Council to trim Cairns CBD fig tree that is home to dozens of flying ...
UNWELCOME OCCUPANTS: Cairns Regional Council has now fenced off a large Moreton Bay fig on Shields St for “emergency pruning” after branches fell recently, suspected of being caused by newly arrived flying foxes. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKEFLYING foxes that have made a new, unwelcome home in a large fig tree in the middle of Cairns’ CBD may have been dispersed from the library colony.Cairns Regional Council has cordoned off the Moreton Bay fig outside The Woolshed on Shields St, advising that emerge..>> view originalParents of the Coxless Crew nervously await their 'oar-some ...
ANXIOUS VIGIL: The parents of the Coxless Crew, Sara Bowater, Michael Davis, Babs Penhaul, Ray Penhaul, Sally Dyos, Anne Cohen and Bernard Cohen, await their daughters’ arrival on the Cairns Esplanade. PICTURE: STEWART McLEANTHE proud parents of four British rowers bound for Cairns have endured their own struggles during the past nine nerve-racking months.Natalia Cohen, Emma Mitchell, Meg Dyos and Laura Penhaul – or the Coxless Crew – are less than 180km from Cairns and expected to arrive on Sun..>> view originalCairns casts net offshore in Woolworths CEO hunt
Gordon Cairns, Woolworths chairman: "The board is exercising a strategic objective to take decisions on the Masters business." Louie Douvis Gordon Cairns has been entertaining a string of international visitors in Sydney over the summer.While it is safe to assume some decent dinners and a visit to Balmoral Beach were involved, it has been more work than play for the Woolworths chairman and his special guests.Cairns decided video interviews wer..>> view originalWorkforce and unemployed rise in Cairns
INFLUX: Herron Todd White research director Rick Carr said more people obtained jobs last month during the Christmas retail period and tourism growth while at the same time school and university leavers hit the streets looking for work, PICTURE: STEWART McLEANA STRANGE mix of circumstances has led to both the unemployed and the workforce rising in Cairns.Analysts also expect jobs to rise this month as Chinese New Year festivities kick off and employers start to recruit after the Christmas-New Ye..>> view originalConstruction sector to target Cairns' mayoral candidates
The Cairns Chamber of Commerce’s Civil Construction Taskforce, including (L-R) Eco Civil Group managing director Phil Cassell, Cairns Chamber of Commerce CEO Deb Hancock and Koppen Construction General Manager Callum Koppen, are urging council to use local contractors. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKECAIRNS Mayor Bob Manning and mayoral candidate Jim Brooks are the fresh targets of the civil construction sector wanting a fairer and bigger share of multi-million dollar regional council projects.The Cairns ..>> view originalIndustry, community leaders unite against lockout laws
FIGHTING BACK: DJ DMH, resident DJ at Gilligans nightclub, is concerned about lockout laws proposed by the state government and their impact on his industry. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKEOVER the past three financial years just 0.3 per cent of people visiting Cairns Hospital with alcohol-related injuries had been drinking in the city’s licensed venues. The telling statistic was presented by the president of the Cairns City Liquor Safety Accord, John Lynch, at yesterday’s public hearing into the State G..>> view originalFormer Cairns street chaplain speaks out against lockout laws
NOT FOR US: Former Cairns Street Chaplains director Carol Christopher told today’s hearing at the Rydges Tradewinds hotel that the proposed laws would hurt the local economy. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKEA FORMER Cairns Street Chaplains director has told a parliamentary committee hearing into proposed lockout laws that Cairns streets “are not dangerous”.Carol Christopher told today’s hearing at the Rydges Tradewinds hotel that the proposed laws would hurt our economy.“While proposed changes might be ri..>> view originalCairns fisherman shows his skills with record mahi-mahi catch
Cairns angler Paul Poulter landed this 11.75kg dolphinfish, which could be a new Queensland record. PIC SUPPLIED.A COMPOSED fisherman may have broken a 32-year-old Queensland record, continuing the stellar start to 2016 for Far North anglers. Cairns man Paul Poulter is awaiting confirmation he set a new state benchmark for the largest mahi mahi (or dolphin fish) caught using just 4kg line at the weekend.Mr Poulter and his wife Sharon on Saturday enjoyed an “amazing day” about 65km offshore. In l..>> view originalCairns construction workers find WW2 grenade during house build
A WW2 grenade which was dug up by construction workers at a site on Old Smithfield Rd at Freshwater. PICTURE: SUPPLIEDCONSTRUCTION workers excavating on a Freshwater block had a date with history when they stumbled upon a WW2 era hand grenade.Builders were planning to lay foundations for a new house on Old Smithfield Rd on Tuesday when they inadvertently dug up the war relic which is likely to have been buried for around 70 years.Police from the Explosive Ordnance Response Team identified the it..>> view originalHarry the hawksbill turtle released by Cairns rescuers after 833 days ...
Harry the hawksbill turtle released by Cairns rescuers after 833 days in rehabilitation Mark Rigby and Sharnie Kim Posted January 21, 2016 12:27:00 After spending 833 days in the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre (CTRC), a juvenile hawksbill turtle found floating on the Great Barrier Reef has been released back into the wild.Harry the hawksbill — so named by staff at the CTRC — was rescued by the crew of a dive boat while visiting Flynn Reef, about 50 kil..>> view original
Thursday, January 21, 2016
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