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Queensland STILL “Beautiful one day, perfect the next” – Find YOUR perfect next!
Posted on April 4th, 2018
Great Keppel Island and local legends Thomas Busby and Jeremy Marou and their Busby Marou track “Blue Road” are front and centre of the new Tourism and Events Queensland campaign launched at the Commonwealth Games this week! Michael Branagh, Group… Read more »
Nearly $2 billion in Local Infrastructure Projects – Status Report 2018
Posted on March 28th, 2018
The list of projects detailed below is a “snapshot” of pending infrastructure works programmed to commence across the local area over the ensuing 6 to 12 months (possibly longer for the Rookwood Weir Project which awaits Infrastructure Australia scrutiny). It… Read more »
See a new side of Rockhampton – Mount Archer’s new canopy walk
Posted on March 28th, 2018
Residents and visitors will now be able to enjoy breathtaking views of Rockhampton with the opening of the first stage of Mount Archer’s Fraser Park new canopy walk on Thursday afternoon 29th of March just in time for Easter. The… Read more »
SAVANNAH GUIDES AT CARNARVON GORGE
Posted on March 20th, 2018
Congratulations to Simon and Michelle at Australian Nature Guides, Carnarvon Gorge who host Savannah Guides next week! Savannah Guides, the internationally acclaimed “Protectors and Interpreters of the Outback”, are holding their next Savannah Guides Field School at Carnarvon Gorge from… Read more »
Region’s iconic events to feature in Queensland Drive Campaign
Posted on March 20th, 2018
Capricorn Enterprise has made a significant investment in Tourism and Events Queensland’s Drive Campaign to increase awareness of Queensland drive routes to inspire audiences to consider Capricorn for a driving holiday. This campaign will encourage empty nesters to plan a… Read more »
New Campaign encourages Central Queenslanders to holiday close to home
Posted on March 20th, 2018
Central Queensland residents are being encouraged to spend their winter holidays in region with a new campaign which launched last weekend. This Capricorn Holidays campaign showcases the fantastic holiday offerings of the Capricorn region across television, radio, and digital channels,… Read more »
Massive increase in visitors from Europe/UK to Southern Great Barrier Reef destination!
Posted on March 16th, 2018
A whopping 19% increase in international visitors from Europe/UK in the year ending December 2017 to the Southern Great Barrier Reef destination has got tourism officials excited! Southern Great Barrier Reef (Capricorn – Central Highlands to the Keppel Islands, Gladstone/Discovery… Read more »
NEW BUSINESSES SURGE ON CAPRICORN COAST!
Posted on March 16th, 2018
A surge in new business registrations in Livingstone Shire (predominantly on the Capricorn Coast) in just one year, between 2015/16 and 2016/17 has been revealed in the most recent ABS data. Registered businesses in 2015/16 in the Capricorn Coast region… Read more »
REGIONAL ECONOMIC FUTURE BRIGHT!
Posted on March 8th, 2018
The economic future is bright for the Capricorn Coast and Rockhampton Region. That’s the message from the region’s peak tourism and economic development organisation, Capricorn Enterprise. Capricorn Enterprise has produced its inaugural Quarterly Economic Snapshot for the region to complement… Read more »
MAJOR VISITOR INCREASE TO YEPPOON VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE!
Posted on March 8th, 2018
A massive 16% increase in visitors through the doors of the Yeppoon Visitor Information Centre (VIC) in January this year reflected a bumper summer holiday season which kick started 2018 and has continued during the first quarter of the year…. Read more »
