Premium Content Subscriber only Bookmark this article, save it and send it to your friends and family for it will become your go-to guide for what’s on for the rest of the year. There are more than 200 events on the list, all in date order with still more to come. If you know an event that should be on the list, email heidi.petith@news.com.au This list will be updated as more events are announced so make sure to keep check on what’s happening, right here. MAY Mackay Roadshow by Audi Centre Townsville When: 9.30am to 5pm, Wednesday, May 19 to Saturday, May 22 as well as 9.30am to 1pm on Sunday, May 23
Neil Fisher Premium Content Across Central Queensland we have some fantastic garden walks. I had to make a quick trip to Mackay this week for a meeting. After completing the meeting I decided to visit the Mackay Botanic Gardens and walk the gardens walking circuit. What caught my eye on the walk was the number of Bottlebrushes in full bloom. I am often asked whether Bottlebrushes or Callistemons came in colours other than red. Walking the Mackay Botanic Gardens walking circuit easily answers that question. The answer is - yes, Callistemons do come in different colours. Did you know that the name Callistemon means ‘beautiful thread’ referring to the flowers and that there 34 species of Callistemon currently recognised and all but four are native to Australia.
An eight-year-old girl has been flashed by a stranger inside a public toilet block in central Queensland. The bearded man approached the girl inside the toilets at the Mackay Botanic Gardens on the afternoon of January 28. It s believed the man followed the child into the women s toilet, exposing himself once inside. The terrified child screamed and her parents raced into the bathroom as the man fled the scene. A flasher has exposed himself to an eight-year-old girl in a toilet at the Mackay Botanic Gardens (pictured) in Queensland A similar incident involving a flasher was reported to police earlier in the day, according to 7 News.
Premium Content Subscriber only Police have been searching for a scruffy-looking bearded man after reports he followed an eight-year-old girl into a toilet block and exposed himself at a popular Mackay park. A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said they received two calls on Thursday afternoon about the suspicious behaviour at Mackay Botanic Gardens. The man, described as being about 165cm tall and in his mid 40s to 50s with medium to long grey hair, also reportedly approached a mother and her daughter along a footpath. More stories: