About four years ago, Kumbia’s Brian Fawcett was sitting alone on his porch when he had, in his own words, “a spiritual experience” which changed his life forever, and potentially, the lives of hundreds of cancer sufferers.
It’s the first Tuesday in November so it must be … the Kumbia Races!
The Kumbia Race Club will be holding their 42nd Annual Melbourne Cup Day Races at the Kumbia racetrack from 11:00am until 5:00pm tomorrow.
Locals and visitors gathered at the Kumbia Hotel on Saturday to mark the 100th birthday of the town’s well-known landmark.
You’d better get in quick for the next Kumbia Brain Drain, almost half the tables are booked!
The Tour de Kumbia cycle race wasn’t the only big event happening in Kumbia on Saturday.
A little taste of Europe came to the South Burnett at the weekend with the running of the “Tour de Kumbia” and the “Tour de Kingaroy” cycle races.
Kumbia Kindy will be holding a Cent Auction this Saturday (July 27) as a fundraiser.
South Burnett residents are being urged to get on their bikes for the inaugural South Burnett Region Community Ride which will be held in Kingaroy on Sunday, July 28.
Two people suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle crash near Kumbia on Sunday morning
Kumbia Kindergarten will be holding a major fundraiser – “Hollywood Glitz and Glam Casino Night” – on Saturday, June 8, in the Kumbia Memorial Hall.
Saturday was Oaks Day – traditionally Ladies Day – at Eagle Farm in Brisbane but at the Kumbia races, it was truly a “day for the ladies” after female jockeys rode all five winners.
The Kumbia Race Club will be holding its new Mid-Year Race Meeting at the Kumbia racecourse off the Kumbia-Brooklands Road on Saturday.
Former Nanango firefighter Col Kowitz retired three years ago but he hasn’t been forgotten by his colleagues.
The South Burnett Regional Council is cracking down on unregistered dogs and cats in the region’s towns
It was cut back to two days – and rain brought the competition to an early end – but both riders and spectators still had heaps of fun at the Kumbia Campdraft at the weekend.
Well-known country race-caller Harold Kirwin was remembered at a Requiem Mass celebrated in Toowoomba this morning.
The Easter long weekend always attracts a horde of visitors to the South Burnett … and this year has been no exception.
Organisers of the 2013 Kumbia Charity Campdraft are expecting a good roll-up over the Easter weekend even though this year’s event has had to be pruned back because of the Australia Day floods.
Pink for a purpose … that was the theme of the Kumbia Kindergarten’s International Women’s Day lunch
