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The BOM says it is monitoring the potential formation of a tropical low off the north coast, but conditions will be "settled" in much of the state.

Would people travel to see the Milky Way like they do for the Great Barrier Reef? This tiny town thinks dark sky tourism is the next big thing.

Parts of Queensland will experience temperatures 5 to 7 degrees Celsius above average this week as the state braces for another heatwave.

Council workers were excavating a gravel pit near Longreach in Queensland when they came across a human skull which traditional custodians say will remain in place.

It's not your typical retirement plan but Gavin Smith is in it "boots and all" giving new life to a caravan park in a town he first fell in love with 50 years ago.

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting above average temperatures but says records are not expected to fall.

Milynda Rogers first started making scrap metal sculptures and putting them by the roadside for school kids to enjoy. Now scores of them adorn the outback landscape.

Opal miners are concerned about the future of their industry as the Queensland government buys a former cattle property used for mining. With 50 per cent of the region's opals coming from this one property, it's raising alarm bells.

From the loudest burp to reciting the alphabet backwards in the least time … it might be unorthodox but you just may have what it takes to be a world champion.

It may sound a little unorthodox, but this outback pub was traded on trust.