I HAVE followed the homeless issue in our towns for many years. I notice how the language has changed. Where once we referred to the homeless now we are more likely to hear about rough sleepers, vagrants, and beggars. Language, of course, makes a huge difference to how we feel about people and how we treat them. Homeless we think of as needing help. But then referred to as beggars we think of some sort of outcast. I think it is pretty terrible. I note in national press reports that 700,000 renters have been hit by eviction notices during the pandemic. That is astonishing when in the first stages of the pandemic at least there were supposed to be no evictions.
Magnetic Island Race Week beer can regatta. Photo Andrea Francolini.
Sunset at Magnetic Island last evening - Andrea Francolini
Fleets going to windward at Magnetic Island last year - credit Andrea Francolini.
A trio get up close and serious - Andrea Francolini, SMIRW 2017.
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Popular SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week a sell-out 15 March 2021
No sooner were entries open than entries flooded in for Australia’s favourite regatta, SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), and days later, all 80 berths were filled for the Townsville Yacht Club hosted event to be held from 2-8 September, 2021.
“We knew people were itching to go sailing and travel again, but we were nevertheless amazed when numbers reached 35 on the day entries opened. Ten days later there were 70 and that quickly escalated to 80,” Event Chairman, Mike Steel said.
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ATF is one of the most significant annual tourism promotional events in Asia, and is hosted on a rotational basis among the ASEAN member countries. The fair is made up of numerous high-level events, including a meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers, a meeting of the ASEAN NTOs, as well as airline meetings, press briefings, a tourism conference, and the popular Travel Exchange (TRAVEX) trade fair.
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