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2 weeks, 5 days ago

A new model accurately predicts the migration of humpback whales

This year’s humpback whale season in Australia has almost come to an end. For instance, while water temperature may have little impact in the cold Antarctic waters, breeding grounds further north that are too warm could drive humpback whales to seek better conditions elsewhere. We developed the first such model to simulate migratory movements of humpback whale mother and calf …

Research Model Hervey Bay Whale Whales Movements Humpback

1 month, 3 weeks ago

My Kitchen Rules winner Dan Mulheron finds 'perfect role' running Fraser Coast school canteen

ABC

After more than a decade of fame and travelling the world, "Dan the canteen man" is exactly where he wants to be. The students flocking to the Fraser Coast Anglican College tuckshop are too young to know that the man that has them inspired about food was once one of Australia's high-profile celebrity chefs. Dan Mulheron and wife Steph hit …

Food Students School Bay Dan Kitchen James Taylor

3 months, 1 week ago

Children in regional areas enduring months in pain while waiting for urgent dental care

ABC

Children in regional areas are waiting for months in pain and in some cases travelling thousands of kilometres to access urgent dental care as fewer private hospitals offer the procedures and public waitlists blow out. The private hospitals in Rockhampton, a nearly two-hour drive from Mia's home, no longer do dental procedures, and her mum says the public system was …

Health General Procedure Costs Patients Care Hospitals

3 months, 3 weeks ago

UnitingCare Queensland flags split with country's largest health insurance buying group Australian Health Service Alliance

ABC

The not-for-profit behind four Queensland hospitals has given notice to end its contract with Australia's largest health insurance buying group. If a new deal is not reached by the end of November, policyholders with AHSA's member health funds will not be covered at UnitingCare Queensland's hospitals, AHSA said. If that fails, AHSA policyholders could face "significant out-of-pocket gaps" at UnitingCare …

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4 months ago

Meet the 'miracle' premature babies who are now happy and thriving

ABC

Kaydee Selby-Brown was terrified when she had to unexpectedly deliver her twin girls in a regional Queensland hospital at 23 weeks pregnant last year. Similar experiences for other mums Bundaberg mum Brittany Cavanough also went through a scary experience when she felt her baby's foot prematurely coming out of her cervix late last year. "One night I felt something at …

Service Hospital Bay Born Months Charlotte Weeks

4 months ago

Hervey Bay man charged with attempted murder after alleged knife attack on police

ABC

New protective vests have been credited with saving police officers from serious injury after a tense stand-off with a man in Hervey Bay, three hours north of Brisbane, on Monday. Queensland's Minister for Police told Parliament that wearing integrated load-bearing vests helped keep the police officers safe. 'Investment in the vest' The integrated load-bearing vests were rolled out to police …

Man Officers Parliament Police Officers Queensland Hervey Bay Queensland Police

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sheraton's Hervey Bay developer did not consult traditional owners, Indigenous group says

ABC

Traditional owners say they fear a newly approved development set to become Queensland's largest five-star resort north of Brisbane will compromise the future of a picturesque stretch of foreshore. Luxury hotel giant Sheraton Resort will operate the 18-storey development on the Hervey Bay esplanade, four hours' north of Brisbane, following the Fraser Coast Regional Council's decision last month to approve …

Development Land Traditional Bay Owners Coast Supplied

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post-pandemic boom as international tourists now spending the most since COVID

ABC

In short: International tourists are breaking spending records, signalling a rebound towards pre-pandemic levels. Queensland's capital Brisbane and holiday hot spot Sunshine Coast had tourists spending more than ever before. Meanwhile foreign travellers to the Whitsundays, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Coast and Outback Queensland had tourists spending rates above 2019, before coronavirus arrived in Australia. 'They stay longer and …

International Spending Tourists Queensland Brisbane Hervey Bay Sunshine Coast

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Community pays tribute to Christine Lyness after fatal Easter Sunday car crash near Hervey Bay

ABC

In short: A former colleague has paid tribute to Christine Lyness, who was killed in a crash near Hervey Bay on Easter Sunday. A former colleague has paid tribute to Christine Lyness, who was killed in a crash near Hervey Bay on Easter Sunday. A Queensland nursing assistant has been remembered as a dedicated mother and aged care worker after …

Car Crash Bay Hervey Bay Hervey Easter Sunday Christine Lyness

1 year, 5 months ago

Woman attacked by four dingoes on K'gari (Fraser Island)

ABC

A woman has been flown to hospital after being attacked by four dingoes while jogging along the beach on K'gari. Key points: A woman has been attacked by a pack of dingoes while jogging at Orchid Beach on K'gari The ambulance service says she was chased into the ocean before suffering bite wounds The woman was flown to Hervey Bay …

Bay Woman Island Dingoes Hervey Bay Hospital

1 year, 10 months ago

Guava-root knot nematode detected in Hervey Bay with farmers and gardeners on high alert

ABC

A highly invasive and destructive pest that attacks the roots of vegetables and can cause significant crop loss has been discovered in a Hervey Bay backyard. Key points: Biosecurity Queensland detected a case of the rare pest guava root-knot nematode in a Hervey Bay backyard The pest poses a significant threat to plant industries and can cause significant crop losses …

Sweet Bay Plant Queensland Hervey Bay Potato Guava

1 year, 11 months ago

Hervey Bay the setting for new Australian movie 13 Summers as filmmakers seek new locations

ABC

A small, regional Queensland town is the latest to host a film production as Australian locations continue to attract local and international projects. Hervey Bay on Queensland's Fraser Coast pipped the Sunshine Coast as the preferred location for 13 Summers, a new Australian thriller due out later this year. "We were pretty much thinking the Sunshine Coast would be the …

Film Location Production Locations Coast Stanford Queensland

2 years, 1 month ago

Whales wave goodbye to Queensland coast as turtle nesting season gets underway

ABC

A Queensland tourism operator says visitor numbers are finally back to pre-COVID levels as the whale season wraps up for another year. Key points: Hervey Bay has had a successful tourism whale season, but operators say they have capacity for more visitors Researchers say a citizen science project monitoring the migrating whales has been successful The turtle hatching season is …

Bay Queensland Hervey Bay Operator Whale Whales Dr Franklin

2 years, 8 months ago

Federal election candidates in Hinkler must address youth unemployment, leaders say

ABC

Abandoning traditional work arrangements and finding new industries could hold the key to reducing unemployment rates in the Queensland seat of Hinkler, a community leader says. Key points: Hinkler has the second highest youth unemployment rate in Queensland Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre says businesses need to accommodate the needs of younger people A Bundaberg jobs project officer says there are …

Youth Jobs Unemployment Work Youth Unemployment Young People Help

2 years, 10 months ago

Fraser Coast snake catcher the envy of his field with bedazzling blue beauties

ABC

They’re a rare prize and most snake catchers are lucky to come across one every few years, if ever. Key points: The blue phase tree snake is a rare genetic variation of traditional green-and-yellow tree snakes Most snake catchers are lucky to come across one every few years A Hervey Bay snake catcher has caught four blue snakes this season …

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3 years ago

Meals on Wheels deliveries help 94yo twins live independently at home

ABC

Queensland twins Fay Phillips and Rae Thomas have been able to continue living in their own homes thanks in part to a vital community service. Key points: Nonagenarian twins credit Meals on Wheels for enabling them to live independently at their Hervey Bay homes Meals on Wheels is powered by 10,000 volunteers and delivers 2.5 million meals each year The …

Community Help Live Meals Kate Queensland Abc

3 years, 5 months ago

Seafood, bottle shop added to Queensland's close contacts list of COVID-19 exposure sites that include regional Qantas flights

ABC

Two new close contact exposure sites were added to Queensland Health's website on Saturday afternoon. Six flights crewed by a flight attendant who tested positive for the Delta variant of COVID-19 on Thursday were updated from casual to close contact exposure sites. The flights were between Brisbane, Hervey Bay, Gladstone and Longreach on July 11 and 12. Queensland Health has …

Seafood Flight Bay Qantas Sites Queensland Hervey Bay

3 years, 5 months ago

Flight attendant who tested positive to COVID-19 crewed six flights in regional Queensland

ABC

A Qantas flight attendant has tested positive to COVID-19 after crewing six flights in Queensland during her infectious period. A number of potential exposure sites have been identified, including: July 11 — Brisbane to Longreach, Qantas flight 2534 July 11 — Longreach to Brisbane, Qantas flight 2535 July 11 — Brisbane to Gladstone, Qantas flight 2346 July 11/12 — Stayed …

Border Flight Covid Qantas Zone Sydney Gladstone

3 years, 10 months ago

Elderly and low income earners living in tents amid Queensland's growing rental crisis

ABC

A tent village has appeared in Hervey Bay, on Queensland's Fraser Coast, full of locals with nowhere else to go. Key points: Hervey Bay residents have been forced to live in tents amid a rental crisis About 40 to 50 people are turning up for rental inspections Support providers are warning homelessness is a state-wide problem Queensland's growing rental crisis …

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