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A celebration of fresh fruit and vegetables was held on Wednesday with the fifth birthday of the Greater Whitsunday Farmers Market.
The market’s stall numbers and customers grew through 2020, despite Covid-19 impacting many small businesses around Australia.
The farmers market was deemed an essential service as a supplier of fresh and locally-sourced produce, and it has resulted in major growth to the businesses.
Greater Whitsunday Farmers Market president Deb McLucas said the marketplace had grown since its inception, but the community’s desire to support local business was a major reason for growth through 2020.
“We actually had a positive impact from Covid, it gave us a huge boost from local support as they looked to shop local and find fresh produce during a time where people are thinking more about their health,” she said.
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Then, in 1916, they leased Brampton Island to breed horses for the Indian Army.
By 1926 St Bees was accepting local and southern visitors.
In 1931 a weekend on St Bees cost 20/- ($2).
Before World War II, the Whitsunday islands and the Great Barrier Reef were viewed as remote by the general public and consequently accommodation and facilities for tourists was very sparse.
Attention was focused on the region in 1936 with the film ‘White Death’ starring the famous American novelist Zane Grey playing himself.
His son Arthur and wife Jess were the founders of Brampton Island Resort.
In 1930, Jess Cummings met her future husband Arthur Busuttin. She and two friends decided to holiday on ‘Lovely Lindeman’ and travelled to Mackay.
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The man who brought Guzman y Gomez to Aussie shores will choose between two sites in Mackay for the next restaurant â either northside or in the city.
But wherever he chooses, it has to meet what he terms âvery needyâ requirements.
The enigmatic former New Yorker whose Mexican fast food franchise is taking regional Queensland by storm is adamant the location must deliver the best.
In Mackay, he has plans for a double drive-through GYG restaurant with inside seating for 60 people.
Mr Marks believes his team of real estate agents who scope out prime sites for his outlets has narrowed the options down to just two.
“I think she did it over a number of years, she’d keep finding different photos,” he said.
Mr Wright said what he liked most about his time there was the freedom the sleepy town offered and despite needing to live in Mackay, he could not quite let go of Bucasia.
“I live in town, but I have a little unit in here now,” he said. Ian Wright brought along his sister Trish s photo album of more than a century of Bucasia memories to the My Town Bucasia meeting. Picture: Lillian Watkins
“For the amount of people that are in this area, its not actually that crowded.