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The Proserpine Community Centre and Community Response to Eliminating Suicide (CORES) will be hosting their next Suicide Prevention Training for Whitsunday locals next week. This training will equip participants with the ability to identify the early warning signs of suicide so they know what to say, what to do, and where to go to get further help.
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Over $1.3 million has been provided for the Whitsunday community by the Whitsunday Neighbourhood Centre throughout 2023. Primarily through Neighbourhood Centre programs, social enterprise, projects, and room hire, the Whitsunday Neighbour Centre has provided exactly $1,366,057 in community value.
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The Rotary Club of Airlie Beach is challenging local businesses and organisations to follow their lead and donate rent to the Whitsunday Foodbank in Proserpine.This initiative comes after the Rotary Club donated $2000 to cover Foodbank’s rent for a one-month period.The assistance was warmly received and has now inspired the Club to ask others to do the same.
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TAFE Whitsundays unveiled their new Aquaculture Centre of Excellence last weekend, at their official Open Day. Welcoming members of the community into the new centre, TAFE Whitsundays also hosted industry professionals, offered comprehensive tours of the complex, and of the facilities, which now contain barramundi, ready for students to study.
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What does the Chamber do? We often get asked - what is the role of the Chamber, what does it do? In many other small regional areas and towns, the role of the chamber is much clearer and more visible as they also fill the role that Tourism Whitsunday fill here – and that is to promote visitation to their local area.
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Continuing our recognition of our Councillors who are receiving service awards at the annual Local Government Conference this week we recognise Division 1 Councillor Jan Clifford.Whitsunday Regional Council Division 1 Councillor Jan Clifford embarked on her journey in local government in 2008 with a deep desire to serve our community.
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We are currently in the middle of Bushfire season in our region. Bushfires are a natural occurrence in the area we live in, and we all need to be prepared should a bushfire suddenly threaten our community.
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Tourism Whitsundays is gearing up to host their second of three Member’s Workshops, with the agenda to help businesses to elevate their PR and media skills. Facilitated by Verve PR, a prestigious public relations organisation based in Darlinghurst Sydney, the workshop will cover what is newsworthy and how to best promote that using media channels.
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It all started 36 years ago for Brian Little, when the previous Proserpine Fire Captain approached him at his Ford dealership and asked if he wanted to join and become an auxiliary firefighter. At the time, the Proserpine Fire Station was stationed in the heart of Proserpine, on Main Street, with Brian’s dealership right next door, meaning in the case of an emergency, Brian could just jump away from his desk at a moment’s notice and help save lives.
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It was another wonderful weekend in Proserpine, with the Proserpine Community Markets being another big hit. “It was brilliant,” Market Coordinator Tarnia Patton said. “The Wildlife Encounter was a big draw card for kids, and it was great to see families out and about in the community.
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For over 15 years, the Zonta Club of the Whitsundays has been constructing Clean Birthing Kits, to send throughout Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Caribbean, to give hospitals and mothers clean and sterile equipment to safely deliver their children.
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An accomplishment and an evening of enjoyment, the students of Whitsunday Christian College should be proud of the professional production they hosted last weekend. The calibre of the performances, the professionalism of the students, and the awe of the audience culminated into a specular night. As the nerves shifted away, and the excitement of being on stage, underneath the big lights, with loved ones in the audience grew, this was a performance of greatness. There was Jade Shepherd-Smith as Do
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The eight winners of the national Passport To Airlie competition have now been announced following the final heat which took place in Mackay over the weekend.Gravy Train (Darwin), The Robert Cini Band (Cairns), The Wild Sky (Mackay), Staremaster (Sunshine Coast), Funk Knuckle (Brisbane), Venus Fly Trap (Byron Bay), Avalanche (Newcastle) and Ally Row (Melbourne) managed to beat 300 other musical acts from around the country to claim their spot.
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Born from the love of Aussie classics, the Reckless Tribute embodies the warmth of summer, the eclectic feeling of a cool beer after a hard day’s work, and the taste of sweat on your lips. No one knows this feeling better than Reckless front man Marco Sinni, who created the tribute band more than five years.
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The annual T8T Fest is back in Bowen for 2023, and with some of the best up-and-coming names in local rock, this is not a music festival to miss. Raising funds for Australian Melanoma Research Foundation, T8T Fest is in memoriam of Nicholas Tait, an avid musician who loved festivals, and sadly passed away from melanoma 16 weeks after diagnosis.
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The most recent Tiny Homes Project fundraiser event, Get Lei’d Hawaiian Party held at Cape Gloucester, saw over 120 people attend, streaming off the buses donated by Whitsunday Transit. Major Sponsors D & C Mechanical and Electrical.“It was a fantastic event,” said Fiona Donnellan, Fundraising Coordinator for Tiny Homes Project. “The entire event was a huge success, which was incredible.”
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Local skateboard star Freddie Hazelton has been selected for the YouFor2032 program, a youth feeder program for alite athletes aspiring to compete in the upcoming Olympics and Paralympics.A Year 8 St Catherine’s Catholic College student, Freddie is a busy young man, having travelled Australia competing in skateboarding competitions, testing his skills and techniques against a wide variety of other skaters.
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he North Queensland Zone Mission Beach Regatta was conducted at South Mission Beach on the weekend of 16th and 17th of September. The conditions were challenging with a persistent strong wind and choppy seas. The Outrigger Whitsunday team performed extremely well.
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On Wednesday, the Cannons hosted the first Distance Club Night for the season. Swimmers had the opportunity to swim longer distances than normal. The coaches were pleased to see senior swimmers taking up the challenge of swimming 400m IM or 400m, 800m or 1500m Freestyle. Jacob Bell swam 1500m Freestyle in a time of 18.15.97.
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An exciting opportunity for the local sporting community, Base 51 played host to the Australian Kangaroos earlier this week ahead of their clash with Samoa in Townsville this weekend.Joining them for Monday’s high intensity workout were a group of Under 17 Whitsunday Brahmans.
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To round out the year, many fitness facilities (including mine - F45 Airlie Beach) run 6, 8 or 12 Week Challenges. With so many to choose from, how do you decide which one is right?
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A Glioma Warrior's Story By Sinead Porter Nineteen-year-old Ashlee Knight was diagnosed with an optic nerve glioma and intercranial hypotension on 27th July, 2020 that unknowingly would alter the course of her life. While playing lawn bowls at Mackay City Bowls Club, Ashlee started complaining that she couldn’t see the kitty up at the other end of the green. Her mother Anna booked her an optometrist appointment, which was just the beginning of her three-and-a-half year battle ahead. From
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FROCKS AND FILLIES ON SHOW AT TURF CLUB’S DERBY DAY
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Group Leader of the State Emergency Service Mackay Regional Unit, JoAnn Clout, has stepped down from her role after ten years of dedicated service. JoAnn stepped out of the role originally in 2018, however since then she has filled in on an interim basis when other members have come and gone from the position. She has been a pillar of strength for members of the SES and continues to stay active in the organisation. Today, JoAnn spends her time keeping busy with the new recruit program, keen o
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A primary-school aged entrepreneur has taken to his front yard to sell cups of lemonade to his local community, while raising money for various charities. Local Bucasia resident, Cooper, sells his own batch of homemade lemonade to local residents, alongside his little sister, Lexi. Over the weekend, Cooper was out selling from 10:30am until 1:30pm, a hard day’s work for a young man. In past events, Cooper has raised money for both his own pocket money, as well as the Kmart Wishing Tree Appea
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