The South Burnett’s new “super-RTO” (regional tourism organisation) – formed from the merger of “Toowoomba Golden West and South Burnett Tourism” and “Southern Downs and Granite Belt Regional Tourism”- was officially launched today by Tourism Minister Jann Stuckey.
Australian wine expert Rob Geddes has nominated five South Burnett wines as being amongst Australia’s best in the 30th edition of his soon-to-be-released Australian Wine Vintages.
The tiny Blackbutt Bakery has taken out first and second place for Speciality Pies in the annual Queensland Baking Trade Show and Competition held this week at Victoria Park in Brisbane.
The annual Vine Dining Long Lunch at Moffatdale, hosted by local cellar doors Bridgeman Downs and Clovely Estate, drew a good crowd of partygoers on Saturday eager to sit in the sun, sip fine wine and enjoy good food.
The LNP Government has overturned the former ALP Government’s decision to move the Queen’s Birthday public holiday to the first Monday in October, instead deciding to move Labour Day from May to this date.
Five buildings in the South Burnett have been nominated for Queensland Heritage Listing.
Former Queensland Greens candidate for Nanango Grant Newson said today the South Burnett “should be ashamed” of the condition of the road leading from Maidenwell to the Bunya Mountains.
Goomeri is an RV Friendly Town, in fact it’s the only RV Friendly town in the South Burnett
The proposed merger of the Toowoomba Golden West South Burnett and Southern Downs Granite Belt tourism organisations has received an overwhelming endorsement by members who attended Special General Meetings of the associations last week.
Volunteers have started the painstaking work of restoring an historic cemetery all but destroyed in the 2011 floods.
Kumbia’s big Centenary celebrations will get underway from 9:00am tomorrow (July 28).
More than 72,000 people visited the annual Regional Flavours festival at Brisbane’s Southbank at the weekend, celebrating Queensland’s regional produce and the people who grow it.
The South Burnett Chorale will be holding its annual concert at Taabinga Homestead on Sunday, August 26, at 2:30pm.
The South Burnett Wine Industry Association has announced an ambitious plan to claim the new Queen’s Birthday long weekend for the region.
A long-running dispute over access to the main terminal building at Wondai Airport seems close to resolution after the South Burnett Regional Council voted today to grant licences to three different flying groups to share the facility in common.
Local tourism leader Mary-Clare Power has confirmed that the name of the new tourism organisation that will cover the South Burnett will be “Southern Queensland Country Tourism Incorporated”.
The South Burnett Regional Council has advised that Gordonbrook Dam re-opened to the public on Monday.
Local tourism leader Mary-Clare Power has warned that the recent announcement by the State Government of a doubling in funding to regional tourism organisations does not mean that funding to the local group would automatically be doubled.
Southburnett.com.au is proud to be supporting South Burnett On Show, an entertainment showcase being co-ordinated by the South Burnett Wine Industry Association from September 29 to October 1.
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has announced a doubling of funding for Regional Tourism Organisations at the inaugural DestinationQ Forum held today in Cairns.
