Local Briefs

l GARAGE SALE

CAIRNS Barrier Reef Lions Club is holding a garage sale at Manunda tomorrow (Saturday, July 8) from 7am to 1pm. The event, selling household items, clothing and toys, is at the ARC Cafe building, 52 Macnamara Street, Manunda. Recently the club supported the ARC Disabilities Services Bike club with trikes, bikes and helmets.

l CAR BOOT EVENT

CAIRNS Men’s Shed is holding a garage and car boot sale at their premises at 186 Irene Street, Mooroobool (next to the football grounds) on Saturday, July 15 at 7.30am to raise funds for community projects. Items for sale include tools, plants and orchids, books, CDs, paints, hand-crafted wooden toys (cars and trucks), clothes, turned timber items, bric-a brac, a sausage sizzle and cold drinks. Car boot sites cost $20. Contact Bruce Bimrose on 4054 1949 or 0407 889 430.

l POOL CLOSURE

with collaboration at its heart. It will further strengthen JCU’s research and teaching partnership with Cairns Hospital,”

Prof Biggs said.

“It will also be a meeting point where health and medical staff can connect with our engineers, data scientists, and IT specialists.”

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service chief executive Leena Singh said it was exciting to see the research, education and innovation precinct take shape.

“The CTEC building will enable collaboration and partnerships to form between us, JCU and other organisations, to research issues experienced specifically by the people of Far North Queensland, including First Nations health and tropi- cal medicine,” she said.

“Importantly, these partnerships will focus on translating that research into clinical practice, enhancing our care of our community.”

Yidinji elder and research academic Henrietta Marrie said JCU had consulted community members from the very early stages of the project.

“We wanted to see a building