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25.01.2022 Community announcement planned burn Smoke from Joseph Banks Conservation Park Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) will conduct a planned burn on Wednesday, 5 August 2020 within the Joseph Banks Conservation Park at the town of Seventeen Seventy adjacent to Captain Cook Drive and the internal power line running north south, as part of the annual hazard reduction/conservation management program for parks and forests.... These burns are being undertaken to help protect life and property in the event of a wildfire. Smoke may be seen in the vicinity of 1770 and Agnes Water area. Smoke can decrease visibility on the roads so it is important that motorists drive safely to the conditions. Persons with respiratory or other health problems should seek medical advice on mitigating the effects of smoke inhalation. Observe all signage, barriers and directions from rangers, and do not enter closed area.

25.01.2022 Community News is back..........

23.01.2022 Applications for funding close this Friday 28 August 2020

23.01.2022 Where the heck is Agnes Water? The locals regard it as their private paradise so we won't give too much away in our #ThrowbackThursday segment. The twin towns o...f Agnes Water and 1770 are about one and half hour’s drive along the coast north of Bundaberg. On 16 August 2000, 20 years ago - the new Agnes Water (note no 's' on the end of Water, so commonly misspelt) QAS Station, previously a branch of Miriam Vale was opened by the Minister for Emergency Services, The Hon Stephen Robertson, along with QAS Commissioner Dr Gerry FitzGerald. The first Officer in Charge (OIC) of the new station was Sean Balkin. From November 1998 there was a local push for a station at Agnes Water. In September 1999 funding was granted and the recruitment for the Intensive Care Paramedic position commenced, introducing Sean Balkin who started in Agnes Water on the 20th December 1999 prior to the official opening of the station in August the following year. In its 20 years of the ambulance station at Agnes Water, paramedics have responded to a wide range of incidents and illnesses including aircraft, boating, surfing, road and farming incidents and many other domestic-related incidents. Most of these are transported under care by road to Bundaberg Hospital. More urgent cases are airlifted by helicopter. The Agnes Water/1770 Local Ambulance Committee (LAC) was formed in May 2000 and began to raise funds for equipment for their new station before it was even officially opened. One such member of this committee was the late Clarrie 'Bomber' Brown, who became the LAC Vice President. In a short time, Bomber touched so many lives. He was always available to help his local community and the LAC were privileged to have him. With Bomber being a very keen golfer, the LAC decided to honour him with the inaugural "Bomber Classic Golf Day", which was held on Father's Day in 2003. This event was embraced by the local businesses and community. Approximately 100 keen golfers supported the event coming from all parts of the shire and surrounds. The shot gun start was fittingly, an ambulance siren. The event raised $7,000! The LAC was approached to nominate for the Miriam Vale Shire Council Australia Day Awards for the Community Event of the Year and were extremely proud to have been named the winner of this award for 2003. Agnes Water is now a very popular coastal town, bustling with tourists. The town grew from a few houses at the beach to the tourist hot spot destination it is today. Congratulations on 20 years of service to the Agnes Water/1770 community!

21.01.2022 4 August 2020 Final chance to hear from Council on Agnes Water Beach Visitor Carpark Gladstone Regional Council (GRC) will host a third community consultation session at Agnes Water relating to the upcoming construction of a carpark at 5 Agnes Street. Council hosted two pop-up stalls on 20 July and 22 July, providing opportunity for residents to gain further understanding of the project, which will commence construction in September. The upcoming session will be held 5pm-7.15...pm on Wednesday 5 August at Agnes Water Community Centre (71 Springs Road). The session will provide residents a final opportunity to pose queries about the project to Council, in order to better understand the reasoning behind the works and the expected results, Gladstone Region Mayor Matt Burnett said. Due to COVID-19 restrictions numbers are limited and RSVPs are required for contact tracing purposes and to ensure social distancing is maintained. Residents attending Wednesday’s session are requested to adhere to social distancing guidelines (1.5 metres), and to not attend if they have returned from overseas or a COVID-19 hotspot in the past 14 days, have cold or flu like symptoms, or have been in contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the past 14 days. Visit GRC’s Conversations platform (https://conversations.gladstone.qld.gov.au) and click on the Agnes Water Beach Visitor Carpark tile to RSVP, alternatively you can RSVP by calling 4970 0700.

20.01.2022 This is the whole program, the interview is about 15 minutes in, if you can wait that long? X

18.01.2022 Applications to Council’s Community Investment Program for the following funding streams are now open, closing August 31. Regional Enhancement Fund Strategi...c Projects Regional Enhancement Fund Community Projects Regional Enhancement Fund Environmental Care Connected Communities Fund Sport & Recreation Operations Applications are accepted year round for: Community Hall Subsidy Charity Waste Tipping Waiver funding Plant and Equipment Development Fee Reimbursement For more information and to apply visit www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/community-investment

18.01.2022 When a giant kookaburra comes to visit Agnes Water/1770... everyone has a good laugh! The local kookaburras were not impressed with the loud laughing from the gigantic intruder and several flew around very excited and joined in the laughter.

17.01.2022 Baffle Art Group presents the Art of Papier Mache Baffle Art Group is hosting the Communities and Altered Landscape program which is jointly funded under the Commonwealth/State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. The program consists of a series of creative thought-provoking creative workshops to encourage locals to express in their own way, the positive things about living in the Baffle / Deepwater / Rules Beach area. The two free workshops will explore the sculptural e...xploration of form using the Art of Papier Mache. The workshop will include drawing and designing, adhesive preparation and creative artwork using paints. Each workshop will be run in two sessions. Denise Wild is the facilitator and is an established local professional writer, award-winning photographer and visual artist. Denise has diverse and extensive experience in working within the community sector including festival and event management, media, marketing and business management, arts workshop tutorials and facilitation. An additional workshop has been made available to allow for spacing Workshop 1: Mache session Sunday 23 August & Painting session Sunday 30 August 2020 Workshop 2: Mache session Sunday 6 September & Painting session Sunday 13 September, 2020 9.15am for a 9.30am start 1.00pm finish All materials will be supplied. Complimentary tea and coffee and light morning tea will be suppliedplease bring your own lunch & cup Baffle Art Shed, Cnr Fernfield Road and Coast Road (BCCI grounds) The Baffle Art Group are keeping everyone as safe as possible, following the guidelines set by the Government. Adjustments to the Art Shed Facility are currently in place to cater for safe workshops. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Feeling unwell? Please stay home. If you develop a fever, a cough, sore throat or shortness of breath, contact a Doctor of call 13HEALTH (13 43 25 84) RSVP as soon as possible as numbers are strictly limited Email [email protected] or Phone 0435 928 939

14.01.2022 Only 4 nights to go, have you sent your family and friends birthday dates in? Deadline for this week, is Tue 12 noon...

13.01.2022 QAS Thursday 6 August 2020 Lowmead two-truck crash Two male patients were transported to Gladstone Hospital following a serious two-truck crash on the Bruce Highway and Granite Creek Road at 11.20pm (Wednesday). A male patient in his 40s was transported in a critical condition with multiple injuries and large burns, while the second male in his 50s was transported in a serious but stable condition with significant leg and arm injuries. QAS crews remained on standby as emergency services controlled a fire from the crash. Updated from Senior Operations Supervisor CQ QAS Alistair Vagg: 7.19am 6/8/20 via QAS audio At approximately 11.30pm at approximately 50 km south of Miriam Vale three semi-trailers crashed into each other due to significantly heavy fog causing two of them to catch fire and become significantly alight.

08.01.2022 Congratulations to our very own Penny Palfry!

08.01.2022 Would you like to put a small ad in the Coastal Rag Newspaper? It will be out on Saturday 22nd August 2020. The deadline is Tuesday 18th. I can send you an email if you are not sure or maybe put it in the following paper. We are doing a Father's Day special where we are going to ask the children to send in dads jokes, drawings and stories!

06.01.2022 COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND APPLICATIONS OPEN Round 106 of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund Queensland is now open! Not-for-profit organisations can apply fo...r grants from $500 to $35,000. Applications close at 11.59pm on Monday 31 August 2020. https://www.justice.qld.gov.au//community/guidelines/about

06.01.2022 Appeal to locate Jon Gurney myPolice on Aug 21, 2020 @ 4:19pm Police are seeking public assistance to locate a 31-year-old man alleged to be using online dating applications to meet women before assaulting and robbing them.... Since July 2020 John Dennis Gurney (pictured) has been linked to a number of serious offences including assault, robbery, fraud, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and stealing occurring between Brisbane and Rockhampton. An arrest warrant has been issued for Mr Gurney relating to failing to appear in court on a matter from 2019. Police have received a number of reports of the man allegedly targeting women through social media, where he stays with them a number of days before stealing property and leaving. He has been allegedly detected using the women’s credit cards at various locations following his departure. His last known location was Agnes Water this morning (August 21) where it is believed he departed on a bus. He is described as Caucasian, around 180cm tall with a muscular build, blue eyes and brown hair. Gurney has a rose tattoo on his neck as well as tattoos on his shoulders, arms and hand. Police have also released CCTV of an incident in West Gladstone where a stolen debit card was allegedly used to make a number of purchases. Police are urging anyone who may see the man not to approach him but to contact Triple Zero (000) immediately or call Policelink on 131 444 with information regarding his previous whereabouts. https://d2haxmvzil2swt.cloudfront.net///21/154856_CCTV.mp4 If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting. You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day. Quote this reference number: QI2001754689 within the online suspicious activity form.

02.01.2022 RACQ Capricorn Rescue Sunday 4th October 2020 Task Details: ... Date of Task: 04 October 2020 Time Left Base: 08.30am Tasked To: 1770 Taken To: Sunshine Coast University Hospital Reason for Aeromedical transfer: Near Drowning Brief: RACQ CAPRICORN RESCUE was tasked this morning to a near drowning in the 1770 area. The patient, a man in his 70s was participating in a triathlon event when he suffered a suspected heart attack. He was pulled from the water unconscious by local Surf Lifesavers and resuscitated on scene. The RACQ CAPRICORN RESCUE Helicopter landed on scene and the onboard Doctor and Critical Care Paramedic stabilised the man for transport to Sunshine Coast University Hospital. He remained in a serious but stable condition throughout the flight and was accompanied by his partner. Due to the quick response of the personnel first on scene and their ability to defibrillate and apply CPR, it is expected the patient will make a full recovery.

01.01.2022 Looks whats visiting our region. Thanks for the awesome pics Wayne.

01.01.2022 Did you know that if you are 65 and over, you can get a subsidy for purchasing meals from Discovery Coast Meals on Wheels? Even better with the help from dona...tions made into our cash for cans account (C10139039), We can give you 1 FREE meal to try! Call today or text and taste 1 of the many varieties of meals on offer! 0477 885 506 See more