Half a century on, Cairns war veteran Don Thomson still has vivid ...
A DECORATED Cairns war veteran counts the last five decades a blessing. Woree man Don Thomson, 81, will this week reunite with old friends to mark 50 years since they embarked on the fight of their lives.The epic Battle of Long Tan, which unfolded at a rubber plantation in South Vietnam, has become part of Australian military folklore.On August 18, 1966, Mr Thomson and his hardened D Company companions were ambushed by a huge Vietnamese force near the Australian base of Nui Dat.“We were all on t..>> view originalCairns ratepayers to foot bill after council pleads guilty over tree ...
RATEPAYERS will be forced to foot a bill of more than $90,000 over the controversial pruning of flying fox-inhabited trees in the Cairns CBD.The Cairns Regional Council was yesterday fined $15,000 after pleading guilty to three charges in the Cairns Magistrates Court for disturbing flying foxes and trimming trees in 2014.media_cameraCairns Regional Council Mayor Bob Manning. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKEActing chief executive John Andrejic revealed they also spent $75,000 in legal fees, while there was..>> view originalSilkAir to increase its Singapore flights to Cairns
SILKAIR will boost its flights with an extra Singapore-Cairns service later this year to meet demand.The airline is hoping the response will lead to a permanent schedule totalling four flights a week.Airline Cairns’ manager L. Ravindran (Ravi) said the additional flights would be on Wednesdays from November 23 to January 11 with a new time for departure from Singapore and Cairns.“The supplementary flights are for year-end demand and to better serve market demand from/to Singapore, China, Europe ..>> view originalCairns prawn trawler operator fined $15000 for fishing in Great ...
A CAIRNS prawn trawler operator has been fined $15,000 for fishing in a green zone in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park after a monitoring system tracked the vessel’s movements.The Cairns Magistrates Court convicted the operator after an investigation found the vessel had trawled near Lookout Point off Cooktown in June, 2015.Field management director Richard Quincey said the substantial fine imposed by the court indicated the seriousness of the offence.“Green zones are in place for a very good..>> view originalCairns Convention Centre reopens to celebrate 20 years
CAIRNS Convention Centre has reopened just in time to celebrate 20 years of hosting world-class events in the city.Over the past 20 years the centre has delivered more than $1 billion in direct economic benefits to the Cairns region and more than two million hotel room nights.The $13 million in upgrades to the centre included a new arrival zone, upgrades of solar hot water panels, lifts, airconditioning and car parking as well as partial roof replacement. The outdoor plaza was also upgraded, as..>> view originalProperty guide to help you buy, sell or invest in Cairns
FROM the leafy hills of Kuranda to the beachside haven of Port Douglas, there is no other place like Far North Queensland for Martin and Julie Lewis.The couple has made the Cairns region their home for the past 20 years and are in the process of a seachange.Mr Lewis said there had been plenty of interest in their four-bedroom, two-bathroom Hilltop Cl home high on the Kuranda range.“We’ve been getting a bit of interest from down south which is good,” he said.“I think property is still such good v..>> view originalCairns man granted bail over threat to primary school
A TEENAGER, who allegedly made a hoax call that forced a school into lockdown for three hours, could be asked to foot the bill for the huge police response.Nineteen crews, which included up to 40 officers, were called to Balaclava State School on Monday just before 12.30pm, after they allegedly received a 000 call to say a man was headed there with a knife and gun.A roadside interview with the Cairns Post helped lead to the arrest of Mt Sheridan man Edward Clive Piva after he gave details of the..>> view originalOne dead and two injured after Cowley traffic collision
A WOMAN has died and two others injured after a traffic collision south of Cairns last night.Paramedics were called at around 7.35pm to the Bruce Highway at Cowley, 116km south of Cairns following a two-vehicle crash.Initial inquiries by Forensic Crash Unit officers indicate a van travelling north on the Bruce Highway veered to the other side of the road and hit a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction.The sole passenger of the van, a European tourist in her twenties, died at the scene.A m..>> view originalHeart Foundation shows high number of Cairns' patients have heart ...
CAIRNS is faring better than most regional areas in terms of heart-related hospital admissions but numbers are still staggeringly high.Data released by the Heart Foundation today via a new Heart Maps study showed a significant number of admissions to Cairns hospitals were for heart related illnesses.The numbers rank the city 10th out of 14 regional centres in Queensland, with first place – outback Queensland – the worst for admissions.Only the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, southern Moreton Bay regio..>> view originalJapanese consul uses spare time to keep Cairns clean
WHAT started with a morning jog along the Esplanade has turned into a daily trash collection walk for Hirotsugu Ikeda. The Japanese Consul said his mission to clean up Cairns started when he had taken his position at the Consulate.“When I came to Cairns I was practising jogging in the morning. One day I noticed that I was wasting time by jogging, because it doesn’t contribute to anybody,” he said.“I considered what I can do for the world, then I decided not to practise just jogging, but to walk ..>> view original
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Half a century on, Cairns war veteran Don Thomson still has vivid ... and other top stories.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment