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Subscriber only Last year saw people around the Bundaberg region mark Anzac Day at the end of their driveways, but this year we re able to come together at services again. There are plenty of services around the region for people keen to remember and pay their respects to our Diggers past and present. Check out where your closest service is in our list below.
Apple Tree Creek
Bargara 5.30am: Dawn Service Bargara War Memorial, The Esplanade and Bauer Street. Following the Service, Diggers and the Community are invited to the Bargara Beach Hotel for a complimentary Gunfire Breakfast. Two-up will commence at 8am.
Roads in the Bundaberg region have seen about one death a week on average since the year started.
The terrible toll extends out even further when you include those who have died on roads in other regions and becomes even more heartbreaking when wound back to the past six months.
The facts and figures are dire and it seems little is improving despite constant reminders of the fatal five.
Police urge drivers to consider their speed, not to drink drive, to wear seatbelts, not to drug-drive, to stop and rest and be mindful of the impacts medication can have on driving.
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Subscriber only A young man made enough profit from his drug business to cover his living expenses and fund a trip to Thailand, but things came undone when police searched his home. Arron David Flanders, 24, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Supreme Court on Thursday to one count of drug trafficking and six counts of supplying a dangerous drug. Police searched the shed Flanders was living in on his father s Apple Tree Creek property on December 6 in 2019. During the search police found a phone on the couch, with analysis later uncovering text messages revealing the device belonged to Flanders and that he was trafficking marijuana.
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Bundaberg is full of positive news and that is something to celebrate, which is why we are bringing you a weekly dose of good news stories from around the region.
Here are just some of the things that happened recently that made us smile.
WHISKY BUSINESS: New club serving neat tasting concept
Whether you drink it neat, on the rocks or mixed whisky lovers of Bundaberg now have a reason to toast with a new club in town.
Local pals Tai Burgess and Shane Chung are the faces behind the Bundaberg Whisky Club – a social experience that offers members a selection of world-class whiskys for their tasting pleasure.