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Crew rescues 11m sailboat from sinking off Newry Island

A cracked exhaust abruptly put an end to the skipper’s Mackay stop after sailing down from Airlie Beach

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28th Dec. 2020 3:12 PM

A Volunteer Marine Rescue Mackay crew are towing an 11m vessel back to the Mackay Marina from Newry Island after it began taking on water on Monday, December 28, 2020. Picture: VMR Mackay.

Flashback: A deserted Mackay Whitsunday island resort

A short trip offshore, it was once home to a pub, a famous silent movie actor and thriving dugong population

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17th Nov. 2020 5:11 AM

The camping grounds at Newry Island within Cape Hillsborough National Park. Picture: Heidi Petith

Historical island targeted by thieving vandals

Members of the community have expressed their outrage after Newry Island was trashed and robbed

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11th June 2020 5:06 AM

Flashback: Farming dugongs for oil, meat and hide

On an island near Mackay, hunting dugongs was once lucrative business nearing them towards extinction

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05th May 2020 5:05 AM

Children seated on a dugong in Broome, Western Australia, ca. 1926. Picture: National Library of Australia.

Seaforth property a ‘paradisum’

Mark Easterbrook shares his stunning views from his new home at Seaforth.

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04th March 2020 2:03 PM

PARADISE: The driveway to the home is through a forest-like canopy.

Fish habitats to improve through DPI project funding

Three projects to improve conditions for fishing have been funded on the Coffs Coast by the NSW Department of Primary...

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05th March 2018 4:03 PM

RIVERBANK REPAIRS: Work in the Kalang River at Urunga will clear up an erosion site.

Enjoy life on island time

The Real Estate Property Guide is online now with this Urunga home on the cover

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02nd March 2018 6:03 AM

Tour sharing history and beauty of Seaforth islands

Local resident shares his passion and knowledge of wildlife, the environment and history of islands off the Seaforth...

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21st Aug. 2017 12:08 PM

Arthur Lovern with the barge he takes clients across to the islands off Seaforth.

Newry Island's erosion control measures ready to roll

WORK to stabilise 500 metres of eroding river bank and rehabilitate a priority erosion site on the Kalang River is set to...

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29th July 2017 3:07 PM

Brad Pemberton, land owner and Peter Corlis, Soil Conservation Services, plan construction for river bank stabilisation at Newry Island.

Funds available to finish the job at Newry Island

THE NSW Government is set to provide $600,000 to the Bellingen Shire Council so the upgrade of Newry Island Bridge at...

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25th Nov. 2014 11:11 AM

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