Mark Diacono was 18 and looking for work when he first arrived in Mackay from the Philippines almost 15 years ago. Now he’s helping his former boss open her fifth McDonald’s.
2022 is jam-packed already with events right across the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsundays. Check out the long weekend events near you.
The Boomerang Hotel has been a hub in the Mackay region for more than 60 years and is set to reopen after a $2 million facelift. But there’s still more to come.
The winner of Mackay’s best beauty therapist has been the escape for her clients through some of the best and worst moments of their lives — and has made sure they looked good doing it.
A teen was nearly unconscious after he was when paramedics found him after a near-drowning at a Whitsunday marina.
A young miner was walking back to her camp room when a man allegedly attacked from behind, gagging her mouth and touching her inappropriately. And she says it was not the first time it has happened.
The Whitsunday Volunteer Marine Rescue club has secured nearly half a million dollars in funding as rescues in the region clock in at 60 per cent more compared to this time last year.
A Whitsunday teenager recalls the harrowing pain of Irukandji venom as it spread from his arm, to his chest — and burnt through his legs.
Paramedics rushed to Bakers Creek after a man fell six metres from a roof.
We’ve done the work so you don’t have to! From supermarkets to pubs and clubs, check out everything that’s open in Mackay this Easter long weekend.
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