The wild weather last week has been and gone, but for the Whitsunday Sailing Club sailors, it was a very reduced fleet who ventured on the water on Wednesday afternoon for the club’s twilight race.
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The Cannonvale Cannons Swimming Club would like to commend Holly Perrin, Jacob Dewis, Jacob Bell and Jy Parkinson for being selected for the Northern Region Schools 13 – 19 years Water Polo teams.
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Anzac Day 2023 Cloudy, windy and rainy weather did little to prevent early morning Anzac Day events earlier this week, as thousands recognised that the conditions paled in comparison to what our diggers endured. Services, marches and meaningful celebrations were held around the Mackay region from dawn to dusk; an opportunity for those who’ve served to reflect and a reminder to us all of their great sacrifice. Veterans, family members, schools and organisations marched, some with badges proudly d
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In May last year, 92-year-old Mackay resident Claire McDonald called for an ambulance. At the time, Claire lived alone and wasn’t able to catch her breath that night. “I had a heart attack, but I didn’t know I was having a heart attack,” Claire recalled. Claire was brought to Mackay Base Hospital by paramedics before being transferred to the Cardiac Care Unit. “The ambulance men were very nice to me and settled me down though I don’t remember a lot.”
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On the next page, you’ll read some profound words from the President of the RSL Mackay Sub Branch, Ken Higgins OAM. He said this to me while chatting quite frankly about his experience of being conscripted into the Australian Army during the Vietnam conflict at the innocent age of 20. The conversation genuinely changed the way I view war, veterans and commemorative occasions like Anzac Day.
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As the sun rose across the cane fields, a time of day symbolic of one of Australia and New Zealand’s most infamous military involvements, thousands gathered at dawn services across the region. Anzac Day is a day to reflect on all veterans, all conflicts and all impacts made by war. With a full timetable of services around Mackay and surrounds, people took every opportunity they could to commemorate the day.
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Mackay could soon be the new location of a thriving biofutures industry thanks to government plans to create a new hub for producing sustainable plant-based resources in the region. With growing global demand for cleaner fuels, this industry is booming as it assists the aviation, maritime and heavy vehicle sectors to decarbonise and transition to more sustainable fuel sources.
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Mackay track cyclist Hamish Wright proved once again that he is a force to be reckoned with at the Australian Masters Track Cycling Championships, held at the Anna Meares Velodrome earlier this month. In the M4 category, Hamish emerged victorious in both the sprint and the keirin events, successfully defending the two national championship titles he had won in 2022. He also claimed a bronze medal in the scratch race, rounding off an impressive performance.
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The region’s Youth Members had their first taste “of our state's democratic process” last week at the annual forum of the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament in Brisbane. Newly minted Youth Member for Mackay Lilly Uhr attended the three-day event, taking part in the representation of issues of young people in their electorate while learning about government processes in a mock parliament context.
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Tuesday, April 18 2023, will forever be marked in history for Pioneer Dolphin, Jade Bounden. She described her travels to the Gold Coast for the Australian Swimming Championships for the 50 metre freestyle event as an incredible experience, rubbing shoulders with Olympic Royalty like Shayna Jack, Meg Harris and Emma McKeon to name but a few.
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FOR families looking for their child’s secondary education, St Patrick’s College Mackay is rich in opportunities. Established in 1929, St Patrick’s has a long history of offering excellence in schooling. The College will hold an informative Open Night next Tuesday May 2 at their Mercy Campus in Penn Street Mackay from 4pm to 7pm for interested students and their families.
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ACCORDING to Yvette Jeffs, nothing picks you up when you are down like doing a good deed for those in need. In Yvette’s case, “those in need” are injured and orphaned wildlife – wallabies, kangaroos, pademelons, possums, birds and other down-on-their-luck natives. Yvette, a senior carer with the Australian Wildlife Rescue Service, will be bringing some of those rescued animals to the 2023 Mackay Volunteer Expo at the Big Shed in the Mackay Showgrounds.
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Over 100 hours of bed time has been saved at Mackay Base Hospital thanks to the hospital’s newest initiative to improve patient flow and provide a better experience for those who are ready to leave hospital. The Transit Care Hub (TCH), located on the hospital’s ground floor adjacent to the main entrance, acts as a departure waiting room managed by nursing staff for patients who are ready to head home but may be waiting on medication, transport or documentation.
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Police are searching for three other people involved in a late-night altercation in the Mackay CBD where a 48-year-old man was rushed to hospital after allegedly being stabbed in the ear. Emergency services rushed the man to Mackay Base Hospital in the early morning after the alleged incident on Shakespeare Street around midnight on April 21. Mackay Acting Detective Inspector Emma Novosel said the man had tried to intervene in an altercation involving three persons: two men and a woman.
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Mackay Senior Constable Steve Smith has shared a tribute to Paul Stanley, a person well-known across the entire Mackay and Whitsunday Police District, after he passed away in Bundaberg on Thursday, April 20. Paul’s 15-year-old son, Matthew, lost his life following an unprovoked attack at a party in Alexandra Hills in September 2006. The tragedy inspired Paul to work in the community sharing Matthew’s story in an effort to reduce violence in the community.
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March unemployment figures showed Mackay at a the very low figure of 2.5%, and well below the Queensland figure of 3.8%. It’s a number that is holding steady. We stand about six weeks from the start of the crush. For the sugar industry, with its seasonal harvest employment, meeting harvest labour needs is once again an issue. Every year, CANEGROWERS Mackay runs a campaign to drum up awareness of jobs and training opportunities in sugarcane, and support grower-members to obtain the staff they nee
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Whatever you do for work or business and whatever success you might achieve along the way there is always someone to thank, usually more than one person, who has given you some guidance along the way. Whether you are a plumber, solicitor, florist, doctor, teacher or real estate agent, someone has helped you and made the path to success a little bit more direct, a little shorter, a bit quicker than it would have been without the help.
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A mobile dental service is coming to Clermont this May and locals are encouraged to make an appointment. The dental service is hosted through the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) – Queensland Section and offers a range of services including oral health maintenance, x-rays, extractions, and treatment of pre-existing or acute conditions.
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Well, here we are. The end of the week, and you know what that means? Weekend fun and plenty of it. Let’s start with our Wintermoon Festival at Cameron’s Pocket. This back to nature camping and social gathering has been going for something like 500 years, and it keeps getting better.
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The Positive Pregnancy and Birth Expo (PBE) is back for its second year, once again connecting hopeful and existing parents with the service providers that can make their journey through conception, pregnancy, birth and parenthood a smoother and more knowledgeable one. PBE is a FREE event that showcases and connects women and families with services that can better their experience during pre-conception, pregnancy, birth and post-partum, while highlighting the many wonderful local businesses Mack
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Spine Care Chiropractic will have three Chiropractors at the PBE to chat to all who will be attending. One of the Chiropractors, Dr. Maddilyn Brown, will also be speaking at the event about Chiropractic and Pregnancy Care in Room 1 from 11:00am to 11:15am. Spine Care Chiropractic has multiple locations including Mackay City Spine Care, Northern Beaches Spine Care, Coalfields Spine Care - Moranbah, Dysart Spine Care, Coalfields Spine Care - Middlemount and lastly Coalfields Spine Care - Tieri.
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Lower back/pelvic pain is one of the most common conditions experienced by pregnant women, with studies showing up to 50% of all pregnant women will suffer with some kind of lower back pain, and up to 40% of these women will continue to suffer at least 18 months post-partum. Many women find these conditions incredibly limiting in their day to day lives.
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Selina Wright, of Red E Personal Training, became aware of the gap in fitness training specifically for post-natal mothers, after the birth of her daughter almost five years ago. Having spent 19 years in the industry, Selina is no newcomer to training females, and has recently shifted her personal training to be exclusively for mums, including her “Fit Mums Foundations: Return to Exercise” Post Natal program.
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A group of cancer patients living in Bowen vented their frustrations last week, saying they felt sidelined by the recent announcement to provide free medical transport to people living in Proserpine and Airlie Beach, but not Bowen or Collinsville.
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