Talented young Fraser Coast authors and poets have shared almost $2000 in prizes in the 2021 Mary Poppins Literary Competition.
Fraser Coast residents will have the opportunity to watch an award-winning live theatre performance of George Orwell’s Animal Farm at the Brolga Theatre in Maryborough later this month.
Barbecue shelters, picnic tables and pedestrian bridges in Hervey Bay and Maryborough will be spruced up in October as part of a $134,0000 Fraser Coast Regional Council parks refurbishment program.
Fraser Coast residents will be fitter and happier thanks to the Live Life, Get Active camps to be held across the region in October.
Fraser Coast residents are encouraged to fill out a short survey about local library services to go into a weekly draw to win a $25 Buy Local Fraser Coast gift card.
Fraser Coast residents are being encouraged to turn off their taps for 12 hours as part of a National Water Week campaign later this month aimed at creating awareness around how and when we use water.
A section of one of Maryborough’s main thoroughfares, Lennox Street, is being rebuilt as part of a $1.3m project awarded by the Fraser Coast Regional Council to local company SGQ.
A $1.5million asphalt resurfacing program is underway.
Recycled glass could be turned into sand on the Fraser Coast as part of the new material Recovery Facility (MRF) to be constructed next year.
Fraser Coast musician Robert Mackay has been appointed to the 2021/22 Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Advisory Committee.
Fraser Coast residents are encouraged to help mates, family, friends, and neighbours to prepare for the storm and cyclone season.
Fraser Coast residents are encouraged to have their say on a draft ‘Customer Service Charter’ that sets out service standards for drinking water and recycled water collection and treatment.
A Hervey Bay Marine Experience and Research Centre based at the Urangan Harbour could be financially viable, create jobs, boost tourism and stimulate the redevelopment of the marina precinct.
Work on the Boundary Road extension in Hervey Bay will start within months after Fraser Coast Regional Council this week awarded the $20 million construction contract to local company SGQ.
Fraser Coast residents will have safer and smoother journeys as a result of improvements at three busy intersections in Hervey Bay and Maryborough.