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Scrub pythons brawl in roof of Cairns home

Snake catchers David Walton (right) and Steve (left): Two scrub pythons were found fighting in the roof of a Cairns home, with another two snakes watching on. Photo: David Walton. Possums in your roof are bad enough, but what about fighting snakes? >> view original

The tall and short of policing: Queensland Police Service officers John and ...

John and Monique, both constables based in Cairns, have a 51cm height difference between them. John measures up to 206cm (6 foot 9) — too tall for the doorways in the Cairns police station, and a touch taller than the average NBA player 200cm (6 foot 7). >> view original

Cairns' port dredging plan back on the cards in State Government rethink

Despite saying just four months ago there was no economic or environmental case for the Cairns Shipping Development Project, the Palaszczuk Government has allowed Ports North to “recalibrate” the scope of the controversial project by lodging a revised ... >> view original

Huge snakes found fighting in Cairns roof

Snake catcher David Walton found these four pythons living in the ceiling of a family home in north Queensland. Source: Cairns Snake Removals. HUGE snakes have been found brawling in the ceiling of a Queensland home. A Cairns family became ... >> view original

Battle brewing over pop culture expos Townsville Comic Con, MagnetiCon and ...

A BATTLE more fierce than Batman v Superman has been brewing over rival pop culture conventions being held in Cairns and Townsville next year. Following the overwhelming success of the inaugural Tropicon in Cairns last month, there are now potentially ... >> view original

Our obessions make life interesting

Whenever I pass a certain cafe, there is always the same Cairns identity sitting at the same table, at the same time of the morning, presumably eating the same meal. You can almost set your watch to him. It's a reassuring sight. Whenever I see this ... >> view original

Joseph L. Cairns Jr., 75

Joseph L. Cairns Jr., 75, of Centerville, passed away on August 16, 2015. He was the beloved husband of Patricia (Murphy) Cairns. Born in Hyannis, he was the son of the late Clara (Coleman) and Joseph L. Cairns Sr. Joe graduated from Barnstable High ... >> view original

Proposed lockout laws will kill Cairns' vibrant nightlife

There are lots of anomalies in Cairns' licensing laws. Two places I know well, both of them live music venues, 12 Bar Blue on Shields St, and Bernie's Jazz Piano Café on Abbott St, are cases in point. At 12 Bar Blue you can sit and have a drink outside ... >> view original

Dangerous mozzie detected at Cairns Port

“The Cairns Tropical Public Health Service (TPHS) has treated potential mosquito breeding sites and resting sites with a residual insecticide and conducted some fogging in the response zone to kill any adult mosquitoes that might have been present ... >> view original

'Destiny': Xur's Exotic Goods For Weekend Of August 21, Thunderlord Returns

How can Destiny follow up on a week where Xûr, Agent of the Nine, sold the Gjallarhorn? The short answer is that the PlayStation and Xbox shooter can't. A coveted Exotic Machine Gun is present with Thunderlord, but the armor on sale should only be ... >> view original