Warmer Start To Swimming Season
The South Burnett’s 2013-14 swimming season will kick off soon with warmer pools.
War Hero Visits St John’s
The students from St John’s Lutheran School were privileged to have a visit from Mr Keith Payne VC OAM earlier this week.
Drunk Driver Swerved To Miss Pedestrians
A pregnant woman driving home after a night out swerved to miss pedestrians crossing the road, mounted the footpath and ended up with her car on top of a metal fence, Kingaroy Magistrates Court was told today.
A Lifetime Of Memories For Sale
More than 10,000 collectibles – everything from model cars and hundreds of dolls to full-size wagons, farming machinery, petrified wood and a dinosaur footprint (collected somewhere in the South Burnett) – will be going under the hammer on Saturday in Kingaroy.
Huston’s Wins Top Award
The South Burnett has been recognised as home to one of the top ten Nissan dealerships in Australia.
Work Begins To Widen Highway
The Department of Transport and Main Roads yesterday began works to widen the shoulders along part of the D’Aguilar Highway on the outskirts of Kingaroy.
Legacy Of Vietnam Lives On
Victoria Cross winner Keith Payne addressed Sunday’s Vietnam Veterans Day service in Kingaroy
Plaque Unveiled At School
St Mary’s Catholic College has hosted its annual NAIDOC Day celebration of Aboriginal and Islander culture
Highway To Motorcycle Heaven
Hundreds of motorbikes “headed out on the highway” – the Bunya Highway, that is – on Sunday morning for a special Motorbike Festival.
Open Orchestra Evening
The South Burnett Community Orchestra will be holding an Open Orchestra Evening at the Uniting Church Hall in Alford Street, Kingaroy from 6:00pm to around 8:30pm on Wednesday, August 14.
Jemima’s Award-Winning Style
Kingaroy’s Jemima Larkin is “a wonderful, natural, warm and cheerful early childhood educator”, and now she has an award from the Rotary Club of Kingaroy to prove it.
Exhibition Draws Applause
A happy crowd descended on the Nimue Art Gallery last Saturday for the opening of a new exhibition
Four New Ambulances For South Burnett
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has officially handed over four new ambulances to paramedics at the Kingaroy, Nanango and Yarraman ambulance stations.
Wanted: Single Guys Looking For Love
Kingaroy and the South Burnett will feature in a new Channel 9 reality show … if our bachelors scrub up okay for TV!
Memories Of Vietnam
A display of Vietnam War memorabilia has been placed on show at the Kingaroy Heritage Museum
$35,000 Plus Raised At Dinner
Kingaroy Town Hall was packed with 440 people and more than $35,000 was raised … so by any measure, Saturday night’s Relay For Life “Dinner With The Captains” was a great success.
Funeral For Oldest Soldier
A funeral service was held in Kingaroy on Friday for Tom Hauritz, a well-known South Burnett resident and the oldest member of the Kingaroy-Memerambi RSL Sub-Branch.
SES Tests Their Skills
Kingaroy SES hosted a Landsearch Course at the weekend, training members in all aspects of searching, including forensic searching and preserving incident scenes.
Students Say Sayonara To Kingaroy
Kingaroy State High School officially bade farewell to its visitors from Fudooka High School at a dinner for teachers, host families and students in Kingaroy on Friday night.
Money For Pound Street
The State Government has allocated $498,000 to help flood-proof Pound Street in Kingaroy
