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Magnetic Island Film Society | Feb 3rd 2010
"For those of us willing to be challenged and excited, BLESSED is another really fine Australian film in this anna mirabilis. ... it’s a searingly honest portrait of that most primal relationship – mothers and children," was part of ABC's At the Movies reviewer David Stratton's take on the movie that the Magnetic Island Film Society will be screening this Saturday night at 8pm at the All Seasons Resort in Mandalay Ave, Nelly Bay
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Island News | Feb 2nd 2010
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Damage at the Horseshoe Bay boat ramp
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$250,000 will be spent at Horseshoe Bay according to Townsville Mayor Les Tyrell at a press conference yesterday, following the damage wrought by wild weather from ex-tropical cyclone Olga combined with king tides over the weekend.
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Island Businesses | Feb 2nd 2010
Wednesday 24 February, from 5.30pm to 10pm at Peppers Blue On Blue, Tourism Operators & Businesses Magnetic Island (TOBMI), will host around 80 Visitor Information Centre staff from around Queensland who will be visiting Magnetic Island this month to see what the island has to offer tourists.
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Island News | Feb 1st 2010
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It looked like a Tsunami at Horseshoe yesterday
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It is hard not to compare the sensational shots taken during and after Horseshoe Bay's wild king tide yesterday to images of a tsunami. And out in the thick of it Magnetic Times readers were taking some very memorable images to share with us all.
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Island News | Jan 31st 2010
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The Bowden Hamilton family jumping at the jetty
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While Islanders were enjoying all the thrills of yesterday morning's king tide combined with 428mm of rain (since he 24th when this monsoon started), there was a serious side that few could ignore. Magnetic Island's beaches, particularly Nelly Bay beach was again seriously undermined and eroded by the ever advancing shoreline.
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Island News | Jan 31st 2010
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Taking in the tide at Horseshoe Bay
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This morning, a 4.07m king tide slammed into Horseshoe Bay beach with the assistance of a strong northerly wind following the wake of the monsoon trough associated with ex-tropical cyclone Olga. Magnetic Times was unable to cover the event due to flooded creeks isolating our residence and office at Bolger Bay but Horseshoe Bay local, Ms Pat Trewin, came to our help with some great Horseshoe high tide action shots.
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Island News | Jan 25th 2010
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A high tide and storm last January
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This week sees the first and highest king tides for 2010 and with recent lows and cyclonic weather around we should hope no cyclone decides to visit us on Friday or even worse, Saturday morning.
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Island News | Jan 24th 2010
At 10.55am this morning the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued a warning that damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall from ex-tropical cyclone Neville are forecast in the Townsville area tonight.
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Island News | Jan 24th 2010
Sunferries have advised Magnetic Times that tonight's services have been cancelled and Fantasea Cruising Magnetic have advised that their 6.05pm service from Townsville has also been cancelled due to deteriorating weather conditions.
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Island News | Jan 24th 2010
Fantasea Cruising Magnetic have now confirmed that their remaining services for today have been cancelled.
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TCC catching up to Magnetic with solar technologies
It looks like Townsville City Council is catching up fast with Magnetic Island's solar status with the installation of the biggest array of Australian-made, cutting-edge, ‘Sliver’ photovoltaic (PV) panels in the nation, and they are doing it on the Council's Administration building roof [ read more ] |
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Let's help Haiti - tomorrow night
Magnetic Island has an opportunity to help raise funds for the disaster-stricken people of Haiti with a special trivia night tomorrow at Base Backpackers in support of the Red Cross Appeal [ read more ] |
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Islanders form honour guard for tiny turtles
At dusk on Sunday afternoon at Nelly Bay beach about seventy Magnetic Islanders formed an impromptu guard of honour to witness the release of 28 newly-hatched flatback sea turtles as they flip-flapped their way down to the awaiting ocean [ read more ] |
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Juniper respond to Radical questions
The prospect of Magnetic Island's second gated residential development, this one at Radical Bay, took another step forward in the days before Christmas, when developer, Juniper Property Holdings, submitted a revised plan and its response to questions about the proposed subdivision that were raised in December 2008 by Townsville City Council and state government departments [ read more ] |
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Townsville Arts Awards: nominations open
If you can think of a someone who made an outstanding contribution to the arts in 2009 then you might wish to see that he or she are recognised for their efforts by nominating them for one of the 2010 Townsville City Council Arts Awards [ read more ] |
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Picnic Bay restaurant destroyed by fire.
Last night a fire completely gutted the Antonio Moran Family Restaurant in Picnic Bay and this morning Police and Queensland Fire Rescue Service investigators were sifting through the remains of the blaze in which, fortunately, nobody was injured [ read more ] |
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"The Informant": first for 2010
"The Informant! – based on the true story of an American corporate whistle-blower with a fab talent for fabulation – is a very entertaining and densely layered comedy for grown-ups with attention spans," was SBS reviewer Lisa Nesselson's take on the first movie to be screened by the Magnetic Island Film Society for 2010, on Saturday night January 9 at the All Seasons resort on Mandalay Ave in Nelly Bay [ read more ] |
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"The Informant" correction
In our last article we advised that the first Magnetic Island Film Society movie to be screened in 2010, "The Informant" would be this Saturday night at the All Seasons resort [ read more ] |
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