Glow-in-the-dark botanicals, bugs and butterflies will take centre stage for Daly Bay Illuminate 2022. This nature-based theme is inspired by the popular event’s new location, Queens Park
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Blue, red, yellow and green lights illuminated the Mackay State High School Hall last Tuesday as the school welcomed global technology company Google to announce funding for a new school program.
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The annual Bakers Creek Memorial ceremony was conducted at Bakers Creek last Sunday to commemorate the 79th Anniversary of the wartime crash of an American aircraft that claimed the lives of 40 American soldiers and crippled the sole survivor.
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The future of mineral mining has a changing face, with a switch in focus from commodities like coal to those used in emerging and renewable energy technologies.
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One thousand athletes, coaches, team managers, officials and administrators descended on Mackay last week for a history-making Oceania Athletics Championships after three years of hibernation due to COVID-19.
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River Robertson is obsessed with police, or as he likes to call them, “coppers”.
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Nearly 1,000 Australians received recognition in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours list, with governor general, David Hurley, saying they represent the very best of Australia.
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The weather couldn’t have been much better for the return of the Mackay Beach Horse Races on the weekend, one of the most anticipated events on the Mackay calendar.
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The Coral Sea Academy invites you to come on a journey as we dive beneath the waves to explore the Great Barrier Reef.
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Local weightlifters have been smashing their own personal goals as well as national ones, with a young superstar claiming top spot in the country for his age group in Olympic Weightlifting.
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Twilight Race: Another lovely afternoon on the water saw 17 boats and over 100 crew sailing on Pioneer Bay in last week’s Whitsunday Sailing Club twilight race.
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The Cannonvale Cannons Swimming Club hosted its annual Awards Night on Saturday night with over 120 people present
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Another full week started with the Ladies’ Divisions 1 and 4 travelling to North Mackay.
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Self-Selected Triples on Mondays are now well underway, with winners from Monday, June 6 R Hayton, Keith Armstrong, and Bob Dykstra, who defeated K Wallace, Sandra Snow, and Chris Frew.
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Wednesday’s competition at Bowen Golf Club was a single stableford event, with ladies’ winner Maree Uren 39 points, runner up Jane Seaborne 36 points.
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Last Tuesday, fourteen Proserpine’s Veteran golfers took their first trip away for the year to Home Hill.
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Whitsunday Green’s weekly stableford was won by Jacob Nightingale on 24 points, followed by Ron Thynne on 21, and Glenn Scott on 20 points.
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Another great weekend for Whitsunday United with all Premier sides undefeated.
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Whitsunday Sea Eagles enjoyed footy back in paradise on Saturday with all five teams at home in Airlie Beach against Bakers Creek Tigers.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 17 Rugby Union: Raiders Senior Men v Bowen Mudcrabs Whitsunday Sportspark 7.00pm Introduction of the perpetual Eclipse Cup
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Whitsunday gymnasts were given the opportunity to experience a new and dynamic form of their sport in early June by learning ‘FreeG’ at Mackay Gymnastics.
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It has been an interesting last three weeks for the Mama Africa Raiders since their win in Bowen, starting with the Whitsunday side travelling to Cathy Freeman oval on May 28.
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It’s been at least half a decade since the Whitsundays has had a footballing prodigy, but young local soccer player Kai Draper is looking the part with his selection in the schoolboys North Queensland side.
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There’s not much better than an afternoon out at The Pub, but when you add Sex and Chocolate, it really seals the deal.
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The Airlie Foreshore Outdoor Cinema is hosting two Thursday night double featurettes in both weeks of the upcoming school holidays.
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