Get Your Rubbish Ready

Photo credit: abc news  Townsville residents living in suburbs hit hardest by the record rain event are urged to start preparing for the upcoming bulk waste blitz. Local Recovery and Resilience Group Chair Les Walker said a surge of Australian Defence Force personnel...

Townsville Preps for Post-Flood Mossies

Townsville City Council crews have begun monitoring mosquito-prone areas across the city following the unprecedented floods.  Ground and aerial treatments of all breeding sites with increased mosquito numbers will take place after the water recedes to normal levels. ...

Burst Water Main in Black River

Townsville City Council crews are responding to a burst water main in Black River. For Council crews to repair the damage, the water supply has been shut down. Residents in Black River may be without or have reduced pressure water for up to six hours while the urgent...

Ross River Spillway Gates

Attributable to Townsville Local Disaster Management Group Chair Mayor Jenny Hill:“The first opening of the spillway gates occurred automatically when the dam level was 38.65m – as per the dam’s Emergency Action Plan (EAP) – which occurred about 1.30pm on 30 January,”...

For When Life Isn’t Black and White

By: Jennie Scott Do you ever wish life could be reduced and simplified, just like our teachers taught us to do with fractions? Take the numbers you see and reduce them until they can’t be reduced any more — 50/100 becomes 1/2, the large and complex becoming small and...