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A waterfall near Cockle Bay
A waterfall near Cockle Bay
Island Living | Feb 10th 2010
Steamy season Valentines' options
This Sunday is Valentines Day and while February is a quiet month on Magnetic, with many businesses and eateries in particular taking a hard-earned break, there are things you can do that mark and make the day with your favourite significant/other/lover. Some cost money and others are just there for the taking. Here's are few steamy season options:
Island Living | Dec 30th 2009
What's On Magnetic Island NYE
Magnetic Island is a lively place to be on New Years Eve and deciding where to go and what to do can be a difficult decision. To help make up your mind Magnetic Times has compiled a listing of NYE activities across the Island that (at the time of posting) are yet to be booked out.
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Island Living | Dec 17th 2009
Avoid that phonebook feeling this Christmas
The pressies are all opened and Christmas dinner has finally finished. You're as full as a phonebook and can barely stand since you just consumed enough killa-joules to power a jumbo jet and you may be heading for a similar girth as one too. Well, there are other ways to eat and enjoy yourself at Christmas without ending up feeling like the stuffed Christmas turkey.
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Island Living | Dec 6th 2009
"Buying local" has never been so easy!
As well as all the extra goodies in our local shops, our Island craftspeople, artists, and local stall holders will be holding three markets under the trees on the Horseshoe Bay Foreshore from 9am to 2pm during December.
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Island Living | Nov 30th 2009
Carols by Candlelight at Alma Bay
Carols by Candlelight at Alma Bay
Carols by Candlelight
It's definitely that time of year again. Shirts are sticking to their owners' backs, Christmas beetles are about, the tourists are fewer and Carols by Candlelight returns again to Alma Bay on Thursday 10th December from 7:00 PM sharp, finishing before 8:30 PM.
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Island Living | Nov 4th 2009
The Sentinels and the track in the 1920s
The Sentinels and the track in the 1920s
‘What happened to…’ calendar still available
History is about change and Magnetic Island History and Craft Centre's 2010 calendar titled, "What happened to..." certainly illustrates changes on Magnetic Island: some that brought turmoil and unrest and others that happened almost without notice. But if you want to avoid asking, "What happened to the calendar?" then we advise you to contact MIHHC soon - it's going fast.
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Island Living | Oct 1st 2009
3 blokes and their barbie
3 blokes and their barbie
Bay Days last weekend plus a bogan barbie
The final weekend of the Bays Days Festival 2009 finishes with a bang, not a whimper and for those who have been following their Bay Days calendar of events there is a major event on tonight and tomorrow, Tropic Sun's production of “3 Blokes and their barbies”
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Island Living | Oct 1st 2009
Some of the Cairns Chamber Ensemble
Some of the Cairns Chamber Ensemble
Cairns Chamber Ensemble to visit this weekend
This weekend will mark the fourth visit to Magnetic Island of what used to be called the Cairns Youth Chamber Orchestra but now, due to some of its 18 members being up to 30 years of age, are called the Cairns Chamber Ensemble.
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Island Living | Sep 21st 2009
Vote for or against bottled water on Magnetic
Vote for or against bottled water on Magnetic
Bottled water: Let's vote
The debate has been raging for a couple of weeks since Island resident John Becker wrote to Magnetic Times calling for the banning of bottled water on Magnetic Island. So we decided to put it to the vote.
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Island Living | Sep 21st 2009
Beaujangles in action
Beaujangles in action
Beat boxing with Beaujangles
It's a late call but one well worth a listen. For any family with kids over 11 who are into modern music-making, there is a very talented beat-box artist giving lessons - yet another Bay Days event - at the MI State School this week and, although he has run his first class today, Beau “Beaujangles” O'Brien says, “It doesn't take long to pick up the basics” and is keen to see more young people down at the school undercover area to make some beat-box sounds. And if you don't know what beat-box is...
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What happened to the Presto
While Magnetic Islanders are currently considering the landscaping of the Nelly Bay Harbour breakwall it may come as a surprise that the mouth of the harbour and end of the breakwall is also the site where, almost a century ago, a 40 metre shipwreck once imposed its presence and protected a frail timber jetty which serviced Nelly Bay [ read more ]
E-type tours Magnetic
Remember that ever-so-sexy 1960s sports Jaguar, the E-type? Well there's a seriously smart Adelaide band playing tomorrow night at the Great Tropical Jazz Party (which starts tonight at the All Seasons Magnetic Island) bearing the same name and, we hear, they might well equal in sound the sleek charm of that beautifully designed roadster [ read more ]
Wanted! The goss on your geckoes
Stowaway Asian House Geckoes have been arriving by cargo ship to Australia from exotic locations and they’re settling in to our homes and the Queensland Museum are hoping Magnetic Times readers can help find out more about this cute little aliens [ read more ]
QCCU grant helps protect Island history
Magnetic Island History and Craft Centre and Magnetic Museum is the grateful recipient of a $1,452 [ read more ]
Bay Days and Race Week launch moves over the road
With Bay Days and the Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week starting officially on Friday 4 September it is important to note that the venue has now been changed from the Arcadia Surf Life Saving Club on the beach at Alma Bay to the Island Tavern just over the road [ read more ]
Seniors teach us about true romance
Townsville City Council's Seniors Music day held recently at Alma Bay was another delightful afternoon of music in the most perfect of settings [ read more ]
Get ready for the 13th Great Tropical Jazz Party
Now in its 13th year the Great Tropical Jazz Party on Magnetic Island from 11 to 13 September is set to bring back to Magnetic a quality and breadth of musical performance rarely seen these days even in the major cities [ read more ]
A great fete raises nearly $15,000
With their target of $15,000 almost reached and a huge fun day for the entire community, the Magnetic Island School Fete, held last Saturday, was an outstanding success [ read more ]
Seniors' Music day at Alma on Sunday
Magnetic Island seniors and others with an inclination for outdoor music are in for a big treat this Sunday at beautiful Alma Bay [ read more ]
Bay Days Festival is coming and it's huge!
Magnetic Island is about to burst apart with events and activity when the annual Bay Days Festival returns to our shores this September [ read more ]
It's our fete – can you help?
The biennial Magnetic Island State School Fete will be held on Saturday 22nd August [ read more ]
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