Happy New Year to everyone that lives here in paradise, and what wonderful news we have from our board, whom are set on making our bowls club a great place for patronage.
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Adam Maggs played well last Wednesday in very heavy conditions to score 36 points, with John Clark and Brian Allen coming in 2nd and 3rd with 33 and 31 points respectively.
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While many of the Cannonvale Cannons had a break from swim training over Christmas, there was a dedicated crew who have kept up their swim fitness. Every afternoon, swimmers enjoyed a blend of fitness and fun during training sessions.
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The Whitsunday’s premier triathlon club had an enormous December, being represented at two amazing events to end 2022.Greg Martin completed the full Ironman in Busselton, Western Australia, representing the Whitsunday Triathlon Club (WTF), while Mark McConkey and Karen Maddock completed the Taupo 70.3 half Ironman in New Zealand.
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It’s become a Christmas tradition that the Walkerston community looks forward to every year.
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Following recent revelations of alleged neglect at Westminster Lodge Retirement Village, a local barber donated his skills and his day off to visit the village and cut some of the residents’ hair. “The story behind this place was something that really touched my heart,” said barber Jye Howes.
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Negotiations have begun between the Queensland Government and affected landholders following the Government’s announcement of the Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Scheme in September.
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Twas two nights before Christmas and at the Mackay Life house, Computers were switched off, including the mouse. The newspapers were delivered that morning with great care, In the hopes our readers were informed for the New Year.
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The Mackay Hospital and Health Service (HHS) is currently seeking expressions of interest from people who would like to join its Maternity Community Reference Group. The group, which was established in 2020, enables consumers and community representatives to contribute towards enhancing maternity care for those in the Mackay, Whitsunday and Isaac regions.
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As energy continues to be a geopolitical battleground, an intervention on the energy industry passed through the House last week, with the Greens supporting a Federal Labor government’s decision to cap the price of coal and gas.
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A Facebook post requesting the loan of a barbecue for Christmas has uncovered a distressing case of alleged neglect in a Mackay aged care rental village. Elvira Bates posted in Facebook group Mackay Noticeboard requesting the use of a barbecue for Christmas, saying “as our kitchen/dining room has been closed for months now, residents that have no family or are unable to travel Christmas day, will not have a Christmas meal.”
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Caneland Central has been acquired by Sentinel Property Group after almost a year on the market. The shopping centre had been owned and managed by Lendlease’s APPF Retail fund since 2001, with Sentinel bolstering its $1 billion plus commercial real estate portfolio in Northern Australia with the $280 million purchase.
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After raising a record amount of more than $120,000 for local charities in 2022, the Mayor’s Charity Ball committee has announced the beneficiaries for the 2023 event. Mayor Greg Williamson said the aim of the event was to fund two charities for two years, to enable significant funds to be raised for each charity and to make a real difference in the community.
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James Cook University scientists will lead seagrass restoration research spanning tropical Australia’s two oceans. Researchers from JCU’s Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) will investigate restoration techniques for key tropical seagrass species, from Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef across to the north of Western Australia.
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The long-awaited projects for road safety improvements in the Bowen area will forge ahead in early 2023, but it is looking likely they will take over a year to complete – a timeline the Federal Member for Dawson said is “not good enough”.
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A trusted rural charity has distributed more than 700 bales of hay to Central West New South Wales farmers, helping to make Christmas a little brighter for flood-affected producers. A hay drop was held at the Central West Livestock Exchange in Forbes on Friday, December 16.
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Merry Christmas Everyone, from all of us to all of you!We really appreciate you picking up the paper every week and we hope we delivered another year of exciting local news stories – we aim to support as many events and cover as many community issues as possible so please reach out to us if there is anything you would like us to cover for you.
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A national outpouring of grief followed the mid-December murders of two young Queensland Police officers in Wieambilla, including in the Whitsundays where a group of Bowen kids took the opportunity to thank their local officers.
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Sirens blaring, lights blazing and fire fighters with lollies in bared hands – the annual ‘lolly drop’ returned to Collinsville and Scottville last week after an 11-year hiatus and everyone in the community was thrilled to see it back.
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A local family are thankful this week having escaped without harm following an incident where the vehicle they were travelling in suddenly span out of control when they tried to navigate a roundabout shortly after a downpour of rain.
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CANEGROWERS has a long and rich history of grower representation, going back almost 100 years, and with its origins here in Mackay. Did you know the first ever meeting of the Queensland Cane Growers Association was held here in Mackay on January 21, 1926?
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Councillor Clay Bauman was officially sworn into his new role as Councillor for Division 2 on Tuesday morning with a special ceremony held in his honour at the Proserpine Council Offices.
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A Bowen family are celebrating this week following the announcement that they won the Whitsunday Regional Council’s ‘Our Whitsunday Way’ Christmas Lights Competition.
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The Queensland Government has committed more than $150,000 from its Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative to assist 60 people from Mackay. Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development Di Farmer said this was part of more than $31 million committed to assist 5,247 people across the state.
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