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Island Living | May 18th 2012
Tomorrow morning Townsville City Council staff will be updating Magnetic Islanders on the preliminary findings and recommendations developed from the Community workshop held in December last year.
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Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | May 15th 2012
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Planned burning on Magnetic Island
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The Magnetic Island Fire Management Committee is preparing for the up coming fire season. A series of planned burning operations will be conducted on Magnetic Island from May to October, when climatic and weather conditions are suitable.
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Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service | May 15th 2012
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A low intensity burn
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The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) will be conducting the first planned burn on Magnetic Island of the 2012 fire season this Thursday 17th May.
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Letters & Feedback | May 15th 2012
Following strong criticism of the mining industry from North Queensland Conservation Council Co-ordinator, Wendy Tubman, yesterday - as Australia's biggest mining company representatives met in Townsville (see: NQCC takes on the 'dinosaurs') - an off-the-grid reader responds.
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Environment | May 14th 2012
The bosses of the booming resources industry gathered in Townsville this morning to deliberate on ‘future visions’ for the sector, but North Queensland Conservation Council Coordinator, Wendy Tubman, points out how little these industries contribute, and calls the coal industry a 'dinosaur' with the potential to cause massive damage to the communities, land and waters of our region.
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Community Groups | May 12th 2012
An informal coffee morning will be held at Solar City on Thursday May 17th from 10am to 11.30am.
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Environment | May 10th 2012
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Gary Davies, Janette Kemp and Tony O'Malley at the vine thicket
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It used to be an overwintering or resting place for thousands of butterflies and may one day be that again if the work of a passionate landscape restorer, Tony O’Malley, has his way with a tiny block of ‘semi-evergreen vine thicket’ - an endangered type of beach scrub which, across Queensland, has been virtually wiped out with just 9% of its former domain remaining.
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Maggie Island Musos Club | May 9th 2012
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Zoo Keno's dave Sills in action
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Following an absolute cracker evening last month at the Arcadia Hotel, Maggie's Musos Club is set to return this Saturday night at 7.30pm.
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Arts News | May 8th 2012
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Dya Singh
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Magnetic Island will play host to a concert featuring world-class musicians this Saturday night following a week of music workshops with the artists which is part of the third Music on Magnetic series.
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Letters & Feedback | May 4th 2012
Magnetic Island may be home to a very big black cat. There have been two credible sightings with the most recent from Nelly Bay resident, Anne Sustrunck. Now, Townsville conservationist, Margaret Moorehouse has a tale to tell and raises some very interesting questions on what might be happening with Australia's feral cat population.
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Letter: Street blow-off
It looks like the letter from David Haller about the impacts of leaf blowers at Horseshoe Bay has hit a nerve with a number of responses [ read more ] |
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Letter: Beachfront blowers
It is my duty and obligation to object most strongly to the inappropriate use of BLOWERS in the Park and on the Road at the Horseshoe Bay beachfront every morning which is causing clouds of toxic DUST to blow through the park, children's playground , bar-b-que area restaurants, beachfront holiday units, and the residential community [ read more ] |
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ANZAC Day 2012
Following are the details for the commemoration of ANZAC Day on Magnetic Island as provided to Magnetic Times by the MI RSL [ read more ] |
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Support for plastic bag ban applauded
Following our report that mayoral candidate, Dale Last, is "happy to support" a single use plastic shopping bag ban across Townsville we received the following letter from marine turtle expert, JCU's Dr Mark Hamann [ read more ] |
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