48 hours in Mackay? Here are some tips for your next weekend! 1. Snorkelling and island adventures with Wildcat Mackay 🏝 2. Swimming at Finch Hatton Gorge 💦 3. Walk through the Eungella Tree Arch 🌳 4. Platypus spotting at Broken River 👀 5. Fine Bush Dining at The Flackyard 🍽 6. Stay overnight at the Eungella Mountain Edge Escape ⛰ 7. Walk along Blacks Beach 🌊 8. See the Slade Point Water Tower Art 🐋 9. Sunrise with the kangaroos at Cape Hillsborough 🦘 📸: @_markfitz #visitmackay #ourisaa

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1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣Here's the top three things to come out of today's ordinary meeting of council. Watch the below video or read on. 1. Council will “test the waters” to see if there is any community appetite to have a closer look at creating councillor divisions in the future. 2. Today’s meeting supported concessions under the Facilitating Development in the Mackay Region Policy for St Vincent de Paul. One was for multiple dwellings as part of a development in Juliet Street. The other was retrospective a

#fromthechambers Following a special meeting of council today (Monday, August 11), Mackay Regional Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Gerard Carlyon as its new Chief Executive Officer. The appointment is effective from the end of September. Mr Carlyon previously held the roles of Director of Community Services and Director of Planning at Mackay Regional Council between 2009 and 2018. | Mackay Regional Council