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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet Reporter | Contact Local man Liam Williams has fucked up again. A young plumber and boyfriend has once again waited until Christmas Eve to purchase his girlfriend of 6 years a present. “I promised myself for the last month or so, that I would really put some effort in and get Sally a nice personal gift that she...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Society | Contact The town's leading historian, Nigel Walker (65), couldn’t contain his excitement this morning when his youngest son, Dilan (18), asked him if Budapest was the capital of Hungary. Dilan, who is off on his gap year in March, was after a simple yes or no answer, however, Nigel took this opportunity to educate his young...

DYLAN FEINGOLD | Fighting | Contact There will be many sore heads tomorrow across town but not all of them will be from the grog. Returning back to his parents block on the edge of town, former-private-school-pupil-turned-university-student Martin Wilson-Carter told The Advocate that while he'd prefer not to fight anyone on Christmas Eve, he knows it's inevitable. Riley's Casino And Grill, better...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "It's not like I don't like them, it's just that they're my least favourite biscuit in the tray," he said. "And I know I'm not the only one who doesn't really like Orange Creams. They're always the last ones left." Cameron Pilliga is referring the orange cream variety biscuit found in an Arnott's Assorted Creams, a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Despite owning a three-piece suit, one local salesman claims to have enough taste to enjoy the finer things in life. Sam Willett, of Montague Street in Betoota Grove, explained candidly to The Advocate that he loves curling up on the couch with a glass of red and watching some foreign cinema. He even drives a Citroen. Part...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact People first noticed Gary Turtledick wasn't normal in high school. He'd routinely mouth off at teachers, even as a relative youngster. As a sixth form student, his fellow students frequently observed him using a urinal with his school trousers down around his ankles in a pool of somebody else's piss. In a word, Gary was weird. Which is...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact Heading to a party in the French Quarter this evening Sara Milad, a 22-year-old legal graduate decided to make a spontaneous purchase of a notorious alcopop. The generally composed young woman exited the bottle shop in The Quarter Mall with 3 4packs of Double Blacks today. Its pretty well known around the nation that people often...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "I'm looking at the works burger," he said. "With chips and few calamari rings. And a potato scallop. Oh wait, I didn't see the beef and black bean roll." Vince Greenpoint of Betoota Grove, arrived in Mooloolaba earlier this week for nine days of switch off with his young family. Married to Grace Greenpoint, her folks just over...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet Reporter | Contact False confidence is a trait that can often be found in cricketers. It’s far more prevalent in park cricketers than footballers, soccer players and pretty much any athletes other than boxers. The epitome of bravado and self-belief was displayed this weekend after local lower order Betootan batsman Pavel Vasiliev edge one through the slips. Immediately after,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "Left hand down, mate," he yelled from the jetty. "Yeah keep going. Nah go back up and straighten out, mate. Yeah, woo! Now come down slower." Nat Wilmott is trying to keep the peace down at the Betoota Sailing Club boat ramp - but he's having a little bit of trouble. The line this morning was nearing...