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Struggling to sleep after a long day? Having difficulty getting up for work in the morning? Feeling like there’s no point to your work? Snapping at people around you?
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Hello everyone, The beginning of the year is just flying by and I’m excited to share some Division 5 news with our community. Just call me ‘Good News Gary’ because we have just received some important funding from the Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Fund (QRRRF) to upgrade the Cantamessa Road Bridge in Strathdickie.
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One of Australia’s biggest breakfast shows spent a day on the shores of the Whitsundays’ far north to promote the region last week through its daily weather broadcast. The TODAY Show’s weather presenter Tim Davies introduced national audiences to Bowen and its variety of experiences on Thursday.
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For Jessica Volker, a Bowen local and ex-dentistry student, becoming an organic farmer in the Lower Don was not in the script. Yet the now treasurer of Bowen Gumlu Growers Association, agronomic scientist, and consultant is in her third season of owning and operating her farm: Bio Lower Don Organics.
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As the Whitsundays slowly moves into its cooler months, locals are getting ready to start growing, especially in the horticultural hub of Bowen. Scott Raisbeck at Bowen Small Motors and Cycles said he was expecting major interest in his store’s products during what is the “biggest season of the year for all things garden equipment”.
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Bowen’s entry statement signs were refurbished last week after being in disrepair for just over a year, allowing them to showcase the region’s far north once again to prospective tourists. The “invaluable” signs are dotted along the Bruce Highway outside of Bowen in various locations including next door to the Bowen Visitor Information Centre and were re-skinned by Whitsunday Regional Council last week.
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Attendees are asked to “expect the unexpected” at this year’s International Women’s Day lunch hosted by the Zonta Club of the Whitsundays and held at Coral Sea Marina Resort. The theme of the day is ‘Cracking the Code’ and the dress style is ‘Rainbow’.
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February 24 Tastes of the Top Shelf Dinner at Whisper Restaurant (ticketed event) March 1 Kinder Gym at Bowen PCYC (Mon & Wed) 1 Cape Gloucester Community Catch-Up at Dingo Beach Comm Centre
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Coastline cliffs with a wine-dark sea below, long fields of warn-green, windswept grass, desolate and marked only by some lonesome cottage and a grey, etherised sky. Quaint people and quaint villages, cut off from the main and the problems of life.
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Friday 24th Feb • The Pub: Acoustic Sessions, Andy Mammers (7-10pm) • Paradiso: Nick DeGregario (7-10pm) • Grandview Hotel, Bowen: Rebelquin (from 8pm) • KC’s: Aaron Saxon (8pm-late) • Hotel Metropole: Live Entertainment (8pm-late)
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“You win, it’s your show now. So what’s it gonna be?” – The Airlie Beach Hotel has handed over the reins, they’ve turned it ‘Upside Down’ and given their patrons what they’ve been asking for: A day of beachy, Hawaiian rock in a Jack Johnson-themed double event.
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Gimme, gimme, gimme that synth and soprano coming to The Airlie Beach Hotel in mid-March – I can hear the distant drums and bugle sounds closing in on the Bar-Top Stage. SOS - A Tribute to the Songs of ABBA arrives in the Whitsundays, bringing Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha, and Freda back to town and ‘As Good As New’ in a perfect recreation of the iconic ‘70s band.
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Last Friday was a celebration of many roles and accolades within the St Catherine's Catholic College community. Year 12s were inducted into their leadership roles and the school also celebrated their Year 11 and 12 QATSIF (The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation) scholarship recipients.
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Flora was the daughter of Danish migrant, James Christian Nielson, who settled in Proserpine in 1896 after working and travelling far and wide in Australia for seventeen years. He took up Springsure Farm, seventy-nine acres of light forest land in Glen Isla, becoming one of the most successful farmers in the district growing sugar cane and tobacco. (In 1921, James sold the farm to H M Clarke).
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The lovingly curated garden of retired local PJ Tell is a hive of activity with chickens strutting in the pens, a veggie patch boasting passion fruit and turmeric, and at its heart, a thriving bee house where gallons of delicious honey is produced each year.
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Whitsunday local and self-professed ‘Covid-story’, Mary Ann Santin, represents just one of the many cultural additions to the community which has seen our local arts industry continue to flourish in recent years.
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On Wednesday, February 15, the Proserpine Whitsunday Raiders Rugby Union held its annual general meeting at the Whitsunday Sportspark clubhouse. The 2023 committee was formed and discussions around this year’s plans were held, with Steve Ward taking the reigns as president, Leanne Hoffman and Maddy Spruce as Senior and Junior Secretary, and Hanny Spence as Treasurer.
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The Bowen Cricket Pink Stumps Ladies’ Day event hosted over 350 women at the Bowen Sporting Complex last Saturday in its annual fundraiser for the McGrath Foundation Breast Cancer Awareness campaign.
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This week Airlie Beach parkrun celebrated inclusivity with a Pride themed event with 78 motivated people running, jogging, and walking the five-kilometre waterfront course, of whom five were visitors.
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The Ladies were in fine form at Whitsunday Social Golf’s Four-Ball-Best-Ball stableford held on Sunday, February 19. Multiple Birdies were scored by Pauline Redpath and Tiina Randmae alongside the field of 28 players.
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This week’s 9-hole weekly stableford competition at Whitsunday Green Golf Club was won by Chris Bartlett on 22 points countback, and second place was Andrew Gomez with a 22 point win, third to Elise Hodgson, 19.
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There was another great rollup for the Proserpine Veteran Golf’s Monthly Medal last weekend with some new faces on the course. The Valentine’s Day event ended in perfect fashion: Men's and Ladies winners were the couple of Gary and Elspeth Scotford.
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The Tuesday Competition at Proserpine Golf Club was won by Mason Kuchel, who lost a stroke because of his nice round of 41 points in the Club’s Tuesday Stableford, edging out Trish McNeill on 37, and Karl Kirkwood close behind on 36.
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The Wednesday competition at Bowen Golf Club was a single stroke event for the February midweek monthly medals. Ladies’ winner was Kim Bennion, 69 nett, followed by countback runner-up Grace Nott, 70 nett. Men’s winner was Brett Carlyon, 62 nett, and runner-up Bruce Moriarty, 66 nett.
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On Tuesday at Wangaratta Bowls Club, two triples were played with results heading Merle Elphinstone, Teresa Willshire, and Mark Drummond’s way. They defeated Lindy Suann, Deb Retchless, and Kevin Jewel, while the game between Stumpy Adams, Isobel Wheeler, and Penny Warren ended with a win against Roger Mumby, Bron Tolcher, and Irene Laird.
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