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Date Time Spiegelhauer Road receives major upgrade An unsealed road that leads to iconic Townsville locations such as Crystal Creek and Paluma Dam has been upgraded. The Spiegelhauer Road upgrade has received two rounds of funding under the Australian Government’s Black Spot program totalling $1.07 million. Stage one received $390,685 and involved sealing more than 400 metres of unsealed road and the installation of guard rails. Stage two received a further $659,500, which allowed for a road realignment, sealing of a further 800 metres of the road, the installation of warning signage and mo...

Residents of Queensland's north are being told to prepare for strong gales, heavy rains and abnormally high tides.

Share on Twitter North Queensland residents are battening down the hatches, with a tropical cyclone strengthening to a category two storm and shifting direction a second time. The Bureau of Meteorology says Cyclone Kimi was barrelling south about 195km north of Townsville at 1pm AEST on Monday. Kimi is set to slow and stall between Hinchinbrook Island and Townsville and potentially weaken before crossing the coast on Tuesday. READ MORE However, forecasters warn it could still make landfall as a category two storm, packing winds up to 150km/h, on Monday night or on Tuesday. "Consid...