Flinders Shire Council and MITEZ are pleased to invite you to attend the Northern Outback Irrigators Forum to be hosted in the heart of the Flinders River Agricultural Precinct, Hughenden.
Monday July 23 - Wednesday July 25. Click here for more information.
Council Sport and Recreation Officer Mel Driscoll writes a weekly newsletter with up-to-date information about sporting activities happening in the Flinders Shire. To subscribe simply CLICK HERE. Then it's as simple as adding your email address to get a copy sent to your inbox.
Time Capsule
With the completion of the new Council building later this year, Council has decided to bury a time capsule, to be opened in 50 years, to represent the way to were, to the way we are for future generations to see.
To submit your suggestions for what you would like to see in the time capsule email communications@flinders.qld.gov.au with the subject heading `Time Capsule', with the reason you think your suggestion should be included.
Flinders Shire Council RADF
Round 3 - Closes 18th May 2012 Application forms and information packages available on Council website or by contacting Sherilee Honnery, RADF Liaison Officer PH (07) 4741 2900 or email cdo@flinders.qld.gov.au. Please ring to make an appointment to discuss your project and receive help with your application.
Aquatic Centre
The Hughenden Aquatic Centre will be closed from Monday April 16, 2012 until August for renovations and maintenance. For more information contact Flinders Shire Council on 47412900.
Library
The Flinders Shire Library now has a monthly Adult and Junior eNewsletter. To subscribe go to the Library homepage by CLICKING HERE and simply enter your email address
Bridal Display
The Flinders Discovery Centre Bridal Display will open Tuesday 1st May, 2012. There will be three displays in total taking a few months. For more information contact the Discovery Centre on 47412970 or email tdo@flinders.qld.gov.au
The Queensland Regional Achievement & Community Awards are now calling for nominations. The Awards provide an opportunity for community groups, businesses and individuals to receive recognition and acknowledgement for a job well done. By nominating someone you know...
Tuesday May 15, 2012 WHILE Councillor Sean O’Neill was busy taking the challenge of being sworn in to his third term on Flinders Shire Council on Monday, his son, 21-year-old Melbourne Storm winger Justin O'Neill was nervously waiting to find out if he was to be selected on his first State...
Monday May 14, 2012 A NEW access ramp, front entrance location, automatic doors and exterior panelling will continue the Flinders Shire Library’s growth into a popular all-ages place of learning, socialising and relaxation. Construction of the Brodie Street ramp will start on...
Friday May 11, 2012 WHILE the next group of Flinders Shire Councillors nervously wait to be sworn in on Monday May 14, they will be comforted by the fact that the Council process is very familiar to a number of local teenagers. Hughenden State School’s elected...
Wednesday May 9, 2012 LEVEL 3 Equestrian Australia Coach and International Level Eventing judge Ron Paterson honed the talents of 34 local equestrian athletes when he stopped in at Hughenden last week. Hughenden riders joined with visiting riders from as far away as Charters...
Friday May 4, 2012 DISTANCE education students usually spend their school days isolated on properties, but when the 40 local children enrolled in Charters Towers Distance Education arrive in town for the Outreach program twice each year they certainly know how to have fun. ...
Thursday May 3, 2012 THE year 1928 is recognised as the period Hughenden got a town electricity supply. But, and surely more significant in the eyes of the Hughenden woman Ailsa Morton, it was the year her mother Jean Scott was married. ...
Wednesday May 2, 2012 NORTH Queensland Sportstar Awards prize winner Lloyd Godfrey was so busy praising the great work of the other entrants he had no idea he was even in contention. In fact his wife of 46 years Beryl Godfrey said her husband won’t even talk to...
Monday April 16, 2012 The Hann Highway is the Bruce Highway of central Queensland – a major travel route for freight, cattle and tourists and yet in desperate need of an upgrade. However, a recent tourist stopover proved that where there is a will there is a way. ...
Monday April 16, 2012 THERE may not be many famous authors seen travelling through rural Queensland but Flinders Shire Library is about to get the next best thing. Five of the Book Links Travelling Suitcases are about to arrive in Hughenden, with the first packs scheduled to arrive in May....
