One of my favourite pages of our weekly newspaper is our ‘Community Chat’ section.
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It’s not normal to drive across the region at this time of year and see dormant mills in what should be the thick of the crush.
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This week was Mackay’s second week without Dave “Perko” Perkins on the 4MK airwaves and it hasn’t quite felt the same.
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A local teacher who says he was portrayed publicly as a radical, neo-Nazi COVID super-spreader, is feeling vindicated after being found not guilty on all charges following an arrest made in January.
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Thousands of people converged in Queens Park on Saturday with picnic blankets, camp chairs and tasty nibblies for the Wisely Wine and Food Day.
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The U14 Mackay Meteorettes finished second at the Basketball Queensland U14 Girls State Championships in Cairns earlier this month.
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Twenty-nine Mackay Contract Bridge players attended the 2022 Bowen Swiss Pairs last weekend, six of whom have only been playing one or two years. Veterans Monica Darley and Geoff Taylor came runner-up in the Open Section, followed closely by Max and Diane Holewa and Alan and Frances Brown.
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Mackay motorsport rising star Declan Fraser claimed his first ever Super2 win in Townsville last weekend.
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When Mackay netball legend Kelly Beckingham travelled to Bundaberg as a fresh faced 16-year-old back in 2000 for the inaugural Queensland Independent Secondary Schools Netball Carnival, little did she realise the influence she would have on the new wave of St Patrick’s College netballers.
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They didn’t come away with the top prize but St Patrick’s College Mackay rugby league mainstays Xavier Kerrisk, Henry Thorpe, Kai Simon and Jaxon Purdue were officially recognised for their sterling efforts at the recent CQUniversity Confraternity Rugby League Shield Carnival.
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In the words of local fitness legend Kay Nyenuh “It didn’t tickle.”
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Mackay Basketball celebrated NBL1 First Nations Round last Friday, hosting Southern Districts Spartans at the Crater.
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Men’s Results The final of the Senior Singles was played last Saturday morning between Bert Hobbs and Greg McLean. In a close and exciting game Bert came out winner and is the club Senior Singles champion for 2022. He will represent our club at the inter-club Champion of Champions event this year. In the semi-final of the B grade singles, also played on Saturday, Peter Cowling won his game over John Stronach.
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Adding to an impressive lineup of music gigs in Mackay, a new beachside music festival has received a funding boost to bring people back to the beach.
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An inaugural gala to support women and children affected by domestic violence took centre stage last weekend, in a female-only event format, a first for Mackay.
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Awarded the Best Circus and Physical Theatre Show of the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2021, tonight audiences are in for a treat, as Barbaroi will have locals gasping in their seats.
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With their first headline tour under their belt and a year of touring and recording ahead, Sydney indie pop duo Egoism are making the trip up to Mackay for the first time to play the Wisely Wine and Food Day tomorrow.
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Following the resounding success of its 2018 Vicar of Dibley season, Kucom Theatre has opened its Mackay Festival Fringe production of The Vicar of Dibley 2!
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Tourism Research Australia released the National Visitor Survey (NVS) 2022 results last week, revealing the Mackay Isaac region has seen an increase in intrastate and intraregional visitation
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Friday 15 July 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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Following the hugely popular Mackay Brick Event in 2017, a bigger and better LEGO® extravaganza is coming back to Mackay this July.
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Youngsters, and the young at heart, who love to get lost in the literary wonder of Roald Dahl’s storytelling won’t want to miss a magical theatrical experience coming to the MECC in August.
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Specsavers Mackay is celebrating the 30-year anniversary of The Fred Hollows Foundation by once again joining forces to make Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples eye care more visible.
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Seagrass along our coastline near Clairview will be reported on for the first time this year after five years of data collection, helping marina scientists better understand the health of marine inshore waters in the Isaac region.
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Scheduled maintenance of palm trees in the Mackay City Centre commenced this week, with the trimming expected to take around two weeks to complete.
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