It’s been estimated that at least 1,200 people currently experience homelessness in the Mackay region. With local support services at capacity, a group of community-minded people working in the sector have come together to form Safe Sleep Mackay, an initiative dedicated to delivering the region’s first sleepbus.
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A new tourism business, showcasing Mackay in a way that it has never been before is making waves not just regionally, but now on a national scale, having won Best New Tourism Business in the country at the Qantas Australia Tourism Awards held in Sydney on Friday night.
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Jo Sainsbury, owner of Kickass Women, dedicates her time to raising awareness and funds for those affected by domestic violence through her annual charity gala event, Shades of Women, and she’s encouraging the Mackay community to support the initiative through event sponsorship.
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Last weekend saw the men’s grade cricket finals bring the 2022/23 season to a close, headlined by Magpies going two from two at the freshly opened Great Barrier Reef Arena. The first grade Magpies celebrated their Poole Cup premiership, toppling favourites Walkerston after winning the Twenty20 Shootout final earlier in the year.
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Tourism operators across Queensland and the Whitsundays are celebrating this week following the 2022 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards, which were held in Sydney last Friday night. This year, the sunshine state managed to take home the biggest scoop of national awards since 2018 and four of them came from businesses operating in the Mackay and Whitsunday region.
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CUT OUT PARTY A HUGE SUCCESS Full-Page Picture Gallery Inside
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With just two owners overseeing its entire 50-year history, Cannonvale Marine is celebrating not only an impressive personal milestone but also the outstanding achievement of being one of the most stable and longest-running businesses in the Whitsundays.
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A local teenager has relearned to walk thanks to a local boxing gym after undergoing two reconstructive surgeries to manage a congenital disorder. Bowen-born Hugh Hanneman’s cerebral palsy had pulled his left foot to an almost 90-degree angle to the ground before two ankle and foot reconstructions this year remedied the issue – and left him wheelchair-bound for four months.
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• Handy to City, Shops, Clubs, Sporting facilities. Walk to Milton Street High School.
• Lowset two-bedroom, brick veneer unit with a single lockable garage.
• Air-conditioned bedrooms and living area.
• Private “stand alone” unit in a three-unit complex.
• No Body corporate fees involved.
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Glamorous and expansive, this double-storey home
displays the ideal combination of practicality and
luxury. Boasting 5 bedrooms, 3 separate living zones,
formal dining, a study, a music room, 3 bathrooms, an
inground saltwater pool and a 2-bay shed, this perfectly
positioned property is ready to impress! Wonderfully
suited to growing, large, or multi-generational families,
this regal, fully A/C residence welcomes you to a grand
style of living. A striking timber staircase leads up
to the palatial master suite and a large retreat zone.
This outstanding property will certainly tug at your
heartstrings…
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With a strong presence and unrivalled position, this
federation style home is an opportunity you don’t want
to miss. Sprawling across its 870m2 corner block and
amassing some approx. 400m2 underroof, this bespoke
property offers space and convenience. Across this
home enjoy formal lounge and dining spaces, open plan
living, air conditioning throughout and huge covered
outdoor entertaining area. There is also a double garage
and 9x5m shed with great side access. Plus, you’ll be
in the hub of it all surrounded by quality schools and
terrific shopping centres and less than a 10 minute dash
into the Mackay CBD.
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Built on 2.5ac and only 10 minutes to town, with a
460m2 underroof home, this rare find has presented to
market. Positioned at the top of the block to capture
the breezes and views of the property, built over 4
levels each joined by light breezeways and connect or
disconnect from one another. Follow the gravel driveway
from the front of the property down to the 20x12m high
clearance powered shed, with recently added carport,
also including bathroom and mezzanine storage.
Step out onto the rear deck overlooking the pool and
landscaped gardens or head relax under the poolside
cabana pizza oven and outdoor kitchen.
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March 24, 2023
BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort brought home its third gold award at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards over the weekend, and they are celebrating being crowned our nation’s best in the Caravan and Holiday Parks Category once again.
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March 23, 2023
The rescue officer who risked his life by jumping into the water, just metres from a recent shark attack, in order to save the life of the victim, has just been honoured with an Australian Bravery Decoration. RACQ CQ Rescue rescue crew officer Ben McCauley said he was “just doing his job” when he attended a series of three shark attacks in Cid Harbour on Whitsunday Island in 2018.
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March 23, 2023
When the kind-hearted gentlemen at the Airlie Beach Men’s Shed heard about the special delivery of supplies heading over to help families in Fiji and Vanuatu, they jumped at the opportunity to help out.
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March 23, 2023
The Cannonvale Cannons hosted another successful Wednesday Club Night last week before leading into Saturday’s Club Championships. Five Cannons also chased National qualifying times by participating in a time trial in Proserpine, with all making the cut: Jy Parkinson, Jacob Bell, Holly Perrin, Ehsan Helou, and Anisa Helou.
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March 23, 2023
The Whitsunday Sailing Club’s weekly twilight races were hosted in perfect sailing conditions on Wednesday, with 16 yachts on the water. While the easterly breeze was ideal, it abated during the afternoon, dropping to just four knots by the time the last boats finished.
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March 23, 2023
Onlookers may have been confused while watching Whitsunday Outriggers Canoe Club participate in ‘Huli’ practice two weeks ago in the Whitsunday waters. The local club embarked from Shingley Beach to New Beach, and whilst in the Pioneer Bay, tipped themselves out of their vessels. Outrigger Club member Paul Tobias said a Huli is essentially when an outrigger capsizes, caused when the outer float leaves the water, rotating 180-degrees.
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CUT OUT PARTY A HUGE SUCCESS Full-Page Picture Gallery Inside
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March 23, 2023
If you put all the prosaic fantasy stuff into a soup (all the goblins and taverns and caverns, magic whatsits and wyverns and wizards) then served it in the Witch King’s helmet, you’d have this ghoulish goulash they call Dungeons and Dragons. An apocryphal, derivative, generic fantasy thing -that ends up, somehow, surprisingly edible -- in fact, it’s quite delicious.
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March 23, 2023
Two tantalisingly talented Aussie television darlings of the early and mid-2000s will make a combined eight appearances at The Airlie Beach Hotel across April and May, rolling back the years to when they captured the hearts of the nation as finalists in X-Factor and Australian Idol.
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March 23, 2023
Mackay’s newest sporting arena, Great Barrier Reef Arena, was opened in emphatic style last Saturday at Harrup Park’s Party in the Park. With live music from Wild Sky and Graeme Connors, amusement rides, activities, fireworks and the DBCT Poole Cup Cricket final, it was impossible not to get excited.
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Mackay Hospital Foundation is well-known for signature events that bring the community together, and Dancing With Heart is no different. On Friday March 31, eight local identities will take to the dance floor to showcase their individual dance styles in support of our local hospitals.
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