Dial in to access Rural Aid’s new counselling service
A NEW, dedicated phone line will allow farmers across the country to quickly and easily connect with the Rural Aid counselling team.
The direct line...
Fallen remembered
After years of research and the sercuring of funding, the Longreach Archival and Historical Research Group have begun implementing plaues for previously unmarked graves...
Managing wild dogs a community concern
Managing wild dogs in farmland areas requires a lot of hard work engaging and working with the community according to Western Australian landholder Debbie...
Longreach CEO resigns
Just three months after he started Longreach Regional Council, Chief Executive Officer Dirk Dowling, has resigned with previous CEO Mark Watt stepping into the...
Blooming flowers in CW
Anyone driving along the Blackall-Jericho Road in recent months would have been met with a beautiful display of nature.
Unseasonal rain has caused wildflowers to...
First ever hole-in-one
Golf Club Captain Adrian Lenton has scored the Winton Golf Course's first ever hole-in-one after over 40 years.
"I've been playing golf there now...
Biggest prize on record for fashions
This year's fashions of the field saw the most expensive pool of prizes on record and included guest judge Mildred Ellwood.
Organiser and judge...
Why not try Bromeliabs
In recent years Bromeliads became a very fashionable plant in some circles.
Even though some Bromeliad species have been grown in western Queensland for...
Scouts and the Queen
There is a direct link throughout the world between scouting and the royal family, and the Queen's visits to Longreach throughout her life have...
Building Barcy indigenous tourism
The Barcaldine-based Aboriginal tour guide company Trackers Tours has begun hosting students for tours around the historical town—tapping into a growing market of Aboriginal...
Banks close in Blackall
With large numbers of major bank branches closing in regional Queensland in the last decade, Blackall-Tambo Shire Mayor Andrew Martin feels residents are treated...
Vandalism at cenotaph
Police are investigating vandalism at the cenotaph in Edkins Park, Longreach, which saw a stone panel broken less than two weeks before Remembrance Day.
A...
