Independently Owned, Locally Grown, Community Loved
500 people in teams of two rolled into the Mackay Showgrounds last Friday in what is lovingly referred to as a ‘shitbox’, a car worth less than $1,000. While it looks like bogan heaven, these cars drove from Wollongong to Mackay for a cause, to raise money for the Cancer Council.
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Ray has fished me for a long time, but it had been a while since we’d last had the chance to fish together. Hailing from the waters of Tinaroo Dam it’s a big call to come to Peter Faust to fish, but Ray is very familiar with impoundment barra fishing and lives for it.
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A system of buoys, piles and lights, known as IALA Buoyage System ‘A’, is used to assist safe navi-gation. These are the equivalent of road signs on highways. Each type of mark has a unique combi-nation of colour, shape, topmark and light. You must be able to recognise these and pass them safely on the correct side. Some of the more common ones are listed below.
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This week was round 7 of the 19-round Airlie Beach Premier League Darts season, and there were only four matches that took place on Sunday at Mika on Airlie Esplanade.
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The Airlie Beach Ballers have continued their unbeaten run-in round 2 of the all-new Friday Nights Under Lights basketball competition.
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The cost of living in paradise is the occasional wet weather in May, but Airlie Beach Bowls Club still saw its contingent of bowlers huddle together under a big umbrella on Tuesday, Wednesday afternoon and night.
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There were no social bowls played on Wednesday with wet weather having its say
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With rain expected last Tuesday, Wangaratta Bowls got off to a slow start for the week, with no social bowls played.
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On Saturday, 75 motivated people ran, jogged, and walked the 5km oceanfront course, of whom 14 were first timers. It was another great week for personal bests, with 15 in total. Well done to Liam, Jayden, Dave, Zane, Shay, Lydia, Jackie, Lily, Bridget, Emily, Peter, Wendy, Shane, Barbara, and Sandi
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One of the region’s longest running and more unique annual events is fast approaching for its return after a two-year hiatus: the annual Bowen River Rodeo, Campdraft and Bush Sports on June 10 to 12.
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Whitsunday Green’s weekly competition was not scored this week due to low entry numbers.
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Whitsunday Sea Eagles celebrated all AFL families with their annual Family Day as part of their first full fixture at home on Saturday.
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There are few more famous fellowships than the boys behind Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and audiences at everyone’s favourite local are getting ready to relive Beatlemania this June with The Beatnix.
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There’s a unique British humour, and it’s emblemised in Roger Michell’s final film ‘The Duke’. Michell - who died last September - managed to see his film screened just a handful of times to audiences, happily to rave reviews. Now with its theatrical release, his swan song is still raking in those plaudits.
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A brand-new childcare service in Mandalay is getting ready for its grand opening in July, having welcomed parents this week for a look through its unique location.
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It’s been almost six years since Angie and Aaron Barton took an ailing caravan park in Flametree and transformed it into a modern, eco friendly holiday paradise which has carved a reputation for being at the heart and soul of many family memories.
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Daisy Hinschen (née Andersen) was born on October 8, 1900. At age 21, she married Richard John (“Whitty”) Hinschen, a member of a local family. After a short time up north, the Hinschens settled on their cane farm at Hamilton Plains just over the present site of Shepherd’s Bridge.
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St Catherine’s Catholic College kicked off the annual Under Eight’s Week celebrations on Tuesday as the first to host their day in the region.
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A brand-new walking track is on the way to the region and set to link two towns in Cape Gloucester pending approvals from Queensland Government.
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This week Whitsunday Regional Council completed a decade of its feral pig culling program in the region.
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Holidaymakers arriving in the region by air will soon be welcomed to the Whitsunday Coast Airport with brand-new airside signage which will adorn the terminal building.
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Election Breakdown and Meeting wrap This weekend, Australia goes to the polls after a bitterly fought campaign on both sides that dipped into the farcical more than once. Neither leader looks good.
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The cost of living has been a central theme of this election, with many residents experiencing rent rises which are compounded by the increase in the price of fuel and groceries. What is the number one thing that should be done to help ease the pressure?
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Labor leader Anthony Albanese ventured to the Great Barrier Reef on the election trail last week to pledge a further $194.5 million in funds for the natural wonder.
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Last week the Supreme Court heard how Gavin Parnell had known Jay Brogden for approximately 12 months when he was forced to murder his friend on a fishing boat by a drug dealer they had both been working for.
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