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No fears of El Nino when you are bidding on grazing land with yearly rain averaging about 1000mm.

No fears of El Nino when you are bidding on grazing land with yearly rain averaging about 1000mm.

No fears of El Nino when you are bidding on grazing land with yearly rain averaging about 1000mm.

No fears of El Nino when you are bidding on grazing land with yearly rain averaging about 1000mm.

No fears of El Nino when you are bidding on grazing land with yearly rain averaging about 1000mm.

No fears of El Nino when you are bidding on grazing land with yearly rain averaging about 1000mm.

Premium Content Subscriber only Bowen business leaders have not held back in sharing their thoughts on a newly released town masterplan, labelling it a “feel good document” that fails to address a “dire need” to develop and diversify the local economy. The Whitsunday Regional Council’s draft plan to “help shape Bowen’s potential” recently went out for community consultation, and Bowen Chamber of Commerce chairman Bruce Hedditch has been vocal about its sh...

Premium Content Subscriber only A $7m expansion of Bowen Hospital will lead to faster diagnoses, and decreased stress on both local patients and neighbouring health services. A new wing incorporating a CT scanner, and renal dialysis equipment is expected to be completed by December this year, with supporters gathering at the site on Friday to celebrate the beginning of construction. Situated at the front of the hospital site, the new purpose-built facilities will be more easily accessible than ...

Premium Content Subscriber only The communities of Bowen and Collinsville can look forward to accessing vital healthcare services such as CT scans and renal dialysis closer to home next year, as construction on a new $7m hospital wing kicks off. The new Bowen Hospital facilities are expected to benefit 800 patients a year who will no longer need to travel to other locations, such as Townsville, Mackay or Proserpine, to access the services. Dawson MP George Christensen, who will attend a sod tur...

Premium Content Subscriber only Mining giant Bravus has halted plans to revive a vacant block of council land in the heart of Bowen in a decision that has disappointed the local business community, Whitsunday Regional Council in October last year approved the sale of a 1.017ha block at 9D Dalrymple Street to Bravus, formerly Adani. The new building, designed to replace the rail company’s “temporary” office on Williams Street, would have created 50 jobs, a spokesman said ahead of the appr...