See The King Of The Park

See The King Of The Park

4WD fans who enjoy extreme driving – and everyone else who just enjoys watching other drivers pound their vehicles around mind-blowingly challenging courses – will be flocking to Manar Park near Proston over the South Burnett-Cherbourg On Show long weekend.

Garden Fete Offers A Morning Of Fun

Garden Fete Offers A Morning Of Fun

A Garden Fete at Proston on Sunday, October 6 will help the Proston Angels raise funds for the group’s annual Relay For Life effort, as well as give keen gardeners a fun morning out into the bargain.

Choppers Fly Out Injured Riders

Choppers Fly Out Injured Riders

Motor sports have kept the RACQ CareFlight helicopter busy today with two medevacs from different ends of the South Burnett.

Turkish Delights At Proston QCWA

Turkish Delights At Proston QCWA

QCWA Proston’s latest general meeting was held on Monday, September 2

Proston Hosts Division Meeting

Proston Hosts Division Meeting

The Proston branch of the Queensland Country Women’s Association hosted the annual meeting of the Gympie and South Burnett Division last week in the Proston Community Hall.

MP Blames Rudd For Poor Phone Coverage

MP Blames Rudd For Poor Phone Coverage

About 40 members of the Proston-Boondooma branch of the LNP gathered at Boondooma Homestead today to chat with Federal Member for Flynn Ken O’Dowd, attend a Branch meeting and enjoy a camp oven lunch.

Teenager Hurt In Bike Fall

The RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter has airlifted a 16-year-old boy to hospital this afternoon following an incident at the Manar Park motocross track near Proston.

Signs To Highlight Danger

Signs To Highlight Danger

The keys to control three new “fire danger” signs have been handed over to local Rural Fire Brigades in the South Burnett.

Pool Closures ‘Off The Table’

Pool Closures ‘Off The Table’

The South Burnett Regional Council will reconsider the idea of public swimming pool closures after receiving negative feedback from some South Burnett residents over the past few days.

Manar Rd Closed For Repairs

Manar Rd Closed For Repairs

South Burnett Regional Council has notified that Manar Road near Proston will be closed for about two weeks from next Monday to allow flood reconstruction work to occur.

Anglers Gearing Up For Yellowbelly

Anglers Gearing Up For Yellowbelly

The Boondooma Dam Fish Stocking Assn are sure the weather will be great for this year’s Yellowbelly

Huge Day At Proston

Huge Day At Proston

The 2013 Golden Spurs Campdraft attracted a good crowd to Proston Showgrounds at the weekend.

Stuart River Bridge Re-Opens

Stuart River Bridge Re-Opens

The Stuart River Bridge near Proston fully re-opened to traffic last Friday … and no one is more happy than the nearby Smithfield Feedlot.

Clouds Clear For Proston Show

Clouds Clear For Proston Show

Organisers of the Proston Show breathed a sigh of relief at the end of Saturday … the show had gone off without any hitches despite storm clouds threatening.

Bridge Bill Is Ticking Over

Bridge Bill Is Ticking Over

Traffic limitations on the Stuart River Bridge are costing Smithfield Feedlot an estimated $1500-$2000 every day

Proston Show Is Looking Good

The 55th annual Proston Show will be going ahead on Saturday come rail, hail or shine!.

Floods Black Out 300

Power was restored yesterday to the final seven Ergon Energy customers near Proston affected by damage to the network sustained during flooding in the South Burnett on Tuesday night.