The Cairns Esplanade became a little brighter on Saturday morning as marchers donned their most colourful gear and proudly took hold of a giant rainbow flag as part of the all inclusive Cairns Pride Festival Pride Stride. See the smiling faces as walkers embraced their pride.
A young Cairns woman has avoided prison time despite pleading guilty to making and possessing child-exploitation material after a judge found exceptional circumstances in her case.
A pitch has been made to council to pull down an old Queenslander and build in its place a three story unit block on the fringe of the Cairns CBD.
The number of domestic overnight visitors to Townsville grew more than 10 per cent last year while the Far North saw a 5.38 per cent decline — but our region still smashes North Queensland on the tourism leaderboard.
Some of Oceania’s best wines were judged on their taste, quality and suitability to the tropical north at the Cairns Show Wine Awards on the weekend.
A man on trial for allegedly raping and robbing a Cairns City massage therapist has pleaded not guilty, with his defence barrister asking the jury to consider if the alleged victim was “really offering massage only, or was she offering sexual services as well”.
A Cairns warehouse manager whose “unrelenting” intimidation of his partner escalated to kill threats with a fishing knife, has been described by a magistrate as one of the worst cases of coercive control he has seen.