Year: 2018

The harsh bobbing beam of hundreds of cyclist lights will break through the darkness on their way out to Tjapukai Adventure Park early this Saturday. They will be about to start their journey on one of the Far North’s most...

HARRY Felstead might only be 15, but he is being described as a “leader among men” by going way out of his comfort zone and riding 330km to Cooktown. The St Andrews Catholic College student is inspired to ride...

TWELVE years ago Alan Morgan suffered his first heart attack. After the incident, he waited four weeks and travelled to Townsville on a bus for the stent to be performed. Last Friday when he arrived at Cairns Hospital...

Scarlett had just started Prep like any other five-year-old, when her life was turned upside down.  Instead of having the time of her life playing with her friends at school, Scarlett was fighting for her life...

THE roads around Cairns and the outback will roar to the sound of motorcycles and their riders fundraising for delicate EEG equipment in the Far North. This year’s Wayne Leonard’s Motorcycle Muster is heading...

“I JUST feel I have a debt that I need to repay,” says Cardiac Challenge rider and cardiac arrest Kevin O’Donnell. Mr O’Donnell, a Melbourne resident, is riding the fundraising event for a second...

IT was lovely to catch up with some of our hard-working volunteers recently at Rydges Esplanade for a delicious breakfast buffet recently. This gorgeous gang are devoted raffle ticket sellers, helping us and our...

HOLLYWOOD faux pas and foibles were laid bare by insider Richard Reid at a Cairns Post Cairns Club event in early June. The master of glitzy gossip regaled a full house at the Reef Hotel Casino with star-studded tales...

What you need 2kg lamb shoulder, garlic paste, 1garlic head, large, 8 sprigs of rosemary, 2 tbspn cumin, 2 tspn salt, juice and zest of 1 lemon, olive oil.  Blitz until a smooth paste 200ml wine or stock, sea...

GENEROUS benefactors are helping patients in Mareeba at a time when their health hits crisis point. Long-term locals Leslie and Anne Mills donated $50,000 to the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, to be used for...

A LEGACY of improved health care is the gift from one local family to other Cairns families. For Joyce Swinton, the gifts she has provided to the local community through the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, are...

WHEN Fred Blakey’s cardiologist picked up a heart valve problem due to a rheumatic heart condition more than 30 years ago, he knew he was facing some serious work on his heart over the coming years. “Dad had...

LESS limbs will be amputated in Far North Queensland, if the community can help provide the latest technology vascular operating microscope. The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation has launched an appeal for the...

A SINGLE dad who is an apprentice mechanic will today be driving away in a new Audi A1 that he won for the cost of two $2 raffle tickets. Kurtis Tahu, 25, was the lucky winner of the prestige vehicle that was raffled to...

MORE than six months after his mother died of a massive heart attack, Nick Lyngcoln finds it hard to control his emotions. “We knew she was unwell and in hospital but we just didn’t expect to lose her like we...

WHAT does 60 volunteers, 200 walkers and one Audi A1 add up to? A $60,000 donation towards specialised xray equipment at Cairns Hospital. The inaugural Audi Arrow Experience on Sunday was a roaring success, with...

THEY might call themselves the Hinchy Halfwits but this group of motivated trekkers are bright sparks when it comes to fundraising. The team of four motivated women are among the top fundraising teams for this...

ROBOTIC, pet-like seals to help soothe dementia patients, have been provided for older patients at Cairns Hospital. Two seals, at a cost of $7400 each, were bought by the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation after a...

WELL known Cairns business woman and councillor Linda Cooper has thrown her support behind local cancer patients. Cr Cooper today issued a challenge to other councillors and staff within Cairns Regional Council, as well...

POTENTIALLY lifesaving equipment has been provided to remote hospitals at Georgetown and Croydon, through the RnR MTB Adventure. The mountain bike fundraising bike ride was held in May this year, as an initiative of the...

A GROUP of optometrist staff are putting aside their special equipment for the day on June 17, to take part in the inaugural Audi Arrow Experience. The group of four staff from Michael Chu Optometrists have been training...