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Technology running amok, creation turning against its creator, and TikTok dancing – there’s nothing new in M3gan to surprise audiences. Perhaps that is its great strength. In this world of comfort-watching, Gerard Johnstone’s film is a perfect child of the times. What you see is what you get: expect a murderous android to murder and it will murder, oh boy, will it murder.
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One hundred years ago, the tourism potential of the Whitsundays was “not even a twinkle in the first developer’s eye.” Those beautiful islands were just 74 secrets kept by several families who had taken out residential or grazing leases. The idea of spending a holiday on Hamilton or Hayman was yet to crystallise. Only one family lived near Cannon Valley Beach as it was then known. By the 1920s, the dirt road from Proserpine still took two very bumpy hours to navigate, although the beach was beco
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Over 40 avid orchid enthusiasts attended a celebratory afternoon to mark 60 years of the Proserpine Orchid and Foliage Society on Saturday.The event saw visitors attend from across the region, including representatives from the Bowen Orchid and Foliage Society, Bowen Garden Club and Whitsunday Garden Club.
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Bowen Seagulls Rugby League hosted its 12th annual Bowen Summer 10s Carnival to raise funds for cancer research last Saturday, with the carnival hosting a total of 22 teams from as far afield as Cairns and raising $12,000.
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Congratulations to Charlee Morris, Cooper Robinson, Hamish Peel, Acacia Rock, Bryson Henshell, Lanie Hazelton and Leeshara Reynolds who have been selected for the Whitsundays to take part in Northern Region’s Touch Trials.
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Airlie Beach Bowls Club was unable to field any games this week due to weather save for its Saturday and Sunday matches.The first round winners were Col Morris, Russell Jackson, Peter Barratt, Ted Cullen, Karen Jensen, and John Brown.Finalists were Russell Jackson and Karen Jensen with Russell narrowly winning. B Grade winner was club favourite Rick Galea.
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The Bowen Bowls Club hosted a fierce competition game between Wayne Crowhurst and Ross Scanlon last week, with Wayne taking the out the win.At the Club’s Wednesday Social Bowls, Joan Edwards, Jane Gilbert, and Gus Munro defeated Robyn Stitt, Lee Welsted, and Brett Lampard.
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Proserpine Bowls Club player Alen Sanderson had “an absolute cracker” of a game on Sunday afternoon in the best match of the week at the local green.Alen and Jim Quod defeated John Anderson and Bruce Uhe 18-11 in a game of 2-4-2 Pairs.
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Players from Alligator Creek, Suburban, Giru, Collinsville, and Airlie Beach joined members of the Wangaratta Bowls Club to celebrate its Opening Day on Sunday morning. Six games of triples were played with the winners coming out on Rink Three: Merle Elphinstone, Lyn Danvers, and Greg Colquhoun defeated Gwenda Lydom, Denise Wallace, and Geoff Danvers. Runners Up were Jocelyn DeFranciscis, Rhonda Lloyd, and Sugar Brunker, who defeated Robyn Stitt, Maree Brunker, and Pat Tracey.
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Wednesday’s competition was a single stableford event sponsored by Bowen Golf Club. Ladies’ winner was Elona Lynch with 28pts, runner up on a countback Grace Nott 27pts. Men’s winner was Russell Carlyon with 38pts, runner up on a countback Donald Wiliams 35pts.
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A field of 26 players competed in Thursday’s Stableford event at Proserpine Golf Club with Greg Walker the master of the course with 39 points to win.Karl Kirkwood came runner up with 38 points and Adam Tester won Division Two on 32 points, with Mark McDougal only one point behind. Nearest the pins (NTPs) went to Adam Maggs, Michael Cragg, and Trish McNeill
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Sixteen Proserpine Veteran Golfers braved the not-so-kind weather last week, and not all of them finished the course.The Club hosted two competitions: a nine-hole and an 18-hole, with Club Captain Ken Granger winning the latter with 28 points on a countback from John Oates, while Wilf Herweg came in third on 27.
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Seventy-four motivated people ran, jogged, and walked the five-kilometre waterfront course at this week’s Airlie Beach parkrun. Knox, Rencia, Elizabeth, Charlie, Leanne, Elise, and Emma completed their first parkrun, while Liv, Craig, Nick, Michael, Tracy, Stephanie, Addison, and Ben achieved new personal bests.
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The Port Denison Gun Club invited fifteen shooters to its monthly February competition on an overcast day with a slight breeze, which proved a challenge for the shooters.
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The Bowen Netball Association is inviting the community to come along to their Gala Day which is due to take place this Sunday from 2pm-6pm.This is a special celebratory occasion where the club will unveil the new netball courts.There will be a jumping castle, face painting for the children, food and drinks available, live entertainment, pop-up stalls and some special guests attending.
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Twilight Race: At midday on Wednesday, the heavens were open and visibility was very limited for the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s weekly racing.By 1.00 PM, when the call was due to be made, the rain had stopped, the wind was sitting at 10 knots, and a fleet of 15 boats were ready to go. By the time they got to the starting line at 4:30, the conditions were ideal for an afternoon on the water.
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The young Cannonvale Cannon’s stole the limelight on Wednesday at the weekly club night at the Cannonvale State School swimming pool.The club extends congratulations to its seven-year-old swimmers Murphy Jamieson and Eloise Chegwidden, who set new Club Records last week.Pippa Laguna was another seven-year-old superstar for the club, being presented with the Chocolate Award for her new personal best, as well as an Upgrade Certificate.
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A lost youth receiving assistance from the Proserpine Community Centre was helped home last week thanks to a good-natured local business. The young man had arrived at the Centre seeking aid after moving to the Whitsundays to live with a friend before becoming homeless.
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Hello, Constant Readers. “Out of my country and myself I go,” that was to be my quote of the week. Yet, I want it here, where I can see and hold it, rather than down there at the bottom of the page – reading it here is an easy, urging wind.
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The Whitsundays is currently looking for its next Youth Parliament Representative and despite the incredible opportunities it involves, there has been a shortage of applicants this year, something that could mean the role goes to someone living outside the area.
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A compromise was reached between a local dog owner and Whitsunday Regional Council this week, following an incident where two dogs were seized, classified as dangerous and given a destruction order.
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Newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Whitsunday Regional Council, Warren Bunker, will officially start his new role on Monday, replacing Rod Ferguson who is moving into retirement.
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Local police are appealing for information from the public relating to an alleged serious assault in Bowen on the corner of Herbert and Powell Street.
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Zonta Club of Bowen oversaw the installation of a 'Red Bench' which aims to raise awareness of domestic violence at the new Bowen Neighbourhood Centre earlier this year. The local not-for-profit organisation donated the seating as part of the Red Bench Project, a program launched in 2019 by The Red Rose Foundation.
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Local farmers will soon have a safe access bridge thanks to $160,000 of funding that will upgrade the Cantamessa Road Bridge that was badly damaged during 2017 Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
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