Cairns Airport has reopened after travel plans were thrown into chaos due to severe weather conditions. The aftermath of ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper has continued to batter far north Queensland with a flood emergency forcing Cairns Airport — a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef – to close on Sunday night.Continue Reading
Horror images have emerged of health workers and patients in a remote Far North Queensland community stranded on the roof of a Landcruiser in crocodile-infested flood waters. Wujal Wujal, an Indigenous community on the banks of the Bloomfield River, 60km north of Port Douglas, is stranded after being partly decimatedContinue Reading
Christmas travel plans have been thrown into chaos as a developing flood emergency has closed Cairns Airport indefinitely. The last flight arrivals took place at 12:45pm Sunday and while departures were abandoned at 2pm due to rising floodwaters, as the aftermath of ex-tropical cyclone Jasper continues to batter far northContinue Reading
Flights will resume in and out of Cairns today after the domestic and international airport shut down for Tropical Cyclone Jasper on Wednesday. Jasper made landfall at about 3pm on Wednesday, south of Wujal Wujal near Cape Tribulation. It remained at category 2 strength until about 9pm and is now,Continue Reading
Virgin Australia will be flying to Uluru for the first time ever from Melbourne and Brisbane. The two new direct services will connect travellers to the iconic Aussie destination from June 6 and June 7 next year, respectively. There will be four flights per week from Melbourne, while Brisbane willContinue Reading
An Aussie woman loves Bali so much she has visited the hotspot more than 30 times in 20 years. Sarah Neal, a mother-of-two from Darwin, vividly remembers her first time to the popular Indonesian island. She was 17 and her local community had raised funds for her family to visitContinue Reading
Neighbours star Tim Kano has hinted at a return to the TV soap after it was given a broadcast lifeline. Fans were shocked and saddened when the long running drama was axed last year, only to be given a green light with a new broadcast partner some months later. TheContinue Reading