On This Day: International Tiger Day!
International Tiger Day has been created so that people around the world can raise awareness for tiger conservation.
Help raise awareness and join the fight...
Archives: What was news 70 years ago
On This Day
30 July 1954
Thirteen Fined for Traffic Breaches in Longreach
Thirteen individuals faced fines in Longreach Traffic Court on Wednesday morning for various...
Funding for Woolscour restoration
The owners and custodians of some of Queensland’s most iconic buildings and historic sites are set to share in more than $1 million in...
Letters to the editor
Courageous 'death' of the Jervis Bay
Big passenger ships can die hard and with courage.
Such a ship was the 'Jervis Bay', which had a strong...
From tragedy to hope
It has been a year since 13-year-old Beaudesert State High School transgender student Onyx Rose Lambert took his own life after what his family...
Celebration of NAIDOC
The Longreach community celebrated NAIDOC Week on Friday, July 19 July with a vibrant march from the IGA to the Longreach Showgrounds.
Festivities at the...
On This Day: National Day of the Cowboy!
Saddle up and get ready to ride into the sunset with the excitement of the Wild West!
Cowboys are the ultimate symbol of grit...
On This Day: National All or Nothing Day!
If it was your last day on Earth, what would you do?
Dive into your goals and dreams and be willing to take some...
Celebration of sculpture and culture
In the tiny town of Muttaburra, a group of volunteers from the Muttaburra Sculpture Committee are bringing the region together for this weekend's Reuse/Recycle...
News in Brief
Winton - vehicle into structure
Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics transported one patient in a stable condition to Winton Hospital following a vehicle into structure...
Legend set for one final race
Longreach will be the venue as Outback Queensland racing champion Fab's Cowboy lines-up for his final start on Saturday.
The 12-year-old gelding enters a forced...
Jacques completes charity push
Jacques Jacobie embarked on an extraordinary journey that saw him push himself 27 kilometres in a manual wheelchair around Longreach on Saturday, 20 July.
He...

















