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.
The South Burnett Regional Council will hold community meetings at Blackbutt and Ironpot next week.
There’s always something magical when you head out to the Ironpot Hall on Reef’n’Beef night.
A hundred years of pioneering in the Ironpot area was remembered on Saturday when about 170 relatives and friends gathered at the Downes family’s “Werona” property to celebrate the farm’s centenary.
A 47-year-old man has been taken to Kingaroy Hospital with arm and shoulder injuries after a collision involving a hay truck at Ironpot this morning.
The sixth annual Reef’n’Beef Extravaganza turned on a feast of plenty for the 280 or so hungry revellers who trekked from all over the South Burnett to Ironpot Hall on Saturday night.
A lightning strike at the height of yesterday afternoon’s wild storms has been blamed for a fire which has burned out between 400 and 500ha at Ironpot.
The South Burnett Flood Recovery Meetings that were postponed last week – ironically by the latest round of flooding – have been re-scheduled for next week.
When then-jackeroo Rick first met his wife-to-be Alice – who’d run away from the city on the back of a motorbike – he may have thought twice about asking her out if he’d known his underwear preferences were going to become a topic of conversation at Kingaroy Library a few years later.
More than 300 guests trekked to Ironpot Hall on Saturday for the Reef’n’Beef Extravaganza
As the rain eases, the South Burnett is facing a massive repair bill. Mayor Wayne Kratzmann says initial reports indicate damage is worse than the 2011 floods
Eight fire crews were called to a grass fire in the Ironpot area which erupted in the early hours of this morning.
A free Pamper Day for women will be held at the Ironpot Hall from 9:00am to 2:30pm on April 18.
