Kookaburra at Canoe Point
The Blue-Winged Kookaburra is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea.
Measuring around 40cm, it is slightly smaller...
Devious Koel has striking look
Often called a Storm Bird, the Common Koel is a cuckoo and so deviously lays its eggs in the nests of other bird...
Stilt loves the shallows
A medium sized black and white wading bird, the Pied Stilt is found throughout Australia where there are areas of shallow water.
They congregate...
A duck of distinction
This week we are looking at yet another duck, the Plumed Whistling Duck. It is a large duck with very distinctive markings starting...
Ducks at Boyne billabong
This week’s bird is the Burdekin Duck – also called the Rajah Shelduck.
It is found mostly in northern Australia and up into Papua New...
Gigs, events in the region
Here’s our list of most exciting events coming to your region.
Are you ready to check these entertainment offerings out with your family and friends?
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Distinctive black duck
This attractive bird is the Pacific Black Duck. Although it is mostly brown, the dark strips over the head and the lighter coloured edge...
Egret goes to the dark wide
This week’s image shows the ‘dark morph’ of the Eastern Reef Egret
Light and dark morph egrets interbreed producing either one or the other...
Light-coloured Egret snapped
In the next two weeks we will look at the Eastern Reef Egret (also called the Pacific Reef Heron or Eastern Reef Heron).
They...
Time to get snapping as Mount Larcom Photography Competition returns
Are you the Gladstone Region’s next most celebrated photographer?
Then Gladstone Regional Council’s Mount Larcom Rural Transaction Centre (RTC) annual photography competition is...
Vox pops
Do you agree healthcare workers should be fired if they choose not to be vaccinated?
Tim, 68
I don’t think they should get fired...
Lynchy’s Joke of the Week
There is a good friend of mine I play tennis with, his name is Merv.
He has a pet duck called Derek.
He was telling me...
Livingstone Shire’s focus on future
Livingstone Shire is one of the hidden gems of the Queensland coast.
The municipality, covering 11,758 square kilometres, features some of the Sunshine State’s most...
