Published at: 08:03 am - Thursday March 12 2009
AN oil slick from the container ship The MV Pacific Adventurer has now washed ashore on the north-eastern end of Moreton Island.
The spill was the result of 31 containers of ammonium nitrate falling overboard, with one piecing the hull of the ship.
As a result, up to to 100 tonnes of heavy fuel oil leaked into [...]
Published at: 06:03 pm - Saturday March 07 2009
The Palace Hotel at Woody Point is another Redcliffe landmark with an interesting history.
There has been a hotel on the current site since 1883, when “The Great Western” was opened on May 24.
When The Great Western burned down in 1902, a new hotel was built by Pearson Cameron from Ipswich and named “The Palace”, which [...]
