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Two-year-old boy abducted from Cairns

A two-year-old boy has been abducted from Cairns, with police desperately searching for a vehicle he is believed to be in. Police fear the boy "may be at risk" after being taken from a property on Wiseman Road in Edmonton about 2.05pm. A man was seen ... >> view original

Making Mountains Out Of Trail Markers? Cairns Spark Debate In Southwest

When people go hiking these days, all kinds of gadgets can help guide their way. But historically, humans used something a lot more low-tech: a pile of rocks. The piles, technically called cairns, have marked trails for millennia, but in recent years ... >> view original

THREE'S A CHARM: Trainer Trevor Rowe launches three-pronged assault on Cairns Cup

THREE'S A CHARM: Cairns trainer Trevor Rowe has three horses entered in this weekend's Cairns Cup race. Trevor and Peter Rowe with their three chances (L-R) Livingstone, Aviator Girl and Master Avatar at Cannon Park. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE ... >> view original

Cairns family flees burning house at Woree

Emergency services were called to a fire in a home in Skull Road at Woree, in Cairns, at 7:45pm (AEST). Local fire station officer Nick Young said the house was fitted with a working smoke alarm and the two adults and four children managed to get out ... >> view original

'Don't build cairns,' BLM, national park officials say to hikers

SALT LAKE CITY — Many Utahns are flocking to the outdoors for summer hiking and exploring, but some are leaving behind unwanted and confusing cairns and officials are asking them to stop. Cairns are rock piles used to designate or delineate trails and ... >> view original

Fox Hills pro heading to PGA Championship for 3rd time

Brian Cairns chose the life of teaching others how to excel at golf. And he's pretty solid at playing the game himself. Cairns, who coaches several high-level juniors at the Fox Hills Learning Center in Plymouth and spends almost as much time competing ... >> view original

Wildlife experts outraged after alleged spear gun attack on Cairns hotel ...

Three men will appear in court later this month after they allegedly went to the Hilton Double Tree resort in the Cairns CBD armed with spear guns and shot two of the popular fish which measured nearly a metre each. Police have alleged the 18-year-old ... >> view original

Jellyfish summit to be held in Cairns in two weeks

STUNG OUT: Scientists and tourism operators will gather in Cairns in two weeks to establish research priorities to better understand the presence of irukandji jellyfish and their risk in Far Northern waters. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACK Source: News Corp ... >> view original

German tourist still suffering six months after random shovel attack near Cairns

The Cairns District Court heard the baker had been high on ice and had been drinking all day when he attacked Mr Feurle and another man at the Platypus campsite, before driving to Atherton and assaulting and racially abusing a doctor in a McDonald's. >> view original

Port Douglas 'copycat' mansion ordered to undergo alterations by Cairns court

... especially in exclusive estates like The Sands,” he said. None of Mr Coles, PDB proprietors Mike Clark and Jim Dormer, or John and Edith Breden – the couple who commissioned PDB to build the replica – returned calls from The Cairns Post yesterday. >> view original