Category: VIDEOS

Sunshine Coast Two-Festival Day: Apples & Shrooms
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Sunshine Coast Two-Festival Day: Apples & Shrooms

Posted By on Oct 17, 2011 in EAT & SHOP, PHOTOS, Secret Cove/Pender Harbour, Uncategorized, VIDEOS

The Halfmoon Bay Apple Festival always comes as a surprise – like most Halfmoon Bay events, there’s an element of whimsy that translates into never quite knowing when events are going to be happening until about a week before. We stopped in at the Apple Fest in between our mushroom foray and the identification session [...]

Coast Personality: Colleen Friesen, Worldwide Raconteur
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Coast Personality: Colleen Friesen, Worldwide Raconteur

Posted By on Aug 26, 2011 in COAST PERSONALITIES, VIDEOS

by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell I have known Colleen Friesen for about 2 years now, and you know how a person comes into your life through a normal avenue like being hired to help with a web site and not only does that but brings in a patch of light and ‘snorkage’ to boot? That’s Colleen. [...]

Pender Harbour Blues Festival 2011
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Pender Harbour Blues Festival 2011

Posted By on May 13, 2011 in Events Calendar, Festivals, Secret Cove/Pender Harbour, VIDEOS

Blues fans mark off the first weekend in June for the 8th annual Pender Harbour Blues Festival. June 3, 4, 5 – a weekend full of the blues served up just the way you like it. Johnny Ferreira, rock and roll sax star, with the sensational Nadine States, opens the weekend Friday, June 3, at [...]

Dragon Boating: More coordination than an election
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Dragon Boating: More coordination than an election

Posted By on Apr 13, 2011 in dragonboating, PHOTOS, VIDEOS

Okay, so it didn’t hurt much after the orientation last Saturday… but I didn’t say it was easy. I think I’d have a better chance of creating a brand new political party and having it elected than figuring out paddling. This is just one of the strokes used in dragon boating, though it is more [...]

Wusses Guide: Dragonboating for (Rank) Beginners
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Wusses Guide: Dragonboating for (Rank) Beginners

Posted By on Apr 03, 2011 in dragonboating, VIDEOS

by Editor/Publisher Laurie McConnell READ: Introduction to Paddling READ: First Team Paddle READ: Would I steer you wrong? I’ve managed to continue my atrocious habit of collecting hyper-adventurous friends. This is a problem, since I lead a relatively sedentary lifestyle, ensconced as I usually am in my office cockpit. There must be some unconscious yearning [...]

Gray Whale gives birth in Davis Bay – a Rumour?
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Gray Whale gives birth in Davis Bay – a Rumour?

Posted By on Jul 07, 2010 in Bed & Breakfasts, Birding & Wildlife, Halfmoon Bay, PHOTOS, Sechelt, Sightseeing, VIDEOS, Waterfront Stays

Wow, exciting times on the Sunshine Coast. Whales are back along the shore for the first time in many years, drawing crowds out to piers, swim docks, beaches and walking paths hoping for a glimpse. There was some Facebook buzz earlier in the week that there had been a live birth of a baby (calf) [...]

The wonderful surprise of Deanna Cartea
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Deanna Cartea dazzles

Posted By on Jun 15, 2010 in Art & Artists, EVENTS, Gibsons, PHOTOS, PLAY, VIDEOS

by Laurie McConnell Editor/Publisher Bigpacific.com Guide to the Sunshine Coast Apologies for Vimeo’s sudden difficulties in dealing with video shot on the iPhone in portrait mode! Wow. The second weekend in June is always a very good time to be out and about in Gibsons… not only for those who groove to what falls into [...]

Great's bannock... shh, don't tell my doctor!
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Two legged art is one of a kind…

Posted By on Jun 12, 2010 in Art & Artists, Arts & Culture, COAST PERSONALITIES, EAT & SHOP, PLAY, Sechelt, Sightseeing, VIDEOS

by Laurie McConnell Editor/Publisher, Bigpacific.com’s Guide to the Coast Every weekend April through October, I love visiting the Sechelt Farmer and Artisans Market at the Ravens Cry Theatre lot just across from St. Mary’s Hospital. For one thing, I always stop at Greta’s for freshly made bannock with home preserves (today it was blackberry/blueberry – [...]

Getting grizzly and getting wet on the Sunshine Coast
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Getting grizzly and getting wet on the Sunshine Coast

Posted By on May 16, 2010 in Arts & Culture, EVENTS, Kayaking, PHOTOS, PLAY, VIDEOS

SECHELT FARMER & ARTISAN MARKET FUN Our friend Dean Brooks (we call him MathGuy as he is a prodigious intellect in this field) is up visiting for the weekend, on his first holiday in seven years. We decided he needed a REAL getaway, so we’ve been getting him out doing things ever since we got [...]

Historic Lund Hotel: end of the road, beginning of Desolation Sound
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Historic Lund Hotel: end of the road, beginning of Desolation Sound

Posted By on Mar 23, 2010 in Before You Get Here, FEATURED, Hotels, Motels & Inns, Lund, Marinas, Powell River, VIDEOS, Waterfront Stays

The oceanfront, 1905 Historic Lund Hotel is located at the tip of BC’s beautiful Sunshine Coast, at the Gateway to the renowned Desolation Sound near Powell River. Since built by the Swedish Thulin brothers who founded Lund, the hotel has served as the heart of this quaint village. The hotel now features 31 renovated guest [...]

BC Bike Racers Rave About Sunshine Coast Trails
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BC Bike Racers Rave About Sunshine Coast Trails

Posted By on Feb 17, 2010 in FEATURED, Mountain Biking, Recreation, VIDEOS

BC Bike Race is a seven-day singletrack mountain bike adventure, starting in Vancouver and ending in Whistler, but hitting a lot more ground in between than you first might imagine. The ride leaves North Vancouver and heads over to Nanaimo, and then through the stages of Cumberland, Powell River, Earl’s Cove to Sechelt, Sechelt to [...]

Five Alarm Funk in the Creek, Redux
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Five Alarm Funk in the Creek, Redux

Posted By on Jan 21, 2010 in EVENTS, Events Calendar, VIDEOS

That’s right. January 23rd the uber-funky Roberts Creek Hall venue welcomed back one of the most popular bands they’ve ever hosted: Five Alarm Funk. If you haven’t heard them, you should, and if you couldn’t get a ticket this past weekend (it was SO sold out) you can catch them at the Olympics in Vancouver (see [...]

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Sunshine Coast Videos

Posted By on Oct 04, 2009 in VIDEOS, VISIT

A collection of videos about the Sunshine Coast by webmaster Laurie McConnell, a great Sunshine Coast Tribute by DuaneBurnett.com and a growing collection of great video content produced by and for Sunshine Coasters, whether here or far away or just planning on being one on vacation.

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New Video – Davis Bay, ooh la la

Posted By on Apr 24, 2009 in Sechelt, VIDEOS

Davis Bay in Spring, oo la la. Gorgeous high-definition panoramic view of the Davis Bay Sechelt waterfront. Keep an eye out for the red & white of Bigpacific on the Bike and if you see me say hi – I’ve always got interesting and valuable giveaways for Coast businesses! Laurie McConnell, Bigpacific Webmaster