Tag: Normanton 4890
Heritage listing for Burke and Wills trees
A group of trees that bear the markings of the ill-fated expedition of Burke and Wills has been entered into the Queensland Heritage Register.[MORE]
More home buyers show interest in Karumba, Normanton
The Carpentaria Shire Council says it is encouraged by a sudden peak in interest from home buyers to move to the Karumba and Normanton regions.[MORE]
Funds to help revamp outback airstrips
Seven remote Queensland councils have received almost $900,000 in Federal Government funding to upgrade local airstrips.[MORE]
Truancy scheme for Carpentaria Shire students
A remote north-west Queensland council is embarking on an ambitious plan to tackle truancy.[MORE]
Organiser says truck strike will cripple industry
The organiser of a national truck driver shutdown says he expects Australia's transport industry to be crippled in a matter of days.[MORE]
Welford 'disappointed' over teacher strike
The Education Minister says a planned walkout of more than 500 teachers from classrooms in remote far north Queensland next week will not achieve anything. [MORE]
Fuel costs hitting Gulf tourism industry
Some Gulf of Carpentaria tourism operators say they are feeling the pinch from the high cost of fuel.[MORE]
Alcohol restrictions may put dampener on regional events
Western Queensland community groups needing one-off liquor licences say tough alcohol restrictions are prompting some to rethink the future of events.[MORE]
Gulf fishing to lure outback tourists
Tourists are beginning their annual trek to outback Queensland and good fishing is expected to be a big drawcard this year in the gulf region.[MORE]
Flooding cuts Gulf Development Rd
The Gulf Development Road between Cairns and the Gulf region community of Normanton, in far north Queensland, has again been cut by floodwaters.[MORE]
Barramundi fishing season starts in Gulf
Carpentaria Mayor Ashley Gallagher says all roads are now open to the Gulf region towns of Normanton and Karumba, with the barramundi fishing season now underway. [MORE]
Floodwaters isolate Qld Gulf country towns
Normanton in Queensland's Gulf country has been isolated by rising floodwaters in the Flinders and Norman Rivers.[MORE]
Boats to ferry supplies to Normanton, Karumba
State Emergency Service flood boats will be used by Carpentaria Shire Council this morning to ferry supplies across the swollen Norman River in north-west Queensland.[MORE]
Floods cut Normanton road access again
For the second time in a week road access to the remote Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria town of Normanton is cut off after rising floodwaters isolated the community.[MORE]
Food deliveries get through to Normanton
For the first time in six days food arrived yesterday in Normanton, in far north-west Queensland, after floodwaters in the Einasleigh and Gilbert Rivers dropped and trucks drove through.[MORE]
SES on flood stand-by in outback Qld
Floodwaters continue to move through Queensland's central west, with State Emergency Services on stand-by at Longreach.[MORE]
Gulf storm warning cancelled
The Bureau of Meteorology has cancelled a severe weather warning for Queensland's Gulf country.[MORE]
Telstra defends gulf payphones removal
Telstra says the increasing popularity of mobile phones justifies why the national telco should remove Gulf of Carpentaria payphones that are not being used.[MORE]
Gulf councillors complain over Telstra payphone removal
Carpentaria Shire councillors have lodged a complaint with Telstra over the removal of three public payphones from Karumba and Normanton in the Gulf region.[MORE]
Cyclone-damaged roads get $4m
The Queensland Government has allocated $4 million to Carpentaria Shire Council to repair roads damaged by Cyclone Nelson last February.[MORE]
Mayor rejects Normanton gang claims
The Mayor of Carpentaria Shire says claims that gangs of unemployed youths are running riot in the far north Queensland town of Normanton are exaggerated.[MORE]
Normanton in 'crime wave': residents
Residents in the small Gulf town of Normanton in north Queensland say the community is in the grip of a crime wave.[MORE]
Wild pig transporters warned of fines for no permit
Biosecurity Queensland is warning hunters who transport live feral pigs without a permit will face steep fines.[MORE]
Heritage awards commendation for Carpentaria council
Carpentaria Shire Council has been recognised by the National Trust of Queensland for improving a camp once used by explorers Burke and Wills in 1861.[MORE]
Police investigate Normanton stabbing, no arrests
A 29-year-old Normanton man was stabbed in the arm last Friday night during a fight in the Gulf region town of Normanton in Queensland.[MORE]
