A long-time resident of Blackbutt and district, Mr Brian Bidgood, kept his audience captivated with stories of his life experiences in Blackbutt at a recent history morning organised by Blackbutt and District Tourism and Heritage.
South Burnett mayor Wayne Kratzmann has written to Blackbutt and Benarkin residents to update them on the proposal to have a supermarket developed in Blackbutt.
Communities across the South Burnett paused at 11:00am on Tuesday to recall the exact moment the guns fell silent in 1918 at the end of the Great War.
Recently I had the real privilege of addressing the 2014 Queensland Country Women’s Association (QCWA) State Conference held in Ipswich.
Benarkin resident and ALP candidate for the State seat of Nanango, Liz Hollens-Riley, knows she has a big task ahead of her to unseat the LNP at the next election, but she’s confident it can be done.
The Blackbutt RSL and Country Music Club have organised a Christmas Tree appeal to help brighten the lives of local children during the festive season.
Blackbutt residents who have been calling for kerbing in Coulson Street will be pleased to know that work is starting today on a roadworks project in the town.
Blackbutt Visitor Information Centre will be taking part in a attempt on Saturday to break a world record attempt for the most people using a single hashtag on Instagram in one day.
An anonymous group in Blackbutt has launched an online campaign to invite Woolworths to open a store in Blackbutt rather than IGA – the franchise most mentioned in recent supermarket discussions.
A well-attended public meeting held at the Blackbutt Community Hall on Monday night has given overwhelming support for a South Burnett Regional Council plan to try to get a supermarket built in the town.
A public meeting will be held next Monday night to gauge Blackbutt’s reaction to a supermarket proposal
This year’s Bloomin’ Beautiful Blackbutt Festival was “the best in the last three years” according to Festival chairman Jeff Connor.
Blackbutt’s annual spring festival, “Bloomin’ Beautiful Blackbutt” is on again this weekend
Kingaroy chef Jason Ford is hard at work planning avocado-inspired recipes for September’s Bloomin’ Beautiful Blackbutt Festival.
Community programs and projects in the Yarraman, Blackbutt and Nanango areas are $55,000 better off
The South Burnett isn’t the only area hoping to get rail trail funding from the State Government
The Blackbutt community is rallying together to help the family of a teenage girl badly injured in a horse-riding accident on Saturday.
South Burnett Regional Council adopted its new schedule of fees and charges for 2014-15 at its monthly meeting today.
Two 80km/h zones along the D’Aguilar Highway between Moore and Benarkin have been reduced to 60km/h
Blackbutt-Benarkin Lions Club held its changeover on Wednesday night and it was a triple celebration
