Byline: HANNAH BUSCH A FRASER Coast adventure park has invited local families to shake off a horror Queensland summer and celebrate the new season this weekend. Rain, hail or shine, Flame Lily adventure park near Burrum Heads will hold an open...
GIVEN that the Toogoom Family Fishing Comp is now being held on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the Labour Day long weekend (April 29 and 30 and May 1), that will still leave the public holiday on the Monday to celebrate all workers rights to fair...
Byline: Mat Nott COUNCILLORS who voted to propose a divisional model for the Fraser Coast have been wrong-footed by the emergence of a State Government document canning the idea that divisions are a way forward in local governance. The vote,...
IN THE 30 years New Zealand native Maxine Campbell has been living in Australia, she has always enjoyed crossing the Tasman for holidays. But last week, she was faced with the brutal reality that trips home would never be the same. Walking through...
AVERYLL LOFT averyll.loft@frasercoastchronicle.com.au THE Fraser Coast Regional Council has given UnitingCare Health the green light to begin work on one of its most innovative health projects to date. The $100 million project, which includes...
AGENTS and builders gathered for the re-launch of Kingfisher Lakes Estate on Monday and Tuesday last week. It was a great opportunity for host, exclusive marketing agent Carter Cooper Realty, to catch up with fellow agents and some of Hervey Bay's...
AFL: Three-time AFL premiership coach Mick Malthouse has slammed mooted changes to the finals series. The expansion of the league to 18 teams next year has the AFL looking at expanding the top eight to nine or even 10 teams. The league is also...
AVERYLL LOFT averyll.loft@frasercoastchronicle.com.au A BOONOOROO woman broke down in tears in the Maryborough Magistrates Court this week when she found out she was not going to be sent to jail. Tia Maria Jayne Landers, 25, was looking...
WITH Sportingbet's Michael Sullivan THERE has been plenty of early betting action ahead of tonight's NRL season opener, both for the opening round and in Premiership betting. The Broncos were a little easy early in the week drifting from...
Richard Harvey richard.harvey@frasercoastchronicle.com.au THE first shots will be fired in the battle to be crowned the best two hockey teams in Wide Bay this weekend. Round one of the 2011 Premier League competition gets under way with...
THE 2% of recent first homeowners who say any interest rate rise would result in them considering selling up will be elated the Reserve Bank has decided to keep the cash rate on hold at 4.75% for a fourth successive month. So will the 8% already...
PARENTS, teachers and carers have good reason to be pleased as regional services for autism spectrum disorder continue improving on the Fraser Coast. Nelle Francis, author of the Ben and his Helmet books, will come to Hervey Bay as part of the autism...
THE 19th edition of the Hervey Bay Family Fishing Competition started yesterday at Dayman Park Urangan. You can still submit an entry at the competition site office at Dayman Park Urangan until 6pm tomorrow. All the fun, draws and raffles continue...
Byline: Chris Tolhurst PART of the fun of real estate investment is searching for the right property to buy. But allowing yourself to be guided by personal preference or taste could have a big downside. Some investors Co particularly Gen Ys...
Rhianna Blacker rhianna.blacker@frasercoastchronicle.com.au THE termite threat to homes has seriously increased in recent flood conditions, according to a Maryborough pest controller. With humidity and moisture levels high all over the...
Clementine Norton clementine.norton@frasercoastchronicle.com.au DOWNER EDI has refused to guarantee the future of its Maryborough operations after it pulled out of a tender process that could have netted $3.2 billion and created hundreds of...
Byline: Paul Best IMAGINE it's evening and you arrive home after a romantic night out with your partner. As you swing the Merc into the driveway, the garage door opens and a path of lights, leading all the way from the driveway through the house...
LEILANI Maidie Clarke was granted bail in Hervey Bay Magistrates Court yesterday, despite facing 24 charges. Defence counsel Sarah Laikind appeared on behalf of Ms Clarke, and told the court her client had spent almost eight months in custody awaiting...