Game reviews, previews, trial downloads:
Conquer! & tips (online role playing game)
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Fresh for Kids (excellent, quiz (with prizes), games, fruit & vegetable information, recipes, colouring in, party kit…!)
The Playground – ABC Childrens’ TV (games, make & do, & lots more)
Kids Games at ninemsn
Colour-in for kids!
…..Connect the Dots! (all printable)
Ippy’s Big Idea (how to come up with ideas, games, activities)
Big Ideas Network (including Trade Mark-O-Matic)
Rollercoaster – ABC TV (for older children/young teens: games, reviews,
music, sports, wallpaper, screensavers, etc etc)
DMag - Games, Competitions, Jokes
Are you a DILBERT fan? (games, desktop diversions, etc)
Bored.com (fun stuff to do when you are bored)
Civic Video - Competitions, Giveaways, Promotions
MSN Messenger (internet messaging service by Microsoft)
Australian Homework Helper! (click here)
Homework Helper (US) (click here)
Have you been lucky? $ click for lotto results from Golden Casket
? Did you know:
Banana Shire’s “sister shire” is Boulouparis, in New Caledonia. Boulouparis is a rural community with a population of about 1,900. It is 75 kilometres north of Noumea.
See photographs, above, of Boulouparis delegation at Moura Mine, and at QNP Nitrate Plant.
Australian Sister Cities Association
? Did you know, Biloela’s:
| Latitude | Longitude | Elevation |
| -24.417 | 150.500 | 274m |
Biloela Guestbook! A selection of our visitors’ comments:
Responses to polls:
“I think that there should be discounts on those wanting to purchase grey water systems and I think that there should permanent restrictions in place so that the residents can conserve water. I think that being water wise should be encouraged.”
“Biloela needs an indoor swim complex. This would allow the pool to be used all year round and would also provide protection from the sun in the summer months. It seems ironic that our southern cousins have access to swimming facilities year round and in Qld we have restricted access.” “Your website is fantastic actually – like what you are doing there.”
“As a mother of two children, six and three, I find there is a need for more attractive parks, with more shade, seating and modern play equipment.”
“A decent park which can be enjoyed by the entire community (young, old and disabled), as well as tourists has to be a positive addition to our town. The Family Fun Day at the Lions Park displayed how families from all walks of life can join together and enjoy the outdoors and see their kids playing in the fresh air and getting exercise – something that doesn’t happen often enough in this day and age. Lets do something positive for the
community as a whole, not just for a minority!”
“The need for better playground facilities was highlighted on the weekend by the amount of families with young children which attended the Family Fun Day in the Lions Park. The soft fall under the existing play equipment had positive feedback. This is a great park. Let’s make it better.”
“More footpaths are needed to link up major roads ie Prairie St from civic centre to Callide St, so school children don’t have to ride on the busy road. Other Sts like Washpool, State Farm Rd all could do with footpaths.”
“A decent park and playground for weekend bbqs and picnic, somewhere nice for travellers to pull up.”
“1. Main street decorations for Christmas
2. Plant Christmas trees in the Waterloo area and sell at Christmas time
3. Improve street lighting
4. More seating around the township for elderly people
5. More Shade sails and seating around the town and parks
6. More gardens in the CBD similar to the ones in Kariboe street.”
“Biloela is a great place to live but there are no nice parks etc to take our children to, to play or go for a picnic. The council needs to put money back into the community to make it fun for children and families. Look at Tannum, Gladstone etc. Look at their lovely parks etc. We often hear out of town people say “Biloela is a lovely place but nothing to do, we have to go to R’ton or Gladstone to take the family out”. That is so true.”
“I live in Biloela and love it a lot.”
“My choice (in the poll) is for attractive signage at all entry points, because our many (some interstate) visitors, all say, after an extensive personal tour showing off our agricultural areas, the dam, the mine from the viewing point, the newer parts of town, the meatworks etc., that they didn’t know there was “all this” in Biloela. Other aesthetic
improvements could be the clock, street lamps, fountain and shaded areas in the parks. Anything to give the town individual character.”
“What Bilo really needs is a funky cafe that is open nights, and 8am till late on weekends (sat and sun). I know of so many people who would go and there would be no competition as the cafes that are currently around are not open at appropriate times for day workers
and people wanting to go out ….. either the existing pubs or cafes can be altered to achieve this goal and I’m sure they would do well.”
Other feedback:
“Nice looking front page …! AND, it’s really good to have the maps.”
“I am most impressed..”
“This is excellent work…Keep up the good work.”
“Well done … It looks good. I shall use it to keep up to date with what is happening.”
“…it is great.”
“What a great website. Well done!”
“Well Done. A very informative web page. Enjoyed the poll. Keep up the good work.”
“Congratulations on the new website. It looks great!”
“Congratulations to Enterprise Biloela for this initiative. Looks good.”
“Yes very impressive, the poll for a cinema is a good idea.”
“I think it is excellent and is a potentially very powerful tool.”
“It looks fantastic and I can only imagine the hours it has taken to achieve
this! It is wonderful to see Biloela on the web.”
“I’m so pleased that Biloela will have a wonderful window to the world..”
“The site looks GREAT … – Well Done! Keep up the good work.”
“I think this is great. Just what the town needs.”
“Visited website today. Great!”
“…the work you are all doing on Biloela.com is fantastic!!! Keep up the good work… So
great to see the enthusiasm, and the end product is looking incredible … Great job!”
Have your say, too! Click here:
Links
Nearby councils, development associations, tertiary education, etc: (reciprocal links would be much appreciated)
Banana Shire Community Resource Centre Banana Shire Council (our shire)
Boyne Island Tannum SandsCallide
Dawson Machinery Preservation Club
Capricorn Coast Tourist OrganisationCapricorn Tourism
Central Highlands Regional CouncilCQ
A New Millenium
CQRDGP – Central Queensland Rural Division of General Practice
Central Queensland Regional Information System
CQU – Central Queensland University
Chamber of Commerce & Industry – Rockhampton & central Queensland
Dawson Valley Development Association
Department of Education & the Arts
Gladstone Area Promotion & Development Limited (GAPDL)
Gladstone Economic & Industry Development Board
Gladstone Holidays Information
Rockhampton Regional Development Limited
Rockhampton Tourist & Business Information
South Burnett Regional Council
Online Atlas for Qld! (Queensland’s first publicly available online atlas)
Find a Queensland Park or Forest (click here)
Recipe search by FoodinaMinute (click here)
Recipe finder by ninemsn (click here)
Lunchbox Recipes (by about.com)
Australian Genealogical Search (click here, then type a surname into the search box)
Search for your ancestors! (click here)
Genforum by Genealogy.com – get help finding your ancestors, from other people who are also searching for theirs – search by surname or region
Online Dictionary & Thesaurus (click here)
Quotations (27,000+!) - search by subject, author, or keyword (click your choice)
Current local times around the world
Free online translating/language identifying tools
“Urban Legends” (do you receive lots of forwarded emails which you think are “a bit sus”? Now you can check them out before forwarding them on.
Just type the subject into the search box at “Urban Legends”.)
? Did you know, Biloela’s population age:
| 0-14 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75+ |
| 1,349 | 900 | 897 | 898 | 697 | 463 | 288 | 254 |
