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A colourful and creative wonderland for bubs, cubs, kids and their parents await at Little Treehouse Lane in Canelands and owner Nyomi Davidson invites you to come inside and explore.
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Another year may nearly be over but one industry that isn’t showing any signs of slowing down is the design industry. You will be spoilt for choice with wall covering trends coming through now and into 2023. As another year rolls on, so does the world of interior design, and it will be an exciting one.
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Of course, being a mum is incredibly beautiful and rewarding but it can certainly be challenging as well. The sheer effort it takes to organise the care of little ones is quite often a feat. Anything that saves mums time and money, makes life flow more smoothly and keeps them organised are a huge benefit. So, take a look at this list of products to help save your sanity; invented by mums for mums.
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“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”. It’s a phrase I’ve used a lot in jest over the past few weeks. Why? Well, with family and new colleagues moving to the area recently and the temps in North QLD really heating up along with the humidity, it needs to be said with every complaint if it’s so hot today when it’s only just scratching the surface!
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Buying your own home is a major (and exciting!) financial goal. However, knowing where to start and saving for a deposit can be a little overwhelming. Here are a few of our best tips to help you take those first steps, and save for your first home.
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Award-winning artist Tia Gabriellah is among seven whose works are on show at the Sarina Art Gallery this month. Tia’s bright series of paintings Flowers 1 2 3 is among a display which also includes works by Roni Boyle, Jenny Tibbett, Kerry Williams, Robyn Gray, Brizi, and Gail McKeown.
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It’s the big question that many home owners want answered and it’s the question that is asked when a home owner gets an agent around to do an appraisal on their property. There is an obvious answer. Well, that depends … but let’s try to give a better answer than that. All things being equal, your property is worth more than it was worth between 2014 and now. Happy days. However, when that home owner asks the question about what exactly the property is worth there are some things to consider.
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Members of the Sarina Fibre Arts Group were involved in making children’s rugs to be donated to the Mackay Women’s Group last week. Sarina Fibre Arts Group members Mary Whitaker, Val Pearce, Marg Schwarzrock and Jenny Price presented Mackay Women’s Group member Julie with 18 rugs for use by any children in need.
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My happy place is found on a hiking trail. Hiking is my antidote to a busy life and helps me to “straighten up and fly right”. But don’t listen to me wax lyrical about the tangible benefits of hiking, the science is clear on the positive effects of being in nature while exercising:
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The proposed Queensland Hydro Pioneer-Burdekin Project has been an unexpected and sudden development for our region. On the day following the State Government announcement of the project, CANEGROWERS Mackay, with Pioneer Valley Water, met with Queensland Hydro's interim CEO Chris Evans and consultants working on stakeholder and community engagement, to directly hear about the proposed project and timeline.
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There has been an alarming decline in the number of Queensland women attending mammograms this year and local medical teams are concerned this will result in an uptick of late presentation breast cancers which are much harder to treat. The latest figures show a 16 per cent reduction in the number of Queensland women having BreastScreen mammograms in the first three months of 2022.
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Hi Everyone, It has been another huge week producing your local paper and, with our Mackay Editor away on annual leave, I have been taking on extra duties overseeing both sides of the newspaper.
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Local sporting clubs are often run on a tight budget with limited funds for the little extras that seem to add up over the season. Supporting your club as they support you is an excellent way of giving back directly to the community that you love.
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The $7 million replacement fire and rescue station set for construction in Airlie Beach raised alarm bells for local councillors this week.
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The Colonel is touching down in Airlie Beach after a proposal for a new KFC at Reef Plaza complex in Cannonvale is approved by Whitsunday Regional Council.
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Harvey Norman is the latest major retailer to jump onboard the planned Galbraith Park Drive and Central Avenue showroom development.
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The Cannon Valley Reservoirs were officially opened last week, and everyone involved celebrated a project that broke the mould when it came to successful project management, budget and collaboration.
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A local couple are celebrating the life-changing moment that their lucky Keno ticket saw them win a whopping $150,000 cash prize last week.
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In a “post-Covid forum”, Rotary Club Airlie Beach invited the local community to have its say on the organisation’s potential future projects, as well as providing feedback on how the club itself can move into a new era.
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A 25-year-old Whitsunday local has won a prestigious TAFE award at the Cairns Campus, becoming one of only 16 students selected for the honour out of a cohort of 1,200 apprentices.
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A local food-lover who is also gluten and lactose intolerant has put her passion for cooking into a unique concept, designing a cookbook that is dedicated to delicious recipes for those living with specific dietary requirements.
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Women looking for a career boost, a change of direction, first job or avenue for re-entering the workforce will soon be assisted by a dedicated program that offers free mentorship to rural ladies seeking career development.
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Two brothers riding postie bikes are halfway through their 10,000-kilometre round trip in the name of mental health awareness and charity. Andrew and Michael Chapman arrived in Airlie Beach on Monday at the mid-point of their unassisted journey aboard a pair of Honda CT110 motorcycles.
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One of our local Visitor Information Centres (VIC) has won the prestigious title of being the best in the state in the Regional Tourism Organisation category at last week’s 2022 Queensland Information Centres Association (QICA) Awards in Noosa.
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Travelling around our district, we see hectares of sugar cane and many beef cattle grazing in the paddocks. BUT - Did you know that in the early days of Proserpine, there were many small family dairies?
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