Tag: News
The art of alpaca apparel
Learning to spin and weave alpaca fleece helped Samuel Bowler pull his life back together.
A decade ago he returned home after his marriage...
Murgon Post Office
The opening of the railway to Murgon in September 1903 from the main northern line brought many advantages, one of which was the carriage...
Burnett goes for Showgirl hat-trick
All eyes are once again on the Burnett to continue its domination of the state's showgirl circuit, with the region crowning its 2022 Queensland...
Missing man found dead
Queensland Police Service have reported that the search for 67-year-old South Burnett man Lee Barker, who was reported missing earlier this week, has concluded,...
Two injured in Bunya Highway rollover
A rollover on the Bunya Highway over the weekend has left two people injured.
Queensland Ambulance Services and three crews from the Queensland Fire and...
Pioneers of Maidenwell
Murgon author Barbara Hartmann King shares about her family history at Maidenwell.
There is a rich family history behind the King family who came to...
Celebrating an abundance of glorious food
Food, Glorious Food.
Popular in musical theatre circles, this well-known song from Oliver! is a poignant nod to the Dickensian workhouse
orphans who dreamed of a...
New chapter for butchery
A new chapter has been cut into the butcher’s block for Kingaroy’s The Little Butcher and Wondai’s Ryan’s Butchery.
Little Butcher owners Clint and...
The world game in the South Burnett
Junior soccer teams from all over gathered in the South Burnett to play each other over the weekend.
Clubs include Nanango, Chinchilla and Kingaroy.
Editor’s Desk: Chores in the cold
I write this through fogged-up glasses, still milky and hardly see-through after venturing outside this morning to take the bins out and rush over...
Help find solutions at homelessness forum
Tickets are now ‘live’ for the South Burnett Housing and Homelessness Forum to be held at the Kingaroy Town Hall on Friday 22 July...
History with Julie: Back in the Heyday of the the Kingaroy Railway Station
The official opening of the railway line to Kingaroy took place at was then just a tiny ramshackle village on Monday 19 December, 1904.
Compared...
Fishing Classic hooks next generation of anglers
Young Burnett anglers aged 3 to 17 are being invited to take part in the Aussie Junior Fishing Classic.
This national fishing competition is...
