The 2024 Queensland Reconciliation Awards nominations are now open to celebrate the creation of meaningful partnerships, employment opportunities, and efforts made to improve the health and wellbeing of First Nations communities. Businesses, community groups, schools, sporting clubs, and cultural organisations are encouraged to nominate for the 2024 Queensland Reconciliation Awards, and Minister Leeanne Enoch believes each nominee stands as an inspirational role model in advancing reconciliati
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For the first time in the business’s history, Oar and Horan Dentists boasts a team of four Burdekin born and bred dentists caring for their community. The team is proud to announce the appointment of Dr André Le Feuvre, a Burdekin local who spent his formative years in Giru before moving to Cairns to complete his dental studies. Graduating in 2017, André gained valuable experience working in Cairns, Townsville, and Central Western Queensland throughout this time, working in private practice unti
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Community Bank Home Hill and Ayr – Bendigo Bank is welcoming Burdekin community organisations to step forward for their 2024 round of Community Grants. Off the back of a stellar 2023 Community Grant Presentation, where Community Bank-Bendigo reinvested over $278,000 into 28 local Burdekin community groups, Community Bank Home Hill and Ayr are ready to do it all over again. Senior Branch Manager Chantel Michielin explained that the grants will work the same as they did last year, with all local
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By Chelsea Ravizza The online landscape has provided a space for businesses to grow far beyond expectations and in more ways than imaginable. Holding an online presence in the form of social media pages, an online website, publishing blog posts or elevating Google Business profiles are all means to increase a business’ reach and push the domain to customers who would never physically walk through the store’s front door. In social media applications like TikTok and Instagram, it’s easy for bus
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Sugarcane’s potential as a renewable source of bioenergy, biofuel and bioproducts continues to grow through the concept of the circular bioeconomy. Queensland Cane Agriculture & Renewables (QCAR) Director Russell Hall believes the sugarcane to be the only 100% renewable energy source. “We cut it and from the day it starts growing again, it’s creating oxygen and natural capital on your farm and its producing natural energy,” he said. “Once harvested, it joins the process of fuel, power, plastic,
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A single Varroa Mite has been detected during a routine inspection at the Port of Brisbane. The routine inspection, conducted by Biosecurity Queensland, completed diagnostic testing and confirmed that the mite in Varroa Jacobsoni, not Varroa Destructor. The Varroa Jacobsoni mite parasitizes Asian honey bees, while the Varroa Destructor targets European honey bees. While the common honey bee within Australia is the European honey bee, secondary testing is being conducted to determine if the mi
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Women in agriculture are invited to attend a two-day leadership forum in Ayr designed to develop leadership skills, personal confidence and be empowered to make future focused decisions to drive a positive change in their communities. The Influential Women Community Leadership Forum, to be held 19 – 21 March in the Burdekin Theatre Music Loft, has been supported by Tropical North Queensland Drought Hub as part of their commitment to enhancing the skills and capacity of agricultural communities
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Considering a weekend getaway? A quick rendezvous to a different location? Consider venturing out to Airlie Beach’s Colonial Palms, for a cool afternoon of gentle jazz, that soothes the soul and sets your week off right. Brought to visitors and locals alike by the likes of Motor Inn Managers Greg and Nettie Dunlop, the Jazz on the Deck is a relaxing afternoon, away from the big beats and loud noise typical of main street venues of Airlie Beach. In fact, the tempered notes of the Jazz perfectl
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Last Wednesday February 28, Burdekin Catholic High School (BCHS) celebrated their Commissioning Liturgy to induct all the Year 12 students as leaders of their school community, commission their Student Representative Councillors, First Nation leaders and their Year 12 Student Leaders. The Year 7s, new staff and students were also acknowledged and welcomed to our school. It was a fantastic opportunity for our parents and families to join the students and staff to celebrate and pray that our new l
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Social Tuesday February 27 Winners were Katharina Stuckler, Beryl Cornford and Irene Wilson defeating Isabel Cislowski, Joy Comollatti & Mary Poli. Desley Olsen, Heather Jorgensen and Pam Power defeated Donna Soper, Karen Page and Sandra Stidston. Competition on Thursday's 1:30pm in March Championship Rinks starting. Ayr lady bowlers, see the bowls club noticeboard or contact your skips - good bowling. Men's Championship Four's 8:30am Sunday March 17. 1. G. Papale, J Grabbi, S. Caltabiano, L
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Wednesday February 28 Results For Ladies This week, the eight ladies got on the green for a bowl with winners of the day Joy Woods, Darelle Pearce, Kaye Garner and Lyn Storrie coming home with the chocolates. Don’t forget names in by 1:00pm for a 1:30pm start each week. Friday March 1 Trophy Night Proudly sponsored by Peto Marine Home Hill. It has taken three weeks due to poor weather but finally 54 bowlers enjoyed a warm and entertaining evening. Winners of the night Rhonda Martin, Lyn Storrie
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Local The start of the 2024 local football season was delayed yet again by the inclement weather. Burdekin Panthers Kappa Cup match against JCU Riverway has now been re-scheduled to Tuesday March 12, 7:00pm kick off at International Park. Last weekend’s away fixtures against Olympic were also rained off and are yet to be re-scheduled. This Saturday, March 9, the Panthers host Brothers in three grades. Reserves kick off at 3:00, the Ladies at 5:00 and the Premiers at 7:00. With the matches agai
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18 players fronted up for Wednesday night barefoot bowls. Rink 2: Wayne, Carol and Nev were too good for Jocelyn, Merle and Mark winning 14 to 12. Rink 3: Kate, Paul and Joe put the cleaners through Maisie, Betty and Ron 17 to 5. Rink 4: Kita, Sam and Stephen were way too strong for Yogi, Gladys and Judy winning 20 to 8. 22 Players fronted on it seems the first dry Thursday afternoon bowls in weeks. Rink 3 Triples: Karl/Mick O, Mick and Glen won the day in a close one over Ray, Terry a
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64 players fronted up on Sunday March 3 for the Honeycombes sponsored Opening Day. The format was a 2 person Ambrose played only over 16 holes as 6/15 was deemed still too wet for the motorised buggies. Instead, 6/15 tee to 7/16 green converted to a par 3 was used. It was a great day with almost perfect weather. Nearest the pin shots were on 4/13 A grade was won by Craig and Sibbo; B grade by The Carretts. 7/16 A grade won by Pep and Turtle; B grade by Beth and Catherine. 9/18 A grade wo
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The blue skies late last week dried out the grounds and pitches enough at the Nutrien Ag Solutions Cricket Complex for the Junior Cricket and Challenger Blasters’ games to go ahead. The slow outfield in the Junior Cricket “Hardball” game meant only one four was scored in the whole match. Xavier Cross was quite proud of this shot as it was his first ever four scored in a game. Marshall Parker was top scorer with 17 runs followed by Mark Wilkie on 12. The weeks of net sessions and batting drills a
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After two weeks of rain and cancelled coaching sessions, the sun finally came out to let our Juniors out on the golf course this Saturday morning. Many thanks to Darryl for coming down to coach our young golfers, with everyone’s swing being recorded for analysis and future work. Darryl will be down again in a forthright and then monthly, working on different aspects of the game each time. This Saturday we will be holding the February Monthly Medal, with a 3, 6 and 9 hole competition being held,
Read moreThe Burdekin Roosters will have their first hit out of the season when they host the Mackay Magpies at Rugby Park this Saturday. Two grades will be played: A grade and Reserve grade with the reserves scheduled to start at 3:30pm. The two clubs play a trial match each year on a rotating basis. The Roosters will be out to silence the birds from Mackay after they were the victors last year. Rooster coach Daniel Beazley said his team could be a little underdone after recent rain had severely curtail
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Two Rockhampton based teams have taken the trophies and cash south at the completion of another Whitsunday Civil Bowen Summer Tens carnival last Saturday. Played at Denison Park in Bowen on two fields, the Annual Carnival attracted 14 mens and six ladies teams. Matches were played over two ten-minute halves with each team playing three games in their pool. Semi-finals and finals were played to find the winners of the cash and trophies. The teams from Rockhampton, Darlz Warriors, proved to be too
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Last weekend saw the successful return of the Burdekin Boars & Barras Competition, hosted by the Clare State School P&C, with hundreds of people showing up for the weigh in on Sunday, March 3. There was something for everyone at the event including facepainting, kids’ corner run by Lillies Cubby House, a bar, delicious food, and live music by Tammy Moxon. The Crab races and auction kept everyone entertained with a total of $1100 prize money up for grabs for the winner, while the Yeti toss pr
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Hi readers I can’t believe footy is back. It doesn’t feel like that long ago that I was taking to page two to lament over the Broncos’ heartbreaking loss in last year’s NRL grand final – and while I’ve learnt to deal with it, that wound is one that will never heal – but I’m excited to see what 2024 has instore for my mighty Broncos. While I acknowledge that the Pre-Season Challenge means little in the scheme of the competition, a win is a win and I’ve been impressed with the early signs from the
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A Community Engagement Session was recently hosted by Burdekin Shire Council, providing residents with the opportunity to raise concerns and share ideas on the management of flying foxes in the Shire. Council has secured the services of Queensland based environmental consultancy company Ecosure Environmental Consulting to assist in developing a long-term flying fox roost management plan after funding was secured earlier this year. Burdekin Shire Council CEO Terry Brennan said the overarching obj
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In honour of Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day and the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar, Ayr’s Alfies Bakery sold large pancakes with a scoop of ice cream and maple syrup last Tuesday, February 13, donating a portion of the sales to the local Catholic Women’s League (CWL). Members and friends of the Burdekin Catholic Parish gathered at the bakery to devour their delicious pancakes on Shrove Tuesday while others called in to the shop and purchased pancakes to take home or to th
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At about 1.05am on 11 February, Ayr Police were called to a licenced premises in Ayr CBD as a result of a disturbance between a number of persons. As a result, a 24yr old man, a 20yr old man and a 17yr old male youth were all issued infringement notices regarding their behaviour and also served a Police Banning Notice. At about 12.55am on 18 February, Ayr Police were called to a disturbance at a licenced premises in Ayr CBD. As a result, a 26yr old Sarina man was issued with a public nuisance in
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The Burdekin community’s response in a call to establish CT scanner services at the Ayr Hospital saw thousands sign a petition and a shire-wide campaign last year, as many came forward with their own stories of how the after-hours inaccessibility of a CT scanner had seen them or their loved ones transferred to Townsville. Six months on from the launch of the petition, Member for Burdekin Dale Last has called for assurances the project has not fallen on deaf ears. “With the calendar now reachin
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