The Cairns Festival 2011

Free concert Fogarty Park 3/09/2011

Part of The Cairns Festival 2011


More about The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
http://www.thepublicopinion.net/

What's Happening

2011 Cairns Festival Overview from Cairns Festival on Vimeo.

The Ship Song Project

The Ship Song Project - Sydney Opera House reinterprets Nick Cave's iconic song. Performed by Neil Finn, Kev Carmody and The Australian Ballet, Sarah Blasko, John Bell, Angus and Julia Stone, Paul Kelly and Bangarra Dance Theatre, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Opera Australia, Martha Wainwright, Katie Noonan and The Sydney Symphony, The Temper Trap, Daniel Johns and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

For comparison, here's the real deal:

Russell Brand Tribute to Amy Winehouse

http://www.russellbrand.tv/2011/07/for-amy/

The Cairns Entertainment Precinct

From The Rock News..."cairns entertainment precinct ‘facts, figures and answers".

Visit http://www.cairns-entertainment-precinct.com.au/

Denis in Africa: Milk, manure and manners

Another post from Denis in Africa: Milk, manure and manners:

Did you know that an East African Ankole long-horned cow produces five litres of milk a day whereas a Friesian produces 25? So, think about that next time you're adding it to your moo-sli......READ MORE

Amazing footage of taipan mating dance

This incredible footage of the mating ritual of two taipans, one of the world's most deadliest venomous snakes is featured in Willie Gordon's Gurrbi Tours Blog

How Turnbull saved the planet

How Turnbull saved the planet (Fiction: from Business Spectator)

Cooktown

Found this great little video from Zoexena featuring some of the amazing sights of Cooktown.

This year's Cooktown Discovery Weekend was also featured on Channel Seven's Queensland Weekender

Probably the best explanation of the Carbon Tax you will find: From Grog's Gamut

From Grog's Gamut: The Carbon Price: The Tim Tams are safe; not sure about hyperbole

What Kind Of World Do You Want - NASA Video

What would the world be like without Rupert?

From the current dirty Scandals of News of the World in the UK to the slow dismantling and destruction of our own historic Cairns Post Newspaper in Far North Queensland, what would the world have been like without the Murdoch Deathstar?

Adele

From the Top Comments on You Tube: "Speaks like a chav, sings like an angel. Diamond in the hood."