Cairns finishes 6th in Pretoria and other top stories

Cairns finishes 6th in Pretoria

LOCAL golf hopeful Ryan Cairns warmed up for this year's edition of the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open in style after managing credible sixth place finish in the IGT Tour's Centurion Academy Classic in Pretoria, South Africa, yesterday. BY DANIEL ... >> view original

Cairns council to trial free airport public bus

A Cairns regional councillor in far north Queensland is urging residents to make use of a free public bus service to the airport or risk losing it after a three-month trial. The service between the Tobruk pool bus stop and the airport was due to start ... >> view original

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Michiko, a swimming pool attendant, had come to Cairns to learn how to be a dive instructor amid the dazzling corals of the Great Barrier Reef. She'd caught a bus into town, posted some letters, and was on her way to buy some groceries. She was a ... >> view original

CAIRNS Etanhan Wotanin

It's been a busy month here at the Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies (CAIRNS)! We taught a class meeting for a group of teachers in the Sioux Falls School District, before turning around and starting a new 5-Saturday class with ... >> view original

Vodafone and Cairns: same yet different

The words “retrospective tax” — dreaded by foreign investors and hated by Indian companies seeking foreign investment — are once again making headlines, this time due to the income tax department slapping a huge tax demand on Cairn India and its ... >> view original

Flight check: Auckland to Cairns on Air NZ

Clean and adequate. Luggage: My bag was third on to the luggage conveyor belt. Result! The airport experience? Auckland Airport looked tired - required a makeover of Cairns' proportions. Would I fly this again? Sure would. It's a short hop to paradise. >> view original

Cairns students continue to be monitored for Tuberculosis

A number of Cairns students will continue to be monitored for tuberculosis, following a confirmed case of the deadly disease in the far north earlier this month. More than 100 students of Cairns State High School have been tested for the disease after ... >> view original

'Until proven, I won't let Chris Cairns get crucified'

Chris Cairns, that flamboyant allrounder from New Zealand, is doing some labour work these days. He drives a council truck and cleans bus shelters around Auckland for $17 an hour. He and his wife, a project manager, live in a posh suburb in Auckland. >> view original

Airport footpath on agenda for Cairns Regional Council

Cairns Regional Council will vote on a resolution today seeking the costing and evaluation of footpath options that connect the City to the Airport. Division 5 Councillor for the CBD and inner suburbs, Richie Bates has put forward a notice of motion ... >> view original

Two men charged over murder of NZ national in Cairns

Two men have been charged over the murder of a New Zealand national in Cairns in far north Queensland. The body of the 27-year-old man was found in Parramatta Park in the central business district in the early hours of Thursday morning. Detectives have ... >> view original