Wood Chook Gallery is a business operated by volunteers with a commitment to establishing a customer-focused space, showcasing a rotating range of products crafted by local artisans.
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Mackay City Centre is a growing hub of opportunity for locals to explore a range of goods and services. Experience a relaxed atmosphere amongst a blend of architectural styles including unique Art Deco heritage buildings.
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Mackay Forestry Mulching Services offer specialist eco-friendly land management strategies, including vegetation mulching and flail mowing, slashing, high-quality stump grinding, general earthworks, site-levelling as well as posthole and trenching services. Mackay Forestry Mulching Solutions provide cost effective and environmentally friendly forestry mulching services, leaving behind a natural mulch layer that provides soil enrichment, erosion control, and moisture retention.
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Following on from the informational video created by the State Emergency Services Mackay Regional Unit, we discover why it is vital to pay attention to external home maintenance in the lead-up to storm season.
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There’s always some debate about how long you must have lived in Mackay before you can call yourself a local. I can trace my family back to my great-great-grandfather, George Hardwick, who arrived in the Pioneer Valley in the mid-1860s. Generations of my family have lived here, with me being fifth generation, and my children and grandchildren also born and raised here.
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The emotional, human side of selling real estate is what makes it interesting, brings value to what we do. It is an important time for people and, as agents, we get to know and help buyers and sellers at a significant point in their lives.
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We’ve officially gotten to the time of the year where it’s socially acceptable to get excited for Christmas. With that, Star and Mackay Women’s Services officially launched the 2023 Hamper Drive!
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Award-winning films will illuminate Mackay’s big screen from 17th to 19th November. Prepare for an extraordinary cinematic experience BCC Mount Pleasant, with a selection of highly-acclaimed new films from across the world. The Travelling Film Festival (TFF) is the touring arm of the Sydney Film Festival and began in 1974, bringing assorted genres to regional and rural locations that would not ordinarily get to see them.
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The first Mackay Hospital Foundation Cinema Under the Stars is coming to Sarina this weekend and is bringing the Christmas spirit!With gates opening from 4pm, families will be greeted with all sorts of children’s activities, from jumping castles, face painting, market stalls, as well as tonnes of food vendors, and of course, Santa Claus.
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Travel lovers from across the region are invited to come along to a special trivia night held at Harrup Park next Thursday, 23 November. Not only will attendees enjoy a fun and lively trivia evening, they will also get to meet 20 travel partners who will be on-hand to answer questions about a range of travel destinations. There will also be a selection of Black Friday deals up for grabs.
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October has been an eventful month for Mackay’s Picklers, with 9th October kicking off their first session at the McDonald’s Mackay Multi Sports Stadium. The team had determined that due to their successful engagements with PCYC, it was time to extend the opportunity and showcase the exciting game of Pickleball to Mackay’s South community.
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Close to thirty avid runners descended on the Netball Courts on Casey Avenue for the latest leg of the Shawn’s Summer Social Series, hosted by the Mackay Road Runners Club. The runners embarked on a scenic 5km to 10km journey through East Mackay, navigating the twists and turns of the route.
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Brisbane Heat cricket team are entrenched in the Women’s Big Bash League top four after rolling Adelaide Strikers in a classic contest at Mackay’s Harrup Park last weekend.A match-winning half century from South African ace Mignon du Preez helped the Heat snap the third placed Strikers four match winning streak with the star recruit cracking a superb 60 off 49 balls.
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Mackay Bowls Club’s green has been closed now for a few weeks after being laser levelled, with greenkeeper Bruce Bridger commenting that it is ‘progressing well.’There is a hope that the green will reopen in early December for Club Men's B Fours able to be finalised. It is proposed that on 17th December, there will be an afternoon of Bowls and presentation of awards to those members who have competed in the Club Championship events.
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The Mackay Cycling Club wrapped up its 2023 season with the thrilling O'Meara Family Shield Race, facing challenging winds that created a headwind in every direction. Despite the tough conditions, riders gathered for the showdown. The scratch group, led by Kyle Marwood and Brendon Brauer, dominated the race, swiftly passing the field. Brauer emerged victorious, clinching the fastest male time at 45:57.
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In a slam dunk move, Mackay Basketball proudly unveiled the signing of Taylor Mole for the highly anticipated 2024 NBL1 North season. The 24-year-old baller is set to ignite the court as she suits up for the McDonald’s Mackay Meteorettes come April next year. Taylor, currently showcasing her skills with the Adelaide Lightning in the WNBL, is ready to bring her A-game to the Mackay squad, adding a new level of excitement to the upcoming season.
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Half centuries from schoolboy Etienne Pretorius and all-rounder Chris McEldowney guided Walkerston to their first victory in the 2023-24 Mackay Cricket Association Poole Cup competition last weekend.
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Mackay Table Tennis Tuesday night fixtures November 7, 2023.Division 1:Charlie (Anne Sheridan, Robbie Richards, Graeme Walker) d Foxtrot (Tony Bowman, Tim Shehan, Geoff Denman) 8-3. Anne d Tony 3, -8, -7, 4, 11.
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For long time local, Phil Geddes, navigating the Airlie Beach pathways hasn’t always been an easy task.A wheelchair user, Phil broached the Airlie Beach Festival of Music last weekend, to get involved with the fantastic scene. “And the people were awesome. It was quite surprising,” Phil said.
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Hi Everyone,This week I would like to talk about cancer.It can often be a subject that people shy away from, perhaps for fear that it can be caught, or if we talk about it, we are somehow inviting it in.It is also a topic whispered about in quiet corners, sad eyes sharing news of a dear friend with a recent diagnosis. Sorrow for the other person, but relief that it is not you.Well, just over four years ago, it was me.
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It’s the beginning of a new era and an exciting fresh start for one of region’s biggest tourism players with Red Cat Adventures selling to SeaLink, the largest marine transport operator in Australia.
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The second annual coral reef fin fish closure occurred earlier this week, banning fisheries from catching coral reef fin fish, including cod, grouper, coral trout, and emperor. Taking affect from November 10 to 14, from the northern tip of Cape York to south of Bundaberg, the ban joins the East Coast Spanish Mackerel and Barramundi, snapper and pearl perch, snapper crab, and tropical rock lobster season closures.
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Bowen could one-day be home to the largest over-water cable car system in Australia if plans by a Bowen developer go ahead to connect Flagstaff Hill, North Head and Stone islands with a cable car.Jarrod McCracken, speaking at the November meeting of Bowen Chamber of Commerce, said the project would be the first $130 million stage in a Stone Island development plan that would ultimately be worth $1 billion over 15-20 years.The audience heard how the cable car project, if it passed all Council and
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Queensland schools now have the option to opt for a four-day school week from term 1 2024, with new procedures set in place by the Queensland Department of Education. The updated policy, effective from January 22, 2024, applies to all Queensland state schools, and outlines the responsibilities and processes for making changes to school hours in state schools.
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After 25 years owning Whitsunday’s McDonalds stores, well-known faces Mike and Jane Muller have hung up their aprons and settled into an active retirement where they plan to travel Australia in a campervan and enjoy hiking together.
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