Stewards disqualify Birdsville three in Jigger case
The three guilty Queensland racing participants in the Birdsville jigger case have been disqualified.
Thoroughbred trainer Todd Austin has been disqualified for five years, Jockey...
Bush-City cardiac partnership
A unique partnership between Central West Hospital and Health Service and a metropolitan health
service is delivering a new service for rural cardiac patients closer...
Exercise wise teens
Ilfracombe Gym opened its doors on Australia Day this year and has
already attracted 35 local and district members.
Local Senior Constable Paul Jackson has gone...
Vote for driver Deb
The community only has a few days left to rally behind Stonehenge school bus driver Deb Porter, a finalist in the Translink Queensland Bus...
Farmers Climate Survey
Farmers for Climate Action has called for Federal Government funding for more on-ground staff
and programs teaching farmers about carbon and climate, as it releases...
Path to Treaty forums
The time has come for you to voice your views on the Path to Treaty Bill 2023 at a public forum to be held...
With rain comes fuel
Ilfracombe Rural Fire Service (RFS) had three call-outs last weekend, and issued a fresh warning to landowners about the abundance of long grass...
Mayor’s Column
Good to be back with you for another fortnightly update.
I also have a monthly column in our Council newsletter, which should have arrived...
Physio-Pilates instructor brings her sunshine to the bush
A long-term friendship turned romance brought a sea change from
Adelaide to Ilfracombe for Physiotherapist and Pilates instructor, Suzi
Gunn.
Suzi shares how she has spent quite...
Daisy Dukes? It’s a no from me!
Everyone loves a farm girl – the fictionally desirable, naïve daughter of a farmer, who marries the boy next door and settles down in...
Hope for Pride of the Murray
At 6.45 am Monday morning, a lone canoeist was travelling down the Thomson River in Longreach when they observed the Pride of the Murray...
Historical group record growth online
Longreach Archival and Historical Research Group elected its 2023
committee at the AGM last Saturday, with everyone continuing in their
roles except for the addition of...
Discovering Papua New Guinea
At just 150 km from the Australian mainland, and less than 4 km between opposing islands, Papua New Guinea is our closest neighbour.
Off the...
