ABC Capricornia

04/12/2025

BIRD OF THE WEEK: NOISY FRIARBIRD 🐦

Every Friday the brekkie show is on the lookout for a local bird.

This week it's the noisy friarbird. Do you know where to find them?

Malcolm Wells captured this photo in his backyard.

If you do, tune in at 9:10am today and find out how you can go in the draw to win an ABC Prize pack.
Happy bird watching!

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02/12/2025

🎄While the ABC Capricornia and ABC Tropical North teams were in the Isaac region this week, they caught the Christmas Train in Dysart.

🎅 A partnership between Dysart Community Support Group and the Dysart Lions Club, the train is run by a group of dedicated volunteers.

🤶A local tradition, the train, which is more than 40 years-old, chugs by all of the Christmas lights in town.

🎁The team is always looking for more volunteers, if you've got some spare time, reach out to the clubs.

02/12/2025

The ABC Capricornia and ABC Tropical North western road trip continues. 🚗

This morning we are broadcasting a joint breakfast show in Dysart. 🎙️

Presenters Jeremy Jones and Rob Kidd (pictured with Dysart bakery owner Toby Teelow) are on air outside the bakery until 10am - come and say g’day! 📷

If you’ve got a story to share they’d love to have a chat! 👍

01/12/2025

ABC Capricornia has hit the road with ABC Tropical North. 🚗

This morning we are broadcasting a joint breakfast show in Moranbah. 🎙️

Presenters Rob Kidd and Jeremy Jones (pictured with Isaac Regional Council Mayor Kelly Vea Vea) are on air outside the bakery until 10am - come and say g’day! 📷

If you’ve got a story to share they’d love to have a chat! 👍

30/11/2025

After a soaking November, this week could deliver a very brief reprieve from the storms and scorching heat.

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After a soaking November, this week could deliver a very brief reprieve from the storms and scorching heat.

29/11/2025

Now living in a quiet, idyllic seaside town in Queensland, board shaper Bruce Palmer has been credited with influencing 1970s surf culture in the United Kingdom and across Europe.

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Now living in a quiet, idyllic seaside town in Queensland, board shaper Bruce Palmer has been credited with influencing 1970s surf culture in the United Kingdom and across Europe.

28/11/2025

A Queensland government-ordered report on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapies in the treatment of transgender adolescents is due on Sunday but might never be publicly released.

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A Queensland government-ordered report on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapies in the treatment of transgender adolescents is due on Sunday but might never be publicly released.

28/11/2025

Though she only tried the sport for the first time this year, the 18-year-old nursing student was one of several Australians taking home gold after competing in coastal rowing in Barbados, ahead of the sport's 2028 Olympic debut.

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Though she only tried the sport for the first time this year, the 18-year-old nursing student was one of several Australians taking home gold after competing in coastal rowing in Barbados, ahead of the sport's 2028 Olympic debut.

27/11/2025

Dozens of stores across every corner of the state have been closed for three months as officers exercise new powers passed in Queensland's parliament last week.

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Dozens of stores across every corner of the state have been closed for three months as officers exercise new powers passed in Queensland's parliament last week.

26/11/2025

From January to August this year, Queensland's emergency departments treated an average of 156 e-scooter injuries each month.

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Kloe Weedon's son Zeke William Hondow, a schoolboy with a sharp wit and even sharper haircuts, was farewelled at a funeral last week.

26/11/2025

ℹ️ The Bureau of Meteorology has cancelled the weather warning for this region. This post will not be updated ℹ️

📷 What does it look like at your place?
​​​​​​​👉Further storms may be possible tonight or tomorrow

​​​​​​​⚬ For real-time radar data, visit the BOM: www.bom.gov.au/australia/radar/
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ℹ️ ABC Emergency: ab.co/ABC_QLD
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26/11/2025

Hot chimps 🔥🔥

Rockhampton Zoo is treating animals to iced treats, sprinkler showers and baths to cool down in Queensland’s heatwave.

The central Queensland city is getting up to 36 degrees Celsius this week as blistering heat moves in from the west to the coast, affecting Cairns down to the Gold Coast.

Brisbane is forecast to peak at 36C on Thursday and Ipswich, to the capital’s west, could climb to 37C.

✍️ by Vanessa Jarrett