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Cairns cop Frank Falappi ready to roll for Simpson Desert Cycle Challenge

RIDING HIGH: Traffic cop Frank Falappi is heading off on the Simpson Desert Bike Challenge with colleague and support driver Graham Ambler. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERS Source: News Limited. WHILE most cyclists avoid Cairns' steep hills, Frank Falappi ... >> view original

Top praise for Cairns Amateurs Carnival

Cairns Amateurs chief executive Graham Thornton described this year's event as “hot, fast and furious”. “The numbers were a little down on Friday, but that was on account of the weather, the rain probably kept people away,” he said. “But today ... >> view original

Ivanhoes through to Cairns rugby league grand final after miracle comeback ...

CLASH: Tully's Maloni Lama heads for a try past Ivanhoes' Reece Munster. PICTURE: STEWART McLEAN Source: News Corp Australia. BARLOW Park has witnessed a miracle on grass. Ivanhoes are through to a scarcely believable CDRL grand final after ... >> view original

Woman fights for life in Cairns hospital

A woman is fighting for her life after her car collided head-on with another vehicle in far north Queensland. The 37-year-old sustained serious internal injuries in the accident on Saturday afternoon when her car spun off the road at Kuranda and ... >> view original

Police officer breaks arm during arrest in Cairns

The police approached the 39-year-old Cairns North man who then allegedly struggled with police, resulting in a 28-year-old constable fell onto the footpath, sustaining a severe break to his left arm. The officer was transported to a Cairns Hospital ... >> view original

Webb convicted for drunken rampage

FORMER rugby league star Carl Webb has received 18 months parole for a drunken rampage at Trinity Park in Cairns earlier this year. Webb, who represented Queensland and Australia during an 11-year career in the NRL, pleaded guilty to three counts of ... >> view original

5 reasons why Chris Cairns is the most underrated cricketer of his time

In 1985, when Lance Cairns played his final international game, little did he know that just four years later, his son would don the Black Cap. And at 19 years of age, when Chris Cairns made his Test debut against Australia at Perth, he was touted as ... >> view original

Cairns massacre site handed to council

Queensland Housing Minister Leeanne Enoch on Friday handed the deeds to 34 Murray St to Cairns Mayor Bob Manning, ahead of a process to decide upon a fitting tribute to the eight children who were killed there in December. Speaking at a ceremony in ... >> view original

Building of new James Cook University research lab in Cairns due to start ...

VITAL RESEARCH: Dr Mark Pearson from the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine at JCU in Cairns works on identifing potential vaccines against “schistosomes”, parasitic worms which cause liver disease in 240 million people. PICTURE: ... >> view original

Cairns party precinct targeted by police anti-drugs operation

Cairns police have seized nearly $400,000 worth of drugs during a month-long operation targeting trafficking around the city's entertainment precinct. Twenty-seven people have been charged with 147 offences including trafficking, supplying and ... >> view original