Premium Content
Subscriber only
News is a never-ending cycle and in a region as vast as ours, there is always something new and exciting happening.
Bringing that news to you has been the commitment of Whitsunday reporters since 1904 – a tradition I am committed to continuing.
We have told the stories that have shaped the region. We have survived massive technological change and witnessed the information revolution.
I live locally in the Whitsundays and while I am new to the area, I am impressed with what I have seen, the people I have spoken to, and the contacts I have made.
Premium Content
Subscriber only
Our commitment to covering the news of the day that matters to you remains as strong today as it has been for more than a century.
Across the Whitsundays, from Airlie Beach to Bowen, Collinsville to Cannonvale, asking the questions you want answers to and reporting on issues important to you remains at the heart of what we do.
As you would have no doubt seen in the past week, the Whitsunday Times website – together with the Whitsunday Coast Guardian and Bowen Independent – is undergoing a change.
And it is for you.
We know what you, as readers, value because it is you who have told us the stories you want us covering, and the news that matters to you.
Premium Content
Subscriber only
Since 1904, a committed team of journalists has always dutifully covered the highs and lows of the Whitsundays region from right here in our region.
We have told the stories of the lives that have shaped the region, from Proserpine and Airlie Beach to Bowen and Collinsville, into what it is today.
Just like you, we’ve survived massive technological change and witnessed an information revolution, and adapted with it.
How you access your newspaper changed in ways unimaginable only a few years ago. But the fundamental obligation between the newspaper and the people it lives for – its readers – has not changed.
Premium Content
Subscriber only
For more than 100 years, the Whitsundays news that matters to you has been covered with passion and pride because we’re locals and we live here.
Our journalists across the region have worked tirelessly to report on news that matters to our valued readers because we know it is important in the lives of residents from Bowen to Proserpine to Airlie Beach and beyond. The Whitsunday Coast Guardian display at Proserpine Museum. The Guardian began in 1904 but no original copies exist until 1911, except for a ‘brown paper’ issue in 1905.
In our long history, the means of delivering the news has continually evolved from black and white printed papers to a digital website with video, photo galleries and interactives.
Improvements to accommodation and facilities would continue through 1981.
Year end celebrations 17 boys and girls boarded MV Mizama with their leader Sonia Grevell for a cruise to Earlando to finish off the 1980 year. There they swam, sailed and rode horses before returning to Airlie Beach.
Chaos at Shute Proserpine Council closed the main car park area at Shute Harbour Jetty to carry out works to increase its size. Ill feelings ran high as police began booking cars. There appeared to be no one working there at the time.
Future expansion of Australian Bareboat Charters One of the partners, Tony Kelly, was overseeing growth that would lead to seven yachts of sizes between 25 and 38 feet operating from the facility.