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The planned $120 million dollar Whitsunday Marine Centre of Excellence has been renamed the Bowen Marine Industry Precinct in the Whitsunday Regional Council meeting last Tuesday, as well as changes being made to the long-awaited development which removed the originally proposed educational facilities.
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Scared for her life and feeling isolated away from her ‘mob’, Bowen local Charmaine Pangi spent eight days in the COVID ward of Mackay Base Hospital where she was often struggling to breathe and suffering immense kidney pains.
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On Monday morning at 9am, a quiet Cannonvale neighbourhood was rocked when a brand new Ford Range utility came careening through the street and crashed into the walls of a nearby home.
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The sad events which caused the tragic death of 18-year-old Ethan Durnsford in a car accident on the Bruce Highway in August last year, reached closure last week as the judge at Mackay Magistrates Court sentenced the vehicle’s driver, Brett Matton, who was charged with driving without due care and attention.
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New Airline Turns Whitsundays Purple! Innovative airline, Bonza, launched this week and its signature branding has been the talk of town, turning many local landmarks purple – or so it seemed!
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Wednesday’s competition was a stroke event for the February midweek monthly medals sponsored by Bowen Golf Club. Ladies’ winner Meg Garrod 67 nett, runner-up on a countback Morag Parker 72 nett. Pin shots to Jo Kukura, Morag Parker, Viv Clark, Claire Garrod. Men’s winner on a countback Isaac Fellows 68 nett, runner-up Perry Layton 68 nett.
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This week the Friday prawns were won by Club Handicapper Rob Lodders with 24 points, second was Wayne Singleton who just beat the third placing Tim Harris on a count back, both on 22 points.
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A huge word of thanks to Justin Butler and the team for organising the 2022 Sports Expo!
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Firstly, JJK Tennis and Tennis Whitsunday would like to thank Justin Butler and team for the amazing effort they put into the Sports Expo, it is greatly appreciated.
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One of Bowen’s largest junior rugby league clubs has made the leap, taking the club’s vision to incorporate a senior grade side to grow the sport in the Whitsundays northernmost township.
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On Saturday 49 fantastic parkrunners took advantage of the cooler temperature as they ran, jogged and walked the 5km waterfront course.
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Surprisingly, 20 Club Records were broken at the Cannonvale Cannons recent swimming carnival. Congratulations to Don Algie, Jax Clayworth, Nelson Malady, Austin Edwards-Bland, Oliver Bond, Jacob Bell and Jy Parkinson.
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The long road began for the Whitsunday’s favourite football team back in early January, as Whitsunday United men’s kicked off preseason to get back to fitness and form come the Football Queensland Premier League 3 season in late March.
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If you are walking down Main Street, Airlie Beach around dinner time, you will find no shortage of places where you can acquire the basic needs of food and shelter. Not so 118 years ago when Dick Abell arrived there.
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Bowen and Collinsville Pet Rescue are currently looking for a loving home for two dogs that have been cooped up in kennels for the past two weeks since their foster carers had to leave town.
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Tourism Whitsundays has launched two campaigns to offer excellent bargains for holidaymakers and drive business to the region during the low season for tourism operators.
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Steve Obst is the new face at Eclipse Financial Services in Cannonvale, although by no means is he new to the business of helping people achieve a better lifestyle.
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With COVID part of our new normal – it is time for sensible conversations about how to live with and move forward with the virus as part of everyday life. Constantly changing rules and requirements need to become a thing of the past.
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Receiving one of the most honourable awards at the Australian Day celebrations last month Ron McCall was humbled to be the recipient of the Wally Hinschen Volunteer of the Year Award and, having known the award’s name-sake personally, this acknowledgment was even more meaningful.
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Whitsunday youth between the ages of 15 and 25 are now eligible to nominate for the 2022 YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament Program and those interested are encouraged to submit their applications.
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The new school term kicked-off this week with many local students racing to get through the doors and teachers excited to have their classrooms full of young faces, eager to learn and interact.
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For the first time in almost two years, Australian borders will soon open to the rest of the world, allowing international tourists to visit the Whitsundays once again and provide much-needed relief to our ailing tourism industry.
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The cold case that left police stumped for over a decade and resulted in two arrests in 2019 may finally be coming to an end next month when one of the alleged killers is expected to offer a guilty plea at the supreme court.
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While many local residents are throwing their empty plastic, aluminium or glass containers into their yellow bin, those savvy enough to earn a bit of money through their recycling efforts are taking them to a local Containers for Change Depot and receiving 10 cents for every eligible drink bottle.
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Next week, it will have been six years since the tragic passing of Casey Stinson-Brown, a 19-year-old who suffered fatal head injuries after the bus he was on veered off the road and rolled on Shute Harbour Road near Brandy Creek when he was returning home from TAFE.
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