1/94Penny Savage, Nayda Gray and MJ Laifol lead the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
Every picture: Cairns Festival Grand Parade
Last year’s wet weather was replaced with blue skies on the weekend to the delight of thousands of spectators who lined the Cairns Esplanade on Saturday evening for the Cairns Festival Grand Parade. SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE:
2/94Tammy Tooth and the Hot Boxes lead the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
3/94The Cairns RSL sub branch Pipes and Drums lead the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
4/94Cairns councillors Cathy Zieiger, Mayor Amy Eden, Rhonda Coghlan and Harvey Nicholl, 5, march behind the Cairns RSL sub branch Pipes and Drums at the start of the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
5/94Amelia Beckham and Katie Verghese of the Blue Line Brigade in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
6/94Julie Genes of the Blue Line Brigade high fives young kids attending the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
7/94Pug Club Cairns members walk in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
8/94Ziggy Stormont, 8, keeps an eye on the Step It Up Crew in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
9/94Dance teacher Sian Whouley with the Step It Up Crew in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
10/94St Gerard Majella students Brooke Talbot and Gemma Berding in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
11/94St Gerard Majella students Zara Whitby, Charlotte O'Connor and Ava Whitby in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
12/94St Gerard Majella students had a troll themed float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
13/94St Gerard Majella students (clockwise from top left) Stanley Oppermann, River Oppermann, Antonio Piccolo, Alira Bourke, Emily O'Connor, Grace Hales and Taylor Bardell get ready for the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
14/94Kristy Bartulo and Leili Markey perform traditional dances with Cairns Indonesian Association members in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
15/94Jane Mokalu marches with Cairns Indonesian Association members in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
16/94Cairns Indonesian Association members march in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
17/94Arc Disability Services members march in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
18/94Natasha McDonnell and Daphne Barlow march with other members of Arc Disability Services in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
19/94Backstreet Dance dancers perform for the crowd at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
20/94The Marlin Coast Lions Club in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
21/94Cairns BMX Club members Zac Kingdom and Dean Malahoff high five children in the crowd at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
22/94Cairns BMX Club members Dean Malahoff and Zac Kingdom perform a wheelie for the crowd at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
23/94More than 300 students from 24 schools across Far North Queensland have participated in seventh annual All Abilities School Athletics Carnival held at Barlow Park. Janine Wicks, Michael Arcidiacono, Michael Healy, Matthew Thompson, Denny Ottone, Cathy Devietti and Thea Lazarus. Picture: Brendan Radke.
24/94Joanna Chen keeps the beat on the drum for the Cairns and District Chinese Association Inc (CADCAI) lion dancers in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
25/94Alina Wang marches with the Cairns and District Chinese Association Inc (CADCAI) members in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
26/94Rita Yang, 8, marches with the Cairns and District Chinese Association Inc (CADCAI) members in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
27/94Trevor Garvey leads the Dragon's head in the Cairns and District Chinese Association Inc (CADCAI) members float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
28/94Trevor Garvey leads the Dragon's head in the Cairns and District Chinese Association Inc (CADCAI) members float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
29/94Whitfield State School students march in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
30/94Whitfield State School mime student Katie Thompson gives a young child a high five in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
31/94Whitfield State School dance students march in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
32/94Falun Dafa members march in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
33/94The Trinity Styles of Dance Studios dancers perform for the large crowd attending the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
34/94The Cairns Taiko drummers float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
35/94Jack Hatcher and Desley Pobai lead the Being Mentors members in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
36/94Zoe Heffernan holds a sensory board for the kids to interact with as she joins the Being Mentors members in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
37/94Ian "Johnno" Johnson rocks out on his guitar on the Music City float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
38/94The Orange Sky float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
39/94Jamie Percy blows bubbles on the Cairns Coastguard float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
40/94Our Lady Help of Christians School students Imogen Armstrong, Summer Irvin and Sophie Duda march in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
41/94Papua New Guinea students Ethan Grimsley and Mia Grimsley march with their fellow Our Lady Help of Christians School students in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
42/94More than 300 students from 24 schools across Far North Queensland have participated in seventh annual All Abilities School Athletics Carnival held at Barlow Park. Janine Wicks, Michael Arcidiacono, Michael Healy, Matthew Thompson, Denny Ottone, Cathy Devietti and Thea Lazarus. Picture: Brendan Radke.
43/94Louise Bernstein, Audrey Moulary and Koa Whitstone-Kelly ride on the front of an inflatable rescue boat in the Surf Life Saving North Queensland float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
44/94Yuting Chen from Study Cairns high fives children attending the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
45/94Hugo Trembert on the Cairns Yacht Club float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
46/94More than 300 students from 24 schools across Far North Queensland have participated in seventh annual All Abilities School Athletics Carnival held at Barlow Park. Janine Wicks, Michael Arcidiacono, Michael Healy, Matthew Thompson, Denny Ottone, Cathy Devietti and Thea Lazarus. Picture: Brendan Radke.
47/94The Cairns Thai community float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
48/94Katarsha Corrie, Ashley Ekert and Lila Phillips on the Cairns Thai community float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
49/94Yuting Chen from Study Cairns high fives children attending the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
50/94The Cairns Irish Association float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
51/94The Babinda Harvest Festival float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
52/94Nolan Sheehan drives a 1934 tractor down the Cairns Esplanade in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
53/94Terri Lallemand leads the Kenyans in Cairns march in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
54/94Terri Lallemand leads the Kenyans in Cairns march in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
55/94Remya Nair, Soumya Subin and Anu Anoop dance with the Malayali Association Cairns members in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
56/94Malayali Association Cairns members march in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
57/94The Studio Ramo float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
58/94The YAPS float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
59/94Yolly Cuda and Agnes Gasgoyne on the Cairns FM 98.1 Community Radio float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
60/94The Cairns Yacht Club has a pirates and mermaids theme to their float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
61/94Hugo Trembert on the Cairns Yacht Club float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
62/94The Cairns Latin Dance Club performed for the large crowds at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
63/94The Cairns Taipans cheer squad danced their way down the Cairns Esplanade in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
64/94New Cairns Taipans player Jackson Makoi high fives kids at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
65/94The Wild Vibes Nutrition float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
66/94The Kinetic Group Diversity Pride bus in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
67/94Cairns Rock n' Roll School of Rock float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
68/94Melissa Harwood dances in front of the Cairns Rock n' Roll float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
69/94Jan Korzeniewski Annette Wilde and Melissa Harwood dance in front of the Cairns Rock n' Roll float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
70/94The Munganbana Style Up Fashions float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
71/94Kesa Strieby waves to the large crowd on the back of the CARMA float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
72/94Dani Gelviro dances behind the CARMA float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
73/94Dani Gelviro dances behind the CARMA float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
74/94Cristy Gelviro dances behind the CARMA float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
75/94Theresa Thammajak and Gail Harris march with the Cairns Thai community in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
76/94Chayanisa marches with the Cairns Thai community in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
77/94Chayanisa marches with the Cairns Thai community in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
78/94More than 300 students from 24 schools across Far North Queensland have participated in seventh annual All Abilities School Athletics Carnival held at Barlow Park. Janine Wicks, Michael Arcidiacono, Michael Healy, Matthew Thompson, Denny Ottone, Cathy Devietti and Thea Lazarus. Picture: Brendan Radke.
79/94Sweet K performs for the crowds in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
80/94The Cairns Mini and Moke Club float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
81/94Joey Forsyth raises his hands in the air from the back of a Mini Moke in Cairns Mini and Moke Club float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
82/94Abigail Lopez (centre) leads the Philippine Cultural Society of Cairns members in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
83/94Mary Joyce Romquin high fives children lining the Esplanade as she walks behind the Philippine Cultural Society of Cairns float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
84/94Traditional Japanese drumming in the Neo Drum Isohama float in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
85/94Maria Fernandez from Cairns Belly Dance performs for the large crowd along the Esplanade in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
86/94Maria Fernandez from Cairns Belly Dance performs for the large crowd along the Esplanade in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
87/94The James Cook University members in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
88/94SsayIt members march in the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
89/94Passaros Do Oaraiso Brazilian samba dancers perform for the huge crowd along the Cairns Esplanade at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
90/94Ruby Draper, Mandy Croucher, Estelle Bostock, Wes Evans and Lucy Lastic on the Paramour Cabaret float at the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
91/94Fireworks light up the sky over the Cairns Esplanade Lagoon at the conclusion of the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
92/94Fireworks light up the sky over the Cairns Esplanade Lagoon at the conclusion of the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
93/94Fireworks light up the sky over the Cairns Esplanade Lagoon at the conclusion of the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
94/94Fireworks light up the sky over the Cairns Esplanade Lagoon at the conclusion of the Cairns Festival Grand Parade, held along the Esplanade on Saturday evening. Picture: Brendan Radke
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