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Free Come & Try For Junior Bees

Free Come & Try For Junior Bees

The Kingaroy Junior Motorcycle Speedway Club will be giving youngsters a chance to give speedway motorcycling a go for free this Sunday, February 10.

Heritage Grants Round Opens

Heritage Grants Round Opens

Community groups and events are being invited to apply for support from the 2019 round of the Heritage Nanango Community Funding scheme.

Mondure Couple Celebrates 50 Years

Mondure Couple Celebrates 50 Years

A pair of “grey nomads” who came to the South Burnett to lend a hand with BlazeAid – and stayed – celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday.

Three Lone Pines To Be Planted

Three Lone Pines To Be Planted

Lone Pines – descendants of the original trees from the famous World War I battlefield at Gallipoli – are to be planted at three locations in Nanango.

Big Turnout At Murgon Lunch

Big Turnout At Murgon Lunch

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington was the guest speaker at the Murgon RSL Sub-Branch community lunch held at Murgon RSL last Thursday.

Bernborough – Was He The Greatest?

Bernborough – Was He The Greatest?

There’s been a lot of publicity recently about Winx – well-deserved, of course  … world record consecutive Group 1 wins, four Cox Plates – but South Burnett journalist Keith Kratzmann believes that with all this buzz, another great champion is at risk of being forgotten.

$10,000 Grant For Little Athletics

$10,000 Grant For Little Athletics

Nanango Little Athletics Club’s plans to build a long jump pit and grandstand at Nanango State High School will be able to take another big leap forward, thanks to a grant from the Federal Government.

‘How We Made Our Armistice Ball’

‘How We Made Our Armistice Ball’

Blackbutt celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Armistice on November 10 with a ball that attracted a stellar line-up of speakers and performers and drew more than 180 paying guests.

Busy Time At Wondai Bowls Club

Busy Time At Wondai Bowls Club

A total of 14 teams from all parts of southern Queensland converged on Wondai at the weekend for the second annual Dingo Creek bowls carnival.

Singers Unite For Fun And Friendship

Singers Unite For Fun And Friendship

The Blackbutt Singers may be one of the South Burnett’s oldest singing groups, but the secret to their longevity is that members regard forming great friendships just as important as making great music.

Gamblers Kick Off Fundraising Drive

Gamblers Kick Off Fundraising Drive

A community fundraising campaign to build an inclusive playground for disabled children at Nanango’s Butter Factory Park got off to a flying start on Saturday night.

Zombies Bank On Heritage’s Support

Zombies Bank On Heritage’s Support

If you google “zombie invasion” you’ll find out that it’s a plague of re-animated corpses that swamps police, the military and hospitals leading to the panicked collapse of civil society …

Bumper Year For Bookarama

Bumper Year For Bookarama

This year’s Bookarama – Taabinga Rotary’s major annual fundraiser – was one of the best in the event’s 10 year history.