Fraser Coast Chronicle

Turtles brave ‘serious challenges’ to lay eggs at Rainbow

“We have some serious challenges at Rainbow, of all the turtles that have been up on the beach every single one of those...

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12th Dec. 2019 4:12 AM

KING TIDES: A week of high seas for Hervey Bay

On Tuesday, tides reached a high of 4.09m.

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20th March 2019 9:03 AM

KING TIDE: Marshall Rowles at Urangan Pier watching the tide approach.

RISING FROM STORM: Island business looks to future

Fraser Island is showing its scars after wild weather from Cyclone Oma tore through

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04th March 2019 5:03 AM

CYCLONE DAMAGE: The Maheno wreck on the Eastern Beach.

Cyclone positive: Weather 'resets' Fraser Is landing strips

For Air Fraser Island pilots, destructive winds blown in by Cyclone Oma actually helped business

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04th March 2019 12:03 AM

THANKS OMA: Air Fraser Island pilots Ryan Schwenke and Josh Phillips from Air Fraser Island say the cyclonic winds "reset" their landing zones on the beach. LEFT: Fraser Island's flat eastern beach with the soft sand washed away.

UPDATE: Fraser Island residents taking weather in stride

The photos were shared on Facebook by the Fraser Coast Disaster Coordination Centre.

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26th Feb. 2019 6:02 PM

Some of the damage caused by Cyclone Oma on Fraser Island.

Oma sucks Cooloola's only turtle eggs out to sea

'Devastated beach' as 2m vertical drop replaces dunes at Rainbow Beach

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26th Feb. 2019 7:02 AM

BIG LOSS: Randy Orwin, president of Cooloola Coastcare and his son Hagen Orwin assess damage at Rainbow Beach yesterday.

DRONE VIDEO: Fears Bribie Island may split in two

DRONE footage has revealed how fragile Bribie Island’s northern tip has become, with fears the ocean will break through...

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25th Feb. 2019 9:02 PM

An eroded Noosa Main Beach after swell from Tropical Cyclone Oma battered the shore. Picture: Caitlin Zerafa

Wave of beach safety education to help reduce drownings

SURF safety program aimed at immigrants from non-English speaking backgrounds in effort to reduce drownings on our...

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25th Feb. 2019 7:02 AM

Kood Fenner, who is from Laos and has lived in Maclean for the past three and a half years, participated in the Maclean TAFE NSW Beach Safety Awareness Program at Main Beach, Yamba on Wednesday, 20th February, 2019.

Oma’s fury drains massive amount of sand

Noosa’s world-famous main beach has copped its worst erosion hit “since the late 1970s” as coastal councils inspect the...

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25th Feb. 2019 7:02 AM

Swimmers and surfers enjoy the conditions at Noosa Main Beach, which has lost a massive amount of sand. Picture: Warren Lynam

Strong winds, huge swell wreaks havoc on coastline

GALLERY: While ex-tropical Cyclone Oma fizzled out over the weekend, the threat to the Sunshine Coast disappeared but...

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25th Feb. 2019 5:02 AM

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