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at crazy clark:turkish delights(rose/assorted fruits flavour)------$2 for a box(300g)

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ALL PRICES IN AUSSIE $$$ and prices change every week.

The usual R&R places where you would find cheap chocolate bars like $3.80 for a giant pack at BIG W department store(20% larger than normal family choc bars seen in spore)tastes creamier n softer too as compared to spore choc bars.

dvds??cheap??so is ebay nowadays.best war documentary dvds from crazy clark from $2-$5 voices of hitlers army etc etc.

drinks like pepsi 1.25L goes on cheap sale like $1.

Best value energy concentrated taurine drink would be MOTHER energy drink.a giant sized version of red bull 4 times the amount.$2.50 at the REJECT SHOP.

fresh steak and food prices have gone up these few years.no value except for canned food items.

instant noodles coles or woolworth brand beef or oriental flavour for$1/pack of 5.

meat pies or tv dinner goes for $5 each.coles 6 meat pies in 1 packet goes for $3.20, good for people on the go.

potato chips goes for $2-$3.50 at snack section at woolworth

canned tomato juice with whole tomatos with antioxidants for brain functioning goes for 70cents and 80 cents .good if you are a clerk and only need to do admin work.

smoked cod goes for $12/kg at seafood counter

alaskan crab goes for $35/kg from time to time seasonal

porterhouse steak goes for $17/kg at coles only

roasted chicken from deli goes at $10.80

golden delight potatos goes for $4.80 per 5kg bag at woolworths only

lobster cooked goes for $17 per lobster at woolworths from time to time

smoked chicken drumsticks goes for $4.30 in a pack of 4 at the frozen ham and meats freezer section

fresh tuna for sashimi goes for $30/kg at coles from time to time.

corned silverside beef goes for $6/kg at coles and needs 40 mins of boiling

best value for $$$$$ while serving time would be:

6 meat pies pack (microwave)

corned silverside beef from Coles supermarket(just boil it in pot inside camp for 40 mins)tastes like meat from 5 star hotel buffet.chemical added makes it able to last slightly longer as compared to fresh meat.

potato chips at woolworths

chocolates at BIG W

even more cheaper at IGA supermarket next to central queensland university.no shopping centres nearby.

rib eye steak at $12/kg

topside beef for roast beef $9/kg

economy porterhouse steak $9/kg

crumbed steak $10/kg

halfside lamb $8/kg

krc sausages $4.99/kg

pork medalion steak $10/kg

traditional ham $9.99/kg

large bbq chicken with free small salad $9.99

salami $20/kg

DRINKS

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2 cartons of coca cola/cola zero (48cans of 375ml) for $30 at IGA

Mother energy drink $2.30(500ml can) at IGA

Mother energy drink $5.50(500ml canx 4 cans) at Coles (1/2 price sale till 19sept)

FOOD COURT at stockland

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kfc chicken i had there looked like smallish pigeon sized...even smaller than spore kfc .

kebab stall is a new one and goes for like $8 for a lamb kebab or beef etc.

chinese stall for years sells at $8 for fried rice with 2 meat dishes-$9 for fried rice with 3 meat dishes.r\prices may have decreased by chinese owner being generous these few years.

new macdonalds inside food court sells the same old thing fish o fillet ...quarter pounder etc

new japanese stall next to chinese food stall sells unagi sushi fried rice etc

steak and turf sells ang mo food which might not be tasty to asian tastebuds

sushi job owned by ang mo next to dick smith is considered as $4-$7 sushi.not as exotic as spore version in cold storage but it has salmon raw sushi and those normally so so sushi types.

ASIANS WORKING IN stockland

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Most of them are on 1 year work /holiday visa for youths.

you can see many koreans boy and girls selling sushi,serving you in the food courts at chinese stalls and working maintaining trolley quantity in supermarkets.their pay is like $15/hr under minimum wage.most of these korean dudes might have just served their national service a few months ago but found a way of earning $15x8hr=$120/day or $3000/mth.why the korean boys n gals would sell their soul for $3k/mth is beyond my understanding.

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careful about things from reject shop and other chapalang shops.....sometimes the products due date long gone already. Eat make sure don't pengsan.

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careful about things from reject shop and other chapalang shops.....sometimes the products due date long gone already. Eat make sure don't pengsan.

its ok,in oz u can sue the owner for $1mil n win it cuz they serve u expired goods.its callled reject shop like crazy clarks shops.not much rejects n not crazy at all.

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waaa so good tips! thanks hitman88888888

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dont mention it.

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The United Nations human rights panel has rebuked the Australian government over its treatment of Aboriginals.

At the release of a report from the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva, one of the authors said discrimination has become "embedded" in the Australian way of life.

Committee member Patrick Thornberry lamented the fact that the Australian constitution lacks any entrenched protection against racial discrimination.

He said that that had led to a kind of structurally embedded discrimination in the way the Aboriginal intervention was being handled in the Northern Territory.

"That may be a certain disappointment, if I may say so, that this issue particularly to do with Aboriginal communities - it could have been handled in a more sensitive and culturally sensitive way," he said.

The committee criticised what it called the "unacceptably high level of disadvantage and social dislocation" for Indigenous people in the Northern Territory.

It welcomed the Labor government's national apology to Indigenous Australians, but said that concrete steps to increase life expectancy or improve the rate of deaths in custody had not yet been demonstrated.

The committee's recommendations were issued in a report following a regular review of Australia's compliance with an international treaty of 1969 prohibiting racism.

The report also raised concerns about the handling of refugees and asylum seekers, as well as anti-terrorism measures; discrimination against newer, mainly Muslim, ethnic communities; and assaults on foreign students.

CERD voiced concerns that the policy of processing refugees outside Australia meant that people seeking shelter in Australia were not being treated properly.

The treatment of refugees, especially those arriving from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka by boat, was a contentious issue during the federal election campaign.

On processing refugees, the committee recommended that the government:

The panel also said Australia must tighten rules governing the behaviour of its companies, especially mining firms, towards indigenous people at home and abroad.

"The committee notes with concern the absence of a legal framework regulating the obligation of Australian corporations at home and overseas whose activities, notably in the extractive sector, when carried out on the traditional territories of indigenous peoples, have had a negative impact on indigenous peoples' rights to land, health, living environment and livelihoods," it said.

The 18-member committee of independent experts on racism also told Australia to do more to integrate recent immigrants from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and other Muslim countries and tackle racism against Indigenous people in Australia.

Suggestions included negotiating a treaty with Indigenous Australians, giving them better access to legal aid and tackling laws in the Northern Territory that discriminate on the basis of race.

The committee bemoaned the fact that Australia had not complied with all its previous recommendations and asked the government to report back on what it was doing about the latest concerns and recommendations at the end of October, 2012.

- ABC/Reuters

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Why was a sick Aboriginal man left in the middle of a busy road?to die?

NATIONAL: AMY MCQUIRE* tells the story of a blatant act of racism, which is even more shocking when you consider the attempts to justify it.

It happened at 2:30 on a Friday afternoon, as parents rushed to pick up their children from the nearby primary school.

Car after car drove past the man, who lay heaped on the heated tarmac, his body touching the hard white lines in the middle of the road.

It was unclear how long he had been lying there, vulnerable to the fury of oncoming traffic. It was as if this was a casual occurrence in the Central Queensland town of Rockhampton, a regional centre of 60,000 people, 5.7 percent of them Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

The man was middle-aged and dark-skinned, an Aboriginal man from the nearby community of Woorabinda. Despite this, he looked much older, and had the health of an elderly man.

His identity smudged out by traffic, his motionless body went largely unnoticed that afternoon. That was until one person stopped.
Stella Dempsey, a local who lived right around the corner, was driving her car towards the shopping centre when she spotted a dark mass through the flurry of wheels.

Horrified, she watched as seven cars drove past him as fast as the 50 kilometre speed limit would allow, while she hurriedly tried to help.

“I didn’t know what it was,” Ms Dempsey told me. “Then I said, ‘Oh my God, it’s a man! I pulled up and got out of the car. I said ‘mate what’s wrong?’

“He was hitting his chest, hitting his chest with his hand.”

Deeply concerned, Ms Dempsey asked the man what was wrong. He said it was a heart attack. “I freaked when he said that,” she says.

Panicked and without her mobile phone, Ms Dempsey began stopping traffic. After slowing a few cars, and gaining assistance from another man, she was finally able to call for an ambulance. She says it took them about 15 minutes to get there.

Ms Dempsey says that rather than evoking compassion for a clearly sick Aboriginal man, the incident attracted spectators.

“I got cranky at a couple of cars. I swore at them. They really were just gawking. There was a woman who lived across the road. She was standing there… I was nasty to her, she was only a hop, skip and jump away and all she was doing was watching.

“The point was, if you don’t want to get out of your cars, just call the police. Ring the police or the ambulance.”

By then, police had also arrived. An Aboriginal Liaison Officer was on the scene, but didn’t speak to the man.

“I’m disgusted at people. Disgusted at the ambulance. Disgusted at the liaison officer who didn’t come over,” Ms Dempsey says.

“Disgusted that it took over seven phone calls to get the ambulance, and it took them 15 minutes to get there.”

The man was later transported to the local hospital, where Ms Dempsey was unable to contact him.

“I was unable to confirm what happened after that, because the man was discharged from the hospital, and had not returned to Woorabinda by the time of press. But the incident was picked up in the local newspaper – the Morning Bulletin, which lead with the headline: Motorists ignore sick man on road.

I read of it with disgust and complete disbelief that this could happen in my own hometown.

It had uncomfortable similarities to an incident in Brisbane in 2006, when respected Aboriginal opera singer Delmae Barton was left to lie for five hours in a pool of her own vomit at a busy Brisbane bus stop while bystanders passed her by.

It was only after a group of Japanese students stopped to help her that she was able to receive some assistance. Ms Barton was actually an elder-in-residence at the nearby Griffith University, and was on her way to work when she suffered a stroke.

The inexcusable racism of the case put protestations against Australia’s racist present to shame.

On reading the Morning Bulletin’s story, I immediately thought there would be some sort of community outrage, or at least some soul-searching about how this could happen in a city that claims it isn’t racist.

Ms Dempsey thought so too.

Instead, she was confronted by excuses from those who read her story. She says people have asked her “well, what if he was drunk?”

“No he wasn’t drunk, but even if he was, at the end of the day, it wasn’t about that,” she says. “He was lying in the middle of the road.”

And he was sick. Comments of this sort were also reflected in the feedback section of the Morning Bulletin’s website.

One commenter wrote: “Good on you for stopping Stella. I agree with the idea ALL people should receive help in instances such as this. What I do not agree with is media reporting and comments suggesting this person was not assisted due to his race. We all know many people/motorists will not stop or get involved in instances such as this.”

Ms Dempsey is infuriated by those comments.

“It was racist. I didn’t make it racist. They did, by not stopping. They didn’t stop and help him. People just drove past. Whether they’re black, white or brindle, you should stop and help them.

“People said he might have jumped up. But for God’s sake, he was in pain! He wasn’t jumping up anywhere!”
When incidents like this happen, I think we should all pose the obvious questions: Could you imagine if this would have happened if the victim were white?

Could you imagine an elderly white man, lying in the middle of a busy road, being refused help?

Could you imagine people pondering whether he was drunk, or whether he would “jump” you if he was white? Could you imagine this even being an issue if he was white?

If the answers to these questions are a unanimous no, then I think it’s pretty clear we have a racist incident. This is black and white. There are no shades of grey.

It is not a “good Samaritan” issue. Otherwise there wouldn’t be these sort of excuses. People wouldn’t be using stereotypes to justify a deep failure, one that could have killed a sick man.

I’m not saying that Rockhampton is any different to most towns around Australia, where racism is outwardly frowned upon, but inwardly accepted because white Australia still can’t admit the deep debt owed to Aboriginal people.

Racism is tolerated because people are scared to confront it. This is reflected when incidences of such blatant racism occurs.

The community withers from discussing the real issue because they still somehow believe that it mustn’t be their fault. They don’t want to believe it.

Because that would involve admitting it, and then taking the necessary steps to make amends.

But let’s be clear. This happened because an in-built prejudice, whether conscious or not, prevented everyone, except one person, pulling over and calling an ambulance.

I’ve learnt a little bit about this man. He has had a hard life, marred by jail time. His brothers have died, and his own health is precarious.

He’s a victim too, not only the blatant racism that left him lying in the middle of the road, but also an infuriating institutionalised and intergenerational racism.

Australia has failed him, just like it is failing Aboriginal people all around the country. Racism is a disease that needs to be stamped out around the country.

We can’t keep ignoring it. Because if we don’t confront it now, we will continue to hear about these cases, and the disgusting attempts to justify them, for many years to come.

Otherwise next time, that person lying on the pavement could be my family. Or yours.

* Amy McQuire is a Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist from Rockhampton. She is editor of Tracker.

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Rockhampton detectives march an 18-year-old man into the watch house to be charged with the attempted murder and rape of a local grandma on Australia Day. Photo: Allan Reinkka

A man accused of raping and bashing a Rockhampton grandmother before leaving her for dead in her backyard has been remanded in custody.

The 18-year-old appeared in Rockhampton Magistrates Court this morning after being arrested and charged with attempted murder, two counts of rape and grievous bodily harm yesterday.

The man, who cannot be named by law, was supported in the court by about 12 family members.

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Bashed granny 'wouldn't stop bleeding'
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He did not apply for bail and will reappear in April, pending DNA test results.

The woman, 82, was allegedly attacked in her George Street garden on Australia Day. She remains gravely ill in a Brisbane hospital.

Read the full story at The Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

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Aboriginal children in Rockhampton, Queensland have been shot in an alleged racially-motivated assault on Australia Day according to The Australian and The Advertiser. The first attack was reported the day after Australia Day, while a second assault was only revealed to have occurred days later when the child concerned reported to hospital after having heard of the first attack.

Child shot in alleged racist attack
By Steve Connolly
January 27, 2006

AN Aboriginal boy was shot in the back with an airgun pellet in an alleged random, racist attack on Australia Day, a Queensland court heard today.

Hayden John Nitz, 17, today faced the Rockhampton Magistrates’ Court charged with unlawful wounding and weapons offences.

Police prosecutor Senior Constable Darrell Dalton told the court Mr Nitz allegedly fired at the 13-year-old boy with an air rifle yesterday in a drive-by shooting outside a house on Alexandra Street, North Rockhampton.

The boy was allegedly hit in the back and the pellet pierced his skin under the armpit.

He is reported to be in a serious but stable condition in the Rockhampton Base Hospital.

Snr Const Dalton said Mr Nitz was in a car with other people being sought by police when the shooting occurred.

He said Mr Nitz, of Rockhampton, and his alleged accomplices had intended to “shoot indigenous persons”.

…He was remanded in custody to face Rockhampton Magistrates’ Court again on April 3.

News.com.au reports that there will be ‘New charges over girl’s shooting’ (January 29):

AN Aboriginal girl initially treated for an insect sting has had surgery to remove an air-gun pellet fired at her in a string of suspected racist shootings on Australia Day.

Five men already charged over the identical shooting of a 13-year-old Aboriginal boy in the same city will again face court on Tuesday over the attack on the girl.

Police allege the two teenagers were among eight people who were fired upon in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton on Thursday. The other six were not hit.

It emerged today that the 15-year-old girl sought treatment at Rockhampton Hospital on Australia Day, believing she’d been stung by an insect.

Medical staff put a band-aid on her wound and sent her home.

But the girl contacted police when she saw a media report about the air-gun attack on the 13-year-old.

When she returned to hospital an x-ray revealed an air-gun pellet was lodged in her back. “She thought she was stung,” said Central Queensland Crime Co-ordinator Detective Inspector Mick Niland.

“She went up to the hospital and they put a band-aid on it.”

The girl was expected to be discharged from hospital today after the pellet was successfully removed.

Five youths have been charged over the attack on the 13-year-old boy.

The same five will face court on Tuesday, where charges will be laid over the shooting of the 15-year-old girl.

Two of the five – Hayden John Nitz and Timothy Perry, both 17 – have already faced Rockhampton Magistrates Court on charges stemming from the attack on the boy…

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Megan Hendry and Paul Robinson

Updated July 22, 2011 07:17:36

It is believed the man used an axe or mattock to attack the Tiger helicopter. (File photo)

Police are interviewing a man over an attack on an army helicopter at Rockhampton airport in central Queensland.

They say the man made his way onto the tarmac shortly after 9:30am (AEST) and damaged the aircraft.

It is believed he allegedly used a mattock or axe on a Tiger helicopter, as a protest against the joint US and Australian military Exercise Talisman Sabre.

Police say he is yet to be charged.

The attack comes as a Rockhampton magistrate fined three protesters for trespassing in the Shoalwater Bay training area.

Two men and a woman pleaded guilty to trespassing in the training area, where Exercise Talisman Sabre is being held.

The peace protesters were detained by troops near the Samuel Hill airfield yesterday.

The magistrate fined 46-year-old Margaret Pestorius $750, 24-year-old Andy Paine was fined $600, and 39-year-old Robert Jones received a $500 penalty.

Ms Pestorius denies they were putting their lives at risk.

"We took safety very seriously - we had a GPS, we had a compass, we made sure that we knew where we were," she said.

"It's very benign country, it's beautiful Darumbal Country.

"We weren't in the live-fire areas ourselves, but we were looking for other ways of disrupting."

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AAP

A man has been charged with attempted murder after another man was shot while allegedly trying to break in to a central Queensland home, police say.

A 39-year-old man was shot in the neck at a Rockhampton property at about 7pm (AEST) on Sunday. He was flown to a Brisbane hospital in a critical condition.

Neighbour Michelle Rudolph told ABC radio she saw a man trying to break down the door of the Bolsover Street house with an axe.

"There was a bit of commotion between two fellas, yelling and screaming - a shot got fired," she said.

A 20-year-old man is due to appear in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on Wednesday, charged with attempted murder, police say.

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Baby shot dead, allegedly by his mother, near Rockhampton

A baby is dead and a man is in hospital in a critical condition after a shooting in central Queensland.

UPDATE 4.20pm: POLICE have found a gun in the wreckage of a vehicle driven by a Queensland mother suspected of killing her baby boy.

Neighbours have told of desperate cries for help after the baby boy was found shot and bleeding on the floor of his home in central Queensland.

The eight-month-old was found at his Gracemere home, near Rockhampton, after a man, who'd also been shot, staggered to a neighbouring property seeking help at about 7.50pm yesterday.

The 22-year-old mother of the baby died in a single-car crash just minutes after the shooting, 10km from the scene on Upper Dawson Rd.

The baby and the man, 36, were taken to Rockhampton Base Hospital, but the boy was pronounced dead on arrival.

The man, believed to be an ex-partner of the woman, has undergone surgery for a gunshot wound to the stomach and remains in a critical condition.

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Rockhampton police inspector John Wacker said a small handgun had been found in the ute the woman was driving.

"A firearm was located at the crash scene,'' Insp Wacker said this afternoon.

Police have spoken to the injured man, 36, in hospital.

A family friend has confirmed the man is the father of the dead child.

He was in a stable condition after undergoing surgery for a gunshot wound to the stomach, police said.

Neighbours in Zamia Way have told of hearing a gunshot, and then screams for help when another neighbour discovered the boy bleeding on the floor of the home.

"We only heard one gunshot, but apparently there were more,'' said Jodiee Bennett, 35, who lives opposite the house where the shootings happened.

"A man went in there and found the little fella on the floor.

"There was screaming and everything ... because someone had found the baby hurt. They were calling out to get an ambulance.

"They thought he had hit his head on the tiles, but apparently that was one of the gunshot wounds that the baby copped in the head.''

She said her own three children were very upset.

"It's really freaked our kids out.''

Ms Bennett said her husband, Tex, saw a ute drive away from the home a short time after the gunshot was heard.

"My husband saw a ute backing away,'' she said.

Another neighbour, Lisa Willis, said she didn't know the people involved in the shooting, but she had often seen a woman and the child.

"We saw the mother walking the baby a lot, without the pram, just carrying the baby, with a rottweiler,'' she told AAP.

She said the shooting had come as a shock to the community, and most people in the street were staying indoors today.

"It's a very quiet street."she said. "We're in shock. It's a sad tragedy."

Regional Crime Coordinator Jon Wacker said neighbours entered the house after a woman was seen leaving.

"Neighbours of the first residence had entered the dwelling after the female occupant had left and located a eight-month-old baby with a gunshot wound,'' he told the ABC.

A major incident room has been set up at the Rockhampton police station.

The house has been cordoned off and a crime scene established. Forensic officers are combing the scene.

- By Kym Agius, Neale Maynard, James O'Loan

More to come

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The Singapore Armed Forces Music & Drama Company (SAF MDC) was formed in 1973 by then Minister of Defence Dr Goh Keng Swee as a vehicle to boost the morale of soldiers and spread national education messages through song and dance. Dressed in their green uniforms, SAF MDC artistes kept the troops entertained and slowly earned recognition as the public face of the SAF through public performances and collaborations with the then Radio and Television Singapore

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i hope the SAF music and dance company isnt coming all the way to australia and breaking their ass trying to entertain these australians in rocky.if you need to entertain please do so to your own troops.dont cheapen yourselves by dancing and entertaining these WILD ANIMALS here in rocky for FREE.

THEY HAVE THE TRAVELLING GREAT MOSCOW CIRCUS FOR THAT.

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Grazing is still a dominant industry in Central Queensland. Two large abattoirs are located in the Rockhampton area. Due to a long term drought and general economic conditions, one of these facilities has experienced a number of closures over the years and was closed from 2002 until 2004, but has now reopened.^{[citation
needed]} The Gracemere Saleyards, one of the largest livestock sales facilities in the country, lies just to the west of the city. Rockhampton promotes itself as the Beef Capital of Australia^[16]

QR National has a large workforce in the city, which is the meeting point for the main north coast rail line and the line to the major coalfields to the west. Enormous coal trains regularly pass from the west to the coal port of Gladstone to the south. The coal fired 1440 megawatt Stanwell Power Station lies 30 kilometers west.^[17]

Tourism is increasingly playing a role in the development of city and surrounds. The city is a convenient distance north from Brisbane to provide an overnight stop for tourists, who can then branch out to visit local attractions. The Capricorn Coast is a 30 minute drive from Rockhampton, with the islands of the Keppel group easily accessible from there.

To the north of the city lies the extensive Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area, where large scale ground, air and amphibious operations can be conducted. A detachment office of the Singapore Armed Forces has been based in Rockhampton since 1995.^[18]

Rockhampton has many large retailers, including a Coles, Woolworths, Big W, Target, Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, Kmart, Mitre 10 Home & Trade, Bunnings, IGA.

The Rockhampton region has many renowned festivals, celebrating some of the various international cultures that call the region home. The annual Multicultural Festival (held at the Heritage Village) and CQU Open Day held at the CQUniversity, showcases hundreds of market stalls and displays, international foods, music and cultures are popular with the locals and tourists alike.^[19]

The Annual "Big River Jazz" is a three day program showcasing a variety of jazz bands from the 12–14 September.^[20]

The city also has a vibrant pub and night-club scene, many of them located in the city precinct, bordered by East, Archer, William and Quay Streets. Local and national music groups can often be found performing live in these venues. The East and Denham Streets streetscape was renewed in 2002 and now caters for sidewalk dining at many new cafes located in the street.

The Pilbeam Theatre, seating 1200 people, and is host to many national and international music & comedy shows, as well as sporting and trade shows. Since its opening in 1978, the Theatre has been a centre of entertainment and performing arts, providing an environment to further develop the performing arts in Rockhampton and the region.

Rockhampton Events Information, can be found on this site: Rockhampton Events on e-Rockhampton.com.au.

Rockhampton experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa/Cwa). The city is situated on the Tropic of Capricorn and lies within the southeast trade wind belt, too far south to experience regular north west monsoonal influence, and too far north to gain much benefit from higher latitude cold fronts. Typical daytime temperature ranges are 32 max 22 min in the summer /wet season and 23 max 9 min in the winter/dry season.

Rockhampton lies within the cyclone risk zone and the area is subject to summer thunderstorms. There is a high incidence of winter and early spring fogs. Maximum temperatures in the low to mid 40's have been recorded in October to March.^{[citation
needed]} The Fitzroy River at Rockhampton has a long and well documented history of flooding with flood records dating back to 1859. The highest recorded flood occurred in January 1918 and reached 10.11 metres on the Rockhampton gauge.^[21] More recently, it was affected by the 2010–2011 Queensland floods as the Fitzroy runs through the centre of the city and poor conditions in other areas drove snakes and crocodiles into the city.

The highest recorded official temperature in Rockhampton was 45.3 degrees Celsius.^[22]

[hide]Climate data for Rockhampton MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear Record high °C (°F) 42.5
(108.5) 43.3
(109.9) 42.1
(107.8) 35.4
(95.7) 32.6
(90.7) 32.3
(90.1) 30.6
(87.1) 35.1
(95.2) 37.1
(98.8) 41.1
(106) 45.3
(113.5) 41.3
(106.3) 45.3
(113.5) Average high °C (°F) 31.9
(89.4) 31.3
(88.3) 30.5
(86.9) 28.8
(83.8) 26.0
(78.8) 23.4
(74.1) 23.1
(73.6) 24.7
(76.5) 27.3
(81.1) 29.6
(85.3) 31.2
(88.2) 32.1
(89.8) 28.3
(82.9) Average low °C (°F) 22.1
(71.8) 22.1
(71.8) 20.8
(69.4) 17.9
(64.2) 14.2
(57.6) 10.9
(51.6) 9.5
(49.1) 10.6
(51.1) 13.5
(56.3) 17.0
(62.6) 19.5
(67.1) 21.2
(70.2) 16.6
(61.9) Record low °C (°F) 16.3
(61.3) 16.2
(61.2) 11.0
(51.8) 4.7
(40.5) 2.9
(37.2) -1.0
(30.2) -0.9
(30.4) -0.3
(31.5) 3.4
(38.1) 7.0
(44.6) 9.4
(48.9) 10.2
(50.4) -1.0
(30.2) Precipitation mm (inches) 127.6
(5.024) 143.0
(5.63) 95.5
(3.76) 44.4
(1.748) 48.1
(1.894) 39.0
(1.535) 29.6
(1.165) 27.6
(1.087) 23.1
(0.909) 50.2
(1.976) 69.8
(2.748) 101.4
(3.992) 799.0
(31.457) Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology^[23]

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The Rockhampton Art Gallery collection, also owned by the Rockhampton Regional Council, is situated next to the Pilbeam Theatre and consists mainly of works by Australian artists from the 1940s to the 1970s.^[24] Plans have been released to redevelop the downtown art gallery into a shopping haven with a new fully glass-walled 2-storey art gallery, a new 16-storey hotel and a 16-storey apartment/office block right behind it. The Pilbeam Theatre will not be affected by the construction.^[25] Established in 1869, the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens are located on Spencer Street in South Rockhampton. Excellent specimens of palms, cycads and ferns are found throughout the manicured grounds. Some specimens are over 100 years old.^{[citation
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Rockhampton Zoo is located between the Botanic Gardens and Murray Lagoon. Animals and birds include Koalas, Chimpanzees, Saltwater Crocodiles, Freshwater Crocodiles, Red Kangaroos and the rare Cassowary.

A second public garden, the Kershaw Gardens, was officially opened in 1988 on the site of the former Rockhampton rubbish dump. Located on the Bruce Highway in North Rockhampton, these gardens specialise in Australian native plants, especially those of Central Queensland. The most striking feature of the gardens is the imitation waterfall constructed on the northern boundary of the site (adjacent to the highway), which aims to recreate a scene from the Blackdown Tableland.^[26] The Dreamtime Cultural Centre is Australia's largest Cultural Centre^[27] and is set on more than 12 hectares of land, with native plants, trees and waterfalls. The major points of interest at the Dreamtime Cultural Centre include the Torres Strait Islander village, Didgeridoo playing, Djarn Djarn dancers, and throwing the returning boomerang.

The Archer Park Steam Tram Museum covers the development and history of rail-based transportation in the major central Queensland town of Rockhampton and is set in the 100 year-old Archer Park rail station on Denison Street on the city's southside. The museum tells the story of Archer Park Station (built in 1899) and the unique Purrey Steam Tram, through photographs, soundscapes and object-based exhibitions.

The tram is believed to be the only one of its kind in the world, and is a wonderful relic of Rockhampton's tram history dating back to 1909.^[28]

Rising out of Rockhampton's north-eastern suburbs, Mount Archer National Park provides views of the city, and showcases a range of native Australian flora and fauna. Frazer Park, at the summit of Mount Archer, is approximately 604 metres above sea level.

The Rockhampton Heritage Village is an active township museum, where visitors can experience Rockhampton's rich and colourful history. The Heritage Village features the Time After Time clock collection, and the History of the Rockhampton District, Life before electricity, and Hospital exhibitions and a Vintage car collection.

The Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton is situated in the suburb of The Range, and is located around 4km from Rockhampton City, and is the major hospital for the Central Queensland Region. The smaller Hillcrest and Mater private hospitals are located nearby. The Australian Red Cross Blood Service is located across from the Base Hospital on Canning Street.

Rockhampton is a base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Rescue Helicopter which operates clinics and provides emergency evacuations in remote communities throughout the region.

Rockhampton is home to 7 shopping centres, all of which include national major tenants and retail outlets. All shopping centres have 7 day trading as of January 2010:

The first school, The Rockhampton National School was opened in 1859. Rockhampton is a major education centre for the region and has numerous state and private primary and high schools.

Rockhampton is an important transport hub in the Central Queensland region. Rockhampton provides important transport links between the Central Highlands and Capricorn Coast regions and the areas to the north and south of the state. Rockhampton Airport is essential to the viability of the tourism industry.

The Rockhampton region is well serviced by the National and State highway system, with the city being located at the main junction of the coastal highway, the Bruce Highway, the central western highway, the Capricorn Highway, and the Rockhampton Hinterland is serviced by the Burnett Highway. Driving time is seven and a half hours from Brisbane to Rockhampton, Central Queensland's Tourism Hub.

Rockhampton is also served by long distance coaches to Brisbane in the south, and as far as Cairns in the North. Daily services operate into Rockhampton with Greyhound Pioneer Australia. The Hinterland and Central Highlands are also serviced daily by Rothery's Coaches, Pacific Coaches and Emerald Coaches.

An extensive bus services are operated by Capricorn Sunbus, which operates under the QConnect public transport system. Two bus interchanges are located in Rockhampton City through which the majority of services operate. Service include most parts of the city, Parkhurst in the north to Allenstown and Depot Hill in the south and to The Range and Lakes Creek in the west

Rockhampton has one major taxi company, Rocky Cabs who service the City of Rockhampton, Gracemere, and also some services in Yeppoon and Emu Park.

Rockhampton is located on the North Coast railway, and is the terminus of the electrified section of line from Brisbane. The line north of Rockhampton station runs along the middle of Denison Street. The Electric Tilt Train service travels from Brisbane to Rockhampton six days per week, with Rockhampton also a stop on the Diesel Tilt Train service to Cairns.

Rockhampton Airport is operated by Rockhampton Regional Council and is located 6 km (3.7 mi) west of Rockhampton City. It is Australia's twelfth busiest domestic airport. The airport handles flights to major Australian cities, tourist destinations, and regional destinations throughout Central Queensland. It is an important base for general aviation serving the Central Highlands and Capricorn Coast commununities. The Airport is also a base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Rescue Helicopter.

The catchment area of the Fitzroy River is approximately 145,000 square kilometres (almost the size of England). It contains six major rivers, and Rockhampton and Central Queensland accordingly enjoy abundant good water. The existing and future dams under construction ensure on-going needs for agriculture, industry and domestic purposes are met. The Fitzroy River Barrage at Rockhampton separates tidal salt water from upstream fresh water, and provides the supply for Rockhampton's domestic and industrial needs.^[29] Rockhampton cities tap water is also treated with fluoride.

Central Queensland's major generating facilities, including the Stanwell, Gladstone and Callide power stations, produce the majority of the State's power. Queensland's newest and most technologically advanced powerhouse at Stanwell, 28 km west of the city, came on line in 1993. The Stanwell facility is a key element in the State's program to expand electricity supply and is a major exporter of power station technology.^[30]

Rockhampton has a number of newspapers.

Rockhampton is serviced by a number of commercial, community and ABC stations

4RO is the main local commercial AM station, owned by Prime Radio. 4RO broadcasts a local talk back breakfast program each weekday but it is the only locally produced program on the station with all other programming syndicated from stations elsewhere. A large proportion of 4RO's programming is talk back such as the Greg Carey Show, The Best of Alan Jones, The Stuart Bocking Night Show and New Day Australia. The music played on 4RO is of the classic hits genre. 4RO broadcasts a local news service in the morning, although the bulletins are prepared and read by journalists based at Prime's Sunshine Coast hub, especially for 4RO and its sister station Zinc927.

Zinc927 (previously known as 4CC) also owned by Prime Radio, is the other AM commercial station servicing Rockhampton on a local AM frequency, although its local breakfast show is presented from the Zinc studio in Gladstone. Zinc has a classic rock format and also relies heavily on networked programming from their Sunshine Coast studios.

Sea FM, owned by Southern Cross Media, is a popular commercial FM station broadcasting from their Rockhampton studios during the day, and then taking the networked Localworks programming at night from the Gold Coast such as The School Of Rock, Talking Back The Night, The Best Mix Overnight, The PartyMix and The Sunday Barbie originating out of Gold FM on the Gold Coast. Sea Fm also produces a local news service with a journalist based in Rockhampton reading bulletins for them and for their sister station Hot FM.

Hot FM, also owned by Southern Cross Media, is also a popular commercial FM station. While it services Rockhampton on a local FM frequency, its breakfast show is broadcast from their Gladstone studio. Hot FM is skewed towards the younger listeners with a Top 40/pop music format. Following the local breakfast show, the station takes the Hit Music Network programming such as JK's workday, The Benchwarmers and The Hit List originating out of Sea FM on the Gold Coast.

ABC Capricornia, originally known as 4RK, is the local ABC station servicing Rockhampton. It broadcasts a local breakfast show and a local morning show. The station also broadcasts an afternoon show which is locally produced, but broadcast throughout the ABC Local Radio network across regional Queensland. The final hour of each Friday's local morning show is also broadcast around the network to enable ABC Local Radio listeners across the state to call in to the popular gardening talk back program. The station also has a local news service, produced by local journalists, broadcasting local bulletins five times a day. There is also a local Saturday breakfast show, which is followed by a local Saturday morning sports program. Apart from local programming, ABC Capricornia takes national programs like AM, The Conversation Hour, The World Today, PM, Nightlife, Grandstand, and Saturday Night Country along with a regional drive program from Toowoomba, and an evening show from Brisbane.

Other ABC stations that service Rockhampton include Triple J, Radio National, ABC Classic FM and ABC News Radio. These stations are all broadcast on separate FM frequencies.

4YOU is the local community station, broadcasting local programs from their Rockhampton studio, presented by a number of volunteers. The station is skewed towards the older demographic and plays a lot of easy listening and country music. All programs are locally produced apart from the regular Sunday evening programs the station takes from the national community radio network.

4US is the local indigenous community station, broadcasting from a studio at the Dreamtime Cultural Centre in Rockhampton servicing the local Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander population featuring traditional music and focusing on indigenous issues and event within its programming content.

Kix is a narrowcast broadcasting service originating out of the 4BU/Hitz FM studios in Bundaberg. While Kix transmits on a narrowcast license, the station is allowed to broadcast commercials. The station has a lively country music format and its programs are all produced in Bundaberg although the station has an ever growing network of transmitters, now broadcasting in Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT and South Australia.

Other narrowcast radio services broadcasting in Rockhampton include racing station, Radio TAB (formerly 4TAB), Vision FM (Christian radio) and Radio 88 (Tourist Information).

CallsignFrequencyOwner 4RO 990 kHz AM Prime Television Zinc 927 1584 kHz AM Prime Television Sea FM 101.5 MHz FM Southern Cross Media Hot FM 107.9 MHz FM Southern Cross Media Triple J 104.7 MHz FM ABC Radio National 103.1 MHz FM ABC ABC NewsRadio 105.5 MHz FM ABC ABC Classic FM 106.3 MHz FM ABC ABC Capricornia 837 kHz AM ABC 4YOU 98.5 MHz FM Community 4US 100.7 MHz FM Community Kix Country 92.7 MHz FM Country (?) 4TAB 99.9 MHz FM UNiTAB Limited Vision FM 87.6 MHz FM UCB Australia

Rockhampton is serviced by four commercial stations and one non-commercial station.

Each broadcasts television services in both analogue and digital formats, with analogue transmissions to be deactivated in the second half of 2011.^[31]

SBS offers digital high-definition simulcasts of their main channel, SBS ONE on SBS HD. Ten digital-only channels are also available: ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24, SBS Two, One HD, Eleven, 7Two, 7mate, GEM and GO!. Austar Limited provides subscription satellite television services.

Rockhampton has two main local news bulletins. Seven Local News is presented by Rob Brough, Joanne Desmond, Nathan Spurling and Livio Regano from Seven Qld's Sunshine Coast studios and is screened every weeknight at 6:00 pm on the Seven Network. WIN News, is presented by Paul Taylor, Dave McLenaghan and Peter Byrne and is screened every weeknight at 6:30 pm on WIN Television, broadcast from the RTQ studios in North Rockhampton. On weekends, news is relayed from the Nine Network and the Seven Network in Brisbane.

Southern Cross Ten has a physical presence in Rockhampton, but local news programs do not exist on this channel. Instead, they carry news from Network Ten although Southern Cross Ten do screen local updates throughout the afternoon and evening, broadcast from their Canberra studio. The Southern Cross Ten updates do not contain any actual news footage.

There is also a small television facility at the ABC studios in Rockhampton with an ABC television journalist and camera operator employed locally to produce stories for ABC News and Stateline on ABC1. The journalist can also be required to do live crosses to ABC News 24.

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Once I walked from Stockland along the Musgrave Street all the way across Fitzroy River to City Centre Plaza and back, I enjoyed the many small shops in between

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Once I walked from Stockland along the Musgrave Street all the way across Fitzroy River to City Centre Plaza and back, I enjoyed the many small shops in between

did that too a decade ago only once with another sporean.then suddenly a decade later , i mysteriously found myself in rocky again.suspects theres some entity observing folks in rocky.

there wasnt any much shops in between.might as well be at ebay buyin stuff.thats the in thing nowadays.

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for those people who are in rocky and need to find a job to test the market .i think you would have a better chance in new zealand than rocky.unless you have a sporean career doing dark,dirty and dangerous enviroment like some condemned criminal,its simply not wise getting jobs in oz.i have seen too much injuries at workplaces in my time in oz.

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things i have seen in such a short time:

serious injuries to arm of an asian girl till she couldnt go back to work,heavy metal platform knocking down some poor old fella unconscious,unsafe work practices and rotten guidance by most people there especially by aussies doing dangerous work.im sure the tv ,newspapers and news would have much more info than i have.its their culture like in gunfights,murders,axe hacking away front door,drive by shootings and god knows what else.

dont give them half a chance to blame you for anything under the hot sun.

Be warned.just stay alive and in one piece.

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Figure 2: Queensland cumulative fatalities by month, 2005 to 2010

Table 2: Queensland cumulative fatalities by month, 2005 to 2010

Figure 2 and Table 2 show the cumulative fatalities by month, 1 January to 31 December 2010 compared

with the same period for the previous five years.

Cumulative Fatalities by Month, 2005 to 2010

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147

181

213

236

268

290

119

142

157

182

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249

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331

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Fatalities

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

January 17 29 21 28 27 15

February 38 49 57 52 53 35

March 62 74 87 80 84 51

April 94 100 112 106 120 71

May 115 129 153 127 147 93

June 144 156 187 158 181 119

July 166 181 216 190 213 142

August 208 209 253 224 236 157

September 233 241 284 249 268 182

October 263 270 307 275 290 199

November 293 300 335 298 312 224

December 330 335 360 328 331