Entertainment
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The numbers tell the story in the national backyard bird count
THE Willie Wagtail was 29 on the list of the most reported bird sightings during the Aussie Backyard Bird Count in October. The national week-long…
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Film director on the hunt for actors, extras in Scenic Rim for upcoming short film
The director of a short film to be shot in the Scenic Rim and with ambitions to screen his work internationally is on the lookout…
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The Beauty of Life – A Delicate Man
People said that James Backhouse was a delicate man. Struck down by tuberculosis as a child, he was considered “too delicate to pursue a sedentary…
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Commitment to wildlife care brings heartache and joy
“Ginger died in my arms at 9.30 at night.” David and Ann Edgeworth had cared for Ginger the Red-necked Wallaby for 19 weeks. She was…
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$18,500 arts grants awarded
ARTISTS Kuweni Dias Mendis and Kenji Lee are the latest Scenic Rim residents to receive funding under an $18,500 Regional Arts Development Fund Program allocation.…
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Environment projects share in $104,000 funds
PROJECTS from improving riverbeds to encouraging biodiversity will share in more than $104,300 funding from Council’s Environmental Grants Program. Lantana will be removed, trees planted…
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The South East’s river systems are failing. Can they be restored?
South East Queenslanders need to value their rivers and creeks like we do our beaches and bays – but we are going to have to…
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Veteran artist helps special young woman bring colour to Boonah
When an artist walked into a Boonah fruit shop in 2019 and spied a stack of colouring-ins he was blown away. That moment was the…
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Four month hiking program launched for women and girls
A $130,000 project to encourage women and girls to learn hiking skills and build fitness levels was launched in the Lamington National Park last week.…
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Hundreds of thousands of beetles released into Scenic Rim in war against cat’s claw
AN ARMY 100,000 strong is set to be unleashed upon one of South East Queensland’s most noxious weeds over coming months. They won’t be armed…
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Council backs new Canungra music festival with grant funding
THE Scenic Rim Regional Council has announced some details of its plans to co-host a new Music festival on a property outside Canungra in February…
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A tiny house with a big ethos
HAMAR House started where all most good ideas seem to these days – on Youtube, in lockdown. Creators of the Gold Coast Hinterland accommodation are…
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