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Jan 26 Australia Day
Jan 26 Camooweal lawnmower races, 12pm
Feb 3 Super Sports Expo noon-3pm
Feb 10 Speed Dating at Isa Hotel, 6.30pm
Feb 14 Valentine’s Day
Feb 17 Ronald McDonald Ball, Lumen Christi Centre Good Shepherd
Feb 17-18 Mount Isa Triathlon Festival
Mar 2 World Day of Prayer
Mar 3 Mount Isa races
Mar 3 Battle at the Stack at Stack City Fitness
Mar 6 Commonwealth Games baton in Cloncurry
Mar 6 Commonwealth Games baton in Mount Isa
Mar 7 Commonwealth Games baton in Birdsville
Mar 10 Zonta Club of Mount Isa’s International Women’s Day dinner, Civic Centre
Mar 11 Commonwealth Games baton in Hughenden
Mar 12 Commonwealth Games baton in Prairie
Mar 17 Mount Isa races St Patrick’s Day
Mar 17 Curry Day, Mary Kathleen Park, 3pm
Mar 24 Cloncurry races
Mar 30 - Apr 2 Easter weekend
Mar 31 Boulia races
Mar 31 Yelvertoft Rodeo
Apr 6-9 The 2018 Australian Campdraft Association National Finals, Burke & Wills Sports Club
Apr 7 Maxwelton races
Apr 7-9 Karumba Anglers Classic
Apr 7-8 Betoota Gymkhana at Birdsville
Apr 13-15 Dirt N Dust Festival Julia Creek
Apr 13-17 Einasleigh Rodeo
Apr 14 Julia Creek races
Apr 14 Bedourie Bikes and Bulls
Apr 14-17 World Barramundi Fishing Championships Burketown
Apr 19-22 Winton Way Out West festival
Apr 21 Winton races
Apr 28 Mount Isa races
May 4-6 Richmond Fossil Festival and Bush Sprints
May 4-6 Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge Festival
May 5 Gregory Downs Races
May 5-6 Boulia Rodeo
May 6 Gregory Canoe Classic
May 12 Mount Isa races
May 12-13 Birdsville Campdraft, Rodeo and Bronco Branding
May 16-19 The 90th RFDS Outback Birthday Bash at John Flynn Place
May 19 Hughenden races
May 25-Jun 2 Mount Isa Eisteddfod
May 26 Mount Isa races
Jun 1-3 Camooweal’s campdraft & rodeo
Jun 2 Cloncurry Races
Jun 2 50 Shades of Special Needs Ball
Jun 7-10 Normanton Rodeo and Campdraft
Jun 8-10 Winton Show
Jun 9 Mount Isa Races: Mount Isa Cup
Jun 9 Bedourie Rugby League Nines
Jun 10-17 Croydon Heritage Week
Jun 15-17 Cloncurry Show
Jun 15-16 Richmond Field Days
Jun 16 Richmond races
Jun 16 Hughenden Porcupine Gorge Challenge
Jun 22-23 Mount Isa Show
Jun 23-25 Croydon Poddy Dodgers Festival
Jun 26- 28 Outback Writers’ Festival in Winton
Jun 29- July 7 Splendid Outback Film Festival at Winton
Jun 30 Mount Isa races
Jun 30 Richmond Pony Express (Dirt Bike Enduro)
Jun 30 Filipino Barrio Fiesta, Tony White Oval.
Jul 1 Stamford Races and Community Fun Day
Jul 6-8 Bedourie Campdraft, rodeo, gymkhana and bronco branding
Jul 7-8 Winton QBOA Opal Festival
Jul 10-12 Big Red Bash, Birdsville
Jul 13-16 Cloncurry Stockmans Challenge
Jul 14 Bedourie Camel and Pig Races
Jul 15 Mount Isa Motor Show and Swap Meet
Jul 20-22 Boulia Camel Races
Jul 28-30 Hughenden Country Music Festival
Jul 28 Quamby Rodeo
Aug 2-5 Curry Merry Muster Festival
Aug 8 Isa Street Festival
Aug 9 Mailman Express races
Aug 9-12 Mount Isa Rotary Rodeo
Aug 17-19 Sedan Dip
Aug 24-25 Camooweal Drovers Camp Festival
Aug 25 Betoota races
Aug 25 Simpson Desert Racing Carnival at Birdsville
Aug 31- Sep 1 Richmond Campdraft
Aug 31-Sep 1 Birdsville races
Sep 7 Mount Isa Multicultural Festival
Sep 8-9 Bedourie Races & Rodeo
Sep 8-9 Bedourie Ute & Travellers’ Muster
Sep 19-23 Outback Century Cycle Challenge Winton
Sep 29 Richmond Fishing Classic
Oct 20 Spring Charity Evening
Oct 26-28 Lake Moondarra Fishing Classic
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
