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select a specific Town in this Region| Beef Australia | ||
| Date | Mon 7th May 2012 to Sat 12th May 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Exhibition Road Rockhampton | |
| Every three years beef producers, breeders and industry stakeholders come together in Rockhampton Queensland to participate in one of the world's great beef cattle events 'Beef Australia'. Australia's National Beef Exposition features national stud, carcasses and commercial cattle competitions as well as on farm property tour. | ||
| A Sense of Occassion - Vintage and Contemporary Fashion at Stockland | ||
| Date | Wed 9th May 2012 | |
| Location | Bruce Highway Rockhampton | |
| Fashion event from the Darnell Collection and Stockland retailers. | ||
| Beef City Rodeo | ||
| Date | Fri 11th May 2012 to Sat 12th May 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Stanley Street Rockhampton | |
| Don't miss the Beef City Rodeo at the Great Western Hotel this year. Held during Rockhampton's famous Beef Australia week, the Rodeo will see top riders competing for massive prize money. The Great Western's unique indoor rodeo arena will draw visitors from around the nation for this major rodeo event. | ||
| Beef Australia Finale Concert | ||
| Date | Fri 11th May 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Rockhampton Showgrounds Rockhampton | |
| Australian country music legend, Kasey Chambers, and Rockhampton's own chart successes, Busby Marou, will headline the Beef Australia 2012 Country Collaboration Concert. The multi-ARIA awarding winner Kasey Chambers last year released a new album The Storybook. | ||
| Central Queensland Capras versus Norths Devils - Regional Engagement Two | ||
| Date | Sun 13th May 2012 | |
| Location | Albert Street Rockhampton | |
| The Central Queensland Capras are the premier rugby league club in Central Queensland. | ||
| A Sense of Occassion - Cupcakes and Couture | ||
| Date | Sun 13th May 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | 62 Victoria Parade Rockhampton | |
| Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition with the Gallery Director this Mothers Day. Afternoon Tea by Lickety Fingers. The Rockhampton Art Gallery plays host to a touring exhibition drawn from the Darnell Collection, New South Wales. | ||
| 77th Annual Callide Valley Show | ||
| Date | Fri 18th May 2012 to Sat 19th May 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Auburn Street Biloela | |
| 2012 will celebrate the 77th Annual Callide Valley Show. | ||
| Central Queensland Capras versus Tweed Heads Seagulls | ||
| Date | Sun 20th May 2012 | |
| Location | Albert Street Rockhampton | |
| The Central Queensland Capras are the premier rugby league club in Central Queensland. | ||
| El Caballo Blanco: The Dance of the White Stallions | ||
| Date | Sun 20th May 2012 | |
| Location | 56 Yarroon Street Gladstone | |
| The magnificent white stallions of Spain are dancing their way through Australia, and will be visiting the Gladstone PCYC on Sunday 20 May at 2pm and 7:30pm. | ||
| Chanel College presents Spamalot | ||
| Date | Fri 25th May 2012 to Sat 26th May 2012 | |
| Location | 58 Goondoon Street Gladstone | |
| Chanel College presents Spamalot. Broadway smash hit Spamalot comes to Gladstone with this Chanel College production. | ||
| Captain Cook 1770 Festival | ||
| Date | Sat 26th May 2012 to Sun 27th May 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Captain Cook Drive Seventeen Seventy | |
| The Captain Cook 1770 Festival has been an annual event for 19 years, commemorating the landing of Lieutenant James Cook on 24 May, 1770. The award winning festival is held on the enchanting foreshores of Seventeen Seventy between Bundaberg and Gladstone and caters for the whole family. | ||
| Central Queensland Capras versus Easts Tigers - Regional Engagement Three | ||
| Date | Sat 26th May 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Albert Street Rockhampton | |
| The Central Queensland Capras are the premier rugby league club in Central Queensland. | ||
| Bobfest 2012 | ||
| Date | Sat 26th May 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Fitzroy Motor Boat Club Rockhampton | |
| Bobfest has become a huge event with interest from artists all over Australia. This event was the brainchild of Dennis Harris, who was frankly a bit of a Bob Dylan nut. | ||
| French Film Festival - Nothing To Declare | ||
| Date | Fri 1st Jun 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | 203 East Street Rockhampton | |
| Rien A Declarer (M). Writer, director, actor Dany Boon is a past master at making audiences howl with laughter. His 'Welcome To The Sticks' broke box office records. | ||
| Biddies | ||
| Date | Sat 2nd Jun 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Cambridge Street Rockhampton | |
| Biddies finds five ordinarily marvellous women back in their infants school classroom plying their needles in a good old-fashioned session of "stitch and bitch". Their confessions are frank, their rivalries intense and their jokes outrageous. | ||
| French Film Festival - War of the Buttons | ||
| Date | Sat 2nd Jun 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | 203 East Street Rockhampton | |
| War of the Buttons (La Guerre des Boutons) PG This huge success at the French box office is the fifth movie version of a 1912 novel by Louis Pergaud that's been reprinted over 30 times. | ||
| French Film Festival - Love Like Poison | ||
| Date | Sat 2nd Jun 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | 203 East Street Rockhampton | |
| Love Like Poison (Un Poison Violent) MA 15+ Young teenager Anna (Clara Augarde) returns home from her Catholic boarding school in time for her impending confirmation. But this holiday will become a struggle as she matures into adulthood. | ||
| French Film Festival - Hands Up | ||
| Date | Sat 2nd Jun 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | 203 East Street Rockhampton | |
| Hands Up (Les Mains en L'Air). Check classification closer to the date. A comedy-drama from director Romain Goupil that casts light on a group of school children in Paris, many of whose parents lack legal status. | ||
| Central Queensland Capras versus Wynnum Manly Seagulls | ||
| Date | Sun 10th Jun 2012 | |
| Location | Albert Street Rockhampton | |
| The Central Queensland Capras are the premier rugby league club in Central Queensland. | ||
| Central Queensland Capras versus Norths Devils | ||
| Date | Sun 17th Jun 2012 | |
| Location | Albert Street Rockhampton | |
| The Central Queensland Capras are the premier rugby league club in Central Queensland. | ||
| Cloudland | ||
| Date | Fri 29th Jun 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Cambridge Street Rockhampton | |
| The lights dim, the music swells, and wrapped in the magical embrace of Cloudland, the dance begins. An iconic Brisbane building for decades, the Cloudland ballroom was the focus of the city's social life. Countless romances blossomed under its spinning mirror balls. | ||
| David Campbells Lets Go Tour | ||
| Date | Sat 30th Jun 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Victoria Parade Rockhampton | |
| David Campbell releases this summer's party album and announces an upcoming national tour. | ||
| Farnborough Fair | ||
| Date | Sun 22nd Jul 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | 8 Hinz Avenue Yeppoon | |
| Farnborough State Pre and Primary School is located about 10 kilometres north of Yeppoon, only a few minutes away from Bangalee Beach. | ||
| Central Queensland Capras versus Mackay Cutters | ||
| Date | Sun 22nd Jul 2012 | |
| Location | Albert Street Rockhampton | |
| The Central Queensland Capras are the premier rugby league club in Central Queensland. | ||
| CQUniversity Schools Jazz Festival: The Program | ||
| Date | Sat 28th Jul 2012 to Sun 29th Jul 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | North Rockhampton State High School Performing Arts Centre North Rockhampton | |
| CQUniversity's CQ Conservatorium of Music is proud to present the CQUniversity Schools Jazz Festival. The CQUniversity Schools Jazz Festival provides an opportunity for high school students to engage in two days of inspirational music making. | ||
| Bike 4 Life | ||
| Date | Sun 29th Jul 2012 | |
| Location | Bruce Highway North Rockhampton | |
| Bike4Life is a cycling event for people of all ages, sizes and abilities. | ||
| Emergency Services Day 2012 | ||
| Date | Sun 29th Jul 2012 | |
| Location | Rockhampton Heritage Village Rockhampton | |
| Bring the family and come support your local heroes. See what goes on behind the scenes of your emergency services while having a great day out. | ||
| Capricorn Careers Expo | ||
| Date | Mon 6th Aug 2012 | |
| Location | CQUniversity Sports Complex North Rockhampton | |
| The Capricorn Careers Expo has been an integral part of education and employment in the Rockhampton Community for over 20 years. | ||
| Adam Harvey | ||
| Date | Thu 16th Aug 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | 500 Yaamba Road North Rockhampton | |
| Adam Harvey live at the Glenmore Tavern! Adam Harvey is regarded as one of the best singers in the Country Music industry. After five albums and over 200,000 CD'S sold, it would seem that country music fans agree. | ||
| Central Queensland Capras versus Souths Logan Magpies | ||
| Date | Sun 19th Aug 2012 | |
| Location | Albert Street Rockhampton | |
| The Central Queensland Capras are the premier rugby league club in Central Queensland. | ||
| Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art and Design | ||
| Date | Fri 24th Aug 2012 to Sun 30th Sep 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Victoria Parade Rockhampton | |
| A Rockhampton Art Gallery exhibition. | ||
| Archer Park Bush Poets | ||
| Date | Wed 5th Sep 2012 | |
| Location | Denison Street Rockhampton | |
| If you enjoy bush poetry and song don’t miss this year’s series of Bush Poetry and Song Barbecue Evenings at Archer Park Rail Museum. | ||
| Caravan Burlesque | ||
| Date | Fri 7th Sep 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Cambridge Street Rockhampton | |
| Caravan Burlesque is created and directed by Moira Finucane and Jackie Smith The globally acclaimed salon of seductive, subversive, and electrifying acts is here! From multi-award winning Finucane and Smith, creators of global smash hit The Burlesque Hour, comes a travelling emporium that fuses Parisian nightclub with jaw-dropping cabaret and... | ||
| Baralaba Silver Cup Campdraft - Central Queensland Campdrafting | ||
| Date | Sat 8th Sep 2012 to Sun 9th Sep 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Dunstan Street Baralaba | |
| Enjoy all the excitement of a country Campdraft throughout Central Queensland in 2012 at Baralaba Silver Cup Campdraft. The horse and rider pit their strength against the will of the steer, which is cut from the herd and controlled around a set course in a fight against the clock. | ||
| CQUni Lunchtime Concert Series | ||
| Date | Thu 13th Sep 2012 to Fri 14th Sep 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Bruce Highway North Rockhampton | |
| Already a regular and feature on the CQUniversity Rockhampton campus, you can liven up your lunch break while enjoying the great sounds of jazz and popular music presented by staff, students and special guests. | ||
| Emu Park Lions Club Oktoberfest | ||
| Date | Sat 27th Oct 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Pattison Street Emu Park | |
| Emu Park Lions Oktoberfest is reputedly one of the best in Australia. | ||
| Archer Park Rail Museum Family Fun Day | ||
| Date | Sun 28th Oct 2012 | |
| Location | Denison Street Rockhampton | |
| Several times each year Archer Park hosts a number of community organisations and special activities with a 'gold coin' admission. | ||
| Bell Park Markets | ||
| Date | Sun 18th Nov 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Hill Street Emu Park | |
| Bell Park Markets have over a hundred stalls providing a wide range of new and used goodies. They have all the usual market bargains like fresh produce, plants, preserves, craft, novelty items, art, and woodwork. | ||
| Bouldy Bush Market and Car Boot Sale | ||
| Date | Sat 24th Nov 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | 52496 Burnett Highway Bouldercombe | |
| Bouldy Bush Market and Car Boot Sale is held on the last Saturday of each month in Bouldercombe. Browse the large variety of stalls including craft, home cooking, jewellery, art, produce, antiques, plants, books, preloved household items and more. Entry is free and there is plenty of parking. | ||
| Beach. Arts. Music (BAM) | ||
| Date | Sat 1st Dec 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Millenium Esplanade Tannum Sands | |
| Beach Arts Music is a free community event held on the first Saturday of every month from 3.00pm to 8.00pm at Millenium Esplanade, Tannum Sands. Featuring food stalls, live entertainment, arts and creation stalls and lots more making this event an awesome family friendly outing. | ||
| Fig Tree Markets | ||
| Date | Sun 2nd Dec 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Fig Tree Creek Yeppoon | |
| The Fig Tree Markets are coordinated by the Keppel Coast Arts Council Incorporated; a not-for-profit community arts organisation. | ||
| Discovery Coast Markets | ||
| Date | Sun 9th Dec 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Captain Cook Drive Agnes Water | |
| The Discovery Coast Markets are held on the second Sunday of each month at the SES Grounds located between Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy. Come and browse the arts and crafts, bric-a-brac and fresh produce available to purchase. Please note that during school holidays, the markets are held every Sunday. | ||
| Causeway Lake Markets | ||
| Date | Sun 23rd Dec 2012 | ![]() |
| Location | Causeway Lake Yeppoon | |
| The Causeway Lake Markets have a selection of products for sale. The beautiful Capricorn Coast is the ideal location for your weekend market experience with a variety of fresh and handmade products for sale. | ||





























