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Now, more than 60 years later, he is using the newly upgraded strip to take a Tiger Moth for a leisurely fly as the revamped space is unveiled for the community to see. “It’s a real privilege for us to fly,” Mr Clews said. He is heavily involved with Mackay’s Tiger Moth Museum. “When they said they were opening the strip up and asked ‘can you bring a Tiger Moth’ I said, ‘we’ll bring two’,” he laughed. Pilot Max Clews (left) with passenger Dr Bill Hasker (also a pilot) about to take off in a DH82a Tiger Moth at the Finch Hatton airstrip

Premium Content Subscriber only It is nearly time to dust off the frocks and suits with one last chance to secure tickets to one of the biggest events on Mackay’s social calendar. The 2021 Mackay Mayor’s Charity Ball — postponed last year because of COVID — will be a Moulin Rouge-themed night of fun raising money for HeartKids and Mackay’s Domestic Violence Resource Scheme. Initial tickets sold out quickly but Mayor Greg Williamson said the council had now released additional limited seats. “We’ve sold about 360 tickets — five tables more than 2019 �...

Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson has made serious claims about the contents of a government commissioned review into the State Emergency Service, which has now been sitting on the shelf for nine months. Emergency Services Minister Mark Ryan has again refused to say when the report on the review would be made public, a month after the Regional Queensland Council of Mayors Incorporated called on the state government to urgently release it. Cr Williamson said Mr Ryan's refusal to say when the report would be released "suggests there are things in the report that the government does not want to be...

Premium Content Subscriber only Born out of necessity, RACQ CQ Rescue Mackay has celebrated its silver jubilee by reflecting on the triumphs, the tragedies and everything in-between. The community-based organisation has performed more than 10,000 rescue missions in its 25-year history, a service now iconic to the region and hard to imagine being without. Director Dr Bert Sadlier said the operation started in 1996 after a groundswell of community support. “Going back to the early 80s and 90s, it was recognised there was a need for an emergency retrieval service in this area,” Dr Sadlier...

Premium Content Subscriber only Habana residents are concerned it will take a cyclist’s death to prompt what they say are necessary changes to roads along a popular training route. The 31.8km ‘Habana Loop’ covers a section of the Bruce Highway at North Mackay as well as Mackay-Habana Road, Farleigh-Habana Road, Sugarshed Road and Heaths Road. Habana resident Wendy Lindsay said she got a “fright” after a close call with a cyclist, only stopping her vehicle in the nick of time when she saw the rider’s small single light in the corner of her eye. Habana and Distr...