The Boondooma Dam Fish Stocking and Management Association Inc released 80,000 Yellowbelly, 100,000 Australian Bass and 10,000 Silver Perch fingerlings into Lake Boondooma – and 25,000 Australian Bass into Gordonbrook Dam – during November and December.
The 47m tall Jimna Fire Tower – which was built in 1977 and is claimed to be the tallest man-made wooden fire tower of its type in the southern hemisphere – is continuing to attract controversy.
Local tourism group Brisbane Valley Heritage Trails have unveiled new marketing material designed to promote the attractions of the Brisbane River Valley.
Southern Queensland Country Tourism is calling on anyone with an interest in tourism in the Southern Queensland Country region to take part in a series of industry think tanks that will help shape the region’s tourism future.
A new class of food licences with lighter compliance requirements and lower fees will be introduced for the region’s bed and breakfasts and farmstays after three tourism operators wrote a joint letter to Council objecting to the cost of obtaining a Food Business Licence.
Wondai’s Anzac Day commemorations and local fund-raising efforts for Legacy both received a boost on Saturday when the Wondai Hotel and Cellars officially unveiled the “Wondai Chloe”.
Motorists who drop into Driver Reviver sites throughout Queensland over Christmas will have the opportunity of picking up a free QWRC Wildlife Rescue handbook.
The South Burnett will get a new tourist attraction this weekend – and if the local reaction is anything like it was in Melbourne in 1883, riots can be expected to occur soon afterwards …
South Burnett tourism operators and small business owners have been invited to take part in a tourism industry “think tank” being organised by Southern Queensland Country.
South Burnett residents who have been confused by Brisbane toll roads – or worse, been fined – should welcome the launch of a new joint tollroad website
The South Burnett will have two representatives on the 12-member board of Southern Queensland Country Tourism (SQTC) next year.
The South Burnett’s five Visitor Information Centres could face a shake-up as part of a reorganisation of the region’s tourism marketing, if ideas discussed at a forum in Kingaroy on Thursday become a reality.
Southern Queensland Country Tourism has launched a new digital initiative thanks to funding received through the State Government’s Regional Tourism Organisation Contestable Grants Funding Scheme.
Rhonda and Lindsay Kath, from Mulanah Gardens B&B, have had a black tie experience in Brisbane
A tourism forum will be held in Kingaroy on November 28 to develop a regional tourism plan
Tourism industry representatives will gather in Stanthorpe next week at a conference dedicated to Southern Queensland tourism.
The Kingaroy Visitor Information Centre is one of just four across Queensland which are taking part in a special trial of online accommodation booking software.
Yarraman’s Heritage House has a new “old” exhibit which will interest visitors, a massive timber wagon used to haul timber to local sawmills.
The South Burnett is being featured on Queensland Weekender this Saturday after a film crew shot footage recently at Passchendaele Farm Holidays near Inverlaw.
The average overnight visitor to the South Burnett or Cherbourg is visiting friends or relatives, lives in regional Queensland, stays 2.9 nights and spends $349.
