The Bowen Netball Association is inviting the community to come along to their Gala Day which is due to take place this Sunday from 2pm-6pm.This is a special celebratory occasion where the club will unveil the new netball courts.There will be a jumping castle, face painting for the children, food and drinks available, live entertainment, pop-up stalls and some special guests attending.
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Twilight Race: At midday on Wednesday, the heavens were open and visibility was very limited for the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s weekly racing.By 1.00 PM, when the call was due to be made, the rain had stopped, the wind was sitting at 10 knots, and a fleet of 15 boats were ready to go. By the time they got to the starting line at 4:30, the conditions were ideal for an afternoon on the water.
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The young Cannonvale Cannon’s stole the limelight on Wednesday at the weekly club night at the Cannonvale State School swimming pool.The club extends congratulations to its seven-year-old swimmers Murphy Jamieson and Eloise Chegwidden, who set new Club Records last week.Pippa Laguna was another seven-year-old superstar for the club, being presented with the Chocolate Award for her new personal best, as well as an Upgrade Certificate.
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A lost youth receiving assistance from the Proserpine Community Centre was helped home last week thanks to a good-natured local business. The young man had arrived at the Centre seeking aid after moving to the Whitsundays to live with a friend before becoming homeless.
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Hello, Constant Readers. “Out of my country and myself I go,” that was to be my quote of the week. Yet, I want it here, where I can see and hold it, rather than down there at the bottom of the page – reading it here is an easy, urging wind.
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The Whitsundays is currently looking for its next Youth Parliament Representative and despite the incredible opportunities it involves, there has been a shortage of applicants this year, something that could mean the role goes to someone living outside the area.
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A compromise was reached between a local dog owner and Whitsunday Regional Council this week, following an incident where two dogs were seized, classified as dangerous and given a destruction order.
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Newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Whitsunday Regional Council, Warren Bunker, will officially start his new role on Monday, replacing Rod Ferguson who is moving into retirement.
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Local police are appealing for information from the public relating to an alleged serious assault in Bowen on the corner of Herbert and Powell Street.
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Zonta Club of Bowen oversaw the installation of a 'Red Bench' which aims to raise awareness of domestic violence at the new Bowen Neighbourhood Centre earlier this year. The local not-for-profit organisation donated the seating as part of the Red Bench Project, a program launched in 2019 by The Red Rose Foundation.
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Local farmers will soon have a safe access bridge thanks to $160,000 of funding that will upgrade the Cantamessa Road Bridge that was badly damaged during 2017 Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
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Six local students competed in the annual Youth of the Year competition held by Proserpine Lions Club Inc. on Wednesday last week. Proserpine State High School students Scarlett Foti, Makaela Stefani, and Hurley Diessel, St. Catherine’s Catholic College students Tristan Sainsbury, Cai Scott-Fitzgerald, and Kai Telford represented themselves and their schools in the three-stage contest.
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The aged care facility at the Collinsville Multi-Purpose Health Service (MPHS) is receiving an upgrade, with six rooms soon to be equipped with en suite bathroom facilities. The renovation, which is due to be finished in March, is the latest project Ben Lawrence, Director of Nursing (DON) at MPHS, has overseen in his two years in the position.
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Developing and delivering optimal nutrient management plans, can be complex and challenging for both farmers and agricultural service providers. In 2019 LiquaForce developed LAND HUB in consultation with agronomists, and growers across Queensland’s sugarcane and horticultural industries to close the knowledge gap required for sustainable farm management.
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Cruise Whitsundays and Eco Barge Clean Seas have announced the continuation of their partnership which works in collaboration to maintain the pristine nature of the marine environment in the Whitsundays.
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Maintaining your home in the harsh Whitsunday climate can be a challenge. Do you have cracks in your concrete? Has your paintwork faded? Is mould a problem? Could your home do with a touch-up?
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Struggling to sleep after a long day? Having difficulty getting up for work in the morning? Feeling like there’s no point to your work? Snapping at people around you?
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Hello everyone, The beginning of the year is just flying by and I’m excited to share some Division 5 news with our community. Just call me ‘Good News Gary’ because we have just received some important funding from the Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund (QRRRF) to upgrade the Cantamessa Road Bridge in Strathdickie.
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One of Australia’s biggest breakfast shows spent a day on the shores of the Whitsundays’ far north to promote the region last week through its daily weather broadcast. The TODAY Show’s weather presenter Tim Davies introduced national audiences to Bowen and its variety of experiences on Thursday.
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For Jessica Volker, a Bowen local and ex-dentistry student, becoming an organic farmer in the Lower Don was not in the script. Yet the now treasurer of Bowen Gumlu Growers Association, agronomic scientist, and consultant is in her third season of owning and operating her farm: Bio Lower Don Organics.
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As the Whitsundays slowly moves into its cooler months, locals are getting ready to start growing, especially in the horticultural hub of Bowen. Scott Raisbeck at Bowen Small Motors and Cycles said he was expecting major interest in his store’s products during what is the “biggest season of the year for all things garden equipment”.
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Bowen’s entry statement signs were refurbished last week after being in disrepair for just over a year, allowing them to showcase the region’s far north once again to prospective tourists. The “invaluable” signs are dotted along the Bruce Highway outside of Bowen in various locations including next door to the Bowen Visitor Information Centre and were re-skinned by Whitsunday Regional Council last week.
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Attendees are asked to “expect the unexpected” at this year’s International Women’s Day lunch hosted by the Zonta Club of the Whitsundays and held at Coral Sea Marina Resort. The theme of the day is ‘Cracking the Code’ and the dress style is ‘Rainbow’.
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February 24 Tastes of the Top Shelf Dinner at Whisper Restaurant (ticketed event) March 1 Kinder Gym at Bowen PCYC (Mon & Wed) 1 Cape Gloucester Community Catch-Up at Dingo Beach Comm Centre
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Coastline cliffs with a wine-dark sea below, long fields of warn-green, windswept grass, desolate and marked only by some lonesome cottage and a grey, etherised sky. Quaint people and quaint villages, cut off from the main and the problems of life.
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