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CAIRNS TIDE TIMES HIGH: 3.34 HIGH: 17.24 LOW: 10.15 LOW: 23.27

CAIRNS TIDE TIMES HIGH: 4.59 HIGH: 18.22 LOW: 11.15 LOW: N/A

CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 0.27 LOW: 12.06 HIGH: 6.01 HIGH: 19.12

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MIN:20 MAX:26 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 1.13 LOW: 12.54 HIGH: 6.54 HIGH: 19.56

MIN:20 MAX:26 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 1.53 LOW: 13.38 HIGH: 7.41 HIGH: 20.35

INNISFAIL 7 DAY WEATHER FORECAST AND TIDE TIMES MIN:20 MAX:24 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES HIGH: 0.56 HIGH: 14.16 LOW: 8.20 LOW: 20.27

MIN:19 MAX:24 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES HIGH: 2.05 HIGH: 16.24 LOW: 9.45 LOW: 23.00

MIN:19 MAX:24 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES HIGH: 3.51 HIGH: 17.47 LOW: 11.07 LOW: N/A

MIN:18 MAX:24 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES LOW: 0.39 LOW: 12.10 HIGH: 5.15 HIGH: 18.44

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PORT DOUGLAS TIDE TIMES LOW: 1.24 LOW: 12.57 HIGH: 6.53 HIGH: 19.44

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FROM Indonesia to Croatia, and Haiti to Japan, Cairns will be celebrating its many cultures with a host of festivals, story times and exhibitions during August for Multicultural Month. The Indonesian Festival will kick off celebrations this weekend with a day of dance, food and diversity on the Western Lawn of the Esplanade on Saturday (7 August). In coming weeks, the Cairns Hindu Samaj, Japanese Society of Cairns and the Cairns Multicultural Association will also host festivals at a variety of locations throughout the city. Cairns Mayor Bob Manning said Council was pleased to support the diverse communities and cultural associations to help share their traditions, customs, food and dance. “Cairns truly is a multicultural place where our many cultures add so much to our community,” Cr Manning said. “Just one third of Cairns people list their ancestry as ‘Australian’ with the remainder of residents tracing their immediate ancestry to more than 120 different nations.

“We speak 72 different languages in our homes and around a fifth of people in our community were born overseas. “In fact, later this month we will have the biggest citizenship ceremony we have ever hosted, with 340 people from 39 different nationalities to become citizens at the Cairns Performing Arts Centre on 24 August.” Indonesian Festival 2021 organiser Liana Hitchcock said tomorrow’s festival-goers could expect amazing food and diverse entertainment at the festival. “Indonesia itself is a multi-cultural, mutli-language, multi-religion country and our 200-plus Cairns Australian-Indonesians come from all over,” Ms Hitchcock said. “The festival gives us a chance to share our culture and to keep connections strong for Indonesian Australians. “We also see many Australians at the festival who have lived in or visited Indonesia and enjoy experiencing the culture and the food again in Cairns.”

Councillor Cathy Zeiger said this year, Multicultural Month gave residents the chance to experience overseas cultures at time when travel abroad was prohibited. “Without being able to leave the country, our multicultural communities are bringing the world to Cairns for everyone to experience,” she said. “Council recently committed to the Welcoming Cit-

ies program and events like these are a practical step towards further embracing diversity, fostering social cohesion and enhancing our region’s multicultural focus.” Cairns Libraries and art galleries are also running a diverse and international program of activities throughout the month in collaboration with storytellers, artists and speakers from all corners of Australia and the globe.

MULTICULTURAL MONTH ● CARMA Youth Peace Finale and CARMA Multicultural Festival on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 August at Fogarty Park ● Ganesh Ustav Festival on Saturday 11 September at Edge Hill State School from 9am ● Japanese Bon Dance Festival on Saturday September 11 from 12 noon on the Western Lawn of Cairns Esplanade ● Conversations with Cairns Libraries at Smithfield Library with local author Debra Gavranich with the migrant story of her Croatian mother (Wednesday 18 August), and at Hambledon House (Tuesday 31 August) with South Side storyteller, Aquilar Luki, speaking about his migration to Australia from a tiny Polynesian island (partnership with Mission Australia). ● Torres Straight Enlightenment 150th Anniversary Exhibition at Bulmba-ja Arts Centre until 28 August

FAR North Queensland based business HappyPause founder Sandy Davies has been named as a Finalist for her women’s health product in the 2021 AusMumpreneur Awards. Sandy is a Finalist for two categories: Best Product Innovation and The One to Watch. The national AusMumpreneur Awards presented by The Women’s Business School celebrate and recognize Australian Mums in business achieving outstanding success in areas such as business excellence, product development, customer service and digital innovation. Ms Davies is the Wonga Beach based formulator and founder of HappyPause Balm. She’s a bit of a rebel who struggles taking ‘No’ for an answer, which is how she came to turn the lack of a simple, preservative-free natural solution for intimate dryness into her mission. The creation of HappyPause is Sandy’s ‘Yes.’ Don’t suffer in silence. Ms Davies is delighted to be named as a finalist and is proud of her innovative creation of HappyPause Balm to benefit others, most specifically during peri/post menopause and chemotherapy. “There are many benefits to balancing business and family life as Sandy ex-

ST. Margaret’s Anglican Church will hold their Spring Fair including their Car Boot Sale Saturday September 4 from 8am to 12 noon. People wishing to run a stall are advised to contact the organisers or you can visit Maggie’s Thrift Shop in Collinson Street, behind the Church to book your stall. Stalls will cost $10. The Spring Fair will include cake stalls, plants, morning tea, garage sale as

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● Fix those leaky taps. Even a slowly dripping tap can THE focus across Australia at waste up to 20,000 litres a a community and local governyear—water you pay for but ment level is to conserve water never use and modify usage patterns to create a lasting and sustaina- Toilet ble supply for today and future ● Always use the half flush when appropriate generations. Cairns Local News passionP R O U D LY S U● P P O R Tleaking E D B Y C A Itoilet R N S L O can C A L N Ewaste WS A ately believes in the principle of more than 90,000 litres of water usage reduction. As a rewater a year. Check for leaks sult, we will publish a series of by putting a little food colourwater saving tips designed to ing in the tank. If the colourlift awareness of how precious ing begins appearing in the water is and how we can with a bowl without flushing, have few simple steps conserve this the cistern repaired immedinatural resource. ately. Flush as soon as the Far North Queensland watest has been completed ter users can make a huge difference to their water con- ● Don’t flush rubbish and other waste down the toilet. This sumption, not only saving water, but the money they pay wastes water because it can for it too, just by making basic result in significant sewerage changes to their usage habits blockages, which require without disrupting their lifelarge amounts of water to styles. clean up. The best places to start in Your average backyard pool your household are the bath(7.2m x 3.6m x 1.2m deep) room and toilet: contains approximately 30,000 Bathroom litres, your leaking toilet could ● Take a shorter shower ● Turn off the tap when brush- fill 3 backyard swimming pools each year. ing your teeth or shaving DAVID GARDINER

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Park plan on display A PLAN to revitalise a park which borders three Council divisions will go on public display for feedback. Harald Falge Park, located on English Street in Manunda, is in the centre of a high population and culturally diverse community that borders Council divisions (4, 5, and 7) and serves as the primary public open space for residents in Manoora, Mooroobool, Manunda and Westcourt. While the three-hectare space is well utilised during the day, there is a known history of crime and anti-social behaviour at night that has prevented the park from reaching its potential as a place

for community pride and ownership. Council has allocated $500,000 over the next two years to deliver Stage 1 of the Harald Falge Park Improvement Plan. The plan aims to create an inclusive, accessible, safe and welcoming space, provide a greater range of recreational opportunities, deliver upgrades amenities including toilets, shelters and barbecues, and embrace opportunities to embed cultural elements for Australia’s First People. The Harald Falge Park Improvement Plan can be viewed at Council’s website.

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RECENTLY Cairns Local News spoke to state Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Craig Crawford about the ‘Path to Treaty’ commitment from the Queensland Government. The Path to Treaty is the beginning of “the journey towards negotiated treaties with First Nations Queenslanders. It seeks to consolidate the milestones and achievements already underway and build stronger relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders.” For this week’s edition, David Gardiner interviewed Member for Cook in far north Qld, Cynthia Lui about her views on the Treaty process, and what it means to her personally as a Torres Strait Island woman. Q. Cynthia Lui, what will the Treaty or Treaties personally mean for you; what are your expectations? “As a proud Torres Strait Island woman, a Queens-

lander and the Member for Cook, Path to Treaty means a great deal to me as there is a need to recognise our colonial history, acknowledge dispossession and work together to reimagine and co-design a way of walking together. “What it will look like is still to be worked out, as it’s important everyone who wants to have a say, and that these voices are heard and taken into account. “My only expectation is that the process moves forward, and that the eventual outcome – whether it’s a single Treaty with the First Nations peoples of what is now known as Queensland or individual agreements with a Nation or group of Nations – reflects the things that matter to these groups.” Q. Do you think the process of the Path To Treaty will be difficult, given the need for truth-telling? Will you encourage your communities to come forward with stories that you think must be told in order to obtain meaningful reconciliation? “Every act of remembering difficult and often traumatic events, whether experienced directly or indirectly, is hard.

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“I believe we need to hear those stories, and understand our shared history, in order to find a way forward. “The process of truth telling needs to be conducted in a culturally safe way and to respect First Nations’ need to share their histories, or not to if that’s what they choose.” Q. What will the treaty or treaties mean for your community and other communities that you represent or have close relationships with? “My experience suggests that this will mean something different for everyone, some people will welcome it, others will focus on the need for more concrete measures, some will focus on a Voice to Parliament and others may not even know it’s taking place. “Overall though I think it will be taken in the spirit in which it’s intended – as a means of finding a new way to walk together.” Q. Should a treaty or treaties aim to have an overall positive effect on strengthening bonds between all Queenslanders

moving forward? What positives do you believe will come out of this?

“I think everything remains to be seen but it’s my hope my fellow Queenslanders will see this as a positive step for all of us, and increase our pride in the many great things we’ve done together over the years.” Q. Do you feel that you will personally have an important contribution in the processes of the Path To Treaty? “I am just one voice in this story but hopefully I can use it to share this opportunity with the people of Cook and bring more voices into this conversation.” Work to date on the Path To Treaty includes the addition to the preamble to the Queensland Constitution to honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians.

PATH TO TREATY ACHIEVEMENTS ● Human Rights Act 2019 which acknowledges the importance of the right to self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders ● Launch of the Queensland Government Reconciliation Action Plan 2018–2021 ● Commitment to the legal recognition of traditional Torres Strait Islander child rearing practices ● Establishment of the Queensland First Children and Families Board ● Establishment of the Local Thriving Communities Joint Coordinating Committee ● Commitment to ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are represented on various government boards and committees ● Appointment of the First Nations Advisor for Housing.

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FR0M PAGE 1 Gregory Mellor receives his COVID test from clinician Sarah Visser at the QML pop-up testing site on the Cairns Esplanade

DAVID GARDINER TESTING for COVID had Cairns area health system personnel working extra long hours under stretched conditions this week, as the city and Yarrabah went into a three-day lockdown, the result of a taxi driver catching COVID and being infected in the community for 10 days. Exposure venues in several areas of Cairns, including Cairns Central, Smithfield and Raintrees shopping centres were still being added to the Queensland Health list for contact tracing several days after the case was revealed. Genome sequencing found that the taxi driver in his 60s and a marine pilot in his 30s both had the same Delta infection. The unvaccinated taxi driver is likely to have caught it from the fully vaccinated marine pilot when he drove the pilot to Cairns Airport on July 26. It was the first time the region had been singled out for a COVID lockdown, and only the second time the city and Yarrabah had gone into lockdown since the pandemic began last year. More than 5,500 COVID tests were conducted in a twoday period at pop-up clinics and other venues close to where close contacts occurred. The public were commended for coming forward to get tested, and Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Ser-

vice (CHHHS) staff were praised for coping with the sudden need for thousands of residents to get tested. “Staffing is tight and is stretched but I’ve got to commend all of the staff; the health service, Tropical Public Health Unit, our contact tracers, the staff in our Aboriginal community-controlled health services and of course our private providers and GPs,” CHHHS executive director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Joy Savage said. During testing, staff were acknowledged many times by their executives for the long hours they put in, which saw hundreds of people tested by each staff member, the tester having to change personal protection equipment such as gowns several times during the day. “Everyone is doing a lot of heavy lifting at the moment. We’re doing our best to rest people who are working very, very long hours so they can get their rest to be back at it at the next available point in time,” Ms Savage said. “Obviously we’d always want to have more staff than we’ve got but people are keeping good humour and supporting one another, and it’s a time like no other for staff to be kind and generous to one another and it’s cool for our community also to be kind to the staff – they’re under a lot of pressure – there’s high volumes, and we really appreciate the support we’re getting from the community and the

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generosity that staff are showing one another,” she said. CHHHS have also made testing of the region’s indigenous communities, including at Yarrabah, a priority and are strongly the community members to get vaccinated as soon as they can. Over the Cairns and Hinterland area, the indigenous full vaccination rate is just 16 per cent. “That is good but it’s not where we want it to be, obviously,” Ms Savage said. “Look, there is a bit of hesitancy. This latest positive case has obviously caused pause for people to rethink their decision and we’re obviously encouraging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities to yarn within their families and communities and encourage each other to find the facts, speak to a health worker, and get vaccinated,” she said. With no further cases in the region emerging by Wednesday morning, Cairns and Yarrabah residents were given the news by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk that full lockdown would be lifted at 4pm the same day, but masks will still have to be worn and other rules and restrictions will remain in place until August 22.

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Flying Doctors continues to connect Cape AS you descend from the north into Cairns Airport, a small, unassuming aircraft hangar can be seen to the right, housing aircraft brandishing a familiar, iconic livery. Amongst the larger commercial aircraft taxiing and unloading passengers, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) aircraft appear delicate and quaint. But these workhorses of the sky, and the people who work in them every day, are anything but delicate and

This week, the RFDS (Queensland Section) has released its latest annual patient and aviation statistics, and the numbers show just how vital those services are. In the past 12 months, 12,319 patients were transferred to emergency or specialist care by the RFDS across the state. Of those, the RFDS Cairns Base was responsible for more than 1,100. RFDS Cairns Base Nurse Manger Aeromedical, Leanne Hill said the base is

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quaint. The RFDS Cairns Base is regarded as the busiest Flying Doctor aeromedical base in Australia, employing more than 95 staff to deliver vital healthcare services right through Cape York. Services range from GP and nurse-led primary health care clinics, including child and maternal health and vaccination clinics, mental health services, telehealth, as well as the aeromedical retrieval services for which the RFDS is traditionally known.

made up of a truly multi-disciplinary team, consisting of primary health care GPs, flight nurses and midwives, emergency medical officers, mental health clinicians, and of course, pilots. She said it was a true team effort that ensured delivery of world-class healthcare to some of the most remote parts of the state. “Every day is different when you work for the RFDS, and that is truly the case here in Cairns,” Ms Hill said. “It’s a real privilege to work

RFDS Cairns Base Nurse Manger - Aeromedical, Leanne Hill with the team here, but even more so to be able to deliver healthcare to the people of Far North Queensland. “Everyone here is extremely passionate about what they do, and this results in an incredible amount of trust being

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remote Australia, and they understand the natural challenges that come with delivering healthcare service to those areas.” Evidence of this trust can be found in the amount of people accessing RFDS pri-

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fundamental in ensuring the service can still occur today. Last financial year, RFDS pilots flew a total of 24,279 hours over 8.3 million kilometres, landing 22,587 times. Cairns pilots alone flew more than 1.2 million kilometres, the equivalent of about 31 times around the earth. RFDS (Queensland Section) Chief Executive Officer Meredith Staib said she was immensely proud of the work delivered by staff each and every day. “It’s been another big year for the RFDS, as demonstrated by the incredible volume of work we’ve performed,” she said. “For more than 93 years the RFDS has helped rural and remote Queenslanders access equitable healthcare services to those available to their counterparts in the city. “Our efforts over the past year demonstrate our commitment to ensuring continuity of this service well into the future, and Cairns locals should be proud that they have a service such as this on their doorstop, which makes such a difference to people’s lives every day.”

THE RFDS has been saving lives in regional, rural and remote Australia for more than 93 years. In addition to the 24/7 aeromedical retrieval of the critically-ill or injured, the RFDS also delivers a broad range of essential primary and preventative healthcare services, including telehealth, mental health, oral health and chronic disease management. Established in Queensland in 1928 by the Reverend John Flynn, the RFDS has grown to become the world’s largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisation, comprising a fleet of 75 aircraft, 24 aeromedical bases and six remote primary health care facilities. Today the RFDS delivers more than 370,000 episodes of patient care across Australia every year – equivalent to assisting someone every two minutes. Services are delivered on a day-to-day basis by six RFDS operating sections – Central Operations (serving SA/NT), Queensland Section, South Eastern Section (serving NSW/ ACT), Tasmania Section, Victoria Section and Western Operations (serving WA). The RFDS is a not-for-profit organisation. While supported by Commonwealth, State and Territory governments, the RFDS depends on bequests, fundraising and donations to bridge the gap in operational funding and to finance its capital-raising program for the replacement of aircraft, medical equipment and other major capital initiatives.

The RFDS has been voted nine times Australia’s Most Reputable Charity by the Reputation Institute Charity Reputation Index. A study, released in 2020, revealed that the RFDS provides more than $2.5 billion in benefits to the Australian economy each year through its life-saving aeromedical services. The study was conducted by advisory firm BDO Services and independently endorsed by the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation. In Queensland, the RFDS supports 1,056 FTE jobs (includ-

ing 290 direct jobs) and boosts economic activity by $490 million each year, including a direct injection of $132.5 million into the Queensland economy. The RFDS provides healthcare services over an area of 1.73 million square kilometres in Queensland from nine strategically located bases in Cairns, Townsville, Mount Isa, Charleville, Longreach, Roma, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Brisbane. These services are delivered via a fleet of 20 medically equipped aeromedical aircraft. And with some of the world’s

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most highly trained and skilled aviation and medical staff, including 99 nurses, 73 pilots, and 61 doctors, the RFDS in Queensland is incredibly well positioned to uphold our promise to deliver the finest care to the furthest corner of the state. In Queensland, RFDS provides on average, 190 occasions of care each day, including flying 30 patients per day to specialist care. Since 1995, we have proudly partnered with Queensland Health to transport more than 230,000 patients through the inter-hospital transfer service.

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G’DAY Tropicairnsians, It would seem that I like to write about myself and that is true as there was a lot of stupid things done by me during my youth. One rather common issue I had growing up, was just how often I cheated death when I should not have and my fascination for how these close encounters really worked. Why? Who knows the way young immature minds works? But do you believe in very weird coincidences?? Well, I do. Because many times in my life things have happened that really beats the crap out of me when it comes to logical explanations. Like how as a kid getting hit and run over by a prime mover, way too many times, hit by cars, thrown off push bikes, motor bikes, horses, bulls, and a wild pig (now that was really stupid) and in my trade having uncount-

able serious industrial incidents with never ever breaking a single bone and even ending up in I.C.U. twice from massive electric shocks. Please do not get me started on how many cars I have smashed up to always walk away but the cars are written off and for many of them nothing could be salvaged from. Having been blessed with a very strong lucky streak that has always seemed to have those leprechaun’s sitting on my shoulders directing all bad luck on to another path. I was a mongrel kid growing up causing all sorts of trouble but now absolutely proud of the success my two children, now adults, have developed. With my first-born son a sergeant in the army and finishing a university degree for engineering, while my daughter has taught herself how to speak, read and write Korean and is also studying in university with the goal to teach English in Korea when completed. It is widely known that the apple does not fall far from the tree but luckily the little red-bearded people are dropkicking them right away, so my family don’t get any of this idiot’s stupid and

reckless genes. People have said to me on many occasions that they have thought they have seen me in places only to find out when on closer inspection that it was not me. When told this I usually have a chuckle as to why on earth would someone create two of me.

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Then one day while traveling down the escalator in Cairns Central shopping centre, there on the ground floor staring up at me like he was kicked in the gonads is my famed doppelganger (German for “double walker” is a biologically unrelated look-alike) and on reaching the base he asks me are

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you the Wayne’s World he has been continually mistaken for. Well Graham was wrapped to finally meet his ‘twin’ and we had a laugh about the similar dress style and finding out that his collection of Hawaiian shirts is 6 while mine is 115 but when the talk became about painting his beard that was a firm

and resounding NO. While we were talking many shoppers made comment that we must be related and took photos and laughing when finding this was not the case. Believe in the unbelievable. Wayne

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WELL DONE TO OUR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS LAST Sunday, a short sharp hard lockdown was called for Cairns. It caught the community by surprise. Our health services in Cairns had already been on watch and alert and were prepared to ramp up and respond quickly and effectively with this outbreak. Our health professionals are doing a splendid job not just with COVID but also ensuring general and specialist health services continue in a seamless manner. Given the events of the past year, the timing is right for a Senate enquiry into GP shortages in Regional Australia. A quick scan of the Queensland Smart Jobs website reveals over 630 current vacancies within our government health service state-wide. Within the private practice and GP clinics the figure would be greater. On the job platform Seek, we have over 6500 jobs listed in the medical industry. Whilst a great percentage would not be for health practitioners, one can only imagine the full extent of our job vacancies for healthcare workers. How do we address this issue? Now more than ever we have tangible proof that we do need more frontline health workers, and they should be handsomely rewarded for the essential service they provide. More than 15 years ago, Cairns Hinterland Hospital Health Service staged a major recruitment drive though the UK, attracting skilled and experienced medical staff to move to Cairns and work within our public system. This worked; however, our gain was the NHS’s loss, with many fine practitioners leaving to come to work here in the colonies. What we do need is a financial incentive for our brightest and most talented graduating secondary school students to enrol in universities to study nursing or medicine with the view to upon graduation taking placements in our regional centres. These graduates should be incentivised to work in regional and remote areas. The simplest incentive would be a reduction in their HECS Debt for every 24-month period they spend working full-time in designated regional and remote medical roles. For a graduate facing a new career with a debt of more than $80,000 the opportunity to work in designated remote or regional areas and have this HECS debt reduced automatically could prove an attractive incentive for graduates. The Australian health system will always have a large percentage of overseas trained medical staff. It’s the nature of the industry. But we can never pin our future upon a constant supply of foreign trained doctors and nurses. We need a ‘local’ solution. We need to a system that encourages our medical graduates to consider a career in regional Australia. We have come through the first real COVID test of our health system here in the North. Credit must go to our frontline staff here in the North. Long hours, in some cases frustrated and frightened clients, but they put in the hard work and long hours. Recognition must also go to the staff in pathology, processing enormous numbers of tests and sending the very welcome SMS notification of a negative result was for many people the highpoint of their week. Well done Queensland Health, QML and Sullivan Nicolaides, a great collective effort, and now, we as residents need to give you a break, we must mask-up, socially distance and do the right thing. Our health professionals need time to relax with family and recharge their batteries after their massive effort. Peter McCullagh Editor

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UNFAIR WATER POLICY After reading Mayor Manning’s letter on water, I thought I should report a conversation I had with Cairns Regional Council, Waste and Water manager Mark Wuth. He confirmed to me that some subdivisions and properties on the Northern Beaches have two sets of water pipes and two meters: one for town water for household use, and one for recycled treated water for garden and outside use (coloured purple). The problem is that CRC have little storage facility for that water so there is not enough to supply these subdivisions. Consequently, household water runs through these purple pipes also. The households are charged half price for this potable water plus another access charge. How large this scheme is I am not sure but it does not seem equitable that some people are getting half price water for outside use! AJ, Holloways Beach

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BIG BUSINESS BENEFITING FROM JOB KEEPER I have been reading with growing bamboozlement the stories of big business receiving our taxpayers money through the job keeper scheme and going on to post record profits. Surely our tax dollars are best spent on programs where accountability is a key requirement. Yes, there was a need to support business in the immediate uncertainty of the global pandemic. But it is farcical that they now continue to keep our tax dollars while positing massive profits and paying out bonuses for the same period. I would like to highlight this double standard with a personal analogy. I am required to estimate my yearly income to receive childcare benefits and tax concessions. I do this with the best knowledge of what my financial circumstances will entail for the future financial year. If my earnings then increase due to unforeseen circumstances I am then (rightfully so) required to pay back the unentitled benefits. This is the fair process surrounding the granting of hundreds of dollars. How can our government spend billions of dollars without the same level of accountability and moral responsibility? BEN K, Whitfield

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CROC PROBLEM Politicians make me sick, especially the far left, I have seen the renewed crocodile presence in our region affect our children’s recreational water use extremely negatively over the past 20 years. There are literally millions of crocs in the NT and the Gulf so their recovery from near extinction is totally complete, so tell me why do we need any crocs in Qld at all? All they do is keep our children, and most people, from our stunningly beautiful waterways and their favourite water activities, so again, can the politicians tell me WHY, why do we needs crocs in Qld endangering the most populated areas? Just makes no sense to allow it. Perhaps the politicians should be made liable for our children’s safety around our waterways, that would change their tune PETER J, Cairns CORRUPTION IN CAIRNS Cairns regional council corporate corruption is showing it’s ugly head. Cairns police corruption next. JASE, Cairns

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TRIP OF COMPASSION Mental health issues are an immense problem facing our community. About 1 in 5 Australians will experience a mental health problem in a given year. That’s 5 million people. Many of these will be serious cases, that last for years, and have wide reaching effects on those afflicted, their families and the wider community. The issue is more severe in FNQ then in other parts of Australia. Indigenous people and defence force veterans both experience higher rates of mental health problems. Regional and remote areas experience far higher rates then metropolitan areas. The Productivity Commission last year released a landmark report into mental health where they calculated the annual cost of mental health problems to the Australian economy. $220 billion! The effectiveness of pharmaceuticals and talk based therapies are very limited for those who seek and receive treatment, and many (or most) struggle with issue for years or a lifetime. Such therapies ‘work’ for less than half the patients who receive them. There are recent developments in mental health treatments however, that have the potential to dramatically increase the quality of life of countless Australians.

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CLEAN UP BEAUTIFUL CAIRNS Re beautiful tropical Cairns. Please clean up your streets. Grotty as. Does not cost much to keep clean. Mould and fungus all over town. It’s a shame for tourists and locals. Have good look around. Only nature is self-maintaining. D Nevin, Killarney

Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy is an extremely promising area of mental health treatment that has seen a renaissance in professional interest in the past decade. Whereas traditional mental health treatments have efficacy rates of below 50%, results from Stage 3 Trials using Psychedelics to assist psychotherapy show efficacy rates of above 80%! This is simply amazing! The US FDA has registered MDMA and psilocybin as “Breakthrough Therapies”, fast tracking their research and development. It is predicted that these products will be available for professionals in the USA by early 2023. The charity Mind Medicine Australia is working hard to get the ball rolling in Australia. The amount of misery that lies just under the surface of our community as a result of mental illness is horrific. Stigma and taboo of these substances is slowing research and bureaucratic process in Australia. I sincerely hope the taboo is lifting, with the potential for a large degree of the mental health burden lifting from our collective shoulders as a result. THOMAS H Machans Beach

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purchase if they wish. Furthermore, the Woodshed provides a training ground for members to learn new skills and most importantly it creates a sense of belonging and pride not only in the work carried out, but in the local environment. The Bunday Yarning Benches are a great example. The seats, which were handcarved and etched at the Woodshed, each have a theme that depicts traditional hunting areas for Kuku Yalanji People, for example; Jalunmun – from the sea, Bubumun – from the land and Wawubujamun – from the rivers. A number of items of Art Work from the Shed are on display in the window of Smart-

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benches for the purpose and that is exactly what has been done in Mossman at George Davis Park. The Bunday yarning benches are the creative work of local Kuku Yalanji artists Andrew Gibson, Kaanju Bamboo, Kenneth Bloomfield and Zion Gibson. This week, I sat down for a yarn on the topic, with Kaanju and we discussed the project, plus the amazing work that is now being carried out at the Mossman Gorge Community Woodworking Shed. The Woodworking Shed offers a fantastic opportunity for members of our community to produce homemade art for locals and visitors to enjoy and

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WELCOME RENEE ON Monday 9 August, Cassowary Coast Regional Council and Division 6 residents officially welcomed their new Councillor, Renee McLeod. Renee was born and raised in the Cassowary Coast and said that she has had the best childhood memories spending many nights at the harbour fishing and living on the family cane farm in Mourilyan. Renee worked in retail for over 25 years, owned a photography business for 18 and recently sold an Events and Party business, which she co-owned with one of her best friends. When the opportunity in Division 6 arose, Renee was approached by local residents who encouraged her to run for Council. In Renee’s words “I am community minded and always want what’s in the best interest of the community and the residents. I love a challenge and I’m not afraid to do the hard work. “My focus as Division 6 Councillor at Cassowary Coast Regional Council is to build a strong rapport between the residents and Council. To

have issues heard with an open mind and understanding is what my main focus will be.” Volunteering and giving back to the community is an important part of Renee’s life and she has volunteered for the past ten years at Boogan Stars Junior Soccer Club as a coach, and also held the President role for three years. Involvement in the club is a family affair with Renee’s parents also holding life memberships. Renee is also a productive member of the Mourilyan State School P&C for nine years, six of which she served as President, and also attended the school in her formative years. Renee is one of the driving forces of the Innisfail Christmas Crew that was reinvented three years ago by a small group of volunteers. With the support of Innisfail Fitzgerald Rotary Club, a free street party is held for residents with a “Cracker Raffle” that includes $1000’s of vouchers donated from local businesses. Outside of her busy volunteering schedule, Renee is married with three children, who are 13, 11 and 9 years old. Family is important with three siblings, a large extended family and parents who provide support in everything she does. Renee’s Nonna is her role model and is the strongest person she knows.

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Tropical Art Deco Festival is back in full swing this year THE Tropical Art Deco Festival is back this year with sophisticated jazz tunes, alluring fashion, fascinating Art Deco tours, vintage cars displays and an array of soirees for the community and visitors to attend. The boutique festival showcases Australia’s most concentrated area of Art Deco buildings in a region rich in tropical natural assets. The Innisfail and District Historical Society is presenting the jam packed festival with five days of entertainment beginning on Wednesday 15 September and wrapping up on Sunday 19 September. Councillor Trudy Tschui who holds the portfolio for Community and Culture said there is so much to discover in and around the region and the festival presents a perfect sample of what we offer in the Art Deco and historical preservation space. “For the 2021 Art Deco Festival the organisation was undertaken by Innisfail and District Historical So-

ciety which aligns perfectly with their goal of developing and maintaining interest in the town’s history and local heritage. “It encapsulates the region’s history and brings it to the community on a silver platter. Trish Ernst, President of the Innisfail and District Historical Society agreed by adding the goal of their work is to continue ‘preserving the past for the future’. “Our goal as an organisation is the heart of Art Deco Festival and why it aligns so perfectly to fall under our organisation,” Ms Ernst said. The festival kicks off on 15 September with main events including a Moonlight Ghost Tour in the Innisfail Cemetery. A night of dancing tunes on the Jazz Music Cruise or Art Deco Trivia at the Innisfail RSL. Pet lovers are encouraged to dress their pooch up at the Doggie Deco Brunch or invite your friends to a day out at the Art Deco High Tea. Council has organised

a ‘Movie Under the Stars’ which will present The Great Gatsby movie at Warrina Lakes. This theme will continue on the Sunday at Jack Fossey Park with a Great Gatsby themed picnic. Patrons can enjoy their BYO picnic, refreshments, music and dance entertainment. “Council maintains a high priority for preserving the historical and culturally driven style of our region and the Art Deco Festival is one which Council proudly supports. “Both the community and the tourists who attend will be amazed by the sophistication and fascination which Art Deco delivers and I urge the community where bookings are required to book now for their favourite event as they will fill fast.” said Councillor Tschui. To see the full five day schedule of events between Wednesday 15 September - Sunday 19 September and contacts for bookings, please visit www.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/ our-community/tropical-art-deco/ art-deco-events

The Tropical Art Deco Festival returns once more in September 2021

Calling all green thumbs THE Cassowary Coast Tropical Garden Challenge is on again and avid gardeners are encouraged to get their nominations in. Councillor and Community and Culture portfolio holder Trudy Tschui said gardens will be judged across twelve categories from home gardens through to school gardens. “Prize winners receive small cash prizes and medals for category entries and the champion garden receives a perpetual trophy. “The Tropical Garden Challenge is aimed to celebrate gardening and encourage people to share their gardens, rather than be just a competition. “Beautiful gardens and

greenery enhance the presentation and liveability of our region. “It’s no secret that gardening holds many benefits. There are many benefits for not only humans, but also for our wildlife, such as bees. “Bees perform invaluable functions in ecosystems by pollinating flowers- which helps plants reproduce. “Join in the fun, share your inspirations and gardening stories and be eligible to win a category prize or the Champion Garden,” said Councillor Tschui. Entries close Tuesday 24 August. Judging will be carried out from 31 August to 2 September 2021. Followed by an awards afternoon tea

which will be held at Warrina Gardens in Innisfail, on a date to be advised. The categories are: home garden-residential, home garden-rural, new home garden under three years old, pensioner’s garden-residential, front garden, art in a garden, outdoor living area, kitchen garden-vegetable/herb/fruit, commercial garden, tourist accommodation, caravan park and school garden. Entry forms are available from the Council Customer Service Centres in Innisfail and Tully, Libraries in Cardwell and Wongaling Beach or on Council website: www.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/ tropical-garden-challenge-2021

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Planned burns to reduce the risk of wildfires

Paws Up! Who’s registered? WE know you love your doggies and we know the joy they bring you so please help us help you to be as Awesome as your dog thinks you are. All that doggy love is their way of saying thanks for being so Awesome. An Awesome owner provides yummy food and fresh water, shelter from the sun, wind and rain, lots of cuddles, care, regular exercise and playtime with other doggies. Awesome owners also make sure their four-legged friends are registered each year with us as this helps us help you to be Awesome. Registration enables Council to provide a reuniting service for doggies that have escaped; it helps us protect your doggy from aggressive dogs and care for your doggy if found wandering injured or unwell. Your doggy registration helps to keep Council’s Animal Management Program running to provide street and beach patrols and maintain the pound. In Queensland, it is law. Your dog will be one of the best friends

you’ll ever have so register your best friend now. It’s free to register dogs under 3 months of age as well as guide, assistance and working dogs. Discounts are available for desexed dogs and dogs owned by pensioners. You can register your dog by completing a registration form found on Council website and arranging payment with a Customer Service Officer over the phone or at a Council Customer Service Centre. For those who received a renewal notice in the post, this is your last chance to register your doggy. You can renew dog registration in person or by mail and for the first time, online. Follow instructions on your renewal notices to find out how to pay. Registering your dog costs less than a fine. An unregistered pet can cost dog owners $266. For more information on dog registration call 1300 763 903 or visit www.cassowarycoast.qld.gov. au/registrations

Todd Holliday, Cassowary Coast Regional Council Leading Hand Parks monitoring the small fire at Attie Creek Road. Council conducted this in conjunction with Girringun on 21 July 2021. CASSOWARY Coast Regional Council will be undertaking a series of planned burns as part of the annual hazard reduction/ conservation management program for parks and forests. These works begun in mid July 2021 with a small prescribed burn in the Attie Creek area and will take up to three months to complete, weather and site conditions permitting. Areas targeted for planned burns

are located between Cardwell and Cowley Beach. Councillor and Environment portfolio holder Jeff Baines said annual operation of cool burns are the recommended form of wildfire prevention. “Planned burning is an important tool used by Australian fire authorities and land managers to reduce the impact of wildfires on human safety, land use and environmental values,” he said. “The aim of this project

is to reduce the volume of forest fuels and to create a mosaic pattern of burnt and unburnt areas. “This will help reduce the intensity of any subsequent wildfires and provide favourable conditions for natural forest regeneration. “Council is proud to work with local Traditional Owner Ranger Groups and I thank them for their assistance and support.” Notifications will be issued to residents and busi-

nesses in close proximity to targeted reserves, prior to works commencing in their immediate area. Residents are encouraged to observe signage during this period and prepare their own property for the coming fire season. For more information, please contact Council by emailing enquiries@cassowarycoast. qld.gov.au or calling 1300 763 903.

Keep a pair of boots in your boot PLANNING to visit your local Waste Transfer Station? Make sure you bring a pair of enclosed shoes with you. Cassowary Coast Regional Council are serious about safety and are dedicated to providing a safe waste facility for use by all within the community. That is why, as of 1 August 2021, a set of site entry conditions at all Waste Transfer Stations in the region will be in place. One of the conditions is that everyone must wear suitable enclosed footwear.

Unloading and loading material can put you and others at risk of accidentally dropping material and causing injury. Wearing suitable enclosed shoes with a decent sole will also protect you from accidentally stepping onto hazardous objects. To protect yourself from possible permanent injury, everyone on site must wear suitable enclosed footwear. Bare feet, thongs, sandals, crocs or shoes with thin material covering toes are not permitted. Failure to comply with the

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following site entry conditions could result in refusal of entry. 1. Wear suitable enclosed footwear. 2. Children must be supervised at all times.

3. Smoking is prohibited on site. 4. Animals must remain in vehicles at all times. 5. Comply with signage and requests of site staff is mandatory at all times.

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Applications Close Monday,16 August 2021 For more information or to apply, please visit: www.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/our-council/employmentopportunities/positions-vacant

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BUSY BEAKS

Sarah Allen

SPEND a day with Australia’s most vibrant and unique feathered friends. Full of splashing shorebirds, clattering cockatoos, parading penguins and greedy galahs. Busy Beaks is the perfect introduction to birds of all shapes and sizes. About the author Sarah Allen is an illustrator and designer based in Victoria, Australia. The natural world is her biggest inspiration. Through her art, she hopes to share her love of this beautiful planet, with a special focus on Australian flora and fauna.

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Celebrate Children’s Book Week @ Cassowary Coast Libraries!

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THE END OF THE WORLD IS BIGGER THAN LOVE

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Identical twin sisters Summer and Winter live alone on a remote island, sheltered from a destroyed world. They survive on rations stockpiled by their father and spend their days deep in their mother’s collection of classic literature—until a mysterious stranger upends their carefully constructed reality. At first, Edward is a welcome distraction. But who is he really, and why has he come? As love blooms and the world stops spinning, the secrets of the girls’ past begin to unravel, and escape is the only option.

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Kirli Saunders Meet 11-year-old Bindi. She’s not really into maths but loves art class and playing hockey. Her absolute favourite thing is adventuring outside with friends or her horse, Nell. A new year starts like normal: school, family, hockey, dancing. But this year hasn’t gone to plan! There’s a big art assignment, a drought, a broken wrist and the biggest bushfires her town has ever seen! Bindi is a verse novel for mid-upper primary students. Written ‘for those who plant trees’, Bindi explores climate, bushfires, and healing. Written from the point of view of 11-yearold, Bindi and her friends on Gundungurra Country.

EACH year since 1945 the Children’s Book Council of Australia has brought children and books together across Australia through CBCA Book Week. During this time schools and public libraries spend one glorious week celebrating books and Australian children’s authors and illustrators. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians create colourful displays, develop activities, run competitions and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading. You will often see parades with students dressed as their favourite book character. (www.cbca.org.au/cbca-book-week) Come into your Library to see some amazing displays and borrow one of the beautiful books shortlisted for this year’s award,

Discover the Art Deco beauty of the Cassowary Coast THE Cassowary Coast is home to many splendid examples of art deco architecture and construction. In 1879 Thomas Henry Fitzgerald arrived in the region to establish a sugar industry in the lush and very fertile land surrounding present day Innisfail. The first house built in the present site of Innisfail was called Innisfallen, after the largest island in the Lakes of Killarney, Ireland. Inis Fail (Island of Destiny) is an early name for Ireland itself. In 1879, the settlement was named Geraldton, (after Fitzgerald) but was retitled ‘Innisfail’ in 1910 to avoid confusion with the Western Australian town of the same name. The Art Deco designed architecture of Innisfail can be credited to a devastating cyclone that wiped out the region in 1918. Many buildings made out of timber and corrugated iron were destroyed or damaged extensively, and the two buildings that remained in the Innisfail CBD were built from reinforced concrete. As the town was rebuilt, it was decided that it would be necessary to cyclone-proof Innisfail, and with Art Deco being the internationally popular style of the time – Tropical Art Deco was born.

K E Y Cassowary Coast Regional Council Contact 1300 763 903 Visit our website www.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au Write: Please address all correspondence to: James Gott, Chief Executive Officer PO Box 887 Innisfail, QLD 4860 Email: enquiries@cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au

Throughout the Innisfail CBD you will discover Art deco facades inspired by Italian, French, Spanish, Moroccan and Anglo-Saxon architecture. These global influences are homage to the diverse and multicultural past of the Cassowary Coast region. Innisfail is rapidly becoming recognised as one of Australia’s great Art Deco towns, with the CBD showcasing one of the largest concentrations of Art Deco buildings in the country. Due to the climate of Far North Queensland, the traditional Art Deco architecture style was adapted to include wide awnings and peaked roofs to provide relief from heavy rains. This means that the beautiful buildings are distinctive and are rarely seen anywhere else in the world. Innisfail is one hours’ drive from Cairns and well worth the visit. If you visit, download the Tropical Art Deco App from the Play store and take a 2.5 hour guided walk through this magnificent town. The Art Deco app can be found and downloaded from the Apple Store, Google Play or you can directly download it from Council’s website. https://bit.ly/2VJkROD

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Visit Council Cassowary Coast Regional Council has three Customer Service Centres across the region. Specially trained staff can provide information and advice on topics including: ● local laws and compliance ● rates enquiries ● account payments (EFTPOS facilities available) ● animal registration.

Customer Service Centres and Opening Hours Innisfail Shire Hall 70 Rankin St. Innisfail Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm Tully Tully Civic Centre, 38-40 Bryant St. Tully Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm Cardwell Cardwell Library, 4 Balliol St. Cardwell Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Cassowary Coast Libraries comprises of 4 branches located at Cardwell, Innisfail, Tully and Mission Beach. For locations, opening times or general enquiries, please call 1300 366 616 or visit www. cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/libraries Waste Transfer Stations locations and opening hours can be found by visiting www.cassowarycoast.qld.gov. au/transfer-stations Community Connect is a publication of the Cassowary Coast Regional Council. Supplied by Council and published within the Cairns Local News newspaper. All enquiries regarding content contained within this publication should be directed to Council.

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THE CELLIST Daniel Silva The fatal poisoning of a Russian billionaire sends Gabriel Allon on a dangerous journey across Europe and into the orbit of a musical virtuoso who may hold the key to the truth about his friend’s death. The plot Allon uncovers leads to secret channels of money and influence that go to the very heart of Western democracy and threaten the stability of the global order. The Cellist is a breathtaking entry in Daniel Silva’s ‘outstanding series’ (People magazine) and reveals once more his superb artistry and genius for invention-and demonstrates why he belongs ‘firmly alongside le Carre and Forsyth as one of the greatest spy novelists of all time’ (The Real Book Spy). Praise for Daniel Silva:’Fascinating, suspenseful and bated-breath exciting’ Publishers Weekly’. One of the greatest spy novelists the genre has ever known’ Crime Reads ’Daniel Silva is that rarity of rarities, a writer whose stories just keep getting better’ Huffington Post’. If you like Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, get to know Gabriel Allon’ Australian Women’s Weekly.

ATOMIC HABITS

James Clear People say when you want to change your life, you need to think big- swap job, move house, change partner. But they’re wrong. World-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered a completely different way to transform your behaviour. He knows that lasting change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of tiny decisions - doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call. He calls them atomic habits. In Atomic Habits, Clear delves into cutting-edge psychology to explain why your brain can amplify these small changes into huge consequences. He uncovers a handful of simple life hacks (the forgotten art of Habit Stacking, or the unexpected power of the Two Minute Rule), to show how you too can turn minuscule shifts in behaviour into life-transforming outcomes. And he reveals a simple four-stage method that will let you build atomic habits into your day-to-day routine, starting now. These nuclear changes will have an explosive effect on your career, your relationships and your life.

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follow four postal workers who transform themselves into an untraditional team of detectives to track down intended recipients of undeliverable mail. Their mission takes them out of the office and into an unpredictable world, where de-

when a tragedy exposes secrets that put their friendship

livering these lost letters and packages helps save lives,

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Streaming on Acorn TV Australia Christopher Timothy and Peter Davison, stars of All Creatures Great & Small, host this journey into the golden age of motoring. Getting behind the wheels of a classic car, they set out on a series of road trips along beautiful vintage roads to experience the thrills of the era when people first fell in love with the motor car and when the open road was a gateway to adventure and exploration.

Streaming on Acorn TV Australia This medical drama follows doctor Ruby Walker (Amrita Acharia), who travels from England to India looking for a job and a distraction from a bad breakup. Arriving at an under-resourced hospital, Ruby must learn to cope with her eccentric patients and coworkers. Co-stars Amanda Redman and Neil Morrissey.

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According to Tolstoy, Napoleon would tug on what part of a person’s body if they were in his favour?

How many gold medals did Australia win at the recent Tokyo Olympic Games?

Which organ in the body acts as a filter for your blood, cleaning it of bacteria and viruses?

Name the events contested in the Women’s Outdoor Heptathlon?

Traditionally, sailors would get a tattoo of what bird after travelling over 5,000 nautical miles?

Who is Queensland’s Chief Health Officer?

Complete the title of this Savage Garden song, ‘Truly, Madly….?’

According to the first line of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, a “single man in possession of a good fortune” is in want of what?

Campbell Newman announced recently he would run for the senate representing which political party?

A nocturne is usually played on what musical instrument?

What is the word given to the pleasant earthy smell after rain?

In the movie the Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow lacked what?

A thermophobic avoids high levels of what?

Elvis Presley passed away August 16, in what year?

Name Dorothy’s dog in the movie.

In the game Monopoly, what land vehicle is a playing token?

One mile is how many metres?

Rosana was a huge hit in 1982 for which band?

In the title of novels, what number links Men In A Boat and Musketeers?

If you were paying for your meal using riel, what country would you be in?

The handheld gaming device, Game Boy was manufactured by which company?

‘Flammable air’ was an early name for which gas?

Australian actor Leo McKern appeared in what English Courtroom drama?

In golf, if you complete a Par 5 in 2 strokes you have scored a?

Dump, floater and wipe are terms used in which sport?

John Cornell will be best known as Strop from the Paul Hogan Show; however, he was instrumental in the establishment of what sporting event?

Traditionally the small white ball used in bowls is called the Kitty or …?

Name the Rugby Union series played annually between Australia and New Zealand?

Who is the cup named after?

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AQUARIUS: Your love life is about to feel so much more adventurous and exciting. It’s all thanks to Venus entering your expansive ninth house, making you crave something larger than life. If you’re single, you may feel inspired to be your own travel buddy and garner experiences out in the unknown. You may just meet someone special along the way. And if you’re taken, it may be time to do something wild and spontaneous with your lover.

GEMINI: You’re approaching an incredibly romantic part of your summer experience. On August 16, Venus will enter your passionate fifth house, encouraging you to remember what it feels like to be in love. Maybe it looks like butterflies in your stomach—or perhaps it feels like a playful date at the beach with your lover. There’s something incredibly childlike about being in love, because it requires you to believe in magic.

LIBRA: Get excited, because as of August 16, Venus is entering Libra. Venus is not only your ruling planet, but the planet of love—and this week, it’s blessing you with beauty, romance, and so much bravado. You may feel like the hottest person around town as you notice more people are expressing interest in spending time with you and, of course, sweeping you off your feet.

PISCES: As of this week, you may start craving emotional depth and a deeper connection from your love life. As Venus enters your intimate eighth house on August 16, you might feel turned off by superficial relationships as you start realizing your true needs. Now’s the time to share secrets with a lover; to get to know each other in a way that makes your relationship different from your relationship with everyone else.

CANCER: You’re embracing a more emotional and nurturing element of your relationships by August 16. As Venus enters your fourth house of home and family on August 16, you may find your potential for compassion expanding. This shift may leave you wanting a relationship much deeper; one that allows you to be yourself and feel safe. You may be craving quiet nights at home with a lover you trust.

SCORPIO: As of this week, you may prioritize quiet and quality time in your relationships rather than big, showy expressions of love. On August 16, Venus will enter your spiritual twelfth house, which could even encourage you to embrace the peace and comfort of solitude. Don’t forget to nurture your deeper needs instead of making yourself available at someone else’s convenience.

ARIES: You’re revving the engine on your love life this week. After all, on August 16, Venus will enter your seventh house of partnerships, encouraging you to become a better partner and set aside more quality time for the ones you love. During this time, you may find yourself renewing your vows to your long-term lover, and if your romance is still in its budding stages, you may feel ready to put a label on it.

LEO: As this week begins, you may be tapping into your ability to flirt and leave your lover hanging off the edge of their seats. As Venus enters your chatty third house on August 16, you may find that your wordplay is next level, drawing lovers in with your fun, engaging, and hilarious vibe. This is a beautiful time to start dating around and, eventually, wind up “talking” to someone.

SAGITTARIUS: Your popularity is skyrocketing this week and it’s all thanks to the fact that Venus is entering your eleventh house of community on August 16. This is encouraging you to spend time with friends and acquaintances as you remember the fun that comes with immersing yourself in a crowd of cool people. In fact, you may find yourself becoming attracted to someone you previously only saw in a platonic light.

TAURUS: As this week begins, you may discover that the real core of your love isn’t necessarily found in romantic poems or grand gestures. It’s in the little things. On August 16, Venus will enter your sixth house of service, showing you that sometimes, just the act of doing something for your lover is as sexy as it gets. You may even enjoy running errands together and enjoying the mundane parts of life together a bit more.

VIRGO: As of this week, you may take on a more gradual, slow-moving approach to your love life. On August 16, Venus will enter your grounded second house, encouraging you to prioritize sensual stability over romantic chaos. Just because things are moving slower doesn’t make them any less blissful. In fact, this moment is encouraging you to soak up all the sensations of your love life without rushing through them.

CAPRICORN: Your name is circulating around town and people can’t stop talking about how amazing you are. After all, as of August 16, Venus will enter your flashy tenth house, putting all your best qualities on blast. You may soon be attracting someone through social media as you post your hottest selfies. You might even meet someone through work as your worth ethic makes you equally as attractive as your personality does.

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Beat the iso-blues and settle down on the couch to catch up on some great movies. Here’s our pick of the top 5 Sports Movies of all Times.

ROCKY

Now the plot is a bit twee, with the same depth as the vocabulary of its star Sylvester Stallone, but this movie has some of the greatest action fight scenes of all times. Slow motion, closeups of pain and flying sweat and a storyline that is guaranteed to draw you in tighter and closer than a clinch with ear-biter ‘Iron Mike’. Rocky follows the fortunes of a poorly educated, well-meaning Italian-American boxer Rocky Balboa as he is offered a shot at the top by Apollo Creed. Surrounded by his community, his girlfriend Adrian, trainer Mickey and friend Paulie, Rocky launches, lurches, falls, rises, falls again and again and eventually wins the fight on a split decision.

ALI

Perhaps the greatest sporting bio-pic of all times, definitely about the greatest boxer of all generations, Muhammad Ali. It might have bombed at the box office but Will Smith captured the essence of Ali and transferred it to the big screen with class and power. Ali will always be remembered as the greatest boxer with a sharp wit and unflinching belief in himself as well as the social issues that surrounded America during that era. This biopic could never do justice to the career of this fighter, nor could it adequately underline the generations who grew up seeing and believing in a man who symbolised equality for all men in the ring, but Will Smith breathed life into Ali and left a lasting indelible legacy to this once great man.

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CHARIOTS OF FIRE Winner of 4 Academy Awards from 7 nominations, Chariots

of Fire was a memorable movie from 1981. Its title was inspired by the line “bring me my chariots of fire’, from the William Blake poem And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time. Chariots of Fire tells the story of two great runners from the University of Cambridge who compete in the 1924 Paris Olympics. In an era before drugs in sport, Chariots of Fire blends willpower and natural talent along with a stirring storyline and a great soundtrack. Still one of my favorite all-time movies.

THE KARATE KID

Wax on… wax off, he was taught the secret to karate lies in the mind and hearts and not in his hands. Released in 1984 Karate Kid tells the story of a bullied teenager desperately seeking to win the affections of a beautiful girl. Starring Ralph Macchio (My Cousin Vinny), Pat Morita (Arnold in Happy Days) and Elisabeth Shue (Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future Part II and III). A classic, boy meets girl, boy falls in love, boy get in fight, gets the living suitcase beaten out of himself, but comes back with a highly unusual move, ‘the crane’, smashing his opponent into a quivering mess and wins the affection of the girl forever, and chaired out of the ring by an adoring public, what’s not to like. Gee sounds like a Rocky Movie.

WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP A 1992 American sports comedy starring Woody Harrelson

(Cheers) and Wesley Snipes (Coming 2 America). A streetball comedy where unsuspecting chumps and duped into thinking a bumbling white boy could not possibly play basketball, primarily because of the colour of his skin. Two basketball hustlers team up for an alley-ooping slam-dunking riot of a movie. A great feel-good movie great basketball action, 3 pointers and heaps of hangtime and more air than Jordon.

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From Croatia to the canefields The girl who left is a winner THE GIRL WHO LEFT is Debra Gavranich’s first book. A family tale set in the canfields of tropical Queensland; it traces a girl’s journey through life after World War Two. Marija lives in a small village on the idyllic island of Korčula off the coast near Split in the country now known as Croatia. At 18 years of age, she agrees to a proxy marriage to a 27-year-old sugarcane farmer in Far North Queensland who had left the village as a small child with his family in the 1920s. The couple do not know each other, having only exchanged photographs and a handful of letters, but this marriage is Marija’s escape from a traumatised post-war Europe. Her childhood is scarred by constant fear, with death and brutality stalking the island after it is occupied, first by the Italian army and later by the Nazis. Marija’s older sister joins the Partisan rebels as a codebreaker for General Tito, while Marija and her younger sister and father secretly help the Partisans hiding in the hills, with intelligence on the enemy. A life in Australia with a husband she does not know is a risk worth taking. She travels by ship to Australia along with hundreds of other young men and women seeking escape from poverty and despair in the old world to the promise of ad-

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venture, love and a better life. Finding herself sharing a farmhouse with a hostile fatherin-law far removed from neighbours, in the midst of cane fields in tropical Queensland, was only bearable as she fell in love with her devoted husband, created her own family and with it, a future for the next generations in the new country. This is the migrant story of

Australia, of courageous individuals taking the biggest risk of their lives often with little or no English. Their determination and hard work enable them to live with their sacrifices and overcome the profound loneliness of homesickness. The result is the rich diversity of our modern multicultural nation.

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THE 19TH HOLE ATHERTON GOLF

Our Atherton Open is over for another year. Many thanks to the 172 starters, and sorry for the late Saturday finish. There was an issue with carts which held us up. Men’s Results. Men’s Open winner on 146 was Survivor Golf Supremo Dave Cameron. A-Grade gross Phil Henricks 149 from Hayden Harding 153. B-Grade Gross Peter Doherty 177 from Jason Titlow 178. Senior Gross Sticky Dyer 154, Junior Goss Saxon Capilos 152. Nett winners (you cannot win 2 major prizes) A-Grade Paul Posselt 145 on countback from Des Riggs. B-Grade Mitch Toward 143 on countback from Gary Tudehope. Senior Nett Jay Fraser 141, Junior Nett Matty Graves-Bochow 148. C-Grade Clayton Doyle 239 from Alan Floriencig 141. NTPs Saturday 3 P Henricks, 9 J Barr, 11 N Redhead, 18 D Pearce. Sunday 3 P Kentnell, 9 H Flynn, 11 M Vincent, 18 M Twomey. LADIES RESULTS: Saturday nett winner was Connie Kalpara 69, r/up Janette Hancock 70. Pin Shots went to 3 Alicia English, 9 Michelle Field, 11 Kayla Moss and 18 Amber Barker. Sunday nett winner Emily McEwan 71, r/up Cheryl Piccone 72. Pin shots went to 3 Sam Duck, 8 Pris Freeman, 11 Shelley Broadley and 18 Michelle Pearsall. 36 Hole Results. C-Grade winner Cheryl Piccone 202, r/up Liz Brown 221. Junior winner Kayla Moss 178. Senior winner Michelle Pearsall 173. Nett Results. C-Grade Gaye Steventon 148, r/up Debbie Peressini 159. B-Grade winner Janette Hancock 149 r/up Dee Jierasak 152. A-Grade winner Connie Kalpara 144, r/up Sam Duck 152. Junior winner Emily McEwan 151. Senior winner Sandra Watson 154. Our overall gross Champion was Michelle Field with 168.

Friday August 13, 2021 SPORT JACK HIGH MOSSMAN MEN’S AND EDGE HILL MEMORIAL LADIES BOWLS CLUB BOWLS CLUB

Thursday August 5 Wonderful to see 18 members for the Thursday night social bowls with music playing and a few laughs! Great to see our new member Nathan Savage enjoying his bowls. This monthly event is a great opportunity to introduce new members to bowls. Saturday August 7: 36 Bowlers for Jackpot Bowls. Dave Blain/Ted Holmes/Alistair Douglas d Kevin O’Brien/Peter Gorsuch/Gordon Henderson 21-20; Col Widdows/Bill Smith/Andrew Blandoline d Terry Richards/Richard Anderson/Gordon Azzopardi 17-15; David White/SAS/Nathan Savage d Geoff Sims/Ken Dunn/ Joe Girgenti 24-21; Heffernan/Tony Brlyack/Daryl Hoskins d Chris Payne/Peter Fairchild/Gary Watts 21-17; Bernie Wolland/Doug Pitt/ Peter Worley d Bruce Lester/John Fleming/Brock Girgenti 25-18; and the winners for the day, Geoff Kirk/Charlie Toohey/Nev Fletcher d Russ Hall/Nev Tesch/Jim Geddes 30-12. And in the semi final of the Club Championship Handicap Singles, a marathon game of 42 ends over 4 hrs 20 mins, Dave Blain (-7) secured a close win over Bernie Wolland (-5) 25-23. A reminder, no Jackpot Bowls this Saturday due to the Sugar Festival. Jackpot Bowls will resume August 21. For anyone interested in playing bowls, either for the first time or returning to the game, contact David White on 0407 630 759. Ladies Results Thursday August 5 Welcome to a couple of new faces and new to the game. Winners were Sandy O’Brien, Christine Rowbury, and Pam Widdows. R Ups were Cathy Azzapardi, Angie Fleming and Ann Geddes. Raffle won by Pam Widdows. Ladies interested in learning to play or any bowlers wishing to improve or correct their technique, we have free coaching available. Contact: Carole Maxted caroles44bb@dodo.com.au or 0400 954 537

Ladies Social Bowls and Championship Results: Mixed Social bowls for Thursday August 5. Winners were Margaret Wardrop and Elaine Whitehead. Men’s Mixed Social Bowls: Tuesday August 3, Social bowls winners were Lou Pomroy and Bruce Hopkins. R/U: Yvonne and Barry Bolton. L/C: Russell Lamb and Meredith Kennon. Tuesday Jackpot of $886 was won by Margaret McFaden and John Hayes. Tuesday Night winners were Marilyn, Jenny and Frank. R/U: Don and Mucka. Wednesday August 4 night winners were Gov and Frank. R/U: Bill Alan and Steve. Saturday August 7 Social Bowls winners were Gary Pomroy and Cornelia Smith. R/U: Margaret McFaden and Darren Curry. L/C: Peter Scholes and Tony Spink. Edge Hill Club Events. Sunday 8th August 2021 Astute Financial sponsored the Lightning Triples. The winners were 1st place: Wayne Petrohilos, Doug Laycock and Wayne Hewitt. 2nd place: Ken O’Bree, Mark Weaver and Dennis Jacoora. 3rd place: Noel Beitzel, Mac Smith and Colin Kelly. A successful day in spite of the early shut down due to the Covid Lockdown at 4 pm. All Edge Hill Club opening hours and bowls activities will resume when notified of removal of the current Cairns and Yarrabah Lockdown by Queensland Chief Health Officer.

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Brothers Edmonton Men’s Bowls Notes Men’s Results Wed. August 4: Winners: Mick Bucklar, John Populin, Alan Quinn. R/up: Barry O’Neill, Joe Jackson, John Lisha . Coming events Wednesday August 11: Men’s Self Select “3 Bowl” Triples played at Edmonton Bowls Club, for play at 12.30pm. Nomination can be made by contacting Denis Jacoora on 0457275311. Mixed social bowls results Saturday August 7: Winners: Ailsa Crittenden, Linda Uhrenholt, Kay Paki. Runners Up: June Mead, Peter Webb, Barry Myles. Mixed social bowls Saturday August 14 commencing at 12.30. Phone the club on 40555344 or leave your name on the list at reception at Fullers Sports.

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Marathon swim to assist in closing the gap

WE are only a week out from the finals in what has been a great year for the Crabs. The Men’s team wrapped up the minor premiership of the Reserve-Grade competition whereas, the Women are waiting to see if they are in the finals after a year plagued with injuries but with rewarding on and off field success. However, the story today is about what happens off the field. None of the success of the club happens without the contributions of the great volunteers, both playing and non-playing, that make every game possible. So, this week’s profiles are focused on our hard-working non-playing committee who put in the blood, sweat and tears behind the scenes. If you are keen to join this amazing team, the club is putting out an expression of interest for those that want to be the Junior Coordinator. The role entails running the day to day of our junior teams in the upcoming FNQ Rugby junior season and managing the other volunteers involved. There is nothing more rewarding than providing a service for other members of the community and sport is a great way to be involved. Mudcrab’s Tracy. Name: Tracy Schafer Club Role: Canteen Manager Job/occupation: Primary School Teacher Hobbies/interests: Reading, running around after the kids Why you volunteer: My husband and I volunteer as a family. We love that the kids are welcomed and we are able to be involved with us as family unit. We love rugby and being involved.

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Mudcrab’s Maree & Karl

Name: Sandy Roberts Club Role: Vice President & Team Manager Job/occupation: Executive Officer Hobbies/interests: Travel, half marathons and champagne Why you volunteer: Rugby is my tribe

Name: Maree Nicholson Club Role: Secretary Job/occupation: Casual Tour Guider Hobbies/interests: Art & Design, gardening, guilty pleasure = Neighbours Why you volunteer: My dad is a NZ Rugby life member after 63 years of rugby administration and Mud Crabs are just down the road. Name: Karl Pehi Club Role: Groundsman Job/occupation: Advisor to the world Hobbies/interests: Badminton and Basket Weaving Why you volunteer: Too old to play

Name: Kamara Richardson Club Role: President Job/occupation: Practice Manager Hobbies/interests: Rugby, Running, Reading, Lunching with friends Why you volunteer: I volunteer because this club has saved my soul and once a Mudcrab always a Mudcrab.

in the Gulf region, and I’ve seen firsthand how difficult it is for these communities and the limited opportunities these kids have. Also, this year I have welcomed two AFL Cape York House students into the Cairns Academy of Sport program. “Symbolically, the swim represents the gap in Indigenous education outcomes and supporting organisations like AFL Cape York who endeavour to close that gap.” They will be just the fourth and fifth people to attempt the swim, which at full length is a similar distance to the famous English Channel crossing. The pair are preparing to complete the swim during a fine weather period in September. To support Jesse and Joel can go to www.gofundme. com/f/green-island-to-cairnsswim-for-charity to donate.

TWO Cairns locals are about to undertake a marathon effort, all in the name of a good cause. Jesse O’Hara and Joel Little have made an extraordinary commitment to swim more than 27 kilometres from Green Island to Cairns unassisted in a mammoth effort to raise funds and awareness for local organisation AFL Cape York House Foundation. The pair will complete the swim under marathon conditions, where feeders can toss them food and drinks every half hour, but Joel and Jesse will be unable to touch the boat for the full course of the 10 or more hours it takes them to complete the course. Jesse O’Hara believes strongly in highlighting the importance of education within the Indigenous communities. “In more recent years working for TAFE Queensland, I’ve been involved in some education projects in the Cape and

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Bowls for all abilities PETER MCCULLAGH

MACKAY City Bowls Club recently hosted the Queensland State Disability Championships. Bowlers from throughout the state competed over the 4-day event. These championships involve four disability groups: Sporting Wheelies (Physical), Hearing Impaired, Vision Impaired and Life Stream (Intellectual). Babinda based bowler, Bandon Smith, representing South Johnstone teamed with Jake Fehlberg in the Blind Open Pairs.

In this division bowlers compete with the aid of a Director who assists them with ‘sighting’ each play. The Blind Open Pairs was won by Brandon Smith with his grandmother Maisie Smith as Director and Jake Fehlberg with father Grant Fehlberg as Director, after defeating Helen Boardman with Director Peter Doherty (Enoggera) and June Brittain with daughter Christine McDonald as Director (Edmonton) in the final. Smith and Fehlberg were cruising at 9-1 until a big comeback from Boardman and Brittain to draw level at 9 all.

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Silver Medal: Director, Director, June Brittain and Helen Boardman, Gold Medal: Director with Brandon Smith and Jake Fehlberg with Director Grant Fehlberg.

Smith and Fehlberg steadied to win four of the last five ends to claim the title. Vanessa Hinton (New Farm) and Lynne Seymour with Director Bob Seymour (Thuringowa) took home the Bronze Medal. In the Sporting Wheelies Women’s Singles, Louise Hoskins also from South Johnstone took home the silver medal. In the Hard of Hearing Open Pairs, the teaming of Barry Lynne from Mareeba and Russell Jackson from Airlie Beach proved to be the winning combination, defeating Eric Smith from Beenleigh and Andrew Crosbie from Airlie Beach.

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