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New phone tower offers alternative to Telstra

Premium Content Subscriber only A new phone tower will give residents a choice when choosing their telco and boost connectivity in Slade Point and beyond. The tower on Anvil St will deliver Optus best 4G mobile coverage to Slade Point and builds on the company s $2.6 million investment in the Mackay region over the past 12 months. That includes new sites in Slade Point North, Glenden, Hamilton Island Airport and Mackay s southeast. Optus Territory general manager for north and central Queensland Dave Morrissey said the new site offered competition and choice for Slade Point. Our coverage in the Mackay region continues to go from strength to strength and we are thrilled to be doing above and beyond when it comes to increase Optus network coverage footprint outside metropolitan areas, he said.

Flash sale on flights to celebrate new route for Whitsundays

Premium Content Subscriber only A new direct route into the Whitsundays has been announced with Jetstar set to offer direct Melbourne to Hamilton Island flights from the end of March. There will be four direct flights each week, serviced by an A320 aircraft, which will add about 1500 seats between the two destinations weekly. The flights will take off on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from March 29, with flights both to and from Hamilton Island available on those days. A flash sale started at noon Monday with fares from just $99 one way up for grabs to celebrate the new route. More stories:

Loo paper, karens, rona: How COVID-19 controlled our lives

Coronavirus was the overseas disease. Until it wasn t. We knew it was on cruise ships and we had locals from Mackay and Whitsundays on board in late February. But back then I was still planning on jetsetting to Italy and Spain for my friend s 50th. It ll be fine. The virus is just in the north of Italy, we assured ourselves. We re young and this virus is hitting the oldies, we told our families. On March 10, our trip was cancelled when Italy closed its borders to try to shut down the spread of COVID-19 as hospitals were overrun with patients and deaths escalated.

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