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Friday August 13, 2021
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Pergiwati Thomson (right), Desi Handriyani (left) and Fredy Prasetya from the Cairns Indonesian community.
A very multicultural celebration in Cairns
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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plains, “Before we moved to Far North Queensland from southeast Queensland 15 years ago, we were working 10-to-12-hour days 7 days a week. “We realized there’s more to life than just work, work, work. Formulating HappyPause and creating this online business platform allows me to help others yet still have that work life balance.” This is the twelfth year for the AusMumpreneur Awards, with the business community continuing to expand at lightning speed as parents look for opportunities to join the ranks of small business owners in search of more flexibility, financial freedom and family time.
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well as crafts and you can have your knives and scissors sharped for a gold coin donation. The St Margaret’s Thrift Shop will be open and a raffle will be conducted on the day. Strict COVID-19 safety measures will be in place. For further information or to book a stall call 0417 429 215 or email admin@stmargaretscairns. com
