Peedamulla Campground is a Camping with Custodians initiative, celebrating the connection between Aboriginal people and the land, and you can stay there! They come from across the Pilbara each December to watch boys become men, an ancient rite of passage. After a month or more of secret learning at the Cane River lore ground, the next generation join their elders to sing from sunset until dawn. Preston Parker was one of those boys singing the Wardilba at Peedamulla Station ab

But while a long-discussed central Queensland water infrastructure project finally looks set to go ahead, it is still unclear who will be able to reap the benefits. After years of negotiations, promises and increased costings, a weir along the Fitzroy River at Rookwood, 60 kilometres south-east of Rockhampton, today secured the joint federal and state funding needed for its $352m construction. Read the rest of the article here. Lucid Economics developed the Capricorn Coast Re