by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
For nearly three decades, the Grand Hotel Childers has been more than just a pub — it has been a family home, a community meeting place and a living piece of the town’s history. The hotel was originally purchased in 1996 by the current owner’s parents, and from that...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
The link no one’s talking about Skin tags are often dismissed as a harmless nuisance — something to snip, freeze or ignore. But, they can be a quiet metabolic clue, a cryptic hint from your body that something is awry and requires your attention! Skin Tags are a...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | John E Middleclass, News, Uncategorised
Eventually, the Gov comes for your chip packet too. I learned more about economics in a fish and chip shop than I ever did from a government-approved school syllabus or textbook. As a kid, my parents would hand me three dollars and a mission: buy two dollars’...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
The controlled chaos of car gymkhana roared back into the spotlight this month, with tyres squealing and engines echoing across some of Australia’s most recognisable locations. Gymkhana 2025: Aussie Shred has landed, reminding motorsport fans that precision, awareness...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
Extreme Cowboy Racing Takes Hold In Bundaberg Extreme Cowboy Racing is a fast-growing equestrian sport that puts the partnership between horse and rider front and centre, combining skill, versatility and fun in a lively, high-energy setting. Horse-and-rider teams...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
MORE THAN AN ITCH, ROSS RIVER FEVER IS A GROWING CONCERN If you’ve noticed the mozzies are out in force lately, you’re not imagining it. From Bundaberg to Bargara and Woodgate, the region’s hot, wet and stormy weather has created ideal conditions for mosquitoes...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
Bundaberg & Childers Investment In Real Estate If you’re thinking about getting into real estate investing in 2026, the smartest first step isn’t buying a property — it’s building the right mindset and understanding how wealth is actually created. Real estate...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | John E Middleclass, News, Uncategorised
Finance 101 If you’re reading this, struggling to break into the property market, exhausted, wondering how you’re doing everything “right” and still falling behind — this is for you. You didn’t imagine it. Life really did get harder. Two incomes used to be enough, now...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
We kicked 2025 off with a bang as the federal government adds an additional $5 Billion to the home batteries program. This is massive news for all of those people who were worried about missing out. But as I predicted, the government can clearly see the benefits and...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | Dusty Salt-ington, News, Uncategorised
Food has a funny way of both connecting and repelling us. Take coriander, for example: to some it’s fresh and citrusy, to others it tastes unmistakably like soap or a wet boot. Around a shared table, especially at Christmas or New Years, these differences are what...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
MAD SCIENCE Science used to be… respectful—a careful search for truth, a slow uncovering of nature’s secrets. Now it’s morphed into a reckless carnival of glowing cats, pig-me people, Benjamin Button rodents, and DNA splicing across species because, well… who says...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
Con The Fruiterer Wouldn’t Let You Walk Past These Lychee’s There was a golden moment in the 1980s when Australian comedy lived on free-to-air television and characters like Con The Fruiterer with phrases like “coupla days,” “bewdiful,” and “doesn’t madda”...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
Hunting Treasure In Bundaberg’s Racks Op shops have always been a bit magical. Like being transported to a Middle Eastern bazaar or a Las Vegas pawn shop. Push open the door, catch the familiar mix of old books and bric-a-brac, clothes racks and fabric softener...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
2025 In Review When we first arrived in the region, we were astonished to see a humble little paper still chugging along, supported so wholeheartedly by the local readership and business community. I had always assumed newspapers were heading the way of the dodo, so...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
Let’s not beat around the bush (or the bowl). If you’re a man of a certain age—wise, worldly, and maybe just a little creaky in the joints—it’s time we talked openly about something you probably haven’t brought up over a beer: your bowel habits. Yes, we’re...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
GemLife Life by the sea is taking on a new rhythm at Burnett Heads, where construction is now underway on GemLife Lighthouse Bay, a luxury over-50s lifestyle resort set to redefine coastal living on the Coral Coast. Just minutes from the shoreline, GemLife Lighthouse...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | John E Middleclass, News, Uncategorised
Why Bundaberg and Childers Are Still a Great Buy – Even as Aussies Start Looking Seriously at Japanese Real Estate For decades, the Australian dream followed a simple script: grow up, get a job, buy a house. But with headlines screaming about “record prices” and...
by chitchatmedia | Apr 29, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
Well, as the year draws to an end and I sit and reflect on the year that was, I can only say, WOW!! With the migration of people to the area we were already busy with off grid enquiries, but the Cheaper Home Battery Rebate on offer by the federal government has taken...
