On the fourth Thursday of the month MRCLC provides appointments at the Bowen Neighbourhood Centre located at 20 Williams Street, Bowen. On the fourth Friday of the month MRCLC provides advice at the Whitsunday Counselling & Support Inc (WC&S) and Proserpine Community Centre (PCC). WC&S is located at 1/157 Shute Harbour Road, Cannonvale. PCC is located at 36 Gardenia Street, Proserpine. Once a month MRCLC travels to Sarina Neighbourhood Centre, which is located at 65 Broad Street, Sarina. All appointments required to be booked in advance.

MRCLC provides free and confidential legal information, advice, referral and counselling throughout the Mackay Regional Council, Whitsunday Regional Council and Isaac Regional Council areas. This can be provided in a face to face interview or by telephone. On-going casework is subject to casework guidelines. No court representation is provided. Legal advice is provided by appointment only, so please telephone us to make a booking. The MRCLC provides legal advice appointments in Cannonvale at the Whitsunday Crisis and Counselling Service (WCCS) and Proserpine Community Centre on the third Friday of the month. These outreach services may also include general information sessions on certain areas of law, such as family law. The MRCLC delivers information sessions at the Family Relationship Centre in Mackay in partnership with Legal Aid (Mackay) and the Family Relationship Centre. The MRCLC receives funding to participate in this partnership from the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department. The sessions are designed to inform and educate separated parents about their legal rights and responsibilities and their children’s rights and to prepare separated parents for mediation. Translation services are available by arrangement. Clients are welcome to bring a support person to their appointment if they so choose. Additionally, MRCLC provides tenancy advice as part of the Queensland Statewide Tenant Advice and Referral Service (QSTARS). The MRCLC may provide services in other towns, such as Bowen, Moranbah and Sarina. Please check their website under the Services tab to find out when they will next be visiting those areas. Bookings are essential - please contact the MRCLC's office number to make an appointment.

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm. Appointments can be booked at other times of business days and at Legal Advice Evenings. Phone appointments, Legal Advice Evenings held on the first Wednesday and third Tuesday of every month from 5:35pm - 7:00pm (except between mid December - mid January), face to face appointments available in the office and once a month at each of Bowen Neighbourhood Centre, Proserpine Community Centre, Whitsunday Counselling & Support Inc in Cannonvale and Sarina Neighbourhood Centre. All appointments required to be booked in advance. On the fourth Thursday of the month MRCLC provides appointments at the Bowen Neighbourhood Centre located at 20 Williams Street, Bowen. On the fourth Friday of the month MRCLC provides advice at the Whitsunday Counselling & Support Inc and Proserpine Community Centre. WC&S is located at 1/157 Shute Harbour Road, Cannonvale. Proserpine CC is located at 36 Gardenia Street, Proserpine. Once a month MRCLC travels to Sarina Neighbourhood Centre, which is located at 65 Broad Street, Sarina.