Lachlan Spark, an avid runner and mental health advocate who’s spent most of 2022 running half marathons up the Australian east coast, dropped into Bowen’s Big Mango last week in the latter stage of his epic 5000-kilometre journey from Hobart to Cairns.
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Forty members of the same local family gathered for a luncheon to celebrate an incredible milestone: their matron’s 105th birthday.
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Abandoned and dilapidated island resorts here in the Whitsundays could soon come under more stringent land management criteria if results from this week’s parliamentary enquiry find that better practices would ensure correct monitoring of these precious local resources.
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Week one and two of three weeks play for the Novice Anne Hird Memorial Trophy have been played on Monday 8 August and Monday 15 August. This competition runs over three weeks, and each Novice draws a new over partner each week. Novices must play with three different partners to win the trophy.
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The North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP) Open Magic Mile and the Podiatry Mackay Magic Mile were run and won in perfect running conditions from the Mackay Marina Breakwater entrance last Sunday morning.
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The past presidents’ men vs ladies day is on at Goosies on Monday afternoon, 12th September. You don’t have to be a past president to play, just a full bowls member. Organise a team of four men or four ladies and check out the notice on the notice board.
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Newly appointed Mackay Cutters Head Coach Michael Comerford has just experienced a week of mixed fortunes in the world of rugby league.
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A candidate that seemingly came from nowhere has just been elected to run the Whitsunday region and the self-proclaimed “People’s Mayor”, Julie Hall, says she is determined to build a bridge between the community and the Council.
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The Mackay Cutters took to the BB Print Stadium field for the last time this season, hoping to upset the second-placed Sunshine Coast Falcons to keep their season alive.
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A superb century by dashing batsman Haiden Mellifont has propelled Mercy/St Patrick’s College Senior Boys cricket team into the second round of the 2022 Queensland StreetSmarts Secondary Schools Twenty20 State Challenge.
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On Sunday August 7, about 60 lost sheep, including 10 children and teenagers, gathered for the 92nd anniversary service of Calen Uniting Church, the only Protestant Church building in Calen established in 1930 as a union church of Methodists and Presbyterians.
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Community Groups and not-for-profits now have access to an online resource that has already been embraced by more than 100 local sporting clubs.
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In the 21st century one would expect that no home would be without a good internet and mobile service. But that is not the case. The community in the upper Pioneer Valley has had poor, and in some cases no, service. This, I believe, is unacceptable in 2022, so the community decided to do something about it.
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In terms of professions the public loves to hate, car salesmen, journalists and real estate agents are usually named at the top of the list.
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Mackay Riding for the Disabled (RDA) is holding a Race Night to raise valuable funds for their horse-riding program.
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I don't know about you, but my heart is so heavy lately.
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Pioneer Valley children will soon have the opportunity to learn a traditional handicraft thanks to a $1946 Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) grant to support the Crafty Hands Holiday Workshops to be held in the next school holidays.
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Friday 26 August Seniors Friendship Group Every Friday, 9:00am to 11:30am The Senior Friendship Group meets every Friday and does a range of activities from Bingo to Morning Tea to Lunch. If you would like to join this group or have any queries, please phone (07) 4957 2626. The Neighbourhood Hub, 4 George Street, Mackay
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Byron Bay metalcore act In Hearts Wake kicked off a massive 27-date Australian tour in Western Australia last week and will be making their way to Mackay next Thursday, September 1. The tour celebrates their new feature-length documentary, Green Is The New Black, an examination of the music industry’s relationship to the environment and an account of the making of their 100% carbon offset 2020 album Kaliyuga. We chatted to In Hearts Wake lead singer Jake Taylor ahead of the tour.
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Crossroad Arts are coming together with Townsville’s Dancenorth and Brisbane’s La Boite Theatre to produce their annual national meet-up incorporating three exciting days of workshops in contemporary movement, performance and theatre-making to nurture a new crop of fresh and crushingly sweet talent.
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Three local artists have exhibited their artworks at the Jubilee Community Centre in a new exhibition entitled ‘Art Transports Us’.
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There is great news for Mackay country music lovers with the sugar city being included on the busy touring schedule of the Butler Showband.
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With their toes a-tappin’, their Akubra’s atop their heads and their hands in the air, country music fans of all ages enjoyed three days of country music at the 2022 NQ’s Rock’n Country Music Festival over the weekend.
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Total rural debt in Queensland has risen to $24.06 billion, an increase of 25.97 per cent since 2019 according to the 2021 Queensland Rural Debt Survey.
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The aspiration to own your own home is one of the great Aussie dreams. Hotondo Homes Mackay owners Anthony and Lynelle Wolff say this is at the forefront of their minds with every new home they build, ensuring exceptional style and quality construction can be achieved for the average local family.
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