Trail-Blazing Bear Inspired the Dead

An article from local Cairns Journalist Tony Hillier:
Trail-Blazing Bear Inspired the Dead

More Music: Rodrigo Y Gabriela

From a tweet via Ross Noble: Keston Cobblers Club

Music from Ross Noble's Sit Down Bike Tour of UK by Keston Cobblers Club. A beautiful video called "For,Words"

Our music is foot-tapping, harmony-filled, modern music with a traditional twist. WE WILL HEEL YOUR SOLES! >>>Keston Cobblers Club

Green light for Cairns Entertainment Precinct

From local blog Cairns matters.: Cairns Entertainment Precinct vote.....the long version...:

"No prizes for guessing where I was all afternoon. Believe me w hen I say it was ALL afternoon. The Council vote on the Cairns Entertainment Precinct...." (more)

Time Lapse View of Earth from the ISS

Cairns Buskers Festival 2011

The Cairns Buskers Festival was first conceived in 2006 as a concept to liven up the streets of Cairns and designed to put world class buskers on our streets as well as creating a means to promote the talented local performers up here in the Far North.

This festival is fast becoming the largest street theatre and comedy festival in Queensland, and in the top 3 in Australia.

There are over 50 shows ranging from kids entertainment, performance and arts workshops, street shows, 3D chalk art, the opening night comedy show and thelate night Buskers Burlesque starting today and continuing through to Monday 19 September.

More information and Buskers Festival 2011 program

Cairns Festival Parade 2011

For everyone who missed it (including myself).

Cairns Festival 2011 special thanks to MOD Digital Films on Vimeo.

Australian Blues : The Backsliders

Check out their new album and catalogue releases

Tony Gets a Pair

From First Dog on the Moon

Rolling Stone's Worst Song of the 90's

Obviously the snobs at Rolling Stone have no sense of humour nor can they recognise a p***take. Mattel obviously couldn't either as they took the band to court over the song. In my humble opinion there were far worse songs that came out of that forgettable decade!

More about Aqua

Rolling Stone's Worst Songs of the Nineties
10. 4 Non Blondes, 'What's Up?'
9. Right Said Fred, 'I'm Too Sexy'
8. Baha Men, 'Who Let The Dogs Out?'
7. Celine Dion, 'My Heart Will Go On'
6. Hanson, 'MMMBop'
5. Chumbawamba, 'Tubthumping'
4. Vanilla Ice, 'Ice Ice Baby'
3. Billy Ray Cyrus, 'Achy Breaky Heart'
2. Los Del Rio, 'Macarena'
1. Aqua, 'Barbie Girl'

Early Morning Cairns Esplanade

The Cairns waterfront around 8:30 this morning. Only a handful of people around, which is surprising considering this is the height of the tourist season. Maybe everyone slept in. Looks like fantastic weather shaping up for the weekend.

Denis in Africa: Into Uganda - Part 3

Denis in Africa: Into Uganda - Part 3: We were in Uganda during a period of social unrest. Museveni has been in power since early 1986 and won a fourth term in government in Febru...(more)

The Cairns Entertainment Precinct

Are the naysayers still working hard on destroying the future of arguably the most innovative development Cairns has seen for many years?

Comments from local blog "Cairns Matters".

Cairns matters.: To entertain or not to entertain? The Entertainment Precinct

" Here we go again. Just when it seemed we were past the 'will we, won't we' phase, it appears that we are headed back to the grey area regard..." more...