In 2021, the Queensland Government started the process of renaming Fraser Island to K’gari. But did you know the ‘K’ is actually silent? So the pronunciation is Gar-ee.

The Torres Strait maritime marker was actually added to Queensland’s place name database in 2021, at the request of the Australian Hydrographic Office, apparently to reflect a federal sea map.

Cyclone Alfred map tracker: When and where will the Category 2 storm make landfall? Millions of people in Queensland and northern New South Wales under warnings to hunker down or evacuate, with ...