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Craig Warhurst
Craig WarhurstQueensland Regional Editor

Craig Warhurst has been a journalist for more than 25 years starting his career as a photographer at The Gympie Times. He then went on to lead that newspaper as editor before moving on to be the editor of the Bundaberg News Mail, Sunshine Coast Daily, Townsville Bulletin and the Hobart Mercury.

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Picture: Codey Warhurst

Gympie pipped at the post

IT was almost a fairytale finish for the Gympie Veteran women’s hockey side playing in the state titles in Buderim at the weekend.

Gympie
Picture: Craig Warhurst

It’s a real beach ball

THE champagne was flowing and the laughs kept coming as Mitsubishi Motors Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic played host to the Beach Ball yesterday .

Gympie
This digitally altered image shows the moon in the sky above Inskip Point.  It has been revealed that sand mined at Inskip Point in the 60s was used to manufacture titanium that was used to build Apollo 11 and parts of which are still on the moon today. Picture: Craig Warhurst

Lunar link

WE all love to walk along the fine sands of Rainbow Beach, but not many people would know the sand’s link to Neil Armstrong’s historic first ever moon walk.

Sport
ON A ROLL: Rainbow Beach surfer Noah Lane on his way to winning the Fantastic noodles Pro Junior in South Australia on Sunday. Lane is now ranked number five on the Australian Junior Pro Tour. Picture: Submitted/ Gympie Times

Noah walks on water

RAINBOW Beach surfer Noah Lane has won his first ever Australian Pro Junior surfing title after blitzing the opposition in South Australia.

Sport
Picture: Craig Warhurst

Classic casts off

EAGER anglers have their tackle and bait packed up ready to chase the fish off the Cooloola Coast and be in with a chance to win more than $100,000 in prizes.

Gympie
Picture: Craig Warhurst

Classic a top fishing holiday

IT’S not too late to pack up the rods and reels, hook up the tinny and head to Rainbow Beach for the Mitsubishi Motors’ Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic.

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