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.
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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will be forced to travel out of a regional Queensland city as the only cardiac cath lab within 400km closes to replace out-of-date equipment — but the sitting MP was first told by this masthead.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?
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The reality behind living in the Whitsundays for longer than three months
Finding nice lingerie is an impossible mission in a Whitsunday tourism hotspot, with some locals admitting to using togs instead of underwear when there’s no other options. VIDEO
Tree falls on moving car as storm hits Mackay Whitsundays
A travelling vehicle has been struck by a falling tree as a severe weather system lashes the Mackay Whitsunday region on Christmas Day. UPDATED
25 Christmas, holiday and New Year parties in Mackay and Whitsundays
Wondering where to celebrate this holiday season? We’ve listed the biggest and best parties coming up this Christmas and New Years across the Mackay and Whitsunday regions.
Woman injured after tree falls on parked car in tourist hotspot
A woman has been taken to hospital after a bizarre incident in the Whitsundays where a tree as fallen on a parked car. DETAILS
VIDEO: A day in the life of an Airlie Beach firefighter
“It’s the adrenaline I think. You could be at home or at work doing your normal job, and then all of a sudden you get a pager, you’ve got to head to the station, get changed, jump into the truck and when you get to the job there is a house fire.” WATCH THE VIDEO
Landslide vote crowns baby girl Whitsundays and Bowen’s cutest baby for 2023
In a competition of infectious laughs, cheeky smiles and bright eyes that melt your heart, Whitsundays and Bowen’s cutest baby of 2023 has been crowned.
Wanted: ‘Travelling spirit’ to take on iconic sweet business
After three years of providing Mackay and Whitsundays residents with sweet treats, the well travelled operators of a food truck with followers all over Australia are ready to hand over their business for the right price.
‘Vulnerable’: Why mining town families need food relief
Bowen Basin families are living pay cheque to pay cheque with some children forced to go to school hungry because there is not enough food. Here’s how one major mining company is helping.
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