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Live blog: Ironman Cairns as it happens with The Cairns Post

Appleton crossed at about 10.30am as the rain set in at the Cairns CBD, having taken off on a beautiful morning at Palm Cove in a time of just under three hours and 49 minutes. About 30 minutes later Caroline Steffen was the first woman home, cheered ... >> view original

Woman suffers heart attack at Cairns ironman event

A female competitor at the Ironman Cairns event in far north Queensland has been pulled from the water unconscious shortly after the start of the swim leg. A Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) spokesman said the 43-year-old woman suffered a cardiac ... >> view original

Be aware of road closures

Delays are also expected around Airport Dr in Cairns. Cairns police Sen-Constable Russell Parker said he urged all people to be aware of closures and delays and plan their trips accordingly. “Motorists needing to travel between Cairns and Port Douglas ... >> view original

Four Cairns teens charged with child sex offences

Four Cairns teenagers have been charged with child sex offences following a series of assaults against young girls, including some filmed on a phone. Police allege the teenagers, aged between 14 and 18, committed the offences over recent weeks at a ... >> view original

Back to The Cairns broch . . .

A team of archaeologists, led by Orkney College lecturer Martin Carruthers, returns to an Iron Age settlement site in South Ronaldsay next week. The 2015 excavation — the ninth season on site — at The Cairns begins on Monday, June 15, and ends on ... >> view original

Connall Cairns scores 81% in rocket science on MIT online course

Yesterday Miss Cairns, 44, a surrealist artist who shares her home in Colchester, Essex, with partner Dr Jeannine Beeken, 53, an academic linguist, and second son Moto, 11, said: 'That was after he wrote an essay on Elizabeth I which his teacher said ... >> view original

Tourist Cairns “Unwelcome”

Cairns, or carefully arranged piles of stones, have been popping up all over the place and are a more serious problem than it might first appear. Stone cairns have been appearing widely in the Þingvellir area, now numbering in the hundreds—maybe even ... >> view original

Blatchford & McKenzie aim for Ironman Cairns success

Both are replicating their 2013 preparation which saw McKenzie finish second in Hawaii and Blatchford third, as they prepare for the Cairns Airport IRONMAN® Cairns on Sunday. Two years ago McKenzie produced a career defining win in Cairns, while ... >> view original

Woman hits five cars while driving with two children in her car: police

An unlicensed driver with two young children in her car has been charged after leading police on a high-speed chase in Sydney's southwest, hitting five cars and crashing in the front yard of a house. Officers patrolling the M5 at Moorebank saw the woman run ... >> view original

AWU: Pyne demands Shorten reveals details on Winslow deal

Christopher Pyne has demanded Bill Shorten reveal what benefit Winslow Constructors received from a deal he oversaw while Victorian secretary of the Australian Workers Union. Mr Pyne, the government's acting workplace relations minister, said the deal ... >> view original