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Sep 29-30 Richmond Fishing Classic
Sep 30 The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride
Sep 30 Julia Creek races
Sep 30 Julia Creek Mad Hatter’s Ball
Oct 4 John Flynn Place 30th birthday
Oct 6 Mount Isa Spring Cup races
Oct 6 Dinner in the Round Yard, Mount Isa Pony Club 7pm
Oct 7 Mount Isa Community Markets, Overlander Hotel
Oct 13 Mount Isa Rodeo Series final, Buchanan Park
Oct 13 Rugby Sevens tournament, Mount Isa
Oct 13 Cloncurry races
Oct 16 George's Marvelous Medicine, Civic Centre
Oct 20 Mount Isa races
Oct 20 Mayor’s Spring Charity Evening Mount Isa Civic Centre
Oct 21 Mount Isa Community Markets, Overlander Hotel
Oct 25 Topology Queensland at Home, Hughenden
Oct 26 Topology Queensland at Home, Winton
Oct 26-28 Lake Moondarra Fishing Classic
Oct 28 Johnathan Thurston in conversation, Civic Centre, 7pm
Oct 27: Static Monsters, Mount Isa Strongman
Nov 3 Northern Outback Business Awards, Buchanan Park
Nov 4 Mount Isa Community Markets, Overlander Hotel
Nov 6 Mount Isa Melbourne Cup races
Nov 10 Light the Night, Mount Isa
Nov 11 Remembrance Day
Nov 18 Mount Isa Community Markets, Overlander Hotel
Dec 1 Mount Isa races
Dec 2 Mount Isa Community Markets, Overlander Hotel
Dec 8 Mount Isa races
Dec 8: 2nd Annual Stack City Fitness Push/Pull Contest
Dec 16 Mount Isa Community Markets, Overlander Hotel
Dec 25 Christmas Day
Dec 31 New year’s Eve Rodeo
2019
Jan 1 New Year’s Day
Jan 26 Australia Day celebrations
Jan 30 Ron and Brenda go Country, Stand up comedy Civic Centre
Feb 14 Valentine’s Day
Feb 16 10th Anniversary Ronald McDonald House Charity Ball Mount Isa
Mar 2 Mount Isa Races
Mar 9 Zonta International Women’s Day Dinner, Mount Isa
Mar 9 Carole King’s Tapestry Music Theatre, Morning Melodies and evening performance
Mar 16 Mount Isa St Patrick’s Day Races
Mar 23 Cloncurry races
Mar 30 Paws Hoofs and Claws Fundraiser
Mar 30 Winton races
Apr 6 Maxwelton races
Apr 12-14 Dirt N Dust Festival, Julia Creek
Apr 13 Julia Creek races
Apr 20 Boulia races
Apr 27 Mount Isa Races
May 4 Richmond Bush Sprints
May 4 Gregory races
May 5 Gregory Canoe Classic
May 10 Birdsville Campdraft, Rodeo and Bronco Branding
May 11 Mount Isa Races
May 18 Hughenden Races
May 25 Mount Isa Races
May 30-Jun 1 Minex Mount Isa, Buchanan Park
Jun 1 Cloncurry races
Jun 8 Mount Isa Cup Races
Jun 14-15 Richmond Field Days
Jun 14-15 40th annual Cloncurry Show
Jun 15 Richmond races
Jun 21-22 Mount Isa show
Jun 22 Bedourie Rugby League Nines
Jun 22 McKinlay Races
Jun 22-30 Great Western Games
Jun 29 Mount Isa Races
Jun 29 Birdsville Horse and Motorbike Gymkhana
Jul 6 Bedourie Campdraft, Rodeo, Gymkhana and Bronco Branding
Jul 9-11 Birdsville Big Red Bash
Jul 13 Bedourie Camel Races
Jul 17 Possum Magic Children’s theatre, Civic Centre
Jul 19-21 Boulia Camel Races
Jul 26-27 Queensland Music Festival, Buchanan Park
Jul 27 Quamby Rodeo
Jul 27 Winton camel races
Aug 1 Madame Butterfly Opera Civic Centre
Aug 2-3 Cloncurry Merry Muster festival
Aug 9-11 Mount Isa Rodeo
Aug 23-25 Camooweal Drovers Festival
Aug 25 Mount Isa Motor Show and Swap Meet
Sep 19-23 Winton Outback Festival
Sep 28 Sunglasses at Night - The 80's Apocalypse Singalong Cabaret Civic Centre
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.
