Community

4 August 2024

Police dogs receive medals

The general-purpose PDs and their handlers play an important operational role in the QPS, helping to track and arrest offenders, while detection dogs are trained to distinguish certain scents in a range of scenarios to support investigative activitie...

4 August 2024

Council cuts rego tags

A Council spokesperson said the change will result in an improved customer service for pet owners, with owners now required to provide personalised ID tag with the owner’s phone number. “By having personalised pet identification tags, the community w...

3 August 2024

‘Of the Earth’

Our Artist of the Month for August is Caroline Dunning. Caroline was born and bred in Kilcoy, and her family have been farming in the district for four generations. She will be displaying her exhibition titled “Birds, Rings and Other Things” which in...

3 August 2024

Caboolture SES gets grant for new vehicle

Highly valued, but unpaid members of the community, SES volunteers are ready and willing 24/7 to assist lives impacted by storm and flood emergencies, to fire, medical or missing persons crises. Offering hundreds of hours of their time across Austral...

3 August 2024

Roaring fun time in Lowood

Join them at Lowood Showgrounds to celebrate their tenth year anniversary. With live music, stalls, food vans, displays, and plenty of children’s entertainment (obstacle course, jumping castle & face painting), as well as a variety of cars and bikes ...

2 August 2024

Why age is just a date

While a topic some might find taboo or stigmatised, seniors do still look for love and companionship after the death of a partner, a divorce or by choice of remaining single. An outspoken example of this is Bribie Island resident Pam Darby, who put a...

2 August 2024

Wendt’s non-stop start

“It has been a steep learning curve for me after taking over from a long-serving mayor (Graeme Lehmann),” he said. “That in itself brings challenges and a period of adjustment. “I’m thankful that my many years in business with multiple staff has help...

2 August 2024

Moreton’s new green network

Being supported by a Regional Economic Development (RED) grant from Moreton Bay Council, the Rotary Club came up with this initiative to bring together a collective of enterprises to promote, practise and share how to have a go at being sustainable a...

1 August 2024

Cancer warnings

Last year, Australia saw an estimated 3,300 new cases, double the number recorded 20 years ago. While mortality rates for ovarian and cervical cancers decline, endometrial cancer is the only gynaecological cancer with an increasing mortality rate. At...