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Jimmy Carr took a look around last weekโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒ…Think he found more than just the laughs in Rocky.Follow his whirlwind itiner...
14/05/2026

Jimmy Carr took a look around last weekโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒ…
Think he found more than just the laughs in Rocky.

Follow his whirlwind itinerary:
โœ… Meet the Beef Capital bull
โœ… Get officially welcomed
โœ… Spot some wildlife
โœ… Catch a Mount Archer sunset
โœ… Take the stage at Pilbeam Theatre

11/05/2026

If youโ€™ve got a spare day while visiting Rockhampton, a road trip to Mount Morgan is well worth adding to your itinerary.

Once a thriving gold mining town, Mount Morgan is packed with heritage buildings, local history and scenic outdoor spots. Spend time exploring the CBD and Morgan Street, then head out to the No. 7 Dam, a peaceful place for a picnic and a stroll.

An easy and rewarding day trip while exploring Central Queensland.

๐Ÿ“ Mount Morgan
๐Ÿš— Easy drive from Rockhampton
Mount Morgan Promotion and Development Incorporated

๐Ÿ† So many reasons to love Rockhampton ๐Ÿ†The Visit Queensland, Australia, Best of Queensland Experiences for 2026 are in, ...
11/05/2026

๐Ÿ† So many reasons to love Rockhampton ๐Ÿ†

The Visit Queensland, Australia, Best of Queensland Experiences for 2026 are in, and our region is shining โœจ

From unforgettable attractions to places to stay, eat and explore, these local favourites have been recognised for delivering the kinds of experiences visitors rave about ๐Ÿ‘

Hereโ€™s who made the list this year:
๐Ÿš‚ Archer Park Rail Museum Approved
๐Ÿจ Cityville Apartments & Motel Rockhampton
๐Ÿ•๏ธ Discovery Parks & Resorts Rockhampton
๐Ÿข The Edge Apartment Hotel Rockhampton
๐Ÿจ Empire Rockhampton
๐Ÿš— Enterprise Rent-A-Car Australia - Rockhampton Airport
โšฝ Frenchville Sports Club Ltd
๐ŸŒด Glenmore Palms Motel
๐Ÿป Great Western Hotel
๐Ÿ’Ž Mount Hay Gemstone Tourist Park
๐Ÿš‚ Mount Morgan Railway Museum
๐ŸŽญ Pilbeam Theatre
๐Ÿš— Redspot Car Rentals โ€“ Rockhampton Airport
๐Ÿฐ Riverston Tea Rooms
๐Ÿ›๏ธ Rockhampton Heritage Village
๐ŸŽจ Rockhampton Museum of Art
๐Ÿ  Rockhampton Serviced Apartments
๐Ÿฆ˜ Rockhampton Zoo
๐Ÿ‰ Rocky Sports Club
๐Ÿ•๏ธ Southside Holiday Village

Whether youโ€™re planning your next trip or already dreaming about your return, these are the experiences that make Rockhampton so easy to fall in love with ๐Ÿ’›

05/05/2026

In the final episode of Busbys On Tour, the family wrap up their adventure with a day trip to Mount Morgan ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ proving that some of the best travel moments donโ€™t always go to plan, and thatโ€™s half the fun ๐Ÿ˜„โœจ

From wandering the historic main street to a relaxed afternoon by No. 7 Dam ๐Ÿž๏ธ๐Ÿ itโ€™s a playful, lowโ€‘key finish to a week full of family discoveries in Central Queensland ๐Ÿ‘ช๐Ÿ’›

Looking to plan your own Rocky road trip? ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ

The Busbys On Tour hub is packed with:
โœ… A familyโ€‘friendly itinerary
โœ… Google Map with every Busby stop pinned
โœ… Road trip playlist ๐ŸŽถ
โœ… Lots of blog inspo โ€” including how to spend a day in Rocky without spending big ๐Ÿ’ธ

Start planning here ๐Ÿ‘‰
https://brnw.ch/21x2dRK


04/05/2026

Have you been following our Busbys On Tour travel series, or do you still have a few episodes to catch up on?

Join the Busby family as they explore our region, uncovering top spots, hidden gems and family favourites along the way. The series is packed with local highlights and practical itinerary ideas to help inspire your own getaway.

Catch up on the full series and follow along on our YouTube channel ๐ŸŽฌ https://brnw.ch/21x2awn


03/05/2026

Rocky knows how to host an event ๐Ÿ

Rare Spares & Repco Australia Rockynats 06 delivered a massive weekend of car and bike culture, filling the city with shine, sound and serious crowd energy.

From the CBD to the track, Rockynats continues to put Rockhampton on the national events map, and we're locked in to do it all again.

๐Ÿ“† Rockynats returns 2โ€“4 April 2027
โ–ถ๏ธ Watch the wrap video and start planning

Been following Busbys On Tour and want to check out some of the locations for yourself?Weโ€™ve mapped out the full Busby T...
01/05/2026

Been following Busbys On Tour and want to check out some of the locations for yourself?

Weโ€™ve mapped out the full Busby Trail, along with lots of other great local attractions and sights, in one handy Google Map, making it easy to plan your own Rockhampton road trip.

๐Ÿ“ Save it for your next adventure:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://brnw.ch/21x261Z


29/04/2026

Day 4 of the Busby Rocky road trip sees the family getting up close with some unforgettable locals ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿฆ˜

From feeding crocodiles and meeting meerkats to exploring the FREE Rockhampton Zoo, todayโ€™s adventures are all about easy, handsโ€‘on fun for families travelling Central Queensland.

Missed an episode? Catch up on the full Busbys On Tour series on YouTube and get ready for the final instalment going live tomorrow ๐ŸŽฌ

Koorana Crocodile Farm Rockhampton Zoo


You showed us Rockynats and Rocky โ€” assignment well and truly understood โœ…๐Ÿ”ฅCongrats to Tonacia Marshall, winner of our c...
28/04/2026

You showed us Rockynats and Rocky โ€” assignment well and truly understood โœ…๐Ÿ”ฅ

Congrats to Tonacia Marshall, winner of our competition and proud owner of 2x Platinum tickets to Rockynats 07 (2027)! ๐Ÿš—

Weโ€™re sharing a few of the standout entries here because the quality was just too good.

Didnโ€™t enter? Donโ€™t worryโ€ฆ keep an eye out for next year ๐Ÿ˜‰

๐Ÿฆ• ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ โ€” ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ.Di...
27/04/2026

๐Ÿฆ• ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ โ€” ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ.

Discover how Central Queensland helped shape Australiaโ€™s prehistoric story during two interactive talks with palaeontologist ๐ƒ๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ, exploring dinosaur tracks, trilobites, ancient seas and Ice Age landscapes.

๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:
๐Ÿฆ– ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง โ€“ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด & ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด
๐Ÿ“… ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ
๐Ÿฆ• ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ง โ€“ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ & ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑโ€‘๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข
๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ

๐Ÿชจ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐:
๐Ÿฆด Fossilโ€‘rich caves and Ice Age megafauna stories at Capricorn Caves
๐ŸฆŽ Prehistoric Zoo Walks at Rockhampton Zoo, featuring real fossils with Time Safaris Walking Tours- Rockhampton
๐ŸŒ‹ Mount Hay Gemstone Park , an ancient volcano where visitors can fossick for ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽโ€‘๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€‘๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ thundereggs

CQUniversity Australia Dinosaur Experiences

23/04/2026

Looking for a free, indoor activity the whole family will enjoy in Rockhampton?

The Rockhampton Museum of Art is open 7 days a week and offers a vibrant program of rotating exhibitions, events, workshops and kids activities, plus an onโ€‘site cafรฉ serving great coffee and even better sweet treats โ˜•๐Ÿฐ

An easy option for family days out, rainy weather plans or school holiday inspiration.

๐Ÿ“ Rockhampton Museum of Art and
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Free entry


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