Bety will come down from the Sunshine Coast to carry passengers in the city. Photo: Queensland Rail After six years away, Bety is coming back to the Ekka Show in Brisbane next month and she’s got ‘friends’. Bety is a BB18¼ steam train and will be helping Queensland Rail celebrate 160 years of railway in…
Australian Army gunners fire a howitzer during night live-fire activity at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, last week. Photo: © Department of Defence Australia’s largest war games is officially under way as 35,000 Defence personnel from 19 countries have landed for three weeks of military exercises. Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 was officially launched onboard the HMAS Adelaide in…
The plate on the Ferrari Dino, which were sold separately, and the 1955 MG TF 1500 roadster. Photo: Donington Auctions The gavel has fallen on a 1913 Victorian licence plate for $425,000 as part of a motoring auction in Melbourne. More than $1.85 million was raised from the auction of vehicles and motoring accessories that…
The Old Museum at Bowen Hill will be open on Saturday from 10am-2pm. Photo courtesy of ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Get ready, Brisbane – the Open House weekend is back and with an almost 300% increase in participating sites and buildings. Happening this Saturday and Sunday (July 19-20), the organisers say that the 2025 program is the…
The Lions are returning to Brisbane for Saturday’s first Test against the Wallabies. Photo courtesy of ANDREW KACIMAIWAI LIONS RUGBY WATCH IN the end, it was a one-sided game of rugby but as a tourism event, it boosted South Australia coffers during the traditionally quiet winter months. A record 43,124 Lions, Wallabies and All Black…
FILE …. a humpback whale breaches off Moreton Bay, near Brisbane. Photo courtesy of ANDREW KACIMAIWAI With humpback whales now on their annual migration, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is teaming up with tour operators to promote the safe distance message. Nearly 40 NPWS staff joined whale-watching cruises along the NSW coastline this…
Kiwi players in a jersey swap at the Crows training session on Wednesday. Photo: ADELAIDE CROWS LIONS RUGBY WATCH For the first time in 36 years, an Anzac rugby team will take on the best of the British and Irish in Adelaide tonight. The AUNZ side features current and former Wallabies and All Blacks, most…
Image: WorldSpectrum/pixabay.com Work on a digital version of the Aussie is advancing with the selection of trial partners to try out digital dollars by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBS). Project Acacia is a joint research project of the RBA and Digital Finance Co-operative Research Centre (DFCRC). It is also supported by the Australian Securities…
Copper theft is plunging streets into darkness and costing councils a lot of money to repair. Photo: Emre Can Acer /www.pexels.com Copper theft is costing councils big time and more has to be done to close the market for illegal sales of the metal, says Moreton Bay City Council. Moreton Bay Mayor Peter Flannery wants…
The M5 Motorway at Riverwood, Sydney. Photo: Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue NSW’s $380 million upgrade of southwest Sydney’s M5 motorway is expected to help ease traffic congestion over the Georges River. And news of the project contract signing has been welcomed by the property industry. The federal-state co-funded project (50-50 split) involves a new three-lane…