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Small business can apply for $10,000 – first in best dressed, so be quick!
Posted on May 19th, 2020
Under the $100 Million Small Business Adaption Grant Program, small businesses can apply for a grant of up to $10,000. Grants can be used for: financial, legal and other professions marketing and communications activities (I am investigating this to see… Read more »
Public ferries return to Great Keppel Island from this Friday 22nd May
Posted on May 18th, 2020
Following months of suspended public services, two key ferry operators to Great Keppel Island are today preparing their plans to return to the high seas from this Friday (22nd May), following their stamp of approval from State Government to resume… Read more »
Local tourism industry fears the slow road to recovery
Posted on May 13th, 2020
Whilst the staggered easing of restrictions announced by State Government earlier this week was initially received as a welcome step in the right direction for many, not everyone has found cause for celebration. As tourism and private sector operators nervously… Read more »
Fun Over Fifty – Southern Great Barrier Reef Tour launched
Posted on May 12th, 2020
Are you fabulously over fifty and ready to take the trip of a lifetime to experience the Southern Great Barrier Reef? Fun Over Fifty has launched the first of 13 new tours for 2021, starting with a 9-day tour which… Read more »
New look Cabinet for Queenslanders for COVID-19 recovery
Posted on May 12th, 2020
The new look Cabinet has been unveiled with Steven Miles appointed Deputy Premier. Minister Miles would also retain the critical Health and Ambulance Services portfolio after leading Queensland through the COVID-19 crisis. Minister Kate Jones will assume responsibility for State… Read more »
Coast tourism operators refuse to sit idle during COVID-19 confinement
Posted on May 12th, 2020
Whilst the global pandemic has had a huge impact on our local tourism industry, some Capricorn Coast business operators are choosing to embrace the positive side of slower living, and pushing their ‘backburner’ jobs to the front on the cue… Read more »
Launch of new multi-media campaign inspires locals to book now and holiday soon!
Posted on May 12th, 2020
“There is no question that when a tourist comes and visits a destination, those dollars get spread right through the economy.’ – Grant Cassidy, Empire Apartment Hotel We have proved in the past that strong roots weather the toughest storms,… Read more »
May’s full moon set to cast a positive shadow
Posted on May 6th, 2020
On the eve of our next full moon (7th May 2020), Fern’s Hideaway Resort’s resident muso, John Martin has performed an exceptionally significant cover of Cat Stevens ‘Moonshadow’, providing a message of hope as our region begins to see some… Read more »
Holiday at Home competition
Posted on May 6th, 2020
From the newly established 5-star ‘Gleeson’s World of Fun’ accommodation in Yeppoon, to Owen’s exciting Wildlife Adventures, the final two weeks of the Holiday at Home competition certainly made us smile! Check out details of our week two and three… Read more »
5 ways to celebrate a socially distant Mother’s Day
Posted on May 6th, 2020
“The sun will still shine. The flowers will still bloom. Emotion will still be shared. Hope will still prevail, and love will still conquer.” Although the coronavirus pandemic has thrown some logistical spanners in the works for 2020, time keeps… Read more »
