On This Day 1986

January 23rd

Council To Decide: Three options were on the table:-

1. A sports field on reclaimed land at the Airlie refuse tip. There were no sports grounds at the beach at present
2. A botanical garden on land offered by Bill Pepper at the junction of Shute Harbour and Strathdickie Roads with the planting of trees a priority.
3. A foreshore park development at Cannonvale from the baths through to Shingley Beach.
   Of 18 people who attended the meeting, 10 voted for the sportspark, 4 for the botanical gardens and 3 for the sports ground.

Dufty Smashes Record. Proserpine’s own sporting wheelie broke his own world record in the 400 metres at the National Wheelchair Games in Adelaide on Tuesday.

Wendy Jansen Bound For Panama. She was awarded an American Field Scholarship on finishing year 12 at Rockhampton Grammar School last year and leaves for Panama in February.

Obituary
Francis George [Don} Hunter, aged 51, died in an accident on Mount Charlton Road at the weekend.

National Body Painting Championship. This was held at Airlie Hotel.  So far there have been 12 entries.

Barrier Reef Real Estate: Mt Julian, fully air conditioned, well appointed 3 bedroom home on a large block with valley blues, a steal at $85,000.

Reef Litter. Air Whitsunday pilots have had an ongoing garbage collection service operating for the last 12 years

Development Planning Meeting. 70 representatives of the community met to discuss how the area should grow. They agreed that: there should be no more development on the Islands, a development    plan should be worked out with a tourist zoning. a proper beach for Airlie, bigger sporting facilities,
removal of The Caravan Park, and removal of traffic flow from the Main Street of Airlie.

Cricket Results- Centrals beat Valleys, Colts beat Norths,and Magpies beat Souths.
Intertown Cricket; Bowen 246 [T.Cabe 71, G.Pearce 65] beat Proserpine 196 [S.Heal 54] by 50 runs.

Indoor Cricket. This was proving very popular with the interesting feature of ladies playing with gents and being allowed to bowl underarm and bat against underarm bowling.

Jelly Wrestling. Whitsunday Village is preparing 122 cubic inches of red jelly for a ladies jelly wrestling competition on Saturday.

Rugby. Proserpine Raiders end 22 game winning streak with a loss to Blackrock RUFC in Dublin.

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