Nanango Now An RV Friendly Town
Nanango became the first South Burnett town to be officially declared an ‘RV Friendly Town’ on Tuesday.
CROW-FM Makes
National Awards Finals
CROW-FM has been selected as one of five finalists for this year’s national CBAA Radio Awards
Students Show Out-Of-This-World Talent
Kingaroy State High School’s annual Flair concert – a fundraiser for the school’s Chaplaincy program – was truly out of this world on Friday evening.
QRRRWN Sets Its Sights On Roma
A contingent of women from the South Burnett will be heading to Roma in October.
Christmas Comes Early For Guides
Christmas came a little bit earlier at SBcare in Kingaroy on Saturday night, with Kingaroy Rotary Club celebrating “Christmas In July” to help raise funds for the Kingaroy Girl Guides
Jim Seeks Our Dark Skies
Astronomer Jim Barclay from the Kingaroy Observatory is on an unusual quest: he wants to shoot as much of the night skies over the South Burnett as possible.
Boost For Eisteddfod Committee
Kingaroy Eisteddfod committee members – the small group that organises one of the South Burnett’s largest cultural events – won’t be tearing out their hair quite so much at next year’s event.
Saints Too Strong For Demons
The South Burnett Saints notched up an easy win over Lockyer Valley – yet to record a win this season – in their AFL Darling Downs game played at Lyle Vidler Oval on Saturday.
O’Dowd To Focus On Road Improvement
Road trains could be on the Mundubbera-Durong Road within a few years if Ken O’Dowd has his way
Nominations Open For Rural Women’s Award
Entries are now open for the 2017 Rural Industries R&D Corporation’s Rural Women’s Award.
Judy Loses Fight For Life
Judy Antonio, wife of Toowoomba mayor Paul, died at home on Sunday after a long struggle with motor neurone disease.
Stags Celebrate Last-Minute Victory
Nanango Stags will face the Cherbourg Hornets in the South Burnett seniors rugby league Grand Final next weekend after a nail-biting finish to the Preliminary Final played at Nanango on Saturday.
Traffic Police Have Your Number
Local motorists driving around unlicensed or unregistered now face an even greater chance of being caught
Antiques Roadshow Draws Good Crowd
Kumbia Antiques Roadshow numbers may have been slightly down, but interest levels were as high as ever
Biggest Survey Results Coming Soon
Thank you to everyone who returned my ‘South Burnett’s Biggest Survey’ recently.
Boat Permits Phasing Out
The State Government has begun phasing out boating permits for Wivenhoe and Somerset dams.
New Hospital ‘Still Top Priority’
A proposal for the redevelopment of Kingaroy Hospital appeared suddenly on a State Government website this week … but residents eager to consign the current hospital to the dustbin of history shouldn’t get their hopes up too high quite yet.
Down To The Wire
The cliff-hanger that is the Queensland Country Apprentice Premiership duel will be finalised this Saturday.
Planning Scheme Debuts Next Week
More than eight years after the 2008 council amalgamations, the South Burnett is finally getting close to having a regional Planning Scheme.
Stanwell To Hire Eight Trainees
Stanwell Corporation is offering eight positions in its 2017 apprenticeship and trainee program
