Fraser Coast residents are encouraged to help commemorate the sesquicentennial (150 years) of the Maryborough Monumental Cemetery next month (Wednesday 21 June 2023).
Poets, an environmentalist, and Olympians are among the 11 new additions to the Maryborough Walk of Achievers.
Hervey Bay Library services will be provided from a temporary pop-up facility across the road and alternative venues for up to four months while the library roof is replaced.
The Fraser Coast continues to attract significant state sporting events to the region, with up to 200 rugby union enthusiasts to converge on the region next week for the Girls 7s state championships.
Town Criers all over Australia are limbering up their larynxes in preparation for the National Championships of the Ancient and Honourable Guild of Australian Town Criers in Maryborough.
The SplashSide water playground at Anzac Park in Maryborough will close until the end of June for annual maintenance and upgrades to the floor surface treatment to reduce slips and trips.
Work is underway on the Maryborough pump track in Anzac Park.
The safety of people using the Mary to Bay Rail Trail will be improved by installing a concrete raised priority crossing in Ann Street at its intersection with Boat Harbour Drive.
Rising costs and reduced government grants have delivered a $29 million hit to Fraser Coast Regional Council’s finances.
Returning to Queens Park and Portside precinct in Maryborough for its 15-year anniversary, this year the much-loved event showcases the depth of Maryborough’s history and ‘Storytelling through time’.
Fraser Coast ratepayers will save about $426,000 a year following a Council decision to consolidate its waste facility network and close smaller, inefficient transfer stations.
Six Hervey Bay roads will be made safer and smoother as part of an $800,000 Fraser Coast Regional Council asphalt resurfacing project that gets underway this month.
Artists are being rallied to submit works for the inaugural Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize. Entries are now being accepted until 21 June 2023.
A piece of Queensland shipwreck history, illegally removed from a site on K’gari (Fraser Island) and handed into the Fraser Coast Regional Council, will be sent to the Museum of Tropical Queensland.
Olympic swimmer Lisa Curry will reflect on her amazing life and the experiences that shaped her when she speaks at the Fraser Coast Libraries Lines in the Sand Premier Event later this year.