Luxury holiday prize for two lucky Amateurs patrons

CAIRNS Amateurs Carnival’s 2019 ambassador and 2022 winner of open ladies fashions on the Field Brittney Tamou is unashamedly a fan of the annual carnival.

“I love spring racing and Cairns Amateurs is absolutely, one of the best in Australia,” she said.

“It really should be on everyone’s bucket list.

“The weather is great, everyone is friendly and there is just so much to do and see,” Ms Tamou (right) said.

She is the inspiration for a seven-day day luxury holiday prize for the carnival’s Sapphire Jubilee.

The prize, valued at about $8000, includes return flights for two from the winner’s nearest capital city thanks to Mercedes Gonzalez Travel, five nights deluxe accommodation and breakfast at The Benson Hotel, Cairns, Quicksilver Cruises outer Reef cruise and two nights at Green Island Resort with all the extras plus tickets and hospitality to all Cairns Amateurs Carnival sapphire jubilee highlights including fashion high tea and sapphire ball marquee events and two-day carnival.

Ms Tamou said she was proud to put her name and social influ ence of more than 25,000 Insta gram followers behind the sap phire jubilee campaign.

With her husband, James Ta mou’s season return to the NRL Cowboys in 2023, Ms Tamou is once again living in Townsville with her four young boys and is l SCIENCE CHALLENGE looking forward to making the short journey to Amateurs in Sep-

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“Once all the Amateurs fun is over, I cannot wait to get out and about and share some great adventures with the family,” she

Entry to the Cairns Amateurs’ Sapphire Jubilee prize promotion is open now. Visit www.cairnsa-

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