Community

10 October 2024

Honouring heroes amongst us

Hosted by the Combined Service Clubs of the Lions Club of Caboolture North, Lions Club of Morayfield & District, and Rotary Club of Caboolture, the event aims to recognise and honour the men and women who serve the community as first responders in Mo...

10 October 2024

Are you getting ready to GOGO?

Here’s some tips to get you off to a great start with your GO bin: Branches cut down to size? In it goes. Leaves and garden trimmings? Absolutely. Grass clippings, weeds, plants and flowers? Throw them in. Where it could get tricky are the materials ...

9 October 2024

Family artistic roots shine

This follows a successful exhibition by September’s featured artist, Christine Hopkins, whose captivating pieces explored light and shade. Margaret Roper, a relatively new artist who began painting eight years ago. After joining a small art class in ...

9 October 2024

Don’t suffer in silence

Australia’s 2024 Mental Health and Wellbeing Check, undertaken by Australian National University’s Social Research Centre on behalf of Beyond Blue, is a representative survey that gives a reliable pulse check on the current state of mental health and...

9 October 2024

Happy 100th, Evelyn

Evelyn was born in Brisbane in 1924, and lived in Caloundra and Maleny as a young woman. She worked as a telephonist at a post off ice from 16 to 24-years-old, and met her late husband in 1945. They met in Maleny when she worked at the post office an...

8 October 2024

Campdraft success

Toogoolawah had five riders who were campdrafting cattle on the day. The school scored an average of 38.167 with the top school, Glenn Innes, averaging 88.3. Toogoolawah were accompanied by other local schools from the readership, including Kilcoy SH...

8 October 2024

Hooning havoc control

Council said hooning and anti-social behaviour had been a problem at the Mid-Brisbane River for many years, including problems with illegal 4WDing, camping, and rubbish despite having asked the state numerous times to address the issue. Somerset Mayo...

8 October 2024

Ride for Red raises $11,500

Organised by the Gronks Social Riders Club, the eighth annual fundraiser raised over $11,500 this year in support of cancer research, with money collected through online donations and raff le tickets sold at the stops along the drive. The ride starte...