Sit Down With Sam

Hi readers and welcome to the first edition of Burdekin Life for 2024.

I hope you all had a lovely break and are entering the year feeling refreshed.

I had a terrific break, spending most of my time off with family, friends and pets on mum and dad’s farm in Millmerran.

Since moving to north Queensland, I’ve seldom had the opportunity to spend longer periods of time relaxing at home, so I valued this time and was sad to leave.

But, as of this week, I’m back in the Burdekin and excited for the year ahead.

As you learnt in our last edition, I am someone who loosely sets new year’s resolutions; I enjoy the process of setting goals and take the opportunity to compare with last year’s expectations.

This year, I hope to improve my fitness – I’ve recently enjoyed many morning and afternoon walks to the Home Hill pool for a few laps and look forward to continuing this and improving my stamina and endurance this year.

Another resolution of mine is to become a bit more “handy”.

By this, I mean I want to learn how to make and fix things with nothing but my bare hands, some tools and helpful YouTube tutorials.

I’ve promised my girlfriend a handmade gift for her birthday in July, giving me half the year to conquer this feat.

You’ll find more New Year’s resolutions from those in our community on page 5.

These have been compiled by Chelsea Ravizza who has joined the team as our intern for the next few months.

Chelsea is entering her third year of a Communications and Journalism degree and will be gaining some hands-on experience with Burdekin Life, so keep an eye out for her work in this and future editions.

Happy new year and I’ll see you around!

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