I would consider myself an entry-level plane spotter, those magnificent machines always inciting awe and excitement inside me so, living near the airport, I’m often treated to the thrilling sight of a plane taking off or coming in to land.
I was driving home one day this week and as I neared the airport, I saw a plane making its descent – not uncommon, but a scene that never gets old.
As I turned the corner onto Bridge Road, I saw the plane on the tarmac and noticed its purple fin and bold purple lettering: “Bonza”, with a cheeky thumbs up in the place of the B.
The announcement of a new budget airline offering routes from Mackay to Cairns, Melbourne and the Sunshine Coast made headlines, but we’ve been waiting a while for Bonza to launch these new and unexplored routes.
It’s exciting to see Bonza make strides with their first test flights to Mackay, which you can read about on page five, and I look forward to the opportunities the airline will bring.
Anyway, this week’s paper is the last week my face will be gracing page two, with Amanda to return next week and I, like the rest of the team, am looking forward to her return.
A lot has happened in Mackay while Amanda’s been away.
We’ve had visits from high-profile politicians, there’s been gigs, festivals, swimming carnivals and pop culture conventions, and I’ve still been able to bring you the stories I’m passionate about and love to write, like interviewing musicians for the upcoming Airlie Beach Festival of Music – you can find chats with Eskimo Joe, Lash78 and Lily and King scattered throughout this week’s paper.
I’ve done my best to cover it all for you, with the gracious help of Rachael and Declan from our Whitsunday team, and I’ve learnt a lot in the process.
It’s been a chaotic month but an undeniably fun one; a small insight into what writing the paper would have been like for our editors Amanda and Rachael before us journalists joined the team.
In saying that, I’m very much looking forward to having our editor back and taking a bit of a break myself this weekend.
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