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Brighten the darkest corner

Have you ever wondered if you can get such a plant that has a striking flower and will grow under the canopy of a...

Veggie garden time

Establishing a veggie garden can be quiet rewarding and relaxing at the same time. So now that Summer is over it is time to...

Emerald musicians shine at SHEP

The best young musicians from across Queensland and Australia have come together for the State Honours Ensemble Program – Queensland and the Australian Honours...

Cup colour and character

A massive crowd turned out for the big Emerald 100 race meeting on Saturday, with colour and character in abundance from the 3000-strong crowd.

Highlands Grevilleas in full bloom

Everywhere you look at the moment you can see Grevilleas in full bloom. Growing along the Capricorn Highway between Emerald and Bluff is an...

Emerald Today comes to town

Emerald Today was introduced to the business community at an informal gathering at the Western Gateway. With Today News Group director Damian Morgan in attendance,...

Waltz on by for ballroom dancing

Ballroom dancing in Emerald was started back in 1972 by Walter and Pat Willans. From then yearly medal examinations and workshops were implemented which...

It’s the race that stops the Central Highlands

The Emerald 100 – the race that stops the Central Highlands The local football finals are done and dusted and it’s time to glam...

Cake dreams in a coal town

You walk into Theresa Fletcher’s air conditioned Blackwater cake studio to find her focused on fine brushwork as she creates the textured fur for...

All aboard the $1m STEAM dream

It's a bold experiment to make Emerald’s Outback Exploratorium into a rural voyage of discovery to rival Canberra’s National Science and Technology Centre in...

Emerald’s floral beauty

Emerald is one of those gifted communities that cane grow a vast range of trees, shrubs and groundcovers that those garden lovers cannot grow...

Life’s never a drag on the Gemfields

Raucous, rowdy and rainbow-hued revellers ensured the Sapphire RSL rocked all night for the Gemfields’ first post-Covid Mardi Gras. Festival of Gems organising committee member...

Stamping out postcode discrimination

Gregory MP Sean Dillon has hailed the scrapping of stamp duty in the State Government's Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill as "transformative" for first home...