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Bundaberg Region Blog

How does a business banker turn into one of the best organic sourdough bakers in the Wide Bay region? Passion, enthusiasm and absolute dedication to creating one of the best handcrafted sourdough bakehouses to be found near or far.
A second generation confectioner who took 38 years to realise her dream of owning her own chocolate shop, Melanice Jacobsen has never looked back. Affectionately nicknamed “Mellywonker” Cha Cha Chocolate truly does feel like walking into Willy Wonka’s whimsical and fantastical confectionery and chocolate factory.
Annie Dang
Traveller
World's funniest wildlife photo 2020: Photographer Mark Fitzpatrick on capturing great shots
It was an image so hilarious yet so apt that it resonated around a pandemic-scarred world. A turtle is pictured off Queensland doing just what everyone felt like doing to 2020 - flipping it the bird with a perfectly positioned flipper.

A Master Reef Guide True Story – This actually happens on the Southern Great Barrier Reef
The best places to spot manta rays are around Lady Elliot Island and Lady Musgrave Island


 
		 
		
		 
  
   
  
    
			 
						
						
						
					 
					
					
					
				 
					
					
					
				 
					
					
					
				 
					
					
					
				