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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.

09/02/2025

AUSTRALIA DAY Inaugral Thong Throwing Competition.

Our Australia Day celebrations made it into one of the Sunshine Coast’s local newspapers, thanks to the efforts of Merrilyn, our club’s Publicity Officer. A great way to reach out to the broad Sunshine Coast community through a highlighted newspaper article.

01/02/2025

AUSTRALIA DAY THONG THROWING COMPETITION:
January 26th

After eliminating most club members the medal winners took their place on the podium, to receive their medals. First prize ……. A packet of TIM TAMS (those decadent Aussie chocolate biscuits) mmmm 😍😋

01/02/2025

AUSTRALIA DAY GENERAL MEETING: Part 2 continued.

After much fun,laughter and elimination,the winner of the Inaugural Thong Throwing Competition was none other than our President, Jeff, with 2nd and 3rd place going to members Robyn and Merrilyn respectively. These 3 were the best at judging distance and definitely had stand-out throwing techniques.

28/01/2025

AUSTRALIA DAY GENERAL MEETING: Part 2

In keeping with the festive spirit of our first GENERAL MEETING for 2025 we had a thong throwing competition after our barbecue lunch. Other countries have alternative names for thongs; they are known as flip flops in Britain 🇬🇧 and America 🇺🇸, jandals in New Zealand 🇳🇿, slops or plakkies in South Africa🇿🇦 !

27/01/2025

AUSTRALIA DAY GENERAL MEETING : Part 1

It was timely that our first General Meeting of the new year, held at the Mapleton Men’s Shed on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland coincided with our national holiday, AUSTRALIA DAY. As well as honouring the establishment of the first permanent European settlement on the Australian continent, it’s a day to celebrate but also to reflect and respect.

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.

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AUSTRALIA DAY THONG THROWING COMPETITION: January 26th After eliminating most club members the medal winners took their place on the podium, to receive their medals. First prize ……. A packet of TIM TAMS (those decadent Aussie chocolate biscuits) mmmm 😍😋

AUSTRALIA DAY GENERAL MEETING: Part 2 In keeping with the festive spirit of our first GENERAL MEETING for 2025 we had a thong throwing competition after our barbecue lunch. Other countries have alternative names for thongs; they are known as flip flops in Britain 🇬🇧 and America 🇺🇸, jandals in New Zealand 🇳🇿, slops or plakkies in South Africa🇿🇦 !

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.