Cairns

The sun has set on the Giants' Super Netball finals hopes as the expansion side fell 71-66 to West Coast Fever in Cairns. Fever coach Stacey Marinkovich

IT TOOK a pandemic, but Cairns is on the radar of yet another elite sport with officials to get a glimpse of “what could be” with the hosting of three Suncorp Super Netball games this weekend.

The Western Bulldogs will reunite with Cazaly’s Stadium in Cairns this Sunday as they bid to hold onto their place in the top eight. They’ll have fond memories of the ground too, having won each of their four games at the venue.

An icon croc measuring 5 metres long and weighing 400kgs has been removed from a waterway not far from a popular swimming hole near Babinda.

A HUGE battle-scarred “icon” saltwater crocodile is being held at a secret Cairns location after being trapped 1km from a popular Babinda swimming hole.

A CAIRNS retiree is now happily ticking goals after an overseas accident left him with a serious brain injury.

Two leading and independent Cairns real estate agents are merging and they have already set an ambitious target to become the biggest in the Far North and one of the largest in Queensland.

A CAIRNS building company has lost its fight to overturn a $250,000 fine for failing to prevent a worker falling to his death at a worksite.

YOSHIYUKI Asakura has cornered the market on quality Japanese dining in Cairns, having opened ten restaurants since 2005.

CAIRNS could take in all of Queensland’s new quarantine arrivals after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk agreed to accept 500 more overseas Australians per week.