A Head Start Is A Great Idea

A Head Start Is A Great Idea

If a child gets a head start in learning before school it usually sets them up for a terrific life … that’s why the staff at the Gundoo Day Care in Cherbourg have been brainstorming ideas on how to make their services even better.

Date Set For 2015 Fun Run

Date Set For 2015 Fun Run

Cherbourg’s Ration Shed Museum plans to hold a second Reconciliation Fun Run in 2015

Cherbourg Gets Ready For Summer

Cherbourg Gets Ready For Summer

Fires, floods, storms … it’s that time of the year again and Cherbourg residents are taking no chances.

Ky Ky Hops To The Rescue

Ky Ky Hops To The Rescue

Cherbourg Junior Police Ranger Ky Ky Warner was asleep when she was awoken by yelling

Cherbourg Nets Grant For Girls Sport

Cherbourg Nets Grant For Girls Sport

Cherbourg women will be given more sporting chances following Council winning a Get Out, Get Active grant.

Legal Service Fears Funding Cuts

Federal Government funding cuts of $13.41 million to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal sector will have a potentially devastating impact on the delivery of frontline legal services, the sector’s peak body warned today.

Graduates Ready To Chase Their Dreams

Graduates Ready To Chase Their Dreams

The South Burnett’s indigenous Year 12 graduates are brimming with confidence and set to make their mark

School Works For Lornetta

School Works For Lornetta

Lornetta West sings and dances around her home on a regular basis … it’s a sign the Year 4 Cherbourg State School student loves learning.

$10,000 Grant For Recycling Plant

$10,000 Grant For Recycling Plant

Cherbourg’s recycling facility will benefit from $10,000 in funding announced today by the Keep Australia Beautiful Association.

Golden Oldies Jazz It Up

Golden Oldies Jazz It Up

Almost 200 “gangsters” and “flappers” took over the Welfare Hall at Cherbourg recently in a revival of 1920s style.

A Region Pauses To Remember

A Region Pauses To Remember

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.

New Service Aims
To Close Blindness Gap

New Service Aims<BR> To Close Blindness Gap

National figures show that Indigenous people over the age of 40 who are suffering from diabtes currently have six times the rate of blindness and vision impairment compared to non-Indigenous people.

Ration Shed Celebrates 10th Birthday

Ration Shed Celebrates 10th Birthday

Cherbourg’s Ration Shed Museum marked its 10th birthday with a celebration at the historic complex on Friday.

School Is Key To
Future NRL Success

School Is Key To<BR> Future NRL Success

Errol Simpson Jnr doesn’t like school but knows he needs it to fulfil his dream of playing rugby league for Australia.

Footy Set Goals For Future Leaders

Footy Set Goals For Future Leaders

Footy creates pathways for future leaders, and the Arthur Beetson Foundation says it’s also about saving lives through football.

Big Changes At Gundoo

Big Changes At Gundoo

A $500,000 revamp to Cherbourg’s Gundoo Day Care Centre will lead to better learning for its children.

$1.5m Upgrades At Cherbourg Hospital

$1.5m Upgrades At Cherbourg Hospital

Work will begin soon on an $860,000 project at Cherbourg Hospital to provide modern consultation rooms for women and children, part of $1.5 million worth of upgrades scheduled at the hospital over the next six months.

MPs Visit Cherbourg

MPs Visit Cherbourg

Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Senator Nigel Scullion and Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss dropped into Cherbourg today.