Ferny Hills State School’s Lasagne Burrito has been named one of eight finalists in Queensland’s 2026 Recipe of the Year competition. Read: VC Fruit Market from Ferny Hills Earns Top Spot Among Queensland’s Favourite Fruit and Vegetable Retailers The recipe combines familiar lasagne and burrito-style elements in an entry that […]

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Redcliffe tower plans could bring 44 apartments to a waterfront block above Suttons Beach, with two buildings proposed across the Marine Parade and Sutton Street frontages as the development application remains under assessment. Read: The $1-Million Line Is Shifting in Clontarf and Margate Two Street Frontages Above Suttons Beach […]

A million dollars does not buy what it once did in Clontarf and Margate. The latest settled sales from the neighbouring 4019 suburbs show how far that line has shifted, with the middle of the house market now sitting comfortably above seven figures. Across the three months to 8 September, the median house price reached $1,134,500 in Clontarf […]

Talobilla Park’s Next Chapter Takes Shape at Kippa-Ring Talobilla Park is changing again. A new softball clubhouse is under construction at Kippa-Ring, more work on the park’s softball facilities is planned, and next April international teams will arrive to train ahead of the 2027 WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup Finals. It is the […]

Seven picnic shelters at Margate Beach Park remain in line for renewal, with the project continuing in City of Moreton Bay's 2026–27 works program. The shelters were identified for upgrades in Council's previous budget alongside work on the park's public amenities. The latest budget again provides for picnic shelter renewal, although detailed […]

When Humpybong's first pupils arrived for school on 1 February 1876, their classroom was a small slab-and-bark building near what is now Elizabeth Avenue and Duffield Road. In the 150 years since, the school has moved to Ernest Street, split into separate primary and infants schools and come back together again. Its enrolment eventually climbed […]

Anyone driving through Clear Mountain today could reasonably wonder about the name. Bushland still covers substantial parts of the high country, while wooded acreage properties line many of its roads. But Clear Mountain was named for the geographical feature, not the modern suburb, and the surviving official record does not provide a definitive […]

Calls for better bus connections are growing across Samford, Samford Valley and Dayboro, where a trip to the train station can still be straightforward at one time of day — and difficult or impossible by public transport at another. Samford has a weekday connection to Ferny Grove, but with only a handful of services built around commuter […]

A new Probus club is being formed in the Samford district, with retirees and semi-retirees being invited to help establish the group as foundation members. The proposed Samford District Probus Club will hold its first interest meeting on Friday, 11 September, from 10am to noon at Samford District Bowls Club, 2116 Mt Samson Road, Samford […]

For years, Henry Meyer appears in Sandgate’s nineteenth-century records as a publican, hotel owner and local businessman. Follow the family names and dates further, however, and the same man emerges as Johann Heinrich Caspar Meyer, who later settled near Southport and became an early Gold Coast pioneer. Read: Steve ‘Golly’ Gollschewski […]

Samford Valley will host championship archery on 19 September, when competitors head to Samford Archery Park for the 2026 South Queensland Archery Society Matchplay Championships. The championship at 2204 Mount Samson Road will feature recurve, compound, longbow and barebow archers, with age classes ranging from Under 14 to 70+, alongside para […]

The Samford Show may bring the biggest crowds, but horses are heading through the gates of its Highvale showgrounds for organised sport almost every week of the year. Samford Equestrian Group runs a packed annual program at the grounds, where this month’s calendar includes working-equitation training and an official dressage competition. […]

Young scooter riders and four-legged locals are both set to get new territory in North Lakes, with a children’s scooter track and dog off-leash area planned for Memorial Drive. A shelter and new car park are also part of the Memorial Drive project, bringing several recreation facilities together rather than creating a stand-alone dog park. […]

A raised traffic-calming treatment is planned for the southern end of Prospect Street in North Lakes, with $93,000 in Australian Government Black Spot funding allocated to slow vehicles approaching the service road north of the Bruce Highway. Rather than a major intersection rebuild, the project centres on one specific measure: a raised hump on […]

A new vision for Narangba East would open parts of the district to suburban housing and industrial development while retaining other pockets as rural residential land, as City of Moreton Bay asks residents to weigh in on how the 1020-hectare area should change. Council has released its draft Future Directions Report for the Narangba East Rural […]

A free Bracken Ridge youth event will bring local teenagers, young performers, student organisers and families together when School’s Out on the Green returns for an end-of-term evening of live music. Read: When Dolly Came to Brisbane: A Local Farewell to a Country Music Legend The twice-yearly event will be held from 5pm to 9pm on Friday, […]

QCWA Sandgate will mark 100 years since the original local branch was formed with a fashion parade and morning tea at Sandgate Town Hall, recognising a community service and fundraising history dating to 1926. Read: Steve ‘Golly’ Gollschewski Remembered: Former Police Chief Served at Boondall Early in Career The QCWA Sandgate Fashion […]

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is bringing its global live production to Eatons Hill Hotel, with Brisbane set to host the promotion’s second Australian event on Saturday, 3 October 2026. Read: From Warner Dance Studio to Queensland Ballet: Eatons Hill Local’s Journey to Professional Stage The event will bring BKFC’s […]

Samford Valley footballer Nickolas De Bonis is preparing to represent Australia at the 2026 Transplant Football World Cup in Germany. Read: Nick De Bonis from Samford Valley to Represent QLD at the Australian Transplant Games De Bonis, a liver transplant recipient from Samford Valley, has been selected in Australia’s national squad […]