Road Safety Week
Each year for National Road Safety Week, the Department of Transport and Main Roads partners with Queensland communities and organisations to light up our...
QCWA are our local heroes
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) has announced its latest RFDS Local Hero Award winners, which include Longreach's Queensland Country Women's Association Central...
Passionate volunteer reflects on 12 iterations of Beef Australia
It’s been 36 years since Jenny Grother first volunteered at the inaugural Beef 88 and the start of a longstanding tradition, she has volunteered...
GroWQ Ball a success
GroWQ hosted their annual Grass Growers Ball at The Drover's Place on Saturday, 20 April, with 145 enthusiastic guests in attendance for the event...
Longreach’s young achiever
Jozette Jones spent last week in Brisbane at the 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards after being nominated for her incredible sporting achievements in 2023.
Jozette said...
Riders welcomed into town
A peloton of bike riders travelled from Brisbane to Longreach last week, raising money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and spreading mental health...
Bonza calls in administrators as passengers hit hotline
Budget airline Bonza has fallen into voluntary administration after passengers were left scrambling to find seats on planes following sudden cancellations.
Travellers were left stranded...
TOK Festival set to light up Barcy
The Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge Festival kicks off this Friday, 3 May, with the four-day bonanza ready to set the town alight for yet...
Satisfaction with maternity services
A consumer survey undertaken in 2022 of women who have used Longreach Hospital’s maternity service shows high levels of satisfaction.
Longreach Hospital Senior Medical...
Honouring our Anzacs
The unveiling of the new Anzac War Memorial at Aramac was one of the highlights of Anzac Day commemorations around the Central West.
Sarah Lima,...
Fire guts golf club shed
A fire at Eidsvold's golf course just after midday on Thursday has caused up to $300,000 in damages, a spokesperson for the Eidsvold Golf...
Child bitten on K’gari
Rangers on K’gari (formerly known as Fraser Island) are attempting to identify a collared dingo (wongari) that bit a child and caused minor injuries...
On This Day: National Plant a Flower Day!
Few things on the planet are more beautiful or fascinating than flowers – and with over 400,000 flowering plant species in the world, there’s...
