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Subscriber only Housing stock across Mackay Isaac Whitsundays has decreased 33.8 per cent in the past decade when compared to the previous decade. Data from the Queensland government s statistician s office, which the LNP is using to argue the state is in a housing affordability crisis, shows the Whitsundays is down 59.1 per cent from 4354 housing lot registrations between 2001 and 2010 to 1782 in 2011 and 2020. Mackay has dropped 20.4 per cent from 7803 housing lot registrations to 6214 over the same period while Isaac has dipped 29.2 per cent from 1135 to 804. The city s rental vacancy rate remains ultra-low at less than 1 per cent and local service providers say the lack of social housing in the region has hit a crisis point.
Marketing director Mark Mahoney said there were also plans for a golf course by the lakes and a resort next to the beach. Pappy s Beach sales and marketing director Mark Mahoney standing on top of the hill where residential lots with ocean and island views will be built at the master planned Shoal Point estate. Inset is an artist s impression of a resort that may be built down the track. Picture: Heidi Petith, Contributed
To find out more about Pappy‘s Beach, phone Mark Mahoney on 0481 895 637 or email mark8@live.com.au
You can also pop down to Mount Pleasant Centre where Mr Mahoney has set up an information desk.
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Red Dog Brewery was born out of a desire to turn a hobby into a commercial venture and to fill what Mr Woods said was a void in the local dining market.
“I wanted a craft brewery in town and no-one had bothered to do it so I thought I’d better do it myself; I thought it was long overdue,” he said.
“So I hooked in and got it through.”
Mr Woods, a Mackay local “born and bred”, said a signature brew would be an amber ale in a nod to the beer’s branding that taps into the theme of hardworking and Aussie.
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Subscriber only A $23.4 million aged care facility that will generate 70 jobs during construction and employ up to 90 local staff once operational is expected to get the green light. The Mackay Regional Council is expected to approve concessions for the RSL Care Bolton Clarke development in Beaconsfield, filling a gap in the needs of aged care in the city. Developer and operator Bolton Clarke, formerly RSL Care, has the existing Mackay Breezes Senior Living Community on Beaconsfield Rd which consists of 88 Independent Living Units. The company holds development approval for a further 107 ILUs, and the council on Wednesday will decide on concessions for 72 single ensuited rooms in four houses.