Community

6 December 2024

Waraba’s next step forward

Rivermont will provide around 2,050 new homes across 175 hectares, including a 15-hectare Stockland Halcyon over-50s community. Stockland General Manager QLD Development, David Laner said Rivermont will play a critical role in providing much needed h...

5 December 2024

Gifting big smiles to our kids in care

All donations will be going to the Department of Child Safety, Seniors & Disability Services in Morayfield, with the help of local charity Kindness For Kids In Care, who help spread joy to local families in need. This year our biggest toy requests fr...

5 December 2024

Lighting the Christmas season

Despite a very wet weekend, the community event was graced with sunshine and good weather, allowing locals to pull up their camping chairs and picnic blankets, enjoying a beautiful sunset with a free sausage sizzle. Kids, adults and seniors got to co...

4 December 2024

Australian Chopperoos carve out historic win

Two locals made up the strong woodchopping team of five: Burpengary stock saw woodchopper, Jamie ‘Jim’ Head, and Blackbutt standing block woodchopper, Mitch Argent. Mitch said it was an honour to represent Australia in the Stihl Timbersports champion...

4 December 2024

Housing leadership

Mayor Peter Flannery said it was a great honour to be awarded the Kent Maddock Memorial Award for 2024 by Q Shelter. “This award will focus our energy on continuing to alleviate the housing crisis and homelessness for our residents,” Cr Flannery said...

4 December 2024

Festival’s rally cry

The plea for assistance and warnings the future of the 37-year festival is in doubt comes after The Sentinel reported earlier this year of the $2 million loss Woodfordia incurred at last year’s festival. Bad weather, a cost-of-living crisis, and the ...

3 December 2024

Lanterns, laughter & Chrissy joy

Even the weather enjoyed the live music, craft stalls, and delicious food, as the rain stopped just in time to let everyone enjoy the festivities, only starting again once the parade was coming to an end. Children from various local schools got to ma...

3 December 2024

Fernvale cafe brews back-to-back award

Tree Change Cafe was voted by customers as the winner of the Somerset District on November 26, as part of the Coffee Commune’s Love My Cafe awards, with almost 800 cafes across Queensland entering the competition under 23 ‘districts’. Owners Cara Jay...

3 December 2024

Holiday blues on rise

Caboolture and Redcliffe Metro North hospitals experienced a 10 per cent increase in mental health presentations to the emergency department over the 2023 Christmas period, not including people who see or speak to their general practitioner, psycholo...