This year's ANZAC Day saw hundreds turn out to remember the efforts of Australia and New Zealand's great service men and women. Veterans, schools, clubs and businesses poured into the streets to march in grand parades, and packed in close to attend services held across the Hinchinbrook Shire. Beautiful wreaths were lain and the bugles mournful tones echoed across respectful silences as flags were lowered to half mast. A gunfire breakfast, coffee and traditional ANZAC biscuits kept everyone going
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Allan Colquhoun grew up in Sydney, but his life has taken him far beyond the city limits. In his youth, he worked with a station owner named Bob, whose property combined dairy and sheep farming with a focus on Jersey bulls and cows. One vivid memory that’s stayed with him is of Bob chasing down a bull meant for butchering on his stock horse —a beast that, to Allan’s amazement, climbed over the holding fence one hoof at a time to escape. Allan spent most of his working life as a coastal travelle
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Hinchinbrook Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Tourism held their monthly Coffee Connect last week, being hosted by local business Wild Local. There was a very strong attendance at this event, with Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter and KAP Senate candidate, Robbie Lyon. Rebecca and Dom Zaghini provided a delicious light snacks and gave the audience an overview of their business journey from inception to their current location, the diverse range of products they provide and some insight into t
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Over the weekend, the Ingham Kennel Club hosted six rounds of dog shows, featuring judges from across Australia who rotated to ensure fair and balanced competition. Dogs were entered into one of seven group categories, with the Toy Group attracting the largest number of entries. Sunday's shows saw the Italian Greyhound emerge as a standout, making up 20 of the 170 total entries across the weekend. Unique and rarely seen breeds like the Xoloitzcuintli and Briard added excitement to the event, of
Read the full storyElliot Altmann was awarded first place in the 46th Hinchinbrook Art Awards Digital Art category in November for his historical piece titled "Another Christmas in the Trenches”.
A self-taught, and now award-winning artist, Elliot found his passion for the digitalised artform more recently than most and creates his pieces on a drawing tablet to then connect the finished product to his computer for finalisation.
“It’s essentially the same as drawing on paper, just a lot easier to fix mistakes, and change colours,” explained Elliot.
“I find it relaxing having to focus on the details of what I’m drawing, and I mostly draw mashups of old cartoons that while fun, aren’t as challenging as creating a realistic image.”
“The beauty of digital drawing is its easier to conceptualise and make changes as you go.”
In drawing upon his interest in military history, Elliot’s piece, "Another Christmas in the Trenches” depicts a German soldier in World War II on the Eastern Front.
With great attention to detail, it took Elliot approximately eight hours to precisely depict the emotion and existence of a frontline infantry soldier suffering the wartime conditions as experienced across both sides of the conflict.
“I served 12 years in the ADF as an infantry soldier, so I had plenty of first-hand experience with being dirty and uncomfortable, and that’s something often missing in military artwork that usually focuses on the glory of a particular event rather than the human experience,” added Elliot.
Elliot celebrated his successful submission by treating himself to a couple of vinyl records, with his achievement sparking another world of creativity, leading him to begin developing more pieces ahead of 2025’s exhibition with plenty already featured on his Instagram account, @artbyalts.
“I’d recommend people interested to have a go and enter as when you see the variety of ideas, skill level and mediums you can enter in, it really opens up the possibilities for anyone,” shared Elliot.
“It’s definitely humbling having your art chosen by judges who are also talented artists themselves.”
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