Our plant favs
Welcome to the very first Saturday edition of my Garden Column. With spring finally here after what was our longest winter since 1986 our...
Female banking pioneer passes away aged 88
Central Queensland businesswoman, Enid O'Toole who pioneered the role of women in banking within the region has passed away on Monday, 27 September aged...
Will Glasgow be another Kyoto?
Anyone who’s experienced first-hand the potentially perilous conditions at an overseas wet market realises how lucky we are in this country to enjoy the...
Roar into the ultimate dinosaur adventure
Kids love dinosaurs.
So imagine how excited your children would be about going on a ‘dinosaur trail’ holiday, especially when the trip includes a visit...
Get to know your local mobile prostheses fitter
1. What is the best advice you've ever received?
Recently, someone tole me: "Look up, use what you have and give thanks".
2. What...
Son reflects on lovable dad’s teaching career
Thomas Richard Sims has devoted a large fraction of his life to the education of many young men and women.
Along with his wife,...
Coastal venue to be put on the national map
Nationally-popular television series, My Way has taken refuge among the bush in Ferns Hideaway on the Capricorn Coast.
The Channel Nine program crew recently...
School safety calendar comp attracts record number of entries
School students from all over Queensland have been congratulated for bringing rural health and safety issues to prominence via the 2021 Farm Safety Calendar...
Labor calls for federal action on Biloela jobs
Labor Senator Murray Watt visited the Banana Shire Council for a doorstop in the hub of Biloela on Wednesday to fight for ways to...
Longstanding arts festival to go ahead
Artists from across the Banana Shire region are being encouraged to showcase their artwork for the annual Brigalow Arts Festival which will arrive shortly.
From...
Theodore centenary and fishing
Theodore Chamber of Commerce is preparing to celebrate Theodore’s first Centenary Event on Saturday, 9 October along with the postponed Family Fishing Competition from...
Greensill’s support no Bundy coal mine campaign
Bundaberg farming giant Greensill Farming has joined the renewed calls from Bundaberg MP Tom Smith to kill off any possibility of a coal coking...
On This Day: World Kindness Day!
Kindness Day was born when a collection of humanitarian groups came together and made a “Declaration of Kindness”.
Likewise, on Kindness Day, everyone is...
