Durong Added To Listening Tour
The South Burnett Regional Council has added an extra meeting to its upcoming Listening Tour after protests from residents living in the Durong and Boondooma areas.
Fire Scare At Dingo Sanctuary
Durong Dingo Sanctuary’s Simon Stretton is full of praise for the firefighters who brought a wild grassfire under control on Sunday, just metres away from his animal enclosures.
$50m Promise To Upgrade Road
The LNP has committed to spending $50 million to upgrade the Mundubbera-Durong Road if successful at the State Election.
Driver Seriously Hurt In Head-On Crash
A man aged in his 60s suffered serious injuries when his ute and a B-double truck carrying lengths of timber collided head-on on the Chinchilla-Wondai Road near Durong on Thursday afternoon.
BIEDO Reaches Out To Durong
History was made at Durong on Tuesday when the local hall hosted its first business expo … or the first that anyone can remember!
School Car Park To Be Upgraded
The South Burnett Regional Council will begin an upgrade of the Durong State School carpark, set down area and bus turnaround on Monday, September 19.
Church Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge paid a visit to Durong on Sunday … the first time a Catholic Archbishop has visited the town in more than 50 years.
Dingo Love Licks Shadow MPs
It’s not every day that you’ll find a couple of LNP Members of Parliament – and Shadow Ministers, at that – saying nice things about dingoes …
Grass Fire At Durong
A grass fire on Shellytop Road at Durong on Sunday afternoon was quickly brought under control with no loss of property,
It’s Wheelie Easy if You Know How …
New waste transfer stations at Hivesville and Durong will open on Monday (August 31).
Uni Students Lend A Hand
Some of the Durong Dingo Sanctuary’s immediate fencing problems have been solved … thanks to fundraising, generous donations and the help of a bunch of eager young volunteers.
Cattle Blamed For Crash
Two men have been flown to the PA Hospital in Brisbane after their vehicle hit two cows and then crashed into a tree near Durong on Tuesday night.
Police Hunt 4WD Driver
Murgon detectives are appealing for public help to help find the driver of a vehicle that approached a young boy at Durong yesterday.
Horse Rider Trampled
A 37-year-old woman has been airlifted by RACQ CareFlight Rescue after a fall from a horse on a property at Durong this afternoon.
Grant Will Help
Rural Communities Connect
People living in rural areas of the South Burnett will have the opportunity to get out and connect with their neighbours soon, thanks to a $65,000 grant from the State Government’s Department Of Communities.
Coroner Begins Phase 2
Of Quad Bikes Inquest
Phase 1 of an inquest into the deaths of nine Queenslanders in quad bike accidents over the past two years wound up last week with Queensland Deputy Coroner John Lock making some basic findings into the circumstances of each fatality.
Dingoes Find A Young Friend
Durong’s Dingo Simon has found a most unlikely advocate in his bid to raise funds for his Dingo Sanctuary.
Simon Needs $8000 To Save Dingoes
Durong’s “Dingo Simon” has a problem: he needs to raise $8000 to build five new enclosures for his beloved dingoes. And he needs to do it quickly,
Road Crews At Work In Durong
South Burnett Regional Council has graded McLeans Road at Durong, one of several roads identified by local residents earlier this year as in need of repairs, and road crews have moved on to the nearby Shellytop Road.
Council Attacks Black Spots
The South Burnett Regional Council will be applying for funding from the Federal Government’s $100 million regional mobile coverage program to begin putting an end to the South Burnett’s worst mobile phone “black spots”.
