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    What's On

    • 2023 Sports Expo and Sign-On
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  • Facilities

    Explore

    • Artspace Mackay
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    • Fifth Lane street art
    • Historical centres
    • Ken Burgess Orchid House
    • Know Your Burb
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    • Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre
    • Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens
    • Sarina Art Gallery
    • Sarina Field of Dreams
    • Sarina Sugar Shed
    • The Sarina Arts & Crafts Centre

    Leisure & Sports

    • Beaches
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    • Boat ramps
    • Camping in the Mackay region
    • Caravans and motor homes sullage sites
    • Cheer on Mackay Sporting teams
    • E-scooter Trial
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    • Pools
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    • Sports and Recreation
    • Sugar Bowl Mackay
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    • Cemeteries
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  • Mackay Regional Council respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land, the Yuwi People, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present, and to the young emerging leaders. We also extend our acknowledgment to all Aboriginal members of the Birri Gubba Nation.

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