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TAPROOM TIME Atherton’s Billycart Brewing Co – the independent and locally-owned brewery – serves its signature craft beers in a new taproom on the edge of the Tablelands’ town and invites food vans to visit on Friday nights and across the weekend.
MAGIC ON THE REEF Reef Magic Cairns has unveiled its new eco-friendly pontoon at Moore Reef. The platform is perfect for exploring the Great Barrier Reef from above and below the surface and home to a scientific laboratory that supports marine research and sustainability projects. READ MORE - PAGE 12
ISLAND TIME Strait Experience has added Australia’s most unique one-day tour showing travellers two islands crowning Tropical North Queensland. Guests travel on a private
WHAT’S NEW IN TNQ
Skytrans Airlines charter from Cairns to Horn Island before crossing to Thursday Island by ferry for a “local feasting-style lunch”. An experienced Torres Strait Islander guide hosts this chance to see a remote part of Australia.
BREWS NEWS
SILKY STAY The Daintree’s Silky Oaks Lodge has reopened after a $20 million renovation. The property, set beside Mossman River deep in the world’s oldest rainforest, promises a sustainable stay.