The third issue of Welcome to Bundaberg Magazine is now live, continuing the magazine’s focus on helping people understand, connect with, and feel at home in the Bundaberg region. Issue 3 centres on the theme Place and Plate, exploring how food plays a quiet but powerful role in shaping belonging, identity, and community connection.
For many people moving to a new region, food is one of the first ways they begin to orient themselves. Where to shop, what’s in season, which markets locals return to each week, and who grows the food that ends up on the table. In Bundaberg, these everyday choices are closely tied to place. This issue reflects that relationship, sharing stories that link food production, community life and local routines.
Inside Issue 3, readers will find stories from across Bundaberg’s food and agricultural landscape. From generational farmers and local producers to not-for-profit farms, community gardens and social food spaces, the magazine highlights how food connects people across backgrounds, ages and experiences. It also explores how food insecurity is being addressed locally through community-led, practical responses that focus on dignity, skill-building and shared responsibility.
Alongside storytelling, the issue includes seasonal meal ideas, farm gate and market references, and information designed to support both new residents and long-term locals. The intention is not only to inform, but to help people feel more grounded in the rhythms of the region and the relationships that form around food.
Published by Wide Bay Kids Community Inc, Welcome to Bundaberg Magazine is a free guide created for new residents and visitors, while still offering value to those who have called the region home for years. Each issue aims to reflect what it feels like to live here, beyond the surface, through local voices and lived experience.
Issue 3 is available online now, with print copies distributed across the Bundaberg region.
