Editor's Note

Hi Everyone,

Fantastic to be back in the region over the past few weeks and I’ve really enjoyed connecting with so many people in the community.

First-up was the Home Hill Chamber of Commerce meeting where our Sales Manager Trish and I came along to chat to local business owners and, of course, support our journalist Mark in his engaging talk about his novel.

Next up, it was the Sweet Days Hot Nights launch evening where we were thrilled to chat with event organisers and express our wishes to become Media Partner for the event. We are very much looking forward to throwing our support behind this and extending our coverage over the coming months.

Lastly, I was up early the next morning (which happened to be my birthday!) to celebrate in style at the Industry Breakfast where it was good to see lots of familiar faces from the night before.

As you will all know, the region is positively bursting with culture and character! There are always exciting events coming up and plenty of reasons for us all to get together.

As an ‘out of towner’ (I reside in the Whitsundays but come to the Burdekin at least once a month), I am always thrilled to be so genuinely welcomed by everyone.

I remember at the Industry Breakfast in September 2023 when we launched the first edition of the paper – it was such an exhilarating morning, and I am glad we are still delivering for your region 18 months on.

It is an absolute honour to be part of the team bringing your weekly news to you and I love working alongside all the local businesses.

A big congrats this week goes to Carla and her team at Raine & Horne Ayr for bringing back some state awards last weekend.

If you are a business with something to celebrate, make sure you give us a call, we’d love to help you get the word out.

Rach

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