Depression, Devastation and Death
“The poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall…BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran…”
This was the reality imagined by...
Unique music festival transcendent
THERE’S nothing like it, a new music festival will be nothing like Central West Queensland has ever seen, fusing a road trip through our...
ARIA winner among line up for fest
KATE Miller-Heidke and Williams Barton will be among a star-studded lineup at the Music for Stargazing event on June 29 in Charleville and will...
An intimate show in Windorah
EMILY Wurramara has been singing since she left home at 14 and will be bringing her solemn set to Windorah as a part of...
Veteran receives medal after 67 years
THIS month, history was made when veteran Patrick John Casey received service medals which we will pass on to his four children, then his...
Council funding saves Brolgas
VITAL funding has provided the Longreach Brolgas Girl Guides with the ability to install life-save equipment to their facility.
The Longreach Regional Council donated...
Footprints ‘take action’ on inequality
USUALLY, a small morning tea, this Wednesday in Barcaldine the community marched, instead, in the name of reconciling the past.
At 9...
Key interests meet in name of suicide prevention
THIS MONTH marked the inaugural meet-up for the Wesley LifeForce Foundation (WLF) interests specifically for regional Queensland, in the name of suicide prevention. ...
Morning tea a whole bite
COMMUNITIES from Longreach and Ilfracombe hosted Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea Thursday this month.
It was hosted in Qantas Park in Longreach, where close to...
A chance to celebrate harmony
THE 21st Reconciliation Week is taking place from May 27 to June 3, and locals got together Wednesday to hold a morning tea. ...
Celebrating local nurses
IN celebration of National Nurses Week, hardworking nurses were celebrated in Queensland’s Central West.
Melissa Bruce is a registered nurse of the graduate program...
Immersed in opera
LAST month Longreach was immersed in beautiful music as the sun set behind the Qantas Founders Museum.
Outback Opera’s event ‘Singing in the...
Annual carnival a success
Longreach hosted its biggest weekend of athletics yet, with hundreds of competitors and their families arriving for the town’s annual Outback Sunset Carnival.
The two-day...
