Hayden’s long journey
Autistic pilot Hayden McDonald has completed his solo circumnavigation of Australia, touching down and sharing his story in many communities like Longreach.
Over the...
Get into the festive spirit
On Friday, 8 December, the Lions of Longreach Club hosted their annual Christmas Street Party.
Since 2015, Eagle Street has been lit up with...
Meet Outback Santa
For Johnathon Uprichard and his family, Christmas is a special time of the year, spending weeks decorating the house for the community to enjoy....
Summer in the Whitsundays
The Whitsundays is probably best known for sunny days and blue turquoise water but to get that weather for the majority of the year...
Community Events
Free Community Cooking Classes
Learn to cook nutritious simple meals with Chef Wattsy! FREE Community Cooking Classes, everyone is welcome. Ingredients will be supplied. Any...
Longreach 2023 Christmas winners
The results of the Longreach Regional Council 2023 Christmas Lights competition have been released.
Congratulations to the winners for Longreach, Rural Property and Ilfracombe:...
Weir to flow
After suffering significant damage in 2021, work on restoring the Isisford Weir has been completed, with Water Minister Glenn Butcher attending the official opening...
Making rural voices heard
Longreach grazier Jody Brown had her story heard at the World Climate Action Summit, COP28, United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week.
The video created by...
Big boost to health services in Central West… New doctors are in
The new year will see a health boost throughout the Central West region as seven new doctors take up positions in Longreach, Barcaldine and...
Police pause to reflect a year on from ‘evil’ killings
Exactly a year after two young constables were gunned down in cold blood on a rural Queensland property, a special message was relayed to...
Clear road for Miles as rival bows out of premier race
The path is clear for Steven Miles to become Queensland's next premier after rival Shannon Fentiman promptly ended her leadership tilt.
He is set to...
Loving the clumping plants
Recently, while I was in Brisbane, I noticed how Queensland Transport is using local native grasses with new hybrid clumping grasses in most new...
Geomagnetic storm to bring auroras
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and the US National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) have issued a geomagnetic storm alert, which has the...
