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CHECK OUT OUR CAPE YORK PENINSULA PICTURE GALLERY – THEN COME VISIT US HERE...
We did our annual Cape York Peninsula road trip early this year, in June instead of October. It was early in the dry season, the roads were in great shape and we travelled to Lakeland, Laura, Lama Lama...
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THE WAY FORWARD FOR INDIGENOUS ART IN FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
CARVINGS AT WIK KUGU ARTS CENTRE AURUKUN If you ask people to talk about Australian indigenous art, most will think immediately of dot paintings – a style that comes from the deserts of central...
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ADAM COUSENS – TRAVELLING MUSICIAN WILL COME PLAY A GIG IN YOUR LIVING ROOM
A young musician from Tasmania has been living and working here in far north Queensland for a while now – a bloke called Adam Cousens. Down in the apple isle Adam has been a musical star on the rise...
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FNQ AVIATOR AUTHOR HELENE YOUNG LAUNCHES HER FIFTH NOVEL –“SAFE HARBOUR”
HELEN YOUNG LAUNCHING SAFE HARBOR AT THE NORTH QUEENSLAND AERO CLUB CAIRNS For about three years now I’ve been following the rising literary fortunes of far north Queensland author and pilot Helene...
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COFFEE, TEA AND TEMPTATION – ELIZABETH MARTIN’S NEW BOOK THE TEA HOUSE IN THE...
Claire Douglas loves coffee. She is almost certainly addicted to the rich black brew. Coffee is the fuel, the life-blood of her adventurous life and new love in tropical far north Queensland. But...
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MEET INDIGENOUS ARTIST PAUL BONG – COMING TO THE CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR...
I’m a keen student of the human condition in all its manifestations, and one of the most fascinating is the way we navigate our way through life, charting a course between safety and danger. We take...
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SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDY OF ERRORS COMES TO CAIRNS AT THE RONDO YOUTH THEATRE
RONDO YOUTH THEATRE CAST OF THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Somewhere between 1589 and 1595, a young English playwright by the name of William Shakespeare tried his hand at comedy. The result was The Comedy of...
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TORRES STRAIT MUSICIAN DANNY BANI LAUNCHES FIRST ALBUM AT CAIRNS RECOGNITION...
It’s a fact of Australian political life that most questions put to voters by way of a referendum will be rejected. But in May 1967, voters overwhelmingly responded “yes” when asked the question “DO...
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SPEAKING IN TONGUES – THE PLAY THAT BECAME LANTANA OPENS AT THE RONDO IN CAIRNS
One of the best Australian films of recent times was Lantana - Ray Lawrence directing a stellar cast in a complex and compelling tale of mystery, lust and the search for something more. The film was...
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THE LONG-PLAYING RECORD IS 70 YEARS OLD
Columbia announces the new LP format 1948 On June 21, 1948, Columbia Records held a press conference in New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, to announce a new way to hear music....
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