What a cool festival – and I’ve barely heard about it. So, in the spirit of sharing, I give you the Roberts Creek Arts Festival, coming up in just one week, ‘set in ten unique and diverse studio locations set in old growth forests’. There’s a nifty map: It’s a great visual to the diversity [...]
April 27 & 28 saw approximately 250 riders hit the trails in Roberts Creek for the SunCoaster Mountain Bike Race and Mach Chicken downhill. Suncoaster Race Results | Mach Chicken Race Results Map courtesy of http://sunshinecoaster.net/ I was not surprised to see Magnus Manson take the 15-16 yr old male age category – Magnus is a [...]
by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell SNOW>>> Yes, we’re still waiting for the *real snow* of winter to arrive! But fear not, lovers of the stuff that gets down the back of your neck & the best face wash in the Western hemisphere… only 10-45 minutes away (depends on departure point) is tons of fresh, luscious snow [...]
from the Sunshine Coast Jazz & Entertainment Society Another packed event despite chilly winds After getting hailed on at Sargeant Bay on Saturday, April 16, I suppose one should be thankful for sunshine – even if one needed a down jacket for this annual Creeker celebration! Down along the road leading up to the mandala, [...]
Huckleberry Cottage has been in operation on the Sunshine Coast for a decade. This gorgeous Roberts Creek location offers a self-contained Cottage that sleeps up to six, and a cozy Loft that sleeps 2. The property, on Henderson Road, is surrounded on three sides by tall hedging and at the back by undeveloped forest with [...]
by Laurie McConnell Editor/Publisher, Bigpacific.com UPDATE: If you live on the Sunshine Coast, visit here, work here or are involved in similar concerns in your own community – regardless of whether you are an environmentalist/community activist, or a forestry sector worker – this issue should concern you. Please make every effort to learn about it [...]
By Laurie McConnell, Editor What do locals do when the sun comes out? Same as the visitors sometimes… we go out and become tourists in our own town. For Haley and I, the brilliant sunshine coupled with a brisk southeasterly equated to perfect picture taking weather. We ambled down to the heart of Roberts Creek [...]
Earth Day celebrations in Roberts Creek on BC’s Sunshine Coast is a uniquely eclectic way to participate in this worldwide action-based event. Check out the links and galleries from the 2010 celebration.
Winter recreation is in full swing on the Sunshine Coast of BC! Skating and curling facilities are busy, and best of all, the Dakota Ridge Winter Recreation area is open. Dakota Ridge offers 12km of groomed track set cross country ski trails (classic and skate) and a network of snowshoe trails within 30 minutes of [...]
What a day! My girls and I spent the day exploring the Coast again, this time heading to Roberts Creek for the annual Earth Day Celebrations down at the park & mandala. Fabulous food (oh, the chocolate cake!), fresh produce, jewelery, crafts and a ton of informational booths, topped off with live performances under the [...]
From Associated Press/Seattle Post Intelligencer, March 23: “A 19-year-old Canadian has set a new stairclimb record by climbing 69 floors of Seattle’s Columbia Center in 7 minutes, 13.35 seconds. Shaun Stephens-Whale, of Roberts Creek, B.C., captured the overall title Sunday at the 23rd annual Big Climb benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.” For an idea [...]
The Sunshine Coast Museum is proud to be hosting the Roberts Creek History Project as our newest temporary exhibit. The project came about through the hard work of the two coordinators, Serena Eades and Darcy Davis Case, along with many people from the community who contributed their photos, stories and artifacts. Funding for the project [...]
BUT — Also get ready to “Hold on Tight”!!! This brand new — long awaited CD of original material by multi-talented B.C. musician GAETAN BERGEVIN is about to take you on an “Amazing”, “Passionate”, “Classy” Ride….. Technorati Profile [LISTEN HERE - Windows Media File] The hugely popular Sunshine Coast Vocalist, Songwriter and Guitarist has been [...]