Former Black Caviar assistant trainer enjoying new start in Townsville and other top stories.

• Former Black Caviar assistant trainer enjoying new start in Townsville

  HE MAY have enjoyed the ride of a lifetime as part of the team behind racing legend Black Caviar but trainer Tony Haydon is thoroughly enjoying the change of pace in Townsville.Haydon served as an assistant trainer to renowned racing identity Peter Moody for over 13 years and he was a key figure with Black Caviar during the thoroughbred’s undefeated run of 25 races.After an amicable split with Moody in late 2013 Haydon made the move to Townsville so he and his partner could be closer to her fami..

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• It's wet, wild, warm and weird

  

  RECORD-breaking unseasonal weather has swept our state of extremes, with drought, floods, and even an incredibly rare tornado.Scores of historic daily and monthly rainfall totals have tumbled, as has the coldest winter day and the hottest winter day, in parts, while the waters off the Queensland coast posted the highest-ever marine heatwave since records began in 1900.media_cameraJames Anderson from Jindalee (left) and British visitor Michael Graves take in the foggy view of Brisbane’s skyscrape..

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• Jump for joy, it's 1812 again

  

  THE sounds of music will fill Queens Gardens with the Australian Festival of Chamber Music’s celebratory concert returning to Townsville.The concert titled 1812 will be held at Queens Gardens on July 31 from 3pm and entry is free.AFCM executive director Justin Ankus said 1812 was held last year and they had decided to bring the event back this year and call it The 1812 Again!“It was so popular with both locals and visitors that we have worked with Townsville City Council to ensure its return,” h..

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• Mobiles ring in changes

  

  MOBILE phone connection in Greenvale has taken all the fun out of knowing who is calling.Now, every time their mobile phones ring, Greenvale residents have to try to guess who it is that is wanting to engage them in conversation.Caravan park owner Richard Gelle said he knew most of the landline numbers in the town and would know who was calling when he picked up his phone.Several years ago Mr Gelle installed a mobile repeater in the caravan park that enabled customers to make and receive calls i..

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• Lifestyle of the snitch and famous

  

  FROM rugby league stars to a Queensland premier and one of the richest men in the world, Townsville real estate double agent John Brown wanted to befriend them all.Photos sourced by the Townsville Bulletin reveal the celebrity-chasing lifestyle of the convicted drug importer and police informant, before he was drawn into a dangerous underworld of violence, undercover operatives and outlaw motorcycle gangs.While some who know him speak of Brown as a man who was not quite part of the “in crowd” – ..

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• Drug mule mum jailed

  

  A TOWNSVILLE mother has been jailed for trying to smuggle methamphetamine and cannabis into Townsville Correctional Centre for her son.Ann Marie Hines, 60, was sentenced in the Supreme Court of Townsville yesterday to 18 months’ prison, suspended after she serves three months. The court heard Hines was caught in the prison carpark on July 11, 2015, with a cigarette pack containing methylamphetamine in condoms, cannabis and tobacco.Crown Prosecutor Nathan Crane said the woman was trying to provid..

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