The South Burnett and Cherbourg on Show long weekend promotion will be bigger than ever in 2014, thanks to extra support from the South Burnett Regional Council, local businesses and organisations.
The South Burnett Regional Council plans to work with local tourism business to promote the region at two iconic Brisbane events, the Ekka and Regional Flavours.
Southern Queensland Country Tourism has launched its new travel guide for the region.
The Artist’s Cottage opposite Kingaroy Airport will get a new lease of life this weekend when The Starving Artist Cafe opens its doors to the public.
South Burnett tourism operators will have the opportunity next week to help formulate a strategy aimed at expanding the local tourism market by more than a third in the next six years.
The South Burnett Tourism Association wants better signs placed outside the region to draw more tourists to the South Burnett.
A pilot “tourism ambassador” program run in Wondai will now expand to Nanango
Elisa Detrez, the winner of Queensland’s “Best Job in the World” Park Ranger competition, visited the Bunya Mountains this month as part of her exploration of the Southern Queensland Country region.
The South Burnett Regional Council has begun distributing copies of its new Touring Guide to encourage tourists to make the most of their visit to the South Burnett.
Tourism and Events Queensland has organised a “Digital Ready” workshop to be held in Kingaroy next month to assist local tourism operators maximise their marketing investment with Southern Queensland Country.
The Southern Queensland Country tourism area – which includes the South Burnett – welcomed 1.9 million domestic and international overnight visitors during the year to June 2013, and most of us appear to like them.
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.
