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Thousands will enjoy the races, fashions and entertainment at Cairns Amateurs tomorrow. Picture: Supplied

Amateurs countdown

FINAL preparations are underway for the 67th Cairns Amateurs race day tomorrow.

21 August, 2026

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Local residents (names withheld) gather beneath the significant fig tree on Toogood Road, Woree, amid community concerns over a proposed residential development application. Pictures: Supplied

Fight over fig tree and land

Sarah Campbell. Picture: Supplied

New jockey club boss

A concept of the upgrades approved for Jeff Pezzutti Park. Picture: Cairns Regional Council

Go ahead for $5m rec park

Paris Cream of Powerhouse Property (left) and jockey Krysten Swaffer are looking forward to the Pink Ribbon Race Day Luncheon on 12 October. Picture: Supplied

Jockey club pretty in pink

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Year 9 Woree State High School students Mika Sullivan (left) and Teliah Isa won a competition to name a crane next door to the school. Picture: Supplied

Students leave mark on crane

Resident Dorothea Grey (left) and CAFNEC community organiser Monique Jeffs protested about the council’s decision to allow the removal of 10 trees, including figs, at Woree. Picture: Nick Dalton

Fig trees to be chopped

Grant ‘Scooter’ Patterson with Finn Thistlewhaite, 6, at the swim day. Picture: Supplied

Everyone’s in the swim

Southside Vet Surgery staff (from left) veterinary nurse Georgia Shaw with Peaches, veterinarian Dr Alice Baty, veterinary nurse Madison George with Ellie-May and veterinarian Dr Brooke Bennett with Poppy, who are gearing up to run 60km for rescue dogs. Picture: Lizzie Vigar

Vet team to run for dogs

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Ms Kippin

Saving life of ‘gritty’ retiree

Dean Pradal (left) and Richard Sercombe at Cairns Natural Spring Water’s Woree headquarters. Picture: Supplied

Water business changes

Cairns Central resident stylist Bella Nucifora with trainer Stephen Massingham and racehorse Lidder Valley at Cannon Park, ahead of the 2025 Cairns Super Carnival. Picture: Almando Anton

Fashion deal is a winner

Ally, Tarhkii, Matavia (front), Marie, and Tina were among 700 guests treated to a Hudsons Circus show. Picture: Kenfrost Homes

Special holiday circus show

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