With countless cars making the drive out to see the infamous Christmas lights at Paul Cavallaro’s house, this lively and extravagant display has become a Hinchinbrook family tradition during the merry season, dating back 21 years. Paul and his mother Mary began creating a lights display for Paul’s nephew and discovered that they enjoyed it so much they continued expanding their collection and, as the years went by, their reputation grew. Continued on page 3 Paul Cavallaro and his mother Mar
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With unpredictable weather attempting to dampen the festive spirit of the region, the Hinchinbrook Chamber of Commerce and Markets at the Mosaic organisers assured the second 2024 Late Night Shopping event would go ahead, rain, hail or shine! On Thursday 19th December, a wonderful turnout filled Mercer Lane and surrounding precincts, with stalls retailing handmade delights, delicious treats, beautiful plants, fantastic florals, and more for all to enjoy. Shoppers flooded the streets, supporting
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Ingham will soon be treated to another wonderful celebration of Italian culture with the return of the Australian Italian Festival scheduled for Saturday 7 June, and Sunday 8 June 2025! An annual celebration of all things food and culture, the Australian Italian Festival continues to make headlines across the state, with the atmosphere beautifully complimented by Ingham’s gorgeous TYTO wetlands and parklands. Since its establishment in 1995, the festival has grown exponentially with the suppor
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On Monday 9 December the Hinchinbrook Emergency Service Cadets had their graduation, acknowledging the hard work they have dedicated to the service. 18 Cadets received their end of year graduation certificates marking the completion of the 2024 Program, while one Senior Cadet who is now over 18, graduated the whole program, having been a cadet for the past four years. On the night all Cadets graduated the year and some received special awards. Keldon Fletcher was awarded the Don Prichard mem
Read the full storyWelcome to the first Ingham Police Report in our new Hinchinbrook Life Newspaper, the Police Report will be a monthly feature covering matters of interest to our great community.
The Hinchinbrook Shire has two police stations, Ingham which is staffed 24/7 and is responsible for Ingham, Trebonne and all areas west, Toobanna and south to Bambaroo, Forrest Beach and locations north to the Cardwell Range. As well as uniformed officers Ingham also has a permanent Criminal Investigation Branch and Highway Patrol Officers. Ingham Station office hours are 8am-4pm Monday to Friday, during these times you can contact the station directly on 07 4776 9777 and wait until the end of the recorded information to speak to an officer.
Halifax Station covers, Halifax, Lucinda, Taylors Beach, and all other locations in the Lower Herbert area and is assisted in responses and 24hour coverage by Ingham Station.
We are fortunate in our area to enjoy a relatively low crime rate and a generally stable population base. We have in recent times however been targeted by offenders travelling to Ingham and surrounding areas in stolen vehicles, as recently as last weekend there were several houses broken into and cars stolen. These crime sprees happen very fast, consist of a group of criminals randomly targeting addresses and stealing vehicles, the cars are then driven straight back to Townsville where they are often abandoned shortly after. This causes a significant impact on victims in terms of financial loss, inconvenience and upheaval, and a feeling of being unsafe in their own homes. We often catch these criminals and recover the vehicles but the impact on victims is still there.
Please keep doing everything you can to make your home and vehicles less of a target, lock your homes and cars especially at night, be vigilant to unusual vehicles and persons in your neighbourhoods and keep an eye out on each other.
Police continue to perform regular patrols of the Hinchinbrook Shire at all hours of the day and night, but we rely on information from members of the public to prevent and solve crimes, so keep us up to date with what is going on to make our community a great place to live.
Remember if you have any information regarding criminal activity, please contact your local police on 07 4776 9777, Policelink 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
If something is happening that requires immediate Police attention contact 000
Contributed with thanks to Geoff Bormann Senior Sergeant | Officer in Charge | Ingham Police Station
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