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Sunshine Physio and Pilates - Sundays
After a long hiatus, pilates will be starting back at Ilfracombe. Same great location, same great flow......
On This Day: World Emoji Day!
Emoji’s have been used since the beginning of the internet to transmit emotion in the written medium.
As internet technology advanced, so did the...
Strong support at annual races
Clear skies, a strong crowd and plenty of colour trackside helped make this year’s Ilfracombe Picnic Races a day to remember for the small...
Bringing back dinosaur food
Readers of this newspaper will remember the visit to Winton a couple of months ago of Joe and Karen Perner of Cycad International. This...
On This Day: World Snake Day!
Snakes have gotten something of a bad rap over the past few thousand years.
What with that one snake tricking that nice lady into eating...
Book tells of Heroes and Hellraisers
The research done by author Jack Drake is meticulous. When he was researching Queensland’s own bushranging brothers, the Kenniffs, part of the story ended...
$7m for Thomson River weirs
The State Government has delivered $7m in the 2025-26 Budget to improve water security and supply for Longreach.
Investment will provide five new or...
Colour and style at Winton race day
A good crowd attended the North Gregory Turf Club’s race meet on Saturday, 5 July, with over 230 patrons coming through the gates. The...
‘Free and safe’ Indo-Pacific eyed in trilateral deal
Australia has joined the United States and Japan in signing a trilateral navy agreement to enhance supply chains and maintain a "free and open...
News in Brief
GroWQ Innovation Expo
Western Queensland producers and ag innovators are invited to the GroWQ Innovation Expo.
The expo will include a property tour from Blackall to...
Archives: What was in the news 73 years ago
ON THIS DAY
11 July 1952
Six new members were officially welcomed into the Longreach Amateur Race Club at its most recent meeting held last Monday.
The...
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...
A difficult plant to control
Try as I might, sometimes I just cannot convey my practical experiences to some younger folk.
Last month it was all to do with this...
