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Jun 14, 2024 | 
northweststar.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Pictures by Samantha Campbell. Cloncurry and District Show has drawn a crowd on day one of the north west event, with showgoers attending from far and wide. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue reading All articles from our websiteThe digital version of Today's PaperBreaking news alerts direct to your inboxAll articles from the other in your areaThe day commenced with action packed itinerary in the arena with showjumping and working dog demonstrations.
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May 22, 2024 | 
northweststar.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
SkyKelpie would trade in bikes, horses and helicopters for a remote and easily accessible system. Photo supplied. Mustering cattle with horses, bikes or helicopters could soon be a thing of the past, as demonstrated to producers by a North Queensland tech-company. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
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May 9, 2024 | 
northweststar.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
A cooler April was witnessed across the north west. Picture supplied. A warmer winter is predicted across North Queensland despite a cooler April. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsA Bureau of Meteorologist spokesperson said North Queensland was likely to see above average temperatures across winter. "We are very likely to see above median maximum and minimum temperatures for June to August," the spokesperson said.
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May 1, 2024 | 
northweststar.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Northern operators say caravaners have started moving north as tourist season commences. File photoAn increased number of travellers have been seen trickling into the north, as roads across Queensland and the Northern Territory reopen. or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsAfter late flooding across Western Queensland and the Northern Territory restricting travel plans, northern operators say travellers are only just getting on the road.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
northweststar.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Queensland's youngest male councillor Johnty O'Brien has taken his seat on Carpentaria Shire Council. Photo supplied. Carpentaria Shire Council has claimed Queensland's youngest male councillor, after a 22-year-old resident was elected in the 2024 Local Government Election. or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsJohnty O'Brien was born and raised in Normanton in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
queenslandcountrylife.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Robert Curley said he gets a bit jittery when storms set in. Picture by Jacqueline Curley. It has been five years since north west Queensland graziers witnessed one of the worst weather events on record, resulting in 504,479 head of livestock freezing to death. It was February 2019, Cloncurry had just broken the record for the most consecutive days over 40 degrees, then overnight the rain and wind chill set in.
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Mar 10, 2024 | 
northweststar.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Robert Curley said he gets a bit jittery when storms set in. Picture by Jacqueline Curley. It has been five years since north west Queensland graziers witnessed one of the worst weather events on record, resulting in 504,479 head of livestock freezing to death. or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsIt was February 2019, Cloncurry had just broken the record for the most consecutive days over 40 degrees, then overnight the rain and wind chill set in.
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Mar 3, 2024 | 
northweststar.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Postie Bec Climie records her podcast More Than Mail on the road. Picture by Sharon Maxwell Images. Bec Climie isn't your average postie. Every week she travels 1200 kilometres delivering mail and the odd poddy lamb to remote cattle stations in outback Queensland. or signup to continue readingSee subscription optionsIn 2023, she made the decision to take others on the mail run with her, starting a podcast called, More Than Mail, sharing stories of people on the Kynuna mail run.
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
northweststar.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Bill and Rhoda Johnston can't find an insurance company to cover The Thirsty Camel. Photo supplied. The Duchess hotel is the latest victim of postcode insurance bureaucracy across outback Queensland pubs. The Thirsty Camel at Duchess, located 100 kilometres south of Mount Isa, is one of several pubs having to "run the gamble" as insurance companies allegedly turn their backs on the remote watering holes.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
northweststar.com.au | Samantha Campbell |Samantha Walton
Natalie and Simon Steele have held the rural chaplaincy role in Mount Isa for the last 15 years. Picture: SuppliedSimon Steele flying over flood waters near Julia Creek after the monsoonal flood of 2019. Photo supplied. The Salvation Army fly into Camooweal State School. Photo supplied. Chaplains fly off for new destinationAfter 15 years in the north west, the time has come for the flying chaplains to say goodbye to Mount Isa.
