Island Living | Dec 30th 2009
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
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
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
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Carols by Candlelight at Alma Bay
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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
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The Sentinels and the track in the 1920s
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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
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3 blokes and their barbie
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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
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Some of the Cairns Chamber Ensemble
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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
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Vote for or against bottled water on Magnetic
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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
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Beaujangles in action
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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 ] |
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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 ] |
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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 ] |
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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 ] |
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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 ] |
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