‘We went in blind’: Bogie triple murder first responders honoured
Three first responders hoped for the best when they arrived on scene to a triple murder at Bogie, blind to what was ahead knowing backup was hours away. Read their story
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‘Little bit of Italy’ coming to Bruce Highway
The men behind a Whitsunday cleaning company are hoping to bring a little bit of Italy to a small town off the Bruce Highway.
Mining town’s only bakery closes after 27 years
After almost three decades of business a mining community’s only source of cream buns and fresh meat pies will be closing for good.
$100m skyway project will offer 1km cable ride over Qld paradise
An ambitious new Whitsunday tourist attraction is going ahead with projections it will draw more than 250,000 visitors and generate $25m a year.
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Hotel ditches gaming room plan, adds beer garden
An iconic hotel has changed its expansion plans from a gaming room extension to potentially adding a beer garden and new bar.
Four new units coming to support single, homeless women
The Whitsundays Housing Company will build new, self-contained units in a regional town to help provide single women over 55 with affordable and safe housing.
Popular Whitsunday seaplane service set to return early 2025
A iconic seaplane tour service which shut down earlier this year will be returning with new owners promising a bigger and better experience.
No showers, toilets: 12 new ‘nature-based’ campsites to open
A Whitsunday cattle farming operation is expanding its camping capacity to accomodate campers who are looking to get back to nature. Don’t forget to bring your own toilet and shower.
Historic Qld bank used in television series transformed to help animals
A North Queensland veterinarian has forked out $1.3m to get a new clinic up and running on the site of an old Commonwealth Bank building which was also used in a highly-rated Aussie TV crime drama.
Hospital heart lab closing for months, MP wasn’t told
People with heart emergencies will be forced to travel out of a regional Queensland city as the only cardiac cath lab within 400km closes to replace out-of-date equipment — but the sitting MP was first told by this masthead.
Public appeal for information on much loved missing father of two
A Whitsundays father of two missing since August 19 was last detected in a nearby national park. Police and his family have put out an appeal for information. HAVE YOU SEEN JOEL?
Fishmonger duo expand to new location
A seafood and fish and chips icon is opening a second store in Proserpine, looking for honest and driven staff for the new location.
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