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Melbourne Cup frivolity
** $25,831 raised! ** Thank you so so much to everyone who supported the Melbourne Cup 2018 afternoon at Nu Nu Restaurant. Everyone (boys and girls included) really was pretty in pink and WE sure are thrilled with...
Big thanks to Smithfield
THANKS so much to everyone who came out and supported Smithfield Shopping Centre’s BIG Change for Small Change in August. A whopping $6031 was raised to help improve patient outcomes in our region. ...
Motors running for EEGs
A SPECTACULAR weekend of motorbikes, cars, fundraising and fun, resulted in $54, 000 raised to buy new EEG equipment at Cairns Hospital. Almost 50 participants ventured from Cairns to Undara Lava Tubes the weekend of...
Fixing hearts in FNQ
MORE than 240 hot, sweaty and exhilarated cyclists rode into Cooktown in September to thunderous applause, after fundraising to fix hearts in FNQ. The 12th annual Cardiac Challenge raised more than $262,000 after the...
Winner makes donation
RICHARD Shaw doesn’t have a motorbike license, but he still bought two tickets to win a new Harley-Davidson from one of his workmates. Muster participant Dan Rayner sold the tickets as part of his fundraising...
Radio campaign saves lives
WHEN most of us think of panda’s, we think of cute animals from China with distinctive black and white markings. When paediatric doctors and nurses think of them, they think of vital, life-saving equipment for those...
Bob’s a passionate fundraiser
BOB Ison looks like a big tough, scarey bikie dude. But underneath the leather jacket there’s a passionate fundraiser. Bob and his wife Peta are taking part in the 17th annual Wayne Leonard’s Motorcycle Muster...
Patient urges participation
EMILY Edward is a young lady very accepting of her epilepsy, but she is also very passionate about her doctors having the best equipment. The 16-year-old was diagnosed with the condition last year when she started having...
Cyclists share heartfelt passion
Twenty-three years separate them, but the similarities between avid long-distance cyclists Pete McNally and Jeremy Scott, are astounding. Mr McNally instigated the Cardiac Challenge 12 years ago because of his experiences...
Challenge with heart
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...
Leader among men
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...
Alan grateful for cardiac “pit crew”
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’s a fighter
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...
Wayne checks EEG equipment
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...
Kevin is all heart
“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...
Saying thanks to workers
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...
Vollies help at fundraiser
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...
Low and slow lamb
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 donors support patients
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...
Family’s incredible gift
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...
Family driven to ride
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...