This week we kick off a series of Whitsunday Regional Council staff profiles to provide insights on the varied services Council provides for our community.Our first staff profile focuses on Civil Construction Worker Luke Handley who joined Council over 12 months ago as part of our Roads and Drainage Team. Luke, or “Handles” as his mates call him, recently won the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year award at the 2023 Queensland Training Awards in Townsville.
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Dogs and cats are often spotted roaming freely in our community, and our Local Law officers are tasked with ensuring their safety. If you've registered your pets with Council, our Local Law Officers will get in touch with you to facilitate the safe return of your beloved companions.
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October was filled with big events for us at Tourism Whitsundays. As you may have noticed in the two editions previous to this, we celebrated the Whitsundays Tourism Awards with two special features for our members in this paper.
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As disaster season approaches, it is vitally important that we all prepare ourselves for the possibility of a cyclone, bush fire or extreme flooding event.Overhanging or damaged trees pose a real threat to both properties and individual safety, but fortunately the professional arborists at WhitPro know how to protect both you and your property from potentially threatening trees this storm season.
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This disaster season be ultimately protected with Lightning Comms, with an up-to-date and fully equipped alarm system and camera security for your home and property. Now, while your alarm system may not necessarily be front of mind during storm season, it is an important factor for keeping your home and family safe, with Lightning Comms, the experts in the field.
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If you haven’t already purchased your 3-day pass for the legendary Airlie Beach Festival of Music, here is another incentive for you!One lucky 3-day ticket holder will win the mammoth chance to meet Frenzal Rhomb, be upgraded to VIP, and be invited on a special Whitehaven Beach Big Island Day Tour, thanks to Sealink Whitsundays.
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Festival fans are buzzing with excitement as next week’s Airlie Beach Festival of Music (ABFoM) reaches fever pitch, with legendary artists from across the country descending on our small holiday town and thousands of music lovers also expected to arrive over the coming week.Straight off the back of its massive 10-year celebrations, the festival is entering a new era, taking its experience and accomplishments into a second decade where new ideas are on the horizon.
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For Ross Wilson, he is not shy to voice his true job at next week’s Airlie Beach Festival of Music. “I am an entertainer. My job is to entertain. I love to get people out of their seats and dancing,” he explained.
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Get ready for another group of massive Aussie legends to grace the Airlie Beach Festival of Music stage, celebrating their own 50 years of rock music stardom. Their announcement in this years’ line-up is only made sweeter by the fact that Dragon was a headliner for the first Airlie Beach Festival of Music, back in 2013, and now 11 years on, they are honoured to be invited once again.
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One of Australia’s favourite and most respected musicians, Ian Moss, is calling into Airlie Beach for the unmissable Airlie Beach Festival of Music in just under one weeks’ time. Delivering smooth vocals and unforgettable tunes, the tenacity, clarity and resonating passion that is Ian Moss will ensure the best times for the Festival, both on stage and off.
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Aspiring musicians from across the country are coming to Airlie Beach next week to celebrate the best of Aussie original music in the Passport to Airlie Competition that propels small independent acts into national stardom.
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Airlie Beach Festival of Music just got better, with the infamous Aussie blues banjo bandits, The Pigs, making the line-up. About to hit their 20th year anniversary of making the beautiful banjo blues, the boys of The Pigs are ready to take Airlie Beach by storm.
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Returning with excitement in their hearts and fun on the mind are 2017 Passport To Airlie winners, The Wayward Suns. These Gold Coast boys are no-newcomers to both Airlie Beach or the Airlie Beach Festival of Music, having taken the festival by storm in the early days of 2017, taking out the massive win at Passport to Airlie and appearing on the main stage alongside Kate Ceberano, Shannon Noll and The Chantoozies.
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Coming off the back of winning the Mackay regional finals for the 2023 iteration of Passport To Airlie, The Wild Sky are riding the wave of excitement. Known for their sophisticated jazz with hints of hip-hop, metal and rock, The Wild Sky brings a unique musical experience, with at least one track to satisfy every listener around.
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Start Your Weekend Off RightWith the dynamic and electric boys from Geed Up, the three-man team, with their fantastic team of break dancers, that know just how to get an audience tapping to the beat. With polished harmonies, perfectly rehearsed choreography, and energy to raise the Airlie Beach Hotel roof, this is the best way to begin an unmissable weekend of absolutely killer music.
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Youth of the Whitsundays spent Halloween weekend the best way, with PCYC Whitsundays hosting a fantastic Halloween Disco!With all sorts of costumes, from spooky ghouls and beautiful princesses, to an alien abduction, there was fun to be had all around.
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Academic ExcellenceYear 7 – Trinity Blake, Adele Bosson, Charity-Rose Fellows, Casey Forrester, Reuben Jorgensen, Kale Malone, Ostin McMahon, Lily Moore, Zac Wright and Williams Weekes who was the top performing student for Year 7.Year 8 - Katie Austin, Olivia Boyce, Sophie Brazil, Millie Brown, Ileana Cookson, Gabrielle Edgerton, Kasey Holt, Tyson Jensen, Jamie Lust, Lilly Roberts, Jacob Ross, Charlotte Southern, Hugo Williams and Riley Fletcher who was the top performing student for Year 8.
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For Kiarna Paterson, her natural talent for soccer wasn’t realised until her and her family relocated to Proserpine a little over three years ago. And now, she has been selected for the prestigious IBERCUP, after securing a place in the Football Queensland Academy and training with the Barca Academy. “I first started playing soccer when I was in grade six, when we first moved up here,” Kiarna explained.Having not played before, her natural ability surprised her family, who have now worked to ens
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From 27th to 28th October, The Pioneer Swimming Club travelled to Rockhampton for the Beef City Preparation Meet, hosted by Caribeae Swimming Club. This was the first time the Pioneers have travelled to this meet as a club, and it did not disappoint. The club were very impressed with the range of events programmed, including ‘Speed Machine’ races, where money could be won for the fastest freestyle swimmers in each age group. ‘Top Gun’, where swimmers are eliminated one by one after each heat, as
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Wednesday’s competition was a Stableford sponsored by the golf club. Viv Clark won the ladies’ event with Penny Stewart coming runner up.In the men’s Scott Raisbeck won and Peter Theodossio was runner up.
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Members of the Mackay GameFishing Club Inc ventured up to the Whitsunday Game Fish Club Annual Tournament. It was a long awaited event, with seven Mackay boats who fished which accounted for an incredible twenty-one from twenty-seven bullfish tagged. Highlights of the Tournament included 6-year-old Finnlay winning the encouragement award and also a prize in ‘last man standing’. Chad Lewis on boat ‘Upgrade’ winning the ‘shotgun start’ and arrived on the fishing ground in twenty-seven minutes.
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Tuesday's overall winners were Michael Miller with 42 pts followed by Dylan Holland and Ryan Wilkes on 39, Adam Maggs on 38 and Simon Della Santa on 37. Nearest to Pins were Michael Ward and Brian Smith.
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While numbers may have been down with people away (some overseas) and many partying on after a major birthday do on Saturday evening, but 15 players still made it for a keen competition.Blustery winds continued to make things difficult for some players, especially the big hitters, but WGC players never give up, and Stableford is very forgiving on that bad hole when you don’t have to putt out.
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This week 9-hole stableford competition saw Donna Henderson take first place with a 22 pt c/b, second place with 22 pts Riley Mercieca and third place with 21 pts c/b was Dean Barnard.
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Over the weekend, 8 swimmers competed at the Charters Towers LC Transition Meet. Eloise Chegwidden aged 8 years won all her individual events. Eloise’s brother, Harry swam 3 PBs and achieved top placings in all his events.
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