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Capricorn Coast Homemaker Centre officially announced: Reece Plumbing Centre opens

It’s official; the new Homemaker Centre on Yeppoon Road will be known as the Capricorn Coast Homemaker Centre. The new branding and logo were officially launched by Centre developer Gibb Group, during the official opening of major retail tenant Reece… Read more »

Hollywood heartthrob visits Heron!

It’s not every day a Hollywood heart throb visits the Southern Great Barrier Reef, but last week, Freedom Fast Cats, sworn to secrecy, was chartered to Heron Island to transport a group of about eighty cast and crew including Australian… Read more »

Bushfire Recovery Resources

The National Bushfire Recovery Agency has produced the following 9 Fact Sheets to assist people in accessing information following the 2019/20 bushfires across parts of eastern and southern Australia. With information on financial assistance, recovery grants, mental health support, emergency… Read more »

Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip – ​featuring the Great Western Hotel – Tuesday 11th February

Airing on the ABC on Tuesday 11th February at 8:30pm, ‘Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip’ features our own Great Western Hotel. UPDATE: A sneak peak of Griff’s segment on ABC tonight from the Great Western facebook page: British comedian Griff… Read more »

Local reef enthusiasts dive into new role on the Southern Great Barrier Reef

Two local operators in Keppel Bay have been selected to ensure a world-class representation of the Reef, its values and the management in place to protect those values, following the announcement of the fourth round of Master Reef Guides. Soon… Read more »

Our region’s 2020 economic profile – latest data now available

With 2020 in full swing, Capricorn Enterprise has recently updated its Economic Profile, presenting an overview of the Capricorn Coast and Rockhampton area. The profile provides up-to-date information and statistics on various economic and related indicators including demographics, employment, business… Read more »

Major Regional Projects – keeping you informed

Capricorn Enterprise is committed to keeping our members and the wider community abreast of the latest project news across the region, resulting in a recently updated, easy-to-navigate, user-friendly Major Regional Projects webpage – https://capricornenterprise.com.au/economic-development/major-regional-projects-2/. The Major Regional Projects webpage is… Read more »

Strength in partnership – Queensland Local Content Leaders Network

Maintaining a heavy focus on economic impacts of local content and maximising opportunities for regional businesses in Queensland was the key discussion of the Queensland Local Content Leaders Network (QLCLN) Meeting held in Brisbane last Friday January 31st, which was… Read more »

Tourism numbers in Capricorn & the Southern Great Barrier Reef Region continue to see positive growth!

National Visitor Survey results were released this week from Tourism Research Australia to reveal overall visitation to the Southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR) Destination is up by 11.8%, welcoming a whopping 2.3 million domestic visitors (2 million were from within… Read more »

2020-21 brochures hit Aus & NZ retail stores this week!

The new 2020-21 Helloworld Travel QLD Islands & Whitsundays including Southern Great Barrier Reef brochures have just been released and will be hitting AUS & NZ retail stores this week! Here is a link to the Viva Holidays branded brochure…. Read more »