Croc puts bite on Cairns golfer and other top stories

Croc puts bite on Cairns golfer

Lahiff is recovering this afternoon in the nearby Cairns Hospital after treatment for a deep laceration to his shin and puncture wounds to his calf. But the 66-year-old holds no grudge against the 1.2m saltwater croc that nipped him, saying it was more ... >> view original

Where are they now? Johnny Cairns

IT is 13 years since Johnny Cairns sat on a racehorse. Every day his heart aches to climb back on but his head won't allow him. Nor will the doctors after the record-breaking jockey from Mackay had a fall – not from a horse mind you – and landed head ... >> view original

Man arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine through Cairns Airport

Police claim a Spanish man tried to smuggle cocaine worth hundreds of thousands of dollars through the Cairns International Airport over the weekend. Jose Lazano Garcia, 59, was arrested on Saturday evening after customs officials examined his luggage ... >> view original

Cairns man dies after being hit by car at Weipa on Cape York

Man dead, woman injured in separate Far North Queensland crashesBrisbane Times >> view original

Ancient Buddhist relics tour Cairns

Human hair, timeworn pieces of cloth and stones found among the sifted remains of cremated spiritual masters were among the relics on display at Cairns' buddhist centre at the weekend as the 'Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour' continued its global journey. >> view original

Cairns home sales rise, but yields fall: CoreLogic RP Data

The number of Cairns homes that sold in the year to November 2014, was 5% higher over the 12 month period, according to CoreLogic RP Data. The majority of the rise was attributed to the increase in units that sold over the year. House sales were 1% ... >> view original

Kanga back to where it began

For Ian Cairns, the granite-faced bull of a man who spearheaded efforts to put WA surfing on the map in the 1970s, it will be a welcome, if somewhat ironic, moment. The man known as "Kanga" remembers Margaret River only a few decades ago as a ... >> view original

Brothers take home Nate Myles trophy

Cairns Brothers No.7 Dmitiri Ahwang was named Player of the Carnival, with Townsville Brothers lock Bingen Balanzategui scooping the Player of the Final award. Redlynch Razorbacks won the Team Spirit award and Tyson Kemmerling took home the ... >> view original

The Duke of Disquiet: An interview with Andy Cairns of Therapy?

Andy Cairns is the product of so many musical histories that it's strange to think he's never been to the Hope and Anchor where so many of them began. The Islington pub became a bolthole for the bands who eventually defined punk – Joe Strummer was a ... >> view original

Cyclone Nathan to intensify to category 3 for Cairns coastal crossing

The Bureau of Meteorology's latest modelling warns communities from Coen, on Cape York's eastern coast, to Cardwell, halfway between Cairns and Townsville, of the incoming tempest. Nathan is currently a Category 1 and is located 445km northeast of ... >> view original