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Premium Content Subscriber only With community groups and clubs taking leave over the holiday period, please phone the organisers to check the events are still going ahead.   LET US KNOW The Community Diary offers free entries to not-for-profit groups, organisations, clubs and schools in the wider Mackay region. Email details of your event, under the subject 'Community Diary' to heidi.petith@news.com.au   WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 - PAINTING GROUP, 9am-3pm and 5-9pm, costs $5 for members, $10 for non-members, includes use of easels, Mackay Art Society, Snow Wright Crt, Beaconsfield. ...

Janessa Ekert Journalist I didn’t always want to be a journalist. In fact, when I was younger my dream was to be an archaeologist – who wouldn’t want to be like Indiana Jones? However, now that I am a journalist, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else with my life. I love listening to people’s stories and sharing them with others. I’m a Queenslander through and though. Mackay is the furthest south I have ever lived. I’m an only child and I was raised in Airlie Beach. My parents are former boaties; we lived on a 42 foot...

Premium Content Subscriber only A mother lies sleeping in her bed completely unaware her former partner has crept into her home and is standing in the shadows by her bedside table watching. He hasn't been allowed inside the Blacks Beach house since late 2019 - but he kept a key, which he used to let himself in on September 13 this year in the early hours. His intent - to "terrorise" the mother of his child. When Kurt Kristof Dietze slipped into the home about 1am, everyone in the house was asleep - that included the victim, her mother and three young children.

Premium Content LET US KNOW THE Community Diary offers free entries to not-for-profit groups, organisations, clubs and schools in the wider Mackay region. Email details of your event, under the subject ‘Community Diary’ to heidi.petith@news.com.au WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 — CHRISTMAS lights bike ride hosted by Corry Cycles and Tri-Activ8: add tinsel, baubles, stars and lights. Mandatory bike (and rider) dress-up as well as stops for ice-cream, prizes for best dressed. Average pace will be 23km/h. Free event, starts 6.30pm. Meet at Corry Cycles, Corner of Gordon and Milton St, Mackay. —...

Premium Content Subscriber only BUYERS are looking to Mackay for a home and a future with the region's property market defying COVID-19 expectations. The December Real Estate Institute of Queensland market report found Mackay house prices rose by 6 per cent over 12 months, making the region one of the best performers in Queensland. "The Mackay region has been waiting longer than it should have for improving market conditions, but it appears they have well and truly arrived," REIQ said. REIQ said buyers were snapping up the increasing number of homes going to market, with the number of house...