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Bianca Van Der Westhuizen

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Bianca Van Der Westhuizen

Local Resident

Mackay · QLD

Bianca's Bookkeeping Services

Hi, I’m Bianca, the owner of Bianca’s Bookkeeping Services.

I’m passionate about helping small business owners stay organised and take some of the pressure out of managing their day-to-day accounts and bookkeeping.

With practical experience across bookkeeping, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, invoicing, reconciliations and business administration, I understand the demands that come with keeping a business running behind the scenes.

I pride myself on being approachable, reliable and organised, and I enjoy working with small businesses, sole traders, contractors and tradies.

Based in Mackay, I can provide bookkeeping support locally as well as remotely to businesses throughout Australia.

Bianca's Bookkeeping Services

Bianca’s Bookkeeping Services provides friendly, reliable and practical bookkeeping support for small businesses, sole traders, contractors and tradies.

Services include general bookkeeping, bank and credit card reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, customer invoicing, debtor follow-ups, payroll processing and administration, Xero bookkeeping support, catch-up bookkeeping, bookkeeping clean-ups, supplier and customer account management, financial record organisation and general accounts administration.

Whether you need regular ongoing bookkeeping support or simply need help getting your books organised and back up to date, services can be tailored to suit the needs of your business.

Based in Mackay, Queensland, with remote bookkeeping services available.

Phone: 0403 703 708
Email: biancasbookkeepingservices@gmail.com

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Distinguished and Famous people from Rottnest Island

⛵ Willem de Vlamingh

Willem de Vlamingh commanded three Dutch ships on a voyage that landed at Wadjemup during the 1696–1697 expedition. Searching for the missing Ridderschap van Holland was one purpose, alongside surveying the western coast. He gave the island its European name, Rottnest, and his party investigated the Swan River before continuing north. The visit belongs within a long Dutch maritime interest in the coast, while Wadjemup’s Aboriginal significance long preceded those ships. Remembering both names keeps the encounter in perspective: de Vlamingh recorded the island for his employers, rather than bringing it into existence or supplying its first identity.

One naming mistake had an unusually long life: de Vlamingh took the island’s quokkas for rats. His visit also had a more serious investigative purpose. The expedition was seeking evidence of missing Dutch ships, and on the island his party found timber containing nails, although it did not establish the fate of the vessels. The quokka encounter became the memorable anecdote; the fragment of possible wreckage belongs to the practical search that had brought the ships to the coast.

📚 Norman Jorgensen

Norman Jorgensen used his father’s experiences on Rottnest during the Second World War as a starting point for Jack’s Island. The novel follows children living amid preparations for the island’s military role, combining friendship and mischief with a wartime setting. It is fiction, so its characters and episodes are not a substitute for the historical record. The family source nevertheless gives the book a specific connection with Wadjemup and a period very different from the modern holiday destination. Jorgensen’s work carries that remembered childhood into a story for young readers, making the island’s wartime home front accessible through a child’s perspective.

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Bathurst Lighthouse. There are two Lighthouses on Rottnest Island
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