1/34Jennifer Worrall celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
GALLERY: Cairns lights up for Chinese New Year Lantern Festival
Hundreds of Cairns residents flocked to the celebrate spectacular final night of Chinese New Year, complete with fireworks and dancing dragons. SEE THE PICTURES.
2/34Amanda Luff and Cameron Blackley celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
3/34CADCAI Dragon and lion performances ended the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
4/34Sam Cook, Robert Canet and Trinity Belnap celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
5/34Yasu Iesaka, Fuka Kakutani, Arash Foroudi and Sahar Mehrjoo celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
6/34Fireworks ended the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
7/34Pacey Scott, Geoffrey Scott and Dempsey Scott celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
8/34Grace Kang, Aaron Kim, Hannah Kwon and Charles Kueh celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
9/34Rocky Liu, Meang Wang, Evelyn Liu and Hannah Wang celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
10/34Traditional Chinese drummers performed on the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
11/34Fireworks ended the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
12/34Anne Taylor, Mark Taylor and Sarah Wintle celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
13/34Nina Derksen, Justina Bartova, Pavel Barta and Pavlina Rabasova celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
14/34Dragon and lion performances ended the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
15/34Chinese singers performed traditional Chinese New Year songs at the CADCAI Lantern Festival and Fireworks finale on Cairns Esplanade. Picture: Kate Stephenson
16/34Diana Mamu and James Shackley celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
17/34Marc Rogers, Joan Rogers, Noah Rogers and Mark Rogers celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
18/34Dragon and lion performances ended the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
19/34Janelle Thomas, Kaye Hodson and Angela Williams celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
20/34Mikasa Mossman, Grethel Guligo and Salathy Chan celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
21/34Anna Razenberg and Sophie Lingner celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
22/34April Petitpay, Danika Rameshfar, Aviah Jamali, Fari Rameshfar, Lucha Petitpay, Artur Prat-Trias, Saphira Rameshfar and Cillian McNamara celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
23/34Crowds gathered to celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
24/34Dragon and lion performances ended the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
25/34Kate Lee and Logan Lee celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
26/34Charo, Lucy, Elsie, Shaylee and Saoirse celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
27/34CADCAI volunteers Kassia (12), Ethan (14), and Adrian (16) celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
28/34Felicity, Sarah Pollock, Kelly Gifford, Katy Barlow, Brianna Lyons, Runa Ishii, and Shiori Tanabe celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
29/34Dragon and lion performances ended the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
30/34Fireworks ended the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
31/34Lizzie Hay, Kate Douglass, Josh Warren, Andrew Coombe and Emma Connell celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
32/34Philippine and Chinese dancers perform at the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
33/34Eti Sarkar, Suchandan Sikder Yanti Sikder and Yashi Sikder celebrate the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
34/34CADCAI dragon and lion performances ended the last night of Chinese New Year festivities in Cairns. Picture: Kate Stephenson
Cairns FM89.1 celebrates four decades riding the airwaves
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‘We can’t fall apart now’: Mud army mobilised for Cardwell clean up
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