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Premium Content Subscriber only An image of a crude sign warning students about their attendance rate at a Gladstone region primary school has sparked concern in the community. A school noticeboard outside of Mount Larcom State School stated "Every day c---s, attendance is very important." But the image, which was posted on social media on Tuesday and generated a lot of interest, has been confirmed as an image taken about four years ago. One user wrote they were not surprised someone did this. "I was at Mt Larcom three days ago, not surprised someone did this to a school sign," they said...

The truck was carrying furniture on a main road.

Kev and Del Smaldon are pretty excited - and with good reason. Their business, Mount Larcom Tourist Park, has just been named a finalist in the national Grey Nomad Awards. The news further cements the Gladstone region's reputation as a bucket list destination for mature-age tourists. The Mt Larcom Tourist Park has been shortlisted in the 2020 Best Grey Nomad Small Caravan Park category. The winners will be announced on March 2 at a celebratory event on the Sunshine Coast. Conveniently located on the national highway west of Gladstone, the Mt Larcom Tourist Park at Balfour St offers nea...

Premium Content Subscriber only Records were broken at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange Prime and Store Cattle sale on Wednesday with a pen of Charbray cattle reaching 598.2c/kg. The quality cattle were offered from PV Rolfe of ‘Evergreen’, Marmor, and set a new standard for the cents per kilogram record. The No.1 steers weighed 198kg and returned $1184/head. Justin Rohde, from Nutrien Ag Solutions Rockhampton, said the cattle were purchased by a restocker who would put them straight back to the paddock. Mr Rohde said there were a few fresh faces at this week’s sale. “Locals,...

Premium Content Subscriber only Frenchville State School’s BLOOM is a nationally-awarded extension and enrichment program and the only one of its kind in Australia. Over recent weeks, 36 Year 4 Literacy BLOOMers have been actively engaged in learning about both the Northern Hairy-nosed and Southern Hairy-nosed wombats. Both are endangered creatures. BLOOM Coordinator and teacher Mrs Wendy Goldston organised a visit from ‘Grub the Wombat’ from Safe Haven AACE, Mt Larcom. Frenchville SS Year 4 'BLOOMers' raised enough money to adopt a wombat for nearly two years Safe Haven is ...