Bushfires
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Qld Govt grants for projects to assist victims of institutional child abuse
PROJECTS which promote truth-telling, healing, and reconciliation as an ongoing process for people with a lived experience of institutional child abuse could be eligible for…
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The Beauty of Life – The Enchanted Rat
“The rats are not far away now; can’t you already hear their rustling!” — Majaru kunngara. I am quoting this from an excellent 2019 book…
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Funding for new Queensland nature refuges
A NEW round of Nature Assist grants has opened for landowners who want to declare their properties as nature refuge for native flora and fauna.…
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Multi-million-dollar grant round for regional Shows
SCENIC Rim and Ipswich agricultural shows will get a piece of a $15.4 million grant fund from the Australian government as part of a support…
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Madame Weigel, the blue sunflower dress and the museum’s fashion exhibition
AS thousands visit the Scenic Rim’s mega agri-tourism venture, the Kalbar Sunflower Festival this weekend, a smaller and somewhat sunflower-centric ceremony will be held at…
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The Beauty of Life – Factoring in the Dragon
NOW here’s the plan: first we get elected, then we ditch the plan, right? You didn’t think the plan was actually supposed to work, did…
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Country picnic plans become the staging for a proposal
SOME proposals are spontaneous … “let’s get married” … others are the subject of lots of planning … the place, the words, the ring and…
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Some parts of the Scenic Rim have already exceeded average annual rainfall
AS WARNINGS of the likelihood of a cyclone forming over the Coral Sea open the week, we look at the impact of the La Nina…
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Major flood peaks along the Teviot catch many by surprise on Monday
HEAVY falls along the range above the Teviot catchment on Sunday night caused flooding of roads and bridges throughout Monday. Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) river…
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Kate is a “great ambassador” for the region
BOONAH Lions Youth of the Year, Kate McKenna, represented the region at the District finals during the weekend and has been described as a “great…
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Country setting perfect as couple return home for their wedding day
OUR wedding couple this week attended Boonah High School at the same time but didn’t really meet until a mutual friend introduced them when they…
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Time running out for planting trees for the Queen’s Jubilee
COMMUNITY groups have only a few days left to apply for funding to carry out tree planting projects across the electorate of Wright to celebrate…










