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Babinda

Tourists enjoy the serenity and beauty of the Babinda Boulders, the wettest place in Australia in 2025. Picture: Tourism and Events Queensland

Wet, wetter, wettest

BABINDA is thrilled to have ended 2025 at the top of the rainfall stakes over Tully to take out the year’s ‘Golden Gumboot’ title.

4 February, 2026

The late Steven Destro (right). Picture: Supplied

Vale farmer Steven Destro

Babinda resident Rosanna Lennon says the town won’t give up its pool without a fight. Picture: David Gardiner

‘Heart and soul’

Babinda sugarcane pioneers Rose and Steven Destro. Picture: Renee Cluff/Canegrowers

Farming through innovation

Rodney Edwards observes traffic from the existing pedestrian crossing island on the Bruce Highway, Babinda. He says a signalised crossing is not needed. Picture: David Gardiner

Seeing red

Dr Carolyn Belonogoff of Babinda has been named the 2025 Queensland registrar of the year by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). Picture: Supplied

‘Calm’ doctor best registrar

The Babinda Harvest Festival Princess entrants are (from left) Olivia Quabba, Allanah Morris, Bailey Quabba, Shaylee McCulloch and Eva Munro. Picture: Donna Lauridsen Photography

Harvest festival fires up

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