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Popular Awoonga Dam area faces an extended closure

Premium Content Subscriber only A popular family area at the Gladstone region’s Awoonga Dam faces an extended closure while essential maintenance is undertaken. Lake Awoonga’s Riverston Bay Recreational Area will be closed to the public over the next two weeks. GAWB Chief Executive Officer Darren Barlow said a new section of footpath would be constructed between the Lake Awoonga Caravan Park and Riverston Bay Recreation Area. “Nothing is more important to us than the health and wellbeing of our visitors,” Mr Barlow said. “We’re committed to providing safe and accessible recreational facilities to our local community.” GAWB will improve pedestrian access between the Caravan Park and Riverston Bay by replacing part of the wall at the Riverston Bay entrance with a new footpath.

Inspiration behind amazing plans for quarry

“This is what should be done with ex-mining sites,” Mr Alderson said. “They should not be left in a degraded state.” Some of the other examples were: Kangaroo Point Cliffs in Brisbane, Anstey Hill Recreation Park in the Dandenong Ranges, Te Puna Quarry Park, Whangarei Gardens, Butchart Gardens, Lake Awoonga, Benaraby, Qld, Sir Joseph Banks Conservation Park in the Town of 1770, and Lake Moondara at Mount Isa. Many of the sites were disused quarries, and some experienced issues of degradation and illegal dumping. The sites now offer picnic areas, playgrounds and botanical gardens, and are managed in a variety of ways – by the local council, community groups, or are privately owned.

Top 9 waterholes you must visit in CQ

Premium Content Subscriber only With school holidays almost coming to an end, there are still plenty of things left to do in the region. One of them is visiting the abundance of naturally beautiful spots we have in Central Queensland. Here are nine waterholes you must visit in Central Queensland to beat the heat this summer: 1. Blackman’s Gap, Boyne Valley Located in the Boyne Valley, Blackmans Gap is a one hour and nine minute drive from Gladstone. Turn off the Gladstone Monto Rd onto Blackmans Gap and drive for a few kilometres until you find a small parking area.

Emergency services called to Lake Awoonga jet ski incident

Premium Content Subscriber only UPDATE: 3.05pm A woman has been taken to hospital after falling from a jet ski at Lake Awoonga. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics treated the woman at the scene before she was taken to Gladstone hospital in a stable condition. INITIAL REPORT: 2.37pm Emergency services have been called to Lake Awoonga, west of Gladstone, after reports a person is in trouble after a jet skiing incident. It is understood the person is near a boat ramp at the lake. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics were called to Awoonga Dam Road at Benaraby at 1.42pm.

Six fires being patrolled across Gladstone region

Premium Content Subscriber only Tinder dry grass and bushland across the Gladstone region continues to burn this morning with six fires currently being patrolled. Fortunately no lives have been lost and there has been minimal damage to homes and structures, except a house at Calliope which was destroyed by fire on Boxing Day. A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said a fire that broke out yesterday and jumped Gladstone Benaraby Road at Glen Eden was patrolled this morning. “Early this morning fire fighters extinguished some hot spots in logs and vegetation at Glen Eden,” the spokesman said. “There was no report of any significant fire at all there.”