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Thursday, 19 August, 2021

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Our brightest stars shine on stage THE stars shone brightly in Mackay last week as hundreds of performers competed in the 74th annual Mackay Eisteddfod. Competitors ranged from the seasoned to the completely inexperienced, and all took to the stage like professionals, eager to make up for time lost as a result of COVID-19 cancelling last year’s event.

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RESPECT: Veterans lay a wreath for the fallen.

Victory Day marked VICTORY in the Pacific Day was marked on August 15 in Mackay.

Local leaders, veterans and others gathered to mark the day which celebrates the 1945 victory of the Allied Forces against the Japanese in the Pacific.

For Australians, this meant

that the Second World War was finally over. The Pacific War saw some of the largest naval clashes in history and heroic battles were fought by the Australian troops in our backyard.

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POLICE SPEAK UP ON CRIME RATE THE latest Mackay region crime stats have been released.

This week, Mackay Local News asked residents how they felt about the crime rate

in the region, as part of the weekly Vox Pop and most were concerned about the type and rate of criminal activity in the region.

The upshot is that while our police are

doing a great job where they can, residents believe every crime impacts their community. The number of crimes doesn’t matter.

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Crime rates softer than neighbours How do we compare?

WHEN compared with our nearest neighbours, the Mackay region has the lowest crime rate.

The following figures are from the Queensland Government, outlining offenses which cover the crime spectrum from trespassing to homicide.

MACKAY The Mackay District, which covers this newspaper’s readership area from Saint Lawrence to the Whitsundays, recorded a total of 12,273 criminal offenses to July this year.

This compares with 20,001 for the whole of last year.

The most common was drug offenses with 1938 to July this year and a total of 4226 last year.

Unlawful entry had 898 offenses to July this year with 1174 unlawful entries recorded for the whole of last year.

Homicide was the lowest with no offenses recorded last year and none so far this year.

ROCKHAMPTON The Rockhampton area, taking in the Capricornia District which extends from Rockhampton City to Gladstone and Yeppoon had 16,911 offenses to July this year.

This compares with 27,330 for the whole of last year. There have been 2876 drug offenses to July this year, with 5362 last year.

There have been 948 unlawful entry offenses to July this year with 1604 last year.

TOWNSVILLE The Townsville District covering the area from Ayr to Charters Towers has recorded a total of 20,610 offenses to July this year.

This compares with 35,323 for the whole of last year.

There were 2398 unlawful entry offenses to July this year with 3772 unlawful entries recorded for the whole of last year.

There were 3319 drug offenses to July this year, with 7543 last year.

IF YOU keep a keen eye on social media, you’d think Mackay region was the in the midst of a Gotham City style crime wave.

But don’t call in Batman just yet.

Crime figures released this week by Queensland Police show the Mackay region might not be as bad as the crime pages are making out.

When considered against regions to our north and south,

Mackay region – which takes in our Mackay Local News readership from Bowen, to Collinsville, to Moranbah and Clermont then east to St Lawrence – Mackay is not doing too badly.

Both Rockhampton and Townsville regions reported higher rates of crime in their respective regions.

That’s not to say police are resting on their laurels. In fact, the opposite is true.

“People still do commit the

offences and they do run the gauntlet, but (the community) should rest assured that we have a dedicated property offence team, and they are out there, very active, and they are getting results,” Mackay police Detective Inspector Tom Armitt said.

Det Insp Armitt said police were arresting more people more often for property related crime throughout the Mackay region.

He said offenders were pre-

dominantly adult and most were well known to police.

The best defence against becoming the victim of a crime, especially property offences, was to lock up and ensure they deny offenders – or potential offenders – with any opportunity to break in or commit property offences.

“The best thing we can do, is to remind the community to take their safety and their security into their own hands.”

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DV transparency improves OFFICIAL reporting of domestic violence has been honed to better reflect the gravity of each incident attended by Mackay police.

Mackay police Detective Inspector Tom Armitt said the new reporting would not affect the operation response or handling of domestic violence breaches or incidents, but would enable police to gain a stronger understanding of the nature of the incidents and better reflect the gravity of each incident reported.

“We are looking to an increase in the transparency of our reporting,” Detective Inspector Armitt said.

“So we will be recording more assaults that are suspected to have occurred in a domestic violence relationship rather than just simply attending at a domestic violence incident and reporting it as one.

“This will also enable us to gather better data into the seriousness of the matters.”

Get more info here See for yourself the Mackay region crime stats and link to how we rate against other regions

DV: It diminishes us all.

Watch what Mackay Police had to say about the crime stats and in particular, changes to the reporting of Domestic Violence incidents.

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Art winners announced THE Mackay Show Association has announced the winners of the Art on Show Awards which were held this year as as a stand-alone cultural event.

Entries were received from renowned and up and coming artists Australis wide.

The $3000 Overall Winner of the Woollam Art on Show Award 2021 Artist was Greg Cannon with Driftwood Retreat (pictured left).

Other winners were: Section 1 –Easel Painting Award 1st Place $1000 Artist: Clinton Barker Title of Work: Got a Hold

on Me. Highly Commended $350 Artist: Bradley Short Title of Work: Victor Creek. Commended $150 Artist: Leo Alexander Scott Title of Work: Mackay Orchid House.

Section 2 – Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Works on Paper Award 1st Place $1000 Artist: Lyn Laver-Ahmat Title of Work: Tranquil Waters. Highly Commended $350 Artist: Pip Matthews Title of Work: Mr Moon – Luna Park Melbourne I Commended $150 Artist: Donna Free Title of Work: The Fifth Ether.

Get your superhero on at Cosplay HEY, all you fans of cosplay, getting dressed up as a favourite anime, comic book, fantasy, or cartoon character, you’re in for a treat.

Zing Pop Culture will be hosting a competition and fundraiser with cosplay on Sunday and “sketch a superhero” contest.

If you have a telent for drawing simply take your sketch to Zing Pop Culture in Canelands before tomorrow (Friday) at 5:30pm.

Artists can enter any type of sketch from anime to comic books the winners will receive prizes.

All entries will be on display through out the main event on Saturday and Sunday from 10am-1pm, so anyone can go in and check out the

local artistic talent.

The cosplay competition will have a ten-dollar entry fee with funds going to the Starlight Children’s Hospital, with a variety of vouchers to win.

Entrants must attend the meet and greet on Saturday from 10am-1pm to be eligible for the prizes.

A panel of judges will decide the winner and prizes on the day.

Cosplayers are to present at the check in stations at Canelands centre court immediately on arrival.

Weapons must not be made out of metal. Plastic or another lightweight materialis acceptable.

This event is a kid friendly event so please no aggressive behaviour or re-enacting fight scenes or engaging in intimidating behaviour.

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“Because of COVID we weren’t able to fly there to accept our Silver Medal, instead had to ‘Zoom’ the Ceremony from our lounge rooms.,” Dion said.

The two authors met at school, though not, as you might expect, as schoolmates.

“Paul was my Principal when I attended Eungella State Primary school and always encouraged his students to enjoy their imaginations and embrace what they love,” Dion said.

“Paul has published several books of his own before I reached out to him with my own manuscript and asked if he’d like to co-author it with me and bring it to life as a novel.”

The book took the pair three years to complete and, along with the silver medal, have also received a Gold B.R.A.G. Medallion.

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Book week

BOOK Week celebrations and book launch are on next Wednesday, August 25, from 9am to noon at the Neighbourhood Hub, Shakespeare Street, East Mackay. Come and celebrate and be one of the first to read the new book Miss Kim has written for the kids of Mackay!

The day will start with the regular Active Squirtz session with Miss Kim and a special visit from Barry Broccoli or Suzie Strawberry. Then children can listen to Miss Kim read her very own children’s story Delicious to eat, but what smelly feet”.

The cost is $3 per family.

Workshop COMMUNICATION in Relationships is on tomorrow (Friday, August 20) from 10am to noon at the Mackay Women’s Centre. This free workshop will focus on supporting families to learn strategies for effective communication, negotiation and conflict resolution. Vikki and Namarca from Reconcile Life are passionate about supporting families to enjoy healthy relationships where connection is respectful and meaningful and fosters love, care and growth. Please note that this workshop is part of the Multicultural Women’s Club and women from all backgrounds are welcome. To register, email vale@tnhub.org.au or text/call 0400 788 218.

Local authors win praise, medals LOCALS authors Dion Mayne and Paul Richardson have written an historical novel called Boomerang Gold.

The book has already garnered interest around the traps and last month was was awarded a Silver Medal for the Best Regional eBook in the 25th Annual IPPY Awards. (Independent Publishers Book Awards) This International Award recognizes Excellence in Independent Publishing and was hosted in New York.

Dion works at the Sugar Australia Refinery at Racecourse and Paul was a School Principal throughout Qld, England and PNG. He is now retired and spends time with his family and writing books.

Although the authors were excited to have won this prestigious gong, they were unable to attend the awards ceremony.

head for book lovers of historical fiction. They also received the recent Silver IPPY Award.

“The awards come at an opportune time with the publication of our prequel, Masquerade Gold which focuses on the espionage between Europe’s World Powers in the 16th Century,” Dion said.

“We are hoping for the same international success with Masquerade Gold and really enjoy the support from our readers that are here in Australia and overseas.”

The novels are available in print and eBook, and available at all major online stores.

A book launch and signing for Masquerade Gold will be held at Wests Leagues Club on Friday and at ‘The Av- AUTHORS: Dion Mayne and Paul Richardson. enue’ (North Mackay) 10am on Sunday.

Katter angry KENNEDY MP Bob Katter says if there was ever an argument for a separate state of North Qld then the state of our roads is it. “Again, we have Premier Palaszczuk and the Brisbane City Council Mayor calling for a ‘world class landmark’ to be built down there (an absorb money project for the southeast), while at the same time the RACQ reports that North Qld has the worst roads in the state,” he said. “60,000 people living are living on the Atherton Tablelands and the main highway to Cairns is down to one lane and has 20-minute delays. The Labor party sold the railways and has not invested in them, which has resulted in the rapid deterioration of our roads.”

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Clean-up THE Great Northern Clean Up is happening in the Mackay region next weekend on August 28 and 29. Mayor Greg Williamson said the Great Northern Clean Up is the perfect opportunity for residents to show their community pride and help keep our region beautiful. “Every piece of rubbish we pick up makes our region cleaner, greener and more attractive to visitors,” he said. “It also protects our local waterways and wildlife.” Council is hosting eight sites where you can join in the clean-up.

Park upgrade

MACKAY Shire Council Council is delivering a program to upgrade its recreational parks to ensure the community enjoys well designed parks and open space networks which cater for their changing needs. This will promote outdoor social and recreational activities in the Mackay region. The park upgrades are at various locations within the region including, Sarina, South Mackay, Eimeo, Ooralea, Marian and Shoal Point. The current equipment in some playgrounds is reaching the end of its operational life and has been assessed by Council experts as requiring replacement. Work in these parks includes the replacement and/or adjustment to the softfall. which is the material used to cover the ground.

RESPECT: Mayor Greg Richardson lays a wreath down

Marking end of hellish war

By JACOB CUMNER

WAR is really the epitome of hell.

The lucky amongst us young enough to know nothing about it really will never understand what our grandfathers or great grandfathers endured for us.

August 15 marks the 76th year that World War Two finally ended, a conflict that lasted five long years in which children grew up in fear for their life in the North of Australia.

And when that awful conflict came to an end hundreds of locals took to the streets in celebration of our local heroes and countrymen.

Young men were lost before their time had come, yet they gave us the hope we needed and the world we have today. The freedom to what we want and be who we

choose to be.

A small gathering was in attendance this Sunday in Mackay under an overcast sky.

Athough many were in high spirits there was a sombre feel in the air as MC Col Benson took to the podium, welcoming everyone and a joke about being rowdy.

After the pleasantries we were given a glimpse back in time to February 15, 1942, when the world wasn’t a safe place Some may think we are under siege with the present COVID situation, but when the war raged back then there were bombs being dropped by the Japanese on our doorstep in Darwin.

Many of us, or certainly I, had no idea how close our way of life would have changed if not for the good men and women who paid the price to keep Australia safe.

I sat watching the ceremony in silence,

Lane venue

FIFTH Lane in the CBD has undergone a revitalisation to create an environment that enhances the city centre and provides a venue within the city to host community events. The project included the removal and replacement of the existing surface finish, modifications to inground services, drainage and water connections. Works also included was the installation of a new electrical conduit and pit system along with the provisions of a new electrical switchboard, power to facilitate events and festoon lighting installation. During the project, aged water main infrastructure was also identified.

New survey

MACKAY Regional Council is conducting a survey on their community engagement portal Connecting Mackay to help guide Council’s approach to future urban greening initiatives.

The urban greening survey seeks feedback from the community on a planned approach towards enhancing and protecting greenery in our region’s urban arena. This would include planting more trees on local streets and in public spaces.

The Community Engagement team is helping conduct the survey for consultants on behalf of Council’s Strategic Planning program. The Communications and Marketing team is assisting with promotion.

SPEECH: Col Benson at the podium.

COMMEMORATION: Scenes from the recent VP Day

listening to tales of valour and mateship.

Tales like, how in the warfields Australians would trade food with the Turkish soldiers at night with Australians trading the Turks beef and biscuits while in return the Turks would give our boys some fruit and veg.

But as I listened there was a sombre tone as those tales didn’t tell of the death in the trenches. As the guest speaker pointed out, there was starvation and scurvy and the fact that when all was said and done, they would be at each other’s throats the next day.

My heart broke as I sat and listened to our World War II survivor speaking about how many of his school mates left to fight with him but how they never returned. How he was lucky enough to return.

In our time we have never seen fighter planes over the skies of Mackay, yet there was a time 76 years ago when it was an reg-

ular occurrence.

They fought for us and we must never forget the brave men and women that gave us freedom.

Wherever you are today, take a moment of silence for them.

The Ode, which is taken from the poem For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon was recited on the day as a mark of respect for the fallen: They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

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Brave Pacific defence saved Australia COMPILED BY DAVID LORNIE VP or Victory in the Pacific Day, falls on August 15 every year.

It celebrates the 1945 victory of the Allied Forces (Australia, Great Britain and America being the main players) against Japan forces in the Pacific.

For Australians, this meant that the Second World War was finally over.

The Pacific War saw some of the largest naval clashes in history and heroic battles were fought by the Australian troops in our backyard.

Our closest neighbour Papua New Guinea was the scene of some of the war’s most crucial battles, including the Kokoda campain which saved Australia from Japanese invasion.

WWII arrived in Papua New Guinea when the Japanese bombed Rabaul on January 4, 1942. On January 23, Japanese troops captured the town. In February they bombed Port Moresby and in March, following landings on the mainland coast, they captured Lae and Salamaua to the north.

DARWIN BOMBED The war came to Australia in February 1942 when the Japanese bombed Darwin.

Over 240 Japanese aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked the town, ships in the harbour and two airfields.

The raids gave civilians a taste of the fear of war with a number of casualties.

More than half of Darwin’s population left the area permanently either before or directly

after the Japanese attack.

Australian and American troops were sent to PNG to fight the Japanese. From 1942 to 1945, PNG became a battlefield upon which Allied Forces fought with the Japanese.

The main aim of the Allies was to stop the Japanese from invading Australia and they took the fight right to the enemy.

During 1942 the Japanese extended their control of New Britain, New Ireland, Manus, the Trobriands and Solomon Islands, and the PNG north coast.

“The war came to Australia when the Japanese bombed Darwin

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TOWARDS MORESBY Their next objective was to capture Port Moresby. A seaborne invasion launched from the Japanese base at Rabaul was defeated by the Allies in the battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. The Japanese retreated, which marked a turning point in the Pacific War. In July and August of 1942, the Japanese made another attempt to capture Port Moresby by moving overland from Gona and Buna in the north of PNG They moved in over the Kokoda Track and by sea from a base they had established on the coast of Milne Bay. The Kokoda Track campaign involved fewer soldiers than the Milne Bay campaign but it brought the Japanese nearer to success. Japanese troops captured

Kokoda in the mountainous centre of PNG in August.

In September they came within a day’s march of Sogeri, immediately above Port Moresby, before being pushed back by a desperate Australian militia.

On the north coast of Milne Bay, bitter fighting by Australian ground forces with American air support led to the Japanese being defeated. The Japanese retreated and finally surrendered in Wewak, on the north coast.

HEAVY PRICE The Japanese paid a very heavy price for their invasion of Papua New Guinea. Their frontline troops were often far from their source of supplies and they suffered from a shortage of food. Over 200,000 Japanese are estimated to have died fighting, hunger or disease.

The Australians were better fed and equipped than the Japanese.

With the help of the Papua New Guineans, they fought in the most decisive and heroic battles of the campaign.

During the Pacific campaign, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Japanese Fleet during World War II, was shot down by the Allies over Bougainville, a group of islands off the north coast of PNG. He died as a result and his plane still lies there in the dense tropical jungle, a forgotten historical treasure.

In the jungles of PNG you can still find a range of war relics, including tanks, unexploded ordnance, human bones, mess kits, uniforms, guns, live ammunition and downed planes.

HEROES: Australian and PNG veterans at the Bomana War Memorial in PNG. Picture SUPPLIED

WRECKED: Admiral Yamamoto’s plane lies in the Bougainville jungle to this day.

DANGER: An unexploded bomb near a village close to Rabaul.

ARTILLERY: A WWII gun in Rabaul. Pictures above by DAVID LORNIE

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CQU alumnus to return CQUniversity Music Theatre alumnus Paul Tabone has returned to his home state of Queensland to launch a new tour.

The Aussie Opera star (pictured right) came back to Australia earlier this year after COVID-19 brought an abrupt end to his time at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End. The tenor announced his regional Queensland tour, in ‘Golden Days – Songs from the Movies & Musicals’ with shows scheduled at a variety of Queensland venues that currently include Ingham, Townsville, Mackay, Maleny and Bundaberg.

‘Golden Days’ is a musical journey of the best songs from movies to musicals throughout the decades. You can expect a variety of songs from the ‘Golden Age’ of music, incorporating singers such as Mario Lanza and Perry Como and songs from Dis-

ney all the way to Ennio Morricone.

After performing for four years in London’s ‘The Phantom of the Opera ‘and having released his debut album ‘This Is Me’, Paul has been dubbed ‘Australia’s own Andrea Bocelli ‘. After reaching #1 in the Classical Music Charts in Australia, United Kingdom and United States of America.

Paul said his shows will also feature up and coming regional artists.

He’s come a long way since growing up on a sugarcane farm near Ingham Queensland, with career highlights including sharing the stage Paul appears on September 1 at the CQCM Theatre 6.00pm (As a part of the Judith, Stuart & Friends Concert Series). It’s at Building 21, Boundary Road, Ooralea, Mackay 4740 Tickets available at CQCM Reception or phone +61 (7) 47407800.

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Grants welcomed THE Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) has welcomed a timely, joint announcement by Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg MP, and Queensland Treasurer, Cameron Dick MP, of an increased Queensland COVID-19 Business Support Grant program of $600 million for the tourism and hospitality sector. The Commonwealth and State Government will fund the program under a 50:50 cost-sharing agreement.

QTIC Chief Executive Daniel Gschwind said, “We have made a desperate plea to both governments this week for further support for our operators, given the dire situation that our industry has been placed in with continuous COVID-19 disruptions.

QTIC engaged with the Prime Minister and the Federal Minister for Tourism Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Dan Tehan, as well as State Treasurer Cameron Dick, in a push for urgent action for tourism and hospitality businesses.

Growth in activities

THE past 12 months have seen considerable growth in netball across Queensland providing Netball Queensland with a strong foundation to establish greater participation opportunities for young women as well as boys and men from 2022.

This year, the Sunshine Coast will host over 2600 players from across Queensland at the Nissan State Age Championships from 25 to 28 September, with the event rescheduled due to COVID lockdowns earlier this year. With the Nissan State Age Championships reaching beyond capacity this year, we are excited to announce that Netball Queensland will be increasing the opportunities for players, coaches, managers and umpires to participate from next year by offering two State Age events. An annual highlight on the calendar for up and coming netballers, next year will see representative opportunities continue for junior teams (12-14 years) and provide new opportunities for senior teams (15-17 years) to compete.

The expanded format will make room for growing demand from male participants.

Funds on the way DAWSON MP George Christensen has welcomed the announcement of a further injection of funding to help struggling Queensland businesses, and said it will be particularly welcomed in the tourism and hospitality sector in the Whitsundays.

“As the result of a 50/50 funding agreement between the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments, the value of the Queensland COVID-19 Business Support Grants will rise from $260 million to $600 million,” Mr Christensen said. “This is very good news for businesses in the Whitsundays who have suffered greatly from lockdowns, generally announced and executed with just a few hours’ notice. “These border closures have decimated our tourism-reliant businesses, who have no reserves in the tank to keep going. There’s more support for sole traders, small, medium and large businesses who have seen a decline in turnover of more than 30 per cent.”

No relief in sight

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WITH the recent COVID-19 outbreaks and an already growing housing crisis, Queensland renting families are feeling the pressure. he state government introduced proposed new housing legislation into Parliament in June, but community organisations and tenancy advocates are warning these laws do not go far enough to help Queensland renters safely stay in their homes, even during times of lockdown. Jessica Brake from Mackay Regional Community Legal Centre, said that it is not just people in the Brisbane area that are being affected. Families in regional Queensland are facing some of the greatest pressure. Not only is there less than 1 per cent rental vacancy, there has been a 12.5 per cent increase in asking rent prices. “We hear from people on a daily basis about how much they are struggling in the Mackay rental market. So many of the tenants we are seeing are being required to leave their homes, even though they have been good tenants and paid their rent when due,” she said.

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By George, he’s said too much OUR local Federal Member Mr Christensen will be feeling well pleased with the publicity he generated for himself with his statements on COVID in the House of Representatives early last week - but many locals aren’t so impressed.

After Mr Christensen’s tirade arguing that masks and lockdowns don’t work - which was condemned by both the House of Representatives and the Senate - there was talk across Mackay.

For a long while Mr Christensen has been regarded locally as a ‘maverick’ who speaks his

mind, a trait considered likeable by many.

But now it’s his political views on COVID which have started to turn the community against him.

Talk heard in tearooms at local workplaces, including at our hospital, is that Mr Christensen has “truly gone off the rails” and is now “a bit special” (direct quote).

It’s no surprise more locals are seeing him like this.

He’s not only putting our enviable COVID-free lifestyle at risk, but his misinformation is undermining everything our local health workers are doing to keep people safe and to stop the hospital from being inundated with people in ICU and on ventilators.

You see Mr Christensen likes to label every

threat to his privilege as a threat to his freedom.

But in exercising our freedom we need to be sure not to impinge the freedom and safety of others who want to be protected.

In his speech Mr Christensen said, “It is time we stopped spreading fear and acknowledged some facts.”

I totally agree, but unfortunately, in true Orwellian style he went on to spread fear and falsehoods.

Hardly the actions of a freedom fighter!

Leaders of government, who are courageous and decisive in the face of vociferous criticism and implement early, short, sharp lockdowns have demonstrated success in controlling outbreaks.

And locals see that too.

A worker at a cafe recently told me, “you can say what you want about lockdowns, but they do work.”

Thursday, 19 August, 2021 There are economic and social costs to lockdowns of course, but the costs of letting the virus rip are far greater.

Mr Christensen’s perverse social experiment would destroy our local industries, overwhelm our hospitals, and most horrifically, lead to more deaths, especially our most vulnerable including children.

From here on, it’s no doubt Mr Christensen will continue to spread his crazy conspiracy theories, but there are other unknowns.

In the face of more embarrassing challenges to the Federal Government around Mr Christensen’s Covid views, what will the Prime Minister do?

And secondly will Mr Christensen recant his promise to retire from politics and instead try to return in some form or other?

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THINK: Be liike Master Yoda, do or not do

I possibly might, but I’ll try Minds Aligned with

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Bennett HAVE you ever stopped to truly listen to the words you use in your thinking and out loud?

The number of “maybe, should, probably will, might”, used when talking with someone or even to yourself (something that I do a lot much to Rowena’s amusement). Susan Scott reminds us of that with her statement “I’m always having a conversation with myself, sometimes it includes other people”.

The reason that this comes up for me as something that needs attention is that it creates a real drag on getting things done with any commitment.

We need to manage language. By that I mean make con-scious decisions using words and thoughts that pull us from the morass that indecision, procrastination, and ultimately what ends up as avoidance, creates.

This is particularly relevant if you are a leader in a team, certainly if you are a business owner and criti-cal if you have responsibilities for delivering to time pressure and a standard.

I have run hundreds of leadership workshops, team alignment and strategy sessions and coached from executive level to frontline across Australia and beyond and this thing with limiting language is heard in all those diverse environments.

The one that most people connect with when

challenged is ‘try’. If you’ve been a Star Wars fan the im-age of Yoda sitting on a rock watching Luke Skywalker as he struggles to come to terms with his latent power saying “Use the Force Skywalker”, to which Skywalker says “I’m trying”. Yoda provides us with his guidance as he makes his wisdom known and points out “There is do or do not – there is no try”.

These words cloud our clarity, our commitment and our capacity to truly perform. They create ambigui-ty and uncertainty for example, if you ask someone if they can get something completed by 3pm on Friday and they say “I’ll try” you are left wondering if they will or they won’t.

We all have the “Force”, we just need get hold of the language we are using and make the statement to commit. Not “I’ll try” but “I will” or “I won’t” either way you’re making a clear decision. Not “probably” or “I guess” but clearly “Yes” or “No” either is fine! It is more than OK to make a clear decision. It is imperative if we want to get the best out of every day, every person and each experience that we encoun-ter.

If you are avoiding committing because you’re uncomfortable, need more time or information, don’t real-ly want to or perhaps don’t want to upset someone then it’s time to step up and stop the compromise of your ‘self’. Nothing changes until you take control of the language you use and that will then determine the outcome you can achieve.

If you’re up for it here’s the challenge; Listen to yourself when you’re ‘trying’ to avoid something.

In-stead of ducking and weaving just say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. There’s power in that. May the ‘Force’ be with you.

He is truly a national disgrace A National Disgrace LAST week in our nation’s parliament our local Member for Dawson became a national disgrace (again?). George Christensen used his platform in the heart of our democracy to spread “harmful health information” (as described by Facebook when it removed that video of his speech as it was in breach of its COVID misinformation policy) and he was, rightfully, roundly condemned.

This isn’t “free speech” it is dangerous and it needs to be called out. The front page story of the last edition of Mackay Local News asked “How far

have we fallen if we cannot rely on our media and our leaders to provide us with sound, impartial and correct information …”, well there’s no need to look any further than an office on Milton Street.

Outrage has always been Mr Christensen’s schtick and I’m sure he’s happy with all the attention he has received, which seems to be all he truly cares about.

An International Disgrace The release of the latest IPCC report on the climate outlook is pretty dire. It highlights the sheer inadequacy of what our federal government is doing and the hypocrisy of those who say they are taking the steps needed to prevent climate catastrophe while they continue to support and approve fossil fuel projects like the Galilee and Beetaloo Basins, and the clearing of native forests.

We have the answers and tools at our disposal to execute our duty of care to current and future genera-

SO I’VE been quite caught up with trying to keep the readers informed and up to date recently on all things sex related in the hope it helps get a few sparks flying in bedrooms around the Mackay region.

Just quietly, I think I may now hold the record for having said the words ‘clitoris’ and ‘penis’ more times than anyone ever before has done in a local publication?

Definitely encourage others to challenge me for that title anyway, lol.

Since I was originally asked to possibly share some salacious, saucy tales I might have up my sleeve about the strippers, instead (probably due to the fact I was also a stripper once and we struggle with following instructions sometimes) I’ll perhaps share a brief intro about myself and the events that led me into the entertainment industry.

I became a lingerie waitress in 1994 after my fiancé at the time left me in the middle of the night, stealing all of the $ in our joint bank accounts, along with my car and leaving me in a bad financial position.

Add the loss of my bar job to the mix and I needed cash, and fast. Being a little chubby in those days it was only when I was being interviewed for another bar job that the gentleman enquired as to whether I’d be interested in doing some shifts in their private lounge bar where they had females behind the bar in quite elaborate lingerie sets, which they even supplied for you to wear.

When your rent is due and for the first time in your life you have no incoming funds you do what you have to do. Fast forward about six months and after many moments spent adjusting my g-string in toilet stalls of hotels around Townsville, questioning myself, my abilities and mostly my appearance in my underwear I ended up loving my new job and the industry so much I bought the business (to cut a long story short).

It is actually the only thing that had ever given me the incentive to lose weight and work on my body, having struggled as a teenager with weight gain as most young girls do. Now I am married to my work and endeavour to do my best to help see the continued success of the adult entertainment industry in this tions, we just need the will from our leaders.

Rorts, Robodebt and the Rich While businesses that did not suffer any downturn in revenue as a result of the Covid crisis received a $12.5bn windfall from the Jobkeeper scheme will not be pursued by the government to pay it back, the poorest in our nation are being hounded by “Robodebt” for relatively small amounts (significant to the individuals though) – A clear demonstration that there is one rule for the rich and one for everyone else. And I don’t have the space to go into “Carpark Rorts” that saw $660m of tax payer money spent for political reasons in marginal seats on dodgy projects. #HomeToBilo We live in hope that despite a recent court ruling, this government will listen to the pleas of the Central Queensland regional town Biloela and their allies around the nation to do the right, decent and humane thing and put an end to this sorry and torturous saga, by allowing the Murugappan family to return home and continue their productive lives in a community

part of Qld by providing consistent, professional service with the help of a team of people dedicated to the same goal. These are ‘my people’.

It was a complete shock to me in 2018 after I was nominated in the Australian adult industry awards for the first time to actually bloody win ‘Best Striptease Agency’!

Absolutely last thing I ever expected to happen once let alone for the last three competitions in a row.

However, after 25 years operating the business I do think I’ve earned my wins in blood, sweat & tears - really just for operating continuously for that long in this industry with the same owner/operator is a feat in itself.

The highlights for me over the years have been too numerous to list in a 200-300 word column, but to just gloss over a few for you, the standouts which spring to mind are: n Booking five girls and a chaperone in Weipa for two nights performing a full nude female review show n Doing paid appearances for ACP publishing in the Picture & People magazines (approx 25 times reporting nude in the North and Central Qld area) n Being a finalist in the Miss Nude Qld competition 2000 n Winning Entertainer of the year there n Winning ‘Hottest Body’ four years in a row at the Miss Erotica Nth Qld finals n Opening ‘The Diva’s Den’ adult boutique in 2005 I think what sets Delicious Entertainment apart from other agencies in the area is our dedication to customers and the fact that we genuinely care about the industry and our staff. Not to toot my own horn, but I really will do whatever it takes (within reason) to ensure our clients event runs smoothly. Everything from driving girls to work, training them to perform professional shows – heck I’ll even babysit their children in order for jobs to be completed and clients be left happy.

We are in the business of helping people make memories and while I still have breath in my body rest assured we will be ensuring nothing but the very best ones for you and your peeps.

So remember when you next need the services of a topless waitress or showgirl to book local and support the agency putting Mackay on the map Australia wide.

Delicious Forever!

SUN: Be careful it may melt us all soon

that cherishes them.

One down, one to go On Monday I got my first COVID vaccination.

Thanks to the great health staff who are working to keep our community safe. I hope everyone does their bit to support their hard work and goes and gets their vaccination.

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Censored and condemned and “transmission was not reduced by interventions to promote hand washing and face mask use.”

George

Christensen

By George! Dawson MP Liberal National Party

POLITICIANS condemned me.

The media said I was a danger.

Big Tech censored me.

Why? Because I defied the prevailing orthodoxy in Australia on how to handle the pandemic.

I asked parliament how many freedoms we would lose due to fear of a virus that has a survivability rate of 997 out of 1000.

That figure came from a paper by epidemiology expert Dr John Ioannidis titled “Infection fatality rate of COVID-19 inferred from seroprevalence data” which found 0.27 per cent Infection Fatality Rate for Covid-19 across 51 countries.

I also told parliament we should acknowledge some facts, including the ineffectiveness of masks and lockdowns in stopping the spread of COVID-19.

Australia’s Infection Control Expert Group says evidence around the efficacy of cloth masks is “limited, indirect, experimental” which is probably why one of their recommendations is that “when there is absent or localised COVID-19 transmission, the general use of masks in the community is not recommended”.

There have been many randomised control trial studies over the years that have looked at the effectiveness of masks in controlling viruses.

These studies have produced such conclusions as “we did not identify any trend in the results suggesting effectiveness of facemasks”

Challenging another bit of pandemic orthodoxy are two studies that show lockdowns don’t work.

In the paper “Assessing Mandatory Stayat-Home and Business Closure Effects on the Spread of COVID-19”, a survey on the effectiveness of lockdowns – which were labelled non-pharmaceutical interventions or NPIs – across 10 countries, concluded that “we do not find significant benefits on case growth of more restrictive NPIs. Similar reductions in case growth may be achievable with less restrictive interventions.”

Another paper, “COVID-19: Rethinking the Lockdown Groupthink” concluded that “lockdowns cause severe adverse effects for many millions of people, disproportionately for those already disadvantaged among us”.

I told parliament that COVID-19 is going to be with us forever and that we will have to live with it, not in constant fear of it.

AstraZeneca vaccine developer Dr Andrew Pollard pretty much said the same thing a day later when he pointed out that “herd immunity (from the Delta variant of COVID-19) is not a possibility because it still infects vaccinated people” and that the approach to COVID-19 needed to “shift from the epidemic to the endemic” or “living with COVID.” I reiterate what I told parliament: we need to open society back up, restore freedom and end the madness.

TWANGER: There’ll be plenty of gee-tar music this weekend at the showground, y’all.

Get your cowboy gear on for a party Rob

Kidd “Just Kidding” 4MK Breakfast Announcer

THIS weekend our Mackay Showgrounds come alive for the QCCS Rockin Country Festival.

If you’re wondering who’ll be playing at this festival then Graeme Connors, Troy Caser-Daley, Ian Moss, Brad Butcher and Casey Barnes will all be there so I reckon it’ll be a fun place to be!

Got me thinking though, the old showgrounds has seen plenty of bands over the years especially in my growing years of the 80’s. There were plenty of fun days waiting for school to finish at Milton Street, so you could ride your Malvern Star back to Gregory St, have a tub, get changed and dart down to the gate on Milton St and wait in line so you could get the best spot when the gates opened.

That’s just what we teenagers did back then, and we saw plenty.

Australian Crawl, The Church, Men at Work, Mentals, Midnight Oil, Goanna, Split Enz, Kids in the Kitchen, Mondo Rock, the amazing Dire Straits show in ’85, INXS, Dragon, Jimmy Barnes, and so many more all next to the old greyhound track.

Yes kids, they used to race dogs at the Mackay Showgrounds. Pretty cool hey.

I know things have changed over the years. Bands stopped playing on a truck on Milton St. They went up-market and jumped inside at Paradise Night and the Blue Moose. They were great times too but nothing makes a rock concert better, than having your wannabe girlfriend on your shoulders so she could see, and then raining so hard your sneakers had their own swimming pool of their own.

I still think one of the best music shows I’ve ever seen at the showgrounds was the John Farnham Last Time big top tour. Not only was it brilliant, I was lucky enough to take my Mum for front row seats, and we got to hangout with John backstage.

A night that I think Mum enjoyed so much. Plus I think Mum was taller than John coming to think of it too.

Kids in 2021 just have no idea how we lived back then just to enjoy ourselves.

To everyone heading up to the showgrounds this weekend you will love it. The weather is perfect, the artists are top level and the bloke behind it all Geoff Baguley is a superstar! His vision and dedication to have this just needs to be applauded.

Have fun everyone! Stay hydrated too!

- Rob

Buy bulk, recycle containers Lucy

Smith Karen

Jacobsen Zero Waste Whitsundays Buy In Bulk Think back to your grandparents and their pantry.

Likely it was filled with large tins and glass containers with no plastic in sight. Previous generations did not have the convenience of shopping every day or experiencing click and collect. They planned their meals and shopped efficiently, sometimes once a month or for more remote communities a few times a year.

The simplicity of this approach had built in benefits. Less packaging. Less cost. Reduced impact on the planet.

You may have noticed week to week in our columns, that there is a close link between how we treat the planet and the benefits to our personal health.

Buying in bulk reduces our impact, as it lessens the amount of packaging we use immensely. This has the added bonus of being kinder to our wallets.

The transport miles of the goods you are consuming can be lowered significantly. Remember, only bulk buy items you have used before.

We are not advocating over purchasing. Only buy what you need, and be mindful of what you regularly use and buy these items in bulk. You may not bake, so flour could be useless to you in bulk, but it’s probable you do laundry and will always need laundry detergent.

Containers For Refilling In some stores you are able to bring your own container to refill. We see much more of this in larger towns and cities, but it’s a practice we would love to encourage in the Whitsundays region.

We all have more than enough receptacles in our homes and workplaces. Consider reusing glass jars, take away containers and bags when you are shopping, whether it be for bulk purchases or otherwise.

Certain places will stipulate which containers to use, especially with liquid refills. Major supermarkets are rolling out bulk purchase opportunities and we cannot wait to see this here in the Whitsundays.

On a local level, we take our empty glass jars to the markets on a Saturday in Airlie and give them to stall holders who make and sell preserves. This reduces our landfill, and promotes a positive and integrated approach.

A Small Step You Can Take Starting Today Could you collect the used glass jars in your home

Mens business, a secret?

SECRET men’s business includes the rituals, knowledge and experiences traditionally passed on to youth by respected elders in our indigenous societies.

Unfortunately, these secrets and pearls of wisdom are not taught as widely today and hence we have a lost generation when it comes

to understanding authentic manhood…what it is to be a real man!

In Western society, we are also lacking this transfer of information from father to son as the divorce and separation rate continues to soar and many men are removed from the family home.

There are few places where youth can learn the secrets of authentic manhood. Real manhood can only be bestowed on a boy by the men that surround him, in a perfect world, by his biological father and his community of men.

Not secret men’s business is the information that our men, both young and old, need to be familiar with to lead their families effectively today.

This column will put forward information and ideas to assist a man to be a better husband and father.

It will delve into the meaning and importance of protocols which men have had passed down from generation to generation and are the hallmarks of authentic manhood.

UGLY: Let’s get responsible and offer these on your local buy/sell page? Perhaps visit your local markets and find someone who would love to have these jars for their wares. Conversely, if you have a need for glass jars or other containers, put the word out in your community.

reducing single use plastics and removing chemicals from the home. Their packaging is made from plastic collected from the ocean. Refills are sent in reusable pouches, and once you refill your containers, they pay for your postage to return them and use them again.

Where Can I Bulk Purchase in the Whitsundays?

Oh my goodness we would love to see a bulk store in Airlie Beach and cannot wait for this to happen.

Until then, Healthy Haven in Proserpine, Evolution Organics in Cannonvale, Whitsunday Foodservice offers a range of bulk goods. Further afield, there is a fascinating Aussie company called ZeroCo with a full range of super clean cleaning products committed to

We Would Love To Hear From You If there is a local business or zero waste initiative you think we need to know about, please reach out to us on Instagram @zerowastewhitsundays and for more resources join our private FB group.

Choose one to implement a week or a month. Let’s share our ideas and work toward a truly Zero Waste Whitsundays. If you have tips, let’s hear them.

Of course, being a man, and what that means, is different for everyone - and there are many people with diverse and varied thoughts on what that means.

So, we would love to hear from you.

Stories of men doing good things in our community, showing what it means to them to be a good man and how these people are giving back to their community are the kind we would love to share!

Feel free to send in your stories and thoughts to me via Mackay Local News at news@mackaylocalnews.com.au.

MEN’S BUSINESS: What makes a man these days?

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My Thoughts COMMUNITY VOICE Our question to you: How do you give back to the community?

Readers, what are your thoughts?

Let us know: news@mackaylocalnews.com.au

Anita Bugeia

Chris Hayes

Danielle Stevens

Johanna Wood

“We are local, and we buy local.”

“I like to go to these events, and I donate to many charities around town.”

“I volunteer for Variety Queensland.”

“We raise money for variety Queensland and give back to kids,”

www.mackaylocalnews.com.au

When to give way

By TERRENCE HARMSE

EDITORIAL

Crime Is not just statistics IT’S EASY to get a bit excited (not in a good way) about crime rates and depending on what you read, there is always something nasty to hook your argument on.

Even the most cursory glance over the region’s crime watch, neighbourhood, and community social media pages shows the vast number of eager voyeurs. And thank goodness for them!

It’s good news that our region’s crime rate is down when looked at against our northern and southern neighbours.

But each crime – whether it is part of a spike or a run-of-the mill cycle – is not just a statistic.

WHAT do Qld Road Rules tell us with regards to giving way?

Give way means to slow down and, if necessary, stop in order to prevent a crash from happening.

You must always give way at a give way sign and check it’s safe to continue. Give way signs are placed at intersections and other places where other vehicles have priority.

Remember, there are lots of situations on the road where you must give way even if there is no sign. You need to

For each time there is a car stolen, a business broken into, a home invaded or an assault, a domestic violence incident – you name it – there are real people in our community who are affected.

give way if: n the rules say that you must n there’s a give way or stop

sign

n there are stop or give way lines on the road n you’re turning right across the path of an oncoming vehicle at an intersection n you’re turning left or right

at a T-intersection

n you’re moving onto a road from a driveway or land next to a road n you’re moving off from

being stopped on the side of the road

DRIVING: Know the road rules. n you’re doing a U-turn

n you’re turning left at an intersection with a ‘left turn on red after stopping’ sign.

Where confusion is often seen, is at traffic lights that don’t have a right turning arrow. he road rules states: You need to give way if:

you’re turning right across the path of an oncoming vehicle at an intersection. So, only when the vehicles going straight or the vehicles turning left have gone, should you turn right.

For videos on how giving way works go to: https://www. qld.gov.au/transport/safety/ rules/road/give-way

Show us your tatts

It’s these people who, quite understandably, couldn’t give a hoot if the crime rate is down.

To them, their whole world might have been just turned upside down.

Matt Says: “While not the best possible photo of this work of art, I got this tattoo in Brisbane. I have been a big fan of Demon slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba.

Every single day there is someone who gets a call telling them their car has been stolen (or found abandoned), their business has been broken into, their home has been entered – and the list goes on.

“That tattoo is of Nichirin sword or a colourchanging katana, wielded by main character Tanjiro while using his water-breathing stance.

The cost of crime – be it a single incident or be it many – on our community, is incredible. And Mackay police Detective Inspector Tom Armitt is on the money when he says it is up to all of us to empower ourselves and protect ourselves.

The sword changes colour based on the wielder, which I thought suited my personality perfectly.”

The good news from these stats is that the police are doing an incredible job and the rate at which offenders are being arrested, prosecuted, and dealt with is encouraging. It’s always going to be frustratingly slow and there will always be things that can be done better.

DO YOU have a beaut tatt or two? If so, we’d like you to send in a picture of your tattoo.

Tell us what your tattoo means to you and how it makes you feel. The best answer will win a mystery prize every month What are you waiting for?

But between the great efforts of our police, the eagle eyes and proactive shares of social media groups and the empowerment of ourselves as members of our community, we can work together to ensure our safety and security.

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BEAUTIFUL BUBS Dear readers, meet our lovely, new born locals ...

Would you like to share your newly born treasure with us? Email us your photos along with all names, weight, length and date born. We’ll publish them for all of our valued readers to share in your new joy. news@mackaylocalnews.com.au

Archer Peter Falt Born:

06/08/21

Weight: 2.87kg Length: My Town. My Paper.

Proud Parents: Cory Falt

Ezekial-Amari Pache Born:

13/08/21

Weight: 3.51kg Length:

Proud Parents: Crystal Perry and Dwayne Pache

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My Thoughts COMMUNITY VOICE Our question to you: How do you give back to the community?

Readers, what are your thoughts?

Let us know:

Maddona Stevens

Nancy Pratt

Rissa Hodge

Rob Chetwynd

“I work for the charity Variety.”

“Through our school, we gather food to sell to give back.”

“I am involved in saving abandoned pets”

“I deliver baked goods to children’s charities in Sydney.”

www.mackaylocalnews.com.au

A Tall Tale of Two Cabinets THIS is a tale of two Cabinets (with sincere apologies to Charles Dickens) — one a National Cabinet (NC), the other a Medicine Cabinet (MC). It is a horror story based on fiction more than fact.

The scene: Australia 2020 and beyond. A COVID-19 pandemic has struck and Australia goes into meltdown, lockdown, and hides under chicken down ( the doona).

Remember the famous line shouted by Col. Nathan R. Jessup (Jack Nicholson) in the 1992 movie A Few Good Men? “You can’t handle the truth”, meaning “you will not be able to accept or believe the truth.”

Well, that’s the premise on which A Tale of Two Cabinets is based.

About 18 months ago Australian politicians and senior health bureaucrats decided “the little people” can’t handle the truth so they established a new form a government, one which allowed little people to be locked down and out (read incarcerated) without charge so dictators could take control.

The “ruling” Cabinet, the NC, is headed by the Prime Minister who leads from the rear and refuses to have a testicle transplant. As Paul Keating once said (about someone else), “He’s a shiver looking for a spine to run up”.

Controlling NC is a power-drunk gaggle of State Premiers and Territory Chief Ministers who have elevated themselves to dictator status.

Then there’s the MC which consists of a number of Chief Health Officers who provide expert medical advice to NC members.

This never-to-be-questioned expert (and fiercely independent) advice varies markedly, from nation to State to Territory, depending on what advice NC members want to hear and on what tickles the fancy of the CHOs at any time.

The enchanting blend of fact and fiction, and its combination with pure politics, has devel-oped an ever-expanding list of rallying cries: “We’re all in this together”; “Trust the science”; “We are keeping everyone safe”; “Vaccination is our passport to freedom”; “Do the right thing — stay at home and get vaccinated”; and many more.

The NC profile looks something like this: Victoria: Led the coronavirus avalanche with more than 800 deaths and gave NC the dicta-torial Daniel “I can’t recall” Andrews, famous for wearing the same North Face jacket every

TRUTH: You can’t handle it! day for six months until he fell over and went on compo and someone sent to jacket to the cleaners.

New South Wales: Provided a Premier who went from Gold Standard to Tarnished Tin in less than a full quarantine period.

Queensland: Generously shared the Pandemic Princess, Annastacia “Where would I be without COVID and football?”

Palaszczuk, famous for keeping Queensland hospitals for Queenslanders and for sending raspberries, insults and middle fingers via email across the NSW border.

South Australia: Sent in Premier Marshall to bat for SA, his contributions highlighted by State-wide lockdowns when COVID outbreaks of less than one positive case occur.

West Australia: Premier Mad Dog McGowan loves NC so much he wants to secede from Australia and take his shock and “ore” with him.

Tasmania: Still struggling for any sort of recognition. Premier What’s-His-Name probably attends NC meetings but ever since Paul Keating referred to Australia as the geographical “arse-end of the world”, Tasmania has been referred to as The Pimple and the other States patronisingly just give it a gentle squeeze.

Oh, and there’s a couple of Territories somewhere in the NC operation but other members don’t seem to care about them.

That’s Australia in a National Cabinet Nutshell (with emphasis on Nuts).

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• • • • • • FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS • • • • • • How can I request a song? Great! Most of our programs allow for requests.

The best way to get your favourite tune on the radio is to give us a call.

Sometimes our announcers are busy on-air, just keep trying us.

Can 4CRM broadcast at our event? We sure can! We love getting out and about in our community. We can do a live, outside broadcast from most locations, however only some of our presenters are able to do this.

Please contact us during office hours to discuss your needs further.

How can I become a presenter? We encourage new on-air presenters.

If you have great taste in music (whatever that may be), and you’d love to be on air, please contact us.

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BEAUTIFUL BUBS Dear readers, meet our lovely, new born locals ...

River George Fielder Born:

09/08/21

Weight: 3356g Length:

Proud Parents: Shurdae Richmond and Brett Fielder

Summer Quakawoot

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Thursday, 19 August, 2021

Magic in the garden

MAGICAL: Cr Laurence Bonaventura getting into the Book Week spirit with beautiful butterflies Kerry Davis (left) and Fiona Thackray (right).

MACKAY Regional Botanic Gardens is always a magical place, but this morning (Thursday) it will come alive with plenty of cute, colourful characters.

Expect superheros, fairy-tale characters, Wiggles, Disney princesses and plenty of picture book heroes.

This year, the ever-popular Mackay Regional Council Libraries’ Book Week Picnic in the Park, usually held in the Civic Precinct, is becoming the Picnic in the Gardens.

Families are encouraged to bring a picnic blanket and kick back in the green space beside the Botanic Gardens Café from 9.30am to 11.30am.

Cr Laurence Bonaventura, who attended the last Book Week celebration as “Ace the Magician”, saidit would be a wonderful morning of free activities.

“Ros from Wild Puppets will be roving around with her puppets, and Lets Just Face It will be doing face painting for the entirety of the event,” Cr Bonaventura said.

“Libraries will be running a Baby Bounce session at 10am and a Story Time session at 10.30am,” he said.

He encouraged everyone, parents and grandparents included, to get into the spirit and dress up as their favourite book character.

“Our Libraries team do a fantastic job organising this event

and really go all out with their costumes,” he said.

“This year, the team will be ‘beautiful butterflies’ in honour of The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle, who passed away in May this year.”

Stalls from local children’s service providers will be set up around the edge of the parkland.

Residents are also invited to check out the Strolling Story, where the pages of the local picture book “Birds Don’t Have Birthdays” appear on picture panels along a pathway in the Botanic Gardens.

For more information, visit mackay.qld.gov.au/bookweek

Carving out love and presents FATHER’S Day is just around the corner and what better present for your man than a timber carving by Mackay crafter Bob Armstrong.

Bob has spent more than 10 years creating intricate intarsia carvings and is offering his pieces at a discount leading up to Father’s Day on September 5 at the Sarina Arts and Crafts Centre.

“It’s an intricate process to make one,” he said.

“First you’ve got to figure out what you want, and get the right coloured timbers to match the design. The pieces have to

be cut to size and shape, sanded and polished, then you’ve got to attach them to their platform.

“You can’t really put a time on how long it takes to make one piece as you can only do one thing at a time. There is the sanding and carving, gluing and drying and I so I might spend a few hours on one piece and then go to another. Sometimes it takes three or four days to make one piece.”

His favourite is a bull rider, and one of his toughest challenges was to create a green frog climbing up a tree.

“You can’t get green (coloured) timber so you gave to paint it to colour it, same with black, you have to ebonise it.”

Bob estimates he has about 27 carvings hanging on his wall, and over the years he’s probably made hundreds of them, along with wooden toys which are also available for sale at the centre.

The Sarina Arts and Crafts Centre is at the Field of Dreams parkland and is open seven days a week 10-3 Monday-Friday and 10-1 weekends.

RIDING: Crafter Bob Armstrong with one of his favourite carvings of a bull rider, available at the Sarina Arts and Crafts Centre. Photo: Charlie Payne

Heavy haulage is serious business ADVERTORIAL THE TEAM Father and son team David and Tristan head up this successful family business located in Iridium Drive, Paget.

David also has a passion for Circuit racing and heads up the Davkat speedway team, and is well known for his community support and the love of the outdoors. David’s son Tristan holds the position of operations manager and is heavily involved in the day to day running of the company.

HEAVY HAULAGE: DavKat is the choice in our region

HEAVY HAULAGE The team at Davkat Has many years of experience in the transport and heavy haulage industry, which means you can trust us to safely move your goods using

the most efficient methods and procedures. David and his team is committed to safety for all involved and our equipment is well maintained and compliant with all heavy transport regulations. All our staff are trained and continually up skilled to maintain a standard of professionalism in all service areas.

LOGISTICS OF HAULAGE A key element of planning any move is to conduct route surveys in order to adequately assess the risk and identify the scope of a project. Securing loads with effectively designed load restraint mechanisms are also critical to a heavy mining equipment move.

Moving mining equipment requires precision and attention to detail. Our team sees a range of clients come to us with concerns regarding the haulage of

their equipment,We offer quality solutions that becomes the perfect fit and Taylor each clients haul according to there specific requirements.

Combined with the complexities of permit approval, which are often required from Government authorities such as Main Road Engineers and Police , the group must ensure any move is planned effectively to ensure ontime, incident free delivery.We are always on tight schedules, with delivery often required in order to meet its next port of call” and this is why the planning of each haul is so crucial.

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Extraordinarily rare acerage with home and sheds 20 Ambrose Way will surpass all your expectations if you are looking for a Depot in walking distance to your home with extra land to park trucks or earthmoving gear.

Rarely will you find a 7,843m2 block zoned Rural Residential with rates of approximately $1400 per six months, conveniently located so close to town.

The 15m x 12m high clearance shed with 4m x 4.2m high roll-a-doors and concrete floor is sure to be the main attraction! Purposely built to store a caravan with huge loft area.

Designed to meet the demands of parking up heavy equipment, the end bay has a 300mm thick concrete floor with the remaining flooring constructed for maximum strength to suit the installation of a hoist.

A 4 bay shed (12m x 7.5m) with concrete floor with secure parking for 3 vehicles with 3 electric roll-a-doors is located within walking distance to the house.

Attached is a 12m x 6m awning enabling the parking of four more vehicles. Could be designed for an established business, there is an airconditioned office / study room plus functioning toilet.

A change ramp, established chook pen plus a garden shed with awning are all added extras, along with a shade area for horses on the property.

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6kw solar is the final bonus. There is unlimited room for expansion at 20 Ambrose Way.

There is so much on offer here coupled with further unlimited room for expansion

Add to this 450 spacing in roof with 150 z purlins, there is not much more you could ask for. The shed has a separate access with extra wide concrete driveway (175mm thick and 32 mpa), with bore water, town water and power connected.

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Add to this a newly renovated 4 bedroom rendered brick with hardwood timber frame home with near new kitchen, freshly painted interior and exterior and established gardens with bore irrigation and pop up sprinklers, there is something on offer for everyone.

All of this within walking distance to Mackay Christian College and just a short drive to other Schools and Mount Pleasant Shopping Centre or Coles and Woolworths at Andergrove.

It is a “must see” so don’t miss the Open Homes each Saturday leading up to the Auction on Saturday, 11 September, 2021.

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SATURDAY 11th SEPT CALL GLENIS FOR DETAILS 0427 423 553

20 Ambrose Way, North Mackay Price:

Auction Saturday 11th Sept at 12:00 Noon

Open:

Saturday 21st August 10:00 - 10:45am

Agent:

Glenis Wilson 0427 423 553

OPEN HOMES | Saturday 21st | Sunday 22nd AUGUST 2021 TIME 9.30 - 10.00am 9.30 - 10.30am 9.30 - 10.30am 10.00 - 10.45am 11.00 - 11.30am 11.00 - 11.30am 11.00 - 12.00pm 11.15 - 12.30pm 11.45 - 12.15pm 12.00 - 1.30pm 1.00 - 2.00pm 1.30 - 2.30pm 2.30 - 3.30pm 2.30 - 4.30pm

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10 Silver Gum Drive 3/474 Bridge Road 15 Siderial Court 20 Ambrose Way 1/57 Coles Road 20 Geoffrey Nolan Drive 1a Hughes Street 242 McFauls Road 8 Sutton Court 108 Coynes Road 26 Ashton Place 10 Bayview Drive 4 Jacob Street Lot 33 Camelzulis Road

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20 Geoffrey Nolan Dr, Andergrove MR BIG - FANTASTIC FAMILY HOME

OPEN Saturday 21st Aug HOME 11:00 - 11:30am

• Expansive entertaining areas both internally and alfresco on a 937sq.m block.

• Access to back yard for garaging vans/boats.

• 4 large bedrooms, open plan living and kitchen, huge games/media room, tastefully renovated bathrooms, and wide verandahs on 2 sides of the house.

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• Additional features: air conditioning, 5 kW solar power and fresh paintwork.

• Fully lined, powered and insulated shed (7m x 8m) with 2.3m high rear roller door.

• Peaceful location with only one neighbour, close to schools & shops.

0409 635 724 | ablack@blacksrealestate.com.au | Andrew Black

4 Jacob Street, Glenella

$390,000

GOOD VALUE - HANDY LOCATION • Modern, low set three bedroom home with ensuite, double garage and rear patio.

OPEN Saturday 21st Aug HOME 2:30 - 3:30pm

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• Garage could easily revert to a standard double lock up garage.

• Handy to the city, schools and major shopping centres.

• Garage has been converted to a rumpus room and tool storage room.

0401 835 806 | dcronin@blacksrealestate.com.au | Dan Cronin

3/474 Bridge Road, West Mackay LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!

OPEN Saturday 21st Aug HOME 9:30 - 10:30am

• Double story two bedroom brick unit with a single lockable garage.

• Large bathroom features a plunge bath and separate shower.

• Ground level living and dining area,

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• Handy to City.

Walking distance to the Mackay Base Hospitial.

0401 835 806 | dcronin@blacksrealestate.com.au | Dan Cronin

07 4963 2500

43 Wood Street, Mackay

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1a Hughes Street, Glenella

$529,000

LARGE & WELL LOCATED FAMILY HOME • Double story rendered block home features a large main bedroom with walk-in robe and ensuite to ground level.

• Three additional bedrooms, bathroom and office to upper level.

• Double garage, inground pool and patio.

OPEN Sat 21st & Sun 22nd Aug HOME 11:00 - 12:00pm

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• Renovated kitchen and living area with polished timber floor to middle level.

• Handy to city, Magpies sporting complex and Mount Pleasant shopping centre.

0401 835 806 | dcronin@blacksrealestate.com.au | Dan Cronin

Cnr Connors Rd & Cooks Lane, Bakers Creek EXCLUSIVE 38 ACRE PARCEL NEAR PAGET Your opportunity is HERE!....... secure this 38-acre blank canvas on the doorstep of Mackay’s industrial precinct at Paget. Situated on the corner of Connors Road and Cooks Lane, just 900m east of the Bruce Highway and 0.6 km’s south of Paget.

Previously the land was used for cane farming and is flat and this large parcel abounds with potential.

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Zoned Industry investigation.

Frontage to Connors Road & Cooks Lane.

Services available nearby include power, water, and sewerage.

14 minutes from Mackay’s CBD. 15.43 ha real property description Lot 3 on RP704772.

0409 095 703 | pfrancis@blacksrealestate.com.au | Peter Fancis

AUCTION This Saturday 21st August at 1:30pm ON SITE

108 Coynes Road, Mount Martin

AUCTION

70 ACRES - AUCTION SATURDAY AT 1:30PM

OPEN Saturday 21st Aug HOME 12:30 - 1:30pm

• Positioned at the end of a quiet country lane and could be lifted straight from the pages of “Australian House and Garden” magazine.

• The 70-acre property features pastured and terraced rolling hills and creek flats that have been fenced into 3 paddocks.

• Earn an income by bailing hay on the lower 14 acres and run cattle on the remainder.

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• Fully air-conditioned home, master bedroom with ensuite and WIR. • 4 bay machinery shed, 2 bay lockable shed with awning and 4 bay hay shed.

• Located 10 minutes from Mirani.

0409 095 703 | pfrancis@blacksrealestate.com.au | Peter Fancis

07 4963 2500

43 Wood Street, Mackay

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What is a great leader?

Nic

Willis Work Life Journeys I AM what I call a “Leadership Nerd”.

The definition of that (and my definition only) is someone who googles You Tube leaderships speakers regularly and quite often with wine in hand.

We often speak about leadership and different people have varying perspectives about what makes a great leader.

Personally, I believe a great leader is someone who is genuine and authentic.

Someone you can trust and who can share their vision and passion. That works for me!

A while back, I was binge watching leadership clips and I came across “The Dancing Man”. If you haven’t already seen this clip, do yourself a favour and google it. This clip gives a very different perspective (but no less true) about what makes a great leader. The clip talks about the first follower that makes a “Lone nut into a leader” (their words not mine).

The credit for creating a leader goes to the first person who decided to follow them, for without that, they would merely be an individual standing alone.

So, to all the leaders and managers out

We’re up for sport IF YOU know anything about Greater Whitsunday Region, you would know that we are known for coal, sugar, tourism and sport!

I am sure many of you (myself included) have been glued to the Olympic Games over the last few weeks, and with the recent announcement of Queensland to host the 2032 Olympics, it won’t be long until we get to experience the games first-hand.

While most events will be held in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, this is a great opportunity for our region to attract a wide variety of athlete teams, over several years, in advance of the games capitalising not only on the state-of-the-art facilities at the Mackay Aquatic and Recreation Complex (Mackay ARC) but also the excellent weather and welcoming culture of the region.

If you haven’t had a chance to see the Mackay ARC

there, remember you would not be where you are today without your team backing you.

They are what makes you a leader. So, be genuine in your recognition of that loyalty and never take it for granted. Behind every great leader or successful business is an amazing group of people.

Share your vision, empower them and trust that they have your back, and they will do their best to reach your shared goals. It may not always be smooth sailing, but the waves are much smaller when you have the right team by your side.

Nic Willis Consulting is a local business specialising in permanent recruitment and HR support services. For further information, please contact nic@ nicwillisconsulting.com.au

Pierre

Viljoen Professor CQ University yet, I would encourage you to come over to the CQUniversity Mackay Ooralea campus to see and utilise the public aquatic and track and field facilities.

The aquatic centre provides a temperature-controlled, Olympic-standard, 10-lane, 50m competitionl, 25m short course - as well as program pools. The athletics facility features a synthetic running track, long jump pits, a water jump, discus, hammer and shot-put circles, high jump fans and javelin runways.

Construction the Mackay ARC in 2019 was a monumental project for our region, and I am hopeful that

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the build-up to the Olympic Games in 2032 will allow us as a region to purposefully engage with the next stages of the masterplan – including a Sport Centre of Excellence, indoor sport and recreation centre for multi-sports.

Once complete, this facility will rival similar precincts in capital cities and allow the region to leverage the asset for many decades to come in a variety of ways.

Our region has a lot to offer in terms of state and national event attraction and tourism. Further development of this facility over the next decade will showcase Mackay on a global stage - it will be a huge win for the region.

Professor Pierre Viljoen is CQUniversity Associate Vice-President (North Queensland and Hinterland), CQUniversity Chair in Automation and Future Work Skills

OLYMPICS: Good for Queensland.

Work hard, be smart, get rich, baby Skye

Gregory Skye on Sport

ONCE upon a time, kids played sport to play sport. Whether they loved the sport or simply wanted to play with their friends, sport was played for sports sake.

While I wholeheartedly believe kids still start their sporting lives for the above reasons, you would also be hard pressed to find a kid who hasn’t said they want to be a professional footballer, tennis player or basketballer when they grow up.

The reality is, if they make it, they will be among the highest paid professionals in the world.

Sport has increasingly become a commercialised giant backed by big money and aspiring athletes can benefit in one of three ways – be good; be marketable; or be smart.

Then there’s the ‘Willy Wonka Golden Ticket’-type athlete who ticks the ‘all of the above’ box and they will go down in history as sporting legends.

Arguably the best football player on the field today is Lionel Messi and last week we saw one of the largest free agent player transfers of the European summer with Messi signing with PSG (Paris Saint-Germain) from his childhood Club Barcelona.

Now Messi, judging by the tears and the fact he’s been there since he was 13, would have loved to continue playing for Barca, but the Club’s eye-watering debt of almost A$2 billion meant that his equally eye-watering contract of around A$175m per year was a

MONEY: Lots to be made in sports.

non-starter for the Club’s financial regulators.

Even after Messi offered to drop his salary by 50 percent, Barca couldn’t financially retain the Football superstar.

MULTI-MILLIONAIRE So what’s a multi-millionaire who kicks a ball for a living to do> He finds a team with bigger financial backers. Enter PSG, who despite their locality, is owned by the State of Qatar through their Sovereign Wealth Fund.

Messi’s PSG contract remains well below his previous contract, but he can expect to earn around A$102m per year, which includes salary and bonuses.

Leaving politics aside, I would be interested to revisit Messi’s earnings after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and whether he’ll become the unofficial poster-boy to ease tensions for what was, and still is, a controversial decision to

host Football’s biggest event in the State of Qatar.

Athletes have a relatively small window of opportunity to earn money and what every aspiring junior has to remember is that the “on the field” salary is only a portion of their earning potential.

A marketable athlete can literally earn a comfortable living on endorsements.

And it’s not a prerequisite that the athlete has to be the best at their sport in order to be marketable.

Some of you might remember Anna Kournikova, a Russian tennis player who entered the playing scene at 15, retired by 21 and never won a singles tournament in her career.

But alas, she was one of the most popular athletes in the world and largely amassed her fortune through endorsements.

Staying on the tennis court, Japanese player Kei Nishikori,

ranked number 54 in the world, saw 95 percent of his earnings in 2019 coming from endorsements with over $33m a year vs his oncourt earnings of $1.6m.

SOLID PLAYER Kei is a solid player on the Tour and through his achievements, he is highly marketable and a national hero, which has earnt him lucrative endorsements with some of the country’s largest companies.

A smart athlete, or one that surrounds themselves with smart people, assures that their athletic earnings are invested wisely and provides them financial security into the future.

Controversial UFC Fighter Connor McGregor might not be the first athlete that springs to mind, but in his own words he ‘could have taken the easy money’, but he was strategic, took the risk and poured his heart and soul into the entrepreneurial world by creating an unmistakable, and as it

turned out, a highly popular Irish Whiskey.

In 2016 McGregor boasted to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the highest paid athlete at the time, that one day, he would surpass the football superstar on the Forbes Richest list.

It took longer than McGregor wanted, but in 2021, his strategic risk paid off when he sold his majority stake in the whiskey company, which catapulted him to the top of the highest earning athletes list with total earnings sitting at A$245m.

Then we have the ‘Golden Ticket’ athlete, the one who has it all – unsurpassed talent, incredibly marketable and smart management.

Enter Michael Jordan. Jordan has the largest endorsement deal in sporting history through his relationship with Nike.

In the 2019 financial year, the wholesale revenue for Nike’s Jordan brand hit A$4 billion and Michael continues to earn a yearly endorsement figure that some athletes might not earn in their lifetime.

Like McGregor, Jordan entered the e n t r e p r e n e u rial world with investments in sporting teams, which has placed him among the top 1000 billionaires in the world, a list that includes the likes of Elon Musk and Bill Gates.

Jordan’s popularity remains relevant through incredible foresight from his playing days where unseen footage shot during his last season with the Bulls culminated

into “The Last Dance”, a docuseries aired on Netflix in 2020.

Although Michael donated all his proceeds from the series to charity, the brand that is “Michael Jordan” was thrust back into the limelight and therefore, creating a new wave of marketability.

CASHED IN This was no doubt cashed in by the likes of Nike and in turn, Michael himself.

Come on…now that alone is incredibly smart.

He’s a good guy for donating the proceeds to charity (clever marketing), but on the backend, he refreshes his relevance in the market, which generates a new wave of shoe sales, which he takes a share of the profits of what we know is a multi-billion business.

Ka-Ching $$$$.

There’s money to be made in sport and a ridiculous amount at that!

For the adults reading this who have a child or know a child with talent, and they utter the magic words “I want to play sport for a living”, encourage them to BE GOOD, BE MARKETABLE, and most of all BE SMART! I would love to see a wave of up-and-coming athletes who not only use their talent on the field, but understand that what they do off the field is just as important.

I mean if you’re going to make the headlines in the news, make it for the right reasons because it could ensure your financial future.

“Then we have the ‘Golden Ticket’ athlete, this is the sportsperson who has it all

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Col’s passion ignited by community TAFE computing teacher/tutor, photo-finish operator, sugar mill weighbridge operator and cleaner, and warehouse clerk.

I’m now retired and a community volunteer.

COLIN “Col” Benson may well and truly be a local legend, which is why the Mackay Local News sought him out after a moving Victory in the Pacific Day celebration which he led.

If his 75 years on this earth indicate anything, there is always a good story to tell. Col has many up his sleeve. He is someone that is able to educate anyone with his knowledge on the past.

How long have you lived in Mackay?

I was born in Mackay when my family lived at Gargett, approximately 50 km west of Mackay. In 1952, after about two years on a farm at Septimus, near Gargett, my family bought a small cane farm at Carmila West, approximately 100 km south of Mackay.

At the age of 15, after two years of high school in Mackay, I enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as an apprentice radio technician for a term of 15 years. I served for 20 years.

Since retiring from the RAAF, in 1982, I have lived in Mackay.

Your profession?

Former radio and electronics technician, university and

How long have you been with the Mackay RSL? “RSL” is the common name for the “Returned & Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch) and I am a member of the Returned & Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch) Mackay Sub Branch Inc. I have been a member of Mackay RSL for more than 30 years. In 2013, I was appointed a Life Member that is a national award.

I was elected to the management committee, in 1988. Apart from about one year, I have been on committees ever since. I have been the Senior Vice President and Historian for many years.

great satisfaction and pride being beside around 5500 students and staff who march in Mackay’s Morning Parades.

For many years, I have worked with teams of veterans, ADF Cadets, council staff and civilians who contribute to the 1000 or so tasks that ensure each ANZAC Day is successful.

Perhaps the greatest achievement was the Centenary of ANZAC Dawn Service at Town Beach, in 2015. An estimated 10,000 people assembled before Dawn, and a few thousand stayed to watch the sunrise over the Coral Sea. That was a massive organisation involving Mackay RSL, Council staff, ADF Cadets, SES, Police and Committee members drawn from the community that had only minor complaints despite huge traffic jams.

What military rank have you held?

I retired from the RAAF as a Warrant Officer – the highest non-commissioned rank.

the vision to turn Mackay into a prosperous community; initially through cattle and sugar and then with coal mining.

Development of, and construction in Mackay and the Northern Beaches along with Renew Mackay is building upon that history.

Recent visitors from southern states have been amazed at the local prosperity.

The greatest historical item is ancient – the Pioneer River is unique as one of the few blue water rivers in Australia and the world.

What excites you about Mackay’s history?

As with most other places, Mackay and the District has a rich history through its development from a pioneering settlement; men and women who became business leaders and developers, fought in Australia’s wars with distinction, produced a Queensland Premier and a Federal Treasurer, and had

What has brought you the most joy?

Within a few weeks of my daughter starting school, influenced by her first-grade teacher, she said she wanted to be a teacher. At about the age of nine, when she began music lessons, she said she wanted to become a music teacher.

In 1982, I bought her a piano, a

“I have great pride being beside around 5500 students and staff who march

What has been your greatest joy while you have worked with them?

I have served on Mackay’s ANZAC Day annual committees since the first, in 1988. During the 20 years or more, I have been involved with the organisation of Mackay’s Dawn Parade and Service and Morning Parade and Service with attendances up to 5000.

I marched in an ANZAC Day parade in Grade Two, and I have

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1937 Beale, that I expected would soon be gathering dust. She persisted and, in grade 12, obtained a music diploma that paved the way for her to become a music teacher.

Observing her as the music director for a magnificent production of Oklahoma, by the Musical Comedy Players, in Mackay’s Entertainment Centre was one of my proudest moments.

As a former colleague stated on Facebook several months ago, the Air Force provided an amazing opportunity and realised the dream of to a shy boy from the bush who had limited career prospects.

Tell us a bit about what makes you tick?

Rubbing shoulders with a myriad of veterans and like-minded volunteers is inspirational and rewarding. Although much of what many of us do is out-of-hours, mundane and burns-the-midnightoil, I like working with members

of a team to bring a project to fruition. I often feel thanking supporters is inadequate for the effort they spend.

Through being a Toastmaster, I have gained the confidence to participate in numerous US Army commemorative ceremonies, in Washington, DC, to work in public on ANZAC Day, and with the media for interviews that promote those activities.

Would you like to tell us anything else?

Senior citizens underpin every facet of our service clubs, sporting clubs and other community activities. I encourage young people to become involved in any way possible to ensure we remain a community and not merely a collection of citizens.

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1:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 1:30 Seinfeld (PG) 3:00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Friends (PG) 11:30 The Big Bang Theory (M s) 12:00 Home Shopping 1:30 This Is Us (PG)

3:00 Movie: “The Well Digger’s Daughter” (PG) (’11) Stars: Daniel Auteuil (In French) 5:00 Movie: “The Eagle Has Landed” (PG) (’76) Stars: Jenny Agutter 7:30 Movie: “Girl” (M n,s) (’18) Stars: Victor Polster (In Flemish/ French) 9:30 Movie: “Postcards From The Edge” (M l,s) (’90)

10:00 rage (PG) [s] 11:00 rage Guest Programmer (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 Grand Designs [s] 1:20 Restoration Australia (PG) [s] 2:30 Fake Or Fortune? (PG) [s] 3:25 Back In Time For Dinner (PG) [s] 4:25 Chopsticks Or Fork? [s] 4:45 Landline [s] 5:15 Scottish Vets Down Under (PG) [s] 5:45 Silvia’s Italian Table (PG) [s] 6:15 The Repair Shop [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 The Durrells (PG) [s] 8:20 The Trial Of Christine Keeler (M) [s] 9:20 The Newsreader (M l) [s]

6:00 Animal Tales (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Today Extra - Saturday (PG) [s] 12:00 TBA 12:30 The Rebound [s] 1:00 Explore [s] 1:15 The Block (PG) [s] 2:30 The Garden Gurus [s] 3:00 Netball: Suncorp Super Netball: Preliminary Final *Live* [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] 7:00 NRL: Parramatta Eels v North Queensland Cowboys *Live* [s] 9:30 NRL: Post Match (M) [s] 9:45 Movie: “The Longest Yard” (PG) (’05)

6:00 Home Shopping [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show Weekend [s] 12:00 Highway Cops (PG) [s] 12:30 Border Patrol (PG) [s] 1:00 TBA 2:30 TBA 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Creek To Coast [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Surveillance Oz (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Alita: Battle Angel” (M l,v) (’19) Stars: Rosa Salazar 10:00 Movie: “X-Men: First Class” (M l,v) (’11) Stars: James McAvoy

8:30 RV Daily Foodie Trails [s] 9:00 Taste Of Australia (PG) [s] 9:30 Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] 12:00 The Living Room [s] 1:00 The Dog House UK (PG) [s] 3:00 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day [s] 3:30 Roads Less Travelled [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork (PG) [s] 4:30 Taste Of Australia [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day [s] 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 7:00 The Dog House UK (PG) [s] 8:00 Ambulance Australia (M d,l,v) [s] 9:00 TBA 10:00 TBA

5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Equestrian: CSIO La Baule 2021 Highlights 3:00 Drink Wars: Coca-Cola Vs Pepsi 3:55 Arabian Sands 5:00 Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights 5:30 WWII: Battles For Europe (PG) (In English/ German) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Top Ten Mummies Of Egypt (PG) 9:15 Top Ten Treasures Of Pompeii (M s) 11:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (M) 12:00 Movie: “Let The Sunshine In” (MA15+) (’17) Stars: Juliette Binoche (In French)

4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:25 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness (PG) 6:00 Space Nova 6:30 72 Cutest Animals (PG) 7:00 Mythbusters (PG) 7:35 Movie: “Grandpa’s Great Escape” (PG) (’18) Stars: Tom Courtenay 8:50 Joe All Alone (PG)

3:00 Movie: “South Of Algiers” (G) (’53) Stars: Van Heflin 5:00 Movie: “McLintock!” (PG) (’63) Stars: John Wayne 7:30 Movie: “The Shawshank Redemption” (M l,v,s) (’94) Stars: Bob Gunton 10:20 Movie: “The Silence Of The Lambs” (MA15+) (’91) Stars: Jodie Foster 12:45 Explore

2:30 Weekender 3:00 Creek To Coast 3:30 Sydney Weekender 4:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 5:30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea: Cornwall (PG) 6:30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters (PG) 7:30 The Yorkshire Vet In Spring (PG) 8:30 Escape To The Country 11:30 Home Rescue (PG)

12:00 JAG (PG) 2:00 The Doctors (PG) 3:00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures 4:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 4:30 Which Car (PG) 5:00 Reel Action 5:30 Scorpion (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 10:20 Blue Bloods (M) 11:20 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (M v)

3:50 PBS Newshour 4:50 Seconds From Disaster (PG) 6:40 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery (PG) 7:30 Forsaken Places (PG) (In English/ German) 8:30 Inside The X-Files (PG) 9:20 The X-Files (MA15+) 11:00 Cycling: La Vuelta Stage 8 *Live* 1:50 Dateline

5:25 Fireman Sam 5:55 The Adventures Of Paddington 6:30 Zog 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 QI (M s) 8:30 Live At The Apollo (M l,s) 9:45 Sammy J (PG) 9:50 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 10:15 Penn And Teller: Fool Us (PG) 10:55 Would I Lie To You? (PG)

4:00 ABC News 4:30 Q&A Highlights 5:05 Planet America 6:00 ABC Evening News 6:30 ABC News Regional 7:30 Australian Story 8:00 Four Corners 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 Foreign Correspondent 10:00 ABC News Weekend 10:30 The World This Week

2:00 Pawn Stars South Africa (PG) 2:30 Pawn Stars UK (PG) 3:15 Pawn Stars (PG) 3:45 Movie: “Invictus” (PG) (’09) Stars: Morgan Freeman 6:30 AFL: Pre Game 7:00 Surveillance Oz (PG) 7:30 Movie: “Alita: Battle Angel” (M l,v) (’19) Stars: Rosa Salazar

9:00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 10:00 Becker (PG) 11:00 Australian Survivor (PG) 3:30 Friends (PG) 6:00 The Big Bang Theory (M s) 9:45 2 Broke Girls (M s) 10:45 The Conners (PG) 12:15 Home Shopping 1:45 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (M) 3:30 Funny Girls (M l,s) 4:30 Home Shopping

2:35 Movie: “Richard The Stork” (G) (’17) Stars: Tilman Döbler 4:10 Movie: “Cutthroat Island” (PG) (’95) Stars: Geena Davis 6:25 Movie: “Beauty And The Beast” (M v) (’14) Stars: Vincent Cassel (In French) 8:30 Movie: “Kursk” (M l) (’20) Director: Øystein Bogen

10:00 Offsiders [s] 10:30 The World This Week [s] 11:00 Compass [s] 11:30 Songs Of Praise [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 Landline [s] 1:30 Gardening Australia [s] 2:30 Dream Gardens [s] 3:00 Shakespeare And Hathaway (PG) [s] 3:45 Scottish Vets Down Under (PG) [s] 4:15 How Deadly World (PG) [s] 5:00 Art Works [s] 5:30 Antiques Roadshow [s] 6:30 Compass [s] 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] 7:40 Joanna Lumley’s Britain (PG) [s] 8:30 The Newsreader (M) [s] 9:25 Traces (M) [s]

6:00 Animal Tales (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 1:00 The Xtreme CollXtion (PG) [s] 1:30 Ultimate Rush (PG) [s] 2:00 The Block (PG) [s] 3:00 NRL: Brisbane Broncos v New Zealand Warriors *Live* [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] 7:00 The Block: Bathroom Reveal (PG) [s] 8:30 60 Minutes [s] 9:30 NINE News Late [s] 10:00 Fergie’s Killer Dresser: The Jane Andrews Story (M) [s] 11:00 Killer On The Line: Robert Trigg (M v)

6:00 NBC Today [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show Weekend [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s] 1:00 Kochie’s Business Builders [s] 1:30 TBA 3:00 Gold Coast Medical (PG) [s] 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Weekender [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 The Voice (PG) [s] 8:30 Homicide With Ron Iddles (M) [s] 9:30 Hatton Garden (M) [s] 11:35 The Blacklist (MA15+) [s] 12:35 Tiger King - What Really Went Down? (M) [s]

9:00 Australia By Design [s] 9:30 Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] 12:00 My Market Kitchen [s] 12:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 1:00 Jamie’s Easy Meals [s] 1:30 Healthy Homes Australia [s] 2:00 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 3:30 Roads Less Travelled [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork (PG) [s] 4:30 Taste Of Australia [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 9:00 FBI (M v) [s] 12:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping

5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Speedweek 3:00 Cycling 4:00 Gymnastics 5:00 Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights 5:30 WWII: Battles For Europe (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Queen Victoria’s Children (PG) 10:40 Filthy Rich And Homeless (M d,l) 11:45 24 Hours In Emergency (M) 12:40 Diagnosis On Demand 1:50 The Surgeon And The Soldier (M l) 2:50 How To Die A Better Death (M) 4:00 E-Cigarettes: Welcome Back, Big Tobacco (PG) 4:50 Destination Flavour Bitesiz

4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:25 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness (PG) 6:00 Space Nova 6:30 72 Cutest Animals 7:00 Mythbusters (PG) 7:35 Movie: “The Boy In The Dress” (PG) (’14) Stars: Billy Kennedy 8:50 Joe All Alone (PG) 9:15 Sailor Moon Crystal

2:40 Movie: “Bikini Beach” (PG) (’65) Stars: Frankie Avalon 4:45 Movie: “The Pride And The Passion” (PG) (’57) Stars: Sophia Loren 7:30 Death In Paradise (M v) 8:40 Coroner (MA15+) 9:40 Chicago PD (MA15+) 10:40 Chicago Fire (MA15+) 11:40 Chicago Med (M mp)

2:00 The Bowls Show 3:00 The Story Of The Royals (PG) 5:00 Escape To The Country 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Cold Case (M d,v) 10:30 Without A Trace (M v) 12:30 Cold Feet (M) 2:30 The Zoo 3:30 Kochie’s Business Builders 4:00 Harry’s Practice

2:00 The Offroad Adventure Show 3:00 All 4 Adventure (PG) 4:00 Which Car (PG) 5:00 Mighty Machines 6:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 9:25 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) 10:20 48 Hours (M) 11:20 Movie: “Law Abiding Citizen” (MA15+) (’10) Stars: Gerard Butler

4:45 The Orville (PG) 6:35 Life After People (PG) 7:30 Guns That Changed The Game (M) 8:30 Life And Death Row (M) 9:30 Locked Up: Teens Behind Bars (M) 10:25 I Was A Teenage Felon (MA15+) 11:15 Cycling: La Vuelta Stage 9 *Live* 1:50 The Feed 2:20 France 24 News

5:25 Fireman Sam 5:55 The Adventures Of Paddington 6:25 Peter Rabbit 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Compass 8:30 Louis Theroux: The Night In Question (M l,s) 9:30 Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian (M l) 10:30 Beyond The Towers (M v)

4:00 Landline 5:00 ABC News: Auslan Bulletin 5:30 The World This Week 6:00 ABC Evening News 6:30 Foreign Correspondent 7:00 ABC News Sunday 7:40 Road To Tokyo 8:00 Insiders 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 Australian Story 10:00 ABC News Weekend 10:30 Q&A

3:00 TBA 6:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 6:30 Movie: “The Time Machine” (M) (’02) Stars: Guy Pearce 8:30 Movie: “Captain America: Civil War” (M l,v) (’16) Stars: Chris Evans 11:30 Movie: “Bad Company” (M l,v) (’02) Stars: Anthony Hopkins 1:55 American Restoration (PG)

1:00 The Dog House UK (PG) 2:00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch (PG) 3:00 Friends (PG) 6:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 8:30 The Neighborhood (PG) 9:30 2 Broke Girls (M s) 11:30 Mom (M s) 12:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Funny Girls (M l,s,v) 2:30 Charmed (M v)

4:40 Movie: “Remi, Nobody’s Boy” (M l) (’17) Stars: Daniel Auteuil (In French) 6:40 Movie: “Hearts Beat Loud” (PG) (’18) Stars: Nick Offerman 8:30 Movie: “Strangerland” (MA15+) (’15) Stars: Nicole Kidman 10:35 Movie: “The Clan” (MA15+) (’15) (In Spanish)

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 10:00 Landline [s] 11:00 Joanna Lumley’s Britain (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 The Durrells (PG) [s] 2:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 3:15 ABC News [s] 4:00 Escape From The City [s] 5:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Australian Story [s] 8:30 Four Corners [s] 9:15 Media Watch (PG) [s] 9:35 Beyond The Towers (M) [s] 10:30 ABC Late News [s]

6:00 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 12:30 The Block (PG) [s] 2:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 5:30 WIN News [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 The Block (PG) [s] 8:40 Under Investigation: Voice From The Grave - Sally-Ann Huckstep (M) [s] 9:40 100% Footy (M) [s] 10:40 NINE News Late [s] 11:10 The Arrangement (M) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Tempting Fate” (M) (’19) Stars: Alyssa Milano 2:00 TBA 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 The Voice (PG) [s] 9:00 9-1-1: Lone Star (M v) [s] 11:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:30 Station 19 (M v) [s] 12:30 The Passage (M) [s] 1:30 RSPCA Animal Rescue 2:00 Home Shopping

7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (M) [s] 1:00 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 8:40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (MA15+) [s] 9:40 Jimeoin: Ramble On (M l,s) [s]

5:30 Worldwatch 2:00 Mars: The Shake Up (M) 2:55 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 3:30 The Cook Up (PG) 4:00 Australia With Julia Bradbury 4:35 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:00 Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Inside Windsor Castle (PG) 8:30 Secret Scotland (PG) 9:25 24 Hours In Emergency (M) 10:20 SBS World News 10:55 Outlier (MA15+) (In Norwegian/ Saami) 11:45 Das Boot (M) (In German/ French)

4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:25 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness (PG) 6:00 Space Nova 6:30 Teenage Boss 7:00 Mythbusters (PG) 7:35 Movie: “Gangsta Granny” (G) (’13) Stars: Julia McKenzie 8:50 Joe All Alone (PG) 9:15 Sailor Moon Crystal (PG) 9:40 rage (PG)

3:00 Explore 3:05 Antiques Roadshow 3:35 Movie: “Rich And Strange” (PG) (’32) Stars: Henry Kendall 5:20 Serengeti (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Poirot (PG) 8:40 Agatha Christie’s Marple (PG) 10:40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M v) 11:35 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (PG)

2:00 Bancroft (M v) 3:00 Sydney Weekender 3:30 Surf Patrol (PG) 4:00 Medical Emergency (PG) 4:30 M*A*S*H (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Doc Martin (M) 8:30 Judge John Deed (M) 11:00 Mafia’s Greatest Hits (M v) 12:00 Doc Martin (M)

2:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (M v) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 11:15 Blue Bloods (M v) 12:10 Home Shopping 2:10 48 Hours (M) 3:10 Diagnosis Murder (M d) 4:05 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (MA15+)

5:35 Shortland Street (PG) 6:05 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:00 Jeopardy!

(PG) 7:30 NITV News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Hypothetical (M) 9:25 Taskmaster (M l,s) 10:25 What Does Australia Really Think About (M) 11:25 My Name Is (M l)

5:25 Fireman Sam 5:55 The Adventures Of Paddington 6:25 Peter Rabbit 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 QI: North Norse (M s) 8:30 TBA 9:25 Grand Designs New Zealand 10:10 Doctor Who (PG) 10:55 The Chemical World (PG)

4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 7.30 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum 12:00 ABC Late News 12:15 The Business 12:30 Q&A Highlights

3:00 Graveyard Carz (PG) 4:00 American Restoration (PG) 5:00 Pawn Stars South Africa (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 American Pickers (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Face/Off” (MA15+) (’97) Stars: Nicolas Cage 11:30 SAS: UK (M l,v)

1:00 Charmed (M v) 2:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 2:30 The Big Bang Theory (M s) 3:00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:00 Friends (PG)

3:40 Movie: “Traffic” (PG) (’88) Stars: Jacques Tati (In French/ Dutch/ English) 5:30 Movie: “The Man Who Knew Infinity” (PG) (’15) Stars: Jeremy Irons 7:30 Movie: “Devotion Of Suspect X” (M l,v) (’17) Stars: Kai Wang (In Mandarin) 9:35 Movie: “High Heels” (G) (’91) (In Spanish)

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 10:00 Four Corners [s] 11:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 The Trial Of Christine Keeler (M l,s,v) [s] 2:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 3:15 ABC News [s] 4:00 Escape From The City [s] 5:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Back To Nature [s] 8:30 Doctor At The Door (PG) [s] 9:30 The Chemical World (PG) [s] 10:30 ABC Late News [s]

6:00 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Explore (PG) [s] 12:15 Driving Test (PG) [s] 12:45 The Block (PG) [s] 2:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 5:30 WIN News [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 The Block (PG) [s] 8:40 The Hundred With Andy Lee [s] 9:40 Travel Guides (PG) [s] 10:40 NINE News Late [s] 11:10 Reverie (M v) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “A Teacher’s Crime” (M) (’08) Stars: Ashley Jones 2:00 TBA 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 The Voice: The Cut (PG) [s] 9:20 Australia: Now And Then (M l) [s] 10:20 Gordon, Gino & Fred (M d,l) [s] 11:20 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:50 Station 19 (M v) [s]

7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Australian Survivor [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Farm To Fork (PG) [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Australian Survivor (PG) [s] 9:00 The Cheap Seats (M l) [s] 9:55 Strassman: iTedE (M l,s) [s]

5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 No Distinguishing Features (PG) 3:30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:00 Australia With Julia Bradbury 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:00 The Feed 10:30 SBS World News 11:00 The Point 11:30 Cacciatore: The Hunter (MA15+) (In Italian) 12:35 The Pier (MA15+) (In Spanish) 4:20 Vice Guide To Film (MA15+)

4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:25 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness (PG) 6:00 Space Nova 6:30 Teenage Boss 7:00 Mythbusters (PG) 7:35 Movie: “The Midnight Gang” (PG) (’18) Stars: Alan Davies 8:50 Joe All Alone (PG) 9:15 Make It Pop 9:40 rage (PG)

3:00 Explore 3:05 Movie: “Mine Own Executioner” (PG) (’47) Stars: Burgess Meredith 5:20 Quincy (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (PG) 8:40 The Closer (M v) 9:40 Rizzoli & Isles (M v) 10:40 Lover’s Lane Murders (M v) 11:40 Chicago Justice (M)

2:00 Bancroft (M l,v) 3:00 Creek To Coast 3:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 4:30 M*A*S*H (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country: Somerset 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Pie In The Sky (PG) 8:30 Lewis (M v) 10:30 Deadly Dates (M v) 11:30 The Search (M) 12:10 M*A*S*H (PG) 1:30 Surf Patrol (PG)

2:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (M v) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 Blue Bloods (M v) 10:25 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 12:15 Home Shopping 2:15 Movie: “The Gift” (M l,v) (’15) Stars: Jason Bateman

5:30 Shortland Street (PG) 6:00 Forged In Fire (PG) 6:55 Jeopardy!

(PG) 7:25 NITV News Update 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l) 8:30 Roswell: The First Witness (PG) 9:25 Limetown (MA15+) 10:25 VICE (M) 11:00 Cycling: La Vuelta Stage 10 *Live*

5:25 Fireman Sam 5:55 The Adventures Of Paddington 6:25 Peter Rabbit 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 8:50 Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (M s) 9:15 Bliss (M) 9:45 Rosehaven (PG)

4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 5:55 Heywire 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 7.30 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum 12:00 ABC Late News 12:15 The Business 12:30 Australian Story

3:00 Graveyard Carz (PG) 4:00 American Restoration (PG) 5:00 Pawn Stars UK (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Outback Truckers (PG) 8:30 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Opening Ceremony *Live* 11:00 SAS: UK (M l,v)

12:00 WIN’s All Australian News 1:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 1:30 Seinfeld (PG) 3:00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Mom (M d,s,v) 11:35 Frasier (PG)

3:20 Movie: “Playtime” (PG) (’67) Stars: Jacques Tati (In French) 5:35 Movie: “Arthur 3: The War Of The Two Worlds” (PG) (’11) Stars: Mia Farrow 7:30 Movie: “Masaan” (PG) (’15) Stars: Richa Chadha (In Hindi) 9:30 Movie: “Delicatessen” (M v) (’91) (In French)

10:00 The Recording Studio [s] 11:00 The Repair Shop [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 National Press Club Address [s] 1:35 Media Watch (PG) [s] 2:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 3:15 ABC News [s] 4:00 Escape From The City [s] 5:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 8:30 Question Everything [s] 9:00 Rosehaven (PG) [s] 9:30 Would I Lie To You? (PG) [s] 10:00 Staged (M l) [s]

6:00 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 The Hundred With Andy Lee (PG) [s] 1:00 The Block (PG) [s] 2:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 5:30 WIN News [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 The Block (PG) [s] 8:40 Paramedics (M) [s] 9:40 Australian Crime Stories: Derek Percy: The Face Of Evil (M) [s] 10:40 NINE News Late [s] 11:10 Killer On The Line (M v)

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Day 1 - Day Session *Live* [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Nurses (M) [s] 8:30 RFDS (M mp,s) [s 9:30 The Rookie (M v) [s] 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:00 Chicago Fire (M) [s] 12:00 First Dates Australia (PG) [s] 1:10 Travel Oz (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping

7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Bachelor Australia (M) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Farm To Fork (PG) [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bachelor Australia (M) [s] 8:30 Bull (M v) [s] 11:30 The Project (PG) [s]

5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Dateline 2:30 Insight 3:30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:00 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam (PG) 4:35 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:00 Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Tony Robinson’s World

By Rail (PG) 8:30 What Does Australia Really Think About (M) 9:30 War Of The Worlds (MA15+) (In English/ French) 10:25 SBS World News 10:55 Unknown Amazon (M l)

4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:25 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness (PG) 6:00 Space Nova 6:30 Teenage Boss 7:00 Mythbusters (PG) 7:35 Movie: “Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe” (G) (’16) Stars: Henry Winkler 9:05 Slugterra 9:30 Make It Pop

3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Long Dark Hall” (PG) (’51) Stars: Anthony Bushell 5:20 Quincy (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Keeping Up Appearances (PG) 8:50 Midsomer Murders (M v) 10:50 An Unexpected Killer (MA15+) 11:50 Antiques Roadshow

2:00 Bancroft (M l,s,v) 3:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 3:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 4:30 M*A*S*H (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 The Coroner (M v) 8:30 A Touch Of Frost (M v) 10:50 Bones (M v) 12:50 M*A*S*H (PG) 2:00 Home Shopping

2:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (M v) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M d) 8:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) 11:15 Seal Team (M v) 12:10 Home Shopping 2:10 48 Hours (M) 3:10 Diagnosis Murder (M v)

5:30 Shortland Street (PG) 6:00 Forged In Fire (PG) 6:55 Jeopardy!

(PG) 7:25 NITV News Update 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Movie: “Bone Tomahawk” (MA15+) (’15) Stars: Kurt Russell 11:00 Cycling: La Vuelta Stage 11 *Live* 1:50 Vice News Tonight

5:25 Fireman Sam 5:55 The Adventures Of Paddington 6:25 Peter Rabbit 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8:30 Art Works 9:00 Inside The Met (PG) 9:55 Doctor Who (PG) 10:35 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds

4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 7:55 Heywire 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 7.30 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum 12:00 ABC Late News 12:15 The Business

3:00 Graveyard Carz (PG) 3:30 Blokesworld (PG) 4:00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Afternoon Session - Day 1 *Live* 7:00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Night Session - Day 1 *Live* 10:00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Late Night Session - Day 1 *Live*

12:00 WIN’s All Australian News 1:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 2:00 Mom (M d,v) 3:00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:20 2 Broke Girls (M s) 11:35 Rules Of Engagement (PG)

5:20 Movie: “Goal! The Dream Begins” (PG) (’05) Stars: Kuno Becker (In English/ Spanish) 7:30 Movie: “Sheep Without A Shepherd” (M l,v) (’19) Stars: Yang Xiao (In Mandarin) 9:35 Movie: “John Malkovich” (M) (’99) Stars: John Malkovich

10:00 Australian Story [s] 10:30 Back To Nature [s] 11:00 The Chemical World (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 1:30 Question Everything [s] 2:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 3:15 ABC News [s] 4:00 Escape From The City [s] 5:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 6:55 Sammy J (PG) [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 8:30 Q&A [s] 9:35 Fake Or Fortune? [s] 10:35 ABC Late News [s]

6:00 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Desperate Housewives (M s) [s] 1:00 The Block (PG) [s] 2:00 Pointless (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 5:30 WIN News [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair [s] 7:30 NRL: Newcastle Knights v Gold Coast Titans *Live* [s] 9:45 Thursday Night Knock Off (M) [s] 10:30 NINE News Late [s] 11:00 Chicago Med (M mp) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Day 2 - Day Session *Live* [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 8:30 My Impossible House (PG) [s] 9:30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days (PG) [s] 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:00 The Front Bar (M) [s] 12:00 Black-ish (M v) [s] 1:00 Travel Oz (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today [s]

7:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Bachelor Australia (M) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Farm To Fork (PG) [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Bachelor Australia (M) [s] 9:30 Law & Order: SVU (M d) [s] 11:00 Blue Bloods (M v) [s]

5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Hitler Youth (PG) (In English/ German) 2:55 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 3:30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:00 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam 4:35 Jeopardy!

(PG) 5:00 Cycling: La Vuelta 2021 Highlights 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great Asian Railways Journeys (PG) 8:30 Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve (M) 9:40 The Good Fight (M) 10:40 SBS World News

4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:25 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness (PG) 6:00 Space Nova 6:30 Teenage Boss 7:00 Mythbusters (PG) 7:35 Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes (Part 1 And 2) (PG) 8:35 Wishfart! 9:00 Slugterra 9:20 Make It Pop 9:45 rage (PG)

3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Two Way Stretch” (G) (’60) Stars: Peter Sellers 5:20 Quincy (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 The First 48 (M v) 8:30 Reported Missing (PG) 9:45 5 Mistakes That Caught A Killer (MA15+) 10:45 Law & Order (M)

2:00 Bancroft (M l,s,v) 3:00 Weekender 3:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 4:30 M*A*S*H (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Father Brown (M v) 8:30 Inspector Morse (M v) 10:50 Murdoch Mysteries (M v) 11:50 Father Brown (M v)

2:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (M v) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 Hawaii Five-0 (M v) 10:30 Seal Team (M v) 11:30 FBI (M v) 12:30 Home Shopping 2:00 Walker, Texas Ranger (M v)

5:30 Shortland Street (PG) 6:00 Forged In Fire (PG) 6:55 Jeopardy!

(PG) 7:25 NITV News Update 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 The Curse Of Oak Island (M l) 10:10 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish (M) 11:00 Cycling: La Vuelta Stage 12 *Live*

5:25 Fireman Sam 5:55 The Adventures Of Paddington 6:25 Peter Rabbit 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Penn And Teller: Fool Us (PG) 9:15 Hard Quiz (PG) 9:45 TBA 10:15 Doctor Who (PG) 11:05 That Pacific Sports Show

4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 7.30 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum 11:55 Heywire 12:00 ABC Late News 12:15 The Business

3:00 Graveyard Carz (PG) 4:00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Afternoon Session - Day 2 *Live* 7:00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Night Session - Day 2 *Live* 10:00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Late Night Session - Day 2 *Live* 11:30 Outback Truckers (PG)

12:00 WIN’s All Australian News 1:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 2:00 Mom (M d,s) 3:00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:00 The Neighborhood (PG)

3:35 Movie: “Death Defying Acts” (PG) (’07) Stars: Catherine ZetaJones 5:20 Movie: “Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety” (PG) (’18) Stars: Kartik Aaryan (In Hindi) 7:55 Movie: “The Hollars” (M) (’16) Stars: Sharito Copley 9:30 Movie: “White Men Can’t Jump” (M l,s) (’92) Stars: Wesley Snipes

Classifications: (G) General, (PG) Parental Guidance, (M) Mature Audiences, (MA15+) Mature Audience Over 15 Years, [s] Subtitles Programming information correct at time of going to press, changes are at the network’s discretion Prepared by National Typesetting Services

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SPIRITS BRIDGE STAR SIGNS 19 - 25 AUG

Gemini

The Twins: May 21 - Jun 21

Your ruler Mercury has been combust the past week. What does this mean? Other’s problems seem to be weighing you down. Just know we are all individuals and not all think like the Gemini Twins Gemini.

Cancer

The Crab: Jun 22 - Jul 22

Aries

The Ram: Mar 21 - Apr 19

If this week’s sky brings you to a state of confusion. Remember the best movies and soap operas plots are based on tension and friction.

When problems arise this week know you can have all the answers.

Taurus

The Bull: Apr 20- May 20

Miner adjustments to people’s attitudes is in the air this week. Be soft and gentle as you share your loving advice dear Bulls.

Don’t be a cranky crab this week fellow Cancerians. Allow the ebb and flow of life and others to do their best to press your buttons. Be gentle and laugh at life’s fools.

Leo

The Lion: Jul 23 - Aug 22

CONSISTENCY. What’s that you may ask? As the skies above planetary motions do their best to test you and others. Be proud, be strong. Don’t weeken to others insecurities.

Virgo

The Virgin: Aug 23 - Sept 22

Christmas carols sing of peace on

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earth. Intelligent Virgo knows this is all but an illusion. This week Virgos keep the peace in aid of your sanity.

Libra

The Scales: Sept 23 - Oct 22

Dramas and sagas are in the wind for you this week. For the worn out Scales, don’t allow others to tip your Scales. Remember their monkeys, their circus!

Scorpio

The Scorpion: Oct 23 - Nov 22

If your feeling a little tied up and bound this week dear Scorpios, remember to use the energy of your ruler Mars to break from others debacles around you.

Capricorn

The Mountain Goat: Dec 22-Jan 19

Oh mountain goat who’s upset the apple cart this week? Beware of others negativity and rise above the restrictions you feel are holding you back. Be firm and stern in your judgement.

Aquarius

The Water Bearer: Jan 20 - Feb 18

A troublesome week adawns over you this week dear water bearers.

Please be reminded when others seek your help, they may not always listen. Don’t be so hard on yourself as often they don’t.

Pisces

The Fish: Feb 19 - Mar 20

Sagittarius

The Archer: Nov 23 - Dec 21

To the Archers of this world hold tight as your ruler Jupiter retrogrades and allows you to review and revise your current situation. Then helps you make positive decisions for your future.

Precious pisces are you still feeling a tad out of touch and depth with those around you. Best to put a smile on your face, ignore and swim away to calmer waters.

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Word List:

You know you are old when you stop growing at both ends and start growing in the middle.

If we shouldn’t eat at night, why do they put a light in the fridge?

You know you are old when you go to the beach and turn a wonderful color: Blue from holding your stomach in.

Why do French people eat snails? They don’t like fast food!

You know you are old when almost everything hurts, and what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work.

Why did the gym close down?

It just didn’t work out!

You know you are it’s the golden years when you’re told to slow down by your doctor and not the police.

WORD SEARCH:

You know what I saw today?

Everything I looked at.

Where do fish sleep?

In the riverbed.

I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me.

DID YOU KNOW: The first known published crossword puzzle was created by a journalist named Arthur Wynne from Liverpool, and he is usually credited as the inventor of the popular word game.

December 21, 1913 was the date and it appeared in a Sunday newspaper, the New York World.

CROSSWORD:

Across

Down

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My partner treats me like a god. They ignore my existence and only talks to me when they need something.

WORD COLLECTOR:

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Cattle price breaks through THE Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) has broken the 1,000¢/ kg cwt mark again this week, after retreating into the 980¢/kg and 990¢/kg territory for the last three weeks. The result was achieved on the back of smaller yardings – this week there were only 11,000 cattle included in the EYCI. Feeders are now making up over 50 percent of buyers for EYCI cattle, at 54 percent. Restockers are making up a smaller % of EYCI purchases, however, they are still paying a premium of 80¢ over feedlotters and 150¢ over processors. Vealer steers are the most expensive EYCI category at 1,145¢/kg. Heavy and feeder steer prices are higher than week-ago levels. Increasingly these two indicators are providing a good lead of what the EYCI will do.

Meanwhile, in 2021, the Trade Lamb Indicator has not hit the highs reached in 2019 and 2020. On top of this, the winter peak is already subsiding, with trade lamb prices down six percent on the yearly peak of 917¢/kg reached two weeks ago. However, national trade lamb prices haven’t fallen as sharply as they did in for the same week in August 2019 and 2020.

World-first sorghum discovery QUSSENSLAND scientists have made a world-first genetic discovery that will lead to stronger sorghum crops.

Until now our knowledge of the sorghum genome has lagged behind that of other major crops, but this latest breakthrough unlocks the genomic treasures to breed improved varieties of the ancient cereal grain.

Armed with the pan-genome data, researchers can now tap into variation at specific genes to breed improved sorghum varieties.

Sorghum is a staple crop used mostly in the intensive livestock sector and worth more than $250 million this year.

The new data is already being used in breeding efforts to improve the yield and resilience of crop varieties in Australia in the face of mounting challenges to production, including climate change and increased water scarcity.

Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner congratulated the scientists from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at the University of Queensland, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences and BGI Genomics, who jointly announced their discovery in the prestigious journal Nature Plants.

Fake-meat labels research

THE National Farmers’ Federation says new research into the impact of the labelling of fake meat products on shoppers is further evidence that action must be taken to correct labelling laws.

The research carried out by Australia’s meat, poultry and seafood sectors, found that up to 61 percent of those surveyed reported to being misled by the packing of plant-based protein products. Furthermore, the national survey of 1000 Australians, revealed 73 percent believed clearer labelling standards needed to be introduced.

Almost 75 percent said plant-based proteins should not be able to be described as meat. “It is essential that when making their buying decisions, consumers are assured that the labelling of products before them is accurate. Non-meat products must not be permitted to masquerade as meat, we must ensure there is truth in labelling,” NFF CEO Tony Mahar said.

Mr Mahar said the NFF would make a submission to the Senate Inquiry into the labelling of alternative protein products, instigated

by Queensland Senator Susan McDonald.

“This survey confirms NFF’s concerns that the current language commonly associated with, for example, meat and dairy products, to describe products that contain no meat or dairy, is misleading for consumers,” he said.

Thinking about your food

FOR many Australians, thinking about food is limited to consuming it, whether it is indulging in a Friday night home delivery, feasting as part of cultural celebrations, or just deciding on a quick and easy dish to cook for dinner.

However, this National Science Week, a team of agriculture experts from CQUniversity Australia are aiming to challenge this, by getting kids to think about how food is produced. The team led by Dr Amy Cosby who is based in the Gippsland region, Victoria, will deliver three interactive virtual sessions during the week, that will be open to schools and students across Australia.

The sessions include a Meet the Meat practical where students will learn some basic meet judging terminology and concepts, how to identify cuts of meat, what factors impact quality and taste and how to pick the best steak; a dairy careers panel which will look at how people produce the dairy products that end up in restaurants and kitchen tables all across the world; and a horticulture careers panel that will explore how food is grown and provide and insight into the range of careers available in the horticulture sector.

Dr Cosby who leads CQUniversity’s Agriculture Education and Extension cluster said that the team is looking forward to engaging with students from across Australia.

SPICE: It’s rather nice.

Spice trial results back THE results are in from the 2020/21 summer black sesame field trials, during which the CQUniversity Spicing Up Northern Australia research project expanded from small plot varietal assessments to larger areas for bulking up seed supplies.

Across the six regions participating in the project, spanning Central and North Qld and the Northern Territory, there were two growers in each area, plus an additional grower from the Ord area of Western Australia, demonstrating growing excitement at the potential for the development of a viable black sesame industry across Northern Australia.

Such is the growing inquiry from farmers that seed company AgriVentis Technologies has this week appointed a new agronomist, Andrew McDonald, to work with growers across Northern Australia in maximizing yields and returns as they learn the nu-

ances of growing spices.

“It’s a really exciting time to be involved in the cropping industry with so much interest and opportunity in Northern Australia to expand production and establish new crops that are suited to the unique and often challenging conditions of the region,” Mr McDonald said.

“The results of the summer trials show there’s huge potential for a viable northern spice industry, which is demonstrated by the increasing number of farmers participating in the trials, but there are also a number of challenges we still need to overcome to maximise their returns.”

CQUniversity is leading the large-scale research project funded by the CRC for Developing Northern Australia, part of the Australian Government’s CRC Program and supported by AgriVentis, and has been assessing the suitability of black sesame, fennel, carraway, kalonji, and

cumin to broadacre production.

Lead researcher Dr Surya Bhattarai, of CQUniversity, said high black sesame crop yields had now been proven, but two big challenges remained in minimising losses from machine harvesters and refining weed control strategies.

“The summer trial results showed hand-harvested yields from the sample plots ranged from 306 to 2607kg/ha, while machine harvested seed yield ranged from 85-1088kg/ha, with the difference attributed to significant seed loss in the machine harvest,” Dr Bhattarai said.

“Seasonal conditions also impacted yields, with the highest yields recorded in Biloela, followed by Rockhampton and Darwin, with the lowest in Katherine.”

Meanwhile, winter planting has now been completed at all research sites across Northern

Australia, with fennel, kalonji and black sesame planted in trials targeting specific crops to specific environmental conditions. Carraway and cumin have not been included after they did not perform well enough in preliminary trials to warrant further assessment.

Kalonji has been planted at three sites at Rockhampton, while kalonji and fennel have planted in Biloela. Black sesame and fennel – both previously assessed as summer crops – were planted in Ayr and Tully in July to trial as winter crops along with kalonji, while in the NT fennel will also be trialled as winter crop.

“For this winter’s trial only one site per region, except for Rockhampton, will be used, but a larger area has been planted (1ha or more) for seed bulking,” Dr Bhattarai said. “Based on the results of the winter trials, additional growers will be sought for next year’s winter planting.”

Mine, rail project contract announced BOWEN Rail Company has announced another Carmichael mine and rail Project contract, which has gone to local Bowen company Hillery Group to construct a new rail yard that will create more than 100 jobs during construction for regional Queensland.

The $15M rail yard will be an important part of the business’ long term operating plan but is not required for the company to commence rail operations later this year.

Bowen Rail Company CEO, Trista Brohier, said partnering with Hillery was another example of how Bowen Rail was delivering on its promises of jobs and work packages for the Whitsunday region.

“We’re pleased that we can now share with the Bowen community how our commitments on jobs and contracts for the Whitsundays are coming to life,” Ms Brohier said.

“Partnering with Hillery is a perfect example of this and we couldn’t have picked a better local company to do the job considering their strong technical expertise and knowledge of the region,” she said.

Hillery Group is a family-owned business in Bowen, established over 30 years ago and currently has more than 100 employees.

Hillery Group, specialises in civil construction, plant hire and are operators of four local quarries and supply these materials across regional Queensland.

CEO of Hillery Group, Luke Hillery, said

RAIL: Delivering on economic promises the project was a big win for his business and the community “We’re really proud to have been given the opportunity to deliver this critical piece of infrastructure for Bowen Rail,” Mr Hillery said.

“We see the value that this business will bring to our region for the long term, and it’s great to be one of the first cabs off the rank to win a big contract of this nature.

“It’s not often we see contracts to build rail yards in Bowen, so we were excited at the opportunity to partner with the Bowen Rail team,” he said.

Ms Brohier said clearing and earthworks are

now well progressed in the rail yard’s delivery, with other exciting announcements for Bowen Rail shortly to come.

“We launched the Bowen Rail company in August last year, and we have been enthusiastically working behind the scenes since then to establish our business for operations,” Ms Brohier said.

“We’ve been busy setting up our systems, team and infrastructure, and we’re looking forward to sharing our ongoing progress with our fellow community members as we work towards running trains with our first customer’s coal product from the Carmichael mine later this year. Watch this space!” she said.

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Climate is good for sugar THE latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on climate produced dire headlines which would drive many Australians under their beds.

Yet in the complex mix of possible solutions for how to lower carbon emissions in this country without stalling the economy, one is ready to go in Queensland with just some tweaking of government policy – increased ethanol production.

It is a solution already being boosted overseas. For example, India wants ethanol to play a larger role in its energy mix as it looks for ways to reduce its dependence on expensive oil imports and cut its carbon footprint. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently brought forward by five years a deadline to achieve 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol – from 2030 to 2025.

India currently has an 8.5 per cent blending rate to reduce environmental pollution. Mr Modi described ethanol as “one of the major priorities of 21st century India” in his World Environment Day announcement.

Economic factors and energy security concerns are also behind the plans of Asia’s third-largest economy to use more ethanol. India imports about 76 per cent of the crude oil it needs and its depen-

REFINERY: Turning sugar into ethanol dence on imports is expected to rise to 90 per cent by 2030. Expanding demand could double the country’s oil import bill to US $181 billion by the end of this decade, according to the International Energy Agency.

The Indian government’s E20 program targeting 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol by 2025 not only promotes a

low-carbon economy but is a step towards achieving energy security. The Indian government estimates that the initiative would reduce India’s vehicle fuel import bill by US $4 billion annually.

Ethanol in India is largely produced through the fermentation of sugar cane or damaged food grains such as wheat and rice. It is said ethanol-blended petrol re-

Water difficulties Paul

Schembri Chairman Canegrowers Queensland

THE second step of the Queensland Government’s election promise to reduce water costs for farmers has been taken.

What CANEGROWERS said during the 2020 campaign is still very valid – it is an unfair and discriminatory policy which poses difficulty on the many farms which grow more than one crop.

What is on offer from this month is a 35 percent rebate to farmers using irrigation water for horticultural production.

It follows a 15 percent reduction that has already been applied to the scheduled water prices being charged from 1 July.

CANEGROWERS welcomed the election commitment to reduce water costs as an acknowledgement from government that inputs for irrigated agriculture are too expensive but we also, at the time, questioned the two-tier approach.

Why a 15 percent reduction for broadacre crops including sugarcane and a total of 50 percent for horticulture?

A discriminatory approach is like a tax on important export commodities like sugar and cotton.

Don’t get me wrong, we don’t want anything to be taken away from farmers growing fruit and vegetables.

What should have happened is that the same level of rebate or discount be offered across all of irrigated agriculture.

The Queensland Government pointed out when it announced recently that the 35 percent rebate could be claimed that, “Irrigated agriculture - including fruit, vegetable, nut and turf operations – is one of Queensland’s most important industries, both in terms of employment and value to our economy.”

Isn’t all of agriculture important? Doesn’t all of

agriculture stimulate the economy and provide employment?

Sugarcane farming in Queensland alone underpins a value chain worth around $4 billion of economic activity every year.

One in every one hundred jobs in Queensland can be traced to and is courtesy of cane growing. The total sugar supply value chain supports over 10,000 businesses and around 25,000 employees.

More than 60 percent percent of Queensland’s sugarcane is irrigated but there are some irrigation schemes which are dramatically under-utilised because water is too expensive.

The price of water is what holds growers back from making the most of their water allocations and that means their farms may not be as productive as they could be.

If the cost of water were reduced, the water will be used and the benefits, in economic activity and jobs will flow too. This is true no matter the crop being grown – broadacre or horticulture.

There are many, many growers within the sugarcane industry who grow other crops either alongside or in rotation with sugarcane.

In fact, a survey of elected CANEGROWERS leaders showed 15 percent of them grow a horticultural crop as well as sugarcane.

For many, the same pump and irrigation equipment is used for both crops.

If this is your situation, CANEGROWERS urges you to persevere with the paperwork and claim the extra 35 percent rebate for the water applied to your fruit and vegetable plantings.

You are entitled to it, and if it causes headaches in the way government works out how much you are owed, so be it. It is a silly situation of the government’s making.

CANEGROWERS in the meantime will continue to advocate for fairness in water pricing and a cost environment that encourages production, stimulates economic activity and secures regional jobs.

duces emissions by 20 per cent assisting India’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33 to 35 per cent, relative to 2005 levels, by 2030.

Sugar mills are ramping up production of ethanol with the help of ‘soft loans’ from the Indian government for distillation infrastructure.

Meanwhile, here in Australia there

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was some initial government enthusiasm for ethanol years ago that appears to have gone dormant on both sides of federal and state politics. This is despite announcements last month of a breakthrough for more efficient production of both high-protein food and low carbon bioethanol from biomass such as sugarcane by using a single biological agent (yeast). Instead of further developing the infrastructure of what we already have, we get announcements of cars to be powered through new industries based on geothermal brine and hydrogen power.

In Australia, the introduction of biofuel mandates has rested with the state governments, of which only two states have done anything. New South Wales, was the first state to introduce an ethanol mandate in October 2007.

The original mandate started at 2 per cent of all grades of petrol, increasing to 4 per cent in 2010, then to 6 per cent from January 2011. From July 2011, primary fuel wholesalers in New South Wales were to replace regular unleaded petrol (RULP) with E10.

However, in late 2010 the NSW Government suspended the introduction of the 6 per cent tranche and the 10 per cent E10 mandate.

The Queensland Government had planned to introduce a 5 per cent ethanol effective January 2011. However, in October 2010, the Government decided to suspend its introduction, initially for 12 months. Queensland has still not yet decided if or when to implement a mandate - and here we are in 2021.

The Sarina Bio Ethanol plant today is primarily an exporter of fuel and medical grade ethanol.

We have the feedstock to produce clean, green fuel here for Australia and to help underpin our nation’s fuel security.

However, we need to see government policy that drives and incentivises action, to turn a good idea into a reality.

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TASTY: Slade Point Meats Farmers Market stall.

NICE: Award-winning bacon.

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FRESH: Charlie Muscat veges.

Seeing things through fresh eyes GILLIAN

MOLLOY

Manager Greater Whitsunday Food Network

SOMETIMES, when you see something through the eyes of another, you get a totally new perspective.

Recently one of my long-time friends arrived in Mackay. She and her partner had sailed their yacht all the way from Adelaide, and I’d been looking forward to the time that we could catch up in Queensland.

Of course, one of the first things on the agenda was to take her to the Wednesday Farmers Market. She is a bit of a “foodie” and I was genuinely curious to find out what she might buy.

Complimenting the Mad Cow Coffee with “perfectly made and exactly how to start off a good morning”, she roamed the stalls to see what treasures she could find.

Living on a boat, fresh produce doesn’t last very long at all, and she was thrilled to find Proserpine Seedlings & Vegies collection of plants and seedlings. Impressed by the quality, she selected three varieties of lettuce and one basil plant, saying “this is the start of that onboard garden I’ve always wanted!”

Also, to combat the problem of keeping vegetables fresh, she bought some beeswax wraps from Bee Good Wax Wraps.

She has found that they are working a treat and has vowed to come back for more. Beans and fresh ginger Farm Fresh Vegetables from Charlie Muscat went into her basket along with some jumbo eggs from Freckle Farm.

Being from South Australia and very much used to the delicious smoked meats of the Barossa Valley, she was thrilled to find Slade Points Meats’ smoked goods.

I found out later that the packet of bacon only ended up lasting less than a day once her partner discovered how delicious it was, so she jumped on her e-scooter to ride all the way to Slade Point from the Marina to buy three more

CHEWY: Slade Point Meats jerky.

packets to freeze down for their continuing journey north. Watching her interact with the stallholders as she selected her items really helped me to see the GWFM market through a completely different lens.

I have to say that I left with a whole new appreciation of our market family that day.

Now, about those giveaways I promised last week.

Spring is just around the corner, so I decided to do a Spring Clean here at the Greater Whitsunday Food Network. On discovering some hidden treasure in the form of some great GWFN merchandise, we’ve decided to celebrate Spring by giving it away.

On Wednesday September 1 you’ll receive a free GWFM Market bag containing a free recipe book from Sarina Sugar Shed when you make a purchase from our members.

Stocks will be limited so get in early to snag your bag. Armie and I are also planning some great September School Holiday activities so watch this space for more details.

In the meantime, Happy Market Shopping!

HOME GROWN: Traci’s lettuce.

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PRESERVATION: Bees wax wrap.

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15 Siderial Court, Oakenden

For Sale $830,000

OAKENDEN ACREAGE HOME

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4.8 acres of level, selectively cleared and well developed land.

4 bedroom, 2 bathroom brick home with plenty of sheds. Just 20 minutes South of Mackay.

Nicely landscaped gardens and ocean glimpses from the full length front veranda.

Immerse yourself in the pool or impress your guests with the big covered entertaining area nearby. • Fully stock fenced with barb and dog mesh.

• Modern 7m x 6m colourbond shed with 2 roll-a-doors next to house and bigger 4 bay high clearance shed for machinery and workshop.

• Bore and plenty of rainwater tanks provide abundant water plus 2 dams.

OPEN Saturday 21st Aug HOME 9:30 - 10:30 am

0428 182 569 | rural@blacksrealestate.com.au | Royce Dunn

Lot 33 Camelzulis Road, Balnagowan

OPEN Saturday 21st Aug HOME 2:30 - 4:30pm

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SPECTACULAR VIEWS AT BALNAGOWAN

168 acres at Balnagowan.

Cleared or selectively cleared running to open forest ridges & coastal rainforest scrub.

Bore equipped with Windmill.

Fully fenced for stock.

Spectacular views from elevated parts.

Under 20 minutes to Mackay.

0428 182 569 | rural@blacksrealestate.com.au | Royce Dunn

242 McFauls Road, Mt Martin

REDUCED TO $755,000

MOUNT MARTIN ACREAGE HOME

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• Macquarie Creek forms one boundary of this level pastured 18 acres.

• Modern 4 bedroom & 2 bathroom home with open plan living.

• Wide private back veranda from which you will enjoy views of the rugged slopes of Mt Martin.

• Big pig pen with weather shelter – could easily convert to horse stall.

OPEN Saturday 21st Aug HOME 11:15 - 12:30pm

• 12mx9m colour bond shed, concrete floor & 3 high clearance roll-a-door bays.

• Pastures are baleable for a lucrative extra income.

0428 182 569 | rural@blacksrealestate.com.au | Royce Dunn

07 4963 2500

43 Wood Street, Mackay

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Thursday, 19 August, 2021

28 Grandview Drive, Mount Pleasant FOR LEASE 2 COMMANDING 338m BUILDING WITH HIGH TRAFFIC EXPOSURE TO BRUCE HIGHWAY

• 50m exposure to Bruce Highway • Current fit out to suit Modern banking type business • Open plan reception, reception desk, teller stations • 4 private offices and board room

• Full staff amenities including kitchen and toilets at rear of property • Fully air conditioned with modern appearance • 9 exclusive car parks along with 37 shared spaces

0400 354 800 | commercial@blacksrealestate.com.au | Melanie Hartmann

BO7 / 216 Harbour Road, Mackay MINUTES NORTH OF THE CITY

INSPECT

By Appointment

• Close proximity to Mackay Marina, North Mackay industrial area and Mackay city.

• Upstairs office • High clearance roller door

FOR LEASE

• Kitchenette • 1 carpark • Mezzanine for extra storage • Plenty of passing traffic daily • Disabled toilet

0400 354 800 | commercial@blacksrealestate.com.au | Melanie Hartmann

229 Boundary Road, Paget FOR SALE | FOR LEASE HIGH EXPOSURE IN A WELL KNOWN LOCATION

INSPECT

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• This 4020m2 site is located on a busy road with high passing traffic on Boundary Road, Paget.

• Approx. 1593m2 of workshop including a 5T overhead gantry crane, 1T jib crane, supervisors office & outwards/inwards goods area.

• This property includes a store with an adjoining fenced, hardstand area.

• An air conditioned office, approx.160m2, plus crib room and amenities.

• 11 onsite carparks and a truck unloading area, this site represents a high exposure location with excellent onsite signage opportunity.

0418 776 855 | glewis@blacksrealestate.com.au | Greg Lewis

07 4963 2500

43 Wood Street, Mackay

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DEATH NOTICES RYAN, Irene Gertrude (nee Badger), of Ozcare (formerly of Wentford Street, Mackay). Passed away peacefully on July 26, aged 95 years. Dearly beloved wife of Kevin (dec). Much-loved mother and mother-in-law of Stephen and Pamela, Kerry, Colleen and Steve Hosking, and Christine and Bill.

Adored Nan of Michael and Kim, Margot and David, Katherine, Thomas and Georgie, Caitlin and Jaymie, and Great Nan of Lila, Mekah, Merinda, Ryan, and Angus. Loved sister and sister-in-law of the Ryan and Badger families. Much-loved aunt, cousin, and dear friend to many.

RAE, Graham Harris, of South Mackay.

16/05/1946 – 31/07/2021. Dearly beloved husband of Lorraine. Dearly loved father and father-in-law of Donna and John Bovey, and Scott (dec). Adored Grandad of Jacob, Jordan, Tyler and Isabella.

Dearly loved son of Alexander and Catherine Rae (both dec). Loved brother and brother-in-law of Les, Colin (dec) and Marlene, John and Martha (both dec), Ellen and Tom Foggarty (both dec), Marge and Don (dec) McDonald, Pat Gould, and Wilfred, and loved uncle of their families.

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FALZON; Tony (Picey) of Hassan Court, North Mackay. Beloved husband of Pauline, beloved father and father-in-law of Mary-Ann and John Refalo, Gerard (dec’d) and Andrea, Grace and Local Company seeking experienced, Gerard Falzon, and Lisa.

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DEATH NOTICES CROMPTON, Alma Joyce of Eaglemount Retirement Resort, formerly of Clermont and Moranbah. 24/08/1940 – 4/08/2021. Beloved wife Knight Mackay is Knight Frank Mackay is a a leading, leading, of Eddie (dec).Frank Dearly loved mother and motherlong established commercial property long established commercial property in-law of Glenda and Greg Brooks, and Lee-Anne agency agency offering offering a a wide wide range range of of and Neil Burrows.

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Busy perfecting routines INTERNATIONAL Dance Affair students have been busy learning and perfecting their routines for their upcoming concert “A Night of Entertainment”.

Thish will be showcased at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre Theatre on Saturday September 18 at 7:00pm.

A Night of Entertainment will mark the 32nd annual concert to be staged since the studio opening in 1989.

IDA is unique in Mackay as they have a vast

array of dance styles, ranging from Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Contemporary through to Highland and Irish Dancing as well as the intricate sport of Baton Twirling and Acrobatic Arts.

This diverse range of dance genres makes for a very entertaining variety show!

Dancers as young as two years old who will steal the show, right through to our more advanced students will keep your hands clapping and your feet tapping.

Major Ballet students, State Champion Ba-

ton Twirlers and World Qualifying Irish Dancers will be a special feature of the show and will be sure to amaze you with their wonderful routines.

The Saturday night show is fantastic entertainment for young and old and will be a perfect way to kick-start the school holidays.

Tickets available on the MECC Website or at the MECC Box Office. The team looks forward to seeing you at the MECC on Saturday September 18.

TALENT: Some of the dance girls pose for photos.

We’re recruiting: • Train Drivers

HELPING HAND: The powerboats are raising money for the rescue helicopter.

Powerboat race for charity

Bowen Rail Company is hiring and we’re looking for exceptional people to be part of Queensland’s next-generation rail business created to transport Queensland’s high-quality resources for export to the world.

Headquartered in Bowen, we’re committed to employing and creating opportunities for Queenslanders.

To find out more, visit our website bowenrail.com.au

On track to a better future

MACKAY powerboat club is proud to be running its inaugural two-day Race 2 Rescue powerboat and ski race weekend. running on August 28 and 29 from 8am-4pm daily.

This is a charity event to raise funds for the local RACQ CQ rescue helicopter and for childhood cancer services. Both organisations help support our local community, and in return, we wish to continue to support them.

There will be face painting and jumping castles included in the entry fee. Keep the kids entertained while mum and dad watch the action on the water.

This is a drug and alcohol free event with food vedors onsite to cater for your needs.

This will be run out of Kinchant Dam in the

Pioneer Valley. The club will monitor the speeds with GPS units to ensure all boats are running under their classing or they will be disqualified.

They have boats running from Cairns to as far south as Hervey Bay, champions in their own fields are coming to showcase this exciting sport to our region, so, dont miss out.

You can also win your chance to be a passenger for a three-lap charity race What are you waiting for? Get your tickets at https://www.rafflelink.com.au/winarace2rescue $5 per ticket will be drawn August 23 for the race on Sunday August 29.

Tickets per day are Adults $20. Kids/Concessions under 16 $15. Family of two adults and kids $50.

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KONVOY 4 KIDS, MACKAY I’M NOT crying. You’re crying.

If you found yourself driving the Bruce Highway between Mackay and Sarina on Sunday, a little misty-eyed at the sight of trucks in convoy for a good cause, you’re not alone!

Hundreds of people flocked to Mackay and Sarina showgrounds for the top and tail events of the 2021 Convoy4Kids.

Organisers hailed the event a success, and the smiles on the faces of the kids at the centre of it all was proof enough that they were right!

Sharelle O’Shea and Zac O’Shea laughing it up

Jayne Insch gives the thumbs up

Kristy Beattie with her fine wares

Margaret Martin is all smiles

Hayley Schultz and Damon Lorrin-Linnane

Ella Spreadborough in the park

Peyton Heart goes all-out on orange

Aleria Morrison was there to check out the trucks.

Ashleigh Adamson

Gwena and Barry O’Brien enjoy a snack

Natlie Christensen and Tiffany Potts

Kristy Russell looking pretty hi viz

Nicole Agwen looking colourful

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WHAT’S

Cathrine Anderson

David Caracciolo

Graham Caracciolo

James Smith

To Eat: “Diamond scale mullet, ruby emperor as well as milk fish.”

To Eat: “Traditional fish species are good.Grunter, Flathead, blue salmon.”

To Eat: “King salmon or some barramundi and Spanish mackerel.”

To Eat: “Anything battered but I do like Flathead and mackerel.”

Spills, skills and fishing thrills THERE is nothing better than having fun outdoors.

Brent Stephenson, through his business Mudskippa and the Combos4Kids initiative, is working to make sure even the most disadvantaged in our community have a chance to have fun in the sun!

Throughout the region, Brent (pictured below and right) is working to provide kids from less privileged backgrounds with fishing equipment, lessons

on how to use it and most importantly mentorship.

“What started out at Combos4Kids, has branched into our own brand and business – Mudskippa,” Brent said.

“It is built around helping the local and wider community.

“We have been able to make this happen by providing this concept (skills, equipment & mentorship) to the wider community, and by also involving

like-minded individuals to assist in these community skills nights/days and community fishing days.

Five per cent of Mudskippa’s profits are directed back into the going back into Brent’s work with at-risk youth.

He is also gladly accepting donations of second-hand fishing gear as well as smaller tackle items such as sinkers, hooks, swivels and other tackle.

Cool weather to continue ON THE weather front: Well this morning (Thursday) cool temperatures will be the last until next week as we return to the 15°C-17°C overnight minimums.

There will be some cloud cover and possible shower during the night keeping the temps warm at night. Then with some decent sunlight during the day will bring maximum up to the high 20’s coastal and low 30’s inland. Spring is knocking on thr door.

Out on the water: 10-15knots in the morning increasing to 20 knots during the day then easing

off again in the evening. Seas around the 1m mark increasing to 1.5m offshore. Swell is on the easterly 1m mark. There’s a full moon Sunday night. So Saturday will be a low of 0.5m at 1618 and high of 6m at 2230 and Sunday will have a 0.4m low at 1659 and 6m high at 2307.

Remember to follow L&K Mackay Severe Weather on Facebook for all your up to date, local and accurate weather information.

We are locals. Just like you.

BLOODY NOAHS! Shark got this bloke’s fish.

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WHAT’S

Madelina Agius

malcolm Ridden

Melissa Bimms

Michel Ord

To Eat: “Red throat emperor, with great texture as well as king salmon.”

To Eat: “Bream are really good eating and so are Flathead.”

To Eat: “Grunter are good and you gotta go with diamond scale.”

To Eat: “Cod are nice or trout and mackerel are nice.”

THERE is a joke in many a Mackay household, that if the weather turns bad or you have a slack day on the water then you can head down to Scratch at Mackay Reef Fish Supplies and still bring home a feed. You just needn’t elaborate on where you “caught” your haul! David Caracciolo - or Scratch as he’s known - took Mackay Local News reporter Jacoob Cumner on a tour of his River Street business and what you see are wares brought to market by local professional fishers. These fish - grunter, barra, queen fish, blue salmon, coral trout and even a good old diamond-scaled mullet - are destined for the restaurants and dining room tables of the Mackay region.

Funding boost for local fishermen THE Palaszczuk Government has placed more than $1.4 million on the line for the state’s fishers in an expanded round of the popular fishing grants program.

Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said recreational fishers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, local councils, and commercial and charter fishers could apply now to hook the grants.

“Funding through the fishing grants aligns with the Government’s Sustainable Fisheries Strategy of building a legacy of sustainable fisheries for our children and grandchildren,” Mr Furner said.

“Investing more than $1.4 million in Queensland’s fishing industry recognises the impact COVID-19 has had on this multi-faceted industry.

“The industry supports more than 3000 jobs across the state, so maintaining these jobs is an important part of Queensland’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan “These grants will be welcomed by an industry that is part and parcel of our way of life and is important to the broader com-

munity.

“Making this funding available continues the Palaszczuk Government’s record of supporting fishing activities across all parts of the state’s fishing industry, an industry that supports jobs in many sectors of the economy.”

Mr Furner said the grants, provided under three programs, would fund a range of community fishing projects to enhance recreational and traditional fishing across the state, and support the commercial and charter fishing industry.

“Under Queensland’s Community Fishing Grants Program, $250,000 is available for community-based not-for-profit organisations, fishing clubs and incorporated associations, for activities such as fishing clinics, research, promoting recreational fishing or fish habitat improvement,” he said.

“Additionally, local and regional councils can apply for a total of $949,000, provided by the Federal Government, for the Fishing Infrastructure Grants Program for projects that benefit recreational fishing, boating or camping in Queensland.

“And $250,000 has been allocated to the Commercial and Charter Fishing Grant Program to

fund activities that modernise fisheries management in Queensland by promoting industry innovation and best practice.

“This includes projects to trial alternative gear, like bycatch reduction devices; develop and promote codes of practice; and industry-led campaigns to promote sustainable seafood and commercial fisher well-being.”

Mr Furner said expressions of interest for the grants would be accepted until 11 September 2021.

“I encourage anyone interested in applying for this funding to act quickly as previous rounds of these funding programs have proven to be very popular,” he said.

“A total of 61 applications were received during the expression of interest process for the 2020-21 grants programs, with 24 projects successfully funded.

“Those projects included children’s fishing clinics, social inclusion fishing programs, recreational fish tagging, habitat restoration and fishway barrier remediation.”

Full details of application criteria and how to apply can be found at www.daf.qld.gov.au/ business-priorities/fisheries.

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BEAUTY: Check out the rear end on NANA Q

With NANA Q, it’s just one big family affair

By RUSSEL SOPER I HAVE owned this car, Nana, since July 1991 (30 years last month). I bought it as an original single-owner Balmoral Green Belmont with a 173 and three speed from my Grandma Geeta after she handed her license in.

I had wanted the car since I was 13, borrowed it a lot when I first had my license going to the Stardust Drive In near Ayr on a regular basis. Eventually Grand-

ma rang me one day and gave me first option to buy it, which I jumped at.

I caught a bus from Mackay to Home Hill, bought the car off Grandma for $2000 and drove it straight home after stopping at Bowen to unscrew the sunvisor. At the time I thought that sunvisor was pretty horrendous, but now I want really badly again.

Derek Clapson from Clapson Automotive did the original roadworthy for me

LOWRIDERS: Hey Homes, whassss happenin’?

One sweet ride

PICTURED right is David’s LX Blown Torana Hatch.

An opportunity came up in March 2018 to purchase this car and David couldn’t say no.

This is one tuff ride and turns heads wherever it goes.

It was taken to Toranafest in Newcastle in 2019 which was a lot of fun and even won the first trophy presented on the day.

The engine is a 350 Chev with all the good gear, 671 blower with 650 twin demons carbies, full manualised race gearbox with 3200 stall, full spooled 9-inch diff.

It’s driven mainly on weekends to local car meets and shows but also to get it out just hear the blower whine.

This cars will be on display at the True Street Cars CQ Mackay Sundazed cruise for charity show n shine event at the Sarina show grounds this Sunday.

Follow the Facebook page for all the info.

and that was that. I owned the car I had wanted since I was 13.

After buying the car I drove it as a daily driver for many years, just lowered with 14 x 7 hot wire wheels and a 3” exhaust. That did me right up until I got a company car for work and pulled the HQ off the road for the first of many rebuilds over the years I have owned it.

This car has seen a huge amount of street driving, including a 4680km round

trip to Cobar for the 2018 Running on Empty Festival.

This festival was a pilgrimage which saw people from all over Australia come to the tiny mining town in Western New South Wales where a big portion of the 1982 classic Australian movie Running on Empty was filmed.

I have drive it twice from Mackay to Brisbane and back for the HQ Holden Run in both 2018 and 2019, with a round

trip from Mackay to Dalby for the new bonnet in between.

In February of this year NANA was one of the seven old-school cars that featured on the Channel 10 TV Show Amazing Race Australia.

It’s a journey being the second owner of the family HQ. I love it and will never sell it. I have plans to eventually go back to the original green colour with a few tricks to get that colour to pop.

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No bull, Ky shows true Mackay spirit KY Hamilton, from Mackay and now in the US, has been riding the hell out of bucking bulls for the past nine years.

He started at the tender age of 12.

Ky was inspired by his father Micheal Hamilton who used to ride bulls, saddle broncs and bareback horses.

Ky would watch old videos of his father’s rides, then started watching Professional Bull Riders (PBR) back when it was on TV and decided to give it a go.

His father took him to the Great Western Hotel in Rockhampton for a practice night and he was hooked!

He started off with poddy calf riding till he was old enough to progress to steers, then junior bulls, second division bulls, rookie bulls and finally the open bulls section.

Ky and his father travelled most of Central QLD so the young fella could compete, and also some trips up north.

His longest trip was to Tamworth in 2014 for Ky to have a shot at getting a place in the Australian High School Rodeo team that would go to Iowa in 2015 to compete

WINNER: Ky has taken to the sport of bull riding with great natural ability. at the National High School Rodeo Finals.

He placed fourth at Tamworth which was enough for him to make the team and so his first trip to ride in the US was in 2015.

At the age of 18, Ky became a member

WELL DONE: Cody Weiss took home some cash.

Scoble On Your Bike JUST north of Townsville lies a small community perched atop the Paluma National Park range, nestled in amongst the rainforest called Paluma.

This was the site of the 2021 Paluma Push Mountain bike race just recently.

With a massive 600 riders at the starting line it was one of the biggest events

they know injuries can be severe or potentially fatal.

“However, they also extremely happy for me and beyond proud that I am living my life I dreamed for myself since I started.”

Now Ky’s ambition has taken him to the US to take on the world championships.

He has already competed in events such as at the end of 2018 in the College Rodeo – mostly the West Texas region.

In 2020 he placed fourth in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo held in Texas for Bull Riding after 10 days of competition.

This year he had a huge win at Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming – ‘The Daddy of Em All’. Ky became the Bull Riding Champion there recently, on August 1.

He rode Evil Intentions for 89 points, the highest score of the comp this year. He finished ahead of some tough competition in the top three riders in World standings.

Ky may go on to be only the second Aussie ever to win Cheyenne. This competition has been going for 125 years and is heralded as the biggest rodeo in the US.

RIDERS: Some of the gang on their bikes.

MADness in Paluma Barry

of the Australian PBR and also represented his country in the Global Cup that was held in Sydney in 2018.

When asked if his family worry about him in what is a potentially dangerous sport, Ky responded with: “Yes, because

that I have been to with competitors travelling from afar to compete.

The Paluma Push has a 42km, 53km, 70klm event and for their 20th anniversary they threw in a 100km for the crazy ones.

The MAD Mountain Bike club had a great contingent of riders with about 18 of the MAD crew making the journey, with some amazing results. Anne-Marie Kehres put in a mammoth effort to ride 100kms in 6hr 54min to take out second place in the women’s category.

Ethan Weiss took overall honours in the 70km with a hard-fought battle to hold

off second place by just over two minutes which is pretty close for 3hrs 22min of racing. Brian Kehres in second staved off David Wilhelmi in third for the 70km Grand Masters Men’s category. Braith Vella fighting hard and getting an overall fourth place in the 53klm and first for the Open men’s category.

Kristen Rowland rode very strong to come second by only 11 seconds after 42klms, it must have been a fierce battle.

Kate Deambrogio was agonisingly so close with only four seconds to first place in the 42km Masters Women.

Greg McGahan was only 31 seconds behind second place to take third in the 42km Grand Masters Men. Cody Weiss was lucky enough to take home some prize money by being the 20th person

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over the line for the 42km, a great effort for the young fellow.

The trails were a mixture of a little downhill bitumen at the start leading into smooth gravel roads with various grades of climbs.

Then at the first check point the riders started breaking off into different trails based on their chosen distance.

The longer-distance racers went right across a small spill way of the dam with some picturesque views of the dam then into a pretty gruelling wet muddy climb, rutted by washouts exposing tree roots and rocks to make it even more challenging.

Only the fit and technical riders could climb this sort of thing so I walked a lit-

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Sport Briefs

Weekend fun WHAT a weekend it was for Proserpine Bowls. There was sunshine, light rain, stillness, wind...and throughout it all there were 16 teams of bowlers playing amazing bowls. This was in an endeavour to win the coveted prize of best team on the Under 200’s Carnival at Proserpine. Thanks go to sponsors The Metropole Hotel, Bartzy’s Plumbing, Cane Country Tyres and Whitsunday Transit for their continued support of this event. This year, it all came down to the wire once again. Winners overall were David Peet, Cooper Whitestyles, Grahame Kinnear and Peter Blackburn.

Misty rain

SATURDAY’S Master Butchers Whitsunday stableford saw 92 players out on the Proserpine golf course, in misty rain conditions during the morning, but fine and windy in the afternoon. The men’s winner was Jon Miller with a score of 42 points, from Mick Kavanagh and Scott Clarke, both on 40. The ladies’ winner was Lyn Muller, 36, from Kath Borer, 33 and Rehab Hull and Sherri Meade, both on 32 points. The placegetters were Rod Wecker, 40, Theunis Venter, Ben Bullock, Owen Clarke and Scott Vlismas, 37, followed

by Michael Cragg, Matt Bluck, Lew Tuck and Paul Joice 36, and Brian Smith 35. Lyn Muller proved her accuracy by having an eagle on hole two, and taking the ladies pin shot on nine.

tle. The scenery was a beautiful rainforest area but you were either too tired or going too fast to appreciate it. After a few creek crossings, some of them nearly one-metere deep the rainforest was left behind and the riders came out into open eucalypt forest with large trees and the ground became drier and a bit looser under the tyres.

With nearly 600 riders, there were people challenging each other the whole way for positions as they tired, then recovered or simply rode to their strengths. Some were better climbers, some could grind it out on the flats and other flew past their rivals on the downhills only to be caught back up on the climbs.

This was an amazing event and it is always great to compete in a race like this in our own backyard.

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Bowling for CQ Rescue

Player Profiles

By RITA HUGHES

Harper Shields

Club: Wanderers Age:11 How long have you been playing with the Walkerston Wanderers?

Six years, I think.

What’s the most interesting thing about playing football?

I get to play with my team and its really fun playing footy.

What’s your favourite position to play on the field and why?

Full back because you get to do lots of running and its fun.

What would you tell other kids to get them involved in football?

It’s a really fun game you make lots of friends and you get to play in a team.

Isabella Bradford

Club: Magpies Age: 9 How long have you been playing netball?

For about 18 months.

What is the most important thing about netball to you?

Keep your eye on the ball and don’t look around.

What is your favourite thing about netball?

Shooting goals.

What is your favourite position to play?

GA, You get to shoot and move around you don’t just stay in on spot.

Jack Fletcher

Mackay’s Premier Coffee House Wholesale Beans available!

Fun-filled doubles for finals A FUN-FILLED morning of doubles marked the end of the current season of Tuesday morning table tennis fixtures.

Peter Goodson dominated A grade division and Brian Perrin won B grade, in a round-robin in which players swap partners and keep count of their scores in each game.

Peter teamed with Charlie Payne and Coral Morgan to win the A grade teams, with Tony Bowman leading player.

A new season of fixtures started this Tuesday, August 17. If you’re interested in playing or being a sub, contact Iris Grasso on 0419 702 392.

GOOD FUN: Rymer Tabulo has a laugh as she hits out in the Tuesday morning table tennis doubles tournament with partner Greg Wilson. Photo: Charlie Payne

Shooting for fourth place

Club: Moranbah Miners Age:12 How long have you been playing with the Moranbah Miners?

Oh, about five years now I’m pretty sure.

What’s your favourite thing about football?

Probably just playing footy and helping my team out.

What’s your favourite position to play and why?

Front row because it’s a really important role and I just like to be there for the boys.

What would you tell other kids to get them involved in football?

Just get in there, have some fun and try the sport out.

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WINNERS: Jarrod, Ian, Angela and manager Brad Bettiens from the Tandara Hotel made up the Tandy Burglars, winners of the bowls day.

CQ Rescue was the recipient of much-needed funds when Sarina Bowls Club hosted a fun afternoon of bowls.

Local emergency teams from the SES, CQ Rescue, Sarina Police, Ergon Energy and 12 businesses took part in an annual event enjoyed by all.

Many teams came in fancy dress and each gave themselves a name, playing two games of eight ends against different teams.

The winning team will have their name placed on the Emergency and Corporate Trophy. The Tandy Burglars from the Tandara Hotel Motel won from Kai Delights of The Sarina Diner, with CQ Choppers from CQ Rescue third.

Best dressed and a sportsman’s prize were also awarded. Sponsors Ergon Energy made the afternoon possible.

Don Boettcher, Gerry Synnott, Noreen Fredericksen and Thelma Caruana won B grade, with Don the leading player.

Club: Wanderers Age: 11 What do you love about playing football?

Its just really fun and you get to play with all your mates.

What’s your favourite position to play and why?

Dummie half, you just get involved a lot.

How long have you been playing?

For about six years.

What would you tell other kids to get them involved?

Just to have fun and get it a crack its good.

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THE battle for Airlie Darts’ fourth place is well and truely on as Jamie Maher dodged a potential banana skin with a cagey 6/3 win, and a nice 115 checkout, over a very solid Garry Robbie.

Jamie’s edged Rooster Coutts out of 4th place for now, but he’s played a game more than both his rivals for fourth with both Rooster and Andy Peel not in action this week.

The two top boys Jamie Woods and Gene Birse went toe to toe, and the stats speak for themselves. 22 x 100s in that match, as well as 2 x 140s apiece

and 1 x 180s apiece. Woodsy won 6/3. Ross Gallichan kept his hopes of finals alive with a 6/3 win over Seamus Rose, but Jason Rockstroh trumped that on the day with a 6/0 bonus point win over Nathan O’Hara, and consolidated eighth place.

Finally, Joe Wilson kept his impressive form going with a 6/1 win over Dick O’Hara. With only 3 rounds left before finals, there’s still a lot to play for.

The Premier League is proudly sponsored by Mika Airlie Beach and Whitsunday Tattooing Airlie Beach.

STAUNCH: The top two boys Jamie Woods and Gene Birse.

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Mackay is excited to again be hosting the NRL. This time it’s two games being played on our turf.

Next Friday, August 27, the NZ Warriors take on the Canberra Raiders at 6pm. Then on Thursday, September 2, the Raiders return to take on the Sydney Roosters at 7.50pm. Be there!

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Player Profiles

Arlie Dale

Club: Moranbah Age: 10 How long have you been playing netball?

I have been playing for four and half years, What’s the most important thing about netball to you?

Teamwork and getting to know people better.

What’s your favourite position?

GA, I think it’s good, because you are allowed to go in the mid court and your allowed shoot.

What’s the most important thing to remember when you are on the court?

To have fun and not to win or lose just be there to make friends.

Emily Byron FUN: Balloons and japery at the Mackay Swimming Academy.

Swimming club makes a splash

MACKAY Swimming Academy, Mackay’s longest-standing swim club, kicked off the 2021/2022 season recently.

New and experienced swimmers took to the pool for the season’s first club night.

With a mixture of new and experienced swimmers, there was lots of fun, racing and cheering had by all.

Continuing on from the excitement of the Tokyo Olympics, club patron Linda McKenzie was on hand to give the swimmers their very own brush with the Olympics.

Donning her gold medal, McKenzie informed swimmers they can achieve their swimming dreams from right here in Mackay.

When asked what makes a suc-

cessful club night, Head Coach and Club President Pat Wright said “happy and smiling children who jumped in and had a go”.

Last Wednesday’s club night was no different.

Mackay Swimming Academy encourages all kids to have a go at swimming. The club offers free ‘Come and Try’ nights for children considering joining a swim

club. The club’s next Come and Try Night is on Wednesday August 25, 2021 at 5:30pm.

Mackay Swimming Academy is located in the Pat Wright Swim School on Lawson Street.

You can find Mackay Swimming Academy on Facebook and you can contact them by emailing swimmingacademymackay@ gmail.com

Club: Saints Age: 10 How long have you been playing netball?

For about four years starting with net set and go.

What’s the best thing about netball?

I like how we get to work together and how we get to shoot goals.

What’s your favourite position to play?

Centre and GA because I like to run around and also shoot.

What’s the most important thing to remember when you are on the court?

To work very hard.

Freya Mackay

Club: Moranbah Age: 13 How long have you been playing netball for?

About a year.

What’s your favourite thing about playing netball?

Working as a team.

What is the most important thing to remember when you are on the court?

To always keep your head up and work together.

What is your favourite position to play?

Centre and WA because of all the running I do.

Sienna Elworthy FIT: The young crew take off up the road.

Running with a purpose

MACKAY Road Runners is a club of like minded individuals with a strong advocacy focus on community involvement with

safe, friendly and enjoyable activities.

The next run is the challenging Tri-Activ8 Bonson’s Scrub Rd 6km and 12km run up (and down) Ian Reddacliffe Drive, The Leap.

Runners are reminded there is limited car parking space at the Bonson’s Scrub/Bruce Highway T-section start line, therefore, car pooling is definitely highly recommended from Coningsby State School at 6.15am.

All members will pay $2 and non members at $10 are most welcome to attend.

Last weekend around seventy runners aged from six to seventy-six took part in the annual Mackay Road Runners North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP) Open Magic Mile and the Podiatry Mackay Junior Magic Mile.

The rainy conditions certainly made for a challenging event before sunrise.

The two race junior and open 1600-metre course was an enjoyable spectacle as junior runners headed out onto the Breakwater first in the raining conditions.

Thankfully the clouds melted away leaving a beautiful sunny start by the time the open race commenced at round 8.30am.

Presentations followed with Mackay Road Runners Club Patron, Colin Meng, presenting the winners’ awards.

Age: 8 Club: St Mary’s Netball Club How long have you been playing netball? I started last year.

Have you ever been to finals?

No, I play in the GO competitionon Saturdays so we don’t have finals yet until I am in Under 12s.

Have you ever been to championships?

No but I want to when I am older What has been your best match?

When I played centre.

What is your favourite thing about netball?

Playing centre.

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