The favourite creative collective known affectionately as the Briefs Boys are back at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre this April, and this time they have a hills hoist in tow and are ready to air their Dirty Laundry.
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A notable selection of key Clermont characters will have their prolific lives showcased in a new exhibition in the Isaac region.
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Do you have a legendary neighbour? Mackay Regional Council wants you to let them know!
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More than 130 men and women filled the Mackay Turf Club on Saturday March 5 for the inaugural JSP Women's Awards. It was a celebration of women throughout the greater Whitsunday region with a diversity of women recognised for their community contributions.
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Residents of Slade Point are failing to stay up to speed in business with local residents saying they have been left with second rate phone and internet reception.
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The Member for Whitsunday, Amanda Camm MP, has secured an inquiry into island resort management across the state, with a particular concern for Keswick Island.
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Red Cat Adventures Director Asher Telford and Bowen Gumlu Growers Association General Manager Ry Collins have been appointed as directors to the Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) Board, offering industry diversity to a strong business group.
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Mater is paving the way for Australian health organisations to reduce their environmental footprint by embedding renewable energy into its power contracts at its hospital campuses across Queensland.
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Police continue to search for missing 53-year-old Koumala woman Helen Barnett after her disappearance near her property on Turnors Paddock Road last month.
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It’s been a whole week now since masks came off. I don’t know about you, but I still have them in my bag and car. I still walk to the shops looking for mine before I enter and then have that moment of realisation that life is going back to normal again, or what everyone is calling it the ‘new normal’.
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One of Mackay’s largest retirement homes is set to almost double in size, with construction starting on a new four-level wing at Kerrisdale Gardens.
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Despite widespread advances in growing awareness and action around gender violence, its prevalence remains alarming. A universal scourge, there is a perception that the problem is ‘too big’ to fix.
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Wednesday afternoon bowls saw Andrew Butler and Tony Whitehorn defeat Russell Jackson and Bobby Spees.
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Pickleball in the region is soaring in popularity and this week was no different with new players on both Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning.
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The Cannonvale Cannons hosted another hot and humid night of club racing which began with Jax Clayworth claiming the Chocolate Award for his PBs.
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The Wednesday competition was a single stroke event for the March midweek monthly medals sponsored by Bowen Golf Club.
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It was too wet underfoot for the Monthly Medal, but 20 players braved the course and played a round of Stableford.
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This week Tyson Flavel continued his winning streak to take home the Friday Prawn Run, his win was a count back over Cameron Mutch.
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Bowen artists get your pastels and paint brushes set, on the last Tuesday of every month local artist Mel Stone has been hosting Paint And Sip sessions at The Grandview Hotel.
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The Airlie Beach foreshore will fill with the sounds of chaotic battle next Saturday, but not between knights or Vikings, instead the long-standing feud between Jerry Mouse and Tom Cat will take to the screen.
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Come one, come all creative souls of Proserpine - the growers, the bakers, the potters and jam makers are all being invited to not only put up a stall at the Proserpine Farmers’ Market, but to come and peruse the fine wares.
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Motorbike enthusiasts from around the Whitsundays are using their two-wheeled friends to raise awareness for suicide prevention, depression and mental health by joining together to show allegiance and start the conversation.
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Proserpine’s Main Street is set to come alive with festivity and celebration in two weeks’ time when Whitsunday Regional Council launch a street party event to coincide with the opening of the Proserpine Entertainment Centre (PEC).
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With SE Queensland facing an unprecedented and ongoing severe weather onslaught, our thoughts are with those who have literally lost everything. It is hard to imagine more complete devastation than the extreme floods faced by thousands of families and just as many small businesses. At a time when we were all hoping to settle into a new normality and get on with things, many now face yet another massive hurdle to overcome.
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Daydream Island Resort and Living Reef announced the appointment of a new general manager for its famous resort island last week.
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