Editor's Note

Merry Christmas Everyone, from all of us to all of you!

We really appreciate you picking up the paper every week and we hope we delivered another year of exciting local news stories – we aim to support as many events and cover as many community issues as possible so please reach out to us if there is anything you would like us to cover for you.

I received a call last week saying that since the Bowen Independent stopped running, many of you in the north of the Whitsundays had been feeling abandoned and like you’d lost your local paper.

That was until we showed up!

We’ve received so many calls lately from Bowen and Collinsville – residents looking to us to relay their concerns to the broader community – whether that be a vandalised sign or the flying fox problem or a proud mother wanting us to cover her son’s sporting success.

Every time I receive one of these calls, I am thrilled to hear how our newspaper reaches every corner of the region and that many people consider us their local newspaper now.

While our office is based in Cannonvale, our team are all around the region and if not in person, we are always at the end of the phone so please call us anytime.

Once again, thank you for a fabulous year delivering your local newspaper and I would also like to say a huge thanks to our amazing team – everyone always gives 100 per cent and cares deeply about what they do.

See you in the new year!

Rach

Quote of the week: “May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve” anonymous

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