Vmr Mackay News Today

Premium Content Subscriber only A bright flash of light through the skies off Mackay initially thought to be an emergency flare and which triggered a marine search was likely meteor shower activity. VMR Mackay was activated about 9pm Thursday after police received a report from the public of a “bright flash of light”. The report was backed up by a professional mariner nearby, and police asked VMR Mackay to investigate. “While the VMR crew was assembling, ongoing investigations by multiple...

Premium Content Subscriber only A team of marine rescue volunteers and two nbn Disaster Satellite Service units have been added to Mackays emergency toolkit. Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson said the council had worked with NBN Co to install the satellite technology at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre and at Sarina. "After the Tropical Cyclone Debbie, one of the biggest issues that we had in our valley, was communication," Cr Williamson said. "The (nbn) service provides a back-up ...

Premium Content Subscriber only The aqua-green Rodeo has been a trusty sidekick for two decades but now the time has come for a new player to join Mackay’s marine rescue missions. CQ Field Mining Services has gifted a fully-equipped Toyota HiLux to the Volunteer Marine Rescue Mackay team, complete with a custom wrap. Volunteer Marine Rescue Mackay vice president Heath Kennedy unveiling the groups new HiLux with Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson on Thursday. Picture: Daryl Howland. Chief financ...

Premium Content Subscriber only Volunteer Marine Rescue Mackay members spent almost more time on the water than on land across the weekend with four rescues in less than 30 hours. Two crews were doing winch training with their RACQ CQ Rescue peers on Saturday when they were called to separate incidents. “As if on cue, a call (came) in for Mastermyne Rescue 5 to assist a 5m powerboat that had broken down near Keswick Island,” public relations and marketing volunteer Daryl Howland posted to...

Russell McLennan has spent the past 44 years volunteering his time for something he loves with men and women he respects and admires. So it doesn’t feel like a job and when he accepted the Lori Burgess Community Volunteer award, it was on behalf of the team. It’s a credit to him personally, though, that the longstanding VMR Mackay volunteer was called to the MECC stage on Monday night at the Mackay 2021 Australia Day awards. “I’m not in it for the awards, I’m in it beca...