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Why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance?

This cycleway according to the Cairns Post has come under threat from certain councillors and residents. It seems that certain businesses are also up in arms about car parking. Some concern is felt about muddies playground.

After much consideration by council staff and councillors, this plan has evolved as being the best option with least disruptions, with least road crossings and best safety features.

I have been informed by Cr Kirsten Lesina, Chair of the Cairns Pedestrian and Cycle Strategy Focus Group, Cairns Regional Council, that councillors have been inundated with anti cycleway emails.

Cr Lesina has requested me to contact cyclists asking you to email her with your support for the Aeroglen to CBD cycleway and any comments you wish to make about the bike route.

Information: http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/ - go to the bottom of the home page "Get involved with council" and click on "CBD to Aeroglen cycleway".

Cairns and Far North Environment Centre & End Credits Film Club are proud to present a Special Screening at 7pm on Friday November 6 at the Cairns Civic Theatre of a documentary that is sounding alarm bells for the health of our marine ecosystems.

THE END OF THE LINE
Imagine a world without fish

The world¹s first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing premiered at 2009 Sundance Film Festival. (Watch the trailer below)

People say I should get over Luke's death, move on. Move onto what? My life started when Luke was born, so did the abuse of Lukes by his mom, that actually started while he was still in her stomach. I havn't said much about this at all as I know Luke loved his mother, she only hurt him to get at me, she knew how much I loved Luke. You could not hurt me more than by hurting Luke, and that is exactly what the department of child safety did continuously, to the point of causing his death.

Welcome to tropical north Queensland, Australia. An area many would describe as a 'Paradise on Earth'.

But while the area is populated not by angels but by ordinary people like you and I and remains a part of, and subject to, the State of Queensland and the Commonwealth of Australia, it is also subject to the tides of politics and opinion from that greater whole.

The Tropical North Queensland Group differentiates itself from other local news and discussion channels by making it easy for members and visitors to focus on the specific topics, threads, authors and 'tags' that fit their interests bests.

What got you interested in running a site?

Well, as the domain name altnews.com.au suggests, back in 1996, I fully intended to build an 'Alternative' news site publishing the important stuff that should have made it to the mainstream media. The web site slogan at the time was: "Publishing collective for the bio-economic region around Cairns, tropical north Queensland, Australia". This was supposed to be a part-time after hours interest adjunct to my fledgling web hosting business.