The Latest Breaking News from Cairns

Apparently Kim K Pete D Did The Ultimate Cairns Trip Yeeted Up To Australia’s Big Wet Spot

Waiting with bated breath for the influx of vaycay pics.

Pedestrian.tv · Jul 18, 2022

Greta Stanley gets real on new album

Real Love In Real Life marks a turning point for Stanley, who grew up in the tiny town of Mena Creek near Innisfail.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 14, 2022

The league convert, the kick after the siren and the end of the streak — the Gold Coast Suns' Cairns comeback win over Richmond, 10 years on

Before Noah Anderson's fairytale finish for the Suns over the Tigers in the comeback at Carrara, there was Karmichael Hunt and the comeback at Cazaly's — 10 years ago today. Andrew McGarry looks back at a day of footy drama in Cairns.

ABC News · Jul 13, 2022

I thought no one smoked any more – the 13-hour leg of my bus trip through leisure country

Sydney to Cairns takes 47 hours nonstop. A log cabin roadhouse outside Gympie provides a rare and welcome treat – actual rest

The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2022

Rangers, walking groups, urge public to stop making rock towers on hiking trails

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service has seen an increase in the number of "unsightly and unnatural" rock cairns in recent years, warning the seemingly harmless practice can actually do a lot of environmental damage.

ABC News · Jun 25, 2022

From Cairns to Canberra: Scott's family visits new school bearing her name

Family members of Dr Evelyn Scott say it's an honour for a Canberra school to be named after the Indigenous activist.

The Canberra Times · Jun 21, 2022

Vigoro was a popular sport last century and is still 'alive and swinging' in Queensland

Ipswich, Boonah, and Cairns remain the last towns and cities fielding vigoro teams in Australia, and possibly the world. Here's why it's a fun new hobby to try.

ABC News · Jun 15, 2022

Inquest into baby James' 2013 death hears from mother on final day in Cairns court

The mother of a six-month-old boy found limp and unresponsive in his grandmother's home in southern Cairns has given emotional testimony at the inquest into his death.

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

Cash bribes and a year's rent: How prospective tenants are going to desperate lengths to secure a home

Fiona Stokes is a business owner with a respectable rental history who can afford a decent home for her kids. But in booming Cairns she's up against hundreds of applicants, some prepared to go to extreme lengths.

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

Inquest begins into baby James's death in southern Cairns

Nine years after the death of a six-month-old baby, a coronial inquest has heard from one of the persons of interest.

ABC News · Jun 7, 2022