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The two men did not know whale sharks could be found in waters off Queensland's south-east coast until the inquisitive creature glided up next to their boat.

Two fishermen have an up close encounter with a whale shark, a species that is rarely spotted off Queensland's east coast.

Brisbane artist Phoebe Paradise turns the tension between Queenslander houses and their environment into works of gothic, sci-fi art. 

Researchers believe they have recorded one of the world's most unusually coloured dolphins for the first time in Australian waters.

Cooper Symlie is an angler at heart. Despite a rare condition that causes painful reactions to stimuli such as water and air, he's relentless in his pursuit of the catch of the day.

A family holiday turned into a "crisis" when a jellyfish sting caused a severe allergic reaction for a three-year-old girl on K'Gari (Fraser Island), and emergency services faced complications that led to treatment delays.

As visitor numbers surge on K'gari (Fraser Island) during holidays, so too does the number of interactions with dangerous creatures in the area, as authorities reiterate safety messages about wildlife.

The primary school-aged girl is in Gympie Hospital with multiple lacerations after being bitten by a dingo on her leg, the second attack recorded on the heritage-listed island this year.

The dingo approached the child while her mother was taking photos of the animal, and bit her on the thigh when she ran.

The wet weather is moving north to the Sunshine Coast, but the severe weather warning has been cancelled this afternoon.

Police said the 14-year-old boy was water-tubing on the Mary River south of Maryborough when he fell into the water, and failed to resurface. 

Twila Whittingham always thought of music as medicine, so when doctors found a pre-cancerous tumour in her breast mid-last year, she knew she would need more than conventional treatment to cope.

Twila Whittingham has always thought of music as medicine. So after doctors found a pre-cancerous tumour in her breast, she formed the Soul Sisters - a Hervey Bay 'boob choir' made up of women whose lives have been impacted by breast cancer.

An 84-year-old man fell in his Hervey Bay home at the weekend. Despite his situation being deemed an emergency, it was too late by the time paramedics arrived. The service has described the incident as "sad more than preventable".

Maggie and Mal Butcher spent years on the road after selling their house. But while they love their camper, ill health has slowed them down and they now live in a friend's backyard — which means facing the ire of local council.

A LifeFlight spokesperson says the rear and front wheels of a ute rolled over the girl at low speed on K'gari before her father performed CPR on her.

The grandparent's group allows the retirees to help each other navigate the unique challenge of raising a child in their seventies.

While their friends caravan around Australia, these retirees are doing school drop-offs. It's not what they had planned for their golden years, but a grandparents' support group helps them, while they are in their 70s, navigate the challenges of raising a child.

A group of girls were returning to their accommodation along one of K'gari's sand tracks when a tree branch smashed the windscreen and speared through a passenger seat headrest.

The 83-year-old woman was rushed to hospital with a 150cm garden stake "sticking out of her neck" after she tripped and fell while gardening.

Kirsten Drier says if she can improve other people's skills and help them out then that's a really good day.

Searing heat consumes Queensland amid already parched conditions, but a cool change should bring respite to fire-ravaged communities before the mercury soars again.

Police say an elderly unit owner was trying to help his wife and another woman in distress when he was allegedly murdered by a man in Queensland's Wide Bay.

Experts believe the humpback whale population has reached record heights, after commercial whaling from the late 1800s to the 1960s pushed the animals to the "brink of extinction".

Home to fish that have been around since the time of dinosaurs, Queensland's mighty Mary River is facing a worrying dry spell that some believe could lead to fish kills.