Mark 10th Birdlife Art Awards More than 280 people gathered to celebrate Hinchinbrook Shire Council’s 10th Birdlife Art Awards at the TYTO Regional Art Gallery on Friday night, 1 August 2025. This milestone event continues to honour the rich birdlife of the Hinchinbrook region through the eyes of talented artists from across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. It features an impressive 106 entries across various mediums, including drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and m
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Sporting and recreation clubs across North and Far North Queensland impacted by early 2025’s severe flooding can now apply for a share in a $30 million funding package to help repair and rebuild their facilities. The Sport and Recreation Recovery Program (SRRG) — a joint initiative by the Albanese and Crisafulli Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) — offers up to $1 million per facility for eligible not-for-profit sport and racing clubs, as well as local cou
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Locally loved artist, Katie Louise, has graced the region once again, painting a beautiful mural on the wall of the infamous Frosty Mango building located 40km South of Ingham along the mighty Bruce Highway. Hailing from Townsville, Katie’s paint brushes have coloured many surfaces across North Queensland where she has artistically captured the unique qualities of several communities including the Atherton Tablelands, Charters Towers, and now Cardwell. Katie’s recent piece within the shi
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Former players, supporters, and families reunited in Ingham over the weekend of 18–19 July 2025 to celebrate the 55-year-long legacy of the Wallaman Rugby League Club, with attendees travelling from across Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and all corners of Queensland. Though no longer active, the Wallaman club holds a proud place in local sporting history. Formed in 1970 under challenging circumstances, the club faced early struggles just getting a team on the field. With determina
Read the full storySteven Devietti is a true local and was born and bred in Ingham where he has owned Ingham Tyre Centre for nine years now.
When Steven completed a mechanical automotive apprenticeship, it sparked his interest in the automotive industry.
Inspired to pursue a career, he purchased the old Goodyear tyre service store, recuing it from liquidation in December 2015.
Steven said it was quite challenging getting the store up and running again.
“This business was shut for three months, and it was in the middle of cane season, so it was a tough start,” said Steven.
“But since then, we built it up and now everything's going well.
When Steven took over the store, it was Goodyear but has rebranded earlier this month and is proudly Tyrepower.
He made the decision to swap networks for several reasons.
“The Goodyear Autocare Program had changed quite significantly, where they no longer distributed their own tyres,” explained Steven.
“The opportunity presented itself that I could change to a Tyrepower and Tyrepower is the biggest independent tyre network in Australia, and I wanted to become one of them.”
Tyrepower Ingham supply a range of services to the community, including new tyres for every piece of equipment, and service work.
“In our service work we go out in the field,” said Steven.
“We go out to farms and do tyre changes for customers.
“The best thing is talking to people and giving people the best service we can.
“I want to keep serving the community the best we can.”
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