Region full of fun events
Another fabulous local event has been and gone with CapriCon exploding into our region on Saturday, 27 August 2022.
CapriCon is an all-ages and...
Festivals ‘Spring’ to life in CQ
The line-up of events across Rockhampton and the Capricorn Coast is blossoming this Spring with all your old favourites back on the calendar and...
Award highlights Crown-of-thorns Control
The Crown-of-thorns Starfish (COTS) Control Program has been named a finalist in the country’s most prestigious science awards, the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
The nomination...
Soiree is pretty in pink
In light of Soirée En Blanc's 10-year anniversary, organisers decided to go pink for breast cancer.
This year's celebrations were affectionately known as Soiree...
Our healthcare system needs help
Last week I had a meeting with the CEO of Benevolent Living Alison Moss.
Alison told me they are struggling to provide quality care...
A day to celebrate
The Capricorn Coast Historical Society submitted this photo of the Raspberry Creek Homestead in its new home at Byfield, October 1988.
Originally built by James...
Store extends emotional ‘second chance’ offer to thieves
Even after incurring thousands of dollars in damages as a result of a midnight break-in, the owners of Kingaroy grocers Andersson's Fruit Market are...
MP a driving force for change
If they’re goat tracks, don’t kid about.
If they’re downright dangerous, it’s time to indicate because Warrego MP has challenged readers of Maranoa...
Charges for alleged taxi driver assault
A 20-year-old Berserker woman has been charged in relation to the alleged serious assault of a taxi driver at Rockhampton City early on Thursday,...
National award for student
After spending almost half of her life as the Straw No More campaign's youngest 'strawbassador', a 10-year-old Rockhampton girl is now the only Queenslander...
New life in ‘third age’
Groups like the University of the Third Age are more important than ever in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the organisation's...
Money, money, money
ABBA sang, “money, money, money, always sunny, in the rich man's world”. After all the money the Swedish pop group made from that catchy...
Nature refuge sold to bush heritage
The Avocet Nature Refuge, 40km south of Emerald and home to one of only two colonies of the endangered bridled nailtail wallaby in the...
