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23 January 2024

Soak up the rain

The cyclone was tracking towards the far north Queensland coast as of Wednesday, with predictions it would cross near Townsville as a Category 2 system. The system will travel inland before turning south with heavy rain of 200mm plus inland and heavy...

21 January 2024

Funding to help protect koalas

A significant portion of these funds will be allocated to strategic projects aimed at utilising cutting-edge conservation technology to restore and safeguard over 350 hectares of koala habitat. The City of Moreton Bay and R&M Wiseman Investments are ...

21 January 2024

New Zealand art coming to Esk

Mr Greer, who now lives in the Lockyer Valley, has a unique artistic technique, creating intricate drawings using graphite, before adding a defining touch with ink, a method he refers to as the “platinum finish”. In his upcoming exhibition at Glen Ro...

21 January 2024

Different water still safe to drink

The change in taste and odour is due to an increase in naturally occurring organic compounds known as MIB (Methylisoborneol) and Geosmin in the raw water supply to SEQwater’s Lowood Water Treatment Plant. These naturally occurring compounds are due t...

21 January 2024

ECQ opens applications for election jobs

The thousands of casual roles on offer will cover work before, on, or after election day on March 16. Electoral Commissioner Pat Vidgen said applications are welcome from Queenslanders of all backgrounds and in all parts of the state. “If you’re inte...

20 January 2024

New technology to ease congestion

The new ramp arrangement will use Smart Motorways technologies, which aims to improve safety, reduce stop-start travel and provide more accurate travel times. Using this new technology, ramp signals will be used to open four traffic lanes on the ramp...

20 January 2024

Moreton Bay’s plans for a brighter future

Over 4000 new jobs, 900 new businesses and an additional $700m in Gross Regional Product were injected into the economy last year, according to the Interim Action Plan Report Card 2023. The importance of major sponsored events also didn’t go unnotice...

20 January 2024

Year in review for museum

Coinciding with the reunion, we celebrated the society’s 25th anniversary. In August, we again hosted the Villeneuve-Neurum Reunion; 2023 was the 43rd reunion with past and new residents attending. Sadly we lost John Harrison and Joane Morish, and la...

20 January 2024

Waterways in good shape after rains

Healthy Land & Water’s annual report card showed the Pumicestone, Caboolture, and Stanley catchments, as well as the Central Bay and Eastern Bay, maintain their ecosystem score while Pine, Lower Brisbane and Western Bay have improved theirs. Mayor Pe...