Briefs

Art entries open

ENTRIES are now open for Mission Arts’ The Art of Adventure Exhibition. Artists are invited to submit work in any medium (including photography) depicting an aspect of the adventurous side of the Cassowary Coast. Activities include skydiving, reef trips, kayaking, white-water rafting, wildlife, bush and beach walks and mountain-climbing. Entry forms are available from Mission Arts between 10am-2pm daily, by email at info@missionarts.com.au or by phoning 4088 6116. Submissions are due by October 30 and work is to be delivered on November 2. An opening night event will be held from November 4 from 6pm.

Cox Plate Race Day

TOP-CLASS racing and fine fashion combine today at the Niesar Painting Cox Plate Race Day at Cannon Park. There will be bookmakers and a tote, as well as Fashions on the Field. Gates open at 11am at the track on Mulgrave Rd, Woree. General admission is $10 at the gate and children under 15 are free. Phone Cairns Jockey Club on 4054 1203.

Irish dancing

THE City of Cairns Festival of Highland and Irish Dancing will host high kicks and leaps when dancers from across North Queensland compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals. The festival will span across Saturday and Sunday, with both Scottish and Irish dancers taking to the stage at the Hugh O’Brien Centre at St Mary’s Catholic College. Anyone wanting to get involved can contact Jackie Wilson on 0419 785 817 or at cityofcairns.secretary@gmail.com.

Flights resume

FLIGHTS between Cairns and Hong Kong are expected to operate as normal today after Typhoon Haima made landfall in China. On Thursday, Cathay Pacific cancelled flight CX 146 due to unrelated circumstances with passengers transferred to other carriers. Typhoon Haima made landfall near the mainland city of Shanwei in eastern Guangdong province about midday yesterday, local time. A spokeswoman for the airline said flight CX103 would most likely arrive an hour late today before services returned to normal.