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HomeCommunity NewsGoodbye 2022, hello 2023

Goodbye 2022, hello 2023

Social photographer Brendan Kirkman took some snaps of people enjoying the end of 2022.

Friends gathered together at various nightclubs across Rockhampton CBD before enjoying the fireworks along the Fitzroy River.

See who was snapped out and about on New Year’s Eve.

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