Marcus Paces Off Into The Sunset

Marcus Paces Off Into The Sunset

There were smiles, tears and hugs on Wednesday as Cherbourg Council bade farewell to journalist Marcus Priaulx and marked the end of the successful Barambah PaCE (Parental and Community Engagement) educational program.

Letter Brings $150,000 Response

Letter Brings $150,000 Response

Cherbourg’s Ration Shed Museum announced a few days ago that it had received extra Federal Government funding and now the level of that assistance has been revealed.

Mitta Dynevor … A Champion Remembered

Mitta Dynevor … A Champion Remembered

Friends, family members and former boxers honoured a sometimes forgotten South Burnett sportsman on Saturday … gold-medal winning boxer Jeffrey “Mitta” Dynevor (1938-2008).

Indigenous Mayors Want To Be Heard

Indigenous Mayors Want To Be Heard

Queensland’s 17 Indigenous councils want to be invited to attend a special meeting to discuss preparations for a referendum to formally recognise Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution.

School Pays Off For Marcia

School Pays Off For Marcia

Marcia Carlo loves going to work at Cherbourg; the UsMob Radio receptionist recently received her Certificate III in Business Administration

Cup Players Play With Pride

Cup Players Play With Pride

The big boys came to the South Burnett again on Saturday, turning on some of the best rugby league seen in the region for a long while

Kids Walk To Stamp Out Violence

Kids Walk To Stamp Out Violence

Cherbourg State School children have done their bit to help stamp domestic violence out by marching around the town to spread the message that domestic violence isn’t ok … “Not Now, Not Ever”.

NAIDOC Winner Has Local Roots

NAIDOC Winner Has Local Roots

Elaine Chambers, a Kuku Yalangi/Koa Aboriginal woman from Brisbane with family connections in Cherbourg, has won this year’s prestigious national NAIDOC Poster Competition.

Rivals Ready For Cup Action

Rivals Ready For Cup Action

Saturday’s Intrust Super Cup game at Cherbourg – between the top-of-the-table Ipswich Jets and the in-form Souths Logan Magpies looks set to be an exciting game of rugby league.

Fitness, Fun and Friendship

Fitness, Fun and Friendship

The more than 400 runners and walkers who left Murgon Showground for a 7km stroll on Sunday morning weren’t only testing their fitness … they were also showing their support for Reconciliation and Cherbourg’s Ration Shed Museum.

Some Good News For Ration Shed

Some Good News For Ration Shed

After months of worrying about their future, the management committee of Cherbourg’s Ration Shed Museum have received some unexpected good news … they’ve won another important award recognising their work.

March Against DV

March Against DV

The Cherbourg community is hosting a March Against Domestic Violence on Tuesday (May 12).

Rangers Do Us Proud

Rangers Do Us Proud

The Cherbourg Junior Police Rangers were having fun at the PCYC hall in Murgon when a nearby TV sounded the Last Post on Anzac Day eve.

Governor Pays A Visit

Governor Pays A Visit

Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey and his wife Kaye dropped in to visit Cherbourg and the nearby Shaftesbury College rodeo school during a whistlestop visit to the South Burnett on Tuesday.

Let’s Join Together To Remember

Let’s Join Together To Remember

South Burnett residents will gather at memorials and monuments all around the region today but there will be none prouder than the men and women who will be attending the opening of Cherbourg’s new Roll Of Honour Board this morning.