Various Finders Keepers: Ants in the Deep End.
A surprise of spontaneous events. Noosa inspired, site specific performance shorts, incorporating dance, physical theatre and visual arts. Anytime, anywhere. Free.

9.00am Major Minors: Toddlers & Carers Dance.
A fun workshop with Kym Stevens for toddlers 18mths-3 years and carers of any generation. Fierce Studios, Noosaville. $15/couple.

9.00am Secrets and Shared Obsession – Christopher Koch.
Bristling with spies and espionage, The Memory Room is Christopher Koch’s newest novel. Meet one of Australia’s top literary talents, the author of The Year of Living Dangerously, in conversation with Caroline Baum over breakfast. Sails, Hastings Street. Includes breakfast. $50.

9.00am Major Minors: Sand Sculpting Workshop.
World champion sand sculptor, Dennis Massoud shows how to make your own. All ages. Main Beach, Noosa, in front of Netanya. Till 11am. Free.

9.00am Major Minors: Noosa Scrubs.
A weeklong cyberdrama workshop for 14-18 year-olds. Shoot a performance, upload video to YouTube daily and learn all the techniques of creating a film drama episode. Daily, 7-11 July. Central Queensland University, Noosaville campus. $75.

10.00am Noosa Indigenous Art Trail.
Travel to six dazzling Indigenous art exhibitions around Noosa and the hinterland:

Travelling the Culture. 2 & 3 dimensional paper based art, photography and ceramics. Noosa Regional Gallery, Pelican St, Tewantin. 10am-4pm. Free.

My Country Two. Two linked exhibitions of paintings by Indigenous artists, reflecting country, ceremony and culture.
1. Smaller works - Noosa Blue Resort, Noosa Drive. 10am-4pm. Free.
2. Large paintings - ‘The Studio’ @ Cooroy Mountain Park, Lukes Rd, Cooroy. 10am-4pm. Free.

Living Culture – A Way Forward. Experience the creativity of Central Desert artists. Desert Rain Gallery, Noosa Marina, Tewantin. 10am-4pm. Free.

My Desert Homeland. A rich collection of paintings by Western Desert artists. Honey Ant Gallery, 11 Stevens St, Yandina. 10am-4pm. Free.

Darlings of the Desert. Art from remote NW South Australian communities. Putipula Gallery, 27 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Junction. 10am-5pm. Free.

10.00am Insiders.
America’s next President - what it means for us. Former Senator Stephen Loosley, journalists Paul Kelly, Dennis Atkins and Fairfax’s Bruce Wolpe join Barrie Cassidy - fresh from the Australia-US Leadership Dialogue in Washington DC, in a not for broadcast Insiders session, to dissect USA’s fiercely fought election. The J, Noosa Drive. $35.

10.30am Major Minors: Harem on Holiday.
A bellydance workshop with Maya for Mums & Daughters or any intergeneration female combo. Six years and over. Fierce Studios, Noosaville. $15/couple.

11.00am Jude Crabtree.
A talk on “Passing on the Knowledge, Keeping the Culture Alive”. Putipula Gallery, Noosa Junction. Free.

12.00pm Amanda Muggleton in Conversation.
One of Australia’s greatest comic actors chats candidly with Peter Thompson over a classy lunch. berardo’s, Hastings St. Includes three courses and one glass of wine. $90.

1.00pm Heritage Walk: Hastings St.
Learn more about Noosa’s history in a guided walk. Meet in Lions Carpark opposite Halse Lodge. 5474 0334 for information. Free.

1.30pm Major Minors: Blokes Movin’.
A physical play workshop with Brian Lucas for Dads & Sons or any intergeneration male combo. Six years and over. Fierce Studios, Noosaville. $15/couple.

4.00pm The Madness of Life - Kaz Cooke.
Join author, cartoonist, comic Kaz Cooke with Caroline Baum, in a light-hearted conversation about the heavy issues of family life. Ebb Bar, Noosa Blue Resort, Noosa Drive. Includes fingerfood and a glass of wine. $45.

6.00pm Wild Tea Cosies.
With the teapot as her canvas, and wool as her paint, Loani Prior’s sculptural fantasies, takes the “granny” out of tea cosies. Launching her new book, Wild Tea Cosies at The Written Dimension bookshop, Noosa Junction. $10.  Exhibition 4-13 July, Free.

6.30pm SlowFood Noosa Film with Food.
Noosa’s top chefs, create a gourmet degustation, inspired by their favourite movies. Five chefs, five film excerpts, five delectable dishes – a feast for the senses. Blue Angel, Gympie Tce. $80.

7.30pm CIRCA: The Space Between.
Unique and dynamic physical theatre - straddling the divide between circus and contemporary dance. A beautiful and heart stopping performance embracing the innovative use of dance, circus art, music and multimedia. The J, Noosa Drive. $42/$36.