Ensuring children feel loved
CQUniversity Early Childhood Education and Care student Chloe Dent hopes not only to find permanent employment in the childcare sector in rural Queensland, but...
High-tech pets bring joy to seniors
While therapy animals have played a valued role in aged care settings for some time, robotic creatures have become an increasingly common sight...
Back to the Roaring 20s
Rockhampton Girls Grammar School will hold its 21st Race Day on 17 June at Callaghan Park Racecourse, kicking off at noon.
The official race event...
Legacy marks 100 years of service
Rockhampton Mayor Tony Williams and 21 local torch bearers participated in the Legacy Centenary Torch Relay, a six-month campaign to pay homage and acknowledge...
Giving the gift of life
A British poet once wrote that “blood is the fragile scarlet tree we carry within us.”
If you take the time to read up...
What a croc
Authorities have set a floating trap for a 4m crocodile that recently approached two jet-skiers on the Fitzroy River, in the hopes they can...
EV Display this weekend
Find out more about Battery Electric Vehicles at this weekend’s EV Show at Central Park, Murray Street, Rockhampton on Saturday 3 June 8.30am-noon.
This is...
In brief
Berserker – kitchen fire
Paramedics transported one patient in stable condition with smoke inhalation to Rockhampton Hospital following a small kitchen fire on Nobbs Street...
Central and West QLD declared drought free
For the first time since 2013, less than 10 per cent of Queensland has been declared drought free.
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries...
Solution comes with warning
On the news of multiple sites being environmentally damaged across Livingstone Shire with damaged and poisoned trees over the past few years, Livingstone Shire...
Staying Swim Savvy During Winter
With more than 20,000 kids enrolled nationwide, Learn-to-swim Rockhampton has almost doubled in size since opening in 2019.
Established in 2007, BlueFit learn-to-swim has...
Be a voice for generations
As a part of Reconciliation Week, the Mater Private Hospital in Rockhampton has unveiled a floor to ceiling First Nations mural titled ‘The heart...
CQ fizzles after hot start
Central Queensland’s Under-17 girls started strong but were unable to overcome a tough Wynnum Manly outfit last Saturday.
The Capras faced off with the Seagulls...
