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15/10/2026

01/10/2026

Ahhhh yes. The EFTPOS surcharge is gone.

EVERYBODY CELEBRATE. 🎉

Except the actual EFTPOS fees haven’t packed their little suitcase and fu**ed off to Bali. Small businesses still have to pay them.

They just have to find another way to cover them.
This is like the government announcing they’ve abolished mosquitoes but actually they’ve just told them they’re no longer allowed to buzz.

THE BASTARD IS STILL BITING YOU.

So instead of seeing:
Coffee $5
Card surcharge: 8 cents

We’ll eventually just see:
Coffee: $5.08

And apparently we’re meant to stand there like David Copperfield has just made a Boeing 747 disappear.

“WHERE DID THE SURCHARGE GO?!”

It’s in the fu***ng latte, Susan.
Then the business puts the price up and everyone loses their minds.
“SEVEN DOLLARS FOR A COFFEE?!”

Meanwhile old mate behind the counter is paying rent, electricity, wages, insurance, stock, EFTPOS fees and probably $84 a month for some bastard software that sends him an invoice for the privilege of receiving the invoice.

And this is what melts my brain.
We’re constantly hearing we need to stop spending because inflation is too high.

But everything costs more.
That’s like telling someone to lose weight while quietly replacing their salad with a family-size lasagne.

“Have you considered eating less?”
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MAKING S**T CHEAPER?

I genuinely feel for small businesses here because they’re stuck in the middle like a kid whose divorced parents are arguing at Auskick.

Customer: “I’m not paying a surcharge!”
Government: “Correct!”
Bank/payment provider: “Cool. Anyway, here’s your fee.”

Small business: “…well I suppose the muffin is $7.40 now.”
And around we bloody go.
The surcharge hasn’t disappeared.

It’s just changed its name, grown a moustache and moved into the price of the banana bread.

Australia’s greatest magic trick.
Now you see the surcharge.
Now you don’t.

You’re still fu***ng paying it though. 😂

Stay Unhinged, Legends ✌🏼

25/08/2026

Well deserved Vernon. Always great to deal with you.

14/08/2026

STEVE SMITH IS COMING TO MACKAY!🏏

For the VERY FIRST TIME, one of Australia’s biggest cricket stars will be right here in Mackay!👀

See STEVE SMITH take on Bangladesh in a historic Test Match at the Great Barrier Reef Arena!

📅Saturday 22 – Wednesday 26 August

How often do you get the chance to watch Steve Smith play LIVE in Mackay? This is your chance!

🎟️Get your tickets NOW and be there for history! https://reefarena.com.au/mackaytestseries/

10/08/2026

07/07/2026

I thought this was only last year or at a stretch the year before. Definitely not 3 years ago!!

The beating heart of the city ❤️
The Whitsunday Wealth Festival Hub is FREE TO ENTER and THE place to be this weekend. With comedy show High Tea with Booff, and daring circus show Le Coup running all weekend! Don't forget to pay a stop at the Red Dog Brewery pop-up alongside The Burger Man!

📍Civic Precinct Lawn (In front of the Mackay Council Admin)
⏰5:00pm - Late
‼️ FREE TO ENTER the event

🎟 Tickets to Le Coup and High Tea with Booff are running out.
Le Coup 🎪 https://bit.ly/LeCoup23
High Tea with Booff ☕ https://bit.ly/HighTeawithBooff

07/07/2026

St Lawrence Wetlands weekend done and dusted for 2026. As tradition has it, we stop at the Flaggy Rock Cafe and shout the team burgers. Well done boys big weeks down on to Festival of Arts and W**e & Food.