If you say it fast enough it doesn’t sound like much … 115km of fencing. But if you drove along it at top speed, it would take more than hour. Now imagine walking along 115km of fencing, carefully checking it for damage and painstakingly removing flood debris.
Reconstruction work on five North Coast Region roads – including the Mugon-Kilcoy Road – will start soon with the awarding of a $17 million construction contract.
A rodeo school will be established at Ficks Crossing after the South Burnett Regional Council signed a lease agreement with the Shaftesbury Centre this week.
Fifteen local artists took part in an acrylic art workshop with Don Milner over the weekend
BlazeAid volunteers have completed work on half the 100 farms that registered for assistance after the January floods.
The South Burnett Regional Council has planted a garden at the recently Heritage-listed Murgon Town Hall to honour sporting legend Steve Renouf.
Those QCWA ladies are a crafty lot … and they’re very keen to pass on their skills! The QCWA’s Gympie – South Burnett Division held its biannual handcraft school in Murgon over the weekend.
Kids climbing the walls? Well, soon they’ll be able to “climb the walls” literally at three South Burnett parks.
Graham House Community Centre at Murgon is bringing an international speaker to Murgon next month as part of the town’s recovery efforts from the 2013 floods.
Murgon police have charged five teenagers after a car was stolen from Chataway Street in Murgon about 10:15pm on Monday.
The local community always supports Murgon’s Anzac celebrations, and this year was no exception.
Former Nanango firefighter Col Kowitz retired three years ago but he hasn’t been forgotten by his colleagues.
Six people – including a 54-year-old Murgon woman and a five-year-old child – required hospitalisation after a high-speed collision on the Wide Bay Highway near Widgee this morning.
The South Burnett Regional Council is cracking down on unregistered dogs and cats in the region’s towns
A group of enthusiastic aviators is breathing new life into Murgon’s 80-year-old Angelfield airstrip.
Graham House Community Centre in Murgon will receive an extra $5500 in Federal Government funding in recognition of their role in assisting people in need during the recent flooding in the area.
The Murgon community paused for a moment on Wednesday night to farewell two much-loved local residents who are retiring to the Gold Coast.
Members of the Murgon Camera Club took a walk around Kinbombi Falls last month to practice tricks and techniques they’d learned at recent camera club meetings.
The State Government has flagged a possible extension of the Family Responsibilities Commission – which administers the quarantining of welfare payments – to cover indigenous communities throughout Queensland.
A 32-year-old Cherbourg man charged with stealing the keys to the local police station and obstructing police during an incident which turned into a near-riot in the town last December has been sentenced to 120 hours community service.
