Greetings readers of ‘the LOCAL’ newspaper, Hi everyone, Danny and Michelle from Island Fishing Supplies, Banksia Beach and Bellara....

By Amelia Strazdins Everything has a price and recently that price has increased exponentially. In a post Covid world, we have faced...

By Alistair Gray How would you like to experience the joy of paddling, to make new friendships, get a bit of exercise and enjoy some...

By Sheree Hoddinett It’s September and with that comes another round of school holidays. How are we here again I hear you ask? I too am...

By Alistair Gray I was just about to leave the property when the phone rang and Gordon Buckley told us there had been another mass...

By Alistair Gray When I heard that Wayne Kelly had won a Sapphire, I asked him if he was about to take a tour around the world on his...

By Alistair Gray Hearty congratulations must go to Carol Steley - the new local RSL Sub-branch president - as they welcome a new era...

By Sheree Hoddinett While many of us would prefer to head in the opposite direction of a snake, Chalon Lee gravitates toward them. Chalon...

When there’s an accident, a natural disaster or someone is missing, we turn to the important members of our community who make up the...

For doctors Sean Keren and Nachiket Jagirdar (Dr Nach) and the team at Bongaree Dental, looking after their patients is always their top...

The ‘dumbing down’ of Australia We are allowing it to happen Behind the Voice is the activist class of Indigenous Aborigines which is...

By Alistair Gray Every year Vietnam Veterans stop on August 18 to remember those who served in the Vietnam War and those who lost their...

By Sheree Hoddinett They are the leading men in most of our lives. Dad, daddy, father, papa, old man, whatever you choose to call the...

By Sheree Hoddinett Imagine losing one of your most prized possessions in the sand or water at the beach and no idea how to start looking...

By Sheree Hoddinett Photo credit - Emma Winzar from Socially Create When it comes to empowering other women, both in business and in...

Gronks Social Riders Club is revving up their engines once again for a good cause. The club is showing their support for Cancer Council...

By Alistair Gray Are you ready for the bushfire season? On Bribie, we all feel snug and secure, despite being surrounded by bush and...

By Sheree Hoddinett Going to the beach on Bribie in the early 1900s looked very different to how it does today. Over the last 100 years,...

By Alistair Gray Nelson Heatherington and Dave Walsh are two innovative entrepreneurs with the vision to construct the Beaufort Hangar at...

By Alistair Gray Bribie Island RSL Sub-Branch vice president Bruce Dunster, Mrs Val Franklin, retiring president George Franklin,...