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Eimeo residents are being advised that the swing set in Sunset Park will be out of action in February. From Monday, January 30, Mackay District Council will begin work replacing it with a like-for-like swing set and soft fall sand surfacing. The work is expected to take four weeks to complete, weather permitting.
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Having successfully weathered 75 years as Mackay's longest-running community theatre company, Kucom Theatre is kicking off the new year with a season of four one-act plays - two of them written by local Mackay playwright Paul Vander Loos.
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My Christmas-New Year holidays were a wonderful mixture of beaches, beer, test cricket, family time, beer, time in a resort, jerky morning exercise and beer. Oh, and phone calls from real estate buyers.
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YIRS One Stop Youth Shop Inc. (Youth Information Referral Service) is a non-government organisation operating in our region since 1996 and provides support to disengaged and disadvantaged youth between the ages of 8 – 21 years with the aim to remove barriers that young people and their families often face when accessing services relevant to their needs.
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Each year, Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre (MECC) presents the much-loved Morning Melodies season, featuring a stellar line-up of four captivating daytime performances programmed to bring music to Mackay's Friday mornings throughout the year.
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Birdlife Mackay Monthly Surveys Friday, 6:00am to 8:00am Join Birdlife Mackay with their monthly bird count in the Botanic Gardens. If you are a keen bird watcher or just love birds and keen to find out more, come along! Meet at the Viewing Deck next to the Café, off Lagoon Street. Bring a hat, water bottle, camera and binoculars (if you have them). Bird counts are held on the last Friday of each month. Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens
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A child drumming protégé and an actor with three international films under his belt before he was a teenager, Colin Petersen didn’t realise he was to become the fourth Bee Gee when he met Maurice Gibb at a gig.
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A well-known local coach has accepted the top coaching role with Mackay’s premier ladies basketball squad, saying he is looking forward to creating a culture based around pride and passion. Mackay Basketball announced the appointment of Jamiey Doevendans as Head Coach of the McDonald’s Mackay Meteorettes for the next two NBL1 seasons.
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Monday mixed pairs draw was won by Lance Edwards and Lesley Baumgarten. Second draw winners were Trevor Laurens and Robert Masso and the lucky prize draw was won by Lesley Baumgarten and Greg Pembroke.
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Mackay Table Tennis stalwarts Donna and Kevin Abbott have put their money where their hearts are by donating a new honour board for the association.
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Lucky number thirteen of the Mackay Road Runners Shawn’s Summer Social Series was enjoyed by over thirty runners who gathered at the Bucasia Shopping Centre car park for a Sunday afternoon stroll through the beautiful Bucasia suburb onto the pathways and beaches towards Shoal Point and return.
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When St Patrick’s College Open Boys rugby league team launches its 2023 Secondary Schools campaign in coming weeks, they will take the field brimming with confidence and parading a squad with an enviable depth of talent.
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Tickford Racing has announced Mackay’s Declan Fraser as the newest member of their Tradie Racing team. The talented Fraser will be joining the team for the 2023 Supercars Championship season, where the 22-year-old will take the wheel of the Tradie Ford Mustang for his first full season at the top level of Australian motorsport.
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North Mackay Ladies Bowls welcomed back the 2023 season with an Open Day on Wednesday 18th January. President Lidia McCarthy welcomed life members, past presidents, players and guests to the game day.
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What a year this superstar Dolphin has had! Not just one record broken but two in the 2022-2023 season, and at the ripe young age of eight years old!
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Pioneer Swimming Club travelled to Cannonvale for a weekend of competition from January 21-22. The club’s attendance was high, with 43 swimmers attending to challenge the local teams in a short course carnival hosted by Cannonvale Cannons Swimming Club. The Dolphins swam strong, swam confident and swam with pride!
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Rangers conducting track work in Conway National Park, near Airlie Beach, were shocked to find a monster cane toad beside the Conway Circuit last week. The discovery has generated interest from all over the country because of its enormous size.
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This week I would like to dedicate my Editor’s Note to all the kind individuals that helped motorists that were stranded during the recent flooding event which saw the Bruce Highway completely cut-off four three days.
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Individuals that have made an outstanding contribution to the community this year were honoured at a special ceremony held at the Proserpine Entertainment Centre (PEC) on Thursday.
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The flood waters have receded but much of the impacts of the flooding remain and can be seen in the region’s destroyed gravel roads, frequent potholes, the build-up of debris in culverts, and our eroded beaches.
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One of Australia’s most loved sporting heroes and advocate for the awareness of domestic violence, Chloe McCardel, is visiting the Whitsundays next week to give a series of talks to help inform and empower the community.
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Federal Member for Dawson, Andrew Willcox MP, has vented his frustration about the lack of funding given to flood-proof our local roads, stating that the government have been too slow to use over $30 million that has been allocated to provide improvements to two known flood spots.
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Local farmers are invited to apply for grants that will enable them to erect fences along the riverbanks in their property thanks to Federal Government funding.The fencing will help better manage stock and pest animals on properties which will, in turn, help protect creek and streambanks from erosion during severe weather events.
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Monitoring and protecting the reef is no longer a task reserved for scientists, it is now a big part of the job for many people working in the local tourism industry.Government incentives have assisted with funding to enable operators to engage with environmental projects and a rising trend in tourists seeking eco and educational tours has heightened the demand for meaningful experiences.
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