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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A 34-year-old local grazier is headed to the Sunshine Coast this week for the annual stripey shirt convention at the Mooloolaba Surf Club. Said grazier, Wally Renneck of "Astoria" via Windorah, expects to see a generous handful of family when he and the family roll into town and one of them expecting to see him...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactIn some rather banal news, it can be confirmed that working out while listening to the John Wick soundtrack is the secret to keeping momentum, and turning the most casual gym goers into a weaponised version of themselves. Speaking to a couple of dude bros at Betoota’s most popular gym, ‘The Sweat Hole’, our reporter learns that songs such...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT An Old City District office man has today summoned some of his nearest and dearest to a watering hole in the lanyard capital of town. With his second working week of 2025 coming to a close, Brangus Towns (31) confirmed to The Advocate that he deserved a little treat. "Yeah, I think I've earned myself a couple of...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA local woman is today singing praises about rave culture, having recently attended her first ever outdoor rave in the outer skirts of Betoota Ponds. Practically bouncing with joy as she recounted her Friday night experience, Angie Bellingham, 24, says she truly can’t believe how friendly and caring everyone was, and that there must be something about trance music...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A quiet Friday morning at the Betoota Heights Business Park was shattered today when a 34-year-old sales manager rolled into the office with a 44-gallon drum repurposed as a drink bottle, decisively ending months of hydration one-upmanship among his colleagues. Greg Megger-Colin, an employee at Active Edge, a company supplying sporting equipment to schools and...

STACY OAKSHEAF | City News | CONTACTI HAD IT FIRST: Local fashion fiend Maddie Clarke, 26, has reportedly entered full combat mode as the countdown begins for the Bassike warehouse sale this weekend. Known for her love of minimalist chic and a well-timed bargain, Maddie has been spotted sharpening her elbows—and her claws—in preparation for what she calls “the Hunger Games of fashion.” “This...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local father has turned to his school-age son and sneered this afternoon after watching a screaming, speeding fire truck careen through the grid-like streets of Betoota Heights. Damien Goink, a professional kangaroo harvester and hunting guide, made the observation shortly after picking his son up from cricket camp around lunch today. As the 34-year-old made...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A patient at Royal Betoota Base Hospital has embraced the uniquely regional experience of entrusting his life to a surgical resident who still gets ID'd at the Thirsty Camel down on Green Street. Bill Leong, a 73-year-old semi retired French Quarter restauranter, was admitted this week for a planned gall bladder removal. He has now...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA local bachelor today stands accused of not having much luck in the love department, after it was revealed that he keeps his queen size bed tucked into the corner of his room, with only one side accessible. Tyson Manning, a 26 year old chemical engineer from Betoota Heights, insists that he has ‘girls over all the time actually’,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As rain drizzled down onto the cobblestone streets of Betoota's fabled French Quarter, city worker Liam Fitzpatrick found himself standing agape outside Maison Cresci, a bustling bistro teeming with diners on what should have been a quiet, midweek evening. "Who the fuck are all these people?" muttered Liam to himself, umbrella in hand, as he...