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Over the weekend, 20 Cannons travelled to Townsville to compete in the NQ Games. Despite not having a coach present, the Cannons’ team thoroughly enjoyed the games and the swimming.
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Is everybody in? The Ceremony is about to begin: a mesmerising tribute to the eclectic and provocative music and poetry of Jim Morrison and the Doors is breaking on through to The Airlie Beach Hotel’s bar top stage on May 21.
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Downton Abbey: A New Era The Downton Abbey franchise - built on country-manor snobbery and titillating familial drama – is back and doesn’t disappoint as the Crawley’s return for a grand journey to the South of France. On the Riviera, they’re seeking to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. All the while back home, Hollywood has come to town, seeking to shoot a riotous film in exchange for a princely sum.
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Opening night has been steadily approaching for the Proserpine State High School student directors, stagehands, and performers of the Seagrass Theatre and Music Company’s Night of Plays.
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Young adults from across the region who would have previously found it challenging to accrue the necessary hours to pass their driving test will now have the opportunity to access a vehicle and learn to drive for free with the Whitsunday Braking the Cycle Driving Mentor Program.
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Over 100 of the region's leading growers, agribusinesses, industry figures and dignitaries attended the Bowen Gumlu Growers Association (BGGA) gala dinner at the end of April, with the community enjoying the opportunity to connect
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How often do you feed your vegetable plants? What do you feed them? Do you know what the three numbers on the fertiliser packaging means to your vegetable garden?
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With the Federal Election looming in just a few short weeks, things are getting interesting as 45 per cent of voters still think Morrison would make a better PM than Albanese (37 per cent) yet Labor has maintained it 53 to 47 per cent lead over the Coalition on a two party preferred basis.
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Chloe McCardel has an unbelievable story of achievement, adversity, and triumph and she was in the Whitsundays last week to tell that story to school children across the region.
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In 1917, when Walter Perroux assembled a composite photograph of Proserpine Pioneers not a single woman featured. Proserpine was a male dominated area. There were approximately four men to every three women, the Shire Council was entirely male as was the Hospital Committee. There were no female professionals such as doctors, dentists and solicitors.
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Welcome to the Federal Election community commentary column – a platform for local voices to be heard, an opportunity for opinions to be aired and the ground level thoughts from the people that matter most – every day people like us!
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After “20 years in the making” the $350 million dollar Shute Harbour Marina Resort project was officially launched last Saturday, with the construction to commence within a year.
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Hearts are breaking across the region as community members hear of the loss of 12-year-old Stirling Edwards-Bland who tragically passed away in a road accident on Sunday evening.
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The Hamilton Island Hilly Half Marathon kicked into gear last Sunday with 243 competitors taking on the 3 x 7 relay of roughly 21.1 kilometres across “one of the most scenic marathon runs in Australia”.
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Our local member, Amanda Camm MP, took Opposition Leader for Queensland, David Crisafulli, on a tour of the Whitsundays earlier this week. The pair connected with tourism industry representatives at key areas including Shute Harbour and Coral Sea Marina, meeting with stakeholders along the way to discuss issues and listen to what was needed in the community.
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Tuesday afternoon bowls saw a great win for Jill Mazlin-Peterson and Col Morris with Eric Barnard winning the prestigious Health Hub award.
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On Wednesday we had eleven players for Social bowls: John Lahney, Pat Bownds and Garry Alexander defeated Bruce Uhe, Jim Bownds and Philip Brown 32 - 10. Warren Wilson played double lead in the other game of Triples. Warren, Ken Watts and Jim Quod defeated Warren, Alen Sanderson and Peter Lawton 21 - 15.
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Yet another pleasant afternoon on the water for those competing in Whitsunday Sailing Club’s weekly twilight race last Wednesday. Once again there were 16 boats, sailing in three divisions, on the water for the race.
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This year’s Colorbond Airlie Beach Triathlon Festival was the 22nd instalment of the iconic Airlie Beach Triathlon.
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Saturday saw the three Whitsunday Sea Eagles Junior teams start their 2022 campaigns by hitting the road to challenge the Mackay Swarks at Rogers Oval. It was a wet and soggy day that greeted the Sea Eagles in Mackay however regardless of the weather all teams were excited to be back playing footy.
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Wednesday’s competition was a single stableford event sponsored by Bowen Golf Club. Men’s winner Allan Cooper 40 points, runner up John Storrie 38 points. Ladies’ winner Rhiannon Nott 37 points, runner up on a countback Lynelle Riley 36 points.
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Players enjoyed another beautiful day on the golf course except for the drizzle of rain. We all started off great and ended up wet.
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Another long weekend passed, with many more impressive results achieved. The Match Play final was held on Tuesday with the overall winner being Chris Bartlett. Ryan Kenny and Chris both suggesting it was a close competition.
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The rain held off and there was a large number of visitors to Airlie Beach parkrun this week. A total of 99 people ran, jogged and walked the 5 kilometre waterfront course - 27 were registered first timers, five people recorded new personal bests - well done to Ben, Candice, Erin, Emily and Genevieve.
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During the school holidays, local Cannonvale Cannons’ swimmer, Jy Parkinson, attended the Australian Age Swimming Championships held in Adelaide.
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