Community

Sounds of Rock Festival training opportunity

Local community groups are being offered training that would allow them to assist at community events as part of the upcoming Sounds of Rock festival.

Dubai on the horizon for popular principal Karen

Popular Bundaberg State High School principal Karen McCord has taken on a new position in Dubai as the executive principal of an all-new Australian International School.

Rural Fire Service volunteers powering ahead

Rural Fire Service volunteers in Childers and Gregory River will be better prepared to respond to emergencies after receiving new equipment from a partnership with Energy Queensland.

Charity pig racing raising funds for Gin Gin firies

The Gin Gin Rural Fire Brigade is hosting a charity pig racing event this weekend and is hoping to raise enough funds for extensions to the fire station.

Police donate unclaimed bikes to local students

Students from the Tom Quinn Community Centre Alternative School have teamed up with Bundaberg Police to find new ways to utilise lost or unclaimed bikes.

Jeanette spends summer raising ‘baby blueys’

A clutch of blue-tongue lizards is currently under the care of local Childers woman Jeanette O'Shea, who has spent the summer raising the four "adorable baby blueys".

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