Cairns

The Sydney Kings will ask the NBL to explain a contentious late call on their star Casper Ware after their 87-86 season-opening loss to Cairns Taipans.

A previously positive Cairns man is now testing negative for COVID-19 as Queensland grows more confident a hotel quarantine breach is under control.

Queensland has recorded three new cases of COVID-19 overnight, three in hotel quarantine and one previous infection in Cairns.

The court heard an infuriated Hill made multiple calls and sent 10 – 20 texts to a young man in Cairns on June 18 last year which included graphic threats: "I've got a bullet for you, you retarded c***" and "I am going to cut your c*** off".

Travel on the Spirit of Queensland from Brisbane to Cairns, then enjoy three nights at the Novotel Cairns Oasis and a full day on the Reef.

A towering 2m tall middle forward from Cairns, a fleet-a-foot Gold Coast winger and a front rower from the league rich Darling Downs could be new faces glimpsed by Gold Coast Titans and North Queensland Cowboys’ supporters in 2021.

The last we heard of Brent Bundy, he was stranded in Airlie Beach after coronavirus halted his epic bike ride across Australia. Mr Bundy is riding from Sydney to Cairns and back to raise funds for the Cancer Council after losing his friend Gina to breast cancer.

In two separate incidents, a 32-year-old man from Cairns and a 61-year-old man from Brisbane, both entered into the Northern Territory via plane on

NBL Season will tip off on SBS VICELAND on Friday with a blockbuster double header to open the season. Last season’s finalists, the Cairns Taipans, will meet the new look Hawks led by recently returned master coach Brian Goorjian.

The 2021 Great Barrier Reef and Festive Season package starts on December 21, with a one-night hotel stay in Cairns, boarding the 272-passenger Golden Horizon the next day for a 15-night voyage south to Sydney via Townsville,