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Driving the future with electric vehicles

EV upsurge is for grey nomads too! Grey Nomad? You might not know it but there's a trend spreading through our population like wildfire—electric vehicles (EVs) are popping up all over Australia! It makes sense too; with fuel prices skyrocketing,…

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Blog, People

Greg McGarvie, on a mission for Earth

Greg McGarvie's big dream: Electric vehicles for Australia Launching a fleet of light commercial electric vehicles for the Australian market is at the top of Greg McGarvie’s bucket list. It’s a bigger dream than many of us have, but…

Destinations, Blog

Croquet: A great Way To Enjoy A Holiday

Croquet clubs make for great travel destinations Have you ever played croquet? No?! Well, it's definitely time to add it to your bucket list! While visiting the Queensland city of Bundaberg, members of the Bundaberg Croquet Club introduced…

Jocelyn Watts

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Titanic Memorial Cruise 10th Anniversary

Titanic Memorial Cruise 2012 Remembered The RMS Titanic is a ship that will be forever remembered for its sinking on April 14/15, 1912. One hundred and ten years have passed since the tragedy when more than 1500 lives were lost. Ten years…

Love - table with Valentine's Day decorations

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Love is in the air! It’s Valentine’s Day 2022

A World Without Love: How Would We Survive? Love is in the air! No, really, it is. Love fills our lives with happiness and warmth on Valentine's Day and every day. But what would happen if love disappeared? What if we lived in a world without…

McGuigan Wines - Five bottles of wine and cheese platter

Jocelyn Watts

Food & Drinks, Blog

McGuigan’s Finest: 5 Wines Reviewed

The McGuigan Hunter Valley Wines label is one that has been around for over 100 years, and the family has consistently put out some great wines. McGuigan has been crowned International Winemaker of the Year at four consecutive competitions.…

Jocelyn Watts

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Hypodrive to host charity ball

Hypodrive founder grasps 1 per cent chance When Sharon Whitchurch left home for work in 2006, she couldn't have imagined that 16 years later she'd be organising a charity ball to raise awareness about the dangers of driving with medical conditions. Yet…

Jocelyn Watts

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Olds Engineering casts bell for Nuyina

Mary bell for Nuyina, Australia's new icebreaker When Australia’s new Antarctic icebreaker, the RSV Nuyina, makes its maiden voyage later this year, it will be carrying a bell made in Maryborough. A team from the Australian National Antarctic…

Jocelyn Watts

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Mary Ann’s historic nameplate reappears

Mary Ann’s priceless nameplate comes home A priceless piece of Queensland's railway history has reappeared after 127 years. Ipswich railway enthusiast Merv Volker, who visited the Maryborough last week, has donated the nameplate from the…

Jocelyn Watts

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Stunning Fishing Shack Makeover

Fishing shack transformed to a modern beachside home It's hard to imagine the stunning beach-side home of Keith and Daphne Buhr in Hervey Bay was ever a little fishing shack. The original owner, if still alive, would never recognise his…

Jocelyn Watts

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Native title declared for Butchulla People

Fraser Island Native Title Consent Determination Cheers and tears of jubilation filled a temporary federal courtroom on Fraser Island (K'gari) on October 24, 2014, as Justice Berna Collier officially recognised the Butchulla people as the…

Jocelyn Watts

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Rotary hosts Turia Pitt talk

Turia Pitt brings a message of resilience to Maryborough Turia Pitt, who lived when she was expected to die from horrific burns to 65% of her body, shared her story of survival, courage and optimism with Fraser Coast people at the Brolga Theatre…

Jocelyn Watts

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Manors on the Mary: Woodstock Estate

Woodstock stands the test of time Nestled under towering Norfolk and Bunya pine trees on the banks of the Mary River is a significant piece of Maryborough’s history - Woodstock Estate. Woodstock, the 160-year-old home now belonging to…

$Manors on Mary: Ilfracombe$ Jocelyn Watts

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Manors on the Mary: Ilfracombe

A new era for Ilfracombe A curtain has drawn on the Hyne family's ownership of Ilfracombe, one of the most prestigious historic riverside homes in Maryborough. After almost 80 years in the Hyne family, the chamfer board timber home now has…

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Algae bloom on Fraser Coast

Algae bloom hot spot a fish feeding magnet Fraser Coast seas have been identified as an algae bloom hot spot and fish-feeding magnet by researchers at the University of Southern Queensland and Griffith University. Caused by ocean upwelling,…

Jocelyn Watts

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Hervey Bay estuaries under microscope

Estuaries feature in Springer's book If you'd like the head's up on how Hervey Bay's estuaries will look 40 years from now, have a read of Springer's new book Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and Beyond. In it, University of Southern Queensland’s…

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Severe storms forcasting made easier

Step closer to understanding severe storms More accurately forecasting and warning of impending severe storm events such as the 2011 Toowoomba “inland tsunami” is now a step closer thanks to an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant. The…

BLOG: From the editor

Driving the future with electric vehicles

Greg McGarvie, on a mission for Earth

Croquet: A great Way To Enjoy A Holiday

Titanic Memorial Cruise 10th Anniversary

Love is in the air! It’s Valentine’s Day 2022

McGuigan’s Finest: 5 Wines Reviewed

Hypodrive to host charity ball

Olds Engineering casts bell for Nuyina

Mary Ann’s historic nameplate reappears

Stunning Fishing Shack Makeover

Native title declared for Butchulla People

Rotary hosts Turia Pitt talk

Manors on the Mary: Woodstock Estate

Manors on the Mary: Ilfracombe

Algae bloom on Fraser Coast

Hervey Bay estuaries under microscope

Severe storms forcasting made easier

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