The night our city lost its heart
IT was the very early hours of a cold August Saturday morning 30 years ago that changed the city’s historic streetscape forever.
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OPINION: Hot air balloon ride mirrors the role of PM
When Julia Gillard was PM she went on a hot air balloon flight and got lost.
Have you got a Childers ghost story? We want to hear it
WHEN I was following up on a story last week, I was made aware of ghostly happenings at a particular location in Childers.
WATCH: A ride down memory lane for 80th birthday
POINT Vernon woman Hazel James has taken a trip down memory lane in style as she celebrates her 80th birthday.
Mackay teachers in gruelling arctic marathon in Greenland
AS IF running a marathon wasn’t challenging enough, Mackay Christian College teachers Lesley and Alun Tunnah will be taking on Greenland.
OPINION: Kerbside collection day delivers nosey visitors
WHEN you live in a quiet street it always sparks your attention when you suddenly start seeing cars driving past your home doing 20kph.
Businesses pledge 1100 new jobs for Ipswich
SARINA Russo hosted a ‘jobs auction’ yesterday where local businesses pledged to offer more than 1,100 new positions in Ipswich.
$13 million public swimming spot looks the goods
IF YOU were looking for proof that the Robelle Lagoon project was on track for an early September opening, then the latest pictures should do the trick.
YOUR STORY: Child of four nations, Judy calls Australia home
GIUDITTA Stocchero-Fluri with her five children landed in Sydney in January of 1969. It was the start of new life for her and her family in a new country.
OPINION: Weekend pay rate penalities may be worth trading in
I ALWAYS pride myself that I never sit on the fence on any issue.
Humans of the Sunshine Coast: Hands down, the best trainer
MIKE Cooper is a man you do not challenge to an arm wrestle.
Retired Raceview couple scoop $1 million Gold Lotto win
A RETIRED Raceview couple have become overnight millionaires after their entry in Wednesday night’s Gold Lotto won a $1 million first division prize.
OPINION: Let’s not start laughing about break-ups
I MAY be labelled the fun police on this one, but I don’t see the humour in the announcement that Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog are splitting up.
Couple delights friends with surprise garden wedding
JENNIFER Egan and her fiance Sam Brown surprised their friends and family when they turned their son’s naming ceremony into a wedding.
Wedding photographer recalls best and worst ‘special days’
HE’S a wedding photographer who’s never been married, but that’s not the only point of difference Brian Rogers boasts.
Where are they now? ’90s surf champ coaches juniors
AFTER 20 years mixing with surfing’s elite, Sasha Stocker has done a 180 to work with newcomers to the sport.
End of an era for The McClymonts’ Grafton history
HAPPY MEMORIES: The McClymonts family home at 180 Villiers St, Grafton is up for sale.
Mischievious Mackay twins celebrate 92nd birthday
“GOOD children”, a life without drinking and having fun are a few key points to living a long and healthy life.
Mum thanks community for caring for her son’s future
YOU won’t find a two-year-old more excited about jumping in the air than Leichhardt toddler Khye Freeck.
Six rescued from sinking plane, two escape separate crash
WITNESSES who saw a plane crash into a dam at Lakeside Airpark are being asked to contact the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
YOUR PHOTOS: Sea fog spreads from Lady Musgrave to Fitzroy
Sea fog blanketed the Gladstone region mid afternoon Friday.
Uni students swap class for sun bear care
FOUR University of the Sunshine Coast students have returned from a life-changing trip to help some of Cambodia’s most desperate animals.
YOUR PHOTOS: Sea fog
Sea fog has spread throughout the Gladstone region.
Dettol tops leader board as most trusted brand
CADBURY has lost its long-held mantle as Australia’s most trusted chocolate, with Lindt topping the confectionery category in the poll of Most Trusted Brands.
Mum who locked baby in car told: “it’s not an emergency”
A YOUNG Wondunna mother’s panic was amplified after police told her accidentally locking her toddler in the car was ‘not an emergency’.
Colby Speare goes shark diving
Colby Speare recently spent 506 consecutive days in hospital fighting leukemia. He missed birthdays and Christmas. His parents along with Merlin’s Magic Wand have given him a birthday surprise of swimming with the sharks at Sea Life Mooloolaba. Into the tank with the assistance of Head Diver Ade Lynch
Mum’s plight: garage sale for daughter’s autism therapy
THE contents of Lyn Gale’s garage laid out for sale this Saturday could hold the key to her daughter’s future.
Cooper’s race against time with rare brain cancer
LIKE any other six-year-olds, Cooper Christensen loves playing with Transformers and his Wii.
From Jamaican orphan boy to God’s Aussie track star
LOOKING through the barbed wire fence of an orphanage in Jamaica, Alberto Campbell-Staines could never have dreamed he would one day run for Australia.
Mater hospital’s jobs get our readers talking
ONE thing guaranteed to get people talking, especially in these times where paid work is precious – is the prospect of employment.
Queensland runner Alberto Campbell-Staines
Albert Campbell-Staines
Freak accident paralyses Ipswich maths teacher
IT was the Easter holidays and Ipswich Grammar teacher Alan Campbell had dropped into school to catch up with some work.
‘I think I can, I think I can’ – Rattler chugs towards funding
LIKE the Little Engine That Could, the Mary Valley Rattler continued to inch its way towards the summit this week.
Country women keep proud CWA tradition alive
THAT old saying you can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl is “dead right” according to CWA member Phoebe Mitchell
Modern Mum: Mystery smell drives me crazy
“YUCK! What’s that smell?” The first words muttered by my children as we jumped in the car the other day.
Police tell victim of vandalism to hire security
A TINANA man whose office has been trashed three times in the past month has begged police to catch the vandals – but police have told him he should invest in a security patrol.
Stand-up paddleboarder hooks 18kg Mackeral off Double Island
WHEN it comes to offshore fishing there is no bigger adrenaline rush than doing it on a stand up paddle board.
Lockyer on the big screen with The Rock
LOCKYER Valley residents can have fun playing spot the scenery when they get the chance to watch The Rock in Hollywood action thriller San Andreas.
Bumper sugar crop predictions giving industry hope
ONE of the most powerful economic forces on the Fraser Coast is on the verge of turning in its best performance for almost a decade.
Rainbow Beach beach driving fees back on the agenda
RAINBOW Beach residents are at risk of having to pay to drive on beach again after an investigation into beach fees was launched in State Parliament this week.
Saving or starving? Our readers are doing it tough
THE Salvation Army’s 2015 Economic and Social Impact Survey reveals three-quarters of battlers have gone without essential items.
OPINION: Guy delivers at Eurovision
LIKE 325,000 other Aussies I set the alarm for 5am on Sunday morning to watch Guy Sebastian sing us proud at Eurovision 2015.
Hervey Bay’s getting over 300m of slippn’, slidin’ fun
AT LEAST once in our life most of us have laid down the plastic, mixed the bubbles with water and then spent the afternoon sliding on our bellies.
Letters: The Bundaberg flag debate rages on
Two more readers throw their two cents into the indigenous flag debate.
OPINION: The reckless habit that’s driving many of us crazy
DO YOU feel infuriated every time you see a driver concentrating very hard… on composing a text message?
Squadron set to march into town in $77m plan
THE army presence at RAAF Base Amberley is set to grow with plans for another squadron to be relocated to Ipswich under a $77 million project.
Property developers owe a big slice of $2m in overdue rates
ALMOST $2 million was owed to Somerset Regional Council in unpaid rates as at May 5.
Geoff’s giant pumpkin weighs how much?
MINDEN’S Geoff Frohloff has won the Giant Pumpkin Competition in Ipswich with a 261kg whopper – smashing Ekka records for the second year in a row.
Child injured by mobility scooter, mum calls for ban
LAST Thursday afternoon, while grocery shopping inside Woolworths Pialba, my son was hurt by an out-of-control lunatic on a motorised scooter.
OPINION: Budget leaks only reveal the good things
ANOTHER federal budget and another week of budget leaks as the government tries to deflect as much criticism as it can before delivering the bad news.
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