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Mackay Roadshow by Audi Centre Townsville
When: 9.30am to 5pm, Wednesday, May 19 to Saturday, May 22 as well as 9.30am to 1pm on Sunday, May 23
Beach clean-up collected 10 bags of rubbish and wooden door Chloe Moore found a glass jar, warped by the elements, with a small shell inside when OzFish volunteers collected almost 10 bags of rubbish along Illawong Beach to Far Beach in Mackay. Picture: OzFish
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An army of recreational anglers and 15 community volunteers worked together to clean up almost 10 bags of rubbish along Illawong Beach to Far Beach.
The OzFish volunteers, who got dirty for their annual Clean Up Australia Day event, removed a range of litter from the local waterways including countless plastic bottles from the dunes and a wooden door.
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A volunteer brigade has rescued a 100kg turtle found âlifelessâ and without a flipper on a Mackay beach.
Mackay District Turtle Watch Association member Ali Yates said she was checking nests at Illawong Beach on January 31 when a local alerted her to a 110cm-long animal in distress on the other end. The 100kg turtle rescued from Illawong Beach on January 31. Picture: Ali Yates / Steve Fisher
âWhen I got to (her), her face was in the sand and she was quite lifeless,â Ms Yates said.
âSo I got the sand away from her face to unblock her nostrils and poured some water over her head to wash it all away.
Hero braves crocodile-infested waters to save drowning dogs stranded at sea
Merv Williamson ran in to save the dogs in North Queensland, Australia - despite the risk from crocodiles - when it submerged three times after getting stuck on a sandbar
Merv Williamson from Mackay, Queensland, ignored the risk from saltwater crocodiles to swim 100m out to sea and save a stranded Staffie on Thursday this week (Image: Amy Helenius)
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