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Enjoy a Local North Burnett holiday
We are often keen to get away, only to fly or drive HUGE distances to see beauty elsewhere, without ever appreciating the world directly around us. With the rise in cost-of-living, it’s the perfect time to take a holiday, in your own back yard. Although you mightn’t...
Eidsvold saddles up for a week in the ‘long paddock’
The Eidsvold Cattle Drive are preparing to saddle up again and take to the local stock routes from the 3rd – 9th April, 2022. This event rekindles the history of Martin Snelling, who in 1926 lit campfires for hundreds of miles along the stock routes to Eidsvold....
For the love of Oranges!
Welcome to the juiciest event in Gayndah’s calendar – the Gayndah Orange Festival! More than 60 years in the making, the Gayndah Orange Festival honours the region’s citrus industry and celebrates all things zesty. Gayndah is well known for producing high quality...
Escape to the North Burnett this Easter
Easter is fast around the corner and there are plenty of options for the whole family to enjoy a long weekend getaway in the North Burnett this Easter! A hop, skip and jump from Bundaberg, the Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba or Brisbane – the North Burnett is a taste of the...
North Burnett Officially Has Best Landmark Sculpture in Australia
An innovative sculpture that forms the backdrop for a nightly son et lumière show in Eidsvold has won a national art tourism award. The Language of the Land sculpture, nominated by North Burnett Regional Council and designed by Illuminart, received the Gold Award for...
Start planning your holidays – Public Holiday and School Dates 2021
Welcome 2021. While most of us are back at work, and reminiscing longingly of Christmas ham, fruit cake and too many rum balls – now is a great time to ease back into the new work and school year and start planning your next holiday. For all your naturally beautiful...
A Tribute to Patience and Persistence
“A Tribute To Patience and Persistence” by June McCotter and Paul Musk “Life often tends to throw hurdles at us. In the Australian Bush, this is particularly true. The land is tough – truly “a land of drought and flooding rains”. Only the tough survive. Only the...
Monto’s Magic
Are you searching for a fresh air country getaway and the chance to stretch your legs and enjoy a little magic? If so, we’ve found your next holiday spot, in the quaint town of Monto in Queensland’s North Burnett. Nestled south of the iconic sandstone cliffs and...
A Very Merry Burnett Christmas
Giving your loved ones and North Burnett locals lots to smile about this Christmas! The Burnett Christmas Pop Up Shop is a celebration of creative artisans and small businesses that call the North Burnett home. The Pop Up Shop showcases a wide ranging collection of...
My Country Core in the North Burnett
Upcoming Exhibition “MY COUNTRY CORE” by Marlene Millard is to be hosted at the RM Williams Australian Bush Learning Centre. “You may take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl!” For Central Queensland artist, Marlene Millard,...