The Daily Mercury is heading out to Midge Point and Bloomsbury

We cannot wait to return to the northern fringes of the Mackay region for our second My Town excursion up there.

Rae Wilson

@RaeWilson78

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June 19, 2021 - 1:13PM

My Town is headed to Midge Point from 10.30am to noon on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith

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The population might be small in the Mackay region's northern fringes but the stories are anything but.

Last time we went to Midge Point and Bloomsbury, we discovered an airfield village with a retro seaplane, celebrity insects, a wildlife park where you can handfeed cassowaries and a service station once home to a bird park.

Bredl's Wild Farm co-owner Daniel Bredl holding seven-year-old koala Alfio, during the last My Town visit to Bloomsbury and Midge Point. Picture: Heidi Petith

We also learned how badly the community needed a boat ramp and the frustration of residents fighting for it.
But there were so many stories left untold which is why we're headed back for round two of the Daily Mercury and Mackay Regional Council's My Town series in the area.

Reporter Lillian Watkins, joined by Mackay Councillor Pauline Townsend, will be at Midge Point Community Hall along Midge Point Rd from 10.30am to noon on Tuesday.

Lillian is excited to meet residents, recognise unsung community heroes, uncover the quirky tales, celebrate businesses and explore issues you would like attention brought to.

Daily Mercury journalist Lillian Watkins. Picture: Heidi Petith

My Town is about discovering more about our region and the people in the towns that foster deep pride for their residents.
It is your chance to tell us what you think is important.

And we want to hear from you.

Email Lillian on lillian.watkins@news.com.au or phone 4957 0344 to share your story.

And if you can't make it to the Hall on Tuesday morning but still want to get in touch, drop Lillian an email.

The My Town initiative has a reporter visiting a different town or area twice a month, and since its relaunch after Covid-19 lockdown, has visited Habana, Eimeo and Bucasia in the Northern Beaches as well as Eton, Calen, Kuttabul, Marian and Finch Hatton.

If you have a location in mind where we should meet, email us at mackay@news.com.au

My Town is about telling the stories of Mackay and surrounds that matter to you.

From Mackay Regional Council:

The Daily Mercury's My Town initiative, supported by Mackay Regional Council, has been turning up some gems when it comes to inspiring community stories from all areas of our vast region.

We want to hear about community champions, milestones and what local groups in the area are working on.
Council continues to work to improve infrastructure in the area.

Upgrade works have begun at the Bloomsbury Water Treatment Plant to convert from using sodium hypochlorite to a chlorine gas system, which is safer and easier to maintain.

This $285,000 project is due to be completed by the end of September.

Recently completed projects in Bloomsbury include the $1.4 million Caping Road Bridge upgrade.

This council jointly funded the Bridges Renewal Program a with the Australian Government.

The Magees Rd bus turn location and the smaller bridge rehabilitation project for Coakley's Bridge were also both completed earlier this year.

Previous My Town stories:

Bloomsbury and Midge Point

IN PICS: Where you can feed cassowaries, emus in Mackay

A home among the gumtrees with an airfield out the back

Skydiving adventures reach new heights in Mackay

NO WORRIES: How a 31-student rural school is thriving

BUDGET SNUB: 'The boat ramp's a pie in the sky thing'

Flashback: The rural servo with talking birds