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Nature was always Warren's "antidote" to a busy life. Then he had a devastating accident on Hinchinbrook Island and didn't know if he'd make it out alive.
Date Time Qlders reel in grants to tackle marine waste Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs The Honourable Meaghan Scanlon The Palaszczuk Government has put marine waste squarely in its sights with $1 million in grants to help community groups across the state keep local waters litter-free – funding able to be delivered because of the ongoing health response and rollout of Queensland’s COVID-19 economic recovery plan. Environment and Great Barrier Reef Minister Meaghan Scanlon today announced 28 community-driven projects will s...
Ten suspected cocaine packages wash up on Queensland island 8.16am Normal text size Advertisement Ten one-kilogram packages containing a suspicious white powder, which police believe to be cocaine worth up to $3 million, have washed up on the shores of an island off the north Queensland coast. Passersby called police on Sunday when they found the packages at high tide on the beach at Ramsay Bay on Hinchinbrook Island, about 120 kilometres north of Townsville. An evidence photo of the packages that washed up on Hinchinbrook Island at the weekend. Credit:Queensland Police Service Officers are s...
Crime by Shayla Bulloch Premium Content Subscriber only POLICE are investigating a link between an accused drug smuggler and a stack of cocaine bricks washed up on a North Queensland beach. The Townsville Bulletin understands that police are looking into whether 10 bricks of cocaine that washed up on Hinchinbrook Island could be connected to an alleged botched drug smuggling incident over which Olympic kayaker, Nathan Baggaley has been charged. Police have alleged the silver medallist was involved in a botched plan to import 600kg of cocaine into Austral...
Date Time Suspicious white powder washes up on Hinchinbrook Island Detectives are seeking public assistance after ten packages of white powder were located washed up on the beach at Ramsay Bay, Hinchinbrook Island. Members of the public contacted police on Sunday after discovering the one-kilogram packages containing a powder substance on the beach at the high tide mark. Investigators from the Major and Organised Crime Squad (MOCS) Far Northern and Cairns District are searching the area as part of investigations. Acting Officer in Charge of MOCS Far Northern Detective Acting Senior Sergeant G...