When they’re not gracing the greens, the ladies of the Marian Bowls Club have been busy collecting essential items for women in need.
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After a two-year hiatus, the Community Christmas Day Party is returning and everyone is invited to come together to enjoy some free and inclusive festive cheer. The first event was held in 2019 and came about when Councillor Jan Clifford purchased a turkey that was too large to fit in her freezer or oven.
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The silly season is here, and with around 15 shopping days left until Christmas, gift wrapping can be one of those time-consuming chores left to the last minute. Why not make life simple this year by taking a break, knowing your contribution will help a local organisation in need?
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A local cricket club has planted over 180 trees so far in its mission to beautify the Bowen Sporting Complex and provide a long-lasting legacy for the late Queen Elizabeth II. Bowen Cricket Inc. hosted a ceremony coinciding with its final junior’s home game of the year to celebrate the monumental tree planting effort which combined the work of Whitsunday Regional Council, volunteers, and the club itself.
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She started in Mackay & District Cricket Association’s Under 10 Boys competition and by the age of 13 was donning the pads and sharing the new ball for the Mackay/Whitsunday junior representative teams.
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A campaign to attract a regional workforce to the North Queensland agricultural and aquacultural industries has been a dramatic success, drawing in over 220,000 potential workers to the regions.
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The natural wonder of the world that sits at the Whitsundays’ doorstep is under intense scrutiny this week after United Nation’s scientists released their recommendations that the Great Barrier Reef be listed as “in danger”.
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The men’s and ladies’ bowls AGMs were held on Monday 28th November, resulting in an unchanged men’s executive. Duly elected were President Eric Galletly, Vice-president Wayne Trannore, Secretary Andrew Coates. The Games Director for the coming year is Ken Lane and Selectors are Alex Cameron, Mick Mackenzie and Clive Wales. Tony Allsop, after serving for several years as the club’s Publicity Officer did not nominate this year. As there were no nominations, Ian Rowan will fill in for a short time.
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The Christmas tree coloured coral of the Great Barrier Reef is just a stones’ throw from mainland Whitsundays, whether you rest your head in Bowen, Airlie Beach, or Proserpine -- locals can sometimes forget about that full, holiday experience at our doorstep.
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What says ‘special’ – that’s always the hardest part of Christmas shopping. What can we get for the people who seemingly have everything?It’s all mass-produced nowadays. We can head to “The Store” – whatever it may be, they’re all basically the same - and get an elegant wooden Le Creuset Revolution for the special person in our lives who loves to bake, but it’ll still read: Kmart Wooden Spoon #211,829 on the back.
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Star Mackay-Whitsunday representative all-rounders Sam Vassallo, Mason Kohler and Lane Kohler will line up for the Queensland Country X1 at the upcoming National Country Cricket Championships in Canberra.
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Terrence Sheedy and Janelle Conroy were our winners for the B4 Red Points competition played over the last two Mondays. November saw consistent wins to Eric Goodchild, David Ting and Noel Bugeia. Happy Birthday to Nancy Wix, Celebrating her 90th Birthday
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The first of its kind in the Whitsundays, the new Lokahi Poke Bar has just opened its doors in Cannonvale and has a mission to provide the local community with healthy, balanced meals that are also delicious to eat.
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The first trailer for a highly anticipated television series filmed in Proserpine dropped in late November – and Proserpinians will be able to spot the local locales.The Stan Original Series Black Snow will premiere on January 1 on the streaming network, having filmed entirely within Proserpine for roughly four months and utilising 350 local extras – a few familiar faces.
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The McDonald’s Mackay Meteors have completed a major NBL1 North off-season move, signing dynamic Tasmania JackJumpers guard Isaac White for 2023. White joins the Meteors after two successful NBL1 North campaigns with the Ipswich Force, where he averaged 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists across 25 games.
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A local Proserpine State High Schooler has been selected for one of Australia’s highly prestigious science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs which selects only 140 students from across the country
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A returning Proserpine resident, who moved back to the area 12 months ago, has written five children’s books over the past year and sold over 650 copies. Kaye Ogilvie grew up on a cane farm in Lethebrook and has spent over 30 years living away from the region, most recently down in South Burnett where she ran a 123-acre farm with her partner and ‘star’ of her books – Farmer Dodds.
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In this year’s already extended sugarcane crushing season, the Proserpine Mill has reported a crush of over 34,000 tonnes for the week, a decrease -and another setback - in weekly throughput due to rainfall.
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A local supermarket is living up to its motto of being “proud to serve our local community” with separate donations totalling $2,700 for a series of Proserpine community groups on December 1.
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Navigating the world of substance use and helping a family member to break free of a cycle with either alcohol or other drugs can be a challenging and often confusing place to be. Fortunately, there is help out there and next week not-for-profit, non-government organisation Drug ARM is coming to the Whitsundays to offer two free workshops as part of their 'Breakthrough for Families' program.
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A brand-new parenting support program will be launching in Collinsville at the end of January with the aim to offer regional families a place to connect, create friendships and discover referral pathways for services.
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For the past six months members of the Bowen community have been enjoying the relaxational powers of breathing at free weekly Breathing Classes held by Whitsunday Suicide Prevention Network.
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Mention the words “Hernando’s Hideaway” and a smile will come to the faces of any restaurant workers, housemaids and porters as they recall their magical, carefree days as a staff member on Hayman Island. No matter what you were or where you worked, you were always welcome at Hernando’s.
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Music fans are excited to welcome back a visiting muso, and friend to many, Tennyson King – who spent some time here in the Whitsundays with the musical community in 2017.Returning for the third time this year, Tennyson will be here all Christmas and says he is looking forward to reconnecting with some old friends and playing good music with good people.
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Get ready to Rock DJ, because it’s time to move your body. The world’s most authentic Robbie Williams Tribute show is coming to the Airlie Beach Hotel for a close to Christmas carnival of the English musician’s best tunes from Life thru a Lens to The X Factor.
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