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Boat owners in Mackay and surrounding areas will be able to dispose of their expired marine flares as part of a new service operated by Mackay Regional Council.
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After six years of dry taps and taking plastic bottles to school, a rural Isaac region school now has a more secure water future, thanks to charity Rural Aid.
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Free Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits are now available to eligible Commonwealth concession card holders at nine Mackay Hospital and Health Services facilities across the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday communities.
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The end of July was a busy one for our region’s rescuers, with two primary missions on one day taking them from Inland Isaac to an island off the coast of Mackay.
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Local Mackay Rifle Club junior, Kylah Norris has been selected to represent the district at the North Queensland Pennants Team shoot, on August 6 and 7 in Townsville.
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Since opening in April, Red Dog Brewery has poured countless quality beers for patrons seeking something more flavourful from their brew.
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The Mackay Regional Council’s decision to cover a piece of public artwork at the Camilleri Street Skate Park has been met with “extreme community reactions” said Mayor Greg Williamson.
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Whitsunday Sea Eagles teams made the trek to Mackay Magpies to take on the locals with some fantastic results for the day.
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Round 17 of the Mackay Rugby Union season saw the Mama Africa Raiders host Brothers Mackay at their home grounds in Jubilee Pocket.
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Saturday’s competition was the Men’s August monthly medal, with winner Greg Carlyon 64 nett, runner up on a countback Craig Van Veen 66 nett.
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With the week’s rapidly running out, every match seems to have an extra sense of importance to it.
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Winter is nearly over but our paradise home has been colder than most can remember, however the bowlers are certainly warming up .
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Although we are still in the middle of our winter sport season, last week we saw the keenest of our young cricketers roll their arms over.
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Over the weekend, Jacob Bell and his coach, Mark Erickson travelled to Townsville to compete in the Magnetic Island to Townsville eight-kilometre swim.
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It’s coming up on five decades since the release of (potentially) cinemas all-time greatest blockbuster, Stephen Spielberg’s Jaws.
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Are You Ready? Are you shaking at the knees? It’s High Voltage time, Little Lover – Simon Gardner’s Classic Rock Legends of the 80s & 90s Show is crash-landing at The Pub in late August.
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A newly minted gelato store on Airlie Beach’s main strip is churning freshly made authentic gelato in store - both classic and inventive - since opening on July 14 and is fast becoming a favourite for the locals.
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At 1 am on October 19, 1949, an early morning wake-up call shook the residents of Proserpine as a disastrous fire swept through the wood and iron buildings in Main Street. Residents were awakened by the glare or falling glass. Most business people living away from Main Street were wakened by the Post Office exchange ringing their homes, or the railway engine incessantly blowing a warning signal.
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The race for the Whitsunday Mayorship continues to heat up ahead of the August 13 election date; electioneering is in full swing with candidates canvassing across the region.
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Whitsunday Coast Airport travel numbers have radically increased since March 31 to date, with tourism figures totalling more than 100,000 people transiting through the terminal in the past three months.
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1. How would you address the housing crisis facing the region? 2. In one sentence for each, what are the priorities for the region’s diverse townships? Proserpine, Bowen, Collinsville, and Airlie Beach. 3. If you received a $1 million dollar grant to use for the region any way you wanted, what would you do with it and why?
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As I pull up the last of my carrots, deplete a bed or two of lettuce, remove one of my original tomato patches and mourn the loss of my basil (well for ten seconds, then pulled it out and got excited about what seeds to put in next), I looked at my soil.
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A local heredity group is celebrating family history month by inviting locals to visit their library in the Proserpine Community Centre.
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Whitsunday Regional Councillors joined Acting Mayor John Collins for a tour of progress at the Gilmour Space Technologies Bowen Orbital Spaceport last Wednesday
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Andrew Willcox, Federal Member for Dawson, started off his maiden speech to parliament in Canberra last week in typical style.
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