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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 »

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 »

New menu launched at Rockhampton’s Coffee House Café

Proudly perched in the middle of Rockhampton’s CBD, the Coffee House Café is launching a delicious new menu this week, packing loads of flavour, extinguishing belly rumbles, and appeasing a variety of taste buds. For more than 22 years, the… Read more »

Rockhampton railyards rejuvenation – Expression of Interest and industry briefing

The Queensland Government recently purchased the Rockhampton railyards with the intention of returning rail manufacturing to Rockhampton. They are now planning the best use of the site. Expressions of Interest are sought from suitably capable manufacturing businesses—or those growing their… Read more »

State buys Rockhampton railyards to create rail supply chain manufacturing jobs in Central Qld

The Queensland Government has completed the purchase of the Rockhampton railyards from Aurizon in a major step towards creating more rail supply chain manufacturing jobs in Central Queensland. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said planning had begun to determine the best use… Read more »

Fire up your engines this Easter in Rockhampton

Tyres will burn, street drags will take over the city, and drifting champs will send it sideways at the greatest horsepower party Rockhampton has ever seen. Get fired up for three days of high-octane automotive awesomeness over the 2022 Easter… Read more »

Jeremy Marou shares his backyard with My Way

He is a musician, youth worker and grandnephew of land rights advocate, Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo. With a proud Torres Strait Islander heritage, popular local Jeremy Marou was delighted to spend two days with the crew from Channel 9’s lifestyle program,… Read more »

Events bring destination to life in October

Get ready for a massive October across the Capricorn and Southern Great Barrier Reef destination as a huge line up of events embracing culture, cuisine, creativity and more kick off. From fishing to arts, entertainment to sweet pines, if you… Read more »