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Estelle Sanchez is a reporter for the Whitsunday Times, covering the Whitsunday region of North Queensland and is based in Airlie Beach. Estelle joined the team in July 2023, moving to the Whitsundays from Brisbane. She graduated from the Queensland University of Technology in 2023 with a Bachelor of Communications majoring in Journalism. As someone who has moved to a new country herself, Estelle is passionate about people and travel and has a keen interest in migration and all it entails.

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Nathan Ernest Fletcher assaulted two police officers on a drunken night he does not remember.

Bourbon, hospital, sedative: Whitsunday man kicked cop in chin

A man who was too drunk to remember his actions has assaulted two police officers that were helping get him to hospital.

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From the reef to the vineyards: New direct Whitsundays flight announced

A new direct flight from the Whitsundays has just been announced which would give residents direct access to our country’s vineyards.

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Jana Padfield says she has two months left on her visa and that her only option left is to get a visa that's given to too little applicants. Picture: Contributed

‘This is my home’: Woman faces expulsion after 10 years in Aus

An Airlie Beach long time resident is facing deportation in less than two months as her visa options have dwindled and her last chance at staying in what she calls her home relies on a government invitation.

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Erin Saltmarsh, an awardee QAS manager has shared what made her move to Airlie Beach and go back to working on the field. Picture: Contributed

‘Undescribable feeling’: Why QAS leader is headed back to ‘the floor’

An award-winning Queensland Ambulance Service leader has decided to drop her supervisor position to go back “on the floor”, after she was awarded a special medal for her work. Here’s why.

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Woman taken to hospital in critical condition after crash

A woman in her 70s is in a critical condition after a crash at Mackay on Saturday. UPDATES.

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Robbie Morgan, Marina Morgan - A 29-year-old bride has died on her honeymoon after falling from a golf buggy on Hamilton Island.

‘Expert witnesses’: Big change in honeymoon buggy death case

Two years after a newlywed Sydney bride was tragically killed in a Whitsunday buggy crash, there’s finally been progress in the case against her husband who denies causing her death.

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Wind gust of 165km/h as Kirrily upgraded to a Category 3

TC Kirrily has been upgraded to a Category 3 system as it moved towards the coast with Whitsunday communities warned to brace for potential wild weather. LATEST

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Damian, Katie, Andre, Danny, Luca, Milan and Paul Mandarano got stuck indoors during their holidays on Hamilton Island as tropical cyclone Kirrily is forecasted to land in Townsville on Thursday night. Picture: Katie Mandarano

‘Not our holiday plan’: Family bunkers down ahead of severe cyclone

A Sydney family who came to Hamilton Island on holiday are now stuck bunkering inside their hotel as Severe Tropical Cyclone Kirrily nears landfall.

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One-year-old sheep Shirley takes shelter under a palm tree as wind husts and heavy rain batter the Whitsundays.

Shirley the sheep battles cyclone winds

While Whitsunday residents lock their doors before Cyclone Kirrily hits the coast, one-year-old sheep Shirley is hiding under her favourite tree. WATCH.

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Luke and Jackson Paroz, Janet Morris and Mary Eglington in front of the SES station in Proserpine filling up bags of sand ahead of cyclone Kirrily. Picture: Estelle Sanchez

‘It’s always the local people who help’: Camaraderie among Whitsunday residents ahead of cyclone

Residents across the Whitsundays were out and about making preparations ahead of cyclone Kirrily, from filling up on enough milk for the kids’ breakfast for a week to helping out elderly people fill up sandbags. Find out what has closed down so far.

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