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Written by Kerrie Alexander When students at Aldridge high feel like it’s just all too much there’s one teacher they know they can turn to. Adam Hodgkinson is a clear favourite in the eyes of the Years 7 to 12 music students and it’s easy to see why. Affectionately known to the students as “Hodgo”,…

Written by Kerrie Alexander Dawn Bryant is the queen of her permaculture kingdom. The big-hearted 59-year-old just exudes passion for her hobby as a honey farmer, gardener, designer, mother, wife, and equally brilliant cook. When you first set foot on the 10-acre Booral property, which was bare when Dawn bought it 14 years ago, it’s…

Written by Kerrie Alexander Dressed beautifully in her 1850s-inspired costume and overlooking her beloved Mary River, Mary Heritage fired the historic time cannon one last time at the Portside Precinct. The crowd were left in awe of Carmel Murdoch’s cheery character whose knowledge of the region just rolled off the tongue without hesitation. It has…

Written by Kerrie Alexander It was in 2011 that a simple team building exercise changed the life of Hervey Bay’s Jim Eaton. At 96kg and a self-confessed coach potato, Jim was working for the Victoria University (VU), being responsible for their Capital Works program, for 23 years. When the call came to take part in…

Written by Kerrie Alexander When a passionate local train enthusiast has a mammoth amount of priceless train-related historic items just sitting around collecting cobwebs, what do you do? You start a miniature railway and historical village, of course. Hervey Bay’s Richard Horniblow and his family have always had a passion for trains, with his great…

Written by Kerrie Alexander When you start to laugh, it doesn’t just lighten your load mentally, it can induce physical change in your body. That’s why Karen Flannery believes that laughter really is the best medicine. The Hervey Bay resident has been the ever-smiling face of the Fraser Coast Laughter Club for the past four…

Written by Kerrie Alexander To honour God and Country, to show appreciation for those who offer their lives, seeking freedom for us and our children. We pledge ourselves to this take without self-seeking, without prejudice, always remembering. We also serve. That is the admirable creed of the Hervey Bay RSL Women’s Auxiliary, whose members have…

Written by Kerrie Alexander LIFE has thrown many lemons Bev Cornwell’s way, but this truly inspiring woman has done more than just churn some unimaginable hurdles into lemonade. The 75-year-old long-time Hervey Bay resident has come out the other side of having a mastectomy and fighting breast cancer, caring for her husband Geoff after a…

Written by Kerrie Alexander Sitting hand in hand, 91-year-old Ella Hawkins sings ‘Pearly Shells’ to Ron, her husband of 70 years.In that moment, with the look of pure love on their faces, you could see that even after all that timetheir adoration for each other was just as powerful as the day they were married…