Built on the foundation of connection, encouragement and fun, the Cannonvale Kyokushin Karate Club continues to flourish and grow, and is excited to welcome new students into their 2024 classes. Established over 17 years ago, Cannonvale Kyokushin Karate Club, sees the growth and development of all students in their journey to the traditional Japanese martial art of Kyokushin Karate. “It’s incredibly beneficial to the body,” explained Sensei Belinda Woodham. “Just a small number of the bene
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Brand new to Airlie Beach, Jane Streeter is excited to launch Rolldance Skate School for those in the Airlie Beach catchment to share in her love of skating. The concept for the new school began with Jane volunteering at the PCYC Bowen Friday night skating night, where she would help children get on the rink and develop their skills. “After the thousandth time hearing ‘wow, how do you do that?’,” Jane explained. “I figured it was time to start teaching proper classes! I taught for the past two
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A total of 34 swimmers participated at Club Night last week and Lucas Korosec aged 7 years set three new Club Records. Lucas set a record for 50 metres Freestyle in 45.9 seconds, 50 metre Backstroke in 59.56 seconds and 100 metre IM in 1.50.2. Club Secretary Giselle Burton presented Upgrade Certificates to Eloise Chegwidden, Miller Eaves, Penelope Shields, Ella Holmes, Lucas Korosec, Connor Lee, Dylan Reynolds, Jaylah Reddaway and Declan Dichieria. Top performers on Wednesday night: Don Al
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Riley Mercieca won Tuesday's stableford competition with 41 points; by a shot from Danny Goody. Pins went to Ryan Kenny, Jim Cochran, Heather Luvis and Michael Miller. Over 100 players competed, post cyclone Kirrily, in Friday's ambrose event won by Sean Fogarty and Ryan Wilkes with a net 59.5. David Telford and Sam Deicke had net 60 as runners up. Pins went to Sam Deicke, Matt Conen, Ritchie Atkins, Sean Fogarty, and Patrick Camm. Ryan Wilkes and Tiina Badenhorst won the long drives. Theun
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Give your home a spring clean this season by booking in your annual carpet, soft furnishing, and mattress clean. Offered through the excellent expertise of Whitsundays’ own Protect and Sanitise, the hard-working team provide carpet, soft furnishing and mattress cleaning and find it is the best way to clean, sanitise and refresh your home. Using state of the art equipment, with specially formulated cleaning solutions, you can be rest assured your home will be pristinely clean, as if brand new a
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Mackay Regional Council has made the difficult decision to cancel tomorrow night’s Australia Day Awards Gala. The decision was made to ensure the safety of attendees due to possible hazardous weather conditions associated with the crossing of a forecasted tropical cyclone. Mayor Greg Williamson said the decision was a difficult one that council was taking with an abundance of caution. “The fact that we have a cyclone forecast to cross the coast late at night about the time this event is set to c
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11 crews consisting of over 200 avid sailors, sailed into Coral Sea Marina in Airlie Beach last week, the impressive fleet with its colourful sails and striking features drawing much attention from excited community members. Their arrival represents Race 6 of the around the world race, and took the fleet from Newcastle to our local waters as part of the prestigious Clipper Round The World Race. Race 6 winners, Zhuhai, are holding their win with pride, ahead of the fifth leg, where the vessel wil
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Hi Everyone, It’s great to be back! Firstly, a huge thank you to Bronte and the rest of the team for everything they did while I was on holiday – it was wonderful to know the paper was being so well looked after. I’ve just returned from four magical weeks in Europe – time with family in my hometown in the UK, a skiing holiday in France and also a quick trip to the Christmas markets in Prague – while I was there, I constantly felt like pinching myself and I made the most of every second! But
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The screeching of brakes could be heard across the neighbourhood on Tuesday afternoon when a red car, allegedly excessively speeding, crashed into the back of a stationary Ute on Paluma Road in Woodwark. Residents immediately dashed out of their homes to see if they could help, one lady commenting that the bend in the road was notoriously bad and that she always worried a crash would occur at that spot. With traffic slowing to one lane, by-standers kindly stood at the bend waving their hands t
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Residents and avid library users of Collinsville have been gifted accessibility like no other. The Collinsville Library has constructed and placed an after hours return bin, allowing residents and library users to return books, DVDs and other library resources back to the library outside of library hours. Located at the entrance of the library, the after hours bin is simple and easy for library users to return a book whenever they can and need. Collinsville Library hours are Monday to Friday,
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From last week until the end of March, the regular Saturday Airlie Beach Markets, and subsequent Cruise Ship Markets, will be relocated due to Whitsunday Regional Council undertaking ground works at the existing site. The turf on the Foreshore went through a revitalisation project in 2019, however, due to the increase usage of the grass, including evening events, Council movie nights, weekly markets, and Cruise Ship markets, Council have been unable to retain a suitable standard for the turf. Th
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Revolutionary new distilling practices have made their home in the heart of the Whitsundays. 100 per cent crafted from Agave tequilana, the distilling process uses entirely renewable energy practices, including using biodiesel, cover cropping, sediment run off prevention, and carbon sequestration, at the Eden Lassie spirit farm and distillery, between Bowen and Airlie Beach. While it cannot be officially called tequila, Act of Treason is entirely Agave based, with the Agave plants sourced from
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Tropical Cyclone Kirrily has formed in the Coral Sea and, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, a “severe impact is likely” between Cardwell and Airlie Beach sometime this week. The system is expected to become a Category 3 event and its impacts will be felt right across the region. Whitsunday Regional Council urge all its residents to stay updated by using the Disaster Dashboard which will keep the community abreast of the most real-time, current information. Important Websites: • di
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Welcome to a new article series in partnership with the Whitsundays Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The series will feature Chamber members who share their expertise and suggest responses to your business questions. This month’s question is: I am selling my business and have located a buyer, what happens now? Chamber member, Kellee Fogg of Whitsunday Law, responds: As the seller, it is usually you who has to prepare a business contract of sale. Even if there is an agent involved, a solicito
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The best course of action for most people is to shelter in their homes during a cyclone, however, if your home is located in an evacuation zone, an older home, or someone in the family has special needs, it is best to plan and prepare to evacuate and seek shelter elsewhere. There are two shelter locations in the Whitsundays: • Bowen Cyclone Shelter, Bowen State High School, Richmond Road, Bowen • Proserpine Cyclone Shelter, Proserpine State School, Sterry Street, Proserpine To check i
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What is your role at Tourism Whitsundays? I am the Finance & Operations Manager, looking after the day-to-day finances, budgets, etc and general operations. However, I love being involved in all business aspects and understanding the industry. I really enjoy that the role has a lot of diversity and allows me to be engaged with our members and learning more about what our region has to offer. What is your ideal weekend in The Whitsundays? I love getting out and about, experiencing the region
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Are you tired of feeling tired all the time? Do you crave energy and motivation, but you’re hard pushed making it through the day without exhaustion laying over you like a thick, flat fog? If you have new year goals and dreams that are currently sat stagnant in the corner of the room like a pile of dirty laundry, then don’t give yourself a hard time, getting started is often the hardest part so the key is to take it slow. Here are some tips for easing gently into 2024 and rediscovering a new
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This new year, consider switching up your New Years Resolutions by revamping yourself from the top down, with a new skincare routine. Perhaps you’ve noticed new lines, freckles, or beauty spots, or you’ve decided to undertake more pre-emptive measures to ensure good skin condition, it is never too late to implement a consistent skin care regime. Here are our top tips for a good base layer for your skin care routine: Wash Your Face: Wash your face in the morning and in the evening. While using
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Reflecting back on TC Debbie in 2017 and on feedback from colleagues in Innisfail for TC Yassi in 2011, there were two things that stood out from a financial perspective. On the negative side there were too many horror stories of people and businesses who went under due to making poor decisions after the cyclone. On the positive side, it galvanised some people to question where their job or business was going to leave them in their 60’s and make some positive changes. Regards poor decision makin
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I struggle to set goals. Really struggle – it bores me . . . I struggle to concentrate in our yearly strategy session; I drive the team nuts. Tasks, goals, KPI’s - they just don’t excite me. But people do! Just recently I stumbled across something which is a surefire way to excite people like me into being able to create action plans and actionable items (my preferred description for a goal). It all changed when I started researching the science behind your ‘future self’ and the concept of s
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With the increasing number of cruise ships checking into Airlie Beach, more and more passengers and disembarking and deciding to travel outside the holiday mecca. In fact, the team at The Big Mango and Bowen Information Centre have continued to welcome visitors as they travel north to Bowen and experience the greater Whitsunday region. Take the McKay and Callingham families, who recently decided to charter a bus to travel to Bowen, a spot that their parents used to holiday at, for more than 10
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Two long serving Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) volunteers of Bowen have been recognised for their outstanding and lasting service and legacy. For Arthur and Robyn Burrell, signing up for the Bowen Rural Fire Brigade was a quick decision, following a short community meeting close to two decades ago. “Arthur has lived here all his life, and we figured it was high time to get involved and help out where we could,” Robyn said. “To this day we might be the only couple who have been
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For over 150 years, the Bowen Jetty has been a beacon on the community’s foreshore, a testament to the town’s marine and exports infrastructure. Constructed in 1867, the Jetty stands at over 750 metres long, and has undergone two rounds of refurbishments, in 1880 and 1910, followed by repairs, funded by North Queensland Bulk Ports, in 2022. Currently leased and used by North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP), the Jetty acts as a resupply base for their tugs, that service the Abbot Point export whar
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Over 67 families have felt the helping hand of the Bowen Neighbourhood Centre, in partnership with Abbott Point Operations, Salvos and the Department of Communities. As part of the Centre’s Back to School initiative, these 67 families received essential back to school supplies, ready for the start of the school year earlier this week. Stephanie Cora, the Executive Officer of the Bowen Neighbourhood Centre extended her thanks to the businesses and schools that donated generously to the cause.
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The PCYC Bowen is hitting the streets with style, unveiling their new Kia Stonic, equipped and ready for Braking the Cycle participants to gather their hours for their licence. Due to be upgraded very four to five years, the 2023 Kia Stonic has the club, volunteers, and program participants excited. “How often do you get to drive a brand new car?” PCYC Bowen Club Manager Christopher Masina explained. “Having this new car just better equips our Braking the Cycle participants with the best oppo
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