News from the Whitsundays

Highlights of the Friday, February 24, 2012 edition of The Bowen Independent

- coal could be exported through the multi-cargo facility at Abbot Point as early as 2017 with a plan for early works to start next year.

- Whitsunday Shire Council has accepted a $1.2 million tender by Gold Coast based business Scape Shapes for the construction of a water park.  The water park forms Stage 2of the Bowen Foreshore redevelopment scheme.