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Collaborative project to promote our region
Posted on October 29th, 2019
Capricornia Correctional Centre in collaboration with five other state government departments (listed below), CQUniversity, Capricorn Enterprise and Mad Dog Productions have created a place based recruitment video about working and living in the Capricorn Coast and Rockhampton Region. Capricornia Correctional… Read more »
Local Artist featured in landmark Chinese Celebration
Posted on October 23rd, 2019
Capricorn Coast artist Lyn Diefenbach is one of 5 invited international artists currently presenting and demonstrating at China’s Centenary of Pastel celebration in Suzhou. Keeping it local, Lyn has chosen the Bombax flowers on Moores Creek Road in Rockhampton as… Read more »
Our patch of paradise up in lights
Posted on October 23rd, 2019
With its sunny climate, breathtaking scenery and booming economy, Central Queensland’s Rockhampton and Capricorn Coast region offers an enviable lifestyle… This is the evoking first line teaser of a four-page feature published in the UK’s only magazine dedicated to living,… Read more »
A leap forward for Great Keppel Island Resort
Posted on October 9th, 2019
More than a decade after the closing of Great Keppel Island Resort back in February 2008, latest media speculation can now be confirmed. Pat O’Driscoll from Knight Frank Rockhampton/Capricorn Coast is leading the sales process along with positive negotiations between… Read more »
Increased visitors head to the Southern Great Barrier Reef
Posted on October 9th, 2019
The Southern Great Barrier Reef (Capricorn, Gladstone and Bundaberg regions combined) has attracted record numbers of interstate and international visitors in 2018/19 according to the latest results released from Tourism Research Australia (TRA). Data from the National Visitor Survey (NVS)… Read more »
Experience and Knowledge at the Capricorn Enterprise Major Projects Forum
Posted on October 8th, 2019
With only sixteen (16) days until the Region’s Premier Major Projects Forum, Capricorn Enterprise Regional Economic Development Manager, Neil Lethlean, urges business and industry leaders to register. The Capricorn Enterprise Major Projects Forum is on again Friday 25th October at… Read more »
A decade of development ahead – emerging signs of a positive and growing economy
Posted on September 18th, 2019
Recently released data from a variety of sources confirms what Capricorn Enterprise CEO Mary Carroll has been saying: there are signs of a positive and growing economy in our region. With the number and size of the major projects across… Read more »
The steaks have never been higher!
Posted on September 9th, 2019
A perfectly cooked steak can be a (medium) rare thing and something that locals and visitors to our renowned ‘beef capital’ truly treasure. Rockhampton and the Capricorn Coast plays host to a whole herd of venues complementing our… Read more »
Message in a bottle
Posted on September 3rd, 2019
They’ve been turning on the waterworks for the past 25 years. Meet the Capricorn Coast family who have struck liquid gold. There’s a quirky quote on the wall of Janette Heintze’s modest office which says, “I was thirsty, and… Read more »
Release of the 2019 Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report
Posted on September 2nd, 2019
The third Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report was released this week, outlining the use, factors influencing the condition, management effectiveness, resilience, risks to its future and likely outlook of the reef into the future. Since 2009, the Report has been… Read more »
