Last Chance To Be In Avocado Festival

Last Chance To Be In Avocado Festival

There are just two weeks left for competitors to get their entries in, stall holders to book a site and comedy fans to secure tickets to see the Kransky Sisters at this year’s Bloomin’ Beautiful Blackbutt Avocado Festival.

Truck Overturns On Highway

Truck Overturns On Highway

A 49-year-old truck driver was taken to Kingaroy Hospital with minor injuries after a crash on the D’Aguilar Highway near Blackbutt on Wednesday morning.

Cyclists Pedalling To Blackbutt

Cyclists Pedalling To Blackbutt

A group of up to 60 cyclists from the Brisbane Valley will be riding up the Blackbutt Range on Saturday, September 10 for a day of fun and avocados.

Pedestrian Dies In Hospital

Pedestrian Dies In Hospital

A 70-year-old woman who suffered severe head injuries when she was struck by a truck in Blackbutt on Tuesday morning has died in hospital.

Critical Injury In Crash

Critical Injury In Crash

A South Burnett man suffered critical head injuries, and two other people were also injured, in a collision at Benarkin on Thursday afternoon.

Meet The Future Blackbutt Hall

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.

Funding Supports Bloomin’ Beautiful

Funding Supports Bloomin’ Beautiful

The Kransky Sisters show coming to Blackbutt for this year’s Bloomin’ Beautiful Blackbutt Avocado Festival has received funding support from the State Government’s Queensland Arts Showcase Program.

$35,000 Grant For Statue Project

$35,000 Grant For Statue Project

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has congratulated local community groups which received funding through Round 88 of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.

Expensive Stop At Blackbutt

Expensive Stop At Blackbutt

A Sunshine Coast family is counting the cost of a visit to the South Burnett after thousands of dollars worth of tools were stolen from their 4WD on Monday.

Supermarket Project Advances … Slowly

Supermarket Project Advances … Slowly

The South Burnett Regional Council will partner with the Blackbutt-Benarkin Community Council to seek grant funding after the Blackbutt Memorial Hall is relocated to a new site near Nukku Nook.