Culture

The first ever Sunshine Coast Food Show will take place at Twin Waters Resort on February 21. Further details can be found at http://www.twinwatersresort.com.au/sunshinecoastfoodshow

The event is an opportunity for all to sample new foods and wines, be inspired by menu ideas, wowed by celebrity chefs and exhibitor demonstrations, and ready to buy food and cooking related products on offer.

Come along and see Masterchef celebrity George Calombaris.

Believed to be the world’s oldest civilization, Aboriginal people have lived and thrived on this continent for more than 50,000 years. Aboriginal societies made many unique advances long before the Europeans arrived. They invented the aerodynamic boomerang and a type of spear thrower called the woomera. They were also the first society to ground edges on stone cutting tools and the first to use stone tools to grind seeds, both everyday tools developed only much later by other societies.

An ethnic melting pot, since 1945 more than six million people from across the world have come to Australia to live. Today, more than 20 per cent of Australians are foreign born and more than 40 per cent are of mixed cultural origin. In our homes we speak 226 languages - after English, the most popular are Italian, Greek, Cantonese and Arabic.

Australians are very friendly and helpful people, with a great sense of humour and a natural ability to tell jokes and play with words.