Cairns Local News | Media/news company

Cairns Local News

Phone: +61 7 4031 7678

Address: 2/185 Mulgrave Road 4870

Website: http://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/

Likes: 5445

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Businesses
• Media/news company

25.01.2022 Stuck for things to do with the kids this festive season? https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//school-holiday-fun-wit

25.01.2022 Cairns Based ADF Cycling Team member Thomas Beddome stamped his dominance upon the LDI Cycling Criterium Series last weekend. Read the full story here: #LocalPeopleLocalStories #CairnsLocalNews... https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//four-stage-series-fini

25.01.2022 An award to recognise the altruistic efforts of a local person during the coronavirus pandemic has been added to this year’s Australia Day Awards. #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//new-award-recognises-c

25.01.2022 Last week, UMI Arts opened ‘Through Our Eyes,’ an exhibition of photographs by Indigenous artist members Nerelle Nicol and Gertrude Davis, which will be on show until December 1. #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/enterta/through-our-eyes

25.01.2022 THE New Year will bring with it the completion of another jewel in the crown of Townsville with the North Queensland Cowboys Community, Training and High-Performance Centre just weeks away from handover. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//cowboys-high-performan

25.01.2022 With the finalisation of one football season, another commences offering interested spectators a tremendous evening entertainment and excitement. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//sophisticated-car-crash

25.01.2022 Cairns Regional Council advises that consumers in the Mirriwinni area the boil water notice has been lifted. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//boil-water-notice-mirr

24.01.2022 WE love our pets madly and Christmas is no different. There are many foods and treats that should never be given to our four legged best mates at any time, let alone Christmas-time. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//foods-to-avoid-with-yo

24.01.2022 Free sandbags are available for Cairns region residents ahead of consistent heavy rain forecast across the coming week. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//sandbags-available-ahe

24.01.2022 Are you ready for the Solutions to the puzzles from our 2nd edition? They are all here!

24.01.2022 THE Saints will head north once again, striking a deal with the AFL, Tourism and Events Queensland, Tourism Tropical North Queensland and the Cairns Regional Council to host a home game in Cairns in 2021. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//thumbs-up-to-the-saints

23.01.2022 WAKE up each morning to a magnificent view over the Johnston River in Innisfail. River Grande apartments are simply without rival here in the north. Situated one hour south of Cairns, Innisfail has a laidback lifestyle as well as some of the most picturesque scenery in the north. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//riverfront-apartment-w

23.01.2022 The Latest Edition of Cairns Local News is now on-line. We return with our regular hardcopy edition next Friday Jan 15. . All the news you need - and it's FREE Read it here - FREE CONTENT... #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/online-edition

23.01.2022 Latest advise #12 BOM https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//tropical-low-gulf-of-c

22.01.2022 Thanks Russell Signage & Printery Cassowary Coast for our office-front makeover today! Come see us at 185 Mulgrave Road.

22.01.2022 Police have arrested 80 drink drivers across Queensland in the past two days as they continue a Christmas crackdown on drivers putting others at risk on our roads. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//80-drink-drivers-nabbe

22.01.2022 Growing up in a musical family in Papua New Guinea, Vivien Aisi has always had music in her blood. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/en/viviens-soulful-sound

22.01.2022 Last Sunday a Holloways Beach man refused to take his spade home and stop playing in the sand at the beach, much to the angst of a construction worker who came to stomp on his excavations and the local police who proceeded to arrest him. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//man-arrested-for-diggi

21.01.2022 Sing-along to all you favorite Christmas Carols. We have 4 pages of carol words for all your family favorites. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//christmas-carol-song-b

21.01.2022 RECENT near miss drownings at public pools in Cairns have prompted a reminder for parents and caregivers to keep an eye on their children both in and out of the pool. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//supervision-is-the-key

21.01.2022 STAFF at the Cairns ZOOM & Wildlife Dome, the only Wildlife and Adventure experience in the Cairns CBD, are jumping for jo-ey with the emergence of a koala joey. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/latest/joey-to-the-world

21.01.2022 The Latest Edition of Cairns Local News has hit the streets. All the news you need - and it's FREE Read it here - FREE CONTENT... #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/online-edition

21.01.2022 Despite COVID-1 placing restrictions on activities, Treeforce volunteers managed to plant 3610 trees around Cairns in 2020. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//the-treeforce-was-stro

20.01.2022 Medical Emergency on Fitzroy Island. A young boy has been airlifted off Fitzroy island by the Rescue Chopper. It is believed the boy suffered an Irukandji sting. ... https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//medical-emergency-fitz

20.01.2022 A spokesperson for the Cassowary Coast Regional Council said the current heavy rainfall associated with Ex-Tropical Cyclone Imogen is creating water supply issues across the Cassowary Coast water supply systems and residents are requested to minimise their water usage until the current weather event has improved. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//residents-urged-to-con

20.01.2022 DECEMBER has been a busy month for the Gordonvale Red Cross volunteers. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//gordonvale-red-cross-r

20.01.2022 COMMUNITY health leaders have received a first look at Tully Hospital’s new Emergency Department following a $4.6 million upgrade. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//new-ed-for-tully-hospi

20.01.2022 Cairns Regional Council advises that water restrictions have been lifted following heavy rainfall yesterday. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//water-restrictions-lif

20.01.2022 POPULAR Cairns radio personality, mum blogger, and former ‘House Rules’ reality TV star, Maddi Wright, has found a new calling assisting local people with disability to live a better quality of life. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//iara-fulfilled-the-the

19.01.2022 AS 2020 draws to a close, the team at Cairns Local News are celebrating three months in print, since the first edition was published on Friday, September 18, and six months since the first stories were published online in July. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//the-cairns-local-news-

19.01.2022 COVID-19 UPDATE: There is one new confirmed case today in the Cairns and Hinterland region. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//confirmed-covid-19-cas

19.01.2022 Cairns Regional Council advises that the Babinda Transfer Station has been closed temporarily due to flooding. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//temporary-closure-of-b

19.01.2022 Coach Shannon Seebom is expecting big things from his team with a mix of youth and experience set to level the WNBL playing field for the Townsville Fire this season. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/sport/from-the-fire-pit

19.01.2022 Looking for a copy of this week's paper. Just re-stocked DFO. Grab a copy from customer service.

18.01.2022 Each year the seafood industry is responsible for approximately 500 million polystyrene fish boxes entering landfill and our oceans. Kurrimine Beach fishers, Tom and Kath Long were determined not to add to this total when looking for a way to transport their premium quality reef fish to the markets and restaurants in Sydney #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//ground-breaking-innova

18.01.2022 VINTAGE machinery buffs are in for a century old blast from the past when the Historic Village Herberton rolls out its latest working treasures. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//weekend-getaway-new-en

18.01.2022 Wednesday Sporters Stableford winner Terry Rooker29 pts, runner-up Ross Milveskiy 28 pts, 3rd Bill Denmark 27 pts. Least Putts Mick Grumley 15. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//atherton-golf-report-m

17.01.2022 Cairns based online music video channel, MusicViewTV, this month celebrates six years of operation and its 200th video, and is also nearing one million streams of their videos. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//200-music-videos-in-6-

17.01.2022 Hey Babinda residents. Looking for your FREE weekly copy of the Cairns Local News. Zenna's General Store is now stocking our paper.... Call in, say g'day to Bruce and pick up a copy. Zenna’s General Store Cairns Local News See more

17.01.2022 Cairns Regional Council advises that consumers in the Mirriwinni area should boil drinking water until further notice. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//boil-water-notice-mirr

16.01.2022 The October Johnstone River Community Garden Picnic will be awash in pink to raise breast cancer awareness. #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/commu/a-very-pink-picnic

16.01.2022 Warning issued 17:00 Sat Jan 2, 2021 https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//tropical-low-gulf-of-c

15.01.2022 FORGET the attention seeking headline, ‘Skin Cancer Capital of the world’. Doctor Edward Guirguis, from Skin Cancer Clinic Flecker House, would rather focus on a few critical points and educate his patients why they should https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//a-regular-skin-check-w

15.01.2022 The bathroom and the kitchen are the two most renovated areas of any home, and can also be a deal breaker when it comes time to sell. Read the full story here: #LocalPeopleLocalStories #CairnsLocalNews... https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//creating-a-feeling-of-

15.01.2022 Last Monday, December 7, the Reef Restoration Foundation (RRF) celebrated three years since the first of their coral nurseries was installed by volunteers at Fitzroy Island. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//5000-corals-in-three-y

15.01.2022 Natural hazards can cause major disruptions to essential services. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//get-your-supplies-ready

14.01.2022 WHILE the festive season is a celebratory time for many, it can also be a difficult period for those struggling with mental health concerns or feelings of loneliness and disconnection. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//small-talk-can-make-a-

14.01.2022 POP-UP CLINIC: in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney, we have set up our mobile COVID-19 testing clinic in Port Douglas.

14.01.2022 The Palaszczuk Government has bluntly rejected KAP Leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter’s request for a mandatory seafood labelling scheme for cafes, pubs and restaurants. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//labor-rejects-kaps-bid

13.01.2022 Syrian millionaire Ghassan Abound is not the only developer in town making big plans for the return of tourists to the Far North. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//chinese-developer-reve

13.01.2022 Letters and Texts to the Editor March 19, 2021 https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//letters-and-texts-to-t

13.01.2022 The Latest Edition of Cairns Local News is available on-line All the news you need - and it's FREE Read it here - FREE CONTENT... Over the Christmas period we will not be publishing a hardcopy edition, but you can keep up-to-date via our website and online edition. Our first hardcopy edition will be Friday January 15. #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/online-edition

12.01.2022 Arts and cultural practitioners of all genres are invited to apply for a share in grant funding to support their projects. #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories... https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/e/arts-funding-available

12.01.2022 Residents are reminded of the risk of entering flood waters after flood camera footage from the McKinnon Creek Detention Basin in Edmonton showed young children just centimetres away from being swept into a large culvert. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//narrow-miss-for-kids-p

12.01.2022 SANTA Claus will be busy taking selfies with families, handing out free gifts, helping sprinkle his Christmas cheer (and creativity) at our workshops, and hitting the ice when he returns to DFO Cairns this Christmas. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//get-a-selfie-with-skat

11.01.2022 Kennedy MP Bob Katter has once more called for the controlled and immediate removal of crocodiles from all populated areas in Queensland. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//katter-call-for-immedi

11.01.2022 Strong border measures to keep Queenslanders safe this Christmas https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//strong-border-measures

11.01.2022 WILDLIFE keepers from the Cairns ZOOM and Wildlife Dome recently put on an action-packed wildlife presentation outside the Pacific Hotel, located opposite the Dome, to spread some cheer to those quarantined inside. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//a-cheery-message-from-

11.01.2022 TRADITIONAL owners in Nyungkal near Cooktown are taking control of their land and people through a community-driven initiative that will provide banyan (housing), jobs, enterprise and a return to country for their clan. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/communi/empowered-people

11.01.2022 There's snow business like newspaper business. Our latest page 1 on display.

11.01.2022 A grief-stricken mum who has been separated from her husband and five children for nine months due to the international travel restrictions of COVID-19 is fundraising to bring them to Australia so they can be reunited. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//help-sought-to-reunite

11.01.2022 To our great peeps of Far North Queensland’s, Wayne’s World. #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/entertainm/you-saucy-git

10.01.2022 QUEENSLAND online shoppers are being warned about the number of vehicle scams being carried out on social media trading platforms. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//scammers-thrive-in-a-s

10.01.2022 FAR North Queensland businessman and CEO of the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, Tony Williamson announced this week he will vacate his role as chair of the Ken Frost Northern Pride Rugby League Club. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//stepping-down-with-pri

10.01.2022 CROC MAN RIDES AGAIN - CAIRNS LOCAL NEWS EXCLUSIVE - Mark Ridge is surprisingly energetic for a man who recently got chewed on by a crocodile. Just one day after a 2.5 metre crocodile clamped its jaws down on his head, Mr Ridge rode his bike back to Lake Placid to show us where the terrifying attack occurred. READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/lat/croc-man-rides-again

09.01.2022 Prepare yourself for some the the best or worst Christmas Cracker jokes ever. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//the-best-worst-christm

09.01.2022 Are you prepared for the annual wet season? Do you have an emergency plan in place and have you and your family considered where you would go in the event of a cyclone or flood? https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//time-to-prepare-for-an

09.01.2022 Far North Queensland food delivery service Tablelands to Tabletop has been named the state’s thirteenth #eatqld Champion. #CairnsLocalNews #LKocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//innovation-delivers-ea

09.01.2022 KITCHEN staff have been preparing for three days, an epic Christmas Day feast for Cairns Hospital patients and staff. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//christmas-favourites-o

09.01.2022 The Latest Edition of Cairns Local News has hit the streets. 44 Pages - all the news you need - and it's FREE Read it here - FREE CONTENT #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories ... https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/online-edition

09.01.2022 Cairns police are urging business owners to check any $50 notes after counterfeit currency was detected in the region this week. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//counterfeit-notes-in-c

08.01.2022 Cairns local Jeanette McInnes has lived quite the exciting life, and it has inspired her to write a trilogy of novels about her experiences. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//a-life-filled-with-adv

08.01.2022 KIDS do not always know how to tell us when they are feeling hot despite being more susceptible to hot weather, so it is vitally important parents are able to recognise signs of heat stress early. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/late/cool-kids-in-summer

08.01.2022 THE Paws and Claws Refuge and Boarding Centre in Port Douglas is one step closer to having a forever home after holding its inaugural Dogs’ Day Out fundraiser on Saturday, September 26. #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//all-paws-on-deck-to-he

08.01.2022 Mission Beach is the perfect destination to head to for a naturally tropical escape. Being the midway point between Townsville and Cairns, it is an unspoilt tropical paradise of World Heritage rainforest fronting 14 kilometres of golden, sandy beach. Read the full story here: #LocalPeopleLocalStories #CairnsLocalNews... https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//mission-beach-a-relaxe

08.01.2022 EX-TROPICAL Cyclone Imogen moved south of Cairns, but not before buffeting the region with some strong winds and torrential rain and spectacular storms. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/lat/wild-weather-rescues

08.01.2022 COVID-19 has claimed its biggest victim in Far North Queensland, Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/la/covids-biggest-victim

08.01.2022 500th worker inducted to site https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//convention-creates-jobs

07.01.2022 Warning issued 11:30am Sat Jan 2, 2021 https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//tropical-low-gulf-of-c

07.01.2022 A dedicated volunteer and his friends have banded together to help raise $50,000 for a Cairns’ cancer charity through the Containers for Change scheme. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//small-change-makes-a-b

07.01.2022 Warning issued 06:00 Sun Jan 3, 2021 https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//tropical-low-gulf-of-c

07.01.2022 Swimmers competed over this weekend at Tobruk Pool. Cairns Local News Photographer captured some of the action from Saturday November 21 https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//saints-long-course-pre

06.01.2022 In challenging times like these, wouldn’t it be nice to escape from reality and take a trip down memory lane? Well, in the not too distant future this will be possible, thanks to the Atherton-Herberton Historic Railway Group. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/en/a-journey-to-remember

06.01.2022 RECENT weather conditions have seen extended periods of hot and dry weather in large areas of Queensland and in particular the Far North. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//now-is-not-the-time-to

05.01.2022 The popular Sea Swift Taipans Indigenous Program has completed another successful visit to remote Far North Queensland communities, recently delivering sessions to hundreds of local students on Thursday Island and Bamaga. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//taipans-indigenous-pro

05.01.2022 Construction is complete on a first of its kind dual-purpose health facility delivering a jobs bonanza during construction for local Cairns tradespeople and industry. #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//south-cairns-health-fa

04.01.2022 IN late November, the Tangaroa Blue Foundation and Wavelength Reef Cruises set off on an expedition to clean-up several islands that lie in the Northern Great Barrier Reef Region as part of the ReefClean project. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//260-bags-of-trash-remo

04.01.2022 DESPITE formal offers to purchase Taylor Point closing this month. Cairns Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC) remained hopeful that the State Government would intervene to secure the property for the community. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//taylor-point-hangs-in-

04.01.2022 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Minister for Police Mark Ryan joined Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll to honour and remember fallen officers of the Queensland Police Service at a candlelight vigil in Brisbane. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//candles-lit-in-memory-

04.01.2022 Editorial March 19, 2021 https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//its-time-to-value-our-

03.01.2022 ON a sweltering 40 degree summer’s day, a man stood in the middle of the desert, having just left behind his home, his job, and his life in Melbourne, to meditate in the heart of Australia and learn from an Elder. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//spreading-the-light-wi

03.01.2022 Cassowary Coast Division three Councillor Trudy Tschui has been inducted into Queensland’s inaugural Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Honour Roll. #LocalPeopleLocaLStories #CairnsLocalNews https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//cassowary-coast-counci

03.01.2022 CASSOWARY Coast Regional Council and Innisfail State College were proud to unveil this year’s entry into the innovative Archibull Prize program. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//innisfail-state-colleg

03.01.2022 For Andrea and Alan Attree, decorating their house with Christmas lights is more than a hobby it’s a way bring joy to others, especially children. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//theres-snow-place-like

02.01.2022 Cyclone Imogen is downgraded to a tropical low https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//tropical-low-gulf-of-c

02.01.2022 A group of Cairns school students and community members left school and work to hold a School Strike for Climate demonstration on Shields Street last Friday, September 25. #CairnsLocalNews #LocalPeopleLocalStories https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//school-strikers-call-f

02.01.2022 TRINITY Beach residents are demanding action to solve the suburb’s youth crime problem which is so bad it has left them too afraid to speak publicly for fear of retaliation. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//residents-demand-action

02.01.2022 Freeman's Real Estate Open Home You're invited to join Jade Kilpatrick Saturday morning: 10 Rainbow Street, Kanimbla ... 10am-11:00 am, Saturday 3rd October. 4 bed, 2 bath & 2 car. Mid to Low $500,000’s. House. .

02.01.2022 EXCLUSIVE: A man who went for a lunchtime swim at Lake Placid and nearly ended up on the menu, has described his terrifying brush with death in an exclusive interview with Cairns Local News. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//croc-attack-survivor-d #Crocattack #Luckytobealive #CairnsLocalNews

02.01.2022 Join me each week of the WNBL season for Cayla’s Court where I bring you all the courtside action including battles to look out for, players to watch and behind the scenes goss. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//caylas-court-friday-no

01.01.2022 Coral Coast Judo Club, based in Mossman is fighting for the top spot in Queensland. https://www.cairnslocalnews.com.au//grappling-for-top-posi