Numbers Down But Spirits High
Numbers at this year’s annual Windera Music Muster were a little down on usual … and the weather may be to blame.
Rinehart Pledges $600,000 For Hospital
Businesswoman Gina Rinehart has pledged $600,000 to ensure the future success of the Lady Flo Bjelke-Petersen Community Hospital in Kingaroy.
Museum Looks To The Future
Cherbourg’s Ration Shed Museum complex is focussing on the future with two major upgrades currently underway.
Firies Celebrate Shed Extension
Maidenwell Rural Fire Brigade now has its own training area and meeting room, thanks to the demise of the local tennis club.
Cattle Students Trek To Nanango
The annual Australian Brahmousin Society cattle handling and judging school at Nanango attracted 130 entries at the weekend.
It’s All Go For The Cooyar Show!
If you’ve been itching for the return of the ag shows, you’d better head on down to Cooyar on Saturday for the first show in this year’s South Burnett show season.
Maximum Fun At Reef’n’Beef
The annual Reef’n’Beef extravaganza at Ironpot has again been a sellout with tickets being snapped up by eager diners.
Ambitious Plan To Upgrade Track
Taabinga Rotary Club has launched an ambitious plan to give Kingaroy’s Town Common walking track a $250,000 upgrade.
Yellowbelly Weekend Breaks Record
This year’s Boondooma Dam Yellowbelly Fishing Competition broke a 28-year record
Nanango Celebrates 150 Years
Ex-students came back in their droves to Nanango on Saturday to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the State School.
Goodchild Final Ends In Tie
The 2016 Goodchild Shield final ended in the rarest of results on Sunday in Kingaroy … a tie that will be remembered in local sporting circles for years.
Beach Beckons For Young Footballers
Fourteen young touch footballers from Murgon State High School will be heading of to the beach next month to represent Cherbourg.
Peanut Power Pulls In TV Chef
A crew from Channel 10’s lifestyle program “The Living Room” has been paying a visit to the South Burnett over the past few days.
Goomeri Mourns Popular Resident
A head-on collision on the Wide Bay Highway on Tuesday afternoon has claimed the life of one of Goomeri’s best-known residents.
Kingaroy Coal Mine? No Way!
More than 900 people at a public meeting at Kingaroy Town Hall on Tuesday night voted emphatically against a proposed new coal mine near the town
Would-Be Mayors Go Head-To-Head
South Burnett residents had their first chance to size up the candidates running for Mayor on Monday night at the Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s special Mayoral Forum.
Thank You Percy For Everything!
Former Wondai mayor Percy Iszlaub AM, isn’t one to blow his own horn … tuba maybe, but then only when he’s playing with the Wondai Town & District Band.
$800,000 Project To Fix Culvert
South Burnett Regional Council has gained $340,000 State Government funding to put towards replacing the dangerous Alford Street culvert in Kingaroy.
Cattle Producers Back Current Tick Line
A meeting of 70 cattle producers at Proston Community Hall on Thursday night voted to keep the Tick Line between Mondure and Brigooda in its current position.
Bitumen Seal For Rail Trail
The Kingaroy-Murgon Rail Trail will be bitumen sealed after the South Burnett Regional Council voted today to accept a $635,000 tender from South Burnett Bobcat Services to undertake the work.
