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Prairie Gets Fitness Training by Former Bodybuilding Champ

Tuesday February 14, 2012 YOU only need to look at Pauline Schaefer to know why she is known among Flinders Shire locals as Shorty.   But the popular pint-sized bundle of...

Cowboys Players Bring a Taste of the Big League to the Shire

Thursday February 9, 2012 NORTH Queensland Cowboys Rugby League players side-stepped in to Flinders Shire on February 6 to give local junior rugby league enthusiasts a taste of the big league. ...

Health and Fitness Expo Comes to the Shire

Wednesday February 9, 2012 WITH the great climate in North Queensland, it would be a waste to not take advantage of the great outdoors when it comes to get fit and healthy. For that reason,...

Flinders History to be Restored

Tuesday February 7, 2012   THE State Government has committed $15,000 to restore significant historical graves in the Hughenden, Torrens Creek and Prairie cemeteries.   ...

Library Gets 150 New Books

Tuesday February 7, 2012 FOR bookworms who have trawled every shelf at the Flinders Shire Library, Thursday February 9 cannot come too soon – this is the day locals will have a...

Young Rider Receives Council Funding to Travel to the UK

Tuesday February 7, 2012 JEAN Read may be just 18 but the Hughenden equestrian champion has already been competing on horses for 16 years. It’s little wonder then that the young rider...

New Look Pool a Cool Relief for Humid Conditions

Friday February 3, 2012 WITH clearing skies forecast in to the weekend, it’s the perfect chance to test-run the new-look Hughenden Aquatics Centre. Managers Shane and Lynette...

New Shire Office Starts to Take Shape

Friday February 3, 2012 IT’S not quite bricks and mortar but with a clear building structure in place, and the roof sheeting to start going on this week, there is little doubt the new...

Bligh Creates Local Government Election Chaos

Friday February 3, 2012 FLINDERS Shire Council Mayor Brendan McNamara has described the State Government decision to hold their election a week before the date set for Local Government...

McNamara Calls It Quits

THE NORTHER MINER February 3, 2012 BY: Anthony Galloway AFTER his father had been in council for more than 20 years, Flinders Shire Mayor Brendan McNamara was always going to give local...

Council University Scholarships Still Open

  COUNCIL is still seeking applicants for the 2012 Council University Scholarship.   Council provides a $5,000 per annum University Scholarship for the duration of the...

2012 Australia Day Awards

  AFTER attracting more than 250 competitors to the Flinders Shire, from as far away as the Northern Territory, it was little wonder the Hughenden Campdraft was selected as the Community Event...

Frightened Children Run for Their Lives

TOWNSVILLE BULLETIN ( www.townsvillebulletin.com.au ) January 24, 2012 BY: Jane Armistead RESIDENTS of Hughenden hailed a freak storm on Sunday night as worse than Cyclone Yasi after 20 homes...

Town a Dead Zone For Weather Radar

TOWNSVILLE BULLETIN ( www.townsvillebulletin.com.au ) January 24, 2012 BY: Jessica Johnston HUGHENDEN is in a weather radar black hole which left residents unaware a savage storm and...

Hughenden Cops `Freak Storm', With More Rain to Come

CYCLONIC winds, reaching gusts up to 170kph lashed Hughenden overnight, causing seven houses to lose their roofs and a further eight to lose sheeting. The severe system has been described by...

Flinders Shire Volunteers Needed

  Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity, intended to promote good or improve human quality of life , but people also volunteer for their own skill development, to...

Councillor Nominations to Open Soon

THESE ARE THE UPDATED NOMINATION DATES SINCE THE NEW ELECTION DATE Councillor nominations open 10 March 2012 and must be lodged with the...

Flinders Shire To Be Put On The Map

Flinders Shire Council is about to be put on the world wide map after the library was chosen to take part in privileged training to help them join the seventh most searched website in the world,...

Calling On All Brides Past And Present

Calling on all brides past and present