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A Proserpine Hospital registered nurse has been recognised for her dedication to patient care and staff training as the recipient of a Whitsunday region nursing award.
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Kerri Southee knows the Whitsundays better than anyone, and she knows property management like the back of her hand.
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Whitsunday Sea Eagles headed to Harrup Park this week in to play in the second Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round against the Mackay City Hawks and combined Swarks. The Sea Eagles and Hawks battled it out all day in what has become tradition for Indigenous Round.
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Impressing a panel of 18 judges in a gruelling four-and-a-half-hour interview process, local inventor Sam Rogers, won two awards at the prestigious International Science and Engineering Fair, (ISEF) which was held virtually from the United States in May.
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Who Will Become The Next Whitsunday Mayor? Local residents could be returning to the polls in as little as eight weeks’ time to vote for a new Mayor following the recent election which saw Andrew Willcox become Federal Member for Dawson, relinquishing his role of Mayor mid-term.
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Australian marathon legend Rob de Castella will be bringing the Indigenous Marathon Foundation Running and Walking (RAW) Championships to Mackay as part of the BMA Mackay Marina Run being held this weekend.
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New Mackay Bridge players took the leap to play in their first Sunday Novice pairs competition having only recently completed lessons.
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With more than 35-years of high-level administrative and coaching experience, Sean Page has been appointed as the new General Manager of Mackay Basketball.
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The callout was made, and the riders showed. Hundreds of people gathered at the Mackay BMX track last Thursday, but this was more than the Mackay and District (MAD) BMX Club’s weekly race night.
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Men’s Division 2 Pennants game on Saturday against Marian resulted in two wins and a draw, giving North Mackay 5.5 points, Marian half point. Sunday’s game against Mackay City at City club resulted in a loss for two of our teams and a win for the other. This meant only one point for North Mackay and five for City. Results for divisions three and four were not known at this time.
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It was history in the making for Mackay “Pickleballers” after taking the huge step to compete in the first Pickleball Tournament at the North Qld Games held in Townsville recently. The Games consist of 43 varying codes of sport, catering to 4,500 competitors. The Pickleball players travelled from The Burdekin, Charters Towers, Malanda, Mooloolaba, Tully, Mission Beach, Hinchinbrook, Townsville, Cairns, and Mackay.
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Local Rugby League side The QCCS Mackay Cutters will partner with Mackay State High School in 2023 to link the high school’s Rugby League Academy with the Mackay Cutters Pathways Program and centralised-coaching system.
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Netball is a way of life for the gifted young athletes at Mercy College and St Patrick’s College Mackay.
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You can’t have a fundraiser without the fun!
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Mackay’s Dean McClintock has completed his first rally, making the trek from Wollongong to Mackay in the Autumn leg of the Shitbox Rally wrapping up a couple of weeks ago.
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Friday 3 June Sunset Sessions Every Friday Evening From 6pm Knock off drinks, lakeside dinner, good friends, and LIVE MUSIC. Wake House Australia
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Linda Mackenzie, Kirstin Dwyer and Cathy Freeman. These three Mackay women share the title of Olympian, and now talent scouts from the state’s capital are on a hunt for the next crop of superstar athletes.
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Fresh from headlining Mackay’s Italian Street Party, the “Australian Andrea Bocelli” and renowned tenor Paul Ettore Tabone is in Mackay for morning melodies at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre.
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Get your favourite frock and your tidiest tux ready, The Pioneer Valley Classic Car Club are hosting their 1950-60's Las Vegas Ball in July.
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The country’s only independent and low-cost airline is searching for a Mackay legend!
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It was a very happy birthday for the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens thanks to a sizeable donation from the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens Friends Association (MRBG Friends).
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Members of the Mackay & District Orchid Society Inc. attended the Volunteer’s Expo which was recently held at the Big Shed in the Mackay Showgrounds.
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Financial and economic circumstances are forever changing and thanks to the pandemic, they’re changing now more than ever.
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A new pilot project will see the design and production of electronics brought to the Mackay region in a world-first shared micro manufacturing facility in Mackay’s CBD.
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