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One of our largest sources for workers is unfortunately unavailable, our foreign students and backpackers.

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MIN:20 MAX:25 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 0.17 LOW: 12.10 HIGH: 7.07 HIGH: 18.06

CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: N/A LOW: 10.57 HIGH: 5.26 HIGH: 17.05

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MIN:20 MAX:25 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 1.35 LOW: 13.49 HIGH: 9.00 HIGH: 19.27

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MIN:20 MAX:25 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 3.00 LOW: 15,34 HIGH: 10.21 HIGH: 20.59

THURSDAY

MIN:20 MAX:26 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 4.14 LOW: 16.56 HIGH: 11.07 HIGH: 22.24

MIN:19 MAX:26 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 5.12 LOW: 17.54 HIGH: 11.42 HIGH: 23.28

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MIN:19 MAX:26 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 5.56 LOW: 18.39 HIGH: 12.15 HIGH: N/A

INNISFAIL 7 DAY WEATHER FORECAST AND TIDE TIMES MIN:19 MAX:24 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES LOW: 6.37 LOW: 17.53 HIGH: 11.15 HIGH: N/A

MIN:20 MAX:23 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES LOW: 0.40 LOW: 12.26 HIGH: 8.22 HIGH: 18.56

MIN:20 MAX:24 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES LOW: 2.03 LOW: 14.09 HIGH: 10.15 HIGH: 20.17

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MIN:19 MAX:26 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES LOW: 5.34 LOW: 18.22 HIGH: 12.51 HIGH: N/A

MIN:19 MAX:25 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES LOW: 0.25 LOW: 13.21 HIGH: 6.15 HIGH: 19.03

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e h t f o r e w The po t h g i n e h t music of Anna Garner, Maree Gower, Sam Pappalardo, Danielle Rogers, Joanne Miskin and Louise Howell

PERHAPS one of the greatest fears we face as we grow older is the fear of being enveloped in the fog they call dementia.

Currently in Australia it is estimated that almost half a million people suffer from dementia and this number continues to climb steadily each year.

Researchers worldwide are working trying to find ways to combat and reverse this insidious disease.

Do not be fooled into believing this is an illness that only destroys the lives of older sufferers. People in their 30s and upwards can suffer from young-onset dementia.

Whilst researchers have made great inroads into identifying causes and working to discover ways to reverse the effects of dementia, more attention has been focussed on managing the effects and stirring brain function or rekin-

dling those warm evocative memories that more often than not fade into the fog.

One therapy found to be of particular benefit is harnessing the power of music.

There’s no mistaking the powerful effects that music can have on us emotionally and physically.

Music can transport us to places long gone, move us in ways we could never imagine and unlock thoughts and memories that we all thought were long gone.

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Far North Queensland has been particularly successful in their use of music therapy.

Warrina Aged Care in Innisfail conducts daily group music therapy sessions for their residents.

Anna Garner, Leisure and Lifestyle Officer at Warrina Aged Care uses music therapy daily with her work.

“Music is an important part of our day,” she said, “It’s amazing the effect it will have on our residents.

“We play a lot of rock and roll, or country music and you see our residents start to move. Their feet start tapping, they clap even dance.

“Music motivates them to move.

“With our dementia sufferers, the music takes them back to a time, a place, where they are safe, happy and in control.

“We have one resident, a lovely Italian lady aged 98.

When we put ‘Arrivederci Roma’ on to play, she starts tapping, clapping and singing.

She absolutely loves it,” Ms Garner said.

Music is such an evocative medium. It serves as a trigger. A trigger to a memory or emotion. The human brain is such a complex organ. Whilst dementia and Alzheimer’s can slow the brain function, music seems to cut through, reawakening memories and taking dementia sufferer back to a place they remember and feel comfortable.

“It’s an amazing thing to witness. Someone who might be showing signs of stress or agitation, feeling lost, but when their favourite song comes on, their focus shifts to a happier, more cheerful time and the stresses release.

“Every day we see how music soothes, comforts and awakens in our residents warm and happy memories, it is a joy to be part of,” she said.

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A PROBITY auditor will review and provide detailed reports about the processes behind the Daintree Ferry Contract Renewal.

Douglas Shire Council this week unanimously resolved to request the Chief Executive Officer, through the Audit Committee, to engage an independent probity auditor to analyse the ferry contract process to ensure public trust and understanding in the decision-making.

The probity audit will cover the period from initial consultations in 2018 through to the purchase.

Council’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Stoermer welcomed the audit as an opportunity to give ratepayers confidence in the process.

“Our staff have been diligent, thorough and responsible during the Daintree Ferry contract renewal and I believe a thorough independent audit will back that up,” he said.

The probity auditor will provide findings in a detailed report to Councillors, the Audit Committee and Management Team. A public report will also be made available.

The audit will investigate the contract process for the Daintree Ferry contracts including the original two ferry tender, the outright purchase of the existing ferry and the solicitation, evaluation, and

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Douglas Shire Mayor Michael Kerr said an independent audit was an essential mechanism to give the community confidence in the decision.

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Me and my Shadow THIS year is proving to be a big one for Mena Creek artist and writer Jacque Duffy.

A solo art exhibition at Mission Arts Gallery, a new picture book release, and involvement with the Tropical Writers Festival in Cairns delivering workshops and contributing to panel discussions has her hopping.

“One creative project is feeding into the next, I love it” she said. “I’ve had a few years away from my paint brush and pencil—like most creative people, life can get in the way.

“Now I’m re-immersing myself in things I love doing – and that’s sculpting with words and creating art that tells a story thanks to the encouragement of my husband and the exuberance of my Wednesday evening art students.”

Mission Arts Gallery in Mission Beach is the venue for Jacque’s exhibition and book launch “Shadow – An immersive picture book experience”.

The exhibition will be opened, and book launched tonight (Friday) by Eve Stafford OAM. Eve is best known as founding chair and Executive Officer of Arts Nexus, a development and service organisation for the arts across Far North Queensland, and her service on panels with Arts Queensland and Australia Council for the Arts.

“I invite viewers into the world of Shadow, entering,

and getting lost in his story, walking with characters. Encouraged to investigate what inspires me, you may discover hidden elements, find that special factor that makes each artwork a unique experience for you,” Ms Duffy said.

“Explore emotion of colour, line and movement, feel romance in Shadow’s architecture. Then please, cast your own shadow onto the artwork and become part of the story itself, you’re invited to share photographs of your Shadow on social media (#shadowswithshadow).”

The exhibition opens 6.30pm Friday June 4, Mission Arts Gallery, MARCS Park, Cassowary drive, Mission Beach. The opening will be followed the next day by an illustrated book creation workshop for children and adults.

The picture book Shadow will be available for purchase at the book launch.

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Adelaide to Cairns on the Flying Kangaroo FAR North Queenslanders wishing to escape our mild winter and taste the chill of Adelaide will now be able to choose from either Virgin or Qantas for their air travel.

Qantas announced this week, they will commence flying Adelaide to Cairns in August 2021, operating 4 flights a week.

The route will be operated by Embraer E190 regional jets as part of QantasLink’s partnership with Alliance Airlines with a seating capacity of 94 passengers.

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national CEO Andrew David said the new routes would support the growing demand for domestic tourism.

“As most international travel remains off limits for now, Australians are taking more regular holidays within the country and we expect these new direct flights to key tourism destinations will be popular with travellers,” said Mr David.

In April Jetstar announced a new service linking Cairns and Newcastle due to commence in late June.

TANYA MURPHY A LOCAL working mum is calling for the government to do more to help struggling families put rooves over their heads after spending a month without a home amid the Cairns rental crisis.

Vanessa Glennon spent the past month sleeping between a friend’s couch and another friend’s spare room with her son Mylo, 13, and cat Newman after being rejected for dozens of rentals.

Ms Glennon had to offer to pay the full rent upfront, sight unseen, for an entire sixmonth lease, to finally secure a two-bedroom unit in Yorkeys Knob, which she will move into this weekend.

She was only able to afford the upfront payment of thousands of dollars after a local business, who asked to remain anonymous, stepped in and generously offered to loan her the money.

Ms Glennon works up to 30 hours a week in hospitality, and said in her 15 years living in Cairns she had never been in this situation before April, when her tenancy at her last home ended due to the owners moving back in.

“I’ve never in my life pictured myself ending up in this situation. I have a good rental history and I’ve never finished a lease without having found somewhere else,” she said.

“I had to put all my furniture into a storage unit and my clothes are in my car.

“Crashing at friends’ places isn’t something you can do for long, so if [the business] hadn’t helped me, I honestly don’t know where I would be now.

“There’s a waiting list of thousands of people for social housing, and I was starting to wonder if I should get a site at a caravan park so I could sleep in my car, or if I should buy a tent.

“I found myself many times just sitting in my car crying.”

Ms Glennon said she was ‘lost for words’ when the business offered to help her.

“I honestly don’t know how I can express my gratitude. I’m one of the lucky ones, because I know there are lots of other people who are in the same situation and won’t be able to come up with that upfront payment,” she said.

“Some places I applied for said they had up to 60 appli-

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Vanessa Glennon and her son Mylo have been sharing this bed in a friend’s spare room while trying to get accepted for a rental property. cants.”

Crisis set to continue Freeman’s Real Estate Principal Jade Kilpatrick predicts the rental crisis will continue unabated for many more months as southerners sell their homes in Victoria and New South Wales and migrate to Cairns.

“Some people are paying up to two years’ rent in advance to secure a place,” she said.

“We have a minimum of eight applications for each property and the owners are picking those with good references, employment, less people, and no pets.

“Even in a normal market that’s what happens, but now they have more to choose from with a minimum of eight applications per property.”

Ms Kilpatrick said she predicted renters would increasingly be pushed out into the suburbs as cashed-up southerners bought and moved into properties in the city, following

a familiar pattern of gentrification seen in other cities.

“I don’t think it’s slowing down. I’m still getting properties sold within a week to two weeks, and the majority are to southern buyers,” she said.

“We’re sitting at about eight properties advertised compared to about 31 just before COVID-19.

“Springfield Crescent in the lower Whitfield area is the most sought-after area for selling properties at the moment.

We sell a Springfield Crescent property within a couple of days.

“They’re just going to start renovating those old houses, starting to build duplexes and townhouses and the renters will get pushed out of town.”

She said a lot of southerners had also bought blocks of land and were building homes in Edmonton, Trinity Beach and Trinity Park with builds booked for the next three years.

“When you get the first homebuyers grant you are

required to live in the property for six months at least, but then people might start leaving Cairns, which will open the market back up again,” she said.

“They might live in it for a year and say ‘Cairns is too hot’ and then go back down south, especially once COVID-19 is brought under control with vaccines, and then hopefully we can have some breathing space.

“However, usually a boom will go for at least three years, so there might be a slight dip, but I don’t think we’ll ever go back to the low rental and sale prices we once had.

“The government has to do something, there has to be a stimulus in development, more building, more housing, especially if they want to encourage thousands more workers to come to Cairns.

“We don’t have anywhere for them to live. Something has to be done.”

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FR0M PAGE 1 PETER MCCULLAGH CAIRNS has a well-documented skill shortage in the hospitality industry.

One of our largest sources for workers is unfortunately unavailable, our foreign students and backpackers.

Iconic Cairns restaurant, Ochre Restaurant and Catering, located on the waterfront has felt the effects related to the COVID-skill shortage in the past year.

It was a downturn in available, experienced staff that forced Craig Squire, owner of Ochre Restaurant and Catering to reduce the trading hours for his restaurant.

“We did not reduce our hours due to a lack of customers, it’s quality staff or rather a lack of experienced staff that forced us to close on Sundays,” he said.

Last week the Queensland government launched their ‘Jobs in Paradise’ program designed to attract hospitality and tourism workers to Cairns to bolster the industry sector as part of their COVID recovery program.

“The ‘Jobs in Paradise’ scheme will not really assist us here at Ochre. We need skilled, experienced staff and whilst the program may encourage unskilled to enter the market or workers with basic skills to relocate, we need highly-skilled and experienced workers.”

“It’s an employee’s market at the moment, creating wage pressures within the industry for a lot of owners.

“Some desperate employers are paying way above normal market rate, for chefs particularly.

“It’s not unusual for some em-

ployees to be paid extra to retain their services or attract suitable candidates to a job.

“Nationally 15 – 20% of hospitality workers come from overseas. In Cairns this figure is potentially higher, with backpackers and students.

“When COVID come, we lost our international staff, and we were reduced to 14 local staff.

We got by, but we had to reduce our opening times due to a lack of available staffing.

“We have been able to keep the staff, but we do need more to trade 7 days and with our catering business,” Squire said.

“We could employ another 5 – 6 workers if we could find the right candidates, and that’s permanent or full-time jobs.

Ochre Restaurant and Catering have been seeking additional staff

for many months. Advertising in all major recruitment channels, Seek, Jora and Gumtree, perhaps the best platform they currently use at the moment is Facebook.

“We need waiters that can do the job, chefs with skills as well as experience, and bar staff that can smash out 50 cocktails in 2 hours.”

The current closure of international borders potentially not reopening for international travel until mid-2022, will continue to have a lasting impact upon staffing within the tourism and hospitality industries.

Earlier this month New South Wales announced they would be bringing international students back, commencing as early as semester two of this year. The students would undergo mandatory quarantine, using a purpose built 600-bed quarantine site.

Squire believes the Queensland government must start to consider this for our training and education industries, but also to ensure we have the available workers in the hospitality industry.

“The Queensland government need to do the same, they need to bring international students back to Cairns. The federal government has also uncapped the number of hours a student can work, so there will be more workers available in the industry.”

“We have to get the country moving again, we cannot continue to keep the door locked. If quarantining is done right, we can get people back into the country and start to ease some of these critical skill shortages, as well as boosting the economy.”

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The WASTE debate is set to hit the fan PETER MCCULLAGH

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This includes continuing ongoing commercial in confidence discussions with Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter who is actively seeking federal funding to complement the current $6.3million offer from the Queensland Government

FOR residents and owners of properties within the Port Hinchinbrook development, things are really starting to look a little grim.

The ongoing issue of their sewerage treatment plant is building in pressure and potentially untreated waste could soon hit the fan.

Cassowary Coast Regional Council Mayor Mark Nolan said Council’s door remains open and Council will continue to work with various stakeholders in an effort to find a long-term solution for sewerage within the Port Hinchinbrook development.

Earlier this month, Councillors voted on a number of motions in relation to Port Hinchinbrook. A resolution was made to request the State Government maintain availability of funding on offer for Port Hinchinbrook to allow sufficient time for further funding to be secured.

“This includes continuing ongoing commercial in confidence discussions with Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter who is actively seeking federal funding to complement the current $6.3million offer from the Queensland Government.

The anticipated total cost for this project to be delivered to the State Government’s specification is expected to be $10.6million.

This includes an allocation for the purchase of additional land required for the sewerage treatment plant (STP).

Councillor Nolan said that Council had requested the State Government leave their offer on the table whilst negotiations continue to source the further funding required.

“While the offer from the State Government is very generous, in the absence of additional funding, the project would place Council and the community in a compromised position.

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“Additionally, since 2018, Council had been operating and maintaining the current STP at Port Hinchinbrook under an interim funding agreement with Department of State Development, Tourism and Innovation.

“The agreement for the ongoing maintenance and operation of the STP and associated network have not been extended since it expired in August 2020 and none of the current proposals include funding towards this service.

“Since funding ceased in August, maintenance and operation of a privately owned asset in liquidation has cost Cassowary Coast ratepayers over $130,000 (up until end of April 2021). Council has formally requested the State Government repay these funds,” Councillor Nolan said.

“For Council, continuing to operate the STP without further funding would not be ideal and Councillors have voted to cease operations of the STP on 30 June 2021.

“By ceasing operations on 30 June 2021, this provides an opportunity for Passage Holdings, the Liquidator or property owners to come to other suitable arrangements on how sewerage services will continue to be provided at Port Hinchinbrook.

This sees the wider Cassowary Coast region ceasing direct involvement with funding of this service.”

Councillor Nolan reiterated that Council was committed to seeking a long-term solution and will continue to negotiate with other government agencies to seek a solution.

On March 11, 2021, Council voted to accept, with conditions, a funding proposal from the Queensland Treasury relating to a funding proposal for the acquisition and construction of a new sewerage treatment plant for Port Hinchinbrook Estate, however responsibility would be limited to the STP

and not include the road network.

Queensland Treasury has now responded to the conditions and is seeking further commitment from Council. Treasury have indicated support for some of the conditions but have indicated that they are unable to meet Council’s request for further funding.

There are approximately 300 rate paying properties located at Port Hinchinbrook, residents from the Cassowary Coast region are concerned the rest of the ratepayers will be subsidising a small number of residents at Port Hinchinbrook.

The continued funding of the Port Hinchinbrook STP is a contentious issue within the region. Many residents are opposed to Council accepting the full running cost and maintenance liability for the facility. Member for Hinchinbrook, Nick Dametto raised this funding issue in state parliament earlier this month, asking the Treasurer Stephen Miles to intervene and appoint an advisor to work with all parties to reach a suitable outcome.

The Treasurer replied that residents should have access to services, (sewerage and roads) and whether or not those services are provided by the liquidator or the council he feels the government should do what they can to ensures that happens.

“At the end of the day, it is Council’s responsibility for those services,” said the Treasurer.

Dametto believes the long-term solution is for Council to own both the STP and the roads in Port Hinchinbrook, as Council is the only entity with a legal mechanism to rate and charge for these services at Port Hinchinbrook.

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Great Knob turn-out expected TANYA MURPHY

NOMINATIONS are open now at the Yorkey’s Knob Post Office to determine who will be crowned this year’s King and Queen of the Knob.

The honour will be bestowed upon the suburb’s most outstanding residents at the 15th annual ‘Festival of the Knob’ to be held on Sunday June 12 from 10am to 4pm at the Community Centre, old school parklands on Wattle Street.

Event organiser David Stephens said after last year’s event was cancelled due to COVID-19, it was great to finally be able to celebrate the Knob again.

“It’s a family-friendly day featuring live entertainment, market stalls, food, rides, a raffle, and more,” he said.

He encouraged community members to nominate someone who has done something positive in the community to be crowned on the day.

Reigning Queen of the Knob, Jade Kendall, was selected by the judges in 2019 due to her work with the Cairns Northern Beaches Community Group, a Facebook community which receives more than 500 membership requests per month.

A resident of more than 12 years, Ms Kendall said she

Jade Kendall and Darren D’achille were crowned ‘Queen and King of the Knob’ in 2019. loved the close knit community in the Knob.

“People who live here are quirky and odd. We take care of each other. We’ll reach

out a hand for anyone. The community will always come together when a family’s in need,” she said.

Outgoing King of the Knob

Darren D’achille was nominated because of his work as the local State Emergency Services leader.

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Funds Approved for Gran Fondo DOUGLAS Shire Council this week approved funding of $50,000 for the inaugural Port Douglas Gran Fondo Festival to be held on September 9-11, 2022.

Cairns-based event company Connect Sport Australia announced plans earlier this year for an annual major cycling festival which would inject more than $21 million into the Port Douglas region’s economy within the first three years.

Douglas Shire Mayor Michael Kerr said the Gran Fondo Festival had potential to become the town’s annual showpiece sports event.

“The Gran Fondo will be a catalyst for economic activity in Douglas Shire during September next year,” he said.

“We expect the festival to attract a high-yield visitor, while providing a vibrant atmosphere for our local community.

“Major events like this can ensure the long-term sustainability of our local tourism industry which has been so detrimentally affected by COVID border closures.

Connect Sport Australia Managing Director Bade Stapleton said the revised date for the Port Douglas Gran Fondo Festival would allow more time to plan and deliver a world-class event to lure high-spending cy-

clists and their families from around Australia to Port Douglas prior to the school holidays.

“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 and the markets, supporting local retailers and visiting the many tourism operators within the Douglas Shire.”

Cairns Airport Chief Executive Officer Richard Barker is confident that the Port Douglas Gran Fondo Festival will grow to become a signature event for Port Douglas.

“This type of event-based tourism provides benefits for the wider Port Douglas community and is ideally suited to bring visitors to the region outside of the traditional peak,” he said.

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Residents’ fears about link road TANYA MURPHY

RESIDENTS who will be most affected by a proposed link road between Trinity Beach and Kewarra Beach are making an impassioned plea for the plan to be reconsidered.

Two weeks remains for feedback to be submitted to the Cairns Council about their concept plan for a road link between Trinity Beach and Kewarra Beach, which will necessitate the demolition of a state-owned house at 146 Trinity Beach Road.

Shantel Watkins is the leaseholder at the condemned house, and said she had not received any letter or notification about the plan and had only heard about it from neighbours.

“I’m starting to get a lot of anxiety about it,” said the mother of three, part time tourism worker and full-time nursing student.

“Why is it so important now in the middle of a rental crisis, to tear down a house that has a family living in it? Can’t they wait? Can’t they build the road somewhere else?”

When this question was put to Division Nine Councillor Brett Olds, he said under Roads to Recovery Funding the road had to be completed in the 2021-22 financial year, but demolition of the home would not be required until 2022.

“The Department of Transport and Main Roads,s ac-

Shantel Watkins and her next door neighbour Calvin Fergie. PHOTO: Tanya Murphy quired the property more than 20 years ago with the knowledge it would need to be demolished at some stage to allow for this critical link to be constructed,” he said.

Calvin Fergie, homeowner adjacent to the condemned property, said the proposed intersection would see traffic and buses braking, idling and accelerating just nine metres from his living room and he was already losing sleep over it.

“It’s stressing me, it’s putting pressure on my family,” he said.

“I will lose about $50,000 on my house value.

“When cars turn the corner onto the link road their head-

lights will be shining right into my living room windows.

“It’s going to be very dangerous for me to get in and out of my driveway.”

Councillor Olds said of all alternative routes, the latest proposal would impact the least amount of properties and provide a vital second entry and exit route for Kewarra Beach residents.

“It will reduce congestion on the highway by removing the need to use the Captain Cook Highway to travel from one beach to the other, and improves access to busy community places like Trinity Beach Sporting Precinct and the Trinity Anglican School,” he said.

Trinity Anglican School was ambivalent about the benefits of the road.

“Trinity Anglican School is neither for or against the road changes, however the safety of our students and community is our biggest priority, if the road goes ahead I would presume and expect council to sit down and work closely with us to ensure the safety of our community is not compromised,” said Trinity Anglican School spokesperson Alana Ripepi.

Smithfield resident Trish Merchant is the former president of the Trinity Anglican School ‘Parents and Friends Association’ and made a submission to council last year op-

posing the road.

“After seven years of being a parent of a child at TAS Kewarra Beach, I believe it’s not a sensible proposal to put that kind of extra traffic past a primary school and into a residential area,” she said.

“The school has been cited as a beneficiary of this project, but the school didn’t ask for it. It will make it harder to get in and out of the carpark, and dangerous for children walking across the road.

“What’s more, after working as a police officer for more than 20 years, I believe this plan will create a road safety issue.

“To have the road link with traffic and buses pulling out

onto a dangerous bend in Trinity Beach Road, is just an accident waiting to happen.”

Member for Barron River Craig Crawford said he was not opposed to the idea of interconnecting roads to remove traffic from arterial roads.

“The location and design of this road is a matter for council, but I have been approached by affected residents who are concerned that they have not been properly consulted and feel that it’s been imposed on them,” Minister Crawford said.

Ms Merchant said traffic should be kept on the highway.

“Highways are where traffic needs to be, the highway is designed to handle a large volume of cars – why divert them onto residential streets where there are native wallabies and children?” she said.

“Roads to Recovery money is supposed to be aimed at improving safety, and I believe the money could have been better spent elsewhere.

“Creating slips lanes between Kewarra and Trinity would benefit thousands more residents and reduce the risks to children.”

Trinity Beach resident Chris Bosnjak said they a residents’ petition showed broad community support for a cycle and pedestrian path between the suburbs rather than a road.

The concept plan is available on Council’s website under “works in progress” and feedback can be sent to feedback@cairns.qld.gov.au

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Use them or lose them G’DAY Tropicairnsians, Hold onto your trusty double pluggers, the word on the street is that mum and dad businesses here in Cairns are struggling and some are heading for the wall.

Now for some of you this may not be exactly ground-breaking, ‘hold the presses’ news, but let me tell you, we have a problem.

As a small handyman business owner, I know how tough it is out there at the moment.

With this pandemic happening, everyone started doing their own home repairs and small renovations because noone knew when events would change.

I was forced to place my business in hibernation and wear the storage cost or close for good, while waiting for change and now slowly but surely, they are showing signs of improving.

But during this whole world recalibration that has reprogrammed the way we think, socialise, work, holiday, and shop.

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I have been on a regular mission of walking around this city with my painted aura being cheerful and positive as possible for those struggling to keep their heads above water.

But bloody hell it has been a hard slog watching shops close down and empty out, and we are really going to notice the difference when the economy gets up and running because many are ice-cream shops or small restaurants that have gone.

And now while talking to other businesses that have somehow survived the last 12 months trying their best to keep doors open, government protection and or help has dwindled so the next few months will be crunch time.

In the tropics we have some very special people, shops and businesses that you will not find anywhere else so before you turn on your computer or open your apps please head into town and give our hard working struggling local people a good look as they have great and quality products, skills and produce.

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FNQ WIND FARM SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN VETOED

DANGEROUS STREETS Time to clean up the violence on the streets. A man was assaulted last weekend and placed in ICU. The attacker stomped on his head.

What causes this sort of violence?

Is it drugs, alchohol or just stupidity? Whatever the cause it needs to be stopped immediately.

We need safer streets after dark. The CBD is not a good place of an evening.

MICK, Cairns North

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The board of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund (NAIF), set up to support infrastructure investment, recommended a loan of up to $280 million for Neoen’s $380 million Kaban wind farm, located west of Cairns in the Atherton Tablelands. North Australia and Resources Minister Keith Pitt used his powers to veto the loan. The Kaban wind farm is designed to generate enough energy to power 96,000 homes and would create 250 jobs during its construction.

Keith Pitt ignored the facts that wind is now one of the cheapest energy solutions and the warnings from thousands of scientists that we must rapidly reduce our dependence on fossil fuels to avoid a climate catastrophe. His decision is even more proof that the Morrison government is ideologically opposed to a clean energy future.

This week the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report saying the world should ban fossil fuels and move to net zero emissions by 2050, thousands of young Australians marched all over Australia demanding climate action in the school climate strike. The ideological stand of the Australian government can no longer be tolerated.

In Far North Queensland we understand the threat of climate change to the Great Barrier Reef, our community depends on healthy coral for the thousands of jobs in the tourism industry.

The failure of government ministers to support the clean energy future is a crime future generations will never forgive.

The world is moving rapidly to a clean energy and a sustainable future. We have no other choice. Australia will be left behind unless we act urgently to move away from fossil fuels. We have the technology, we have abundant resources in solar, wind and waves all we lack is the political leadership and policies.

John Pratt John is a Cairns based campaigner for climate action

Friday May 28, 2021

HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS Well done to all the volunteers at the Hospital. Your dedication is amazing and also thanks to Ivor, you made my daughter’s stay so much easier.

Keep up the great work.

JOANNE, Cairns

SLOW DRIVERS What is it with fellow drivers who crawl at 40 km/h through town, ‘speed up’ to 60 in 80 zones and stay at that even when we’re allowed 100 km/h, only to then start speeding up to 70, 80 or even faster when the speed limit is down to 40 in roadworks for example where people work and could get hurt!?

PS: The left lane is for slow drivers! Keep it safe and fair!

ANON, Cairns OLYMPICS I have a question relating to the Olympic games, given that Japan still have major problems with trying to control the ‘covid pandemic’, I and many others (except for our arrogant Mr Coates) again we see ‘money the priority over human health’ my question to Mr Coates, is this: are you willing to take the blame when the ‘the shit hits the fan’ on the arrival of Olympic participants and the virus comes home (and it will) also if any person die as a result; are you prepared to ‘cop’ a charge of manslaughter??

NOEL, Cairns A GOD PROBLEM Dear M.S. from Mareeba, God is everywhere, all around us, in what we see and what we breathe. It takes faith to believe in God, you cannot see the breeze, but you can feel the effects of the breeze. You cannot hold the breeze or touch it. We know its real, in just the same way as we know that God is real.

SAUL, Cairns

Letters

BROWNSVILLE Things must be crook in Tullarook, if Brownsville has more water than Cairns.

Does this mean that we will become the new ‘Brownsville’ of the far north?

Will Smithfield become ‘Brownsfield’? Gordonvale becomes ‘Brownsvale’?

Can we live it down? For years we have extracted the liquid from Townsville and now they have a chance to return the serve.

Time to turn off that tap and start to save some water.

WET WILLY, Northern Beaches WASTE OF MONEY Why buy the Daintree ferry, and then have a second ferry? If you want tourists, cater for them. Build a bridge, and let everyone get over it.

Sick and tired of the NIMBY’s ruining it for everyone else.

The Daintree is there for everyone and not a few hundred tree huggers.

A bridge will energise the economy and create jobs.

A.L. Port Douglas Council should not own a ferries. If they did the right thing years ago we would not be locked into this overpriced option.

This council sat on thier hands and eventually decided when the writing was on the wall to buy the service.

We cannot afford this ferry, we have no idea on the running costs, not the revenues it will generate, but we buy it anyway.

Not a smart move.

T.C. Mossman

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WHO IS REALLY STOKING THE FIRES, PENNY?

A Chinese Communist Party diplomat had a picture of an Australian solider slitting the throat of a child posted on twitter.

They had on Chinese state media, which is government controlled, “Australia should be bombed.”

Penny, is it really us stoking the fires?

What has Morrison said? What has Dutton said?

You might accuse me of stoking the fires. Well that’s because in the last major war they were prepared to give North Queensland to the enemy, Japan.

Was it China or Australia who imposed trade bans on the other country?

Drew Pavlou and his mates were having a peaceful protest at the University of Qld for Hong Kongers and Uighurs. Did they stoke the fire?

Or was it the Chinese thugs who attacked them on campus during their peaceful demonstration?

Penny Wong’s statements are outrageous.

If things unfold as people are predicting they will unfold, then her comments will be remembered, just as those people who were selling iron ore to Japan before the 2nd World War. BOB KATTER, Kennedy MP

WARREN ENTSCH PROMISES I smiled when I read that Warren Entsch is promising over $19 million for a power microgrid up the Daintree.

It reminded me of one of his 2010 promises to fund a $250M Daintree monorail. “It’s not a fairytale … not a monument to stupidity as some people have portrayed it,” he said at the time.

Then I remembered the promise of a $240M Sport and Cultural Precinct.

“This is not smoke and mirrors; this is real funding.”

And what about the “tunnel under Trinity Inlet or a bridge over to East Trinity” that he talked about for years?

He’s also been promising for over a decade to bring insurance costs down.

Sorry Warren, I don’t believe you.

Lots of self-promotion and promises but very little real action.

There must be an election coming.

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SPORT creates a sense of purpose, comradery and focus for our community.

The emotional barometer rises with each win and plunges when our sporting teams lose.

There is no better example than rugby league which, in our very own Far North Queensland communities, plays an important role in assisting personal fitness, building self-discipline, confidence and best of all ,it brings kids and adults of all backgrounds together.

Being built like a pipe cleaner, it was always unlikely that I would excel in this much-loved game involving an odd shaped ball, and I didn’t!

My first real experience of rugby league, however, was at the home of Warrington Wolves, in North West England.

Passion for the the greatest game of all, is as strong as anywhere else in the world.

The rainfall in Warrington is also not too dissimilar to parts of the Wet Tropics, basically wet, just colder. I’m pretty convinced I contracted trench foot during my three years just east of Scouser territory.

The Innisfail Leprechauns provided my first Down-Under encounter, played at the incredible facilities of Callendar Park, one of the best grounds in the region. (Apologies to the Tully Tigers, I have yet to see your new facility.)

The Leps were the top dogs at that time, under the guidance of legendary Ty Williams.

Apart from being an extremely nice bloke, close up he has forearms like pork legs.

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Left to Right, Raymond, Bronson & Davin from the Mossman Port Douglas Senior Sharks team ther north, I have now adopted the Mossman Sharks as my team, and what a team.

Yes, the facilities aren’t as flash, and they do have all of the essential requirements, but boy the fans certainly have passion.

I recall a visit from the Yarrabah Seahawks a couple of years ago, whose fans were equally enthusiastic.

The atmosphere that day made an Origin match seem like an introvert’s tea party.

I’m still convinced to this day, that the upstairs bar floor was bending each time a cheer was emitted from the upper deck.

Mossman Port Douglas Senior Sharks fans have plenty to cheer about being the current Cairns District Rugby League ‘A’ Grade Champions,

with both them and the Reserves team winning the season prior to COVID-19.

Their strength, speed and general team spirit is to be admired, along with the way they support their community and really give us all something to shout about.

With this pandemic slowly being shown the red card, it’s great to see these athletic heroes, from all our local towns, back on the field. With the new season underway, may the best teams win!

With the whistle about to blow, this is Gazza signing out.

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Laundry and kindness TANYA MURPHY OVER the past two years, the volunteers at Orange Sky have done 82,400 kilograms of laundry and offered countless hours of friendly, judgement-free conversation and assistance to people in need in the Cairns community.

Orange Sky is an Australia-wide non-profit organisation which provides free mobile laundry services to people doing it tough, with specially built vans which have inbuilt power generators.

The Cairns truck does three-hour shifts, five days a week in different places.

On Tuesday evenings, the truck does a three-hour shift at Anglicare and does laundry for homeless people using the van’s three industrial washing machines and three dryers.

“There are around 3000 homeless people in Cairns and that number is growing now thanks to COVID-19 and the rental crisis,” said Orange Sky Cairns service leader Lyndal Lowth.

“Especially post-COVID, there are so many people that you wouldn’t normally have seen. Part of that is not being able to afford rent, rents going up, and it being hard to get into places, and the number of people who have lost jobs

Valmay Wyles (second from left) and Delphine Getawan (right) put their laundry on with the help of volunteers Cathy Forbes, Lyndal Lowth and Yvonne Gordon and suddenly find themselves financially in dire straits.”

Every Monday morning the Cairns Orange Sky van spends three hours at Cairns Villa and Leisure Park, during which time the volunteers do about 675 kilograms of laundry for about 15 families.

The park has a high population of transient, unemployed residents who do not have their own washing machines.

Ms Lowth said many people doing it tough did not have access to hot water, let alone funds to use a laundromat, and had to choose between cleaning their clothes or buy-

ing food.

“For a big load, a laundromat can cost over $50 plus the taxi cost to transport it,” she said.

The Orange Sky truck provides a hot water wash with antibacterial, sanitising laundry liquid included to help combat skin diseases like scabies which can be caused by dirty clothes.

Once a week the van does a shift at Yarrabah.

“At least a third of the community out there have no washing machines, or their washing machines are broken, and some of them live in bush camps relying on gener-

ators,” said Ms Lowth.

Ms Lowth said the volunteers provided much more than just a laundry service.

“The clientele we provide the service for are usually really socially isolated, and you’re a positive face that they get to know and trust over the years,” she said.

“While the laundry is washing, you just provide positive non-judgemental conversation, get to know them, find out what their story is and what they might need help with.

“Many people will disclose things to you around health, mental health, domestic violence, suicide and more, and you can help refer them to relevant services around clothing, housing, mental health, housing and so on.”

Ms Lowth said the Cairns truck had about 35 volunteers but urgently needed more, particularly during weekdays.

A training course is provided and no qualifications or experience are required except a big heart and a desire to connect with people.

“You’ll be with a team of like-minded volunteers on each shift.”

You can find out more about how to volunteer and participate with Orange Sky’s Cairns services at www.orangesky.org.au/volunteer

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Golden brew well worth a shout HEMINGWAY’S Brewery has flown the flag for Far North Queensland’s burgeoning craft beer industry by bagging gold at the 2021 Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) held on Thursday 20 May in Melbourne.

Hemingway’s Brewery CEO Tony Fyfe said it’s great news for Hemingway’s and Far North Queensland’s industry.

“After what has been a difficult year, this is the type of news we want to shout from the rooftops!

“We entered eight beers in the AIBA competition, the largest beer awards in the world, and came away with eight medals including five gold, one silver and two bronze.

“Kudos and thanks go to our hard working and talented brew team who truly deserve this recognition.

“Craft brewing is an artisan process and one that requires great skill, patience and attention to detail.

“It is not something that anyone can do so we feel really lucky to have the best here in Cairns in Nico, Paul and Tim,” said Mr Fyfe.

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Vivien Aisi – Boardwalk Social,

Robert Ross - Ivanhoes Rugby

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League Club, 6pm

Orchid Quarter, Romance of

Barbary Coasters – Trinity

Flute & Strings – CPAC, 3pm

Beach Sports Club, 6pm

Waking Ugly – Yorkeys Knob

Miss Tee – The Backyard

Boating Club, 3pm

Shangri La, 6pm

Dave Cooke – Sauce Brewing

Kaweyova Band – Bar 36, 9pm

Co, 3:30pm

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Katie Richards – L’Unicos

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Thomas Lowth – Noa Eats

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Steve Williams – Cazalys,

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Shanan’s, 2-5:30pm

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PETER MCCULLAGH I WILL declare up front, I thought I had an understanding of the health industry. Being married to a nurse, I guess I thought I understood what the job was about.

Grace Under Pressure opened my eyes and really turned my view of the health reality on its head.

This is a deeply moving monologue style production.

There’s four performers, each bringing to life the narrations of eighteen health professionals.

The professional and personal layers are peeled back to reveal funny, disturbing, challenging and in some cases personally confronting experiences of the health professionals who contributed to make this production.

Written by David Williams and Paul Dyer, who researched and conducted hours of indepth interviews with doctors and nurses about their experiences of training and working within the health service.

For the performers they are not acting a character from a script, they are delivering accurate testimonials recorded from the hours of interviews conduct-

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The excitement of driving an ambulance fast with the sirens blaring, or performing their first ever CPR through to the confronting stories of workplace bullying and harassment. The emotional journey ends for the audience with the harrowing and deeply moving recount of a mother taking her last breaths at 2am in the morning and passing away leaving the nurses (her daughters) to wash and lay the body out.

This is no sugar coating or stereotyping of the health care industry. These are true stories, narrated without embellishment and characterisation, a total ‘warts-and-all’ journey for the audience.

In the medical industry they talk about the “patient’s journey”, Grace Under Pressure allows the audience to take a journey of enlightenment. A journey of discovery and a realisation that this essential industry, this industry built upon compassion and care for patients can emotionally and physically stretch and distort its care givers.

For me it was compelling theatre, an intimate insight into what it is like behind the scenes.

The production was subtle, the narration was the focus. A gentle audio of barely noticeable soundscape folded around the theatre, never intruding but underpinning the stories we were hearing.

The set was stark, with a circular lighting frame directly above the stage, set at an angle and reminiscent of an operating theatre light, shining deeply into the story and allowing us to see and hear with clarity some of the raw and very troubling stories.

Please do not think this is a dark production. The stories are real, the emotion that bubbles inside you as you watch is real. The humour was genuine, and around me I could pick the nurses in the audience, they responded as if it were their stories being told.

Unfortunately, Grace Under Pressure was for one night only in Cairns, if you attended you were like me, witnesses to a delicate and challenging true-to-life depiction and revelation as to the struggles of health care professionals. If you missed it, you missed a memorable and very moving performance.

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GIRL 11 Amy Suiter Clarke In this thrilling debut for fans of Karin Slaughter and Riley Sager, a social worker turned true-crime podcaster investigates a decades-old serial killer cold case only to unwittingly create new victims.

Former social worker Elle Castillo is the host of a popular true-crime podcast that tackles cold cases of missing children in her hometown.

After four seasons of successful investigations, Elle decides to tackle her white whale the Countdown Killer, or TCK. Twenty years ago, TCK established a pattern of taking and ritualistically murdering girls, each a year younger than the last. No one’s ever known why.

Why he stopped abruptly with his eleven-year-old victim, or why he followed the ritual at all.

Weeks into her new season, Elle sets out to interview a listener promising a tip, only to discover his dead body. When a child is abducted days later, in a pattern that looks very familiar, Elle is convinced TCK is back. Will she be able to get law enforcement on her side and stop TCK before it’s too late?

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Streaming on Acorn TV The series, about big town crimes that fall into the lap of a curious small-town detective, is based on Julie Wassamer’s beloved novels The Whitstable Pearl Mystery and Disappearance at Oare.

Centering around Pearl Nolan (After Life‘s Kerry Godliman), Whitstable Pearl explores the darker undercurrent at play in the picturesque seaside English town of Whistable. After an unplanned pregnancy in Pearl’s twenties sidelines her dreams of becoming a detective, she raises her son Charlie (Rohan Nedd) and works alongside her mother Dolly (Frances Barber) to build their family seafood restaurant into a booming business.

Now, with Charlie all grown up and the restaurant on solid footing, Pearl is at a crossroads. She can’t help but feel there’s more to her future than oysters, and so she sets up her own private detective agency. When she’s asked to investigate an old friend, Pearl is conflicted but ultimately agrees to take it on in an effort to see if she can help.

THE SOUNDS Streaming on Acorn TV The Sounds, a joint Canada-New Zealand production created by Sarah-Kate Lynch.

Set against the backdrop of the stunning Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand, Maggie and Tom arrive to escape his oppressive family and start a business. When Tom disappears, buried secrets and family plots make paradise less than perfect.

This twisty thriller is sure to captivate viewers.

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also bring him his big chance: he has been noticed by a coach taking a youth team to the United States.

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Streaming on Acorn TV In this spin-off to the wildly popular Australian mystery series, Phryne Fisher’s long-lost niece, Peregrine (Geraldine Hakewill, Wanted), decides to follow in her stylish footsteps as a lady detective for a new era. With the help of the handsome, straitlaced Detective James Steed (Joel Jackson, Peter Allen) and a group of accomplished women, Peregrine investigates murders in 1960s Melbourne.

recognition. But it’s the longest of long shots. His talent is raw and uncoached. There are hundreds of better-known players ahead of him. And he must leave his family behind, at least at the beginning.

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A Country Practice TV soapie legend passed away over the weekend, can you name that legend?

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Name the botanist who took part in Captain James Cook’s first great voyage.

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Brisbane Broncos caused an absolute upset last weekend beating a more fancied team. Name the team and the final score?

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Name the ship upon which he sailed and served.

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Name the fruit that provides the main flavouring for the liqueur Grand Marnier?

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Name the island upon which Mount Etna volcano is located.

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The Palm Cove Jetty was built in 1982, 1984, 1986 or 1988?

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Suicide is Painless was the theme song from which 1970s TV series?

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Name the author and journalist who wrote “The Lucky Country” and “Death of the Lucky Country”.

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Who was the Rex Lookout named after?

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“Well since my baby left me, Well I’ve found a new place to dwell” are the opening lines from which 1956 Rock classic?

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Bryce Courtney’s first novel was made into a movie starring Morgan Freeman, name that novel.

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Rugby League Immortal Bob Fulton who passed away last weekend was known by what nickname?

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Do penguins have teeth?

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The Dingo Fence was built in the 1880s to protect pastures and sheep from dingoes is the longest fence in the world. How long is it?

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Name the Australian television legend who had a leg amputated in a life saving operation earlier this month.

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How many toes does a Cassowary have?

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What was the starting price for the eBay auction of New Zealand in May 2006?

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Name Australia’s entrant in Eurovision 2021.

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Trans Australian Airlines was renamed Australian Airlines in what year?

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What did the bidding reach before eBay finished the auction?

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Name the Leader of the LNP in the Queensland parliament?

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The Tree of Knowledge is a ghost gum located in which rural Australian town?

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Hutt River Province is a micronation located within which country?

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Name the BBC journalist accused of deceiving Princess Dianna to obtain his interview?

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On November 30, 1854 a major event took place, name that event?

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Was the stegosaurus dinosaur a herbivore or carnivore?

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Sherlock Holmes lived at what number Baker Street in London?

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Jack the Ripper was suspected to have killed how many victims?

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Rockhampton is built on the banks of which river?

1. 1986, 2. Raymond Rex, Douglas Shire Council Chairman, 3. Bozo, 4. Bert Newton, 5. Montaigne, 6.

David Crisafulli, 7. Martin Bashir, 8. Lorrae Desmond, 9. Sydney Roosters 34-16, 10. Oranges, 11. M*A*S*H, 12. Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley, 13. No, they have backward facing fleshy spines that line the inside of their mouths, 14. Three, 15. 1986, 16. Barcaldine, QLD, 17. The Eureka Stockade, 18. Joseph Banks, 19. Endeavour, 20. Sicily, 21. Donald Horne, 22. The Power of One, 23. 5614Km, 24. $0.01, 25. $3000, 26. Australia – Hutt River is an independent nation, succeeding from Australia in 1970, 27. Herbivore, 28. 221B, 29. Five, Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly, 30. The Fitzroy River.

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GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEKEND For more information on the many great events in our region visit www.CairnsLocalNews.com.au/community-noticeboard

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DOG MICROCHIPPING

Have your dog microchipped for just $20 at Councils’s Ravizza Park microchipping day.

Microchips are the most reliable way of identifying your pet. Unlike name tags and Council rego tags, they don’t get lost.

If your pet is microchipped and becomes lost, we can quickly scan your pet, check their details, and endeavour to return your furry family member to you.

Saturday - From 9.30am Razizza Park Edmonton Full details: www.Cairns.qld.gov.au

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BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL 2021 - CPAC

The Banff Mountain Film Festival is the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival now in its 46th year.

After premiering in the mountain town of Banff, in Canada, a selection of the best short films about adventure tour the globe.

Audiences will experience incredible highs and agonising lows through the lenses of some of the most accomplished climbers, paddlers, skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers, mountain bikers, explorers and adventure filmmakers alive today.

Saturday 9am - 7pm CPAC Full details: www.ticketlink.com.au

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RITUAL: The past in the present

Ritual: the past in the present is an ambitious project based on many years of research and extensive cross-cultural conversations.

It builds on the Gallery’s established reputation for exploring and interpreting the many complex narratives, histories, traditions, beliefs and issues of Australian Indigenous artists and other cultures within the Asia Pacific region and the world’s tropic zone.

Saturday 10am - 5pm Cairns Art Gallery Full details: www.CairnsArtGallery.com.au

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UNDERWATER PHOTO EXHIBITION Nautilus Scuba Club Cairns

This exhibition showcases underwater images from members of the Nautilus Scuba Club Cairns who have entered the club’s annual underwater photo competition.

The categories include Macro, Portrait, Wide Angle and Behaviour.

They give the viewer a pictorial window into the fascinating creatures and scenery that exist beneath the surface of our oceans; not just on the Great Barrier Reef but from Indonesia, PNG, the Philippines and other diverse places our club members find to go diving.

All weekend 10am - 2pm Tanks Arts Centre Full details: www.tanksartscentre.com

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PALM COVE MARKETS

These markets are replacing the markets that would have been on the 6th June (cancelled due to Ironman that weekend).

140+ stalls stretch lazily along Williams Esplanade under the shade of palm and ancient paperbark trees in full view of the spectacular beach side scenery. Complimented by fantastic local restaurants and bars gives Palm Cove Markets a very relaxed FNQ vibe.

Sunday 8am - 2pm Williams Esplanade

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Ed Kuepper with Jim White - why didn’t anyone think of this before! Together they will tackle 45 years worth of Kuepper catalogue with a twist that only these two game-changers could apply.

Aussie music giant Tim Freedman, best known as the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of The Whitlams, is embarking on his first regional solo tour with a bunch of classics and a new single.

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HALF MOON RAVENSHOE BAY Golf Golf Tuesday May 18 Men’s L Burgess 33 Ladies L Zacharevicius 36, F Sharp 34, D Greenaway 34 Wednesday May 19 Men’s Div1: C Wilson 67, M Houston 68, W O’Brien 69.

Div2: B Nisbet 67, R Miller 68, H Dunne 70.

Ladies H Phillips 73.

Friday May 21 Mens: G Douglas 22, T Everett 18 Ladies: R Yelland 14 Saturday May 22 Men’s Div1: P Yelland 39, G McEwan 37, W Berry 37.

Div2: J Jones 39, A Shipard 39, M Ots 36.

Div3: R Miller 41, G Starkey 37, D Themis37.

Ladies: H Phillips 37,L Hughes 36, G Chillemi 32.

Cool, overcast conditions were the order of the day for the first round of the Club Championships.

Best rounds of the day were recorded by Tom Symonds and Prudence Wright. Tom has a two-shot advantage over Shane Escott, while Tarnia Wright will be chasing her daughter’s score next week. Shane Soper is leading the B grade men and Jim Robinson is the best in C grade. Caraline Soper is leading the C grade ladies.

Next weekend is the final 36 holes with the Rankine Shield played in conjunction for the best nett for those playing off 18 and under. Nominations are now open for the Open weekend to be held on July 3 and 4.

We look forward to seeing visitors from all clubs in FNQ. Next Friday is Social night so come along for the usual good food, raffles and lucky door.

Don’t forget there will be a quiz night on June 5 so brush up on your general knowledge.

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JACK HIGH MOSSMAN MEN’S & LADIES BOWLS CLUB

Saturday May 22 A great day with 64 players comprising members, friends & family to support the John Hocking Memorial Day with $3,000.00 raised for the Cancer Council of Queensland.

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Club Championship In the Pairs, Tony Kessler / Nev Tesch d Kiwi / Greg McLean 26-24; in the Handicap singles, Col Widdows (0) d Chris Payne (-5) 26-12; and Bernie Wolland (-5) d Steve Cue (0) 25-13. This Sunday, in the B Grade Final Col Widdows vs Steve Cue; and in the A Grade Singles, Bruce Lester vs Bernie Wolland. Scheduled for Friday 4 June, in the Pairs, Eric Smith / Nev Fletcher vs Steve Cue / Col Widdows; Saturday 12 June, in the Fours, Eric Smith / Nev Tesch / David White / John Arnold vs Charlie Toohey / Steve Cue / SAS / Tony Kessler; and Bernie Wolland / John Fleming / Terry Richards / George Wilmot vs Peter Busch / Dave Egan / Chris Payne / Mick Frese. Sunday 13 June, in the Handicap Singles, Bernie Wolland (-5) vs Eric Smith (-10) and Col Widdows (0) vs John Arnold (-2).

Best of luck to the Division 1 Pennants Teams of Eric Smith / Dave Blain / Terry Richards / Nev Fletcher and Mick Frese / Peter Busch / Col Widdows / Chris Payne and John Cochrane / Bernie Wolland / Dave Beaumont / Ranald Edwards in their 1st round game against Atherton to be played at Mareeba this Saturday.

The next Men’s social bowls under lights will be played next Thursday (June 3) and is open to all members and non-members at $5.00 per person. Names in by 5pm with card call at 5.45pm for a 6.00pm start (finish approx. 8.00pm).

Ladies Results Thursday May 20 1st: Denise Highland, Gloria Geeves & Barbara May with 2Ws. R. Ups were Margaret Cooper & Robin Petrus with W+L. Raffle winner was Pam Widdows. An eventful week is coming up with Festival and Competitions Days. Ladies we have free coaching to assist you to learn to bowl or to improve your technique. Contact Carole Maxted at: caroles44bb@dodo.com.au or 0400 954 537.

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Men’s Mixed Social Bowls: Tuesday May 18, Social bowls winners were Anne Ashton and Bruce Moseley. Runner-up: Col Whyte and Kim Mitchell. Tuesday and Wednesday Night were both washed out.

No Saturday Social bowls were played as pennants continued. Social bowls will continue Tuesday (Day and Night) and Wednesday night triples.

2021 Pennant Season: Division One Edge Hill Team played away at Innisfail / Babinda and defeated them 70-52. This week they play South Johnstone at Edge Hill so drop in and watch a great game.

Division Two Edge Hill played home against Marlin Coast and won 48-35. They will finish their season with a game away against Innisfail / Babinda.

Division Three (1) Edge Hill played home against West Cairns and Edge Hill won 47-37. This week they travel to Stratford to play the last game for the year.

Division Three (2) Edge Hill played Away against Edmonton and Edge Hill lost 43-38. They play home against Gordonvale / Cairns and regardless of the result will play Division Three (1) in the finals.

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Check the notice board for all upcoming games. The scheduled A Singles games are D. Curry v R. Hubbard and D. Spowart v H. Mitchell. B Grade Singles games now scheduled for urgent play are G Burnett v T Bartholomeusz with the winner to play Peter Ryan.

To play social bowls at Edge Hill this week put your name on the lists available behind the bar for a game.

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BHP Gold Stars nail-biting win JACOB CUMNER

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NORTH Queensland Gold Stars has taken third place on the BHP Premiership ladder after a nail-biting 22-18 win over West Brisbane Panthers at BB Print Stadium in Mackay.

Gold Stars drew first blood in what was an exciting game, with Rangimarie Edwards-Bruce crossing for a try in the ninth minute. Romy Teitzel followed up with a tidy conversion.

West Panthers’ Therese Aiton was next over the line, with a successful conversion from Lana Sheedy bringing the score to six apiece.

The Panthers scored again for a try in the twenty-first minute with a try to Montanah Best, which went unconverted.

Rhiannon Revell-Blair, made her presence felt for the Gold Stars as she went over for a try which led the way to a comeback for her side.

Yet another by Gold Stars’ Katie Green brought the score to 14-10 in favour of the Gold Stars.

In the thirty-fifth minute the

Gold Stars Captain Romy Teitzel West Panthers took advantage of a Gold Stars misdemeanour, scoring a penalty goal; the kick taken by Lana Sheedy. This brought the half-time score to 14-12.

During half-time the All Abilities Mackay Cutters team took to the field to be recognised for the first time at BB Print Stadium. They had the chance to

show off their skills and welcome the Gold Stars and West Panthers back to the field.

The Panthers were the first to score in the second half with a try from Ellie Williamson in the fifty-first minute followed by a successful conversion from Lana Sheedy.

Seven minutes later, with

only 10 minutes left on the clock, Gold Stars captain Romy Teitzel scored, tying the scores at 18-all.

Gold Stars player Tahlulah Tillett then sealed the win for her side, crossing the white line in the closing moments, making for a thrilling finish to the game.

THE Northern Pride announced on Monday that Coach, Ty Williams had agreed to an extension of his contract until at least the end of the 2023 season.

The contract extension is justified reward for a strong start to the 2021 Season, where the Pride are currently sitting in fourth with 3 wins and 2 draws from 8 games.

Nigel Tillett, Northern Pride chairman announced the contract extension at the usual Monday Pride press conference.

The motivation for an announcement so early in the season was to increase stability within the club and in particular give certainty to the playing group.

“We’re moving quickly because we do have a number of positions up for review this year in our football operations department.

“We just felt it important that Ty’s role was settled so

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MATCH REPORT Crabs v Brothers Last weekend saw the Mudcrab women fight their way to a gutsy 15-10 victory over the Cairns Brothers at Stan Williams Park. The Mudcrabs had to dig deep as they played the second consecutive game without any substitutions.

The nine women who took the field were in for a physical and tiring afternoon of footy and weren’t disappointed with the effort Brothers brought forth. It was a real forwards game with young-guns Halia Pua (FNQ Women’s top try scorer so far) and Angel Blair putting in solid defensive displays in big moments.

Other stand outs included forward Kirralee Lampton with a strong game and captain Moera Blair who led from the front. Luckily for the players the conditions were favourable as every one of them had to put in a tough grind for the full game. Proving to the competition that even with adversity the defending champs still have that fire to keep winning.

This win puts the women on the top of the table with two wins from two attempts. They are tied on points with Cairns Wanderers, who are also unbeaten, who they play for the top spot 4pm this Saturday at the Crabpot in Yorkey’s Knob. The men’s team have another bye round and will play Wanderers the following weekend.

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“Ty has a clear vision of where the club should be and where it should go.

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PETER MCCULLAGH THE old adage is that practice makes perfect is true, particularly with it comes to Northern Pride fullback Jayden Corrigan.

His approach to training and game day preparation ,as well as excellent on-field performances has allowed

Corrigan to ice the number 1 jumper and help set up a successful season for the team.

Corrigan is a Williams ‘find and signing’ this year.

Originally from the mid-northern New South Wales coast, including stints playing in Tweed and Brisbane, Corrigan has adapted easily to Cairns and found renewed vigour and success with the mentoring of Northern Pride’s coach Ty Williams.

Described by his coach as professional in his approach not only to training, but also his approach to diet and each game, Corrigan is building a reputation within the game, not just in the north but state-wide.

The stats for the year thus far are impressive. Eight games, scoring 5 tries, 2nd in the competition for game runs, as well as total run metres and kick returns. Corri-

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gan is proving to be a handful for opponents and combining well with other play makers in the team to create overall a great result for fans and the team.

Fiercely competitive, Corrigan competes well for the ball, always playing eyesup footy and looking for the opportunities. “I just want to compete on every play I can, the more you compete and turn up in the right spot, the bounce of the ball goes your way.”

Coming to Cairns was an easy decision, with several ISC options on the radar in Brisbane last year, Corrigan liked the plans and direction that Williams was charting.

“Speaking with Ty, the opportunities he laid out, the directions he had for the club,

along with the plan for my development, I felt he was backing me as a player, and this was where I could play my best footy.”

The season has started successfully for both Corrigan and the team, however the focus for him is still very much playing consistent quality football each week with the goal of making finals and winning the premiership.

“The goal is to win a premiership at the end of the year, and opportunities will present themselves, but the focus is absolutely on doing my best each week and doing my job for the team.”

This weekend is a split round and offers the Northern Pride players the weekend off, Corrigan and his partner are off to Sydney to catch up with his Aunty and sister and watch some football and chill.

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