
In modern times we tend to take for granted the ease of transport when we can hop into our cars, onto a bus, train or plane and arrive at our destination in a relatively short time? Not so in the early days.
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Unmarked graves dot the Whitsundays, their location and their occupants are largely unknown - lost to time - and it falls upon the patient few to track down these lone resting places.
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In the Whitsundays we are spoiled for choice when it comes to pristine beaches and exquisite, untouched beauty, but there’s nowhere better than Whitehaven.
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There is nothing that could ease the heatwave quicker than knowing the construction of the brand-new $1.2 million waterpark in Collinsville is tracking nicely and on course to open later this month.
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Two Whitsunday locals are about to embark on a six-day jet ski adventure from Mackay to Port Douglas, raising both awareness and funds for a children’s charity along the way.
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a local man suffered from an unprovoked attack outside a licensed venue on Shute Harbour Road in Airlie Beach.
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To the Chagrin of Whitsunday locals, works along the Bruce Highway between Ayr and Proserpine have halted as the main contractor has gone into voluntary administration.
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When Yuliia Kuzma first heard Russia had begun its invasion of the Ukraine, she went into shock, desperately trying to find a way that she would be able to bring her adopted son from the city of Kharkiv to live with her in Proserpine.
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Last weekend, in two separate single vehicle traffic accidents, two cars flew off the road and into ditches – all of the occupants were lucky to survive the split-second moment in which their cars left the road.
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The best of the best tourism operators from across Australia will come together this evening to vie for prestigious National Tourism Awards which is being held in the Sunshine Coast.
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Dignitaries Gather To Celebrate New Era For Local Sport
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Brothers Netball Club is looking for more players aged 11 - 14 to join its fun, family orientated club. The club can arrange $150 Government vouchers to help reduce costs of playing.
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The Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) and the Oceania Paralympic Committee (OPC) are excited to announce that the Oceania Athletics Championships, to be held in Mackay, will incorporate the Oceania Para Athletics Championships.
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New Zealand Breakers big-man Kyrin Galloway has signed with the McDonald’s Mackay Meteors for the 2022 NBL1 season.
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Mackay Gymnastics has been successful with two of their senior athletes gaining selection to Senior State Team training. These two athletes, Oriana Morgan and Siena Carney, both Level 8 gymnasts, were selected on their high level of commitment to the sport and their individual training.
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It was a wet one at Denison Park in Bowen, with storm clouds rolling over the Whitsundays as well as the Mackay Cutters and Townsville Blackhawks during their warmups ahead of their third and final trial game.
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Last Friday was a great day for Rob Evans and Peter Horsburgh who teamed up for the pairs competition. Firstly, their card was drawn for the kitty toucher. Rob bowled first and sat on the kitty, giving them a win of $500 and that gave Peter a chance for another $500. His bowl also sat on the kitty, giving the boys $1,000; the first time at our club that two bowlers had touched the kitty.
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In their Under & Overs Carnival, ladies young and young at heart, not only battled fellow bowlers but also the humid conditions under the roof at Mackay City Bowling Club on Monday 7th March.
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Mackay’s Tri-Activ8 has been kicking goals already this year, coming in tenth for the highest number of triathletes across all Australian Tri Clubs participating in the Sprint Distance, Olympic Distance and Team Triathlon events at last weekend’s Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival 2022.
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Mackay will play host to Australia’s most talented young cricketers at the Cricket Australia U19 Male National Championships in April.
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Nearly 70 runners partook in the Mackay Road Runners’ second club championship race of the year on Sunday.
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Friday 18 March Conversations with Art Third Friday of each month, 1:00pm to 2:30pm Join in the free and enjoyable discussion led by Artspace Mackay staff as they look at images of traditional and contemporary artworks from gallery and museum collections from around the world. Artspace Mackay
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Want to do something for yourself and something for the community? Then why not join With One Voice Choir in Mackay and surrounds.
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It was International Women’s Day the other week and somehow that made me think of a comment that real estate agents sometimes hear from male buyers: “Mate, I love the property, but the missus doesn’t really like it.”
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