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Premium Content Subscriber only Pushing through the setbacks of four flat tyres and a busted chain with a little help from ibuprofen and cramp relief medicine, he made it. Rob Bounds crossed the finish line at Corry Cycles on Saturday night after clocking 500km on a ride honouring his cousin Emma Bounds who took her own life on New Year’s Eve. Rob Bounds and the crew just metres from the finishing line on Milton St, Mackay after riding 500km. Picture: Heidi Petith “It’s great, (I’m) overwhelmed … Mackay’s been amazing,” Mr Bounds said as he briefly rested with a cold beer in...

Premium Content Subscriber only They may walk through the door for a haircut but Heath Paton: Hair For Men is about shaving back the layers. The owner and A Real Mates Talk advocate Heath Paton said many men would talk about what was on their mind. "We hear first-hand about life's challenges, which we're all faced with every day," Mr Paton said. "Their struggles can unravel as soon as they step in the door and take a seat in the chair." Three-quarters of people who die by suicide in the Whitsunday, Isaac and Mackay region were men who did not reach out to their family, friends or a suppo...