MEGA GALLERY: Festival a ‘porktastic’ time
Festival goers had a 'porktastic time' exploring Kingaroy BaconFest with so much to do.
From tasting the food trucks' best offerings to watching bands...
Roy Emerson Way opens
Blackbutt's Roy Emerson museum precinct is now one step closer to being the region's premier tourist destination, thanks to a set of new signs...
IN PICS: Bucket Boys win Pig Jam
Six bands took to the Pig Jam stage, sharing a variety of sounds to impress the audience.
First up on the stage at O’Neill...
Burnett benefits from firie grants
The Burnett's rural fire brigades are encouraged to apply for the latest of a series of grant rounds aimed at equipping regional firies with...
Five in South Nanango crash
Five people were transported to hospital with minor injuries last night.
Emergency crews tended to a vehicle and truck crash in South Nanango along...
BaconFest smoking music line up
The South Burnett is truly blessed to have such an array of local entertainers who over the BaconFest weekend gave the crowds some toe...
Burnett stud cattle breeders’ ‘outstanding’ EKKA showing
Some 977 head of Queensland’s top stud cattle across 27 breeds competed at the 2023 Royal Brisbane Show - and Inverlaw stud breeders...
TRAGIC: Burnett Hwy fatality
A woman has died in a crash on the Burnett Highway this morning.
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman reported the 42-year-old Millbank woman died...
Hens level up
Townsville-based Hen Pen Australia hosted its first women’s tyre demo and info session in Nanango.
At Star Tyrepower in Nanango on Wednesday, 9 August, the...
John Peterson Bridge now open
North Burnett's new John Peterson Bridge on Mundubbera-Durong Road is now open to traffic -almost a century after the original timber bridge opened.
This...
BaconFest’s Smoke-off
Various creative pig-based dishes fired up last Saturday, 19 August, for SunPork's Smoke off demonstration and awards.
Attendees gathered on the outdoor grassy area...
Options aplenty for rural youth
More needs to be done to help rural, regional and remote schools prepare Queensland’s young people for the workforce, and inspire them to pursue...

















