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HAVE YOU SEEN THE GUERILLA GARDENER?
By the time you notice, it may already be too late: the soil is healthier, the bees have moved in, and something edible is quietly thriving where yesterday there was nothing but sand and bureaucracy. For the uninitiated, guerrilla gardening is the art of planting in...
A FAMILIAR FACE SAYS FAREWELL
Diane Kerr Retires After an extraordinary 37 years of dedicated service, Diane Kerr is retiring from the Suncorp Agency in Childers, marking the end of an era for the local community. Known and loved by generations of customers, Diane has been a familiar and...
NO STACKING
Uno Rules That Might Ruin Game Night UNO is one of those games that’s guaranteed to bring the fun… and the arguments. In fact, bickering over the rules is practically a bonus feature. But now, UNO’s owner Mattel has officially stepped in to settle the debates...
How Does Your MP Vote?
Mark Twain once observed, “If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two tongues and one ear.” It’s advice that feels especially relevant in today’s divided world. Listening to opposing views — even when we strongly disagree — is a mark of wisdom,...
WELCOME TO THE 2026 STACKHAT AWARDS
PLEASE NOTE: The Chitchat received this media submission regarding recent events in the news. We were on the fence deciding whether it was too much or not enough to publish, so we thought why not let you decide for yourself. After all, we believe in free speech....
THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING GROWING ON AT DALEYS
Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery Interview The Chitchat caught up with the crew from Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery last week to discuss their thriving online plant business and how the Bundaberg / Childers region can benefit from growing some rare, weird, and wonderful fruit....
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VS THE BLUES
Rawness Vs Replication Musical Journalist Ben Vee recently published an article that hit very close to home. He wrote about how AI is coming for the blues. As a blues guitarist myself, I always assumed that the blues was going to be safe. There have been challengers...
A FAMILY LEGACY CONTINUES – Grand Hotel Childers
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...
SKIN TAGS AND BLOOD SUGAR
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...
A Childhood Inflation Story: from street fighter to sauce sachets
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’...
GYMKHANA GOES FULL THROTTLE DOWN UNDER
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...
Extreme Cowboy Racing Bundaberg
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...
ROSS RIVER FEVER – Bundaberg
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...
TOP 3 BOOKS TO READ BEFORE GETTING INTO REAL ESTATE INVESTING
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...
HOPE ISN’T A STRATEGY, HERE’S WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS
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...
January 2026 Off Grid Zone
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...
TIS THE SEASON-ING
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...
WHEN SCIENCE GOES FULL CHIMERA
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...
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