Locals and tourists have volunteered their time to help wildlife rangers save thousands of baby turtles after recent high tides along the region's coastline.
Ten years ago Bundaberg's Shane Elson moved with his wife and three young children to Kalimantan in Borneo to help the poorest of the poor, who were struggling to have the basic right of clean drinking water.
The community can take part in the second Ride for William this month to help a local family while their infant daughter battles a rare form of childhood leukaemia
Margaret Mittelheuser AM - who was Australia's first female stockbroker - is one of 23 local women already nominated as part of a Bundaberg Regional Council project to recognise inspiring women