Locals To The Fore At Lee Park
Neighbours Barry Green and Barry Goodwill live an effortless hop and a skip away from Nanango racetrack.
Corker Of A Season For Winemakers
2018 is proving to be a corker of a season for the South Burnett’s winemakers, with harvest finished and the majority of this year’s wines nearing completion in the winery.
Jean Is 99 Years Young
A group of 30 seniors gathered at SBcare recently to celebrate the 99th birthday of their oldest client.
Gliders To Represent Australia
Kingaroy Soaring Club has proven itself to be one of the best gliding clubs in the nation with four of its members being selected to represent Australia at the upcoming world championships to be held in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Substation Build Gets Underway
A Powerlink electricity substation being built on Niagara Road at Boyneside should be handling the output of the Coopers Gap Wind Farm within a year.
Races Skirt The Rain
Nanango Race Club officials breathed a collective sigh of relief last Saturday when their first race meeting of the year managed to avoid the rain.
‘Selective Mining’ For Cleaner Coal
Moreton Resources released a statement to the ASX on Friday saying the coal at its proposed Kingaroy coal mine could be potentially “one of the lowest CO2 emitting coals in Australia”… if mined selectively.
BVRT Launches Bike Hire Service
People who’d like to cycle the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail without needing to transport their own bike can now do so.
Tree Branch Snaps Powerlines
More than 900 Ergon Energy customers in the Kingaroy area were left without power when a tree branch severed multiple powerlines in River Road on Friday.
Council Tells Wind Farmers To Pay Up
Farmers hosting turbines at AGL’s Coopers Gap project are going to be slugged an extra $470 per turbine every year for the 25-year life of the wind farm.
SB United Ready For Round 1
The newly formed South Burnett United soccer team will play their first game in the Toowoomba Football League’s reserve grade Championship competition on Sunday (March 4).
Gypsy Sounds Waltz Into Town
Music lovers are in for a treat on Saturday night (March 3) when Faith i Branko bring their exciting brand of world music to Nanango.
Rain Disrupts Cricket
Rain affected all three senior cricket games scheduled to be played in the South Burnett last weekend.
South Burnett Businesses Win State Jobs
Two South Burnett painting businesses and a carpet company have been given contracts under the State Government’s Buy Queensland program.
Farmers Miss Out On Power Savings
The announcement by the Queensland Competition Authority on Wednesday not to pass on network electricity price savings to farmers and other businesses on transitional and obsolete tariffs has been slammed as “a betrayal of rural and regional communities”.
Invitation To All Craftspeople
The Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery is inviting all crafty folk in the South Burnett to become a part of the Queensland Winter Craft Festival, which will be held at the Gallery in June and July.
Neil Opens Treasure Chest Of Fun
Nanango’s Neil Rose – well-known for his Rosie’s Fun 4 All amusement business – is aiming to bring lots of laughs to some of the South Burnett’s residents who sometimes miss out on fun entertainment.
Bega Profit Up 31pc
Bega Cheese – which bought out the Peanut Company of Australia in January – says it is well positioned to take advantage of growth opportunities in both the dairy and foods businesses.
Local Musical Going To Empire Theatre
A South Burnett musical will be performed at Toowoomba’s Empire Theatre in October this year, the first time a local production has trod the boards of the Darling Downs’ most iconic venue.
Damp Start For Mustangs
The Murgon Mustangs took the highway north on Saturday night for a trial pre-season game against the Gayndah Gladiators.
