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Share the gift of love and romance with local, handmade gifts, at your fingertips at Whitsunday Creatives. With over 25 small local businesses showcasing their merchandise under one roof, Whitsunday Creatives is located in the heart of Proserpine and is an easy one-stop-shop for all your Valentine’s Day shopping. Why not construct your own romantic hamper, stuffed full of fragrant candles, silky body butters and lotions, delicate earrings and bag charms? You could then complete the loved-up ham
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Being immersed in the water has always been a passion of Jacob Bell, and becoming a senior squad swimmer with the Cannonvale Cannons, he is now welcoming more opportunities to venture into the professional leagues. For Jacob, being a part of the Cannonvale Cannons and having the opportunity to get into the water at any chance is something he thrives upon. “I love challenging myself and conquering my goals,” Jacob explained. “My favourite parts of the sport are competing at carnivals, being
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Taking to the court, the players of Whitsunday Netball Association are eager to kick their 2024 season off with a bang, welcoming new players and returning players to the Whitsunday Sportspark for a season set to be one of the best yet. Since its inception in 1992, the Whitsunday Netball Association (WNA) has a rich history of teaching and developing players skills and techniques, offering competitive support and key opportunities for growth and professional avenues. However, at the core of WN
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This young man takes everything in his stride. He is a member of the Next Stars Sports Academy, Cannonvale Crocodiles, Brahmans, the Whitsunday Raiders and also participates in athletics. For Jack, sport has always been a part of his life, starting with the Airlie Beach Parkrun when he was four years old, and from 2021, he began to play in a range sporting teams. “I started doing the five-km parkrun with my parents when I was four years old,” Jack explained. “At first, we walked it, then st
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Families and individuals from across the region are invited to the ninth annual Sports Expo which is due to be held at the Whitsunday Sportspark this Saturday. With over 40 different stalls expected to be present on the day, organisers are excited to host another vibrant community event where everyone has the opportunity to discover new sporting activities, clubs, and groups. Designed to demonstrate the breadth and depth of community sports and groups in the region, there will be everything fr
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With a vibrant sporting community at its heart, Whitsunday Touch Footy regularly sees over 200 people compete at the Whitsunday Sportspark every week on a Monday during the season. Whether you're a seasoned touch player or a novice eager to learn, the club welcomes everyone with open arms and is known for its diversity of players. One such individual is local mum of two, Aimee Mitchell, who picked up the sport again last year after more than a 10-year hiatus. Aimee played Touch Footy when she
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Mark was a late starter to triathlons tackling his first race at a Bowen Enticer distance event in 2015 when in his early 50’s and was instantly hooked by the multi-sport concept. After his first event eight years ago, Mark embraced the challenge of triathlon quickly and went from being unable to swim a lap of the pool in 2015 to nowadays regularly completing multiple 4km swim sessions every week. He has since completed 6 Half Ironmans, 10 marathons and multiple Olympic Distance and Sprint dis
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To dream the impossible dream, to run where the brave dare do not go, to live the unliveable moment, to reach the unreachable star .... is what happened at our little club this week because we received a million-dollar grant to build a hard cover for our bowls club, largely due to our vice chair lady Karen Jenson, Col Morris, our chairman Ask Warland and others, but the impossible dream came true. How unbelievable is that, and everyone is singing, and watching the Man of Lamancha. Congratulatio
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Sunday Social Bowls winners were Andy Peebles, Lloyd White, Steve Roome. Scroungers: winners were Lee Welsted and Ron Gould. Wednesday Social: Keith Kirk, W. Coles, Jason Wright defeated Ross Scanlon, Wayne Crowhurst, Brett Lampard. Robin Stitt, Gavin Charles, Mark Drummond defeated Tracey Roach, Kennedy Whitton, Ray Muir, T. Winter, Jeff Tierney defeated MaryEllen Pratten, Ron Gould, Steve Roome All for this week. Joan. Contributed with thanks to Joan Edwards.
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Winners for Tuesday social bowls were Merle Elphinstone, Lyn Danvers and Greg Colquhoun who defeated Stumpy Adams, Sue Shearing and Robyn Stitt. Irene Laird and Geoff Danvers drew with Deb Retchless, Mark Drummond and Jason Wright. The jackpot didn’t go off. Unfortunately, Cyclone Kirrily put a dampener on our Australia Day night bowls and we had to cancel. However on Sunday, we were back. Winners for the afternoon were Fely Duncan, Alby Vigar and Allan Rolfe who defeated Robyn Stitt, Deb R
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The Airlie Beach Darts Club held its inaugural Australia Day Champions Cup on Sunday morning, where there were a lot of new faces which was great to see. The Champions Cup is one of seven scheduled one day competitions this year, which are new to the club, and are geared towards offering people the chance to take up darts for the first time, or for those who want to reacquaint themselves with the game. We had 16 participants to begin with on Sunday, but by the end of the day, that number would
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The Whitsunday Game Fish Club had their sweeties and Squires fun fishing day last Saturday with some great on prizes on hand. New club member Charlie won champion junior female on her very first fishing trip in a boat and mum Chantelle was runner-up female angler . Stacey Cramner was the overall female winner. Kane Bird was the champion junior male angler just ahead of tied runners-up Shannon and Reece Mathews, under 11 years old. Champion Male winner was Kyle Matthews. Shannon had a lovel
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While we may have started with 20 members on the timesheet, some early heavy-ish showers resulted some early starters who withdrew and we ended up with 16 players in the comp. The course showed some effects of the overnight rain but having escaped TC Kirrily, we were lucky enough to play a Stableford even with reduced numbers. There were a few soggy spots but some of managed to avoid them, some of us didn’t. Most scores were pretty ordinary, but some were pretty good. LADIES A GRADE: Winner an
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At the weekly 9-hole stableford Donna Henderson took first place with 20 points c/b, second place with 20 points c/b was Ryan Kenny and third place with 20 points c/b Sean Fogarty. Friday’s weekly 9-hole stableford saw James Matthews in first place with 20 points, second with 19 points was Tony Spurway and third place was Morgan Vanderwyk with 18 points. On Friday we also held our Australia day 18-hole stableford. The heat and minimal winds didn’t stop Scott Hayes -Williams taking first pla
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Built on the foundation of connection, encouragement and fun, the Cannonvale Kyokushin Karate Club continues to flourish and grow, and is excited to welcome new students into their 2024 classes. Established over 17 years ago, Cannonvale Kyokushin Karate Club, sees the growth and development of all students in their journey to the traditional Japanese martial art of Kyokushin Karate. “It’s incredibly beneficial to the body,” explained Sensei Belinda Woodham. “Just a small number of the bene
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Brand new to Airlie Beach, Jane Streeter is excited to launch Rolldance Skate School for those in the Airlie Beach catchment to share in her love of skating. The concept for the new school began with Jane volunteering at the PCYC Bowen Friday night skating night, where she would help children get on the rink and develop their skills. “After the thousandth time hearing ‘wow, how do you do that?’,” Jane explained. “I figured it was time to start teaching proper classes! I taught for the past two
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A total of 34 swimmers participated at Club Night last week and Lucas Korosec aged 7 years set three new Club Records. Lucas set a record for 50 metres Freestyle in 45.9 seconds, 50 metre Backstroke in 59.56 seconds and 100 metre IM in 1.50.2. Club Secretary Giselle Burton presented Upgrade Certificates to Eloise Chegwidden, Miller Eaves, Penelope Shields, Ella Holmes, Lucas Korosec, Connor Lee, Dylan Reynolds, Jaylah Reddaway and Declan Dichieria. Top performers on Wednesday night: Don Al
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Riley Mercieca won Tuesday's stableford competition with 41 points; by a shot from Danny Goody. Pins went to Ryan Kenny, Jim Cochran, Heather Luvis and Michael Miller. Over 100 players competed, post cyclone Kirrily, in Friday's ambrose event won by Sean Fogarty and Ryan Wilkes with a net 59.5. David Telford and Sam Deicke had net 60 as runners up. Pins went to Sam Deicke, Matt Conen, Ritchie Atkins, Sean Fogarty, and Patrick Camm. Ryan Wilkes and Tiina Badenhorst won the long drives. Theun
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Give your home a spring clean this season by booking in your annual carpet, soft furnishing, and mattress clean. Offered through the excellent expertise of Whitsundays’ own Protect and Sanitise, the hard-working team provide carpet, soft furnishing and mattress cleaning and find it is the best way to clean, sanitise and refresh your home. Using state of the art equipment, with specially formulated cleaning solutions, you can be rest assured your home will be pristinely clean, as if brand new a
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Mackay Regional Council has made the difficult decision to cancel tomorrow night’s Australia Day Awards Gala. The decision was made to ensure the safety of attendees due to possible hazardous weather conditions associated with the crossing of a forecasted tropical cyclone. Mayor Greg Williamson said the decision was a difficult one that council was taking with an abundance of caution. “The fact that we have a cyclone forecast to cross the coast late at night about the time this event is set to c
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11 crews consisting of over 200 avid sailors, sailed into Coral Sea Marina in Airlie Beach last week, the impressive fleet with its colourful sails and striking features drawing much attention from excited community members. Their arrival represents Race 6 of the around the world race, and took the fleet from Newcastle to our local waters as part of the prestigious Clipper Round The World Race. Race 6 winners, Zhuhai, are holding their win with pride, ahead of the fifth leg, where the vessel wil
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Hi Everyone, It’s great to be back! Firstly, a huge thank you to Bronte and the rest of the team for everything they did while I was on holiday – it was wonderful to know the paper was being so well looked after. I’ve just returned from four magical weeks in Europe – time with family in my hometown in the UK, a skiing holiday in France and also a quick trip to the Christmas markets in Prague – while I was there, I constantly felt like pinching myself and I made the most of every second! But
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The screeching of brakes could be heard across the neighbourhood on Tuesday afternoon when a red car, allegedly excessively speeding, crashed into the back of a stationary Ute on Paluma Road in Woodwark. Residents immediately dashed out of their homes to see if they could help, one lady commenting that the bend in the road was notoriously bad and that she always worried a crash would occur at that spot. With traffic slowing to one lane, by-standers kindly stood at the bend waving their hands t
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Residents and avid library users of Collinsville have been gifted accessibility like no other. The Collinsville Library has constructed and placed an after hours return bin, allowing residents and library users to return books, DVDs and other library resources back to the library outside of library hours. Located at the entrance of the library, the after hours bin is simple and easy for library users to return a book whenever they can and need. Collinsville Library hours are Monday to Friday,
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From last week until the end of March, the regular Saturday Airlie Beach Markets, and subsequent Cruise Ship Markets, will be relocated due to Whitsunday Regional Council undertaking ground works at the existing site. The turf on the Foreshore went through a revitalisation project in 2019, however, due to the increase usage of the grass, including evening events, Council movie nights, weekly markets, and Cruise Ship markets, Council have been unable to retain a suitable standard for the turf. Th
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