A community reference group has been established to help inform council on this signature project, and I am pleased to be a member of this group along with Deputy Mayor Councillor Karen May as Chair, Cr Belinda Hassan and other council staff. A concept master plan has been prepared to help guide staged development of the site and various building concepts for Stage 1 are being discussed with the Community Reference Group. Wider public consultation is expected to follow. This centrally located community hub will become an important venue for community interaction in the heart of the Northern Beaches. Work is also under way on a $340,000 upgrade to the Cone Street Park at Shoal Point. The upgrade will include the installation of new all-abilities pathways, a half-court facility, picnic shelter and additional shade tree plantings.
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Subscriber only Nestled among the quiet streets of a rural town about an hour s drive north of Mackay is a pilot s playground with a 1.1km bitumen airstrip. At the end next to the helicopter pad is the home belonging to Garry Poole, the passionate local behind the Bloomsbury Whitsunday Park Estate. The helipad at the Whitsunday Park Estate. Mr Poole also keeps his own fire engine on standby should emergency services wish to use it. Picture: Heidi Petith The development consists of two lots of 35 two-hectare blocks each sold with access to the estate s Lakeside Airfield. Approved plans for the Whitsunday Park Estate at 61 Whitsunday Drive, Bloomsbury. Picture: Cardno Limited.
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Subscriber only This year will probably go down in the history books as one of the most eventful in modern history. For some, it was a year they would like to forget. But for others, it was an opportunity to start afresh. No matter how much you were affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, there is no doubt that 2020 was quite the rollercoaster ride for the human race. From the fallout of coronavirus to disasters we never saw coming and the moments that made us proud to call the region home, here are the 10 events that shaped Mackay in 2020 in no particular order: