The April MIRRA meeting will be held this Saturday 11th at 10am in the RSL Hall Hayles Ave. Arcadia. All welcome. Gold coin entry.

Pictured above: The Picnic Bay Hotel and Mall.   Picnic Bay Esplanade is set to return to its former glory with construction due to commence on a long-vacant Magnetic Island site.   The news comes as councillors voted unanimously in today’s Ordinary Council meeting to approve a Development Permit for Material Change of Use for a hotel, short-term accommodation and shop at 1- 5 The Esplanade Picnic Bay.   Pictured above: Cr Ann Maree Greaney and Mayor Nick Dametto outside the

Pictured above: Member for Townsville Adam Baillie MP and Mayor Nick Dametto with BMD's trevor Roy and Anthony Burke   A major milestone in the reconstruction of the Sooning Street bridge is soon to be ticked off with the foundation piling works almost completed.   The installation of the twelve 28‑metre concrete piles - driven deep into the Gustav Creek bed, forms the structural backbone of the new bridge and signals the transition to the next major phase of construction.  

Queensland Police have released vision from Coen during Tropical Cyclone Narelle. There have been no reports of significant infrastructure damage, injury or rescues from the community.

Magnetic Island residents and visitors will have two new places to trade their containers for 10 cents when Containers for Change opens its Picnic Bay and Horseshoe Bay facilities this year.     Townsville City Council today approved two one-year leases with two one-year options to renew for the not-for-profit group at Magnetic Island Transfer Station and at Horseshoe Bay Skate Park.    The leases will allow for Containers for Change refund points to be operated by local busi

LifeFlight has flown missions from Townsville since 2009, providing a vital link in Queensland’s health service network, connecting regional Queenslanders to essential health care. And now, thanks to funding from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund, they will be able to expand their range of services for Regional Queenslanders even further. LifeFlight Air Ambulance Clinical Lead Dr Matthew O’Gorman said the $100,000 grant from the State Government’s Gambling Community Benefit

Pictured above: Member for Townsville Mr. Adam Baillie addressing the MIRRA meeting. Member For Townsville Mr. Adam Baillie attended the Magnetic Island Resident & Ratepayers Assoc. meeting on Saturday 7th March, with 45 people in attendance. He confirmed, meetings had been held with the Dept of Lands, Department of Environment, Department of Transport and Roads , Department of Emergency Services regarding the restoration and reopening of the Radical Bay Road. Mr. Baillie s

The outstanding efforts of women in policing and emergency services were recognised at the Queensland Police Service (QPS) International Women’s Day (IWD) event at Victoria Park today. Awards were presented to 36 remarkable women representing QPS, State Emergency Service (SES), and Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ) across 19 categories. Celebrated annually on 8 March, this year’s IWD theme ‘Balance the Scales’ highlights the importance of creating fairness, equality, and opportu

The Crisafulli Government have introduced a dozen new Adult Crime, Adult Time offences to Parliament this week, expanding the Adult Crime, Adult Time laws to 45 youth crime offences. Since the passing of the Making Queensland Safer Laws, more than 4,000 youth offenders have been charged with over 19,000 Adult Crime, Adult Time offences and the number of crime victims has fallen 7.2% in 2025, compared to the previous year. The Bill adds a dozen new offences to Adult Crime, Adu

Pictured above: Racing away last year. Photo Revolution Productions A record eight minutes was all it took for SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) to sell-out in 2026 and officials at Townsville Yacht Club (TYC) were overjoyed that their event remains such a popular fixture on the sailing calendar, with racing to take place from 27 August to 2 September.   “Three minutes into opening entries yesterday, we were three quarters sold out - and in eight minutes it was all ov

And open the road for vehicle access for the general public. Here are some photos from March 2019 of the Radical Bay Road. The road has been damaged further in the past 7 years, there has been little if no maintenance carried out during that time. The road was closed in 2021. Both Scott Stewart and then Mayor Jenny Hill faced severe back lash from residents with the decision and were not transparent with the local community. " According to a Lands Department spokesperson,

The March MIRRA meeting will be held this Saturday 7th March at 10am in the RSL Hall Hayles Ave Arcadia. In attendance will be the Member for Townsville Adam Baillie MP Gold coin entry. All welcome

Pictured above: 1974 colour image RE: RADICAL BAY ROAD.   Hello All ,   I find myself confused over totally un-necessary, fearmongering, inaccurate assertions and presumptions about accesses, driveways, paths and roads etc, I want to speak in plain language about roads.   I have attached two aerial photos and will describe the purpose below.   In the 1961 black and white photo you can see the forts turn-off, the Forts road, AND, the road into Arthur Bay…… in 1961!!!!…… when w

Pictured above: King tide Picnic Bay Jetty 20th February 2015: Photo Debbie Denison Townsville City Council is encouraging residents in low-lying areas to take precautions ahead of king tides expected from Sunday.   The king tide is forecast to reach 3.99m at 7.58am on Sunday, peaking at 4.01m at 8.30am on Monday with further king tides through to Wednesday morning.   Council recommends residents in areas that are prone to minor flooding during king tides take necessary preca

" Do you support restoring vehicle access to Radical Bay? ” "Vehicle access" to Radical Bay can mean two different things. For those that like the convenience and passive indulgence of driving their own car, or a hire car to a recognised, historically popular tourism site, this proposal seems like a no-brainer. Why wouldn't you support the notion, especially if the state government is going to pay for it? But in the particular case of Radical Bay and the current private track

Pictured above: Sod turning Cr Ann-maree Greaney, Mayor Nick Dametto, Brigade Secretary Julie Carmody and First Officer Ian Priestly   The sod has officially been turned on the new boundary of the Horseshoe Bay Rural Fire Brigade after Townsville City Council extended their lease on the valued community service, by a further 250m2.   Mayor Nick Dametto said Council signed off on an expansion of the service’s land allotment in November 2025, signalling a bright future for the

Pictured above: Townsville Mayor Nick Dametto outside the Ross River Dam spillway.   The barramundi stocks of the Ross River Dam will soon get a boost, with Townsville City Council securing the State approvals needed to electrofish the spillway and restore stocks upstream.     The approved electrofishing operation, slated to start in March, will see the far-flung fish trapped downstream of the dam wall safely stunned, collected and transported back to the dam.   Townsville Ma