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MIN:23 MAX:29 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 0.46 LOW: 13.19 HIGH: 7.08 HIGH: 19.29

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MIN:23 MAX:29 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 1.26 LOW: 13.54 HIGH: 7.43 HIGH: 20.09

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MIN:23 MAX:29 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 2.07 LOW: 14.30 HIGH: 8.16 HIGH: 20.50

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MIN:22 MAX:29 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 3.34 LOW: 15.46 HIGH: 9.27 HIGH: 20.21

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MIN:23 MAX:29 CAIRNS TIDE TIMES LOW: 5.21 LOW: 17.15 HIGH: 10.56 HIGH: n/a

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MIN:21 MAX:27 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES LOW: 5.16 LOW: 17.10 HIGH: 10.30 HIGH: 23.30

MIN:21 MAX:27 INNISFAIL TIDE TIMES LOW: 6.26 LOW: 18.00 HIGH: 11.10 HIGH: n/a

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PORT DOUGLAS TIDE TIMES LOW: 4.26 LOW: 16.27 HIGH: 10.09 HIGH: 23.13

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Cane burn to short circuit electric ant spread

Cr. Rhonda Coghlan and Jeffery

Get your furry friend microchipped for $20 CAT and dog owners can have their furry friend microchipped for just $20 at three dedicated microchipping days across the city in May and June.

Free microchips are also on offer for pet owners with a previously unregistered dog, who register them on the day.

The pet-identifying chip is being offered at a fraction of the normal price to help address the large number of lost animals being picked up

by Animal Management Officers in Cairns.

Microchips, about the size of a grain of rice, are implanted by qualified veterinary professionals, normally between the pet’s shoulder blades.

They can then be scanned

by Council officers and vets, to reveal the pet’s details and contact information for the owner.

Division Eight Councillor Rhonda Coghlan recently

adopted her dog Jeffery, who had a stint in the pound and then went to a rescue organisation after being found with no chip or tag.

Jeffery now has the right kind of “chip on his shoulder” and Cr Coghlan encouraged all other pet owners to take up the offer.

“While owners should all take steps to stop their pet escaping, we know it still happens. Each year we care for more than 600 cats and 1200 dogs at our pound,” said Cr Coghlan.

“We know many more lost pets are looked after by caring members of the community who take them to local vets or use social media to track down the owner.”

Council recently approved plans for a new $7.3 million animal management facility which will be more than double the capacity of the existing facility for lost pets, but Cr Coghlan said prevention

was the best solution.

“Microchipping is quick and painless. And at just $20, is a very effective way to keep your pet safe,” she said.

“If your pet is picked up by our Animal Management officers, it will be scanned for its details and brought straight home instead of going to the pound, and you won’t have to pay to get it back.

“We wouldn’t need a pound if everyone micro-chipped their pets.”

As well as a microchip, pet owners should have their registration tag and a name tag with a contact phone number on their pet’s collar, so anyone who finds their missing pet can get in touch.

Dog and cat registration is compulsory in Cairns, but Council staff won’t be checking on the day.

Microchipping days will be held between 9.30am and 1.30pm at the following locations:

● May 15 – Cannon Park, Woree (dogs and cats) ● May 29 – Ravizza Park, Edmonton (dogs only) ● June 12 – Smithfield Library grounds (dogs only) For safety reasons, cat owners must attend the Cannon Park event, where there’s suitable facilities to prevent them getting loose.

Pet owners are encouraged to pre-register for the microchipping day of their choice at cairns.qld.gov.au/ pets. Completing paperwork in advance will streamline the microchip registration process, saving you time on the day.

It will also allow Council to arrange a suitable number of implanters to keep queues at a minimum.

Anyone attending a microchipping day is responsible for their pet’s behaviour so have your dog on a lead and cat in a carrier, and don’t forget to ‘scoop the poop’.

AN OVERGROWN sugar cane field at Smithfield will be burnt soon to help Biosecurity Queensland eradicate electric ants.

National Electric Ant Eradication Program Coordinator Gary Morton said the cane field, which had old, non-harvestable cane and was full of weeds, was infested with electric ants.

“Burning the field will allow Biosecurity Queensland officers to enter the field safely to treat the ants and help our efforts to eradicate electric ants from Far North Queensland,” Mr Morton said.

“The farmer who owns the cane field has obtained the necessary fire permits and, depending on weather conditions, the burn is expected to be done before the end of April.

“Completing this burn will allow Biosecurity Queensland officers to treat the area safely and ensure that our bait treatment will reach the ground and be taken away by the ants.”

Mr Morton said while there may be smoke and smut which might inconvenience some people, not eradicating electric ants was far more serious and would cause far worse issues in the longer term.

“Electric ants are a serious invasive species that has the potential to ruin our Queensland way of life, affect our health and have

serious environmental impacts,” Mr Morton said.

“We recognise burning this field could cause some people some discomfort and thank them for the patience and understanding when this burn is done.

“Biosecurity Queensland also appreciates the cooperation of the landholder, farmer, local council, and the Rural Fire Service in working together to eradicate electric ants from Cairns and Australia.”

Electric ants are tiny golden brown ants about 1.5 mm long and can inflict a painful sting resulting in itchy and persistent pimples.

For more information on the electric ant eradication program or to report electric ants, visit www. biosecurity.qld.gov.au or call Biosecurity Queensland on 13 25 23.

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Change to School Zone MOTORISTS are advised that the existing school zone on Redlynch Intake Road has been removed.

Following consultation with Redlynch State College and St Andrew’s College, Council has removed the school zone to allow vehicles to proceed at 60 km/h on this section of Redlynch Intake Road.

This change could be safely made because the road does not meet the warrants for a 40 km/hr zone due to: ● The entry points for students at both schools being located away from Redlynch Intake Road. ● There is no street frontage access from Redlynch Intake Road for students attending these schools. ● The existing pedestrian/cycle pathway includes an underpass

across Redlynch Intake Road and signalised crossings at Michaelangelo Drive and Jungara Road.

The removal of the school zone will assist peak hour traffic flows.

The controversial school zone on Sheridan Street, outside Mother of Good Counsel School remains in place.

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Firearm charges POLICE have seized a large cache of weapons including military and semi-automatic firearms following the search of a property at Eubenangee on April 13.

Detectives from Innisfail Criminal Investigation Branch executed a search warrant at a Eubenangee Road residence around 8am as part of ongoing investigations.

Police uncovered 24 unregistered firearms during the raid, including an operable .55 calibre anti-tank gun.

A significant amount of unsecured ammunition, fireworks, detonators, explosives and silencer were also located.

Specialist police crews as well as officers from Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) were subsequently called to the property due to the large quantity of ammunition and other dangerous items located at the address.

During the search liquid mercury was also located on the floor of a shipping container requiring the attendance of specialist QFES crews to recover

the hazardous material.

It took a further four days before the area could be rendered safe.

The alleged owner of the weapons, a 72-year-old Eubenangee man, was yesterday charged with four counts of unlawful possession of weapons, one count of unlawful possession of 10 or more weapons, three counts of authority required to possess explosives, two counts of prohibition on possession of particular magazine and one count each of secure storage of weapons, fail to take care and fail to store small ammunition and power device.

He is due to appear in Innisfail Magistrates Court on May 3.

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Hitting the beat FAR North Police recently began trading walls for wheels as the new Mobile Police Beat began travelling the tropics.

The new Mobile Police Beat (MPB) was recently launched in the Cairns Northern Beaches on a trial basis with a focus on stronger and more flexible community engagement.

Over the last couple of months the MPB has been deployed over 23 times throughout the Smithfield Policing division, focusing on places of community concern and high public visitation.

Offering the public the opportunity to meet with local police in their local area gave community members a comfortable and approachable setting to discuss their concerns.

Assistant Commissioner Brett Schafferius described the MPB as a great way for police to adapt their policing response by shifting officers from the fixed police beats to the Northern Cairns streets.

“We recently deployed to Palm Cove and other areas around the northern beaches

in a response to issues being raised by community members,” Assistant Commissioner Schafferius said.

“I envisage down the track that we will be moving to other areas around cairns.

“We have another formal van that will be arriving in six months time that will be utilised as well.

“People have come to us for advice about personal safety, property safety and even issues they have with domestic and family violence,” Assistant Commissioner Schafferius explained.

The Mobile Police Beat can be deployed in a targeted location, in an open space with high pedestrian traffic, or even in an area where a serious or major investigation has commenced.

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A CUSTOM-built four-wheel drive that usually navigates the Far North’s rainforest creeks and rocky outback trails was recruited today to transfer patients from Yarrabah to Edmonton.

Due to the risk of flooding, more than a dozen renal dialysis patients have been transferred from Yarrabah Emergency Service facility, to the Cairns South Health Facility on Walker Rd, Edmonton.

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service executive director rural and remote services, Tracey Morgan, said while the Pine Creek Yarrabah Rd was not yet flooded, there was a risk that the patients would be cut off from care if the wet weather continued.

“We needed to move these patients closer to care,” she said.

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“We are providing accommodation in Cairns for these patients until they can return home.”

She said at this stage, it was still business as usual for all of the Health Service’s facilities across the Cairns and Hinterland region.

“Our facilities are well prepared and ready to respond if a disaster situation emerges,” she said.

“Each site is following the disaster and emergency plans for flooding.

“Inventory checks have been completed at all our facilities, to ensure that we are ready to respond if circumstances change.

“Just in case, we are reminding our community members to stock up on any essential medical stocks.”

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Gail Mabo and JCU Chancellor Bill Tweddell PETER MCCULLAGH JAMES Cook University (JCU) this week awarded Eddie Koiki Mabo a posthumous Honorary Doctorate as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations.

Dr Mabo has received the posthumous honour in recognition of his outstanding service and distinguished public campaign to improve the rights and wellbeing of his people, and his legacy through the existence of Native Title and land rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

“Dr Mabo was a most significant and nation-changing man,” JCU Chancellor Bill Tweddell said.

“He had a long association with James Cook University, its staff and its students from the mid-1960s until his death in 1992.

“I was privileged to know Dr Mabo myself during my time studying and working at JCU from 1968 to 1975.

“In 2008 the library on our Bebegu Yumba campus in Townsville was named in his honour.

“I’m delighted to formally recognise his important role in reshaping the legal landscape of Australia as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations with an Honorary Doctorate of the University,” he said.

Gail Mabo was honoured to accept the doctorate on behalf of her late father at an event in Townsville on Monday Night.

“He’d have a lot to say [about receiving the honorary doctorate] because he was a man who was passionate about many things. So, if he was here, he would be telling you how Indigenous people should be moving forward and how they could better themselves in many, many factors.”

JCU Chancellor Bill Tweddell paid tribute to Mabo and the time he spent with the university working as a gardener and researching native title in the university library.

“He was a teacher, and he was a world changer. He was a listener. He had that special human gift, when you were talking

to him you were the only person in the world that existed because he had that focus.”

“Eddie Mabo is part of James Cook University. This is the university of Eddie Mabo. All around you are trees and plants that he tended lovingly and expertly and could tell people all about,” Mr Tweddell said.

While working at JCU, Eddie Mabo used his lunch breaks to conduct research in the Library that would later support his legal challenge over land rights. In particular, he studied the six-volume Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits, which documented the life of the Torres Strait Islander people from around 1879, when the Torres Strait Islands were legally annexed to Australia.

Mabo’s ground-breaking research and campaign lead to the High Court overturning the legal doctrine of terra nullius which define land which was supposedly ‘uninhabited’ as liable for government seizure, thus opening the way for the recognition of Native Title.

Mabo’s legacy lives strong today. Since his passing in January 1992 at the age of 55, Mabo has forever stamped himself as a giant Australian.

His daughter Gail captured the true JCU essence of Eddie Mabo and his place within the walls and grounds of the North’s leading university. “[I want JCU students to know] that he was a great man.

“He planted most of these trees in this space. And, you know what?

“He still walks here. And I always say, if you want to know something, ask him.

“He’ll guide you. He’s here. You don’t have to see him spiritually, as in the physical sense, you can ask for him and he will guide you. And my dad’s big enough that he guides lots of people. And I like to share him.”

James Cook University also recognised a further 23 people with Honorary Doctorates at their ceremony on Monday night.

Full list of Honorary Doctorate recipients: Mr Graham Jackson: Doctor of the University Ms Valerie Alberts: Honorary Doctor of Letters Mr Eddie Koiki Mabo (deceased): Honorary Doctor of the University Mr William (Bill) Mitchell OAM: Honorary Doctor of Laws Emeritus Professor David Yellowlees: Honorary Doctor of Science Mr Bernard Singleton: Honorary Doctor of Letters Mr Darryl Murgha: Honorary Doctor of Letters Miss Edna Shaw (deceased): Honorary Doctor of Letters Mr Sean Dorney AM: Honorary Doctor of Letters Commissioner Katarina Carroll APM: Honorary Doctor of Letters Mr Laurie Bragge: Honorary Doctor of Letters Emeritus Professor Peter Coaldrake AO: Honorary Doctor of the University Professor Tony Bacic: Honorary Doctor of Science Professor Ian Young AO: Honorary Doctor of Engineering Honoris Causa Dr Peter Isdale AM: Honorary Doctor of Science Mr Victor Steffensen: Honorary Doctor of Science Dr Denis Lennox: Honorary Doctor of Medicine Associate Professor Judith Trevan-Hawke: Honorary Doctor of Science Professor Dennis Pashen: Honorary Doctor of Medicine Dr Richard Harris SC OAM: Honorary Doctor of Medicine Mr James Birrell (deceased): Honorary Doctor of Letters Ms Gillian Bird PSM: Honorary Doctor of the University Mrs Margaret Roderick (deceased): Honorary Doctor of the University Dr Len Rutledge: Honorary Doctor of Letters

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Preparing for drought A NEW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub will be established in Cairns to transform the way that North and Far North Queensland producers and communities prepare for and respond to drought.

The Federal Government will invest $8 million over four years through the Future Drought Fund to establish the Cairns Hub. It will partner with James Cook University who will provide $18.5 million over four years to establish the Hub. Federal Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management Minister David Littleproud said the Tropical North Queensland Hub is one of eight across the country taking a transformational approach to the way farmers and their regions can build their resilience to drought.

James Cook University will oversee the co-design with farmers and communities of innovative projects to ensure they deliver what is needed in the region.

“Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs have come about through the forward thinking Future Drought Fund – a long term, sustained investment of $100 million each year to build drought preparedness,” Mr Littleproud said.

“Drought is a natural part of the Australian landscape and these hubs will play a critical role in helping farmers and agricultural communities to be better prepared. ““The hub will engage directly

with farmers, industry, traditional owners and agribusinesses to co-design drought preparedness activities for the whole region.”

Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the Tropical North Queensland Hub would be based at James Cook University’s Ideas Lab in Cairns.

He said four nodes would also be located in the Gulf, Mackay and the Whitsundays, Cape York and Burdekin.

“Drought impacts industries right across the Tropical North Queensland region including sugar, beef, aquaculture, dairy, vegetable, citrus and tropical fruit,” Mr Entsch said.

“The Tropical North Queensland Hub will be a shopfront for producers to access innovative technologies and practices.

“The placement of nodes across North Queensland will ensure research and development helps the entire region to be more resilient and prepared for drought.”

Lioness Club members Jocelyn Pearce, Aileen Cross, Dorothy Rick, Margaret Remilton, Cr Trudy Tschui and Joy Dent.

Mission Beach Lioness Club Fundraising THANKS to the Lioness Club, Mission Beach now has two new amenities on offer. The first donation was a shower bed that assists users with limited mobility to shower and bathe with the assistance of a carer.

The second donation is a bright red park bench at the Ulysses Link walking track, which is placed as a reminder for local people to take a stand against domestic violence.

Cassowary Coast Regional Councillor Trudy Tschui said that she wanted to extend her heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the Mission Beach Lioness Club for their donations. “Swim-

ming at Mission Beach Aquatic Centre is now even more inclusive with the donation of a shower-bed. I hear that the bed has already been in use, which is great news.

“Many people find aquatic activities very beneficial and having the bed on site provides more accessibility, meaning even more people can utilise our facilities and enjoy the benefits that water provides.”

Councillor Tschui, an advocate for raising awareness for victims of domestic violence introduced the Red Bench initiative to Council in 2020.

“The first Red Bench was

installed last year by the now disbanded Tully Lioness Club and I’m proud that the Mission Beach Lioness Club have continued with this initiative. It’s an important reminder that we must never assume our own community is immune to this issue.”

Club President Dorothy Rick said the Mission Beach Lioness Club are a very active group who have a lot of fun fundraising and the donation of a shower bed and Red Bench was a way for their group to make a difference in the community.

The Red Rose Foundation launched the Red Bench Pro-

ject to build a permanent reminder that domestic violence occurs within all of our communities. The presence of a Red Bench in a public location aims to raise public awareness and provide an opportunity for this important issue to remain visible.

Victims of domestic and family violence can seek help via DV Connect by calling the 24 hour helpline on 1800 811 811 or visiting www.dvconnect. org.

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CAIRNS Young Woman of the Year Amy Cooper has thrown her support behind an innovative concept designed to address high unemployment rates amongst blind people and raise awareness of the challenges they face every day.

The Dialogue in the Dark concept offers participants an immersive experience where they are led by a blind guide through everyday tasks like going for a walk, visiting a restaurant or going shopping, in the complete darkness.

Amy, who is legally blind, said she became involved with Dialogue in the Dark Cairns after becoming aware of staggering unemployment rates amongst the blind.

“I heard approximately 80 percent of visually impaired and blind people are unemployed so I think it’d be amazing to get some more people involved in an opportunity like this,” Amy said.

The concept is an initiative by local charity IKSPS INC who are currently fundraising to launch their first experience ‘Taste in the Dark’ by the end of this year.

IKSPS INC President Peter Schleifer said ‘Taste in the Dark’ is a fun dining experience where participants are served by blind waiters in a completely dark restaurant.

“Taste in the Dark is an experience but it is also fun,” Peter said.

“You cannot see if you have something on your fork so you have to rely on if you feel like you have punctured something and that creates laughs and funny situations.

“So, you go there, you have a fanatic meal, you have fun but at the same time you learn something about what blind and vision impaired people go through on a day to day basis.”

While the initiative is new to Cairns, Dialogue in the Dark began in Germany in 1988 quickly becoming a highly successful social education tool which now has chapters in 41 countries worldwide.

Peter said the experiences have been instrumental in changing societal perceptions of not just blind people but those living with a disability.

“Ninety-eight percent of people perceive it as a very positive experience,” he said.

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Cairns Young Woman of the Year Amy Cooper with Peter Schleifer from Dialogue in the Dark.

“They now know how it must be and it gives them a change in their outlook on disabled people in general, not only for blind people but how they approach, disabled people, for the inclusion of disabled people in society.”

Amy, who was born blind, said she hoped the experience would lead to improved interpersonal relationships and a greater an appreciation amongst sighted participants.

“I hope people get more of a look into what it’s like but I also hope have they have fun

doing it and it leads to better friendships or better work relationships,” she said.

“I hope they also get an appreciation of what it’s like for other people and have a deeper appreciation of what they have is when they come out of the room, they’re like, oh, I can see the sun.”

The group are holding a fundraising event at Slap and Pickle on June 2. For more information visit the Dialogue in the Dark Cairns Facebook page or search Dialogue in the Dark at givenow.com.au to donate.

THE wheels are in motion for a community ride to celebrate local mums this Mother’s Day. Douglas Shire Council has proudly partnered with Wildlife Habitat and Bike Shop & Hire PD to announce the inaugural Mother’s Day Community Ride.

Participants can choose between a 4kilometre and 10kilometre ride along designated cycle paths starting from Wildlife Habitat at 8.45AM on Sunday May 9.

A healthy hot breakfast will be served up to riders after the community ride.

Douglas Shire Council’s’s Sports & Recreation Development Officer Renee Ker said the ride was a great way to celebrate Mother’s Day. “We encourage everyone to come along – kids, grandparents, mums, dads and friends – for a day of fitness, family and having fun,” she said.

“Wildlife Habitat will put on a delicious, healthy breakfast for all par-

ticipants following the ride, and we have free cycling giveaways available – it’ll be a terrific morning.”

Bike Shop and Hire Port Douglas will offer discounted hire for those wanting to hire a bike for the ride (contact 4099 5799 to make arrangements).

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Bookings are essential: www. trybooking.com/BQOUP This initiative is supported by funding from the Queensland Government’s Community Road Safety Grants scheme.

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Put a thong in it Karen WAYNE’S WORLD G’DAY Tropicairnians, This week I am having a 2-part rant/opinion.

The first part of this week’s dissertation is about the great 2 week mask wearing exercise that all of Queensland had to endure because of the apparent escape of COVID-19 from Brisvagas.

Now, if we had declared FNQ as its own state as I suggested, and lifted the draw-bridge none of us would have had to breathe our own hot air.

I know many other states and countries have suffered longer and worse conditions, but this is why us northern hot weather dwellers live here so we can live this great tropical life-style.

But in fairness the majority went along with the exercise and wore those mini ovens over our gobs, and there were people who had medical exemptions which is fair enough.

Unfortunately you get the

‘COVID-KARENS’ (remember those people, I was hoping we could forget about them).

They had no medical conditions except Five-three’itis, (five foot three and six foot up themselves) combined with a high opinion of themselves and a feeling they are untouchable.

I witnessed the Police and security at the Big Marlin trying to get these oxygen-thieves to adhere to the law without going to the point of issuing fines, you are very patient law-people, more tolerant than you should have been.

Also witnessed the disgusting way these ‘KARENS’ abused retail employees for trying to do their jobs as they have been instructed to do by their companies and the Queensland Government.

Every one of you above mentioned oxygen thieves should crawl back to the swamps.

Yes you heard me correctly – abandon those air and sun robbing things called shoes and socks. Chuck on the thongs or sandals getting back to nature as demands in this beautiful FNQ. There are places like working areas where this is not possible but there is nothing better than wandering around town or in air-conditioned shopping centres and even walking into the shallow end of the lagoon with thongs or bare feet, oh yeah the great cool relief.

Keep living the true life in the tropics.

Wayne.

T h e second part of my ranting is about the great need of walking around this paradise in bare foot.

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‘LEST WE FORGET’

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OPINION

Each year we hear the immortal words ‘Lest we forget’, as we commemorate ANZAC Day. We utter these words, pause to reflect and we make a solemn pledge to never take for granted the sacrifice made by all who serve.

Where does the phrase come from and why is it used today? Victorian poet Rudyard Kipling first used the line in his poem titled Recessional. This 5 stanza poem was composed in the late 1800s and used to describe the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Did the poem reflect upon a need to remember those who served? Unfortunately, not. The poem reflected upon the might of the British and Commonwealth Empire of the age, plus a reference to the book of Deuteronomy 6:12 “Then lest we forget the Lord which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt.”

So how did the line end up as a solemn pledge on ANZAC Day? The line is added almost as if it is actually part of the ode, “For the Fallen’ authored by Laurence Binyons.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them.

The use of Lest We Forget predates the First World War. There are Boer War Memorials bearing this inscription.

In the full scheme of things, the actual origin of the line is truly not relevant. What is important is the sentiment it conveys, the feeling of urgency and the commitment embodied within the line.

We need to remember the sacrifice made by those who served. The commitment they have made to ensure we have, and can enjoy, what we have today.

We are not glorifying war on ANZAC Day, we are taking a moment from our life and reflecting upon those who served. From our earliest years as a fledgling nation, we have answered the call. Black and white, men and women, there has never been a distinction.

Our veterans have served in wars, peacekeeping operations, ‘conflicts’ and also served as members of our forces in times of peace.

What we take for granted today has come about through sacrifice. The sacrifice made by those who have indeed headed off to serve and defend. Also bear in mind the sacrifice made by those who remained behind. The wives, husbands, mothers, fathers and children.

The pain of not knowing, the hardships faced and fear and dread of a knock at their door.

The spirit of the ANZACs will live forever. We cannot afford to forget the sacrifices made, the strength shown in the face of adversity, perseverance, mateship, and overall a sense of fairness.

This spirit is what we should never forget. What it means to serve and what it means to all who benefited from their service.

I for one salute and thank you.

‘Lest we forget.’

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LUKE, Mt Carbine GEORGE FLOYD Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts of murder and manslaughter of George Floyd on 25.5.2020.

Medaria Arradondo, the police chief of Minneapolis told the jury Derek Chauvin had in “no way, shape or form” followed regulations in training policies and had shown a disregard for police principle to respect “the sanctity of life”.

A great outcome with this guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin. An even greater outcome for every American. The rules must change now so every American can get justice. Sympathy to George Floyd’s family and the greater community. Rest in peace George Floyd.

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Send a text to the Editor 0438 195 408 SUPPORT FOR DAIRY FARMERS I am glad to see at least one MP is working for a fair go for our dairy farmers. I am appalled that big companies import milk products into Australia including evaporated milk from Mexico (Nestle), condensed milk from Spain (Nestle), powdered milk from PNG (Nestle) and NZ (Diploma). Surely our farmers can produce enough milk for these products. Can you address this issue as well Mr Knuth?

ALLISON, Woree Well done Shane Knuth. Your support for the Dairy Farmers and ALL farmers is welcome. We need to stop buying Coles and Woolworth milk and support our local farmers.

Although it is a worry that Dairy Farmers are opposing the Fair Go Milk branding.

BOB, Mt Sheridan Keep it local and keep the jobs here. Time to let consumers know what companies are doing the right thing. Internationally there’s a Fair Trade logo that allows me to make an informed buying decision regarding the business ethics of companies producing and selling goods. Surely a Fair Go Milk Logo is a good idea.

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STEVE, Mareeba GAZZA The man who put the Cassowary Coast on the excitement map, is now working his magic in FAB little Mossman and Port Douglas.

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In good old fashioned pommy style, we need Gazza to be appointed the un-official town cryer for Douglas. Give him a crown, gown and bell and let him do his magic.

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PETE, Port Douglas You ya Gazza. .

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

“Shellshock” they called it when men seemingly lost all reason in the trenches of Europe in World War 1.

“Battle fatigue” was another term used when fighting men returned home, quiet, distracted, bad-tempered and turning to alcohol before ending the torment with a permanent solution to the war still going on in their heads.

Now we say “nervous breakdown” and “PTSD”, but while we use these terms to recognise the well-known problem of terrible mental health outcomes for defence personnel, we don’t seem to be any closer to a remedy.

I wholeheartedly welcome Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of a Royal Commission into veteran and defence suicides because we all want to do better by our veterans and serving personnel.

This announcement is particularly timely leading up to Anzac Day but I am incredibly saddened by a growing anti-military

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mindset that seems to gain more traction each year.

We don’t glorify war, but we should certainly glorify those who put on their country’s uniform, and we should prove we value their service by fully investigating the struggles they go through.

Suicide is the leading cause of death in Australia for people aged between 15 and 44, and former and serving defence personnel are overrepresented in this sad statistic.

I would like to thank all the government and non-government support services working every day to provide counselling and support for Defence personnel and their loved ones.

And I sincerely thank all Defence Force members – past and present – for their service.

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Kelly Wilson, Gavin Holden (State Manager for QLD) Ella Cairns, Marley Cairns, Deb O’Donoghue, Lisa Russell, Angela Whittaker, Jodie Henley and Kieran Herlihy (Regional Manager) LOVE or hate the old ‘rattle and clank’ it’s an essential part of life. Translating from cockney, I’m talking about your local bank, if it still exists.

In a world where customer service is generally courtesy of an overseas call centre or interaction with an online portal, it’s no surprise that banks around the world are reducing branches and expecting customers to interact via phone, tablet or PC. Portal… what’s one of them I hear a few of you scream??!!!

Most of us still like to go face to face with a human, in a socially distanced COVID safe environment of course, and yes, we can wear masks legally when approaching our

friendly bank teller. Just don’t take the ‘sawn off’ with you!!

I guess it makes management sense for bank ‘Big Wigs’ to push for the cheaper option to employ less team members and reduce branch rent costs. That’s progress, isn’t it?

It’s refreshing, therefore, to see that Bendigo Bank Branches exist in both Mossman and Port Douglas, however, alarm bells did temporarily sound in my head when I noticed that the Port branch was shut and empty.

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Local business, Papillion Landscapes, has been given the nod from council to deliver a coastal rehabilitation project and give local jobseekers hands-on horticultural experience.

Douglas Shire Council has also employed a nursery technician, Michael Sawyer, to literally nurse the nursery plants and is developing Foreshore Management Plans for Wonga Beach, Newell Beach, Cooya Beach, Four Mile Beach and Oak Beach…..that S’andy!.... as this will help better identify how the natural character of the area can be managed.

Send your amazing stories to gazza@ cairnslocalnews.com.au For now though it’s Gazza Signing Out!!

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Fighting the inner war This week the Prime Minister announced he would ask the Governor General to establish a royal commion into death by suicide for veterans.

RSL Queensland State President Tony Ferris welcomed today’s Australian Government announcement of a Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide and the appointment of a National Commissioner responsible for implementing its recommendations.

“Australia’s veterans need and deserve immediate government action to address the many factors which lead them to take their own lives,” Mr Ferris said.

“Urgent establishment of the Royal Commission, backed by the appointment of a National Commissioner to ensure its findings are implemented into the future, will be a substantial step towards reconciling the debt our nation owes our brave service personnel.”

Mr Ferris said RSL Queensland looked forward to reviewing the Royal Commission’s draft Terms of Reference and urged the Commissioner to broadly consult veterans, their families and the commu-

nity groups working to support them.

“RSL Queensland has invested significantly in scientific research into veterans’ quality of life to complement our decades of experience supporting our fellow veterans.

“We look forward to sharing with the Royal Commission our insights and programs which are already making a positive difference to the lives of many veterans and their families.

“Via our network of more than 230 Sub Branches across Queensland and our subsidiary Mates4Mates charity, we provide a broad range of support services to directly address the root causes of veteran suicide.

“These include supporting veterans and their families with access to crisis support, advocacy, wellbeing programs, residential accommodation, our award-winning employment program, skills development, scholarships and mental and physical health programs.”

While the Royal Commission is being established, Mr Ferris urged existing efforts to address known issues, such as those identified by the 2019 Report, A Better Way to Sup-

port Veterans, continue without pause.

“In particular, veterans want to see the Department of Veterans Affairs appropriately resourced with experienced delegates to reduce veterans’ wait times on compensation claims,” he said.

Federal member for Kennedy and long-time campaigner for this Royal Commission welcomed the news.

“I welcome the Prime Minister’s announcement that a Royal Commission into veteran suicides will be established.

“More of our soldiers, navy and air force personnel are dying at home than they are in combat. This is simply not the way we should be treating those who serve our country,” he said.

“My hope and prayer is that we will get real outcomes out of this Royal Commission.

“The Department of Veterans Affairs needs a major overhaul. In my experience, veterans are going along fine and then they deal with the DVA and that’s the moment they fall off a cliff. In some cases, they wait years for their claim to be processed or the claim is lost

altogether.

“There also needs to be a proper transition program for when people leave the military.

NRL clubs such as the Broncos faced a similar situation where players were falling off a cliff when they stopped playing, Katter added.

“The Defence Force should implement a similar transition program to what the Broncos did – including financial advice,

training and skills development and pathways to jobs.

“A magic wand will not work in this situation. There are real answers, but it requires radical action.

“This Royal Commission will help find those answers.”

Defence personnel, veterans and their families can access free and confidential counselling support.

Support services available:

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ANZAC DAY

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Friday April 23, 2021

Long Tan memories still vivid for Farnorha resident “The rest of us on top of the hill could get down over the crest a little and that’s where we tended to the wounded.

“The rain gave us some cover and we could get the wounded back up the hill under the smog created by the artillery shells.

“We ran very low on ammunition and requested a resupply, and they loaded the new ammunition on to two helicopters.

“With the weather there was an order from high up that they were not to take off, but they defied that order and delivered the ammunition. They dropped it right on HQ where I was and I helped sort the ammuni-

“

But Don doesn’t need a movie to remember the events of that day – he was there, serving alongside Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith, played in the movie by actor Travis Fimmel.

Harry - nicknamed ‘the rat catcher’- was the officer commanding D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during the four-hour battle on 18 August 1966 against a Viet Cong force that outnumbered them twenty to one.

Australia had established a stronghold at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province and that after-

noon the company had hoped to be attending a concert given by Australian singers Col Joye and Little Pattie.

Instead they were sent on patrol to the edge of rubber plantation. On the other side a Viet Cong regiment was massing. At around 4pm, battle broke out between the 100 D Company men and about 2,500 Viet Cong soldiers. Monsoonal rain was pouring down, while thunder roared and lightning crashed overhead.

“We had the high ground, which was the rubber plantation, but the trees were only six inches thick so the bullets used to go straight through them,” Don says.

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“It was dark when the battle finished and we had to pull back.

“We went back the next morning and we did find one of our fellows there who had stayed the night. He said he’d heard the Viet

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“The Americans awarded us the American Presidential Citation and the Vietnamese gave us another citation, but the Australian government took 40 years to recognise us.”

These days, Don lives at Bolton Clarke’s Farnorha residential aged care community and still likes to get out on the golf course regularly.

He says he may visit Vietnam in the future.

Danger Close is showing in cinemas now.

tion out and we got it out to the troops.

Sunday 25 April

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Don, who also served in Korea, Borneo and Malaysia as a firing controller, said returning home was “devastating”.

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BOLTON Clarke Farnorha resident Don ‘Jack’ Thomson, 84, was a special guest when the new movie Danger Close, about the Battle of Long Tan, opened in Cairns last week.

We ran very low on ammunition and requested a resupply, and they loaded the new ammunition on to two helicopters

Cong around picking up their wounded and had to lie very still.”

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Dawn Service (Cenotaph, Esplanade).

Commemorative march and service (Aplin Street to Cenotaph, Esplanade).

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Friday April 23, 2021

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Val’s happy memories of air force days

Roy grateful for Air Force memories

TANYA MURPHY

TANYA MURPHY

ONE of Cairns’ few remaining World War II veterans, Val Veivers, will have an honoured role as part of a ‘passing on the torch’ ceremony at this year’s Cairns Anzac Day. Ms Veivers grew up in Freshwater and joined the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force as an aircraftwoman in 1944, when she was only 18.

The 95-year-old trained and served as an engineer who worked mostly on engines for the B-24 Liberator, a heavy bomber aircraft.

“I got on a train to Brisbane, and from there we got onto a big truck and they took us to Sandgate for a couple of months of training exercises, then I went to an engineering school in Melbourne,” she said.

“When we got to Melbourne,

Air force veteran Val Veivers, with former National Serviceman Neville O’Brien.

Photo: Tanya Murphy

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we were holding each other’s hands, afraid we’d get lost. It was such a big place for us, coming from Cairns.”

Ms Veivers attended lectures and worked producing metal tools at the training school before transferring to Amberley to work on planes, where she refused to let men of equal rank boss her around.

“A chap said to me one day, ‘Will you go and get a spanner,’ and I ignored him,” she said.

“He kept saying ‘Go and get me a spanner,’ so I got up and said ‘No, you went to school, and I went to school too.’”

Ms Veivers’ first time traveling on a plane was a hair-raising experience, as she adventurously begged a ride with a pilot who was en route to New Guinea, rather than take the train home to Cairns for leave.

“He had no passenger seats, so I stood behind him on that tiny rickety plane for a five-hour flight,” she said.

Ms Veivers said army life was disciplined but said she loved every minute of it.

“We never got sheets or pillowcases, we had bags of straw. You had to make your bed in the morning and have the sheet on exactly straight. We had to have our hair cut an inch above the collar. We got our food rations in dixie tins.

“But I enjoyed every minute of it! It was a wonderful time of my life. I cried when I got out. I met so many lovely people, and made so many friends. Those were good days.

The war ended and Ms Veivers returned to Cairns and worked at Woolworths for the next 20 years.

She has two children, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Ms Veivers had two brothers who between them served in Tel Aviv, New Guinea, and Borneo and both returned home after the war.

Ms Veivers’ carer Neville O’Brien was enlisted into national service in 1957 and then spent two and a half years in the Citizen Military Forces.

“I believe the national service should be brought back in, because it really gives you a different attitude on life, it really does. Discipline too. But on the condition that they stay in Australia and don’t get sent overseas,” he said.

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ROY Hartman OAM has been attending Anzac Day events for nearly half a century and this year will be no exception as he lays a wreath on the cenotaph at the Cairns Anzac Day service on Sunday.

“ANZAC day means a lot. It brings back memories, of what you’ve done and where you’ve been,” he said.

Mr Hartman joined the air force in 1951 at age 18 and served throughout Australian in the Number 10 Squadron.

He was posted to Singapore in September 1954 where he worked as an engine fitter on Lincoln heavy bomber aircraft with the Number One Squadron.

Australian forces were supporting Britain’s campaign to quell a guerrilla uprising by the communist Malayan National Liberation Army at the time.

“I was there for 18 months and it very interesting. I was single and it was a completely different life because of living in Malaya, as it was then, it was totally different world.

“Back in 1954 it was pretty rough and ready I can tell you!” He returned to Australia in 1955 where he was posted at Amberley. In 1957 he left the air force and moved to Cairns with his wife, and worked as Assistant Station Master for the railway for six years and also spent more than 23 years in the Air Training Corps.

He said his time in the Air Force was a positive experience.

“I was sorry that I had to leave it. It was six wonderful years,” he said.

“It was a time in my life that I was never sorry for. I was so pleased and glad and lucky to have served in the Air Force.

“There were a lot of friendships made, and I’m still friends with some of them now.”

Mr Hartman retired at 60 but has remained heavily active in the Air Force Association and the Returned Services League, both of which he is a life member of. “My whole life has been around the RSL and the Airforce Association, trying to assist people if they run into problems with pensions and so on,” he said.

Mr Hartman was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for his work with the RSL and the Air Training Corps.

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Quiet Courage: Forgotten Heroes of World War Two ANZAC Day in Australia is a time for remembering and honouring those who served, and especially those who gave their lives during times of conflict. A new book by Queensland author, Tony Matthews, now highlights the importance of those wonderful men and women whose names have been lost in time In his book, Quiet Courage — Forgotten Heroes of World War Two, Tony Matthews, describes some of the most compelling stories of heroism of the entire war.

They wanted neither fame nor glory. They were men and women, many of them civilians, whose compassion for others manifested itself in many unobtrusive ways.

Not one of them believed that they would one day be thrust into a situation where they would have to choose between saving the lives of others or simply walking away and saving their own.

Yet when the challenges came they could not ignore the almost impossible dangers confronting them – even if it meant giving their own lives.

Military conflict is the essence of violence in its most malignant form but it is also the source and inspiration for countless acts of self-sacrifice which all too often fade into obscurity. We remember the horrors of war and the vast numbers of dead and their sacrifices, but rarely do we cherish the acts of individual bravery and selflessness which inspired us to keep faith and to continue the struggle through to the end. Quiet

Courage tells the individual stories of astonishing acts of courage and self-sacrifice which have now largely been lost to history.

Tony’s new book includes the stories of some of the most spontaneously courageous men and women of the Second World War. They came from all walks of life – farmers, businessmen, teachers, nurses or farmhands.

One was a plucky ship’s stewardess who demonstrated such immediate gallantry in the face of imminent death that her actions deserve never to be forgotten. Yet sadly they were. Few people today have ever heard of May Owen. She lived quietly and carried on her life almost as if she were invisible.

Tony also tells the amazing story of the converted trawler, Lady Shirley, commanded by an Australian naval officer, Lieutenant Commander Arthur Callaway. When first launched this little boat was never designed to be a U-boat killer. However, when pushed, the Lady Shirley was not only ready to take on one of Hitler’s deadliest weapons, it was also to provide the Allies with one of the most important lifesaving naval intelligence coups of the war.

A chapter with the unusual title of: Look Up at Sparrowfart tells the incredible story of another Australian, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Anderson, V.C., and his men.

No one could have foreseen the defeat and the coming massacre or the terrible cost in blood, but the heroic withdrawal to the small Malayan village of Parit Sulong will always be remembered as one of the most poignant and courageous actions of any war.

Gravestones on the Garbage Tip – the Heroes of Cowra, is another extraordinary chapter in Tony’s new book. It wasn’t just sheer guts and determination that kept two old soldiers at their precarious post, even when being overrun by hundreds of knife-wielding, suicidal Japanese prisoners-of-war.

There was just one thing on the minds of these two doomed ‘Dad’s Army’ soldiers – to defend their Vickers machine-gun to the end and to prevent it from being turned murderously on their mates.

In another chapter Tony tells the story of James Ward, the New Zealand pilot who diced with death by walking out onto the wing of

his burning bomber at 13,000 feet in a desperate attempt to save his aircraft and his crew.

James Ward knew that his chances of success were minimal. No sane person was going to climb out onto the wing of an aircraft, in the pitch dark of night, flying at over a hundred miles an hour, in an attempt to put out an engine fire. Yet he did.

Another chapter describes the story of Margaret Anderson and Vera Torney, two young Australian nurses who found themselves on the deck of the ship Empire Star as waves of Japanese aircraft bombed the vessel and strafed the decks with machine-gun fire.

It was at this very moment that both nurses, displaying unbelievable gallantry, actually used their own bodies to protect the patients under their care. The decks of the ship were being shredded with bullets, but these two nurses completely ignored the danger to themselves so that they could protect those most in need.

Quiet Courage – Forgotten Heroes of World War Two, is a book about thoughtfulness, intelligent actions and an enviable capacity for bravery. The book has been published by Big Sky Publishing and distributed by Simon and Schuster. The book is available through your favourite bookstore or can be order online at: www.bigskypublishing.com.au/books/quite-courage/

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2000 farm jobs on offer TANYA MURPHY

FARMS on the Atherton Tablelands are looking for up to 2000 workers for the upcoming six-month winter season according to one of the region’s most experienced farmers.

Avocadoes Australia Chairman Jim Kochi, who has been farming avocadoes at Atherton since 1978, estimated the local avocado industry alone would need up to 500 staff.

Working Holiday Makers normally pick up to 80 per cent of the fruit and vegetables in Queensland, but there are 79,000 fewer of them left in Australia compared with this time last year, with more leaving every week.

Mr Kochi said backpacker hostels in Atherton were at less than 20 per cent of their usual occupancy, and despite the Cairns unemployment rate rising to 6.5 per cent after the end of JobKeeper last month, Mr Kochi said farms were desperately short of staff for the upcoming season.

He said smashed avo would soon be a luxury out

of reach, and prices for other salad items would also soar.

“Farmers are not planting as much because they’re not confident that they’re going to be able to get workers, so there will only be about half available on the market,” he said.

“If you can get fruit and vegetables – it’ll be expensive. There’s going to be a shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers, capsicums, eggplant, broccoli, all the salad vegetables. That’s when people will start to realise how serious this is getting.

“I’m talking about Australia-wide. Queensland supplies all of Australia in winter because it’s too cold to grow elsewhere.”

He said he was looking for another 15 workers to work six days a week on his own farm, but found himself competing against the hospitality industry which was also crying out for workers.

“Everyone in hospitality are screaming out for backpackers as well, because locals aren’t coming in looking for work,” he said.

“The thing that worries me

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MAMU DELIVERS VACCINE COVID-19 is a serious respiratory disease, in not only elderly people, or people who are unwell, it affects young people as well.

It’s really important that everybody gets protected from Covid-19 by receiving the vaccine.

Atherton avocado farmer Jim Kochi. PHOTO: Mareeba Express the most is that we are getting no engagement from young people. The people coming looking for jobs are older people, over forty.

“I’ve got two older tradies out of Edmonton who drive up the Gillies Range every day to pick avocadoes.

“I think Australian young people need to get more motivated.”

He said workers at farms like his would get up to 50 hours a week at $24.80 an hour for the next 20 weeks as the crop moves into its peak season.

“Australians actually make more than backpackers in this job because they get their tax back,” he said.

“Avocadoes is an easy crop. There are no thorns, sap, or prickles and they

aren’t heavy to pick.

“The picking is in the cool months of the year and they grow on trees so you don’t have to bend over to pick them.

“You don’t need any skills, and any age can do it, both men and women.”

Meanwhile the Queensland Government has launched the #PickQLD Winter Harvest 2021 campaign to entice workers from across Australia to escape southern winter by embracing a rural Queensland job.

Queensland residents travelling to take up harvest work are also eligible for up to $1500 under the Back to Work in Agriculture Incentive Scheme.

Mamu Health Service Limited is very pleased to announce that the service will be playing an active role in the delivery process of the AstraZeneca vaccine aimed at people 50 years and older.

The vaccine will be available for eligible clients by appointment only during the clinic days.

The Covid-19 Vaccine Clinic day will be commencing on Thursday April 29 from 9:00am to 12:00pm and then every Thursday after at the same times.

The Clinic hours may be subject to increase should there be a significant numbers in appointments.

After receiving the vaccination there may be side effects however the majority of the adverse reactions are mild and usually resolve within a few days of the vaccination.

During the visit to the clinic all clients will be subjected to numerous questions to ensure client safety as well as automatically receiving an appointment time and date for their second vaccination of AstraZeneca vaccine.

All clients who receive the vaccination will receive a telephone call within a week as a follow up. The clinic contact number for eligible clients who are 50 years and over please call 40615199 during regular business hours.

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll Out All clients of Mamu Health Service Limited

50 years and older are encouraged to call and make an appointment to ensure they receive their AstraZeneca initial dose.

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The Tradition Continues PETER MCCULLAGH CAIRNS is famous for quality Chinese cuisine. The latest offering to the market, YUM SING is destined to prove popular for local and tourists alike.

Yum Sing on Lake Street is a partnership between the Cairns Comfort Inn and Ray Sou, formerly of Café China.

Opening five weeks ago, Yum Sing offers a tempting array of beautiful Hong Kong style dishes. Restaurant Manager Ray Sou is pleased with his latest culinary venture.

“China is a diverse country with so many flavours. We base our menu upon Hong Kong style flavours.

“Very fresh, a hint of chilli and layers of flavour,” he said.

“It’s quite distinctive, in addition to the traditional stir-fries Hong Kong cuisine heavily features dumplings.”

Yum Sing’s head chef, Raymond Li is responsible for the amazing menu. Drawing deeply from more than 30 years cooking with Café China at the Casino in Cairns, Li has taken some of the popular dishes and added his specialities to create a new and exciting menu.

“It’s all about fresh. The dumplings are freshly made

each day and then steamed or cooked to order.

“We choose the freshest ingredients and blend our own sauces and marinades, that way we know our flavours will be complex, and distinctive,” Li said.

There’s twelve varieties of hand-made dumplings on the lunch menu alongside 13 stir fried dishes and laksa.

Comfort Inn manager, Jacky Ni is a long-term friend of Yum Sing’s Ray Sou. “After Ray left Café China last year, he was looking for new opportunities as well as a location.”

“It was the perfect fit, we had a restaurant and kitchen in our motel, plus being central to other hotels and tourism attractions made it the perfect location for this new restaurant.

“Tourism is starting to lift, we have had a promising past few weeks, however our initial focus is to build our reputation with locals.

“We offer great food and exceptional value for money, plus it’s a great night out,” He said.

Yum Sing is open for lunch Tuesday to Sunday and for dinner 5 nights a week, Tuesday to Saturday.

Yum Sing is located in the Cairns Comfort Inn, 183 Lake Street Cairns.

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FRIDAY Katie Richards – Lunicos, 4:30-7pm Barbary Coasters – Cairns Cruising Yacht Squadron, 3.30pm Heimatabend – Cairns German Club, 5pm Miss Tee – Noa Café 4pm Andrea and Louie – Chill Portofino 6pm Leonora Jane – Edgehill Bowls Club 6.30pm Miss Tee – Boardwalk Social 7pm True Vibenation – Tanks Arts Centre 7.30pm Robert Ross – Hambo Hotel 6.30pm Kaweyova Band – PJ O’Brien 9.30pm

SATURDAY Katie Richards – Trinity Beach

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Barbary Coasters – Cooktown

Boast Club 3pm Kim Settle and John Commie – Atherton International Club 6.30pm Miss Tee Trio – The Jack 9pm Kaweyova Duo – Kuranda 7.30pm Robert Ross – Railway Hotel

RSL, 12pm Jazz Club Sunday – Barrier Reef Hotel 2pm Nikki Doll – The Stratford Deli 4.30pm Andrea – L’Unico 4.30pm Miss Tee – Sauce Brewery 3.30pm

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Brassed Off: A musical Love Story A MUSICAL and theatrical marriage that will delight, entertain and definitely prove to be a match made in Grimley.

Residents of the small Yorkshire coal mining town are finding life rather tough. The pit is under threat and the brightest feature of their small mining village is also under threat, the village brass band. It would be fair to say, life could not get much lower.

Cairns’ Rhondo Theatre will join with the Cairns Municipal Brass Band to bring the BAFTA-nominated film to the stage.

Get ready to be Brassed Off. The story is set in the northern Yorkshire town of Grimley during the turbulent times surrounding the privatisation of British Coal.

Brassed off is written by Paul Allen and Mark Herman, directed

by Wayne Rees with musical director Peter Caldwell.

A heart-warming story about community spirit and triumph in the face of adversity, Brassed Off is both funny and poignant and features rousing live music played by Cairns Municipal Brass Band.

Returning to her Yorkshire hometown up north, Gloria discovers a community in crisis.

The local Pit is on the brink of closure, money is scarce, and morale is at an all-time low. Only the Colliery Brass Band is keeping spirits up, sights set firmly on reaching the national brass band championships at the Royal Albert Hall, but as conversations turn to talk of picket lines and redundancy packages, the miners are falling out of tune.

Flugelhorn-playing Gloria brings hope to the band and the town. But is she all she seems?

How will the miners react when they find out who she works for?

The award-winning smashhit film captured the hearts of a nation when it was released in 1996 and this new version of the BAFTA-nominated story is sure to captivate Cairns audiences.

Coming to the Rhondo Theatre with opening night Friday April 30, with 11 performances in the season.

This is one stage production not to be missed. Staging will be amazing, with a 30-piece brass band providing a memorable soundtrack of band classics Tickets available from www. ticketlink.com.au

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How many consecutive wickets does a bowler take in a hat-trick?

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Pyrotechnics is the making or use of what?

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What type of fish is Nemo in the 2003 animated film, Finding Nemo?

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What nationality was the author, Jules Verne?

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In the nursery rhyme, betwixt Jack Spratt and his wife what did they do?

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What is thanatology?

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Name the Australian city built on the River Tamar.

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Arial, verdana and comic sands are types of what?

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Muhammad Ali’s final fight, in 1981, was promoted as Drama in the… what?

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Name the four main string instruments in an orchestra.

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Complete the expression: six of one and half a…

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The last name of which Italian-born swindler is synonymous with fake investment schemes?

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Name the Australian news camera man killed in a civil uprising in Bangkok.

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Did Australia have a full set of polymer bank notes in 1990, 1996, or 2005?

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Goodbye, Farewell and Amen is the 1983 finale of which long-running TV show?

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Which sportwear company has the slogan, ‘Just do it’?

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Peta Credlin served as chief of staff to which Prime Minister?

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In a standard deck of playing cards, which king does not have a moustache?

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What was the name of the sloop in which Bass and Flinders circumnavigated Tasmania: Norfolk, Tom Thumb, Investigator or Beagle?

Phil Collins fronted the band Genesis after which singer’s departure in 1975?

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In what sport did Ken Rosewell and Rod Laver excel?

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The Matildas is the nickname of which Australian national sporting team?

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What game is traditionally played in clubs and pubs on ANZAC Day?

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Humans are said to have how many senses?

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According to the proverb, what is the mother on invention?

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A red maple leaf features on the flag of which country?

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What animal is used by participants at a gymkhana?

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Isaac Singer was granted a patent in 1851 for which machine?

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At which Olympics did Grant Hackett win his first 1500m freestyle gold medal?

In 1973, who had a hit with the song Daytona Demon?

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Tennis, 26. Five, 27. Horses, 28. Sewing machine, (Charles) PONZI, 23. M*A*S*H, 24. Peter Gabriel, 25.

20. The scientific study of death, 21. Bahamas, 22.

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AQUARIUS: Many around you are telling you that you are amazing.

Aquarius, it’s OK to believe them. Today, you’re quite serious when it comes to your home. This could mean that you’re giving the kids a list of rules they need to follow. You may be getting your house ready to sell, sprucing it up, and doing repairs. If you’re house hunting, you could find a place that meets 90 percent of your needs.

GEMINI: Gemini, this is a week to stay behind the scenes until you have all your ducks in a row. Today is the perfect day to work on your magical studies. You might want to learn Tarot cards or a divination deck like the Celtic Tree Oracle. You could learn to work with crystals and stones. Pull out your singing bowl and do a meditation with sound.

LIBRA: Support is available for you now, Libra. It’s time to take the risk and show your creativity to others. For the next two weeks, you can gain additional sources of revenue, boost your current income, or sell off excess items to make some profit. This is a good time to have a garage sale or put collectibles up on Facebook marketplace. Libra, your small business could take off. Or you could gain some extra paid hours in your job.

PISCES: Don’t let an uneasiness hold you back this week. Pisces, you actually have everything you need to move forward. Nothing is getting by you today. If there is a contract, you’ll spot the issue. At your video conference meeting, you’ll know how the other person really feels about what you’re suggesting. It’s like your psychic ability is magnified today.

CANCER: The tried-and-true method may not work this week. Cancer, there are always alternatives. For the next two weeks, there is a lot of positive energy around finding love, especially of the physical kind. You could make a connection that makes your heart pound. Set up some coffee dates for yourself with people you’ve met on an online dating site. Or let your aunt introduce you to that nice person she keeps talking about.

SCORPIO: This week, someone could help you become aware of a family pattern. Scorpio, you have the opportunity to break free. You and your sweetheart might be having a stressful time. This could be due to external circumstances. The two of you can put your heads together to figure out a solution. Give yourself time to hammer out ideas and look at a plan for going forward.

ARIES: The road ahead is visible, but not clear of rocks and obstacles.

Fortunately, Aries, you are a good climber. You may be feeling frugal today, looking at what you can reuse or repurpose. Artistically mending a hole in your jacket, making a gourmet meal from leftovers, or building something beautiful out of scrap wood is all in harmony with this aspect. And this could inspire you to do much more with what you already have, especially in a beautiful or creative way.

LEO: Leo, sometimes when you shine, someone tries to knock you off the stage. Don’t let a negative comment ruin your week. Over the next two weeks, there’s a lot of energy dealing with relatives, ancestors, and passing stuff from person to person. Leo, you may have a garage filled with great grandma’s prized possessions, or perhaps you’ve been eyeing your great uncle’s piano. Now items may be passed from family member to family member.

SAGITTARIUS: Sagittarius, you have the tools and help. This week, the only thing in your way is your own brain. Your spider-sense is tingling today as you are picking up what people are feeling even through a video conference feed. Not much is getting by you as you watch facial expressions and gestures. Over the next two weeks, your intuition is telling you much about the people you’re interacting with. Being mindful and studying this can help you keep this enhanced sixth sense long after this full moon energy has passed.

TAURUS: Put yourself to the test this week. Taurus, you can come through with flying colors. Over the next two weeks, you have opportunities to connect on a deeper level with your significant other. If you’re looking for love, this is a good time to have a conversation with someone you’re interested in. It doesn’t matter how many emails you send or texts going back and forth. Twenty seconds of live conversation will tell you if this person is worth pursuing.

VIRGO: You have collected the information you need right now. Virgo, this week, it’s time to implement the plan. Virgo, one of your natural talents is to define what’s not working and look for ways to improve. You’re a whiz at making spreadsheets more efficient, cleaning the house in half the time, or finding the best route when driving. But you can also be quite hard on yourself. Today have supportive thoughts and a loving internal dialogue.

CAPRICORN: Capricorn, be aware of the old saying, “when fishermen can’t fish, they mend their nets.” Stay busy while you wait for opportunities. You are making a concerted effort to figure out how to have the experiences you want and still stay on budget. Creative solutions seem to be difficult to find. You may gain some ideas by googling “50 Romantic Things to Do on a Budget.” Once you start your research, you’ll find wonderful things to do.

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Sally Thorne From the bestselling Australian author of The Hating Game comes the clever, funny and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two elderly women - under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager.

Distraction (n): Something that turns your attention away from something you want to concentrate on. See: Teddy Prescott.

Ruthie Midona is twenty-four (going on ninety-four) and fully committed to her job at a luxury retirement village. Keeping herself busy caring for the eccentric residents means that Ruthie can safely ignore her own life - what little there is of it.

Teddy Prescott is practically allergic to a hard day’s work. When he rocks up as the retirement village’s newest employee, Ruthie is less than impressed. The last thing she needs is a distraction as irritating (and handsome) as this selfish rich kid.

Lucky for Ruthie, her favourite pair of mischievous residents need a new assistant to torture, so she hands over Teddy, ready for them to send him running.

Except Teddy may be about to surprise her - not just by surviving the old women’s antics, but by charming Ruthie so much, she starts to remember that there’s more to life than work. Could Teddy be far more than simply an unwelcome distraction?

THE FRENCH GIFT Kirsty Manning A FORGOTTEN manuscript that threatens to unravel the past.

Fresnes Prison, 1940: Margot Bisset, a former maid at a villa on the Riviera, finds herself in a prison cell with writer and French Resistance fighter, Josephine Murant. Together, they are transferred to a work camp in Germany for four years, where the secrets they share will bind them for generations to come.

Present-day Paris: Evie Black lives above her botanical bookshop, La Maison Rustique, with her teenage son Hugo. When a letter arrives regarding the legacy of her late husband’s great-aunt, the enigmatic Josephine Murant, Evie clutches at an opportunity to spend a magical summer with her son. They travel together to Josephine’s house, now theirs, on the Cote d’Azur.

It’s here, on the Riviera, that the past envelops them and Evie unravels the official story of this famous novelist, uncovering the truth of a murder a lifetime ago.

The French Gift is a riveting historical novel that will captivate readers from the beginning to the unforgettable end.

TO THE STARS: 100 Years of the RAAF

DANGER CLOSE: The Battle of Long Tan

Saturday April 24, ABC 8:30pm As the Royal Australian Air Force marks its 100th anniversary we look at the illustrious history of the RAAF, through rare archival footage and in-depth interviews with air force veterans, servicing members and new recruits.

To The Stars: 100 years of the RAAF interviewed 15 people on RAAF Bases Richmond, Wagga and East Sale as well as staff at the Australian War Memorial, and was presented by actor William McInnes.

“We’ve really enjoyed finding the little stories hiding behind the big,” said the ABC’s Michael Reid.

“Those stories include that of the first Indigenous fighter pilot (Warrant Officer Len Waters) and the much-changed role women have played in the Air Force over the years.

“It is an interesting journey through time.”

Sunday April 25, Channel 7, 8;45pm Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan is a 2019 Australian war film about the Battle or Lang Tan during the Vietnam War. The film recounts the events following a mortar attack on the 1st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat. The subsequent attack on the Austalians by the Viet Cong and members of the People’s Army of Vietnam.

The attack took place in a rubber plantation near Long Tan. The Australian and New Zealanders were outnumbered 20 to 1, facing a relentless attack where 18 Australians were killed, (17 during the engagement and 1 later as a result of wounds received).

Long Tan became a defining action of the Vietnam War.

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TRUE VIBENATION: Tanks Arts Centre

Big bass. Big beats. Big Horns. True Vibenation do everything big. After an explosive performance at Tanks in 2020, this trio of multi-instrumentalists are coming back, and Cairns, you can dance!

Raised in the cultural migrant melting pot of Australia, their sound and the trio themselves, have developed a reputation for an electric live show, which features all three artists producing beats and playing horns live on stage.

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Australia’s favourite comedy convoy is locked, loaded and hitting every corner of the country!

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Saturday 9am - 10am Cairns Esplanade Full details: www.cairns.qld.gov.au/esplanade

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The Yungaburra Markets provide a relaxed family atmosphere and has the philosophy of fostering the value of buying local.

250 local growers, producers and artisans gather to display and sell their produce and handiwork on the ‘Bruce Jones Market Grounds’ in the middle of the historic village of Yungaburra on the Atherton Tablelands.

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ANZAC DAY DAWN SERVICES

Dawn Services, parades and marches will be happening across the north this Sunday April 25 as we pause to remember those who served.

A full listing of event can be found on the Cairns Local News website, from Cardwell to Cooktown, the North will pause to remember.

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THE 19TH HOLE

HALF MOON ATHERTON BAY Golf Golf

Tuesday April 13 Ladies: A Watson 38, J Hutchinson 35.

Men: P Wright 41.

Wednesday April 14 Div1: W Berry 68, G Kendall 68, T McCarthy 69.

Div2: P Goulding 67, T Neilson 67, B Nisbet 67.

Ladies: L Ladru 65.

Friday April 16 Men’s: Div 1: M Davidson 21, N Brandenburg 20.

Div 2: L Law 23, D Themis 21.

Ladies: L Zakarevicius 21, P Davidson 21.

Saturday April 17 Men’s: Div. 1: J Hopper 39, S Day 39, G Douglas 38.

Div. 2: M Girdler 41, K Schirmer 39, B Barnes 38.

Div. 3: P Goulding 37, P Bell 37, J Howarth 35.

Ladies: R Warne 37, C Demosthemis 36, L Hughes 35.

Sunday April 18 Men’s: Div. 1: W O’Brien 42, C Cherry 38.

Div. 2: G Bell 42, N Tobias 40.

Ladies: T Haste 38.

Wednesday 18 hole Stableford, sponsored by the Carrington Hotel won by one of our up and coming juniors, Cohen Barker with a lovely 41 pts. Runner up went to Dave Morrison, one of our more experienced members with 39 pts.

Thursday Ladies played a stroke event sponsored by Wholelife Pharmacy & Healthfoods. Winning on a countback was Michelle Pearsall with 73 nett to Janette Hancock. Pin shots 9 Lyn Morrison, 11 Heather Beaven and 18 Michelle Pearsall.

Friday Trinity Petroleum 8 Hole Chook Run had a great field of 24 players. Winner backing up from his Wednesday Sporter’s win was Swifty Finlen 20 pts on countback from Seppe Barletta, 3rd Samantha Duck 19 pts.

Saturday Harold Nasser Memorial Shield stroke sponsored by BV Hotel Atherton.

Men’s Division 1 and Overall winner Chris DeMamiel 65 nett, Div 1 2nd Jenko 66 nett, 3rd Brian Brown 68 nett Division 2 winner Gary Tudehope 68 nett, 2nd Swifty 69 nett, 3rd Neil Stubbin 70 nett NTPs 3 & 9 Stevo 11 N.Smith, 18 S.Whybird Well done Brad Snow an Eagle on the 2nd.

Ladies was won by the in-form player Janette Hancock with 69 nett and r/up went to Dee Jierasak with 75 nett. Pin shots 3 and 11 Annette Seawright, 13 Lois Cross and 18 Shelley Broadley.

Least putts went to Dee with 27 putts.

MOSSMAN MEN’S & LADIES BOWLS CLUB

Saturday April 17 30 Bowlers for Jackpot Bowls. Bob Hando/Peter Gorsuch/Peter Worley a draw against John Fleming/Bill Allison/Gordon Henderson 14-14; Bruce Lester/SAS/Tony Brlyack d Charlie Toohey/Doug Pitt/Barney Kearney 19-17; Steve Heffernan/Terry Richards/Steve Cue d Dave Blain/Nev Tesch/Jim Geddes 19-15; John Cochrane/Dave Goodie/ Dave White d Eric Smith/John Arnold/Dick Pitt 28-17; and the winners for the day, Bernie Wolland/Tony Kessler/Joe Girgenti d Chris Payne/Col Widdows/Col Maxted 28-15.

Club Championship A Grade Singles played last Sunday, Eric Smith d Charlie Toohey 25-11, and Bruce Lester d John Arnold 25-1.

Scheduled Club Championship Games; Saturday 24 April in the Triples, Mick Frese/Chris Payne/Dick Pitt vs Eric Smith/Peter Busch/Dave Egan; Saturday 01 May in the Fours, Billy Smith/Bruce Lester/Gordon Henderson/ Daryl Hoskins vs Eric Smith/David White/Nev Tesch/John Arnold; Sunday 02 May in the A Grade Singles, Dave Blain vs Eric Smith and in the B Grade Singles, Col Widdows vs Chris Payne; Saturday 8 May in the Fours, Bernie Wolland/John Fleming/Terry Richards/George Wilmot vs Peter Busch/Colt Dwyer/Dave Egan/Chris Payne; Saturday 15 May in the Pairs, Eric Smith/ Nev Fletcher vs Dave Egan/Colt Dwyer and in the Triples Bernie Wolland/ Nev Tesch/Terry Richards vs John Cochrane/Tony Kessler/Col Widdows.

The next night social bowls will be held Thursday 6 May from 6pm to 8pm (names in by 5pm) at a cost of $5.00 per person and is open to all members & non members. Bowls this Saturday, names in by 12 noon, with card call at 12.45pm. For anyone interested in playing bowls, either for the first time or returning to the game, contact David White on 0407 630 759 Ladies Results Thursday April 15 Social winners were Maree Crees and Carole Maxted with 2W +20.

Runner-ups were Robin Petrus, Margaret Cooper, and Carmen Bolton with W&L +7. Raffle was won by Angie Fleming. Our new Club Championship Pairs are Trish Arnold and Pam Widdows. We have coaches available for any ladies wishing to learn to play, correct their technique or improve their skills. For all enquiries, please contact Carole Maxted carole44bb@dodo.com.au or ph: 0400 954 537.

Friday April 23, 2021

EDGE HILL MEMORIAL BOWLS CLUB

Ladies Social Bowls: Ladies Social and Championship Results.

A Grade Singles Quarter Final games completed saw Cornelia Smith defeat Lou Pomroy 25-23.

Karina Homer defeated Beth Gray 25-14. Yvonne Bolton defeated Jill Alexander-Sachse 25-24. Thursday 15, Social Bowls Jeannie Wild defeat Jill Alexander-Sachse in Scroungers game 14-8.

EHMBC Championship Pairs saw Lou Pomroy and Jeannie Wild defeat Liz Whitehead and Yvonne Bolton 27-12. The Final will now see L Pomroy and J Wild take on E Whitehead and C Smith.

A grade Singles Quarter Final is scheduled between J Wild V’s E Whitehead. Social Bowls Thursday put names down on the sheet provided for Thursday 22. Names for 1:30pm start.

Men’s Mixed Social Bowls: Tuesday April 13, No bowls. Pairs winners were Jill Alexander-Sachse and John Hayes. R/U: Lou Pomroy and Ian Lillee.

Tuesday Night winners were Marilyn George and Steve. R/U: Winston and Peter. Wednesday 14 winners were Ray and Wayne.

R/U: Irene and Mal. Social bowls will continue Tuesday (Day and Night), Wednesday night triples with Saturday afternoon pairs or triples depending on numbers if rinks available during Pennant Season.

2021 Pennant Season: Saturday 17, Edge Hill Division One had a bye. Division Two Edge Hill defeated West Cairns 52-31.

Sloper 22-Casey 13, Smith 30-Johnston 18. Division Three (1) Edge Hill lost to Marlin Coast 28-54. Battye 14-Gibson 24, Bolton 14-Gillman 30. Division Three (2) Edge Hill defeated West Cairns 62-28. Henson 35 Lynch 9, Mitchell 27-Duffield 19.

Next week in Div. 1 Edge Hill play West Cairns at EH. Div. 2 Edge Hill will play Marlin Coast at MC. Div. 3(1) Edge Hill (2) play West Cairns (2) at WC. and Div.3 (2) Edge Hill play Edmonton at EH. Edge Hill Club Championship Games.

2021 A Grade Singles Championship event was played with Darren Curry defeating Simon Vardy 26-21. Check the notice board for upcoming games with D Curry V’s R Hubbard, D Spowart V’s H Mitchell. B Grade Singles Games now scheduled urgently are G Burnett v’s T Bartholomeusz, B Moseley v’s A Henson and C Henson V’s P Whitehead.

2021 Championship Pairs had Kim Mitchell and Mac Smith defeating Darren Curry and Heath Mitchell 19-14.

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Pride to battle the Devils PETER MCCULLAGH

FOUR games into the Intrust Super Cup season and the Northern Pride combinations are starting to gel and produce the results.

Whilst it still may be early in the season the performances thus far from Ostwald, Steadman, Griffin and Corrigan are cause for optimism for Northern Pride fans.

This weekend the Northern Pride will face the undefeated Norths Devils at Barlow Park. The Pride are currently sitting 5th on the ladder after 2 wins, a loss and a draw, with Norths 4 from 4.

Last week’s last gasp win over the Blackhawks has served to boost the confidence of the Pride unit.

Pride Coach, Ty Williams is expecting a tough encounter this week, however last week’s win has lifted the spir-

its of his team.

“The boys got a bit of mojo back on the weekend.

“I think our clear focus this week is backing up the performance we had on Saturday night,” Williams said.

The team will be looking to start strong and be on point from the start of the game after slow starts to both earlier games against the Falcons and Capras in rounds one and two.

Chris Ostwald will start at 9 this week and Williams is expecting a strong performance.

“We have to be smart with Ossie because he’s a bull out of the gate.

“You saw that against Wynnum, when Hodgo went off, Ossie went really hard then we had no interchange, and we flatlined at the back end.

“We’ve got to be very care-

ful with how the game is managed with Chris, given he’s so fast out of everywhere, especially his defensive movements because he gets off the line and puts good pressure on,” Williams said Jayden Corrigan has stamped his authority on the fullback’s jumper this year, after relocating from Brisbane and a stint with Norths Devils.

Corrigan has proved effective in attack with 19 tackle breaks and 181 kick return metres and 2 tries from 4 games this season.

Head to head the Pride have the rub, with 5 wins and a draw from 10 games. However in recent times the Devils have had the measure with two thumping wins in 2018, round 8 and round 20.

THE TEAMS Northern Pride v Norths Devils at Barlow Park, Cairns, on Saturday from 5.30pm.

Northern Pride 1. Jayden Corrigan, 2. Shawn Bowen, 3. Grant Anderson, 4. Javid Bowen, 5. Bernard Lewis, 6. Jake Clifford, 7.

Thomas Steadman, 8. Rodney Griffin, 9. Chris Ostwald

(c), 10. Nick Lui Toso, 11.

Joshua Stuckey, 12. Peter Hola, 13. Tom McGrath, 14.

Ewan Moore, 15. Helium Luki, 16. Ieremia Nanai, 17.

Terrence Casey-Douglas, 18.

Cephas Chinfat, 19. Matthew Egan, 20. Evan Child, 21.

Brad Lupi.

Norths Devils 1. Bryce Donovan, 2.

Rashaun Denny, 3. Tony Tu-

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MATCH REPORT Mudcrabs v James Cook University 16/04/2021 Mudcrabs notched up their first win of the season with a dominant performance over the James Cook University Mariners.

On the back of the try-scoring duo Dharzell Roberts and Jeremy Scott the Mudcrabs poured on 38 points and defended their end on the way to a 38-0 victory.

Fred Innes and the young gun Shadrach Cane-Toby Name: Fred Innes

It was an all-around effort that lead to a near perfect per- Age: 41

formance from the men in orange and blue.

Jimmy-D and Aidan Daley lead the way for the forwards while Kini Navovo managed the game from the 10 position.

Crabs have the next week off and look to work on strengths on the training paddock. Trainings are Tuesday and Thursdays 6-7.30 at the Crab Pot on Wattle Streets.

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DEVILS

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WM SEAGULLS

4

4

0

0

8

HUNTERS

4

3

0

1

6

SEAGULLS

4

3

0

1

6

PRIDE

4

2

1

1

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BLACKHAWKS

4

2

0

2

4

TIGERS

4

2

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2

4

DOLPHINS

4

2

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2

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FALCONS

4

2

0

2

4

CUTTERS

4

1

0

3

2

MAGPIES

4

1

0

3

2

BEARS

4

1

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3

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CAPRAS

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JETS

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Cairns Local News

Friday April 23, 2021

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IRONMAN Returns

PHOTO: Mark Lancaster 2020 ORGANISERS of the Cairns Airport IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns have unveiled a number of changes to the course for the 2021 event.

A capacity field of more than 3,500 athletes will make their way to Tropical North Queensland this June for the 2021 Cairns Airport IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns and IRONMAN 70.3 Cairns events.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of IRONMAN Cairns, with athletes from across Australia and New Zealand to converge on the Cairns and Douglas Shire regions for the iconic event on Sunday 6 June.

Rob Stalling, The IRONMAN Group Oceania Regional Director, said that the course changes were designed to enhance the race day experience for athletes.

“Our team has worked hard to develop these course improvements that we hope will make the IRONMAN Cairns experience more enjoyable for our capacity field,” said Stalling. “We’ve looked at all elements of the event and have taken on board feedback from athletes whilst ensuring COVID compliance.

“We’re also looking forward to heading back to Port Douglas as we did in 2019 and can’t wait to see the support for athletes from the local community throughout the day,” he said.

The swim course at Palm Cove has been simplified, with less buoys meaning less navigation as athletes begin their race.

IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 athletes will now turn around the same coloured swim buoys, with IRONMAN athletes

completing two laps of the course and IRONMAN 70.3 athletes completing one lap. The swim start will also be further south on Palm Cove Beach to increase the starting pen area and assist with spreading athletes out.

The bike course will see IRONMAN athletes complete two laps up and down the Captain Cook Highway and two less climbs of the famous Rex Lookout than the 2020 course, resulting in a faster course.

There’s also set to be more action at the northern bike turn as riders head back into Port Douglas, as they did at the 2019 event.

Once athletes cycle back to Cairns they will commence the run which will have less turns as the course no longer travels along Wharf St. Instead, athletes will have a more scenic run

taking in the newly developed ty to support Ironman coming into Cairns Esplanade and also a Port Douglas. new section of course along Sail“Let’s get behind this year’s fish Quay, a throwback to a pre- event and work out ways we vious IRONMAN Cairns event can leverage off its presence in when the swim leg started off the Douglas Shire to improve the Cairns Marlin Marina. benefits for our businesses,” he Cairns Mayor Bob Manning said. “ said the city was ready to roll out “The 2019 highlights reel the red carpet to welcome ath- featuring our spectacular Great letes and their supporters.

Barrier Reef Drive and entrance “There is nothing quite like to Port Douglas has been viewed the anticipation in the lead-up to more than 16,000 times on YouIRONMAN Cairns, and on race Tube,” said Cr Kerr. “From 10 am day the city atmosphere is elec- to 3pm, the section of Port Dougtric,” Cr Manning said. “These las Rd from Barrier St to Old Port slight changes will ensure more Rd will be the place to watch all people will get to cheer on their the action. friends and family and I look for“There will be food trucks, ward to seeing the restaurants entertainment and the perfect overflowing and streets lined with spot to cheer on the competitors supporters on race as they ride in and ready themPHOTO: FNQday.”

Roar Photography Douglas Shire Mayor Michael selves for the run back to Cairns,” Kerr called on the local communi- he said.

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