Every man needs a shed, or at least a cave … Men in Kingaroy now have their very own “cave” that they can escape to on Wednesday evenings to finish jobs that have been hanging around for a while – or start new projects from scratch – using the latest woodworking and metalworking equipment.
Kingaroy’s Tom Alford Oval came alive at the weekend with 42 football teams from across Queensland in town for the Evolution Solar South Burnett Football Sevens Carnival.
A couple of welcome showers of rain settled the dust at Saturday’s Cooyar Show but weren’t enough to get show organisers worried or local farmers excited.
Help could be at hand – at least for the next three years – for South Burnett residents with severe and persistent mental illness.
The sixth annual Reef’n’Beef Extravaganza turned on a feast of plenty for the 280 or so hungry revellers who trekked from all over the South Burnett to Ironpot Hall on Saturday night.
The annual Windera Music Muster always attracts singers, songwriters, campers and tourists … but this year an added attraction was miniature horses.
There’ll be no excuse for young cattle experts not to shine in the show ring after a four-day school held in Wondai.
A $5.3 million motel development on the D’Aguilar Highway is “one of the most exciting projects we have had in Kingaroy in recent years”.
Loaded with hay and hampers, baked goods and biscuits, the Murgon Baptist Church’s Eat Dirt Drought convoy rolled out of town on Friday afternoon headed for drought-stricken western Queensland.
Love can be an amazing force for good … even when that love comes in the shape of four paws, a wet snout and a wagging tail.
Death threats and a poisoning attack haven’t deterred Durong resident Simon Stretton from his love of Australia’s native dog, the dingo, and from his enthusiasm to build better public understanding about the animal.
A solution to Memerambi’s controversial housing estate is on the horizon following a win by the South Burnett Regional Council in the Planning and Environment Court.
A Goodger woman and her two small children are lucky to have escaped injury when an object was thrown at their moving vehicle as she was driving home on Saturday.
Visitors at the Wondai Regional Art Gallery’s first exhibition for 2014 on Friday night helped christen a new band as well as take in a wide-ranging show.
Growing The Burnett has put out an urgent call … for would-be small acre farmers and food handlers who are willing to be trained for free.
Life has turned full circle for Melanie Ludke who has literally “come home” with her appointment as principal at Tanduringie State School.
Stanwell today announced plans to return Tarong Power Station’s two mothballed power generating units back into service.
Every day youth worker Michael Sanford, 25, hops onto his bike and pedals the 40km or so to work in Kingaroy from Maidenwell. And then in the afternoons, it’s the same …
The Federal Government’s decision last week to knock back a request for $25 million assistance for SPC Ardmona in Shepparton could spell the end of the Australian navy bean industry – and cost Kingaroy-based Bean Growers Australia its single largest customer.
There’s a reason why Nanango’s latest a la carte restaurant is named after a woolshed, and it’s quite romantic.
