Now, after sitting vacant for years, a new business will take up residency in the space. Rocking Horse Antiques will relocate into the top floor, moving from its Tanby Road store at Yeppoon. With the top floor around 1,000 sqm, it s at least four times the size of the former store. The huge floor space means it might be one of Queensland s biggest antique stores. Business owner Gavin Daniels and store manager Patsy Geddes said the new location would allow them to have a lot more furniture and special items. The high ceilings will also allow them to have very tall pieces of furniture.
MUCH like everyone else, the notorious year of 2020 will be an unforgettable one for Rockhampton MP Barry O Rourke.
From the moment that 2020 clicked over on the calendar, much of the country was on fire and the parched Rockhampton region was no exception.
Mr O Rourke threw his support behind the Morning Bulletin s Fair go for our fireys campaign which ultimately resulted in the Federal Government announcing our heroic firefighting volunteers would be compensated for their protracted time away from work battling bushfires.
It was not long after the wet season quenched the bushfires that Mr O Rourke and his government had to brace themselves for a once in a lifetime challenge - navigating the health and economic catastrophe created by the COVID-19 pandemic.