1/61Tara Diversi and Rob Tindall at the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
PHOTOS: Tropical Innovation Festival 2025
The 2025 Tropical Innovation Festival celebrates innovation and entrepreneurship with inspiring speakers, hands-on workshops and networking events. SEE WHO WAS THERE
2/61Johnny Wapstra and Shannon Lemanski attend the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
3/61Daniel Kendall and Sarah Pontoppidan attend the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
4/61Marc Harbrow, Tara Diversi and Kate Montgomery at the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
5/61Andrea Meza, Andres Ruiz and Claire Hadfield Angus Russell and Peter Laurie attend the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
6/61Angus Russell and Peter Laurie attend the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
7/61Annie Le Cavalier, Desmond John and Anna Harrison attend the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
8/61Adelaide Coman, Mic Black and Andrea Meza attend the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
9/61Joni Sytsma and Ash Ivory attend the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
10/61Justin Annesley, Malaika Ingram and George Feast attend the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
11/61Daniel Johnsen, Jameson Harvey and Kat Lynn attend the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
12/61Robert Buhrke from Skilled Companions makes his pitch at the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
13/61Innovators listen to pitches at the Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party and networking function, held poolside at the Novotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
14/61Photos from the official Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party, poolside at the Novotel. Please credit Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
15/61Photos from the official Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party, poolside at the Novotel. Please credit Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
16/61Photos from the official Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party, poolside at the Novotel. Please credit Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
17/61Kelly Hill, Alexis Rogato, Claire Howells, Sarah Debono and Debbie Lucas attend the Cairns Business Women's Club innovation in business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
18/61Ema Zell, Tina O'Donohue, Gillian Gardiner and Sarah Debono attend the Cairns Business Women's Club innovation in business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
19/61Donna Read, Katie O'Hare and Toni Bourne attend the Cairns Business Women's Club innovation in business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
20/61Amanda Howard, Tracey Kyle and Trisha Sabatino attend the Cairns Business Women's Club innovation in business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
21/61Petrina Cao-Kelly, Lindy Harrop and Louise Morgan attend the Cairns Business Women's Club innovation in business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
22/61Carmel Crather, Donna Patane and Pheobe Kitto attend the Cairns Business Women's Club innovation in business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
23/61Photos from the official Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party, poolside at the Novotel. Please credit Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
24/61Photos from the official Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party, poolside at the Novotel. Please credit Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
25/61Photos from the official Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party, poolside at the Novotel. Please credit Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
26/61Photos from the official Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party, poolside at the Novotel. Please credit Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
27/61Photos from the official Tropical Innovation Festival welcome party, poolside at the Novotel. Please credit Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
28/61Tracey Mann and Lisa Crema attend the Cairns Business Women's Club innovation in business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
29/61Amber Dolphin and Tessa McMonnies attend the Cairns Business Women's Club innovation in business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
30/61Lee Cohen and Katie Boulter attend the Cairns Business Women's Club innovation in business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
31/61Cairns Business Women's Club president Sarah Debono host the CBWC business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
32/61Cairns Business Women's Club president Sarah Debono host the CBWC business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
33/61Operations Manager for IFYS Foster Care Sally Eakin speaks at the Cairns Business Women's Club business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
34/61Operations Manager for IFYS Foster Care Sally Eakin speaks at the Cairns Business Women's Club business lunch at the Benson Hotel. Picture: Brendan Radke
35/61Sean Cranny and Philip Valencia at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
36/61Brian Cooke, Rupert Bryce and Nicola Wightman at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
37/61Wally Cloud and Courtney Stewart at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
38/61Toni Perrin and Brad Crawford at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
39/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
40/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
41/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
42/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
43/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
44/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
45/61Charles Liew and Ray Zamora at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
46/61Craig Lawton and Liz Jamieson at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
47/61Louise Barnes, Tiare Kelsall at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
48/61Adam Wenitong, Samantha Martin and Susy Wenitong at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
49/61Justin Wastnage speaks on tourism innovation at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
50/61Justin Wastnage speaks on tourism innovation at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
51/61Speakers Kalair McArthur, James Muir and Fraser Nai present Remote Experience: How Innovation Creates Sustainable Tourism at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
52/61Speakers Kalair McArthur, James Muir and Fraser Nai present Remote Experience: How Innovation Creates Sustainable Tourism at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
53/61Tammy Barker of Triple M Cairns and Charlie McKillop of ABC Far North speak with festival director Tara Diversi at the workshoping session Sparking Journalistic Curiosity to get Media Coverage at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
54/61Tammy Barker of Triple M Cairns and Charlie McKillop of ABC Far North speak with festival director Tara Diversi at the workshoping session Sparking Journalistic Curiosity to get Media Coverage at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
55/61Tammy Barker of Triple M Cairns and Charlie McKillop of ABC Far North speak with festival director Tara Diversi at the workshoping session Sparking Journalistic Curiosity to get Media Coverage at the Tropical Innovation Festival. Picture: Brendan Radke
56/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
57/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
58/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
59/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
60/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
61/61Photos from Innovators on the Reef event on the Evolution dive boat at the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Paul Furse/Frontrow Foto
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