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Premium Content Subscriber only Proserpine swimmers will have to find somewhere else to practice as the council locks the gates to the town’s pool for several months. Proserpine Swimming Pool will close to the public from June 15 to mid August to allow for the safe demolition of a kiosk building containing asbestos. The demolition and reconstruction of the kiosk is expected to take four months, but a council spokesman said public access would “be possible during the final two months o...

Premium Content Subscriber only Almost $84,000 has been allocated to help protect turtles and their clutches and hatchlings from predators. Mackay MP Julieanne Gilbert said five community groups would share in $711,253 in funding under round five of the Palaszczuk governments Nest to Ocean program. Whitsunday Regional Council has been allocated $83,820 for the turtle program. "They will develop environmental management programs to control predators such as pigs and foxes to ensure more mari...

Businesses flourish as Heritage Trail expands Goshen. Orange County Parks and Tourism team up to promote this popular trail. | 05 May 2021 | 03:52 The Heritage Trail is a 18.4-mile linear trail along the former main line of the Erie Railroad that runs from Harriman to Middletown. About half a million people use the trail each year, and that number is expected to grow as Orange County expands the route. Photo provided by Orange County. Warmer weather beckons us to explore the great outdoo...

People are remembering their last normal days before lockdown changed everything Clara Hill Replay Video UP NEXT People online are reminiscing about the before the coronavirus restrictions to mark the anniversary of the first lockdown. It was prompted by a BBC Breakfast post on Twitter asking if people could recall their last days before everything changed and social distancing became the law. The World Health Organisation declared a pandemic on 13 March 2020, and the UK lockd...

“No external alterations are proposed to the building or its curtilage and as such it is considered that the application proposal will have no material impact on surrounding heritage assets,” their agents told the council.  But here is what the public has said about the proposals: the comments are taken directly from the council’s planning portal.  Five Bells, Upwell - Credit: Five Bells, Upwell  Mr John Mytton (Objects)  Comment submitted date: Sat 13 Mar 2021  Every time I have bee...

“No external alterations are proposed to the building or its curtilage and as such it is considered that the application proposal will have no material impact on surrounding heritage assets,” their agents told the council.  But here is what the public has said about the proposals: the comments are taken directly from the council’s planning portal.  Five Bells, Upwell - Credit: Five Bells, Upwell  Mr John Mytton (Objects)  Comment submitted date: Sat 13 Mar 2021  Every time I have bee...

Ms Wright said it was significant many school leavers would now be 18 years old so they could venture to pubs, clubs and do other activities. "Whilst the safety program as we know it will dissolve theres still plenty of activities for school leavers to come to the area and participate in," she said. "Council will continue to provide some financial support towards the safety messaging program for the next few years. "Council are not preventing another agency or organisation from leaving a sc...

Getty Images Julie Wright is almost never alone. The Los Angeles social worker, 53, is married and has a son and a stepson as well as coworkers and friends she feels close to. Yet she says she feels lonely at some point every day. “I’m always doing something to take care of the house or the kids or whatever, and then if I have a few minutes, I think, It would be really nice to sit down with a friend and have coffee,” she says. “But there are all these barriers. I think, Well, who wo...

Premium Content Subscriber only A “huge” parking issue in Airlie Beach has prompted a Whitsunday councillor to urge council staff to take action and prevent a life being lost. Division 1 councillor Jan Clifford asked for an update on the installation of no-standing signs and yellow line markings on Broadwater Ave at the most recent council meeting. Cr Clifford labelled the current situation “dangerous” as cars parked on the road were overcrowding the narrow stretch. She w...

A family trip to Whitehaven quickly turned sour courtesy of two parking fines, sparking outrage from a group of travellers who said they were “ripped off” while trying to boost the Whitsunday tourism industry. Coby Van Den Elst travelled to Bowen from Townsville to be with her son and daughter-in-law for Christmas. Other family members joined him from the Gold Coast and Turkey Beach. As part of their Whitsunday escape, they booked a tour to Whitehaven Beach. “We thought it wou...