Meet The Future Blackbutt Hall
Blackbutt residents saw concept drawings on Monday showing what the Blackbutt Memorial Hall will look like when it’s moved to a new home near the showground later this year.
Day For Duffs At Wondai
Members of the Duff family were out in force at the Wondai Races on Saturday, who came to watch the running of the Neil Duff Memorial Plate and the Lewis Duff Memorial Handicap.
Exhibition Offers Something For Everyone
The Kingaroy Art Gallery’s July exhibition offers an insight into a little-known aspect of the region’s past, along with a spread of beautiful craft works being created by present-day artisans.
Revheads In Seventh Heaven
The seventh annual Raising Hell In Maidenwell – a charity fundraiser organised by the South Burnett Gas Guzzlers club – had a little bit of everything for motoring enthusiasts at the weekend.
They Won’t Be Forgotten
The names of many of the South Burnett’s heroes of World War I are engraved on monuments around the district … now they are also recorded forever in a book published by the South Burnett Regional Council as an Anzac Centenary project.
A Little Rain Can’t Stop NAIDOC!
The rainy weather didn’t stop Cherbourg’s annual NAIDOC Day celebrations on Tuesday, or keep away the many visitors who return every year to catch up with friends and family.
‘Domo Girls’ Join Boys On Film
Last year former residents of Cherbourg’s Girls Dormitory – known as “domo girls” – held an emotional reunion on the site of the building.
Sword Hanging Over O’Dowd
Sitting LNP member Ken O’Dowd looks in real danger of losing his seat of Flynn after Saturday’s Federal Election cliffhanger.
LNP Ahead In South Burnett
After the longest Federal Election anyone can remember, the status quo seems to have been maintained in the three electorates that criss-cross the South Burnett.
Red Earth Unveils $1m Dream
The Red Earth Community Foundation South Burnett has set itself a target of raising $1 million to help future-proof the South Burnett.
Blue Liners Ride For Police Legacy
Kingaroy played host to members of one of Australia’s least known motorcycle clubs on Wednesday night.
Cold Snap To End Soon
Freezing conditions which have swept over the South Burnett for the last few days should come to an end soon.
South Burnett Rates Rise 2.5pc
South Burnett ratepayers will face an average 2.5 per cent rate rise after the South Burnett Regional Council handed down its 2016-17 Budget this morning.
Try For 5 And A Football!
If the secret of success in rugby league is training, training, training … the secret to success at school is pretty much the same: make every day count.
Percy Tackles Wondai’s RL History
Former Wondai mayor Percy Iszlaub, 90, doesn’t only have a lifetime of council memories locked away, he was also a very important part of the South Burnett rugby league scene for more years than he cares to remember.
Students Profit From Business Experience
A bunch of Kingaroy State High School students now know a lot more about running a small business – and a fair bit about manufacturing and marketing coffee machines – after completing a three-day ECOMAN Program this week.
$44,000 Lift For CareFlight Choppers
The “Sky’s The Limit” Charity Ball held at Kingaroy Town Hall last month raised an amazing $43,976.66 for the RACQ CareFlight helicopter rescue service.
Putting The Fun In Fundraising
The folks at Kumbia love to get together for a few drinks to raise money for a good cause … they also seem to have a great passion for colourful and crazy wigs.
CCTV Heads List Of Promises
The latest Federal politician to drop into the South Burnett bearing gifts this week was Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion, who accompanied LNP candidate for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien on a visit to Murgon and Cherbourg.
Teachers Rough It During Sleepover
Thirty school principals had the opportunity to experience a brief taste of life in the old days on an Aboriginal Mission when they had a sleepover at Cherbourg this week.
