YOUR GUIDE TO THE YEAR AHEAD
JANUARY 23-24: BMX National Series FEBRUARY 13: Chinese New Year Festival MARCH 5: Port Douglas Rugby Sevens 12-20: Fest of the Senses 19: Professional Bull Riders APRIL 23-24: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 27-2: Mickey Ink Port Douglas Race Week MAY 7: Cardwell UFO Festival 13-15: Great Wheelbarrow Race 20-29: Port Douglas Carnivale 30: Inkfest JUNE 5-13: Cains Airport Adventure Festival 10-13: Cooktown Discovery Festival TBA: Babinda Harvest Festival 10-12: Weipa Fishing Classic 24-26: RACQ North Queensland Games 25-1: Cairns to Kurumba Bike Ride JULY 1-3: Bramwell Cup Bush Carnival and Races 3: NRL Rabbitohs V Cowboys at Barlow Park 2-17: Mareeba Rodeo and Festival 16: AFL Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast Suns 16: UMI Arts Big Talk One Fire Indigenous Culture Festival 21-23: Cairns Show 29-31: Barrier Reef Baseball Tournament AUGUST 6-7: Cairns Cup 12-14: Taste Port Douglas 12: Tropical Writers Festival 13: Great Pyramid Race 26-31: Cairns Ukulele Festival 26-4: Cairns Festival SEPTEMBER 8-11: Cairns Amateurs 11: Ona Mission Multisports Adventure 17-19: Cardiac Challenge 17-20: Sail Cairns 25: Port Douglas Beach Races 23-26: Gravitate 30-9: Tropical Mardi Gras TBA: Babinda Harvest Festival OCTOBER 6-9: Reef Feast 9-15: AFL Police Championships 16: Taste of the Tablelands 22-29: Croc Trophy TBA: Kuranda Festival TBA: Tablelands Folk Festival TBA: Mission Evolve Festival 28-29: Port Shorts Festival NOVEMBER 6: Canegrowers Great Barrier Reef Marathon TBA: Port Douglas Marlin Challenge TBA: Tennis Bronze Level Junior Tour Tournament TBA: Yungaburra Triathlon DECEMBER TBA