the speedway track, Yandina, 1975
  • Burnside Soccer Club in action, Burnside, 1983
  • Lions Club Wheelbarrow Derby, Nambour, 1965
  • Show jumping event, Eudlo, 1973
  • Kawana Waters Carnival, Kawana, 1975
  • Convent Sports Ball Games, Nambour, 1968.

The Sunshine Coast Heritage Calendar project is supported by the Sunshine Coast Council Arts and Heritage Levy.

The Levy, which is charged to every rateable property, is used to document, research, conserve, protect, promote and provide access to those tangible and intangible items, places, facilities and events that define the stories, history and values of the people, communities and culture of the Sunshine Coast.