Poetic Start To Relay For Life
Last year’s South Burnett Relay For Life raised a grand total of $184,000 … about $6.30 for every man, woman and child in the region.
Road Maintenance Set To Triple
A new focus on grading low-traffic rural roads could see the total amount of road maintainence in the South Burnett more than triple in the coming 12 months.
Tongues WAgging At Mondure
A bunch of WAgs – Women in Agriculture, that is – gathered at Mondure Hall on Saturday to unwind, chat, listen to speakers and enjoy a healthy lunch.
Riders Rise To The Challenge
The Bees were buzzing, along with riders from as far away as South Australia and NSW, at the second annual John Titman Golden Steel Shoe Challenge held in Kingaroy on Saturday.
Heatwave Tests Qld Power Stations
In February this year, Queenslanders dodged a bullet … just … and the power generating units at Tarong played a big role in that lucky escape.
‘Big Brother’ Coming To Murgon
Murgon will be transformed into one of the most closely watched towns in Australia within two months when a 40-camera closed circuit TV system is set up to cover the CBD.
Anzac Day Races Draw Bumper Crowd
Wondai’s Anzac Day race meeting always draws a bumper crowd, and this year’s outing was no exception.
Water’s Not Going To Waste
The award-winning Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment plant was officially opened on Monday, with a representative travelling all the way from the Netherlands for the special occasion.
Festival A Runaway Success
This year’s Maidenwell Running Festival has been hailed by organisers as “the best yet”, attracting more than 170 participants and raising more than $10,000 for the town’s community organisations.
Curtain Falls On Film Festival
The Nanango Tourism and Development Association has expressed its disappointment the town’s Big Screen Film Festival has been axed.
There’s An Art To Fundraising
South Burnett Women – the not-for-profit group behind the $5000 Dr Ellen Mary Kent Hughes Memorial Scholarship – held another successful fundraising event in Kingaroy on Thursday night.
Wondai’s Expo Blooms At Easter
The Autumn Garden Expo in Wondai coincided with the Easter long-weekend this year, which almost guaranteed it would be a huge weekend for organisers.
Easter Races Eggs-trordinary
An extraordinarily large crowd filled Lee Park on Saturday to enjoy the Nanango Race Club’s annual Easter race meeting in near-perfect Autumn weather.
Families Have Fun In Park
When South Burnett CTC threw a free school holidays party for local families, the not-for-profit organisation probably didn’t expect up to 300 people to turn up.
Nanango Enjoys A Champion Show
Visitors to Nanango’s 108th annual show were spoiled for choice this year with activities stretching from one end of the showgrounds to the other.
Murgon Celebrates Second Win
Murgon cricketers have topped off a big year with a closely fought victory in the South Burnett Cricket Association’s B Grade Grand Final played on Saturday.
Day In The Park With A Difference
If having fun was the main aim of the South Burnett Autism Support Group’s day in the park on Saturday, organisers should be giving themselves a big pat on the back.
It’s Show Time!
Nanango’s 108th annual agricultural show will have something different this year – Australia’s largest touring ferris wheel.
Progress Association Grinds To A Halt
Kumbia resident Steph Stevens may be smiling in the photograph – taken in the main street of the town earlier this week – but she’s not smiling inside.
$881m Upgrade For Dam?
Wivenhoe Dam wall could be about to be raised by either two metres or four metres, if news reports published on Tuesday night are correct.
