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Food and wine lovers rejoice! The Capricorn Food and Wine Festival is so close you can almost taste it

Proudly celebrating 10 years in 2022, Rockhampton’s pinnacle four-day celebration returns in 2022, and is promising to be the biggest and best yet. The Capricorn Food and Wine Festival is a celebration of local food, local hospitality, local music and… Read more »

Capricorn Coast destination makes firm pledge at national summit

As a member of the Regional Activators Alliance (RAA), formed by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI), Capricorn Enterprise CEO, Mary Carroll was proud to join a panel discussion on behalf of the destination at the Regions Rising National Summit, 13-14… Read more »

Capricorn Coast recognised as Australian Street Art Town

The Australian Silo Art Trail aims to showcase our country’s colourful and artistic landscape. The Australian Silo Art movement all began in Northam, Western Australia in 2015 and now proudly promotes over 54 silo art locations. With the site including… Read more »

Rockhampton’s night of nights is back on the calendar in 2022

Submit your nomination via the online portal – https://capricornenterprise.com.au/2022-rockhampton-capricorn-coast-best-in-business-awards/.  Secure your seat today – https://www.ivvy.com.au/event/H2KDEW/ Strap on your dancing shoes, tune your victory cheers and get set to celebrate in style at the 2022 Best in Business Awards Gala to… Read more »

Two of the destination’s key events featured with Visit Gay Australia

Established key destination events were recently included in the latest GALTA (Gay and Lesbian Tourism Australia) E-newsletter. These upcoming events, the Gemfields Mardi Gras and the Capricorn Food and Wine Festival will bring huge crowds to Rockhampton and the Sapphire… Read more »

Industry’s leading minds to come together at the Capricorn Enterprise 2022 Major Industry Forum

Early bird ticket registrations are on sale now at https://www.ivvy.com.au/event/NC5RX2/. Capricorn Enterprise Members – $99.00Non-Member – $129.00 Proudly sponsored by Gold Partners, CQG Consulting and NBN Co, the 2022 Major Industry Forum is once again poised to bring leaders across… Read more »

First look at the Major Industry Forum speaker line-up

Proudly sponsored by Gold Partners, CQG Consulting and NBN Co., Capricorn Enterprise’s 2022 Major Industry Forum will be the meeting place for key industry insights and developments in our region on Thursday 13th October. The Forum will host more than… Read more »

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN for the 2022 Best in Business Awards

Do you know a local business or enterprise who is going above and beyond to deliver consistent and outstanding service across our region? Or perhaps you operate a business that exemplified inclusion, provided equal access, and fostered experiences and resources… Read more »

Warning: unsolicited emails from tourism directory

Tourism and Events Queensland and Capricorn Enterprise continue to receive queries from Queensland tourism operators relating to unsolicited emails sent by a Queensland tourism business directory. This directory has no affiliation with TEQ and is not endorsed by TEQ. The… Read more »

Inaugural Gemfields Festival a massive success

A passionate community, unique location and welcoming atmosphere were three of the key ingredients mixed to create a tremendously successful inaugural Gemfield Festival earlier this month. After being re-branded and re-imagined in 2022, the festival was spread across the four… Read more »