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Rockhampton residents can enjoy some of the region’s best food and music at the Great Australian Bites festival on Tuesday.
Attendees are encouraged to bring bean bags and picnic rugs to watch the citizenship and Australia Day Award ceremonies and listen to Denvah, Maddi and The Hoopers, Relic, Indigo Electric, and Silky Fuzz, which is headlining the event.
Advance Rockhampton tourism and events manager Annette Pearce said the day honoured those who went above and beyond for the community.
“And, we’ll be welcoming new Australians who have made our region their home,” she said.
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Subscriber only Rockhampton s Australia Day festivities have been moved again because of heightened COVID-19 concerns and feedback from residents. Acting mayor Neil Fisher recently said the event would be held on the bank of the Fitzroy River, but Rockhampton Regional Council announced on Friday afternoon it would instead be held at Kershaw Gardens. We ve had a lot of community feedback on the best location for this year s event and we ve taken that all on board in picking a spot, Cr Fisher said. The Heritage Village is unfortunately out this year due to the temporary closure. We had originally been looking at Riverside but following concerns from the community around social distancing as well as concerns from Darumbal People Aboriginal Corporation about that location, council has decided to move it to Kershaw Gardens.