Plus: Smokey skies across Bowen this morning.. after a fire closed the Bruce Highway overnight. 

Plus: Smokey skies across Bowen this morning.. after a fire closed the Bruce Highway overnight.&nbsp;

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The approach is considered a high level intervention and involves disrupting bats to encourage them to leave camps in residential areas.

The approach is considered a high level intervention and involves disrupting bats to encourage them to leave camps in residential areas.

The dogs escaped from a parked vehicle and attacked a worker from the Red Beret Hotel. 

The dogs escaped from a parked vehicle and attacked a worker from the Red Beret Hotel.&nbsp;

Plus: Picnic Bay esplanade is in for a major facelift..

Plus: Picnic Bay esplanade is in for a major facelift..