Proserpine State High School students celebrated the official opening of their newly refurbished school quadrangle on Thursday, October 13, with a special commemorative ceremony honouring the remarkable efforts of its Parents and Citizens’ association (P&C).
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For its tenth year of delivering the nostalgic, the boutique, the rock, and the roll, Airlie Beach Festival of Music (ABFoM) has upped the ante, capitalising on its status as QMA 2022 Festival of the Year to bring an all-star selection of acts to the coastal town it calls home.
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In the western tradition, forests are an “imagination exerciser” where danger can lurk in every hollow, every shadow.
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Spend time with your children Fortunately, with so much demand on our time, quality is more important than quantity when it comes to spending time with your children. Be present and entirely focused on your child and the activity, set aside time specifically for them and engage with something that is meaningful to you both.
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While adults can find it easy to talk about their emotions, children often feel uncomfortable when asked direct questions, they need to relax and get distracted to start sharing how they feel with others.
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It’s one thing to imitate and another to embody. Since 2005, Dan Aykroyd, and the John Belushi Estate have been a driving force behind The Official Blues Brothers Revue – a show coming to the Airlie Beach Hotel for free in early November.
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The country’s box office records were broken by a (frankly) absurd candidate in the year 2000 – one that few would have suspected, although looking back it was an absurd time - when ‘The Wog Boy’ became one of the highest-grossing Australian films of all time.
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Grizzly ghouls from every tomb are closing in to seal your doom, uniting for all hallows eve to transform the Whitsunday PCYC into a “House Of Horror.”
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Although October has been a quieter month for the Whitsundays’ Volunteer Marine Rescue (VMR), the rescue operator is still exceeding last year’s record activations by 20 per cent.
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Twilight Race: Wednesday saw a stronger breeze between 15 and 25 knots, providing plenty of action for the 18 boats who participated in the Whitsunday Sailing Club twilight race on Pioneer Bay. The strong breeze saw a number of boats with reefed mainsails as they endeavoured to keep the boats properly balanced.
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Local ballerina Ruby Elson has set herself apart from the rest and earned a place at the prestigious Australian School of Ballet.
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The under 11s brand new Pitbull pups side – the Proserpine Cricket Clubs first time fielding this age group - had their first taste of the Mackay Cricket competition by taking on Brothers in Mackay last Saturday.
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This week 97 motivated people ran, jogged and walked the 5km waterfront course, of whom 30 were first timers. Despite the hot weather, there were 16 new Personal Bests. Well done to Ben, Josh, Ryan, Phil, Robert, Stephen, Michael, Emma, Andrew, Tom, Leone, Julie, Shane, Libby, Bolinda and Carolyn. There were 4 milestones achieved; Ben and Josiah completed their 25th parkrun, Tom and Lachlan completed their 50th parkrun.
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It has been an exciting start to the season for the Cannonvale Cannons Swimming Club, with eight new Club Records set at the club’s first Distance Club Night.
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Bowlers at Airlie Beach Bowls Club have been enjoying the longer and warmer days, starting with Tuesday when skipper Betty Nicole led her team to a big win.
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Bowls in Bowen saw a great week of social sporting as well as a weekend game of Sunday Scroungers.
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At Wednesday Social bowls last week at Proserpine Bowls Club, Jim Bownds, Mary Hedgelong, and Peter Lawton defeated Philip Brown, Pat Bownds, and Sandy Daffara, 20-14, to get the ball rolling.
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Wangaratta Bowls Club’s Come and Try afternoon held last Saturday was a huge success for the Bowen-based club.
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Wednesday’s competition at Bowen Golf Club was a single stableford for Men and Ladies.
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Saturday’s stroke event for the men saw Anthony Clinton come home with a great 60 nett. He was followed by Cooper Cremor, 65 and Lloyd Kingston 66.
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The week saw a fabulous culmination to the efforts from Proserpine’s Veteran Golfers during their participation in the Croker Shield Competition throughout the last 12 months.
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The weekly nine-hole at Whitsunday Green Golf Club was won this week by Terry Kimpton with 23 points.
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For Jo-Ann Clout and Jodee White, the Shitbox Rally has become a regular event. “We thought it’d be a really good thing to get involved in because it raises money for cancer but also you get to say ‘shitbox’ all the time,” laughed Jo-Ann.
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I play social mixed netball for a team called the All Ballerz and, on Monday, we won our first grand final. Looking back, I think it’s one of the only grand finals I’ve ever won playing sport. While our celebration was modest, it felt good, a feeling amplified by an extremely fun and fast game of netball played in the right spirit.
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