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Townsville

Locality: Townsville, Queensland

Address: The Strand 4810 Townsville, QLD, Australia

Website: http://mioccinc.simplesite.com

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25.01.2022 MIOCC Corporate Governance. Each person who belongs to Maggies family is proud to live and breathe the principles of MIOCC'S Corporate Governance. It is good and decent values that gives them the pride to holdtheir heads up high. MIOCC is about the paddlers and its community- local, Australia wide and overseas we contribute. "We are not the strength of one we are the strength of many"

24.01.2022 A great day to learn to paddle. Even the Dolphins and turtles came out to play. A great welcome for the beginners today.

22.01.2022 A lovely send off for a lovely lady

21.01.2022 Blessing of the Fleet ceremony

19.01.2022 Saturday was on and in the water training day

17.01.2022 Blessing of the Fleet on You tube tomorrow am 22nd September,2020 full version...movie https://youtu.be/_7Uii7B86o8

16.01.2022 Another active week for the Maggie crew

16.01.2022 A great start to the week at Townsville Miocc

15.01.2022 OC1 and OC2 morning plus monthly BBQ...thank you Maria and John for not only your hospitality but balcony and views

15.01.2022 WOW New Outrigger Clubs have come on board. Our light weight Malolo can be raced anywhere doesn't matter which Governing Body you are attached too (straight from the importer)! How interesting is this news. Just love MIOCC - the quiet achievers.

15.01.2022 Blessing our new additions to our fleet with lots of fun with our members families and friends. A wonderful ceremony and a lovely memory for us all.

14.01.2022 https://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au Maggie’s Paying it Forward Campaign for October. See Facebook Public page https://www.facebook.com/ownsville.miocc.7 October 10h

11.01.2022 Great weekend for a paddle

11.01.2022 Our official naming and blessing of our canoes was conducted on Saturday 19th September with a very traditional ceremony. We are blessed by the sponsorship by our Local Government- a big thank you to Townsville City Council for making this happen...we are very blessed. Maggie Island Outriggers, affectionately known as Maggie are the caretakers of a beach area that belongs to the Wulgurukaba people who are the traditional owners of this area. Maggie doesn’t see outrigging a...s just a sport where people just engage in physical activity, we see it as a coming together of people who love being on the water and are prepared to be grounded in culture and tradition.Maggie was joined on Saturday 19th September 2020 by our Traditional Owners -Wulgurukaba People- Virginia Wyles , Bindal People - Gracelyn Smallwood(in spirit) Vicki Saylor Manbarra and Torres Strait Island People Jazz Singer, Pastor Ben Pearson, all the water Sports Townsville Outrigger Canoe Club, Coral Sea Outrigger Canoe Club, Townsville Sailing Club, Townsville SUP, Phoenix Dragon Boat Club, Pink Dragon Boat Club and young adults from Rollingstone Lions Club, and Townsville City Council to help not only celebrate this Outrigging Tradition but to come together as people to acknowledge resilience during these times when things are tough- COVID 19. is not a Club but a hub that connects people like family entwined in both culture and paddling instead of a group of members . Blessing of the fleet and Club area or naming a boat ceremony is a tradition and apart of the Culture at Maggie ((Magnetic Island Outrigger Canoe Club- MIOCC). The ceremony involved families, friends, other outriggers to celebrate the start of a new season, new beginning or boat that is joining the fleet with the traditional Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. The Blessing is important as it brings a cleansing of the area ,new beginnings and a protectiveness(blessing)for many safe journeys. The blessing of the fleet clearly demonstrated just how proud the local community is of the strong history and its commitment to the future of Maggie and its family as well as passing on this culture to future generations. The Blessing of the Fleet on this day commenced a whole array of learning and development within the Townsville and water sports community with Welcome to Country, Smoking ceremony and blessing of the Fleet and naming of one of our new canoes. The OC6 Maolo was name Ika Ika(meaning flying fish) TT the 2 letters following are important as they are the letters representing an affectionate name we gave a Maggie family who was taken from us tragically. We invited her immediate family to help Pastor Ben and Virginia(Traditional Owner)name and christened her. The Oc1- kahele was named Honu Moana. (meaning sea turtle)

09.01.2022 The best place to be on a Saturday morning

09.01.2022 Getting ready for the Blessing of Fleet later on today. Come and join us if you can't, don't you worry, the event will be live streamed on this page.

05.01.2022 Thank you to all who assisted us with obtaining a Grant from Townsville City Council....we are so appreciative.....Blessing of our Fleet 19th September 2020

05.01.2022 A great week for a paddle.

05.01.2022 Busy Saturday morning for the Maggie crew, paddling all the way to Pallarenda and practice in water change over with a support motorized boat. Amazing work everyone

04.01.2022 YOU KIDS ROCK ...LOOK WHO WE HAVE HELPED THIS MONTH. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

02.01.2022 The story of Maggie

01.01.2022 What a beautiful morning to paddle the new canoe.

01.01.2022 A perfect morning for your first paddle.