NOTICEBOARD
TODAY
Women’s Health Clinics Pap smears, breast awareness, sexual health screening, continence referrals, period problems, menopause, bowel health, contraception, domestic violence. Specialist nurse. Aug 20: Atherton Primary Health Care Centre, Jack St, Atherton, ph: 4091 0263; Aug 21: Mossman Multipurpose HS, 9 Hospital Rd, Mossman, ph: 4084 1790 or 4084 1201; Aug 22: Mareeba Hospital, Lloyd St, Mareeba, ph: 4092 9311; Aug 28: Babinda Hospital, 128 Munro St, Babinda, ph: 4067 8200; Aug 29: Tully Hospital, ph: 4226 4812. Yoga at Dawn (Hatha) Yoga at Dawn (Hatha), 6.308am Monday to Thursday, Dragonfly Zen, L1/142 Grafton St, (above Cyrus Rugs), $15. Ph: John 0452 588 134. Cairns Municipal Band Cairns Municipal Band Tropical Brass rehearses 7.15-9.30pm Tuesdays, Davie Band Centre, 18 Charles St, North Cairns. New players welcome. Visit www.cairnsbands Rostrum Speaking Club Cairns City Rostrum Speaking Club, Cairns RSL Club 6.30pm7.45pm, Tues. Social, fun, gain confidence in effective public speaking. Ph: Karen 0413 184 033. Rotary Club of Cairns Meetings, trivia, speakers, networking & fellowship, 6pm for 6.30pm Tues, Dunwoody’s Tavern, Sheridan St. New members & visiting Rotarians welcome. RSVP required. Ph: Marcus 0402 65 75 25, email mhillcairnsrotary@outlook.com or find us on Facebook: Rotary Club of Cairns Inc. RSL Women’s Auxiliary Meets 2pm, 3rd Tues of month, Gordonvale RSL Hall. Ph: 4056 1943. Seniors couples dance Seniors, learn to dance with confidence, partnered social classes, Tuesdays, $25 couple. For more information, phone 4032 4872. Sit n Sew Group Meets Cominos House, 5.309.30pm Tues. Bring a sewing project. Ph: Frances 0418 151 492 or Ellen 0427 962 020. Starts at 60 Coffee Starts at 60 meet-up at Coffee Haven, DFO Westcourt, 11am1pm first Tuesday of month. All over 60, or thereabouts, singles and couples welcome. Meet old and new friends, enjoy company of like minded people. Ph: Rod 0412 898 450 or Kaye 0437 636 409. St Peter’s Indoor Bowls PCYC Cairns, Macnamara St, 10.30am-1.30pm Tues. All ages. BYO lunch. Ph: Steve 4054 4049. Student massage clinic Tuesdays 10am-8pm, $25. Bookings essential. Ph: 4031 7738.
WEDNESDAY
Seniors open day Celebrate Seniors Week at the Cairns & District Senior Citizens Assn centre open day and explore what is on offer, 9am4pm Aug 21, 271 Gatton St, Westcourt: 9.30-10.30: Free talk on Wills, POA, Property with Kirrily Turner, Public Trustee; 11am-12pm: Save Lives through CPR with free demo by Red Cross; 1.30-4pm: Op Shop fashion parade with resident band Off The Record, $5 entry. Raffles, prizes, snacks. Ph: 0498 004 141 or email cdscag@gmail.com FNQ Concert Band Cairns’ newest and only community concert band conducted by the renowned Owen Clarke rehearses 7-9pm Wednesdays, Cairns Salvation Army, Hoare St, Manunda. New members welcome. Brass, flutes, clarinets especially welcome. For more details, e: fnqbands@gmail.com Edmonton Lions Club Edmonton Lions Club meets 6.30pm for 7pm dinner, 1st & 3rd Wednesday of month, upstairs Hambledon Hotel. Visitors welcome. For details, e:l edmontonlionssec@gmail.com or visit Edmonton Lions Facebook. Group fitness at Trinity Innovative training sessions, 6.15-7am Wed, Coastwatcher Park, Trinity Beach Rd. All abilities. Ph: 0415 342 775. Growing Australian Plants Tableland Society for Growing Australian Plants meets 7.30pm, 4th Wed of month, CWA Hall, Tolga. Ph: Chris 4095 2882 or Barbara 4091 4468. Proceeds towards garden projects. Innisfail Senior Citizens Innisfail & District Senior Citizens Centre, cnr Lily & Owen streets. Mondays, craft; Tuesdays, dancing; Wednesdays, bocce, bridge, canasta, indoor bowls; Thursday, yoga; Fridays, cards. Ph: 4061 4045 or 0407 632 642. Italian beginners Join Carmel Galwey at U3A, 129 Mulgrave Rd, 2.30-3.30pm Wed, $3. Ph: Carmel 4045 1667 Knitted Knockers Join other volunteer knitters creating free knitted knockers for breast cancer survivors, 9.30am Wednesdays during school terms, CWA Hall, next to Caravonica School, Smithfield. Cotton supplied. Ph: Myra 4055 9450. Ladies tennis intro Ladies learn to play tennis, Edge Hill Tennis Club, 9am & 6.30pm Wed, $10. First class free. Ph: 0434 198 046. Learn English at U3A Learn English as a second language at U3A, 129 Mulgrave Rd, 1.30-3pm Wed. Class $3. Ph: Carol 0419 344 580.
THURSDAY
Active Living Thursdays Fitness for all, Trinity Beach beachfront, 9am & 5.30pm Simms Esplanade, Yorkeys Knob; Zumba, Norman Park, Gordonvale, 5.30pm. Free exercise and wellbeing classes, a Cairns Regional Council initiative. Square dancing Thursdays 12.30pm-3pm, Severin Hall, U3A, 129 Mulgrave Rd, $3. Ph: Ron 0403 890 459. Step aerobics & boxing Interval Fitness Class, beginners to advanced, 5.30-6.30pm Thurs, Woree Primary School sports hall, cnr Rigg and Windarra streets, Woree. Bookings required. Ph: Julie 0488 118 841. Stitching with Friends Meets 12-3pm Thurs, Emmanuel Uniting Church, Brown St. Bring stitching of any type: embroidery, knitting, crochet. Cuppa & chat with likeminded ladies. Ph: Helene 4057 7894 or Pam 4054 3995. Tai chi at Machans Thursdays 10am-11.15am, Machans Beach Community Hall, $12 per class. First Class Free. Ph: 4093 0466. Tantra Temple No partner needed, Chrysalis Centre, 129 Mulgrave Rd, 7.30pm-9pm Thursdays. Cost: $20 or cheaper with a pass. Text Ella 0422 406 260. The Crafty Ladies Meets at Northern Beaches for free morning tea, 9.30am on 2nd & 4th Thursday of month, to crochet, knit & sew for local hospitals and nursing homes, with donated wool & materials. Ph: Elisabeth 4055 0508 or 0429 036 018. Yoga qigong for over 50s Qigong style warm-up & flow exercises, combined with easydoes-it hatha yoga. Suit all levels of flexibility & fitness, Eisteddfod hall, Greenslopes St, Edge Hill. Cost $10. Yoga with Marilyn Gordonvale CWA hall, Norman St, Gordonvale, 9.30-11am & Chrysalis Centre, 129 Mulgrave Rd, 1-2.30pm, classes $15. Ph: Marilyn Pratt 4054 2485 or 0423 045 145. Advanced yoga for over 50s Senior Citizens Hall, 271 Gatton St, Westcourt, 9.30am-11am Thursdays. Ph: Hall 0498 004 141, Kayleen 0407 893 931 or just drop in.
FRIDAY
Active Living Fridays Zumba, Ravizza Park, Edmonton, 5.30pm. Free exercise and wellbeing class. Gordonvale Barefoot Bowls Barefoot bowls, 4pm Fridays, Gordonvale Bowls Club, cnr Mill & Swan streets. Steak burgers & sausage sizzle from 6pm. Come as group or by yourself. Group bookings & inquiries 4056 1050. Leave message if phone unattended. Meal night, 3rd Friday, bookings essential.
Newcomers to Cairns
Get together for coffee & chat, 1st & 3rd Fri. Ph: Sharyn 4039 0704.
Old time dance for seniors
Fridays 7.30-10pm, Senior Citizens Hall, 271 Gatton St, Westcourt, $5. Supper, raffles. Ph: Hall 0498 004 141, Robbie 4054 2662, Neville 0466 285 640 or just drop in.
PCYC Autism Youth Group
PCYC autism spectrum disorder youth group, 6pm-8pm every 2nd Fri, school terms. Term $100 + PCYC membership $20. Ages 12-16yrs. Fun activities, games. Experienced staff. E: cairnsasdyg@pcyc.org.au or PCYC 4053 1532.
Soroptimists breakfast club
Soroptimist International Cairns breakfast club meets at Double Tree by Hilton on 3 rd Friday of each month at 7.15am for breakfast. All welcome. Ph: Katrin, 0408 954 980 or Patricia, 0418 710 341.
Pickleball at PCYC
A sport for young & old, PCYC Manunda, 1-3pm Fridays & 122pm Mondays, $6. All equipment provided. Ph: Gabi 0404 025 139, email gabiplumm@bigpond.com Reef Friends-Reef Kids Curriculum Environmental STEM Workshop 4.30pm-5.30pm Fridays, $7 for 5-13 year olds, Trinity Beach Community Hall, 51 Trinity Beach Rd, Trinity Beach. Friends of the Reef visitor info session 5.30pm-6.30pm Fridays, $10 ages 5+. Inquiries & bookings, ph: 0439 419 372. Bookings essential. Pay at door with cash. Facebook: Reef Friends-Reef Kids
Seniors Fitness Class
Edmonton PCYC 10-11am Mon & Fri. Ph: PCYC 4045 6540. Members $5, non-members $12.
SATURDAY Days for Girls Cairns
Days for Girls Cairns meets 1.304.30pm one Saturday every month to sew and prepare sanitary kits for girls and women overseas, Calvary Church, 1 Maranoa St, Parramatta Park. The kits allow education and work to continue uninterrupted by the monthly menstrual cycle. If you can sew or help, ph: Cheryl 0412 772 966 or Robyn 4041 4733.
Genealogy research day
Cairns Family History, 271 Gatton St, Westcourt ‘drop in’ genealogy research day, 10am4pm, 2nd & 4th Saturday of month. Free for first time users. Come and start the journey.
Holloway-Cairns Croquet
Club games, 2pm for 2.30pm start Sat & Wed, Granville Park, 65 Oleander St, Holloways Beach. Ph: 4041 4226.
Hot Shots Tennis
Fun way to learn tennis for 512yrs, Edge Hill Tennis Club, 8am-8.45 Sat. Ph: 4034 1773.
Maggie’s Thrift Shop
Open 9am-noon Mon-Saturday, behind St Margaret’s Anglican Church, Collinson St, Westcourt. Homeware, bric a brac, plants, books, clothing.
Merry Makers
Merry Makers Social Club dances, Progress Hall, 406 Mayers St, Edge Hill. Practice 7pm, dance 7.30pm-11pm Saturdays. Cost $8 includes supper. Ph: 0408 235 086.
Mineral & Lapidary Club
Learn cabochons, faceting, silver working & other aspects of lapidary, Cairns Mineral & Lapidary Club, Youth Centre grounds, 129 Mulgrave Rd, Monday nights, all day Wed & Saturday. For more details, ph: 0450 185 250.
NQ Cairns Gem Club
Cabochon, faceting, silver & casting classes available, 12.304.30pm Sat & 8am-12pm Tues, 85 Greenslopes St. Ph: 4053 4845.
NQ Orchid Society
Meets 2-4pm 1st Saturday of month Except January, Masonic Hall, 19 Hartill St, Edmonton. Come and enjoy a mutual appreciation of tropical orchids in a friendly and social environment. Facebook: North Queensland Orchid Society Cairns Inc.
SUNDAY Jazz at Portsmith Club
Join Cairns Tropic Jazz Club with live music from Bill Dudley and the Silver Fox band, 1-4pm Sunday, August 25, Portsmith Club, 43 Aumuller St, Portsmith. Sunday Rock, Funk & Blues featuring Portsmith Club Band and guest artists, 48pm.
Crosspoint Church
Meets 10am Sundays, 220 Toogood Rd, Bayview Heights (cnr Marti St). Children’s program. Edmonton Uniting Church Sunday worship and Sunday school 9am, Ravizza Cl, behind Grafton Hotel. Cuppa to follow. Free parking. Ph: Rev Christy Allen 0418 184 834 or visit: www.edmontonuniting.org.au
Free English classes
Improve your English with free classes 12.30-2pm Sun, Cairns Baptist Church, 138-142 Lake St, near private hospital. Meet new people, make friends. Ph: Brett 0421 647 768 or email brettsavage8@gmail.com
Friendship Force Cairns
Friendship Force Cairns meets 4th Sun for lunch or dinner. We host international club members, usually twice a year, showing off our lovely region & are hosted by other Friendship Force clubs. Ph: Mary 4034 1190.
Holloways Beach Markets
Holloways Beach Markets are held on the 2nd Sun of the month, except June, on the esplanade reserve, Casuarina St, Holloways Beach. Large family markets at their best. Ph: Rick 0401 046 909 or Suzette 0431 792 906.
MONDAY Community Mental Health
Grow, a free 12-step community mental health movement meet weekly, Centacare, 12 Thomas St, 7pm Mondays. Confidential, anonymous. Refreshments. Ph: 1800 558 268.
Edmonton Ambulance
Edmonton Local Ambulance Committee meets bimonthly at Edmonton Ambulance Station, Coates St, Edmonton, 5.30pm Monday.
Ex-Service Women meet
Cairns & District Ex-Service Women meet 10am, 3rd Mon of month, Cairns RSL, Esplanade. Coffee afterwards. For more information, phone: Ellen 0477 555 564.
Fabulous Fitness
For over 50s, a fun class for mind and body. Includes cardio with hand weights, simple dance steps, chair yoga, qigong, guided relaxation, 9.3010.30am Mondays, Eisteddfod Hall, 67 Greenslopes St, Edge Hill. Ph: Gwyneth 0410 795 578.
Fitblitz
Fitness for all ages, Cairns PCYC 5pm-6pm. Cardio & strength training, beginner to advanced. Ph 0402 114 754.
Free community fitness
All ages, fitness levels, Mon & Wed, Edmonton. For more information, phone: Rebecca 0422 408 063.
French classes
Alliance Francaise de Cairns classes. Ph: 0488 765 550 or visit www.afcairns.org.au
Girl Guides
Mondays: Bayview 6-10yrs 67.30pm; Edmonton 6-10ys 57pm; Freshwater 7-10ys 5-7pm; Gordonvale 7-10ys 4-6pm; Gordonvale 10-14yrs 6.308.30pm. Email: girlguidesenquiry@gmail.com
Gordonvale Craft
Gordonvale craft and quilt group meets Presbyterian Church Hall, 9am-12pm Mondays.
Gordonvale Goannas
Playgroup for children 5yrs & under, 9.30-11.30am Mon, CWA Hall, Norman St, Gordonvale. Membership $40 & $2 per family per week for activities. Ph: Debbie, 4067 5344.
Happy afternoon
Smoko, entertainment, singing for older people, 2pm-4pm last Mon of month, Bonner Centre, Holy Cross Church, Trinity Park. Ph: 4057 6815.