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Subscriber only Whitsunday residents breathed a collective sigh of relief as the clock struck 12 last night, bidding good riddance to 2020. But last year wasn t all hand sanitiser and social distancing. Here are some of the biggest stories that made headlines in 2020.
Curious find at Bowen crime scene After numerous police specialists spent hours investigating reports of a body found wrapped in a blanket near Bowen, the investigation ended with an odd find. Specialists from the district and local Bowen Police officers attended the scene on a walking track off the Bruce Highway near Bowen on May 19. They began a land search after a member of the public phoned police believing they had discovered a dead body.
Premium Content Forget Christmas in July - this Christmas we re rewinding back to July. And what a month it was, from businesses still experiencing pandemic woes, Whitsundays being earmarked for military bases and space stations and fresh Keswick Island disputes. Here s the top headlines in Mackay in July 2020. Mackay War Memorial Pool Community Action Group committee members (from left): Jane Conlon, Carol Single, Sue Willett and Graham Townsend with VC recipient Keith Payne (centre) at the front of the Memorial Swimming Centre which has just received state heritage listing. Picture: Heidi Petith MACKAY S oldest pool has been given a lifeline after being declared an official State Heritage listing.