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Do you remember way back when........... a barge trip to K’gari (Fraser Island) was one vehicle at a time?

Apr 23 2023 Updated February 25, 2025

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Did you take a trip on Elmer’s barge back in the day?

Tourism trailblazer Gordon Elmer launched ‘Fraser Dawn’ in mid-1967 – the first vehicle barge to cross the fast-flowing strait separating Inskip Point from the southern tip of Fraser Island.

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From the Queen’s Mainland back to Queensland: A Farewell to Michelle Gilmore

Elisa Mele, Elisa: People, Places & Stories Women of Cooloola Coast - IG @womenofcooloolacoast It was quite the transoceanic leap when Heatley and Michelle Gilmore left London to return to Australia, more precisely, to Rainbow Beach. They had...

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01 May 2025

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Community Centre Update - April 2025

Denise Orr Rainbow Beach Community Centre is gradually adjusting to life under the new team of Jed Elmer, John McLinden, and Lynda Twamley after the resignations of long-time stalwarts Fiona Hawthorne (retired) and Jenny Brown (moved to Gold Coast)...

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01 May 2025

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Community Skilling Up To Be Prepared In Rainbow Beach

Nicole Harper, CCR Project Manager Plan C started delivering its Community Carers and Responders (CCR) training to Pomona, Gympie, and Maryborough last year and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. A new program will start on the Coolool...

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01 May 2025

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01 Apr 2025

End Of An Era For Ice Worx

DEAN’S ICE WORX STORY Marilyn Dean Dean’s Ice was started over thirty years ago on 19 March 1993 from small beginnings. We rented half a shed and set ourselves up with a small ice manufacturing machine, a container for storage of product, and...

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31 Oct 2023

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Good Shepherd Turns 30

Happy 30th birthday to the Good Shepherd Church! A dedicated service taken by the present minister Rev. Shaji Joseph, past minister Rev. Kev Lewis and L.A. Beris Trainer was held to celebrate this milestone. Lyn Bleakley kindly supplied a brief...

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08 Oct 2023

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Learn To Conquer Anxiety In August

Please join Cooloola Coast Women and Business Group (CCWAB) for our upcoming free event on Tuesday 29 August at 10am in the serene setting of Phil Rogers Park in Rainbow Beach. This special gathering is open to all women and aims to empower each...

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Rainbow Editor

01 Aug 2023

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A History of Wide Bay Dragons

Bundaberg Regatta 2023 and a Little Wide Bay Dragon History In beautiful Queensland winter weather, the four Wide Bay dragon boat teams met on Bundaberg’s Burnett River for the Bundaberg Regatta over the weekend of 17 and 18 June. This is the...

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Rainbow Editor

02 Jul 2023