By Jen Gourley Santa is all fired up for the Thangool Christmas Fair this Saturday (December 10)! With his reindeer resting up for their super-sized sleigh-pull on Christmas Eve, the big guy in the red suit will be hopping on board a fire engine and arriving in style for this family-friendly festive event. As well […]
Editor Jen Gourley discovers a garden that hits new heights – combining rocks, plants, historical artefacts, a little bit of whimsy and a whole lot of art. When I was invited to visit this garden, I’d heard it was something rather special. But as I drove slowly up a winding hill, just a few kilometres […]
By Jen Gourley Bubbles to blow into the breeze; playdough to roll out; fire trucks, an ambulance and a police van to climb in; water activities; fingerpainting; necklaces to make; sandpits to dig in; musical instruments to play; books to read; cubbyhouses to pretend in; robots to assemble out of cardboard boxes… There was so […]
Revamp underway for historic Hotel Thangool By Jen Gourley Oh, the stories this hotel could tell if the old walls and creaky floors could talk. The tall stories swapped between mates, the jokes shared, and the sound of thousands of beer glasses plonked down on the bar… This historic pub has been part of Thangool […]
Christine Muller is a much-loved, lifetime resident of Thangool. Her parents, Geoff and Gloria Webb, ran the town’s convenience store, Webb’s Self Service, for decades – an integral part of Thangool’s history and character. Christine taught at Biloela State School for five years, before she married her husband, John Muller. She’s one of those bubbly […]
Michael and Christina Tanzer and their family were headed off on a holiday of a lifetime in September this year. A photo sits on their windowsill at home of their eldest son on the Kuranda train, and they planned to reproduce that photo with their nine-year-old daughter Stephanie. “We were only hours away from it,” […]