Topic: boating

A local family have experienced an up-close encounter with a great white shark when the animal approached their boat just 16 miles off the coast of Bundaberg.

With Christmas and New Year done and dusted, it’s time to get out and catch your trophy fish, whether it be a barramundi or a queenfish.

The crabs are on the move in the Baffle and Kolan systems. It will be well worth putting the pots in this weekend with the full moon tides.

A few big grunter over 60cm have been keeping anglers entertained recently on the Burnett River and mangrove jack have also been very active this past week.

Darryl Henderson has one of the best jobs in the Bundaberg Region — skipper of the Reef Empress for Lady Musgrave Experience.

Sunday will be the best day to be out on the water this weekend with plenty of squire, snapper and good-sized grunter at hand according to Tackle World Bundaberg.

Fishers at Winfield now have a shining beacon of light to help them navigate to and from the boat ramp thanks to a new solar light installation.

The Bundaberg Region is about to have a whale of a time with the first humpback spotted off the coast this week.

Bundaberg Region tourism operator Lady Musgrave Experience has cooked up a new adventure with barbecue boats for guests to enjoy the Burnett River.

A relieved stranded boatie has been located off the coast of Elliott Heads after activating an emergency distress beacon this afternoon.