The Cairns Ukulele Festival will be held 1, 2 and 3 July 2011.
1 July: performances on Great Adventures Green Island and in Cairns CBD 2 July: performances and world record attempt at the Cairns Courthouse Hotel 3 July: performances at the Tanks Arts Centre
Confirmed acts 3 July:
Daniel Ho (Hawaii) Sweet Hollywaiians (Japan) Iwao (Japan) Shigeto Takahashi (Japan) Brittni Paiva (Hawaii) Victoria Vox (USA) Jumpingflea (USA) AJ Leonard's Tropical Lounge (Melbourne) Renee Searles (Byron Bay)
An even more unique bikeride which is supporting isolated students and families in the Cape is coming up on June 26. Nominations are now open for competitors as well as any interested volunteers who wish to help out in this 780km trek. Check out last year's gallery.
Hungry Beast outlines how QANTAS outsources its NZ flights, creating a reduction in wages - 40% less in fact - not that it creates any reduction in the airfare. Nice to know you are entrusting your life to someone worth every penny they don't earn when you fly QANTAS to the shaky isles.