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 storyI would like your opinion on an issue that arises every wet season, resulting in persuasive argument both for and against, and that is whether the Minor Flood Level classifications in the Herbert River should be changed to a higher level.
Minor flooding is defined as ‘causes inconvenience’. Low lying areas next to watercourses are inundated which may require the removal of stock and equipment. Minor roads may be closed and low-level bridges submerged.
With the exception of the Dalrymple Bridge on Hawkins Creek Road, no inconvenience is caused anywhere along the Lower Herbert River at current minor flood level classifications. As an example, let’s look at the Abergowrie Bridge where the minor flood level is 6 metres.
The argument is that this criteria is not met at a river height of 6 metres, it comes into play at around the 8-9 metre mark. The argument is that issuing the periodic notices and advanced warnings at 6 metres, when no inconvenience is occurring, causes people to ignore the warnings and to become complacent.
There have been 17 instances since January 2020 where the Minor Flood Level has been exceeded at Abergowrie Bridge. Of these, 5 went on to rise further to moderate level.
Last year (2024) we recorded 7 exceedances of minor, with only one going on to exceed moderate.
On the other side of the coin, the argument is that you can never get enough notice of potential flooding. It is also argued that the river, in some instances, can rise very rapidly between minor and major and increasing the minor level may result in insufficient or inadequate notice on some occasions.
Do you have a view? If so, we would like to hear it. Please email Council on council@hinchinbrook.qld.gov.au at your convenience.
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