Barcoo Pastoral Society 150 years
With a history nearly as long as the State of Queensland itself, the Barcoo Pastoral Society and Barcoo Race Club are this year celebrating...
3300 letters support AAM bid
AAM Investment Group delivered its tender bid for the former Longreach Pastoral College site last week, with the backing of more than 3300 letters...
Fond memories of college
For many youth growing up in Western Queensland in the 1980s and 90s Longreach Pastoral College was a turning point in their lives.
Past student...
Matt welcomed home
Matthew sustained a head injury in late November 2022, from a slip and fall.
He was taken care of and stabilised by the local...
Highest team score
Longreach and Barcaldine cricketers combined recently to compete in the annual Under Central Queensland Championships in Emerald.
While they came away without a...
Junior tennis coaching is back
After a short delay to the start of the season, junior tennis coaching is back in Longreach.
Coaching will be 3:15-4:15pm on Tuesdays at...
Time to give the Great Artesian Basin the respect it deserves
"Water, water, every where,
‘"Nor any drop to drink.’"
We have Samuel Taylor Coleridge to thank for those classic lines in The Rime of the...
Outback Queensland Masters swings into gold at the Grey Nomad Awards
Legendary western Queensland event the Outback Queensland Masters was announced to be a Gold winner of the 2022 Best Grey Nomad Festival or Event...
New Winton postmark
After ten years and thousands of uses, Winton Post Office Licensee Melissa Elliott has had to get a new postmark made up to cancel...
Preferred tenderer named in the sale of Ilfracombe Post Office
The Ilfracombe Post Office will soon be handed over to a family investor from Mareeba, following a decision made at the Longreach Regional Council...
Future of Ag College
Could AAM's vision to modernise and create an intergenerational learning centre at Longreach Pastoral College site be the answer to meet a skills gap...
10,000 sign petition to ban new gas in Lake Eyre Basin
A 10,000 signature-strong petition - the majority Queenslanders - demanding the Palaszczuk Government ban new gas projects on the fragile and pristine floodplains of...
Juniors shine in touch trials
On Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 April, a group of talented students from the Central West region travelled to Mount Isa to take part...
