Tag: Community News
Milk run in the past
Richie Robinson's Bloomfield Dairy was located off Farnborough Road on land now forming part of the Iwasaki Resort.
Richie's father started the milk run in...
Frogmouths come into view
Recently, I was just heading out for morning tea on our veranda. Glenda was already out there and as I came through the...
The Caves puts on a show
Just as as though the excitement continued and continued at The Caves Annual Agricultural Show on Saturday, 29 April, as did the results.
Here are...
Booked in for bargains
Lifeline Queensland’s Rockhampton Bookfest was back on the weekend, and CQ Today journalist MATTHEW PEARCE dropped into the event at the Rockhampton Showgrounds’ ...
Glimpse of the past
This week's photo is from the Capricorn Coast Historical Society's glass slide selection of advertisements shown at the Roxy Picture Theatre in Yeppoon.
The Roxy...
Dancers hit the stage
CQ Today journalist MATTHEW PEARCE visited the Pilbeam Theatre on Wednesday, 3 May to capture some of the action at the Rockhampton Eisteddfod.
Photographed are...
Perfect pairs don’t look alike
There are quite a number of birds that live in our area where the male and female have different colours in their plumage.
In the...
Garden gift for mums
You often hear of those inspired family Mother’s Day gift ideas for a Mum who is always hard to find a gift for. A...
Remembering Oscar
I want to pay a special tribute to our darling Oscar.
This article is a tricky one to write and while I may be...
The bank of Mum and Dad
It is quite common for parents to lend significant amounts of money to their adult children to help with expenses like buying their...
Early winter for CQ
Rockhampton recorded a winter like 11.4C minimum last Thursday morning, which was the coldest morning of the year (CMOY) so far. Yeppoon 14.9C and...