Cairns Foreshore Development wins state landscape architecture ... and other top stories.

• Cairns Foreshore Development wins state landscape architecture ...

  

  The Cairns Foreshore Development, designed by RPS Australia Asia Pacific for Ports North, has won the Tourism Landscape Architecture Award in the 2016 Queensland Landscape Architecture Awards. PICTURE: RWG PHOTOGRAPHYA SITE overlooking the picturesque Trinity Inlet and popular among Cairns families has won a state landscape architecture award. The Cairns Foreshore Development was designed by RPS Australia Asia Pacific for Ports North, reflecting the area’s cultural and industrial history, and us..

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• Cairns weekend media wrap, Monday June 6

  

  Burglary and property charges, Cairns North: A 30-year-old Cairns North woman and a Westcourt man aged 38 were charged on Saturday following an investigation into a Cairns City burglary incident early on Saturday morning. Police were called to the Lake Street accommodation complex at around 5.40am after an offender had climbed a balcony about 30 minutes earlier and gained entry to a unit. Phones, foreign currency, travel documents and other property were stolen and the offender then left the ar..

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• Cairns southern access corridor stage 3 set for acceleration

  

  Minister for the Main Roads and Road Safety Mark Bailey. PICTURE: LIAM KIDSTONTHE Palaszczuk Government has secured an in-principle agreement from the Federal Government to accelerate planning and delivery of the $135 million Cairns southern access stage 3 project.Minister for Main Roads and Road Safety Mark Bailey today announced the acceleration alongside local Barron River MP Craig Crawford.“This acceleration is great news for the 36,000 motorists who use the busy southern access into Cairns ..

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• Mount Isa frog hops on flight to Cairns for life-saving medical treatment

  

  Mount Isa frog hops on flight to Cairns for life-saving medical treatment Updated June 06, 2016 17:53:59 An outback green tree frog has almost made a full recovery, after being air-lifted from Mount Isa to Cairns following a lawn-mowing accident.Deborah Pergolotti, president of the Cairns Frog Hospital, said a Mount Isa woman accidently mowed over the amphibian, which resulted in a large gash on its back.Ms Pergolotti said after the accident, the woman reached out to he..

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• Revamped Cairns facility welcomed by FNQ boat owners

  

  The Tingira Street boat ramp at Portsmith will be officially reopened on Monday after undergoing expansion works. (L-R) Boating enthusiasts Wayne Stoffell and David Sperling are happy with the renovations. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKECAIRNS boat owners will now have smoother access to the water after the completion of major upgrades at a popular ­facility. The revamped Tingira St boat ramp, Portsmith, is officially open to the public.The $628,000 project, largely completed by Cairns company Koppens De..

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