Friendship Force Sunshine Coast Australia

Home
Friendship Force Sunshine Coast Australia

Friendship Force is a non-profit international organisation promoting cultural understanding and education through homestay journeys.

Home hospitality marks the difference between travelling as a tourist or being immersed in another culture.

10/12/2024

CHRISTMAS LUNCH CELEBRATIONS PART 2:
The Christmas spirit abounded throughout the afternoon at this very festive club event. Merry Christmas to all!

07/12/2024

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS continued:

The ‘HAPPY CLAPPERS’ in festive mode, with a rendition of our club song, complete with body percussion accompaniment. Jenny gave a quick lesson of the moves involved, to the rest of the club members who were also invited to join in.

04/12/2024

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS, PART 1:

It’s always fun to gather together for our annual Christmas lunch. A thoroughly enjoyable way to finish off 2024 at Twin Waters Golf Club.

28/11/2024

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING:
At the recent AGM, our President Jane stepped down from the position and inaugurated our new President for 2025. Congratulations go to Jeff and many thanks to Jane for a job very well done over the past 2 years. Another formality undertaken was to officially welcome two new members to FFSC; it’s certainly always a bonus to be gaining new members. So as 2024 draws to a close, we will look forward to 2025 being another successful year of promoting friendships through various social events, meetings and, of course, Inbound and Outbound Journeys, both domestic and international.

25/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY:

What a wonderful week it was ……. Here’s a few more candid shots of the Manitoba Journey, in no particular daily order.

24/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY DAY 7, PART 2:

We all thoroughly enjoyed the farewell dinner at Maroochy Golf Club, which was topped off with some hilarious audio visual entertainment from our 15 ambassadors. There was plenty of time for socialising before the meal was served and once we had finished, it was time for some formalities, presentation of photos and the highly entertaining performance from our ambassadors. The evening’s entertainment was capped off with everyone joining in with our club song, to the tune of ‘Yellow Bird’ (lyrics courtesy of our Robyn S, who unfortunately wasn’t able to join us for dinner to see our stellar performance!)

23/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY Day 7: The Farewell Dinner, Part 1.

After a week of getting to know our 15 Canadian ambassadors it was time to bid a fond farewell at a dinner held at Maroochy Golf Club. What a fabulous week it was, getting to know each other through the planned daily outings and activities. We have made some wonderful friends and lots of fond memories to look back upon. Stay tuned for another post, (Part 2); a definite something to remember.

22/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY DAY 7: Pumicestone Passage Eco Cruise.

An overcast day but it was a pleasant cruise up the Pumistone Passage, a stretch of water separating Bribie Island from the mainland. It is part of Moreton Bay Marine Park and stretches for 35 km from the northern tip of Bribie Island, south to Deception Bay. It is one of the most important bird and marine habitats on Australia’s east coast, due to the environmental diversity of the passage.

21/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY Day 6, Part 2:

Even though the rain continued there was more to see. Some of the group went to the Landsborough Museum, while a few decided to ignore the weather and continue on up to the range to see more of the hinterland. The day finished with ambassadors taking their hosts to dinner at various restaurants on the coast.

21/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY Day 6, Part 1: Glasshouse Mountains & Hinterland.

Although the weather could have dampened our enthusiasm for discovering the Glasshouse Mountains region, we journeyed on after an introduction to the area at the Visitor Information Centre and caught glimpses of some of the mountains through the misty low cloud and showery rain. The shelter at Pioneer Park, Landsborough allowed us to keep dry and enjoy a picnic lunch together, before heading off in different directions to discover more about this hinterland area.

21/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY Day 5 Square dancing continued.

What a fun evening we all had together. It was encouraging to know that if we had a few more lessons we would all apparently become familiar enough with the square dancing ‘moves’ to be able to do the routine as it was ‘called’ without mistakes. The video on the right shows how easy square dancing is after taking several lessons. Our member Sonia looks like a real professional.
Yah …… go Sonia

21/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY DAY 5: Square Dancing.

We learnt the basics, then tried putting these moves into practice with various levels of success and lots of fun and laughter!

21/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY Day 5: My Dilly Bag Cafe.

The cafe is a one hundred percent Indigenous owned enterprise and was founded by Kooma Yuwaalaraay woman, Aunty Dale Chapman. The cafe is a marketplace for Australian native foods, as well as other artisan produced indigenous products. My Dilly Bag empowers indigenous communities to maintain their traditions, while creating and developing income streams, aimed at providing the means towards a positive future.

20/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY DAY 5: Maroochy Botanical Garden

A 900 m path of sandstone and marble sculptures to explore followed by a picnic lunch.

20/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY Day 5: Mayoral Reception

Our Mayor, Rosanna Natoli is the Sunshine Coast’s first female mayor; she spoke about what she wants to achieve as mayor and made the point that she won’t be able to please everyone, which she will find difficult. Her husband has been re-elected as a councillor too. One of our Manitoba ambassadors read a letter from their mayor and presented Ms. Natoli with a beautiful book.

19/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY DAY 4: Fish and Chips for dinner.

After a busy day in Mooloolaba it was rewarding to relax with a drink in the outdoor area of Kawana Surf Club, before enjoying a tasty fish and chip dinner. It was a balmy night to eat outside and to wander down to look at the beach as night had fallen, after finishing the meal.

19/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY DAY 4: A day in Mooloolaba.

After an informative tour of the Mooloolaba Coast Guard, hosts/co-hosts took their ambassadors on a discovery tour of this coastal suburb. The beach is one of the many picturesque Sunshine Coast beaches, with its clean white sands and sparkling waters. When the sun is shining (and it does for the majority of the year) the water sparkles through various shades of blue/green, from azure to aqua and sometimes shades of turquoise too.

19/11/2024

MANITOBA JOURNEY: DAY 3 Games Night:

The Leisure Day ended with our Canadian ambassadors and many of our club members enjoying fun games at some of our members’ homes.

Address

Website

http://friendshipforcesunshinecoast.org.au/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Friendship Force Sunshine Coast Australia posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Friendship Force Sunshine Coast Australia:

Videos

Another late post of the recent BLUE MOUNTAINS JOURNEY: Video 2 After singing 🎵🎶 our club song at the FAREWELL DINNER, the words were changed to be representative of FF Blue Mountains.

A late posting of the recent BLUE MOUNTAINS JOURNEY: Video 1 A hearty rendition of our club song courtesy of our Blue Mountain Journey ambassadors. 👏🏻 Our members sang our club song at the Blue Mountain Journey Farewell Dinner, ably accompanied on their ukuleles by our club member Jenny and Lesley, one of the Blue Mountain Club hosts.

LÜBECK JOURNEY: Farewell Dinner. They say ‘all good things must come to an end’, and so it was that we had to say good bye to FF Lübeck, after a wonderful week of getting to know our hosts and other club members, through the various activities this active club had organised for us. We have made new friends will take home special memories our time spent in this historical town in the Schleswig Holstein region of Northern Germany. Here we all