This year's ANZAC Day saw hundreds turn out to remember the efforts of Australia and New Zealand's great service men and women. Veterans, schools, clubs and businesses poured into the streets to march in grand parades, and packed in close to attend services held across the Hinchinbrook Shire. Beautiful wreaths were lain and the bugles mournful tones echoed across respectful silences as flags were lowered to half mast. A gunfire breakfast, coffee and traditional ANZAC biscuits kept everyone going
Read the full storyAllan Colquhoun grew up in Sydney, but his life has taken him far beyond the city limits. In his youth, he worked with a station owner named Bob, whose property combined dairy and sheep farming with a focus on Jersey bulls and cows. One vivid memory that’s stayed with him is of Bob chasing down a bull meant for butchering on his stock horse —a beast that, to Allan’s amazement, climbed over the holding fence one hoof at a time to escape. Allan spent most of his working life as a coastal travelle
Read the full storyHinchinbrook Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Tourism held their monthly Coffee Connect last week, being hosted by local business Wild Local. There was a very strong attendance at this event, with Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter and KAP Senate candidate, Robbie Lyon. Rebecca and Dom Zaghini provided a delicious light snacks and gave the audience an overview of their business journey from inception to their current location, the diverse range of products they provide and some insight into t
Read the full storyOver the weekend, the Ingham Kennel Club hosted six rounds of dog shows, featuring judges from across Australia who rotated to ensure fair and balanced competition. Dogs were entered into one of seven group categories, with the Toy Group attracting the largest number of entries. Sunday's shows saw the Italian Greyhound emerge as a standout, making up 20 of the 170 total entries across the weekend. Unique and rarely seen breeds like the Xoloitzcuintli and Briard added excitement to the event, of
Read the full storyA face Hinchinbrook knows and loves, Sherie Hensler-Adams has joined the Life Publishing Group team with the position of Sales Account Manager for Hinchinbrook Life Newspaper!
A local through and through, Sherie has lived in Hinchinbrook for 42 years after moving to the area in her primary school days and has since married a local boy and raised a family.
Her daughter now teaches close to home as a secondary educator in Gilroy, and her son works in the mining industry. Sherie enjoys and values spending her downtime with her adult children and many pets! Along with currently pet sitting a pup for her son, Sherie’s home is a hive of activity with two dogs, two cats, and three chickens forever keeping her on her toes as well as her casual green thumb endeavours.
When Sherie isn’t wearing her Sales Account Manager hat, she enjoys spending time outdoors no matter the activity, whether its boating, fishing, jet skiing or venturing on a leisurely camping trip with her family and friends.
Sherie was the Sales Account Manager for the former Herbert River Express up until the newspaper ceased publishment in 2020, and in her eight wonderful years with the local paper, she honed her skills and discovered her passion for the position. In having the opportunity to publish the news of the region once again, Sherie was more than excited to become part of the Hinchinbrook Life Newspaper team, explaining that helping to bring the publishment to the region means the world.
“As we’re a small community, we really need a local newspaper that’s a community-based newspaper,” shared Sherie.
“It’s a great thing that there’s one here again, and the Hinchinbrook Life Newspaper is a very positive newspaper, and that’s what I like about it.”
Members of the community are more than welcome to reach out to Sherie on 0498 589 226 or via email to sherie@lifepublishinggroup.com to discuss any advertising inquires.