Mini Relay for Life
Longreach Leo Club is holding a Mini Relay for Life on 10 June on the Longreach High School oval from 1pm to 6:30pm to...
Premier does the shuffle
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has done a shake-up of her team of assistant ministers and frontbench last week.
The government’s weekly gazette revealed Assistant Ministers...
Opera in the Outback
Dazzling night skies, glorious horizons and fine music came together in the iconic Queensland outback from 16 –21 May 2023, when Opera Queensland’s acclaimed...
Doug ‘’Duck’’ Wilkie becomes RSL lifer
Local man Doug ‘’Duck’’ Wilkie became a life member of the Longreach RSL Memorial Services Club on the 2 May 2023 and celebrated the...
Policy push to get drs to go bush
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is pushing for incentives for all GPs to work in rural and regional to be improved.
It...
Finals Time in Outback Queensland
Semi-final football will grace the outback this weekend when the hometown Tigers host the Barcaldine Sandgoannas at the Ilfracombe Rec Centre on Saturday May...
$ sought for Scout den restoration
As part of their 110-year anniversary celebrations, Longreach Scout Group is seeking to restore their Scout Den and extend their current Museum footprint to...
Tambo Open
While a conglomerate of the world’s best golfers spent last weekend working their craft at the PGA Championship in
Rochester New York, the outback’s best...
WOW Day hit for SES
Last Wednesday saw the annual WOW Day celebrated in Longreach.
WOW, or Wear Orange Wednesday, is a day when communities across Australia are encouraged...
Silver Bullet update
Last Saturday saw the launch of Longreach’s newest, but we might say oldest, tourist attraction.
Outback Aussie Tours unveiled two Silver Bullet trains...
Cycling for women’s safety
Dr Ian Wallis is riding from Canberra to Singapore to close the gap on his epic and totally unsupported bike ride from London to...
DV parade sends a message.
Domestic Violence (DV) response teams took to the streets of Longreach last week to encourage people to have faith and confidence that help is...
News in Brief
Agritourism Accelerator Mentoring Program
The Outback Queensland Tourism Association (OQTA) has partnered with agritourism development experts Sparrowly Group to deliver free, personalised mentoring to 10...
