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AFTER a self-proclaimed ‘horrible year’ which saw theatres close throughout the country, one of Australia’s greats, actor Steven Tandy is happy to be back in Cairns for the remounted season of JUTE Theatre Company’s acclaimed production, To Kill A Cassowary.

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“We’ve never been to Cairns before, so we thought we’d come up and have a look. It’s awesome, we’re having a blast. We’ve just done the jet-ski tour, yesterday we went to Crystal Cascades and tomorrow we’re going to the Reef.”

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Confirmed: Cairns is the best HOLIDAYMAKERS from all over Australia are being encouraged to make Cairns their destination of choice this year, after the city was crowned “Aussie Town of the Year” by Wotif.com.

After an incredible challenging year for the Tropical North Queensland tourism community, Cairns has taken out this year’s top spot in the annual competition run by the go-to travel site for domestic travel, Wotif.com.

The other top ten towns, in order, were Pokolbin NSW, Apollo Bay VIC, Mudgee, NSW, Lakes Entrance VIC, McLarenVale SA. Hervey Bay QLD, Exmouth WA, Port Macquarie NSW and The Entrance NSW. The winning destinations are selected based on their accommodation quality, affordability and traveller satisfaction.

This year, the awards also recognise destinations that have met the changing

needs of travellers over the last twelve months of uncertainty, by offering increased flexibility, good-value deals and appealing activities and attractions.

Wotif Managing Director, Daniel Finch said Cairns was a world-wide bucket-list destination and a worthy winner of the award.

“Not only is it the gateway to one of Australia’s most treasured natural beauties – the Great Barrier Reef, but the city itself offers the ideal laid-back tropical lifestyle,” he said.

“To think that this humble city, which does so much for Australian tourism on an international scale suffered a loss of more than $50 million a week during the height of COVID-19 is incomprehensible.

“With an average nightly accommodation rate of $155 in 2020, it’s time Aussies consider visiting this incredible part of Australia, that people from all over the world come to see.

“With the overall loss to Australian tourism due to

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COVID-19 now totalling over $59 billion, there is a huge job ahead to get the industry back on its feet and with this year’s awards, we hope to motivate Aussies to discover a new corner of their own country.”

Tourism Tropical North Queensland Chief Executive Officer, Mark Olsen said the local industry was excited to receive the top gong.

“Here in the State’s tropical north we have been fortunate to have very few cases of COVID-19 allowing us to move about more freely,” he said.

“However, the economic impact of closed borders has decimated our economy which relies on tourism.

“Australians are desperate for a holiday and Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef, with its wide-open spaces, low population and excellent nature-based experiences is the ideal destination.”

Shangri-La Group Director of Distribution and Leisure Gavin Maloney said every travel business within the region had worked hard to

keep the community strong during the COVID-19 crisis.

“A trip to Cairns keeps locals in a job and that extends beyond travel businesses – to farmers growing fruit on the Tablelands, boutiques selling bathers by the beach, and cafes serving coffee to the boat crews getting ready to carry tourists to the Great Barrier Reef,” he said.

The awards come as new Wotif research confirms that for the Aussies that managed to take a local holiday in 2020, the overwhelming majority (95 per cent) agree that their trip either met or exceeded their expectations, proving many travellers are loving the opportunity to spend more time exploring their own backyard.

Most Aussies (60 per cent) now recognise there’s a lot more to explore in their own backyards, with one in four (26 per cent) admitting they had forgotten how great a local trip can be.

ENJOY an early start with acclaimed news presenter Joanne Desmond or laugh along with comic Miss Judy Free at two International Women’s Day (IWD) breakfast events this year.

CairnS Regional Council is celebrating the achievements of inspirational women and their contribution to the community at breakfast events at Pullman Cairns International and Hilton Cairns on Monday 8 March.

Channel 7 news presenter Joanne Desmond will host the official awards presentation at the Pullman Cairns International, while local Star FM announcer Juanita Soper will emcee the Hilton function.

“This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is ‘Choose to Challenge’, which reinforces the need to celebrate women’s achievements and to take action for equality,” Mayor Bob Manning said.

“Those attending the breakfast events will have the chance to hear from the hosts and from keynote speaker and local businesswoman Allie Chadburn, who will share her experiences and how she has overcome adversity.

“Finally, the awards will recognise the accomplishments of

women who have made an outstanding contribution to our community.”

The award winners will be announced and presented at the Pullman International event in the following categories: Cairns Regional Council Woman of the Year Optus Young Woman of the Year Channel 7 People’s Choice Award Cairns Hardware Scholarship Those attending the Celebration of Women function at the Hilton Cairns will not miss any of the action, with the formalities to be streamed live from the Pullman Cairns International.

The Hilton function will include performances by Miss Judy Free and Cairns Voice Studio Young Artists. The performances will be streamed to the Pullman event.

Both breakfast events start at 7.30am.

Tickets are $42 per person and available from Ticketlink, visit www.ticketlink.com.au or phone 1300 855 835.

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PANEL of respected Far North leaders will headline the International Women’s Day lunch at Shangri-La Hotel, The Marina, Cairns on March 8.

Cairns Chamber of Commerce President Sally Mlikota will host the three-course gathering that celebrates this region’s women through the theme Women in leadership: moving the Far North forward.

Mareeba Shire Council Mayor and former Cairns State High School Principal Angela Toppin and the 2018 Cairns Women of the Year Donna Corrie will share insights into their work supporting Far North communities in both professional and volunteer capacities.

Australian Army Lieutenant Colonel Clare O’Neill – commander of 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Reg-

iment, and founder of the Defence Entrepreneurs Forum Australia – will also talk about her military career and experience with defence leadership.

Ms Mlikota said that while she does not consider herself to be a “feminist” she does value the chance to pause on International Women’s Day and ponder progress.

The International Women’s Day lunch will take place between noon and 2.30pm in Shangri-La Hotel, The Marina, Cairns ballroom with tickets $99 and available by emailing events.slmc@shangri-la.com or calling 4052 7769.

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New Griffiths Park grandstand

Council will commit $1.5 million to assist the Cairns Cricket Association (CCA) with the construction of a grandstand and amenities building at Griffiths Park.

The contribution is subject to CCA obtaining all approvals and securing similar funding from the Federal Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) for the project.

A new grandstand and amenities building will allow Cairns to attract games of a state and national level, including international age tournaments and Women’s Big Bash League.

Council has allocated $1.5 million from the 2021/22 Capital Works Program for the project, which will complete Stage 2 of the Griffiths Park Development Plan.

A conceptual design of the proposed grandstand has been provided by CCA and has support from Queensland Cricket and Cairns AFL.

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Help for premature babies NICOLE GIBSON OVER the past decade, a growing body of data supporting the use of probiotics to prevent chronic diseases such as asthma and obesity has emerged.

Now researchers at Cairns Hospital and James Cook University hope to use probiotics to improve long-term health outcomes for the region’s most precious babies.

JCU PhD student Jacob Westaway was awarded a grant from the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation (FNQHF) last month to investigate the impact of probiotics on the microbiome of premature babies.

“The microbiome is the collection of all microbes that live on us and inside us,” Mr Westaway said.

“We have a symbiotic relationship with them in that we help them by giving them a home and they help us.

“It’s thought that with probiotics helping to provide or produce a healthier microbiome that we may reduce the incidence of chronic disease.”

The research follows on from previous studies conducted on premature babies in the

Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit in Townsville who receive a probiotic as part standard care.

It will compare their microbiomes with those of premature babies in the Special Care Nursery in Cairns who aren’t given a probiotic as part standard care.

“There is some links between that we made between

certain treatments early on and chronic diseases later and even things like vaginal delivery versus caesarean,” Mr Westaway said.

“There is a lot in the literature that suggests it reduces the incidences of diseases, most notably necrotising enterocolitis, which affects premature babies disproportion-

PORT Douglas local and internationally acclaimed opera singer Alteouise DeVaughn will perform at Mossman Seventh-Day Adventist Church next Friday, March 5, at 9:30am as part of the World Day of Prayer.

The World Day of Prayer brings together women of various races, cultures and traditions for a common day of prayer, and is celebrated annually in more than 170 countries on the first Friday in March.

More than 160 Queensland places of worship will take part

in the ‘World Day of Prayer,’ and this year, offerings given on the day will go towards survivors of Cyclone Harold in Vanuatu.

Vanuatu received the brunt of Cyclone Harold less than a year ago, leaving devastation and death in its wake. Trauma counselling and support for those affected by natural disasters and domestic and sexual violence will be provided from the offerings given on March 5.

Local services will be held at Manunda’s Emmanuel Uniting Church, the Baptist Church

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“Everyone – churched and unchurched – is welcome to attend, learn about Vanuatu, its culture, natural beauty and needs, and socialise over morning tea” said Joy Cornell, this year’s Mossman convenor.

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send those away to James Cook Uni and from there I extract DNA from fecal samples and then we do RNA high through put sequencing and meta genomics.”

The grant is part of $220,000 research funding commitment by FNQHF and a critical step in achieving Cairns Hospital’s university status.

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ately, and may help to prevent chronic diseases.”

The study will allow researchers to produce more robust data to confirm the difference in outcomes for the different infant groups.

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and volcanic eruptions. But the people are strong and resilient.

They of all people realise the importance of Building on a Strong Foundation, this year’s emphasis.”

Mezzo soprano Alteouise, who has starred in roles from ‘Porgy and Bess’ to grand opera and won the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Contest, is the daughter of a Baptist minister. Now living in Port Douglas, she loves singing the hymns of her childhood.

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Man & Bird Re-United AFTER a self-proclaimed ‘horrible year’ which saw theatres close throughout the country, one of Australia’s greats, actor Steven Tandy is happy to be back in Cairns for the remounted season of JUTE Theatre Company’s acclaimed production, To Kill A Cassowary.

In his long and eventful career spanning half a century, Tandy, who became a household name during the late seventies, early eighties playing Tom Sullivan in Crawford Productions’ period drama The Sullivans, says this was the longest ever stretch he had been off the stage.

“It was just awful for our industry and the arts in general,” Mr Tandy said.

With the exception of Josie’s character, who this year is played by Paula Nazarski, the original 2020 cast and crew has reassembled today in the studio of Bulmba-ja for an intense, two-week rehearsal phase.

After a standing ovation for its world premiere and one further show, JUTE’s maiden season of To Kill A Cassowary in March last year was prematurely cut short as the country was thrust into lockdown.

JUTE Theatre Company’s Artistic Director and CEO Suellen Maunder said calling a halt to last year’s performance season of To Kill A Cassowary was heartbreaking.

“To Kill A Cassowary was very much ‘unfinished business’ and here we are a year down the track with the great fortune of being able to pick up where we left off.

“JUTE’s culture and resilience has never been more evident, and I could not think of a more perfect way to celebrate the start of our 30th year of operation than with a remount of To Kill a Cassowary,” Ms Maunder said.

Written by Mission Beach local and JUTE’s Write Sparks alumnus, Laurie Trott, To Kill A Cassowary is a story about place, family inheritance and the interwoven issues of this small, tropical rainforest community.

According to Laurie, To Kill A Cassowary applies a good deal of warmth and wit to highlight its more serious themes of legacy, ageism and environmental heritage.

“This is an engaging and entertaining play of our times and one that focusses predominantly on relationships – relationships not just between people but the land and sea on which we live,” Ms Trott said.

“For me, writing To Kill a Cassowary was as much about creativity as communication and using the stage to promote public awareness about the urgent need to preserve and conserve the Cassowary Coast.

“Where possible I have included reference to some of the many threats to biodiversity including introduced species, habitat modification and loss, unsustainable development, tourism and climate change,” she said.

From a ramshackle verandah in the rainforest, To Kill a Cassowary, directed by the award winning Bridget Doyle, is a colourful story about an ageing conservationist father, Amos (played by Steven Tandy) and his pro-development daughter, Paula (played by Natalie Taylor) who are ready to do battle over a patch of paradise found, also known as the Cassowary Coast. Throwing a spanner in the works is neighbour, Josie (played by Quandamooka woman, Paula Nazarski) and a rich natural setting abounding in flora and fauna - and the elu.

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Sailor thanks rescue team after terrifying ordeal

Sailor Nigel Fox (left) shows the Personal Locator Beacon and life jacket which saved his life, while meeting his air crew rescuers Jacob Porter, Ray Wedmaier, Mission Coordinator Olly Marin, Captain Kris Reiser and First Officer Jason Mitchell. PHOTO: Tanya Murphy

The best excuse to pamper your pet NICOLE GIBSON IF there was ever a weekend to pamper your pet, this is it.

Not only will you be spoiling your furbaby, you will be helping nine-year-old Redlynch boy Bart Stephenson, who suffers from level 2-3 autism, raise $25,000 for an assistance dog to help him safely navigate the world.

This weekend the Cairns and Smithfield Petstock stores are holding a range of fundraising initiatives to help Bart, whose autism causes him to experience high anxiety making simple tasks most people take for granted very challenging.

“At the moment Bart wants to go out and be like the other kids and he wants to be like his big brother Horatio but he can’t do that because his autism holds him back,” said Bart’s mum, Vicy Stephenson.

“As part of his autism Bart doesn’t feel things the way other people do, he doesn’t feel pain, he doesn’t feel when he is too hot, he doesn’t feel his emotions.

“An assistance dog will help him identify what’s a safe environment, help him identify when it’s safe to cross the road, not to touch hot things, not to climb up too high, help him interact with other kids and help him with his anxiety and self-regulation.”

The family were fundraising privately when they approached Petstock Smithfield to see if they could put a poster up.

Upon meeting with the Smithfield team, they discovered the organisation they are getting the assistance dog from are a Petstock preferred charity.

“Smartpups is our Home State Hero for Petstock Assist so all of the stores in Queensland, all of our donations and round ups go to Smartpups and we thought it would be good to see if we could get something more specific for them being local,” said Petstock Smithfield Store Manager Jonathan Palmer.

“This weekend all of our donations from customers, all of our round ups are going

to Smartpups, all of the profits on the weekend from all of our Petstock assist items, so stuff like the tote bags, frisbees, tennis balls, hand sanitiser and stuff like that will be going straight to Bart’s campaign.”

The Lion’s Club will also be holding sausage sizzles at the stores with proceeds from all dog washing services also being donated.

The Cairns stores have already raised $3000 with support for Bart so overwhelming that Petstock Assist announced earlier this week that all stores in Queensland and the Northern Territory would also be participating in the fundraising.

The Lion’s Club will also be a holding sausage sizzle with proceeds from all dog washing services being donated as well.

For more information on how to get involved visit your local Petstock store or Bart’s Facebook page, facebook.com/bartssmartpup.

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TANYA MURPHY A SOLO sailor who survived eight hours adrift after being pitched overboard from his yacht has praised the team of Cairns-based Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel who saved him, and urged other sailors to ensure they carry a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB).

Nigel Fox, 55, said he owed his life, and that of his cat, to the skilful actions of the five men from the Cairns base of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) who flew to his rescue in a SAR Challenger Jet on January 4.

“Words can’t really quantify the happiness. They’ve given me a new lease on life,” said Mr Fox. “And they’re part of a far larger network of people that saved my life.

“These are the guys at the sharp end, but let’s not forget all the people in the background … they pooled together [and] saved my life.”

Mr Fox was sailing, with his cat ‘Stinky’ as his only companion, from Darwin to the East Coast of Queensland on January 4, when he encountered a storm, 93 kilometres northeast from the remote town of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory.

In what must have been a ter-

rifying ordeal, he was knocked overboard and found himself hanging from the side of the yacht by a safety line, with his head underwater.

“It was hanging me there, head and shoulders down, and I was on the lee-side of the yacht so it was just pushing my head constantly underwater — basically I was drowning,” he said.

He managed to reach his knife and cut himself free, then activated the PLB attached to his life jacket.

Upon receiving the PLB signal, AMSA dispatched the jet from Cairns with the team of five men who were able to locate him.

“When I first saw the aeroplane I thought, ‘Hope,’” Mr Fox said.

“That’s when I knew the (PLB) was working. That little box of electronics, that’s what saved me.”

The crew in the jet successfully dropped a life raft to him before he was later retrieved

by NT police.

Aircraft Mission Coordinator Ollie Marin who was on-board the AMSA Challenger Jet on the day of the rescue said it was no easy feat to find Mr Fox and drop the life raft to him.

“What actually picked him up was three cameras on the

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nose of the aircraft called ViDAR, which is actually a technology to automatically detect different colour and shape based on the background of the water,” he said.

“Thanks to Nigel’s bright lifejacket, the cameras automatically took a picture and gave his position, and then we set up to drop a life raft.

“Most people wouldn’t know about the level of precision required to drop a life raft from a jet aircraft travelling at 200 feet, 330 kilometres per hour to a single person in the sea. A successful drop and an unsuccessful drop is separated only by a matter of 3-4 seconds.

“Until he’s in that raft it’s pretty tense, and it was a big sigh of relief when he was finally in and we knew he was safe.”

Mr Marin added that it was Mr Fox’s safe practices in wearing a life jacket with a PLB that made his rescue possible.

“He’s the one that saved his own life that day, we’re just the result of the actions that he took,” he said.

The AMSA team located Mr Fox’s yacht almost a day later, and his cat, ‘Stinky’ was found grumpy, tired and hungry, but safe on board, after commandeering it solo for about 130 nautical miles.

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Safe home for wallabies NICOLE GIBSON

THE nation’s largest wallaby relocation is on track to start next month after The Agile Project Wildlife Rescue Group received a long-awaited cash injection to fund the work.

At a Cairns Regional Council meeting (CRC) earlier this month, Divison 9 Councillor Brett Olds moved a motion for Council to donate $5000 towards the relocation and it passed unanimously.

Bluewater developers, Brookefield Residential Properties, and Member for Barron River, Craig Crawford had previously each agreed to match the funds if CRC donated, bringing funds secured for the relocation to $15,000.

Since 2017, The Agile Project has been working to secure permits and funding to move 400 wallabies pushed out of their bush homeland due to housing development in Trinity Beach.

Project leader Shai Ager said the money would go towards best practice relocation training and monitoring by Australia’s most experienced wallaby relocation expert, ecologist Damian Morrant, as well as transport and medical care costs.

“We have to have monitoring strategies in place for the relocated wallabies, just to prove that they are surviving and thriving,” Ms Ager said.

Project leader Shai Ager and Councillor Brett Olds “He’s training 10 of our people on how to do the relocation to best practice.

“It’s really exciting, he’s got the most experienced out of anyone in Australia to relocate wallabies.”

The relocated wallabies will be taken to new habitats away from encroaching urbanisation and will mix with

existing wallabies there.

In another win for the organisation, CRC have commenced work on $122,000 worth of fencing along the roadside at Trinity Beach to reduce the number of highway collisions with the animals.

There were approximately 500 wallabies killed in the

area last year with 90% of them due to vehicle collisions.

Long-time supporter of the project, Cr Olds said it was a great outcome for the organisation and one the community cared strongly about.

“I speak to hundreds and hundreds of people a month from all different back-

grounds… and 75-80 percent of the people I speak to ask about the wallabies so it’s a big community concern,” Cr Olds said.

“I feel sorry for the animals, they’re just living their lives, developments going on around them.”

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Dog and trail funding sought COUNCIL will seek government funding to assist with continuing the Northern Beaches Leisure Trail (NBLT) and for the construction of a new pound.

Funding for the projects will be sought through the Federal Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) Round 5.

An application for $1.97 million will be made to assist with the construction of the Clifton Beach to Kewarra Beach section of the NBLT, which includes an 100-metre pedestrian and cycle bridge across Deep Creek, and 360 metres of shared path to connect the two suburbs.

Council is also seeking funding for 50% of the cost to construct a new animal management facility in Woree to replace the ageing facility in McCoombe Street.

The new facility will enhance Council’s animal welfare practices, and is expected to have a medical treatment facility, provide better segregation of animals and an increased capacity.

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Workers double down as doubts abound TANYA MURPHY SOME of the region’s most experienced and skilled dive instructors, skippers and deckhands are resorting to fruit picking, working on grocery store checkouts, and the dole, as work in the reef tourism industry dries up.

One worker, Mel, took up a second job as a casual checkout assistant at a grocery store after her hours as a senior dive supervisor at a local dive company were slashed.

The company is now running only four boats out of eight, and only operates on half as many days as it used to.

She said nobody at her company had been told what would happen to them when JobKeeper ends in March, so she felt it was best to keep a backup plan in place.

Because of this, she is among many tourism workers who are now struggling to maintain a balance between two jobs.

“Realistically I want to be on the boat, but I can’t leave my second job because who knows what’s going to happen with the boats,” said Mel. “Between the two jobs I work a lot of consecutive days now - my most was 35 days of work in a row.

“It’s not the company’s fault, but I wish we knew what was going to happen so we could plan.”

Fellow reef tourism worker Simon Uren also got a second job at an avocado and passionfruit farm in Atherton when the pandemic hit, along with three others from his major reef cruise company.

He now regularly drives all the way from his home in Cairns to work on the farm, and works weekends as a deckhand and coxswain on the boat.

“I’m originally from inner city Sydney so I had no idea about farm work previously. It’s minimum wage, but it’s fair,” he said.

Ty McCormack is among a large number of dive industry workers made redundant recently PHOTO: Tanya Murpht

Fish out of water TANYA MURPHY HUNDREDS of tourism industry workers are set to lose their jobs when JobKeeper comes to an end on March 28 and the shedding of staff has already begun.

Ty McCormack, 59, has worked as a full-time dive instructor for more than 20 years, and said he was “gutted” when he received his redundancy notice from a major tour operator last week after dedicating 12 years of his life to the company.

He said the company had been operating at less than half capacity and relying on JobKeeper to keep staff employed since COVID-19 border closures began, as it previously derived 70 per cent of its income from international tourists.

The Federal Government

has confirmed JobKeeper will come to an end on March 28 despite pleas from the Far North Tourism Industry for an extension for businesses that rely heavily on international tourists.

The SSI Dive Control Specialist and PADI Dive Instructor said he had worked for more than half of the dive companies in Cairns and never had any trouble finding full time employment ever since he first did his dive professional training in 2000.

“I love what I do, and I envisioned myself working as a diver until my retirement, so all of this is a bit of a kick in the guts,” said Mr McCormack.

“I had no intention of doing anything else. I’m still fit enough to do the job, still passionate enough to do the job, still in love with the job.

“I don’t blame my employ-

er, they did what they have to do to stay in operation, which unfortunately meant they had to cull dozens of workers, including some who have been working there for decades.

“There is a high degree of professionalism in what we do. The tourism industry is a specialised industry. Not everyone is cut out to deal with people.”

Mr McCormack said he hoped to get more work in or around the ocean, or that his employer might take him back when international borders re-open, which isn’t expected until 2022.

“If there’s a possibility to do some upskilling, with funding, I’d be very interested in that.

But it wouldn’t be wise to do manual labour such as farm work at my age.”

Fellow dive industry worker Samuel Forest, 29, was a

dive instructor, deckhand and Master 5 qualified skipper for Frankland Islands Reef Cruises as well as a quad bike and horse-riding tour guide for Blazing Saddles prior to COVID-19.

He lost both jobs almost straight away when the pandemic started and has since picked up casual work in disability support for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

He said it was a good job and they were on the lookout for more staff so he recommended it to other current and former tourism workers, but he said he hoped to return to tourism one day.

“I’ve been working in tourism my whole adult life. And I want to keep my sea time up or my Master 5 qualification might lapse,” he said.

Reskilling tourism workers for alternate careers WORKPLACE health and safety, call centres, caring and community services are some possible areas of employment for former tourism industry staff according to Sally Mlikota, director of recruitment agency CBC Staff Selection and president of the Cairns Chamber of Commerce.

“They’re going to have to dig deep and maybe change their direction,” she said.

“In terms of transferable skills, tourism workers are experienced at following safety rules. They’re also customer-service focused and they know how to communicate with people.

“They could potentially be ideal for a position in workplace health and safety, or in customer service, for example working in a call centre answering phones.

“One thing that is booming at the moment is community services. You could try doing a TAFE cert in community services, mental health, or aged care. Tourism workers are good with people – maybe they could try being a carer.

“Thanks to the Queensland Government, there are also hundreds of online short courses people can do to upskill, with most eligible free of charge, including courses in Xero, Sharepoint, Bookkeeping and Microsoft Office Software, through to Leadership skills and Managing Anxiety and Stress.

“If you’re unemployed you’ve got several hours a day, have a play with these things and upskill yourself and understand what else is out there beyond the tourism sector, which doesn’t cost too much in terms of training.”

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RSPCA APPROVED

WAYNE’S WORLD PETS for a majority of people are a replacement of human type children, more commonly referred to by their owners as fur babies.

When I was growing up in North Fitzroy in Vicoldia, we would ride our dinosaurs to Mary Creek for the purpose of catching tiger snakes for selling to the serum labs to milk and make anti venom.

It was on one of these hunts that I found my first pet, a baby blue tongue lizard that I called Scratchy as he was always scratching on the bedroom walls.

Scratchy was a great mate but his appetite for snails was never ending, and the bigger he got the more he demanded.

Unfortunately my older brother who shared my room was scared of him and mum hated him so I sold him to the pet shop.

Then they carried on about the bagged snakes in my bedroom as well. My mates were not allowed to store the tigers in my room, so this money making venture soon ground

to a halt.

Forward two hundred years my next weird pet was a Alexandrine parrot, with a tail as long as his body.

Chevy was hand reared by myself and my now ex-wife.

Unbelievably Chevy developed a dislike for her as well as all females.

Chevy clearly talked, whistled, loved eating chicken bones and also all the buttons on my polo shirts when he was on my shoulder and he always had his head in my drinks.

But his continual screaming at my ex made his position in our house impossible so I gifted him to the bird sanctuary.

With the pet accepted culture at the big green box we have seen all sorts of pets.

Wildlife carers brought in a kangaroo joey on a lead, kids with rats on shoulders, crazy dude with a python around his neck, parrots on shoulders and heads, cats on leads, lizards on shoulders, rooster on a lead, guinea pigs and baby pigs wrapped in blankets and

of course dogs of all breeds and sizes.

I love the way most pets realise that I do love all animals, especially the way dogs will lean in to me for a pat and a good belly rub particularly big great danes that would nearly knock me over.

I have had a woman ask me if she could bring in her pet Shetland pony, and another wanted to bring in her 2 fully grown pet goats and not to be out done a bloke who wanted to bring in his alpaca.

I am not too sure if it is the bright Hawaiian shirts or the

painted beard but when I am walking around the city people are always bringing pets over for a pat and a chat.

Please remember when selecting a pet it should be a life caring and sharing decision.

Wayne.

THE RSPCA welcomes the news that from today all chicken used by McDonald’s Australia will be sourced from higher welfare RSPCA Approved farms.

RSPCA Australia CEO Richard Mussell said the move

by McDonald’s Australia will have a profound impact on the lives of millions of Australian meat chickens every year.

“We applaud McDonald’s Australia for choosing to source chicken raised to higher welfare standards,” said Mr Mussell.

“By sourcing from farms participating in the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme, McDonald’s Australia is showing a strong commitment to animal welfare and supporting farming practices, raising the bar for animal welfare.”

Being RSPCA Approved means that chicken used by McDonald’s has come from farms where birds are raised to the RSPCA’s detailed animal welfare standards.

The RSPCA’s Standards are based on animal welfare science, RSPCA policy, and leading farming practices in Australia and overseas.

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Brands sourcing from RSPCA Approved farms have traceability systems in place to trace product from point of sale right back to the farm.

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Tis the season to get vaccinated TANYA MURPHY AS the flu season approaches, far Northerners are being urged by health professionals to not only prepare for the COVID-19 vaccine but also to book in for their influenza vaccination, to help protect the vulnerable in our society.

More than 1000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines will begin to be rolled out to essential Far Northern health workers and quarantine staff this week.

The first jabs will be administered at Cairns Hospital today, and though the vaccine is not mandatory, the government plans to have all consenting adults in Australia vaccinated

by October.

Across Australia, almost seven million high priority workers and aged care staff and residents will be eligible to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine from this week. This vaccine needs to be given in two doses, at least 21 days apart.

The majority of other Australians (more than 13 million) will qualify to receive their first COVID-19 vaccination from early May, which will be the AstraZeneca/University of Oxford vaccine. This vaccine needs to be given in two doses, 4-12 weeks apart.

Meanwhile, Australians are urged to book an appointment early for their influenza vaccination, since it’s recommended to

allow at least 14 days between flu and COVID-19 vaccinations, according to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation.

The influenza vaccine will be available from March 15 across TerryWhite Chemmart locations in the Far North. It will also be available at numerous other pharmacies and medical clinics.

With all the attention on COVID-19, TerryWhite Chemmart Clifton Beach pharmacist Leah Walters said it was important to remember to also get your influenza vaccination.

“People should not be lulled into a false sense of complacency about the influenza vi-

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rus. It’s definitely not the same as the common cold,” said Ms Walters.

“It’s a highly infectious respiratory disease that can leave people unwell for weeks and in the worst cases, result in hospitalisation or death.

“And because it’s constantly changing and mutating we recommend that people get vaccinated every year to keep up with the circulating strains.

“Even for people who are young and healthy, an annual flu vaccination is the best way to prevent yourself from getting the flu, and then passing it on to someone else in the community who may be too young or sick to get the vaccination.

“Everyone who can get a flu vaccination absolutely should.”

When planning and scheduling the timing of their vaccinations, people are encouraged to seek advice from their immunisation provider and to discuss their personal health circumstances with their GP or pharmacist prior to receiving their vaccinations.

The Australian Immunisation Register will keep a record for all COVID-19 and flu vaccinations for Australians. This record will form the basis of the vaccination certificate that all Australians will be able to use, including visa holders.

Federal Government Services Minister Stuart Robert encouraged all Far North Queenslanders to link their myGov and Medicare online services to ensure they can access proof they have had a COVID-19 vaccination, quickly and easily.

COVID-19 VACCINATION NATIONAL ROLLOUT PHASES PHASE 1A – up to 1.4m doses ongoing ● Quarantine and border workers ● Frontlnie healthcare workers ● Aged-care and disability care staff and residents PHASE 1B: Up to 14.8m doses ● Elderly adults aged 80 years and over ● Elderly adults aged 70-79 years ● Other healthcare workers ● Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 55 ● Younger adults with an underlying medical condition, including those with a disability ● Critical and high-risk workers (defence, police, fire, emergency services and meat processing).

PHASE 2A: Up to 15.8m doses ● Adults aged 60-69 years ● Adults aged 5059 years ● Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 18-54 ● Other critical and high-risk workers PHASE 2B: Up to 16m doses ● Balance of adult population ● Catch-up period for any unvaccinated Australians from previous phases

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Should this social media pillow fight between the Australian government and Google and Facebook, be about paying for news, or paying an appropriate measure of tax?

Unfortunately our government believes the real issue here, is that companies like Google and Facebook should be paying for the news shared on their digital platforms.

Google rolled over early and inked a 30 million dollar deal with the big end of media-town, placating immediately the hard talking Prime Minister and his Treasurer.

A smart and financially prudent counter-move from Google. Talks continued with Facebook and we (the government) reached a compromise suitable to Facebook.

Collectively Google and Facebook amassed a total of $7.4 billion in sales in Australia and paid between them $146 million in tax to the Australian Tax Office.

This represents an abysmal 5.7 per cent tax paid by Google and an even smaller 1.2 per cent paid by Facebook.

Should we as a country demand that digital platforms pay for news, or should we demand they pay a fair rate of tax?

Considering the major publishers in Australia all have paywalls where you need to subscribe to read their articles, isn’t this double dipping? If the major publishers are being paid for their news, why is there a paywall? Could it not be argued that their news has already been paid for, since you need to subscribe to read it?.

Ignoring the paywall issue, more importantly why has this government not called Google and Facebook to task and demanded they pay their fair share of tax?

That said, I realise every major company and wealthy individual will structure their accounting processes with the view to minimising tax paid.

Kerry Packer infamously quoted at a 1991 Senate Corporate Tax Inquiry, “I don’t know anybody that doesn’t minimise their tax,” “I’m not evading tax in any way shape or form. Of course I’m minimising my tax. If anybody in this country doesn’t minimise their tax they want their head read.”

The fact that both Google and Facebook have minimised their tax to the extent they have, is incredible.

Also incredible is the government’s lack of action and willingness to tackle the digital platforms for payment for news carried instead of payment of corporate tax.

If someone in Australia wanted to advertise in the Cairns Local News, we collect GST on the cost of the ad. If someone advertises on Facebook or Google, no GST is paid on the advertising costs, why?

The advertising is placed in Australia, appearing on Australian computer screens, but the country derived no gst revenues, and then to add insult to injury the tax payable by the digital platforms is minimised so Australia receives very little revenues, and all the profits are sent off-shore.

So much for supporting local industry and building the local economy.

Perhaps we should ask our Federal members as to what the strategy is to increase corporate tax revenues from our digital businesses.

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CAIRNS IS NUMBER 1 The results are in, Cairns is number 1 according to an on-line travel site, Wotif. Cairns and FNQ is a very unique part of the worl and we should be proud of where we live. People plan to come here for a holiday of a lifetime.

The reef, the rain forest, Skyrail, cassowaries and unspoilt wilderness.

But we must protect our natural resources. NOT lock them up and definately NOT destroy them. We must manage them I do feel Council is failing us with regard to the bats and recently cutting down trees on the esplanade and Palm Cove.

We need to preserve and build the natural experience for our tourists to maintain our number 1 status.

PETER, CAIRNS

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TAYLOR’S POINT I appreciate your paper featuring the Taylor Point situation on page three.

Yesterday I wrote to Entsch, Crawford, Olds and Eden asking if they supported public ownership. Yes or no.

So far Brett Olds has replied with a definitive yes and suggested Federal Government funding or a land-swap. Now that is a creative solution. Good for Brett.

But I am disappointed that you are publishing an SMS like Digger’s. His “pandering to the leftist loonies” rubbish is merely abuse. Let other publications host these people. Or facebook.

This sort of language adds nothing to any debate. You should be better than this, really. I would much prefer that you publish people’s names and suburbs.

H HOLLINS, Cairns Editor’s Note: We believe in balance in debate and readers should have the opportunity to express their opinions. I may not personally agree with some opinions as expressed in this publication, however I believe readers should have the right to express them, as we strive to reflect the views of our community.

FACEBOOK Should a foreign company have the right to dictate what we news we receive. I get total rubbish on Facebook filled with crap from anti-vaxers, but cannot see real news.

BOB, Woree

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ANZAC DAY Great news overnight. Rational thoughts have prevailed. There will be ANZAC Day marches in Queensland.

DIGGER, Cairns Lets get rolling on the vaccination of residents here in Cairns. If we hurry we can get all our older residents vaccinated prior to April 25, making a safer environment for all our ex-diggers.

NIGEL, Gordonvale Why don’t we combine both ideas. Lets Light Up The Dawn, like we did last year and also run the dawn service as well as a march.

It’s all about honoring our service men and women.

MARY, Cairns VACCINATIONS How dare the government dictate to me what toxic substances I can put in my body. This drug is toxic and I will not accept a vaccination. COVID is not a fatal disease and this is a WHO and big Pharma Scam. Wake up Australia Skye, Tablelands Why are we rushing to inject a pseudo scientific drug into our bodies. We do not need this vaccine. It’s easier to boost our bodies immune system using natural vegetable and foods.

Organic not chemical foods.

BOB, Kuranda

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PARADISE PALMS

The Cairns Plan and Vision seems to being ignored by Cairns Regional Council. Subdivisions and developments are given the green light with no thought to the consequences for the community.

We live in a narrow strip of land where construction is constrained by flood plains, cane fields and beautiful mountains. We have a struggling CBD, half empty shopping strips and malls. We have utilities that cannot cope with demands and roads that are in gridlock with minimal public transport to ease the congestion. We have developments that are destroying the sport, recreation and green space that we value for the well-being of ourselves and future generations. We are told our housing market is being distorted by cash rich buyers from Melbourne and Sydney. We have high unemployment in the tourist sector due to Covid-19 restrictions.

In reality, Cairns is becoming a conurbation with little to attract local and tourists in the future Do we want to live in a concrete jungle?

Many communities in Cairns are challenging the developments under consideration or approved by Cairns Regional Council of Cairns- Yorkeys Knob, Half Moon Bay, the Towers at Trinity, Edmonton and Gordonvale.

The Paradise Palms Residents Association Inc has been committed to Saving Paradise Palms. The Cairns Regional Council have decided that Paradise Palms, 60% of land zoned Sport and Recreation north of the Barron River, should be developed as residential, water park and a tourist village.

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PPRA is trying but if we lose, we all lose. It could be you next.

Thanks to all who have donated to fund our appeal. Unfortunately, we need more so please donate and help us challenge in court. It could be your backyard next.

Donation details on our website SaveParadisePalms.com.au Eileen McMurtrie PPRA Committee Member Justice is supposed to be available for all and our legal team has said we have a good case but we cannot challenge without sufficient funds. Now it starts to become a battle of the buck to argue the decision in court. We thought it would mean us raising $100,000 to put our case in court but now it could be double or triple that amount. For those of us fighting to balance development and lifestyle the only conclusion you can come to is that members of the public have no affordable legal platform to challenge Council decisions and development applications.

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Rare friends band together TANYA MURPHY SUFFERING from a debilitating disease is never easy, but when it’s a rare disease that affects less than one in 10,000 people, it can be an even more isolating experience, and diagnosis can be difficult.

That’s why Rare Friends Far North Queensland has created a community of supporters for Far North Queenslanders affected by rare conditions.

This Sunday morning, February 28, the organisation will hold their annual Fun Run, Walk and Ride to support locals affected by rare disease and commemorate International Rare Disease Day. This year the organisation has two local ambassadors: Sebastian Leonardi, who has Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA) and Zara Walton, who has Loeys-Dietz syndrome.

Sebastian’s symptoms first started when he was just six months old, but doctors said he was healthy and it took more than 18 months before he was diagnosed.

At age two in January 2020, after Sebastian lost some movement in his left hand and arm, an MRI at the Cairns Hospital revealed a tumour the size of an orange in the middle of Sebastian’s brain, a type of cancer rarely seen in someone so young.

What followed was eight hours of brain surgery, 99 days in the Children’s Hospital in Brisbane and 16 chemother-

At just two years old, Sebastian was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. apy treatments, with many complications including a major anaphylaxis reaction to the chemotherapy, diabetes insipidus and a range of hormonal health issues.

Thanks to the treatment, Sebastian’s tumour has shrunk,

he is free of diabetes insipidus and he has regained the skill of walking through intensive therapy. There is no cure or remission for his diagnosis.

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Since childhood, Zara has been living with constant chronic pain, fatigue and lethargy.

She bruised easily, fractured a hip simply from walking, and suffered severe degeneration and osteoporosis in her bones and joints that is usually only seen in 80 year old patients at the end of life.

The reason for all her mysterious health problems was only identified in January last year when she was finally diagnosed with Loeys-Dietz.

She has also been diagnosed with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia.

Zara hopes to raise awareness for Loey’s Dietz Syndrome whilst trying to navigate her pathway forward with her condition.

The fun run will start at 8:30am on Sunday at the Cairns Esplanade with three or five kilometre options, and the cost to enter is $15 for adults or $5 for children aged over five, with all proceeds gong to help local people with rare diseases.

There will be lots of great prizes donated by local businesses, as well as a sausage sizzle, icy poles and drinks.

Pre-registration is essential. Visit www.rarefriends.org for more information and to register.

Rodney Hine (left) receives the Australia Day Medallion from Edge Hill / Cairns West RSL sub-branch president John Maschke.

Two decades of volunteering recognised TANYA MURPHY CAIRNS local Rodney Hine has been awarded with an Australia Day Medallion for his more than 20 years of volunteer work with the Edge Hill / Cairns West (EHCW) Returned Services League (RSL) sub-branch.

He was one of the main driving forces in establishing the sub-branch about 20 years ago and was also the president and Sub-Branch Delegate for more than ten years and the Welfare Officer for a number of years.

He was also a Far Northern District RSL Vice President for more than six years, and spent ten years volunteering as the Pensions and Welfare Advocate at the former office at Earlville.

Current sub-branch presi-

dent John Maschke said there were around 20 sub-branches and around 10,000 members throughout the Far Northern District and only two medals were awarded this year – one to Mr Hine and the other to David Ryan in Tully.

“Mr Hine continues to provide strong support for our subbranch, its members and veterans generally, especially as a mentor to the EHCW Committee,” said Mr Maschke.

Mr Hine, originally from west of Bowen, served in the Navy from 1970 to 1990 and moved to Cairns in 1982.

As well as the RSL he has also volunteered extensively for Rotary, the Hospital Foundation, and other causes, along with his wife Cheryl Williams.

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Milan runway success for local designer NICOLE GIBSON

AUSTRALIA’S first Indigenous fashion designer to showcase on a Milan runaway during Fashion Week said she is amazed by the whole experience.

Woree based designer, Cheryl Creed’s designs hit the runway at 5pm Tuesday Milan time which was 2am Wednesday morning Cairns time, debuting in front of fashion powerhouses like Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, Vogue Italia and Fashion TV. Her label, Murrii Quu Couture, was one of only 10 labels worldwide to feature on the Emerging Talent’s Fashion Week catwalk.

Due to COVID restrictions Ms Creed could not attend, instead livestreaming the event via zoom with her team, family and friends from around the country.

“It was totally amazing,” Ms Creed said.

“We had two girls over there who organised the zoom for us to watch.

“It was like a party, everyone was all there together supporting me.”

Ms Creed said she was overwhelmed by the amount of support she received including generous contributions from local Indigenous businesses towards her $16,000 entry and design costs.

Her supporters included Gudju Gudju Fourmile and his partner Jenny Lynch who own a number of local businesses including Abriculture and Apporingee which promotes authentic Indigenous cultural tours and art.

Mr Fourmile he said Ms Creed’s achievement was helping to put Indigenous fashion on the map.

“It’s a brilliant outcome for her but also for the Australian design industry,” he said.

“It puts us (the Australian Indigenous fashion design industry) out there now and I know we’ve got a lot of designers out there but Cheryl’s one of a kind.”

Ms Creed’s collection, called the Cassandra Ruth collection in honour of her mother and grandmother, is being shipped back to her and the dresses will be made available for sale upon their return.

Locals wanting to get their hands on one of Ms Creed’s one of a kind designs follow Murrii Quu Couture’s social pages for details on when and how the gowns will be available.

New Cairns Early Parenting Centre

New service

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Cairns Private Hospital has launched a four night residential program for parents experiencing challenges with their infants aged six weeks to two years.

The program includes 24 hour one to one support and daily group education sessions, addressing concerns such as: • • • • • • •

Adjustment to parenting Feeding/Breastfeeding Infant sleep and settling Unsettledness/Irritability in infants Maternal exhaustion/Anxiety Establishing routines Bonding with your infant

Cairns Early Parenting Centre’s experienced, multi-disciplinary team includes: • • • • • •

Registered Nurses/Enrolled Nurses Lactation Consultants Midwives Clinical Psychologists Paediatricians Allied Health Professionals

Ask your doctor for a referral.

See ‘Early Parenting Centre’ under ‘Our Services’ at cairnsprivate.com.au

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By Phil Brandel

Which beer will you try at Sauce Brewing?

A couple of the beers you can try at the Coral Sea Brewing Company

CORAL SEA BREWING COMPANY

The Coral Sea Brewing Company (CSBC) started making beer commercially available in 2015. Owner Hayden Mokaraka said he had been home brewing for 20 years around Australia. “After home brewing for 5 years in Queensland it was time to expand.” he said.

Originally CSBC was only supplying beer to restaurants across Cairns before opening the bar to the public two years ago.

The good news is when visiting the CSBC, it’s right besides Sauce Brewing company, so you don’t have to go to far to taste various brews.

SIGNATURE DRINK – IPA “Amazing malt notes, it’s a well-rounded beautiful IPA” HOURS - 7 days a week from 12pm till late.

LOCATION - 34-40 Lake St, Cairns City to access the tap room go via Bank Lane off 15 Spence Street.

SAUCE BREWING

Sauce Brewing originally started after a late night thought bubble of “We should open a brewery!” The very first brewery was in in Marrickville in Sydney in 2017. Founder of Sauce Brewing Mike Clarke said he wanted to expand The Sauce experience, opening The Cairns Brewery in September of last year.“We opened a tourism business in one of the worst hit areas for tourism during a pandemic,” he said.

Mike was also a homebrewer and after working in IT for 20 years decided he wanted a change. “We have 18 taps here and we make 7 permanent core range beers and 5 rotating beers.”

SIGNATURE DRINK – Bubble and squeak – “A New England IPA, overloaded with late hops, delivering a tropical delight.”

HOURS – Wednesday to Sunday from 11am till late LOCATION – 34-40 Lake St, Cairns City.

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MACALISTER BREWING COMPANY

Opening in 2018 Macalister’s was a breath of fresh air to Northern Beaches residents who didn’t want to travel into the CBD to have a craft brew or two.

Brewery owner Rob Macalister, who is a trained chemist, said he wanted the industrial feel to the brewery “We wanted to be a brewery first and foremost and looking out over of the cane fields just adds to the appeal,” he said.

Macalister’s also doesn’t have a kitchen, instead food trucks park out the front supplying different types of food on a rotating basis.

SIGNATURE DRINK – Latitude 17 – “It has a lovely light fruity taste with a gentle hop bitterness and a crisp finish.”

HOURS – Wednesday to Sunday 12 till late.

LOCATION - 6 Danbulan St, Smithfield.

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A few weeks ago we highlighted some of the small bars that are slowly opening up across Cairns. This time we are concentrating on craft beer. For the past few years, 20 Craft breweries have slowly been overtaking the bigger breweries and Cairns is in no short supply of places to whet your whistle and try a locally made amber nectar.

The biggest small brewery in Cairns, Hemmingway’s is right on the Cairns Wharf.

HEMMINGWAY’S

The biggest small brewery in Cairns, Hemingway’s opened first in Port Douglas in 2016 and then in Cairns in 2018.Originally opened by two mates who upon returning from a fishing trip, they were looking for fresh craft beer. Realising there was a gap in the market, they decided to start a craft brewery.

Alex Loughton who is the Marketing Lead at Hemmingway’s said they have a core range of 8 beers. “We also make limited small releases throughout the year and we also have a nano range of 1 keg batches,” he said.

SIGNATURE BEER – The Prospector “A pilsner style which won a gold medal trophy at the Australian International Beer Awards in 2019.”

HOURS – 12 – 10pm 7 days a week.

LOCATION - Wharf St, Cairns City.

The signature drink at the Barrier Reef Brewing Co is the Two Turtles Pale Ale.

Beers getting ready at The Red Dragon Brewery in Portsmith.

RED DRAGON BREWERY

If you want to take your beer appreciation to another level. Red Dragon Brewery lets you make your own beer, to your own recipe, with your own label and then take it home.

Manager Steve Wertheim said they started making beer for local bars and restaurants in 2011 which then morphed into allowing the general public to make their own beer. “You can brew your own beer on site, then we bottle it and you can take it home,” he said.

“There’s also a tasting fridge for people to try what beer they like.”

“We can brew about 120 different beers.”

SIGNATURE BEER - Whiplash Pale Ale – “A Golden coloured, light bodied beer with medium bitterness, medium hop aroma and a clean crisp finish.”

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BARRIER REEF BREWING CO

One of the first microbreweries to open in Cairns, Barrier Reef Brewing Co started in producing beer in 2015.

Founder and brewer Cameron McPherson said he had been learning to make beer in Scotland. “When I moved back I wanted a career change and there seemed like there was a gap in the market for craft beer,” he said.

“The front part of the brewery was turned into a tap room in 2018 and we relaunched it with a beer garden late last year.

“We have 8 beers on tap and occasional one-off specials.”

SIGNATURE DRINK – Two Turtles Pale Ale – “It’s our most popular beer it was pale ale that was developed with Cairns in mind”.

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FRIDAY Miss Tee – Ten06, 5-7pm Silver Fox Jazz Band – Elixir Music Bar, 6pm Rob Howe – Elixir Music Bar, 9:30pm Bobby Maguire – Boardwalk Social, 6-9pm Fingerprint – Cazaly’s, 6:30pm Graeme Falvey – Edge Hill Memorial Bowls Club, 6:30pm That Rockabilly Guy – Brother’s Leagues Club Innisfail, 7pm Mississippi Shakedown – Tablelands Music Lovers, 7:30pm Amy Shark – CPAC (ticketed), 7:30pm Kaweyova – Rattle N Hum Palm Cove, 7:30pm Jann Mercedes – O’Donnell’s Irish Bar & Grill Palm Cove, 6-9pm Beatlab: Stereo Lounge (Various acts) – Laneway Cairns, 7pm Fraser Yuill Scott – Paddy’s Port Douglas, 7pm Tanya Murphy – Bingil Bay Café, 6pm

ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS

SATURDAY Underground Live Music (Various artists) – Tigers Den, North Cairns Football Club, Noon til midnight.

Nikki Doll – The Stratford Deli, 4:30pm Carrizma – Cazaly’s, 6:15pm Robert Ross – 40 Macnamara Street (bookings essential), 6:30pm Kim Settle - Brothers Leagues Club, 7pm Amy Shark – CPAC (ticketed), 7:30pm Kool Kats Jazz Night with Tommy See Poy & Friends – Elixir Music Bar, 8pm Kaweyova Band – Bar 36, 9pm Miss Tee – Central Hotel Port Douglas, 7:30-11:30pm Fraser Yuill Scott – Trinity Beach Sports Club, 7pm

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SUNDAY Tanya Murphy – O’Donnell’s Irish Bar & Grill Palm Cove, 4-7pm.

Nikki Doll – Cairns Colonial Club, 1pm Blue Reed – Queens Hotel, 1pm Dave Cooke – Sauce Brewing Co, 2pm Nikki Doll – The Stratford Deli, 4:30pm Sunday Sesh – Elixir Music Bar, 7pm Fraser Yuill Scott – Ellis Beach Bar & Grill 1-4pm

Are you a venue or an artist that wants to be listed in the Gig Guide? Please send your gigs to tanya@cairnslocalnews.com.au by Wednesday each week to be listed in Friday’s paper.

DIVE into our POOL “POOL”, a new exhibition opens at Mission Beach Community Arts Centre on 5 March to 6 April, 2021. This exhibition focuses on water in all its various forms, from rainforest swimming holes, beach puddles and swimming pools.

Artists are encouraged to explore the theme through art, poetry, photographs, installations, sculpture and any other creative expression.

This exhibition invites artists to produce original and imaginative pieces. “I am thrilled that Mission Arts has supported this exhibition and

they invite the local community to share the experience.”

Sally Moroney, Exhibition Coordinator stated.

“It will draw a wide range of artists, keen to showcase their unique styles and interpretation. There will be diverse works with a mixture of storytelling, mediums and colour to express the theme of POOLS.” Mission Arts embraces people from of all ages, styles, from emerging talent to established artists to exhibit alongside each other.

The POOL Exhibition

Fri > Dirty Sanchez 9pm-12am Sat > Big Noise + DJ B-Sting 9pm-12am

Cnr Spence & Sheridan Sts, Cairns Ph 4051 2490

www.thejack.com.au

Opening Night is Friday, 5 March, 2021. Bookings will be required to ensure compliance with current Public Health Directives. The event is free of charge but gold coin donations are gratefully accepted. All proceeds will further the ongoing exhibitions, events and programming at Mission Arts.

For more information, contact Mission Arts on 4088 6116 (10am-2pm) or email info@missionarts.com.au.

Location, MARCS Park, Tully Mission Beach Road, Mission Beach.

Friday February 26, 2021

BOOKS, DVDS & MOVIES

Robert Ludlum FORMER Treadstone Operative Adam Hayes finds himself at the center of a web of warring factions and high-level secrets in the second novel in the Treadstone series, the newest addition to the Robert Ludlum universe.

From the explosive world of Jason Bourne emerges a new hero. Operation Treadstone made Jason Bourne, but he’s not the only agent they trained.

After the revival of Operation Treadstone, former operative Adam Hayes has retreated to Africa, determined to escape the black-ops CIA program for good.

Hayes knows just how destructive the program can be, as it turns government agents into nearly superhuman assassins. But his quiet life in Africa changes irrevocably, when Hayes is attacked by extremists while flying a charitable mission in Burkina Faso.

Forced to make an emergency landing, his plane is damaged and he is left in a hornet’s nest of trouble. In order to get back in the air, Hayes agrees to transport a passenger – Zoe Cabot, the daughter of a tech baron – to a small coastal city.

Hayes must outrun and outgun the factions that are hunting him, and prevent the theft of the much-needed millions from one of Africa’s poorest nations.

Alexandra Joel FROM the bestselling author of The Paris Model comes another breathtaking story of glamour, romance and espionage.

Success would depend on taking a dangerous risk.

When Blaise Hill, a feisty young journalist from one of Sydney’s toughest neighbourhoods, is dispatched to London at the dawn of the swinging sixties to report on Princess Margaret’s controversial marriage to an unconventional photographer, she is drawn into an elite realm of glamour and intrigue.

As the nation faces an explosive upheaval, Blaise must grapple with a series of shocking scandals at the pinnacle of British society. Yet, haunted by a threat from her past and torn between two very different men, who can she trust in a world of hidden motives and shifting alliances?

If she makes the wrong choice, she will lose everything. Inspired by real events, The Royal Correspondent is a compelling story of love and betrayal, family secrets and conspiracy that takes you from the gritty life of a daily newspaper to the opulent splendour of Buckingham Palace.

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FATHER TED Streaming on ACORN TV In this classic series hailed as “silly, surreal and very funny” (The Guardian, UK), Dermot Morgan stars as Father Ted, one of three Catholic priests who are exiled to a remote Irish island for their earthly transgressions. Brought together on Craggy Island by their past misdeeds, the fathers spend their days scheming, dreaming, and occasionally tending to matters of the soul.

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The Australian movie, Mad Max was released in the US under what title?

Name the 2005 movie starring John Jarratt that went on to become a legendary horror movie?

Name the highest grossing Australian movie of all time?

Name the first Australian film to win an Academy award in any category?

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Australian Cinematographer Dean Semler was awarded an Oscar from his work in what award winning movie in 1990?

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The movie, The Sapphires starring Jessica Mauboy is set during which war?

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Ride Like A Girl is a movie based upon who’s life?

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The psychological thriller, Dead Calm introduced which Australian actress to the world?

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The Australian movie Celeste was set where in FNQ?

The Australian comedy movie, Crackerjack starring Mick Molloy was based around what sport?

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Beneath Hill 60, a war movie from 2010, was filmed in and around which FNQ location?

Name the movie based upon the novel written by Joan Lindsay? The movie was based in Victoria and centres around events occurring on Valentine’s Day 1900?

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The movie was about the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company’s mining activities in which conflict?

In 1981 Peter Allen won an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song with which song from which movie?

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Name the connection between Australian rugby league great Wally Lewis and the movie, Tomorrow When the World Began?

Name the Australian movie centred on a social awkward girl, who wanted a dream wedding and the opportunity to improve her personal life and move up in the world?

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Nino Culotta, an Italian immigrant was the lead character of which 1960’s movie?

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After a lighting strike destroyed his boat; the owner decided to sue God’s representatives here on earth. Name the lead actor in the movie, The Man Who Sued God.

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In 2000, The Dish starring Sam Niell was released.

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‘Tell ‘em they’re dreamin’, is a line from which Australian movie of the late 1990s?

The 1972 movie, the Adventures of Barry Mckenzie was directed by which Australian Film Director who went onto direct Breaker Morant and Mao’s Last Dancer Name the three pelicans from Storm Boy?

That will do pig, that will do… is a line from which Australian movie?

What was the name of the lead sheepdog from Babe and who was his voice?

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1. Passengers alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly (1896). 2. The Road Warrior, 3. Wolf Creek, 4. Crocodile Dundee $47.7M, 5. Kokoda Front Line! 1942 (Best Documentary Feature), 6. Blue Jasmine (2013) and The Aviator (2004), 7. Dances with Wolves, 8. The Vietnam War, 9. Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, 10. Nicole Kidman, 11. Lawn Bowls, 12. Picnic at Hanging Rock, 13. “Arthurs Theme (Best That You Can Do) shared with Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross and Carol Bayer Sager, 14. Muriel’s Wedding, 15. The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 16. Billy Connolly, 17. The Apollo 11 mission to the moon, 18. Parkes NSW (The radio telescope), 19. The Castle, 20. Paronella Park, 21. Townsville, 22. Hill 60 in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front, 23. The movie featured Lincoln Lewis, Wally’s son, 24. Walkabout 1971 25. They’re A Weird Mob, 26. John O’Grady, 27. Bruce Beresford, 28. Mr Proud, Mr Ponder and Mr Percival, 29. Babe, 30. Rex – voiced by Hugo Weaving.

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The week with the sun in Pisces, in your house of money, making a semisquare to Pluto rising in your chart. Today, you might be irritated with yourself over some impulse shopping. The best solution is to return what you can and recognize those occasional moments of weakness. You can get back on track pretty easily.

GEMINI: This week, being prepared for an upcoming storm chasing the clouds away. Gemini, the key is to be ready just in case.

The week, with the sun in Pisces making a semi-square to Pluto in your house of resources. Today, there are small irritations related to loans or credit cards. Like stubbing your toe, there’s no permanent damage, but can hurt like heck. And you may be on hold with customer service for a while.

LIBRA: This week others gather to help you. Libra, whatever you start, others jump in to help you finish.

The week begins with the sun in Pisces, in your house of routines, making a semi-square to Pluto in your house of dwellings. Today, your well thought out plans go in the trash. It’s necessary to be flexible today and probably to build flexibility into your schedule.

PISCES: Pisces, success comes from small actions. Cast your line in the water, and this week you can reel up a giant catch.

The week with the sun in Pisces (happy birthday!) making a semi-square to Pluto in your house of money derived from career. Today, the amount you’re paid irks you, a sure sign you are underpaid. Now you recognize that some change is needed in the future. Dust off your resume and start the process of updating it.

CANCER: Cancer, this week, one small action brings lots of positive results. It’s like a small bit of peddling gives you the ability to coast downhill.

The week begins with the sun in Pisces making a semi-square to Pluto in your house of relationships. Today things can go wrong. Not monumentally wrong, but just problematic enough to give you a bit of a headache. Take a deep breath before proceeding. Be careful of arguments with others, especially your sweetheart.

ARIES: This week, Aries, success comes through practical action. It’s like making an effort to catch a train and then getting the ride for free.

The week with the sun in Pisces making a semi-square to Pluto in your house of career. Today, there some minor irritations blocking your ability to get things finished. Don’t let a small inconvenience like an unhelpful customer service worker ruin your day.

LEO: This week, knock, and not only does the door open, Leo, but the red carpet also rolls out for you.

The week, with the sun, in your house of resources, making a semi-square to Pluto in your house of work. Today, you may be vexed if a payment comes up short. Perhaps, some hours you worked were not counted or the money received is less than expected. You may be in hot pursuit of the missing funds or to get the mistake corrected.

SCORPIO: Scorpio native, you’re almost at the top of the hill. A few more steps and you’ll be rewarded with a great view and an easy way down.

The week begins on Monday, March 1, with the sun, in your house of romance, making a semi-square to Pluto in your house of communication. Plans are broken today, or in extreme cases, you could be stood up.

The timing is just not right for romance so give it a pass. Also, be careful around art projects. One spill, and you’ll be starting over.

TAURUS: This week, a realization causes you to see things more clearly. Stale beliefs are shattered for Geminis.

This week there is the disruptive energy of Saturn in Aquarius in your house of education making a square to Uranus in Taurus in your house of working behind the scenes. If you have been thinking about going back to school, this aspect could cause you to look at accelerated programs. You may learn more in a couple of days than you could learn in a year of traditional school.

VIRGO: Virgo, this week is like zip-lining; one short climb up, and you get to glide the rest of the way.

The week begins with the sun, in your area of relationships, making a semisquare to Pluto in your house of risk-taking. Today, it’s easy to overreach when it comes to a love relationship (which could lead to a metaphorically pulled muscle). Don’t make assumptions today.

SAGITTARIUS: This week, you’re ready to launch. Make the announcement, Sagittarius, and your fans will gather.

The week begins with the sun in Pisces, in your house of dwellings, making a semi-square to Pluto in your house of money. Today, your budget takes a hit from something that breaks at home. A replacement may be needed, which is not wildly expensive, but not so cheap either. See if repairs can be made for less money to minimize the financial outgo.

CAPRICORN: Capricorn, action yields big results. Ask for a slice of cake, and you can receive the entire dessert tray.

The week begins with the sun, in your area of communications, making a semi-sextile to Pluto in your own sign of Capricorn. Today, there can be a classic misstep, a foot-in-mouth error. Make sure your phone is off when the conversation is done. Be careful you don’t hit “reply all” accidentally. Notice that your text goes to the right person. Accidents can happen today.

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

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LIFE WITHOUT ME - Rondo Theatre

“My life just seems to go on, but without me in it.”

If you don’t know who you are and you don’t know where you’re headed, you might find yourself spiralling in ever-tightening circles until you come to rest in a nondescript part of town; in a crummy two-star hotel, where the service is churlish, the lift doesn’t work, the toast is burnt and the pot plants set off your allergies.

But! Keep our expectations low, really low, and who knows? You might be pleasantly surprised by how everything works out.

Friday & Saturday night 8pm Rondo Theatre Full details: www.therondo.com.au/

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FREE AQUA AEROBICS - Cairns Esplanade

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Friday February 26, 2021

FLAME 2021 International Women’s Day Exhibition

FLAME is the exhibition outcome of a mentorship program to give young women experience in the professional arts industry.

Ten established women artists in Cairns, Atherton Tablelands, Cassowary Coast and Douglas Shire were asked to mentor emerging artists, whose talent had been identified in the 2020 ENERGY exhibition at the Tanks Arts Centre and SNAP exhibition at the Old Post Office Gallery in Atherton, two annual showcase exhibitions of our region’s best senior high school art students.

Saturday & Sunday 9am - 4pm Tank 4, Tanks Arts Centre Full details: www.tanksartscentre.com/

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ALBERT NAMATJIRA and the Hermannsburg School

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Australia witnessed the rise of an important and unprecedented modern art movement led by Central Australian Aboriginal artist, Albert Namatjira (19021959). The Hermannsburg School of Artists included a group of young Western Arrernte (Aranda) men who were inspired by the works of Namatjira.

Saturday & Sunday Cairns Art Gallery Full details: www.cairnsartgallery.com.au/

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LIONS AND DRAGONS - The sights and sounds of Chinese New Year

Aquatic exercise is a low impact, effective and fun way to get fit, burn calories, strengthen joints and bones and reduce stress.

Aqua Aerobics increases general well-being with little or no impact and you don’t even have to be able to swim.

This class is FREE

This exhibition provides insights into Chinese and Australian culture in Cairns through the exhibition of costumes, musical instruments and practices associated with the performance of the Lion and Dragon dance during Chinese New Year.

The objects exhibited will be mix of historical and contemporary items from CADCAI’s collections.

Saturday, February 27 9am - 10am Esplanade Lagoon Full details: www.cairns.qld.gov.au/esplanade

Saturday & Sunday Cairns Museum 10am - 4pm Full details: www.cairnsmuseum.org.au

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Navigating nosy neighbours and body corporate conflicts

AS the Queensland property market continues to boom, many are making the move into high density dwellings for the first time and strata professionals warn it is wise for new residents to understand the rules and roles of the strata scheme to avoid issues and make the best of their new home.

Nicky Lonergan, CEO at Archers the Strata Professionals, says the increasing prices of stand-alone residential houses and government grants for new home buyers

have contributed to the decisions made by many Queenslanders to move into strata buildings, and living in strata properties can be a very different experience for those used to living in private residences.

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“To save conflict we encourage new residents to get to know their committee and understand what responsibilities the support managers provide,” said Mrs Lonergan.

Stephen McCulloch, the Cairns Partner at Archers the Strata Professionals said that effective management of a strata building is the responsibility of a group of owners, volunteering as a committee who are supported by a body corporate manager to provide

administrative, financial, and secretarial support. For some buildings there may also be a property manager employed to tend to the maintenance of the building and manage onsite duties.

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There can be issues when the wrong process is followed, for example a tenant asks their landlord or property manager for permission to have a dog but the overall strata rules state they cannot have pets.

Without knowing, understanding or following the protocols can instigate community or neighbourly conflicts that could have been avoided.

“We actively encourage healthy relationships across all roles within a strata community, but this ultimately comes down to each person taking responsibility for the role they play in building harmony, including newcomers that may find strata living an adjustment initially,” Mr McCulloch said.

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Cycling event to boost Port Douglas economy FUNDING applications are underway for a major cycling festival at Port Douglas that would inject more than $3 million into the local economy in September 2021.

Cairns-based event company Connect Sport Australia has created the proposal for a three-day event on September 10-12 to lure high-spending cyclists and their families from around Australia to Port Douglas prior to the school holidays.

Connect Sport Australia Managing Director Bade Stapleton said he had been meeting with people and businesses throughout the community including the Douglas Shire Council which today (February 23) agreed to provide a letter of support for the event.

“Port Douglas Gran Fondo Festival will include three cycling distances to appeal to a broad cross-section of riders ranging from enthusiasts to serious cyclists,” he said.

“The most popular distance will be the 100km ride from Port Douglas to Palm Cove and back, while the 46km one-way ride from Palm Cove to Port Douglas will be open to anyone who has ever wanted to safely ride the iconic Great Barrier Reef Drive.

“We have included a 160km challenge for the more adventurous that takes in the 5km climb up Quaid Road and across to the Mulligan Highway which will remain open to traffic. Cyclists will then ride on open roads through Mount Molloy and Julatten, before descending down the Rex Range and back into Port Douglas.

“The weekend will kick off on Friday September 10 with a sponsors’ expo at the Port Douglas Sports Complex followed by an official launch on Saturday September 11 at Hemingway’s Brewery.

“Saturday’s events will include criterium races around the 2.2km circuit in front of the Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina.

“Families with young kids can then enjoy riding around the circuit in a safe and fully closed road which will be a great opportunity for local families to get involved.

“Once the Wangetti Trail is completed the Port Douglas Gran Fondo Festival will include a mountain

bike event from Wangetti to Port Douglas on the Saturday morning.

“In the evening we will have local bands, a DJ and an MC calling sprint races along the 250m Wharf Street straight with two cyclists at a time racing to the finish line outside Hemingway’s.

“Connect Sport is building an entire weekend of activity to bring more than 3500 travellers into the region and will offer accommodation and itinerary options suitable for cyclists and their families to ensure they extend their stay.

“Port Douglas is the perfect location for a gran fondo – a European term for a big bike ride – as the festival will take over the community with cyclists and their families filling cafes restaurants, markets, supporting local retailers and visiting the many tourism operators within the Douglas Shire.

“The Port Douglas Gran Fondo Festival has the potential to be a $10 million event based on Amy’s Gran Fondo which injected $11.6 million into the Great Ocean Road’s economy in 2016.”

Mr Stapleton has been meeting with local stakeholders concerned about the closure of the Captain Cook Highway to discuss how to minimise the impact on their business.

It is proposed the Palm Cove to Wangetti stretch of the highway will be closed from 5.30am to 11.30am and the Wangetti to Port Douglas stretch from 6am until 1.30pm on Sunday September 12.

Exemplar Coaches and Limousines owner Gordon Wellham praised Connect Sport for the initiative, acknowledging that disruptions to his business would be worthwhile for the good of the wider community.

“Any event that promotes the region and, in particular, Port Douglas is sure to be valuable to local businesses, especially after the challenges of 2020,” he said.

“It is also commendable that the organisers are giving consideration to locals, tourism operators and the transport operators that utilise the Captain Cook Highway in their planning for the event.”

Thala Beach Nature Reserve Manager Johan Klindt said Connect Sport had been proactive in working with Thala to miminise the impact of the road closure on the property.

“We can work around the road being closed for half a day and believe the Port Douglas Gran Fondo Festival should give both Port Douglas and Palm Cove a healthy economic injection,” he said.

Connect Sport is the leading charity cycling event company in Australia having managed events for various charities including the Cancer Council South Australia’s Beat Cancer Tour within the Santos Tour Down Under, UCI World Tour Event.

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SAM MCLEAN AFTER a slight delay the Taipans kicked off their NBL cup campaign against the Illawarra Hawks. In a close first half the Hawks went into the long break with a 5 point advantage. The lead then blew out to 12 points half way through the third quarter before Scott Machado for the Taipans showed his MVP credentials taking control of the game scoring 31 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

It wasn’t a one man show for the Taipans though with Jordan Ngatai taking the opportunity of more game time scoring a career high 17 points, Cam Oliver also contributed well with 13 points and 10 rebounds with Mirko Djeric (16 points) and Majok Deng (13 points) both scoring in double figures.

Tyler Harvey (24 points) and Deng Deng (17 points) did their best for the Hawks but the Taipans were able to shoot 51% from beyond the arc winning the game 101 95.

The Taipans second game of the NBL cup saw them take on Melbourne United who were looking to shake off their first loss of the season last week against the Wildcats.

The Taipans started the game strongly closing out the first half with an 8 point lead. Kouat Noi was unstoppable with a game high 27

points and was assisted by Cam Oliver (18 points) and Scott Machado (14 points/9 assists). Majok Deng went down early in the game with injury which didn’t help with rotations but as senior coast mike Kelly said post game, “we’ve got a good group and when someone doesn’t play for a while other people need to step up”.

The Taipans lead at every change going into the last with a 4 point lead but it wasn’t enough with Melbourne United big guns Jock Landale (18 points) and Mitch McCarron (17 points) helping United to a 7 point win.

Mike Kelly said post game, “they kept going and we didn’t” talking about United’s ability to play out the game, “we’ve played three good quarters in a lot of games, there hasn’t been a lot of games we’ve played four good quarters”.

The first weekend of the NBL cup is now complete with the Wildcats the only team to remain undefeated over both games.

The Taipans now sit second last on the ladder with only 3 wins from 10 games.

This weekend they play Perth Wildcats (3rd) and Brisbane Bullets (7th).

Tuesday Feb 16 Ladies: J Gilliver 40, F Sharp 38, A Watson 38.

Men: M Tookey 38, L Law 36, K McCreanor 36.

Wednesday Feb 17 Div1: W Berry +6, M Brading +3, B Barnes +2.

Div2: D Tidswell +7, S Phillips +5, B Peacock +4.

Ladies: H Phillips +1, M Wright 0, R Yelland -2.

Friday Feb 19 Men’s: M Pye 24, J Henderson 21, P Fox 20.

Ladies: J Rashleigh 22, C Hopper 18, C Atkinson 18.

Saturday Feb 20 Men’s: Mixed Foursomes Championship - Rd 1: (Gross) P & P Shay 79, P& M Wright 84, P & R Yelland 86.

Ladies: K Henry 35, D Greenaway 32, L Hughes 32 Men’s: Div. 1: A Russell 40, G Douglas 39, P Jackson 38.

Div. 2: G Nichols 41, D Chandler 34, M Girdler 34.

Sunday Feb 21 Men’s: Div. 1: T Fuller 40, B Campbell 38.

Div. 2: P Warring 35, D Themos 34.

Ladies: L Power 31.

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Saturday February 20.

32 Bowlers for Jackpot Bowls last Saturday. In the Club Championship Pairs, a win to Mick Frese and Peter Busch who defeated David Blain and Terry Richards 25-24.

In other games, Ranald Edwards / Mick Plummer / David White d Ted Holmes / George Wilmot / Bill Allison 19-18; Billy Smith / Nev Fletcher d Charlie Toohey / Nev Tesch 24-18; Col Widdows / Barney Kearney / Dick Pitt d Daryl Hoskins / Tony Kessler / Gordon Henderson 25-14; runner up for the day, John Fleming / Peter Worley / Jim Geddes d Kiwi / Alistair Douglas / Steve Pansett 35-13; and the winners for the day, Bruce Lester / Eric Smith / Peter Gorsuch d Doug Pitt / Tony Brlyack / Dave Egan 38-10. Friday, in the Club Championships Mick Frese d Greg McLean 25-14; Sunday in the Handicap Singles, Col Widdows d Billy Smith 29-25; and in the B Grade Singles, Chris Payne d Daryl Hoskins 2524. A reminder, no bowls this Saturday due to the Mossman Three’s being played.

In the Club Championship games scheduled for Sunday, in the A Grade Singles Steve Cue vs Dave Blain, and in the Handicap Singles, Eric Smith (-10) vs Daryl Hoskins (0). Saturday Jackpot Bowls will resume on 6 March.

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EDGE HILL MEMORIAL BOWLS CLUB Ladies Social Bowls: THURSDAY Night 18th February 2021 mixed social bowls were washed out. Names in early please for next week 25th February 2021. Saturday 20th February 2021 Ladies played Pennant practiced in Pennant teams against a Men’s selected fours Social Team starting at 1:00pm. Another improved performance by the Ladies as teams settle into their pennant playing positions. Men won overall but a closer result after another successful practice for the Ladies. Please attend these practice sessions to enable selectors to select an inform team to commence pennants in March.

Men’s Mixed Social Bowls: Tuesday 16th February winners were Yvonne and Barry Bolton. R/U: Bob White and Jill Alexander. Tuesday night bowls saw Don and Frank winners with R/U: Allan and Janet. Wednesday Night 17th February bowls winners were Ian and Brenton. R/U: Ray, Terry and Wayne. Saturday 20th February social bowls was conducted as Ladies pennant practice. Overall winners were Gary Pomroy, Steve Bragger, John Parker and Kim Mitchell. R/U: Mick Catalano, Liz Whitehead, Tom Sidney and Darren Curry. R/U: Jackpot not won now at $674+. Social bowls will continue Tuesday (Day and Night) Wednesday night with Saturday afternoon.

Edge Hill Club Championship Games.

The final of 2019-2020 Championship Fours has been re-scheduled for Tuesday night between Steve Henson’s Team and Colin Kelly’s team. Consistency Singles saw Geoff Royle def Terry Bartholomousz 102-78.

Geoff will now play winner of Steve Henson and Darren Curry in the final.

2021 A Singles games played saw D Curry d W Hewitt 25-16. Other games still to be played are S Vardy V’s D Curry. S Bragger v R Hubbard. S Henson v T Bartholomousz. D Spowart v A Henson.

TFNQDBA District Pairs was won by Frank Obah with Shane McInerny in Sunday morning. Frank then defeated Steve Henson 25-12 in the District Singles in the afternoon.

2021 Club Championship Pairs, Triples or Four’s draws are now on the Notice board. Players wishing to play their games that have been drawn should arrange a time and get it done.

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Thurs, February 25 Sydney Kings v NZ Breakers. John Cain Arena

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Billz Nakachi and Karim Valentino Yorkston will be among those going head to head for charity on Saturday.

Fighting for a good cause

TANYA MURPHY

A PRIZE pool of $20,000 will be donated to dozens of charities thanks to the Cairns Charity Fight Night being held next Saturday, February 27.

This will be the third charity fight night in five years organised by local personal trainer Rodney Little, and with 44 fighters and 22 fights on the cards it is set to be the biggest one yet.

Mr Little, who has been involved in boxing for 38 years, said the charity fight night encouraged new people to try boxing and was a great way to introduce new people to the sport.

“For about 32 of the fighters it’s their first ever event and a lot have only been training for the last ten weeks specifically for this fight, as a way to raise funds for a charity that they’ve selected,” he said.

Each fighter has raised $500 to compete. The winner of each match will take $750 and the loser will keep $250, which each will donate to their charity of choice.

Charities set to benefit include Beyond Blue, the Heart Foundation, Mareeba Animal Shelter, and many more.

Fighters are travelling to Cairns from as far afield as Townsville and beyond to compete.

One of the most anticipated fights of the night will be between well-known lo-

cals Billz Nakachi and Karim Valentino Yorkston.

Cairns local Adam Taylor, 39, also said he was looking forward to his match with Kenny Nyko, where he will raise money for a friend battling breast cancer.

The Manunda Hawks player said he first got into boxing when he was challenged to participate in the first Charity Fight Night in 2015, then came back better prepared for the second one in 2018, and now was preparing for his third.

“The guy I fought in 2015 and 2018 was a lifelong boxer. I won the first fight against him despite having no experience, and then lost the second one despite training for it, which just goes to show that anything can happen in boxing,” he said.

“Most importantly, myself and my opponent donated our funds to a local lady with brain cancer.”

Tickets are on sale now for the Charity Fight Night which will take place at Fred Moule Pavilion in the Cairns Showgrounds, with doors open at 6pm and first fight at 7pm.

Tickets are $35 presold or $40 for general entry.

VIP tables are also available. Tickets are available at Railway Newsagency, 48 McLeod Street, or contact Rodney Little on 0402 414 413 or visit the “Cairns Charity Fight Night” Facebook page.

Cairns Hoopsnakes members, Garry Parker, Bob Moore, David Connolly and Adam Howarth TANYA MURPHY WHEELCHAIR basketball is an exciting version of basketball that offers a great way to keep fit, develop new skills and meet new friends – and since it’s on wheels its even faster than regular basketball!

The game was originally designed as a rehabilitation and recreation activity for those with a physical disability, in particularly those with a spinal cord injury, but is now enjoyed by people of all abilities.

The Cairns Hoopsnakes wheelchair basketball team meets every Sunday from 9am at the Bendigo Bank Stadium on Aumuller Street,

Manunda.

The competition is organised by the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association, and Cairns wheelchair basketball facilitator David Holzheimer said new players, both male and female, were welcome.

“Sporting Wheelies provides a number of opportunities for new players to improve their skill level and fitness, such as training sessions and development camps,” he said.

“If classified, players also have the option to compete in wheelchair basketball at regional, state, national and international level, including at the Paralympics.

“Sporting Wheelies offers Wheelchair Basketball pro-

grams in Brisbane, Toowoomba, Mackay, Townsville and Cairns for players of all ages and abilities. Programs are also available in Rockhampton and the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.

“All new Association members will receive their first two sessions for free and will have access to a Basketball wheelchair.

“You can also contribute as a volunteer, coach, team manager, umpire, administrator of the sport or as an enthusiastic supporter!”

Player Adam Howarth said he had been a member since 2008 after being injured in a motorcycle accident in 2006.

“It was a difficult time so it was a big help for me to be able to go and play a sport,

and keep fit,” he said.

“Once you’re doing something like this you push yourself harder.”

The Hoopsnakes will head to Townsville on March 20-21 to compete against Townsville, Rockhampton and Mackay in round one of the ‘Northern Challenge’ competition. Two rounds are held each year.

Mr Holzheimer said sponsors were being sought to help the team cover travel and accommodation costs.

For more information visit www.sportingwheelies.org.au or the “Cairns Hoopsnakes” Facebook page.

we wish him all the very best for the future,” said Northern Pride Board Director, Pat Bailey.

Mr Quinn says he feels now is the right time to pursue new opportunities professionally and for a new CEO to take over the reins.

“The club is in a very strong financial position, in fact the best position it has ever been. Having the current reserves, we have been able to provide Head Coach Ty Williams the ability to recruit a formidable play-

ing roster for the upcoming season. It is a great time for someone to take over and grow it even further as the league is re-emerging from its COVID slumber.

“I am extremely proud of the great work we have done at the Pride. I leave with a strong sense of optimism of what the future holds for the club. The Pride will always hold a special place in my heart,” he said.

As Vice President of the Amateurs, Mark will be even more hands on after busi-

ness leader Ross Moller’s recent passing. The setting up of Cannon Park will certainly be different this year after spending the last 15 odd years with Ross and the team preparing for the event. He is also pursuing new opportunities which will be made public in the coming months.

Mark Quinn will depart his role in the next few weeks and the Northern Pride Board will actively commence a recruitment campaign to replace him.

Pride CEO Resigns CEO of the Northern Pride, Mark Quinn, has announced he will be leaving the club after 2.5 years at the helm.

“Mark has made a very significant contribution and impact on the Northern Pride as CEO over his tenure.

He has provided outstanding leadership and vision through very difficult and challenging times. Mark’s financial and business acumen have allowed the club to be in the best financial position its ever been in and

Cairns & Community Dementia Support Group Y O U ’ R E

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A L O N E Our fortnightly gatherings offer a safe space for social engagement and support for people living with Alzheimer’s or Dementia and their loved ones.

These sessions provide an opportunity for attendees to enjoy time together in the company of others in a similar situation.

Morning tea is provided (paid for by gold coin donations) When: Every 2nd Wednesday Time: 10 am — 12pm Cost: Gold coin donation Where: Cominos House (27 Greenslope St, Edge Hill)

UPCOMING February 3rd and 17th MEETINGS: March 3rd, 17th and 31st

April 14th and 28th

For more information call Karina on 0421 416 971 or Helen on 0407 589 338 or email karinagray61@gmail.com

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NBL Round 6

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