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2015 CAIRNS & REGION

COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIARY

Every effort is made to supply accurate information, but no responsibility is accepted by the compiler for errors. Compiled by Mike Friganiotis. Send event/course inclusion information to mfriganiotis@raq.org.au

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THIS DIARY IS ALSO POSTED AND UPDATED ON THE FAMILY LAW PATHWAYS WEBSITE, FNQ

SECTION – http://www.qldfamilylawnet.org.au/networks/far-north-queensland/activities

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SOCIAL/ENTERTAINMENT SPORT

EDUCATIONAL/CULTURAL HOLIDAYS/SPECIAL

On Now

Till 25 Apr Quartet b y Ronald Harwood • Directed by John Hughes, ‘The comedy that inspired the movie of the same name.’ Rondo Theatre, 46 Greenslopes Street, Edge Hill, 7.30pm, more info and booking call 1300 855

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Till 26 Apr Artists of the North – a snapshot of life in the north with more than 100 local artists exhibiting paintings, glass, mosaics, photography, sculptures and textiles around the theme Faces of the North, Tanks Arts

Centre.

Till 30 Apr Tinny Appeal in Support of Street Level Youth Care. Feel free to donate a tin of canned food. More details at www.mtsheridanplaza.com.au

Till 2 May From The Waters – Roland Nancarrow’s wall sculptures based around alternative notions on evolution plus celebrating Cairns in December with flowering poincianas and the visitation of the pied imperial pigeon, KickArts.

Till 5 May BreastScreen Queensland Mobile service – Mossman, Front car park at Mossman Hospital, Johnston

Road, to book an appointment call 13 20 50

Till 10 May STRING THEORY: FOCUS ON CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN ART - string theory is an imaginative exhibition that explores innovative approaches to the ways in which fibre and art come together in a contemporary context and across a range of media, including sculpture, photography, painting and video.

Curated by Glenn Barkley, from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, the exhibition brings together works by over 30 Aboriginal artists and artists groups from across Australia. Together the works explore the inter-connectedness of histories and stories that transcend traditional textile and craft-based practices. Many of the works on display use handmade string produced from plant fibres. String theory also explores the way in which people come together and communicate. The works have been developed through or evolved out of conversations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, family members and arts workers. For the artists, string becomes a physical material as well as a metaphorical fibre that binds their ideas and cultures together. As with conversations, it can be tangled and it can be tidy, strong and delicate, complex and simple. At 6.00pm on Friday 13 March join visiting MCA Assistant Curator,

Megan Robson, at the Cairns Regional Gallery for an insightful discussion about works in the exhibition and the artists and art groups that have created them. RSVP essential, 4046 4800. String theory is a national touring exhibition, organized and managed by the Museum of Contemporary Art with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts.

Till 11 May Butterfly Rainforest: preparing for flight – Deanna Gabiga, American fibre artist and metalsmith based in

Tokyo, has created a large butterfly rainforest environment, inspired by her travels in Australia, designed specifically for species native to FNQ, Botanic Garden Visitors Centre

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Till 17 May EVER PRESENT - PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY COLLECTION 1850-

1975, Ever Present is a fascinating history of the development of photography as a modern art form.

Drawn from the international collection of the Queensland Art Gallery, the exhibition includes works by unknown nineteenth century photographers alongside iconic images of some of the twentieth century's most renowned photographers including Alfred Stieglitz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Max Dupain and Helen

Levitt. Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott & Shields Street

Till 24 May SUSAN DOHERTY: INTUIT - A constant theme in Susan Doherty's work is drawing our attention to the rubbish we discard, and transforming it from the meaningless into the meaningful. In so doing, Doherty's works create a commentary on our consumer-driven world. Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr. Abbott &

Shields Street

Till 30 May Get ready for a new style of entertainm ent and dining with Cairns Dinner Theatre’s debut performance of

‘Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding’—Dinner and a show, but not the way you'd think! Enjoy an evening of entertainment combined with a gourmet, three course meal. This interactive comedy has the audience acting as guests to the most outrageous wedding in the world, watch and take part in the show as the personalities of the feuding families clash right in front of you. No matter how wacky the wedding of your sibling, cousin, friend or coworker was, it sti ll won’t hold a candle to the chaos of the Vitale/Nunzio nuptials. This lovestruck bride and groom, who should each be wearing an ‘I’m With Crazy’ T-shirt, tie the knot every Friday & Saturday starting March 13th at Cairns Dinner Theatre located inside The Hilton

Hotel. ‘Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding’ will make you appreciate your own family, despite their shortcomings.

(10+) $67, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

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Apr 2015

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And even though the Vitales and Nunzios are certifiably mad, they do know how to have a good time.

Whether it’s flirting or fighting, there’s something happening in every corner of the room. A unique blend of a conventional wedding ceremony and interactive dinner theatre, ‘Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding’ is guaranteed to fill you up with good food, fun and, perhaps, even love. The Hilton Hotel, 6.30pm, VIP $99

VIP seating, glass of champagne upon arrival and gift at the table, Adult $79, Youth (3-13yrs) $59, Group

Earth Day 2015 - Do something special on this day as your contribution to healing Mother Earth and to celebrate Earth Day in a tangible and practical way. Plant a native tree (habitat), or plant a fruit tree (local organic food security). https://www.facebook.com/events/327883710751172/

22 Apr Dive Into Digital – Free seminar “Creating a Website” (Repeat), 17:30 – 19:30hrs, Arc Disabilities

Service, 92 Little St, Manunda. This free information session for small to medium businesses and not-forprofit/community groups gives you practical tips for getting your organization online. It will look at your website building options including costs and how to build and maintain a free website. Participants at this session are then eligible for up to 4 hours free one-on-one follow-up mentoring sessions at their place of work/organization. (A regional consortium led by Regional Development Australia Far North Queensland and Torres Straight (RDAFNQTS) received federal funding to manage the Digital Enterprise Program in the region. The group includes Advance Cairns, FNQ Regional Organization of Councils (FNQROC), Gulf

Savannah Development, Cape York Sustainable Futures, Cairns Chamber of Commerce, Digital

Economy Cairns and advice provided by TNQ Institute of TAFE). Registration - http://www.diveintodigital.com.au/events

22 Apr Politics in the Pub – Activism: Views from Canada, 18:00hrs – Green Ant Cantina, 183 Bunda St, Cairns.

Fred Jones and Emily Drysdale, who are visiting Cairns, are activists in Montreal, a city in the largely

French-speaking province of Quebec, in Canada. They are members of Quebec Solidaire, which is the only party in the province fighting austerity and oil pipelines. The latest public opinion survey gives QS

16% of the vote (18% of French speakers). Fred and Emily want to discuss their experiences including solidarity work with the revolutionary movements in South and Central America, participation in the

Palestine Boycott, Disinvestment, Sanction (BDS) movement, and political and union organizing in local and Quebec politics, including supporting a six-month long student strike that stopped extra hikes in tuition fees. They also hope to hear about Australian activists’ experiences.

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22 Apr Kuranda CSG Free meeting - 16:30hrs Original Kuranda Rainforest Market, 7 Therwine St, Kuranda. It's that time of the month again when we gather to discuss positive & peaceful actions towards spreading awareness about the deadly CSG industry. All welcome!

22 Apr – 27 May 6 Week Beginners Mindfulness Meditation Course starts today - This Course is designed for complete beginners to more experienced meditators. Julie has been teaching meditation for 7 years and over the 6 weeks you will learn different meditation techniques which you will be encouraged to practice at home.

You will be given notes each week and a notepad. Every Wednesday evening, 7 - 8.15pm, Cairns

Spiritual Centre, 99 for 6 weeks, Contact Julie for bookings on 0438537365 or email julie@rainforestreiki.com.au

23 Apr Women’s Health Clinic (available to Medicare eligible clients) – conducted by an Advanced Practise

Mobile Women’s health Nurse (employed by QLD Health) – services offered include:- pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, health lifestyle etc. Women of all ages are welcome and appointments can be made by ringing the phone number listed. Today’s clinic: Mareeba Hospital, call 4092 9311

23 Apr Eliminate discrimination & sexual harassment complaints. Don’t put your business at risk! Train your staff in the law - EEO, Equity or Contact Officer Refresher Training, 9am - 1pm $177pp. Training packages delivered by the Cairns office - Anti-Discrimination Commission QLD, limited spaces, venue to be announced, ask us for a quote to deliver training for up to 25 people at your desired location. TO

REGISTER Ph: 1300 130 670 or 4037 2100 or visit our website at www.adcq.qld.gov.au

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“Training” and “Training calendar”

23 Apr You are invited to join StandBy Response Service “Pathways to Care” Suicide Bereavement Workshop

Understanding and supporting those impacted by suicide. To develop the capacity of communities to respond to acute and previous suicide experience. “Pathways to Care" The Collaborative Effect (How the client benefits from collective service engagement, 10.00am - 12.30pm, Topics Covered:

Showcase the StandBy Response Service model.

Understanding suicide via the contributions of our regions first responders: Meet Police,

Ambulance & Funeral Directors.

To create a pathways document with attendees’ to be used as a local response plan in providing early intervention and ongoing support to families, friends & associates.

“Crossing The River “Understanding Impact 1.15pm - 3.00pm, Topics Covered:

Information on shock, trauma, & differentials of suicide loss.

The suicide bereavement condition

Suicide crisis intervention approaches

Risk review & harm minimization

Bereavement Care

Managing the effect on care givers and supporters

Strategies for self-care and awareness of vicarious traumatization

10.00am-3.00pm, Mossman Community Centre, Facilitators: Melissa Andrews & Angela Campbell,

RSVP: Friday 17th April, 2015, Free Registration; Morning Tea provided on arrival at 9.30am & Lunch

Included served between 12.30-1.15pm. For further information or workshop registration by phone

Please call: Melissa Andrews Mobile: 0459 299 147 or Angela Campbell angela.campbell@uccommunity.org.au

23 Apr Designed in Cairns – Indigenous Ecology and Landscape Design, 17:30 – 19:30hrs. Seminar 5 at the

Cairns Institute The fifth seminar in the series presents the design philosophy of Abriculture. Abriculture philosophy is about Re-establishing the ancient art of knowing ones environment by understanding the natural wisdoms and respecting traditional relationships between people, land and ecosystems. When the land is strong and healthy, its people are dynamic and resilient. Main lecture theatre, RM-054 (map - http://www.jcu.edu.au/maps/cairns/interactive/?location=D3 Register here: https://alumni.jcu.edu.au/TCIEvents

23 Apr Malanda Community Garden Gathering. Want to learn more about the proposed plan? Want to have access to a space to grow? Would like to donate some valuable time & be a part of a valuable community enterprise? Bookings currently essential. Contact Maria 0406971567 to arrange a date for

4 orientation & obtain address details. This is a Malanda Community Garden event, everyone is welcome to participate.

23 Apr Square dancing classes at 3UA, 129 Mulgrave Road, 1 – 3pm, live caller, no partner required, afternoon tea, $3, more info call Graham 4054 4885

23 Apr Cairns Stroke Survivors Support group for survivors & carers, Masonic Centre, 120 McManus Street,

Whitfield, 9.30am, $2, more info call jean 4033 1479 or Maris 4032 5363

23 Apr Cairns Bicycle User Group meeting, 7pm, 17 Gordon Street, Earlville, more info call 4054 1756

23 Apr – 7 May Atherton Learning Centre - Basic Computer Skills Workshop Series, commencing today and then each

Thursday for a total of 3 sessions, 10am – 1pm. Who can attend? No prior computer knowledge is required. A series of short sessions designed to provide hands-on basic computer skills for those technologically terrified beginners. Offered in small student groups in a relaxed and supportive environment and will appeal to anyone new to computers or wanting a refresher…

• Personalize Desktop and Desktop Shortcuts

• Windows functions and basic file management

• Introduction to Microsoft Word and formatting text

• Key Internet skills –Google and YouTube

• Email competence

Full cost for the series of 3 sessions and manual is $197.50. Contact: PAMELA CAFARELLA, Atherton

Learning Centre, Ph: 40914432 M: 0499 591617, 5D Comet Avenue Atherton, Email: athertonlearning@gmail.com

24 Apr Tara Tiba (Iran), Praised as one of Iran's most exciting new talents, Tara Tiba will mesmerize you with her soulful voice and an extraordinary vocal technique. Following successful shows at the Perth

International Jazz Festival and Fairbridge Folkworld Festival, Tara Tiba has launched her debut album, a

Persian Dream, which features improvisations of centuries-old Persian poetry, original compositions and jazz with a Persian flavour. Tara studied voice in the classical Persian system, but was prohibited from performing in public as a female singer in her native Iran. Since moving to Australia in 2012, Tara has been able to share her music and the deep cultural traditions of Iran with international audiences, including WOMADelaide in 2015. Be transported to ancient Persia, as interpreted by this talented young woman. $30/25, Tanks Arts Centre, more info and booking call 1300 855 835

24 Apr Red Rose Rally - Cairns Collective Impact on Domestic and Family Violence - To remember Julie

Hutchinson, aged 48 from Townsville, Aaron Stewart, aged 34 from Spring Hill and Bruce Mognahan, aged 50 from Delaneys Creek. All D&FV related homicides by men. Red Rose Rally will be held at 12 noon, on the corner of Lake and Shields Street, Cairns. Wear black and bring a red rose

24 Apr Relaxation & Wellness group for people affected by cancer, incl. family & friends, Cancer Council, 169

Aumuller street, 9.30am, free, no booking required, more info call Kerry 4226 7817

24 Apr Gordonvale Bowls Club community barefoot bowls and BBQ, 6 – 8.30pm, cnr. Mill & Swan Streets, come by yourself or in a group, bowls provided, more info call 4056 1050

24 Apr Cairns City Squares Dance Club at Band hall, cnr. Sheridan & Charles Streets, 7.30 welcome, more info call 4045 1737

– 10pm, $5, all

24 Apr Indoor bowls at Good Shepherd Church Hall, Mayers Street, Edge Hill, from 12.30pm, new players & visitors welcome, more info call 4053 5629

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Narcotics Anonymous meeting, 8pm, CWA Hall, Jack Street, Atherton, more info call 0432 485 802

Cairns Mulgrave Rotary Club meeting, 1pm, Cairns Sheridan Hotel, Cairns north, more info call 4031

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24 Apr Koalas Playgroup for birth to 5 years old kids, 9.30 more info call Sharon 4054 5752

– 11.30am, tennis clubhouse, Henley Street, Earlville,

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ANZAC Day Holiday

100th Anniversary of the Landing at Gallipoli

3:50am Dawn parade (assemble at Martyn St Cemetery gates at the Anderson St. entrance)

5:30am The Centenary of ANZAC Dawn Service will commence at the Cenotaph on the Esplanade

Ex-service and serving personnel/spectators are requested to be at the Cenotaph by 5:00 am. The Dawn

Service will include the mounting of the Catafalque Party, an ANZAC prayer; official wreath laying;

Ataturk's letter to Australian Mothers; the playing of the Last Post; the Ode to the Fallen; a Minutes

Silence; the playing of the Rouse; the hymn The Recessional; an address by Lieutenant Colonel Ben

Toyne, Commanding Officer, 51st Battalion, the Far North Queensland Regiment; handing over of the

Torch; the Benediction; singing of the Australian and New Zealand National Anthems by the combined

Choirs of St Monica's & St Augustine's colleges; and the dismounting of the Catafalque Party.

7:30am ANZAC breakfast and performance of The Soldiers Wife, Fogarty Park

8.15 am Ecumenical Church Service The Centenary of ANZAC Cairns Ecumenical Service will be held in St Monica's Cathedral commencing at 8.15am. The service will include a choir and ensemble of students from Freshwater Christian College and Trinity Anglican School; a recital of the poem ANZAC

Day and the Ode to the Fallen by two Cairns High School students and a solo piece (Abide With Me) by

Patrice Hogan accompanied on the Cathedral organ by Toni Dunstan. Members of the Australian Cadet

Corps will mount a Catafalque Party prior to the playing of the Last Post by Rachael Evans. Bob

Manning, the Mayor of Cairns will provide the Closing Remarks.

10am Commemoration Parade The Centenary of ANZAC March will assemble at Munro Martin Park at 9.30 am and step off at 10.00 am. The March route will be along the Esplanade arriving at Fogarty

Park for a community service concluding about 11.00 am.

10.20am Commemoration Service, Fogarty Park, followed by the Snake Gully Band.

ANZAC Day - Edmonton

5:15am Dawn parade at Fuller Park (cenotaph) followed by service/wreath laying

7:45am Commemorative march (assemble outside Hambledon House) with service/ wreath laying to follow at Fuller Park (cenotaph)

ANZAC Day – Gordonvale

5:30am Dawn parade at Norman Park (cenotaph), followed by service/ wreath laying

6:30am Breakfast at RSL Hall

9:30am Commemorative march from Gordonvale school to Norman Park (cenotaph) followed by service/ wreath laying

ANZAC Day - Trinity Beach

5:30am Dawn parade (assembly adjacent to memorial) followed by service, wreath laying and commemorative march (along Vasey Esplanade)

ANZAC Day - Stratford

6:50am Parade assembles at Stratford Post Office

7:00am Commemorative march to Stratford Cenotaph, followed by service/ wreath laying

ANZAC Day - Yorkeys Knob

8:30am Commemorative service at the Boat Club Marina

Graphite Saturday with Julie McEnerny - We sketch outdoors in the Botanic Gardens in the morning so remember to dress for the weather! After lunch we reconvene in the Visitor Centre to refine our drawings and learn new skills. Bring your own materials for this workshop: sketchbook/journal and pencils (e.g.

2H, HB, 2B). Lunch can be purchased at either of the Garden's eateries or byo (fridge available). Tea and coffee provided. Last Saturday of every month. Cost: $80 Bookings essential (small groups): gardens@cairns.qld.gov.au or phone 4032 6650. 10am – 3pm, Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre and outdoors

Yungaburra LETS Trade Afternoon - 12:00hrs – 14:00hrs at that retro cafe, Shop 2/20 Eacham Rd (in between Miss Megs and My Habitat) cafe Drinks from the blackboard are available for 100% Bartles,

Bring $ for lunch, cakes or drinks from the display fridge, a table or blanket to display your wares.

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Children most welcome. This event is directly after the Yungaburra Markets. Event host: Melitta – 4095

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25 – 26 Apr Cairns Civic Theatre brings a selection of superstars from Australia's biggest comedy festival again in

2015. Every year audiences are wowed by the incredible line-ups, and this year will be no exception.

With a mix of local heroes and international stars as well as the hottest newcomer discoveries of the

Festival, we've got all your comedy bases covered. Performers will be announced closer to the event date. Warning: Performances may contain coarse language, sexual references and material that can offend. It is recommended for people aged 15 years or older. Cairns Civic Theatre, Cnr Sheridan and

Florence Streets, Cairns, 25 April, 6.30pm & 9.30pm, 26 April, 6.30pm, more info & booking call 1300

855 835

26 Apr South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Canberra Raiders, Barlow Park, 4pm, tickets from

Brothers leagues Club reception, or call 4053 8333 www.ticketscairns.com.au

26 Apr Cairns Bushwalkers Club – Sunday bushwalk. Meet 07:30hrs For more information https://www.facebook.com/groups/552222434845237/ http://www.cairnsbushwalkers.org.au

Mob: 0451

056 294 Email: cairnsbushwalkers@iig.com.au

26 Apr Lucia Light Workshop – experience more peace, harmony, clarity, love, light & healing in your life. Learn about the Lucia Light, the benefits of awakening & activating your pineal gland and how this affects your everyday life, 10am – 2pm, Well Being Hub, 14 Minnie Street, Cairns, $50, more info & booking call Deb

0400 050 309

26 Apr AGM - Arts Nexus Annual General Meeting, 2pm - 4pm, Canopy Art Centre, 124 Grafton Street, Cairns.

The AGM will be followed by a number of presentations including;

• Welcome from guest speakers Rob Pyne MP and Billy Lee Long, the President of CARMA and Cairns

Community Radio

• Launch of the Vision Forward for Arts Nexus

• Announcing a number of initiatives and partnerships

• Showing video documentation of “Significant Rites” project

Refreshments will be served. Please bring donations to contribute. Please RSVP for meeting (including apologies), Email: admin@artsnexus.com.au

, Phone enquiries: 0412 570 701

26 Apr “Go Blue Sensory Movie Screening” In conjunction with Cairns Autism Spectrum Group, Autism

Queensland and Event Cinemas the first Sensory Movie Screening for 2015 is de dicated to “Go Blue for

Autism”. To show your support please come dressed in something blue and come say ‘Hi’ to the friendly

Autism Queensland staff who will have an information stall in the foyer from 10am prior to the screening.

Big Hero 6, 10:30 am City Cinemas, Grafton Street, Cairns Cost: $7.00 Tickets can be purchased at the

Candy Bar.

26 Apr Kuranda - Sprouts Seedsavers meeting -

Mob 0422 068 885. Includes talk on permaculturising our gardens and our communities with ease and joy.

Blake and Tonielle’s place, 8 Barron St, Koah, 10:00 – 16:00hrs

26 Apr Treeforce - Tree Planting the new Goomboora Park to the Rocks bike path. 07:00hrs on most Sunday mornings. Ring Lisa to make sure it is happening and where to meet. First planting along the new

Goomboora Park to the Rocks bike path, starting Goomboora Park end! This Sunday we are very lucky to be planting right on the banks of a really beautiful part of Freshwater Creek this Sunday, April 26, 7.30-

9.30am. Picture this….plant a tree….have a swim…plant another...quiet…cool…refreshing….even morning tea supplied right by the creek. In all our years of tree planting it has not been as good as this!

And you will see that the banks of Freshwater Creek along the new Bike Path really need our love and attention in this area. Access by bike or walking from Goomboora Park over the new bridge, or, park and walk from Rices Gully on Redlynch Intake Rd. BYO sun smart gear, gloves, water….See you there!

Treeforce Cairns https://www.facebook.com/treeforcecairns , Lisa O’Mara Mob: 0458 245 128 Email info@treeforce.org.au

27 Apr Digital marketing masterclass – Xtend your digital marketing knowledge. In 2 hours you will learn how to make smarter decisions about digital marketing for your business. The masterclass will help you to

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Target your customers through data and technology

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Be found by customers looking for you online

Harness digital to convert leads into customers

Digital experts, including Kenzie Jones (Adtaxi) and Jo Chick (Google) will explain how to harness display, search and social strategies that will ultimately help you find your customers online. 9am, Grand ballroom, Hilton, 34 Esplanade, Cairns, register now at https://www.newsxtend.com.au/masterclass-qld/

27 Apr DR. RUFUS MAY - LIVING WITH VOICES…UNDERSTANDING VOICE HEARING AND PROMOTING

RECOVERY - A workshop for mental health professionals, consumers and carers. About Rufus May…Dr.

Rufus May works as a consultant clinical psychologist in UK’s mental health services. Rufus provides training in holistic approaches to mental health recovery including hearing voices, unusual beliefs and extreme mood states. Rufus organizes self-help groups and public education meetings about different approaches to emotional wellbeing. His passion for this area is rooted in his own experiences of mental break-down, psychiatric treatment and recovery in his late t eens. Rufus’s work was featured in the channel 4 (UK) documentary, “The Doctor who Hears Voices”, which achieved acclaim and also debate about his creative approaches to supporting recovery. Workshop modules include: arch

-standing of the issues voices represent. ice dialogue, thinking and techniques.

Please Note: Places are LIMITED so register ASAP. James Cook University, D3.054 Theatre in The

Cairns Institute, 9.00am – 4.00pm, Lunch and light refreshments provided. For information on Hearing

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Voices Qld.: Website: www.hearingvoicesqld.org

Phone: 0417 104 488

—- $99.00 plus GST Closes 3rd March, 2015

- $75 special offer Early Bird —$60 plus GST Closes 3rd March, 2015

Final Registrations close 20th April 2015.

Lucia Light Workshop – experience more peace, harmony, clarity, love, light & healing in your life. Learn about the Lucia Light, the benefits of awakening & activating your pineal gland and how this affects your everyday life, 9am – 5pm, Trinity Beach, $75, more info & booking call Deb 0400 050 309

Women’s Health Clinic (available to Medicare eligible clients) – conducted by an Advanced Practise

Mobile Women’s health Nurse (employed by QLD Health) – services offered include:- pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, health lifestyle etc. Women of all ages are welcome and appointments can be made by ringing the phone number listed. Today’s clinic: Edmonton, call 4226 4900

27 Apr First birthday celebration of Mums On The Go, Salthouse, 12.30pm, $10, more info & booking email info@motgcairns.org

27 Apr – 1 Jun POPPERS - 6 WEEK CHILDREN’S GROUP for 6 - 9 YEAR OLDS experiencing parental separation.

POPPERS aims to support young people in their experience of parental separation, conflict and change in their family situation. Activities include:

Reading story books

Making treasure boxes

Making friends

Art and craft

Sharing afternoon tea

Sharing good ideas

Learning new stuff

Having fun

3:30-5:00 p.m. (Afternoon tea provided), Relationships Australia FNQ, 125 Grafton Street, Cairns, Free of charge, To REGISTER please PHONE 1300 364 277 and ask to be put through to Relationships

Australia-FNQ Venue

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27 Apr – 1 Jun POPSTARS - 6 WEEK CHILDREN’S GROUP for 10 - 13 YEAR OLDS experiencing parental separation.

POPSTARS aims to support young people in their experience of parental separation, conflict and change in their family situation. Activities include:

Role playing

Making treasure boxes

Relaxation

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Art and craft

Sharing afternoon tea

Sharing good ideas

Learning new stuff

Having fun

3:30-5:00 p.m. (Afternoon tea provided), PLACE: Relationships Australia FNQ, 125 Grafton Street,

Cairns, Free of charge, To REGISTER please PHONE 1300 364 277 and ask to be put through to

Relationships Australia-FNQ Venue

Women’s Health Clinic (available to Medicare eligible clients) – conducted by an Advanced Practise

Mobile Women’s health Nurse (employed by QLD Health) – services offered include:- pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, health lifestyle etc. Women of all ages are welcome and appointments can be made by ringing the phone number liste d. Today’s clinic: Cairns North, call 4226 4333, and Jams Cook Uni, call 4226 4812

28 Apr Survival Tools for Self-Harm & Suicidal Thoughts - One Day Workshop - Limited participants to 20 per workshop. This workshop caters to: Professionals, carers, workers who work with people who are struggling with self-harming behaviours and suicidal thoughts and actions. For those who struggle to manage their emotional worlds, or to alter old familiar ways of thinking and behaving, there is often an underlying traum a impact to explore. People develop “survivor behaviours” as a way of coping which doesn’t always serve them well lifelong. These behaviours may involve various forms of self-harm and/or suicidal thoughts. This workshop will provide the participants with:

Simple Definitions to use when talking about Self Harm and Suicidal Thoughts

Consideration of the Cycle of Change and the importance of relapse as rehearsal

Understanding of the Drivers of Despair, both internal and external

Understanding of the Role of Stress in our lives, positive, negative , chronic and compound impacts

Exploration of Circuit Breaking Techniques, to alter familiar patterns of feeling, thinking and behaviour

Ideas about Tracking thoughts, feelings and behaviours in preparation for change

Experience in developing individual Keep Safe Plans

The tools provided are as follows:

Stress Management Tool - which offers insight and understanding relative to the challenge of approaching change in our lives

A Circuit Breaking Tool - which enable peoples to identify their triggers, feelings and the choices available to them when seeking to alter patterns of behaviour

A Keep Safe Plan- which can be individually developed with people to allow them some power over their own choices in staying safe. Contact Judith Shapland 0459240033, Judithmshapland@bigpond.com

www.significantimpact.com.au

$295 pp. If your agency is booking 4 staff the cost will reduce to $200 pp.

Book early as places are limited to 20 people. Registrations close Thursday 23rd April 2015. Please note your place is not secure until a $50 non-refundable deposit or payment in full is received. Cairns Library –

Lunch & Refreshments provided, 8:45 Registration, 9AM – 4PM

28 – 29 Apr Worried about your memory? Take control and plan for your future – Alzheimer’s Australia offers a FREE

‘Living with memory loss’ program in Cairns. This program is designed for people with early symptoms of dementia and their friend or carer to meet others in a safe environment and receive information and support you can trust from people who understand, bookings essential, call 1800 100 500

28 Apr – 12 May Bringing up great kids – overcome some of the obstacles that are getting in the way of being the kind of parent you would like to be! This workshop promotes positive and nurturing parent-child relationships.

We use mindfulness and reflection to support you to review and enhance parental communication, promote respectful interactions and encourage the development of your children’s positive self-identity, every Tuesday for 3 weeks, 9.30am – 12 noon, Uniting Care Community, 188 Aumuller Street, Bungalow, free, more info & bookings 4050 4955.

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28 Apr – 16 Jun Learn Sign Language with Auslan! (Australian Sign Language courses). Deaf Services Queensland have been providing Auslan courses since 1985 and have a wonderful team of qualified teachers. Our

Auslan courses are designed for people with no previous sign language skills or knowledge. You will learn basic skills to communicate with Deaf people in Auslan on a range of topics that involve simple, everyday language use. You can move on to next level to build on the skills and knowledge learnt in the previous course. 6pm to 8pm, Deaf Services Queensland, 37 Pease St, Manoora, $185 or $165

Concession/Full time student. For more information please visit the Deaf Services Queensland Website at www.deafservicesqld.org.au

, email auslan@deafsq.org.au

or call (07) 3892 8540 and we will send you class and enrolment information.

29 Apr EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA - Expressive Therapies Introduction: Working with Child Trauma Therapeutically - A practical workshop to introduce the methods and frameworks of

Expressive Therapies and provide hands-on experience, theory, some research and case stories of counselling with Expressive Therapies. There will be a focus on the care needed in supporting those with long-term emotional problems or who are affected by trauma, prolonged duress stress disorder or posttraumatic stress disorders. Some topics covered: expressive activities for young clients; use of symbol work, emotional release, art and role play, building bridges between explicit and implicit memory, matching treatment to types of trauma victims, the value of a client-centred activities-based approach.

ONE-DAY TRAINING SERIES AVAILABLE IN CAIRNS for counsellors, social workers, psychologists, therapists, guidance officers, teachers, family support workers, welfare officers, youth workers and chaplains, 9am to 4.30pm, Approved for Professional Development requirements by ACA and CAPA, All materials supplied, extensive manuals, full catering, Statements of Attendance issued. BRING: All materials supplied. Wear comfortable casual clothes. Bring note book and art pad. FEES: For workshops conducted by Expressive Therapies Institute: $250 per day, Inc GST. The fees include: all materials, tuition, manual, lunch, and morning and afternoon teas. More info & registration contact Keran on: 4039

0004 or email birdwingtherapies@bigpond.com

29 Apr The hyperwomen - Fearing the death of his wife, an old man requests that his nephew perform the

Jamurikumala, the main women's ritual of the Indigenous peoples of the Upper Xingu so that she may sing one last time. D3.054 (Lecture Theatre), Cairns Institute, Cairns, 9am.

29 Apr Non-spatial setting in Eibela - Non-spatial setting in Eibela. LCRC global workshop by Grant Aiton.

D3.150 Cairns Institute, Cairns, 4pm.

29 Apr A NHWQ Palm Cove Group Social Function, Trivia Night No. 9 will be held at 7pm at our Corporate

Supporter The Palm Cove Tavern, Veivers Road, Palm Cove. It is a professionally organized event run by experienced local people. You are cordially invited to attend this social function. The Tavern management will be providing finger food and drinks are purchased at bar prices. Make up a table or join someone else's. Valuable raffle prizes to be drawn at the end of the evening, tickets on sale on the night.

Trivia winners prizes for the winning and second placed tables provided by NHWQ Palm Cove Group.

The cost is a paltry $10 a person to play payable on the night. You may purchase a meal at a special price at the Tavern if you wish. All funds raised are returned to the local community and used to fund various c ommunity “safety and security” projects within the village. Please indicate to Mark at ellwood@bigpond.net.au

if you are attending for logistical purposes. Come along and have some fun and support your local community group.

29 – 30 Apr Cairns State High School parent-teacher interviews, 3.30 – 7pm both days, Crosswell hall (entry via

Grafton Street). Parents will need to advance book 5 minute appointments with their child’s teachers through SessionKeeper, the online booking system – a newsflash email with a link to the system will be forwarded to parents prior to the interviews.

29 Apr – 17 Jun Come join Play-Connect-Grow – a supported playgroup where children can play and learn together

AND PARENTS CAN JOIN IN OR MEET OTHER PARENTS. Everyone welcome. In the garden, 98 Birch

Street, Manunda (opposite Raintrees), Wednesdays 9.30 – 11.30am, for children 0 – 5 years with their parents or guardian, no cost (gold coin donation appreciated), reserve a place by calling 4032 6800

30 Apr Malanda Community Garden Gathering. Want to learn more about the proposed plan? Want to have access to a space to grow? Would like to donate some valuable time & be a part of a valuable

10 community enterprise? Bookings currently essential. Contact Maria 0406971567 to arrange a date for orientation & obtain address details. This is a Malanda Community Garden event, everyone is welcome to participate.

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30 Apr – 2 May Tesla - An electric one man play set during the race of the industrial revolution. From an intimate room at The Hotel New Yorker, the audience is taken on a journey through the extraordinary mind of Nikola

Tesla, a scientist with over 700 technical patents granted, laying the foundation on which the modern world stands. This heartfelt stage production details the scientific, spiritual and emotional aspects of a physicist, engineer and inventor dedicating his life to the betterment of mankind with the revolutionary harnessing of alternating current, polyphase motors and his ultimate world system of wireless power.

Centre of Contemporary Arts, 96 Abbott Street, Cairns. Thurs, 30th Apr - 7.30pm, Fri, 1st May -11am, Fri,

1st May - 7.30pm, Sat, 2nd May - 7.30pm. This event is being performed in 'The Space', which is general admission. Seating cannot be reserved. Select your own seating on arrival. For special access requirements, please make your booking by phone on 1300 855 835. Adult $24, Government Benefit

Card Holder $19, Senior Card Holder $19, Full Time Student (with ID) $15, Children 3-15yrs $12

30 Apr – 4 Jun Thrive – an introduction to mental well-being. These workshops are for people who experience emotional distress or mental ill-health. Thursday, 10 – 11.30am, The Cottage, 20 Mill Street, Mossman, to reserve your place call 4051 9622

Session 1 – Identifying your emotions

Session 2 – The basics of growing

Session 3 – Changing mental attitudes

Session 4 – Relaxation & stress

Session 5 – Triggers, thoughts, tantrums, troubles

Session 6 – where to from here?

30 Apr – 4 Jun Bringing up great kids - A reflective parenting course that uses ideas of mindfulness and self-reflection to support parents to review and enhance patterns of communication with their children, to promote more respectful interactions and encourage the development of children’s positive self-identity

Group 1: 30th April 2015

Group 2: 7th May 2015


Group 4: 21st May 2015


Group 6: 4th June 2015

Times for all sessions are Thursday evenings 6pm to 8pm, Places are limited, so please ensure you

RSVP by 29.04.15 to reserve your place! RSVP to Kristy Bennett via 4046 3611 or Kristy@arcinc.org.au

Limited childcare places available to attend the session, please enquire. A program for parents of children with a disability 0-10 years

30 Apr – 4 Jun Community Services Tablelands – Alcohol or Drug Relapse Prevention Group Therapy – a fun and interactive group of peers supporting each other – weekly sessions till 4 th . June, 38 Mabel Street,

Atherton. Did you quit? Do you need help to stay strong and to stay sober? We challenge you to take that step. More info call Sergio 0418 664 446 or Community Services Tablelands on 4091 3850

May 2015

1 May Women’s Health Clinic (Available to Medicare eligible clients). Conducted by an Advanced Practise

Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Smithfield, call 4226 4800

1 May Stop Forced Closures of Remote Aboriginal Communities! – Rally - 2nd Call to Action, 13:00hrs Fogarty

Park, Cairns. Contact – Kerri Sheppard, Jesse Martin KerriSheppard@y7mail.com

www.sosblakaustralia.com

www.facebook.com/sosblakaustralia

1 May May Day Dinner 2015, 19:00hrs, Machans Community Hall - Celebrate workers international solidarity with Jeremiah Johnson and band, great speakers and bar. Fri May 1, 7pm, Machans Beach Hall. $35/$25

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1 May concession for three-course meal (pre-booked only), or $10/$7 concession entry only. For more info or to book, ph. Jonathan 0437 790 306 or Trybooking (credit/debit card payments) www.trybooking.com/129848 Music, politics and great food.

2015 Corporate Fashion Runway – see the latest in cutting edge corporate & business attire and be treated to complimentary drinks 7 canapés, great prizes and gifts for all attendees, 5.30 – 8pm, Pullman reef Hotel casino, Rooftop Pool deck, RSVP to Danielle on 4047 4444.

Augie March – Australian indie-rock act, Tanks Arts Centre, Tank 5, $40/35, 7.30pm, more info at www.augiemarch.com.au

, booking via Ticketlink 1300 855 835

Networking Breakfast - 7.15am – 8.45am, DoubleTree Hilton (previously Holiday Inn) Cnr Esplanade,

Florence and Abbott Streets, GUEST SPEAKER: DEB HANCOCK - CEO CAIRNS CHAMBER of

COMMERCE. I have left the subject matter open as I am sure you will have questions you would like to ask of Deb. Also: Profile yourself and/or your business, Profile spotlight, Open Forum, Lucky Door draw,

Investment: $25.00 full hot breakfast. $21.00 continental breakfast, When replying , don’t forget to let Pat

(Ph: 0418 710 341) know of your preference for breakfast. Seats for this breakfast will undoubtedly go fast, so try to book as soon as you can.

Mamre Pave the Way - Mamre (through Pave the Way) is delivering NDIS Participant Readiness activities for people with disability and their families in the North Coast, North Queensland and Far North

Queensland regions. One of the big findings from the NDIS trial sites is that people attending the NDIA planning meeting were under prepared for the question ‘What are your goals and aspirations for the future?’. Pave the Way hopes that through its Participant Readiness activities, Queensland families and people with disability will be better able to articulate their goals and therefore be better prepared for the

NDIS and the opportunities this will provide. Pave the Way’s Participant Readiness activities will include:

- a threehour presentation called ‘Paving the Way to the NDIS’ that explains the scheme outlining:

 what is the NDIS

 who are the NDIA

 strengths and limitations of funding

 the importance of planning

 the NDIA planning process

 choice and control.

- rolling workshops: ‘Documenting Personal Information’ and ‘The Good Life’

- information resources on topics such as choice and control and being a confident consumer

- individual conversations with families and individuals.

All Pave the Way workshops stand alone and are not required to be completed in any specific order.Paving the Way to the NDIS workshop, Seville Mercy Conference Centre, 35 Bauhinia Avenue,

EARLVILLE, 10.00am - 1.00pm

2 May 10.00am - 2.00pm Documenting Personal Information

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour presents over 2 1/2 hours of the most enthralling mountain adventure films that will have you on the edge of your seat. Featuring a selection of short films from the week long Banff Mountain Film Festival in the Canadian Rockies, the Australian tour includes captivating short films shot in some of the most wild and remote corners of the world. Audiences will experience incredible highs and agonizing lows through the lenses of some of the most accomplished climbers, paddlers, skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers, mountain bikers, explorers and adventure filmmakers alive today. Cairns Civic Theatre, Cnr Sheridan and Florence Streets, Cairns, 7pm, Adult $32.00,

Concession (Govt. Benefit Holder) $28.00, Seniors Card Holder $28.00, Youth (18-21) $28.00, Child (3-

17) $17.00, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

Augie March - After a half decade hiatus, one of the nation's most respected indie-rock acts returns to

Tanks, with an expanded line-up and new album, Haven's Dumb. Regularly touted as one of Australia's

'greatest' or 'finest' bands; with albums and songs on the 'best ever' lists - their music is impossible to categorize they have traditional elements at times, then get wildly avant garde at others. They are that rarest of bands that have enjoyed both critical and commercial success - at times their songs have been on almost every radio format in the country - with gold and platinum albums to their credit, yet they remain perennial outsiders. In 2009, after a period of commercial success, the band - for a variety of reasons - ceased enjoying being Augie March, and decided to take an indefinite break. That break ended

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Avenue, Edge Hill, 7.30pm, This performance will be a mixture of seating and standing. Seating cannot be reserved and is available on a first in basis. Adult $40, Government Benefit Card Holder $35, Senior

Card Holder $35, Youth 15-17 years $35

2 May Free Community Workshop at Hambledon House, Edmonton. Repeat – Working with Difficult People

Snacks, cold drinks, tea and coffee provided. 10am – 12.pm, RSVP to Anne: bapt01@bigpond.com

2 May up lasting five years. Now they're back with an exciting new album that's garnering great reviews, and that will be cherished by those who have kept faith with this rare outfit. Tanks Arts Centre, 46 Collins

Free Gallery Entry - 10am - 5pm, Explore the Gallery with free entry the first Saturday of each month.

Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott and Shields Street

2 May Screen Printing Adult Workshop with Kristin Tennyson, artist, 10.00am - 4.30pm, Cost $80 *Participants require a plain t-shirt to print on, Join artist, Kristin Tennyson, in a screen-printing workshop where participants will learn how to design and print using stencils and screens. Prints will be applied to both paper and t-shirts. Bookings essential as spaces are limited: 4048 4888, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr

Abbott & Shields Street

2 May HELP SUPPORT KIDS WITH DUCHENNE - HORSE RACING ~ FASHION ~ FOOD AND FUN - RACE

NIGHT. 7 PM, CAIRNS & DISTRICT JUNIOR EISTEDDFOD HALL, 67 GREENSLOPES STREET,

EDGE HILL – CAIRNS, BOOK NOW: http://tinyurl.com/races4DMD Or Call Carolyn: 0402005071,

TICKETS $25, Includes Meal & Fashion Parade, Licensed bar ~ Parade your race wear ~ Place bets

Own your own horse: http://tinyurl.com/buyahorse4DMD Win fabulous prizes

2 May Australasian Bat Night - Next to EDO office, 96-98 Lake St – 50 metres from Cairns City Library. Cairns

Bat Festival. 17:30hrs As part of Australasian Bat Night, the Australian Bat Society, Environmental

Defenders Office, Bat Conservation International and CAFNEC are hosting this 'BAT NIGHT' aimed at raising community awareness about bats and to raise money for our not-for-profit organisations that take care of the FNQ Environment. Please share this event and please come along, will be a great evening...programme includes inspirational speakers, videos, watching the amazing flying fox fly-out, micro-bat detection, kids and craft activities, best dressed bat prizes, food, information stalls, fundraising and auction.Time to get inspired! Australasian Bat Night is happening again in 2015. Australasian Bat

Night is a public awareness programme aiming to educate people about bats, to raise the profile of bats and debunk the myths and fears, to achieve better conservation outcomes and assist people to live with bats. The inaugural Australasian Bat Night was held in 2012. Last year bat specialists again teamed up with community and local government groups to hold over 30bat events throughout Australia and New

Zealand, with up to 200 participants at some events. Watch the bat fly-out at Cairns City Library. Return to the venue for presentations, short documentaries, stalls, craft activities, prizes, auction and much more.

2 May Cairns Labour Day Family Fun Day 2015, Fogarty Park - Come celebrate the achievements of working people past and present by marching with your union this Labour Day. The march will commence at the

Fogarty Park Sound Shell on Cairns Esplanade and finish for a Family Fun Day at the park for drinks, food, rides and music.

2 May Frackman – screening in Malanda - 14:30hrs Majestic Theatre, 1-3 Eacham Pl, Malanda. $10 at door or purchase online at www.tugg.com/events/15243 Dayne Pratzky loved the quiet life on his rural block in central Queensland. Then the coal seam gas company arrived, and that changed everything. Legally he couldn’t stop them mining his land, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t fight. And so began a David and

Goliath battle against a $200 Billion industry. Along the way he found love, tragedy and triumph.

Frackman is like no other Australian film. It aims to spark a broad national conversation about the risks of our headlong rush into massive coal seam gas development. Five years in the making, it not only entertains and engages, it also gives audiences the tools to get involved in what is becoming the largest social movement our nation has seen in decades. It’s a deeply political film, but not the old style that is so badly failing us. This is the New Politics, bringing together old and young, city and country, conservative and progressive in a shared effort to prevent an environmental catastrophe. Can we imagine any other issue that would bring together the likes of Alan Jones and Bob Brown? See it and find out why.

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2 – 3 May Craniosacral Introductory weekend by Satyesh Pelgrave, forms the basis for level 1 training, Cairns, more info call Satyesh on 0418 783 652

2 – 3 May IGA Charity Car Rally, Cairns to Cape Tribulation, proceeds to the Leukemia Foundation, more info call

Sunny on 4041 1644

3 May Two Feet & A Heartbeat – at Fun Ship Parkland, Cairns Esplanade, registration 1pm, walk start time

1.30pm, post event 2 – 3pm, MORE INFORMATION & REGISTER AT: http://www.twofeetandaheartbeat.org.au/event/two-feet-and-a-heartbeat-cairns-20150503/

3 May Treeforce - Tree Planting leaving from Redlynch Intake Rd and Goomboora Park (Cairns Region)

07:00hrs on most Sunday mornings. Ring Lisa to make sure it is happening and where to meet.

Treeforce Cairns https://www.facebook.com/treeforcecairns, Lisa O’Mara Mob: 0458 245 128 Email info@treeforce.org.au

3 May Cairns Bushwalkers Club – Sunday bushwalk. Meet 07:30hrs. For more information https://www.facebook.com/groups/552222434845237/ http://www.cairnsbushwalkers.org.au

Mob: 0451


4+ May Parenting Beyond Violence - A group for women who’ve experienced domestic violence, who may or may not have children currently in their care. Parenting Beyond Violence (PBV) explores the dynamics of domestic violence and the impact it may have on women and their children, focusing on how domestic violence influences parenting. This group openly discusses:

The context and impacts of domestic and family violence

Parenting challenges

6 weeks, Dates: Mondays 04.05.15 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, 11.05.15 10.00 am – 12:00 pm, 18.05.15

10:00 am – 12:00 pm, 25.05.15 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, 01.06.15 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, 15.06.15 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. This group is free-of-charge, however there is an expectation that participants will attend all 6 sessions. Group size: 6 – 15. Where: CRDVS, Calanna Pharmacy Complex, Woree. An intake & assessment appointment is essential before commencing this group. To book or find out more information, please contact Eleanor or Gill at Cairns Regional Domestic Violence Service: Phone 4033

6100 email office@dvcairns.org Closing date for Intake & Assessment: 20.04.2015 www.dvcairns.org

4 May – 1 Jun Adult Art Classes with Craig Hoy, artist and teacher, Five Week Art Course (10 Hours), Mondays 5.00 -

7.00pm, Cost $130, all materials provided, Looking at the genre of still life, and using a variety of media, participants will learn about scale and proportion, as well as how to mix colours and create tones to give objects a realistic dimension. Term Two - May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1, Bookings essential as spaces are limited: 4048 4888, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott & Shields Street

5 May Social Buzz Training & Networking, Double Tree Inn, Esplanade, Cairns, $57, 7 - 8.30am. Registrations close 10th March, Go to www.socialmediaspecialist.com.au

to make booking


Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Atherton – Midin, call 4091 6103

5 May Life ATSI Suicide Bereavement Support Group meeting will be held today, between 10am

Dr Edward Koch Foundation (above Les Freeman R/E), Level 1, 6 Aplin Street, free, more info call

Dulcie on 4031 0145 or email dulcie.bird@kochfoundation.org.au

– 12 noon, at

5 May Free early literacy workshop for [parents with educator Pauline Armstrong

Earlville Library, 10.30 – 11am, followed by Baby Rhyme time 11 – 11.30am, more info & booking call

4044 3766

– Fostering early literacy –

5 May Bird watching Walk - Every Tuesday at 08:00hrs. Meet at the Information Centre, Cairns Botanic

Gardens in Collins Street, Cairns www.cairnsbirdwatching.com.au

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Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Atherton PHCC, call 4091 0263

5 – 26 May 4 week beginners Ashtanga yoga course, each Tuesday, 7.15 – 8.15pm. $80, The Yoga Centre, 129

Mulgrave Road, more info & booking call Biannka 0407 634 116

5 – 26 May VVCS North Queensland Group Programs - Doing Anger Differently - Veterans, Partners, Family,

CAIRNS, Tuesdays - 5 May, 12 May, 19 May, 26 May 2015, 9:00am- 2:00pm. To register for group programs, or to make further enquiries please contact VVCS North Queensland on 1800 011 046 or email vvcsnorthqld@dva.gov.au. Visit www.vvcs.gov.au

for more detailed information on group programs, eligibility, or to register your interest.

5 May – 9 Jun Tiny Tackers with Louisa Ennis-Thomas, artist - 2 - 5 years with parent/carer, Tuesdays 10.00 - 10.45am,

Cost $70. This is a 6-week program that is both fun and educational for children and their parents and/or carers. For 45 minutes, kids explore the gallery and have messy fun! Share quality time with your Tiny

Tacker in a workshop where adults don’t have to worry about the mess. This program is a great opportunity for young children to become familiar with their Gallery, and learn about ways of looking at art and expressing themselves.

Term two - May 5, 12, 19, 26 June 2, 9, Bookings essential as spaces are limited: 4048 4888, Cairns

Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott & Shields Street

5 May – 9 Jun Pipsqueaks with Carley Clarke-Rushton, Education Officer for 5 - 7 years with parent/carer optional, Tuesdays 3.45 - 4.45pm, Cost $70, This program is designed to bridge Tiny Tackers and the

Children’s Fine Art Classes and teaches children basic art skills inspired by exhibitions on display at the

Gallery.

Term two - May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, Bookings essential as spaces are limited: 4048 4888, Cairns

Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott & Shields Street

Mobile phones LCRC seminar - Mobile phones and an Aboriginal act of remix. LCRC seminar by Jennifer 6 May

Deger. D3.150 Cairns Institute, Cairns, 4pm.

6 May – 12 Jun Kids Fine Art Class with Hayley Gillespie, artist, Cost $110 - This popular children’s program is designed to be both challenging and rewarding for budding young artists who wants to develop skills in making and looking at art. Works from these classes have been used for auditions for the Programs of Excellence for

Cairns State High School.

Term Two - Wednesday: 8 - 10 years - May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 3.30 - 5.00pm

Thursday: 11 - 16 years - May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 3.30 - 5.00pm

Friday: 8 - 10 years - May 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12, 3.30 - 5.00pm

Saturday: 8 - 10 years - May 9, 16, 23, 30, 10.00am – 12.00pm, June 6, 10.00 – 11.00am

Bookings essential as spaces are limited: 4048 4888, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott & Shields

Street

7 May Free Community Workshop at Hambledon House, Edmonton. Topic on request

Communicating Well, Gender Issues addressed, ??? Suggestions from attendees at previous workshops.

6 - 8pm, RSVP to Anne: bapt01@bigpond.com

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Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Mareeba Hospital, call 4092 9311

7 May Racing Season Launch, Cairns Jockey Club Member's Bar, 5:30pm – 7:30pm, Please RSVP at http://email.gatewaymedia.com.au/forms/s/d406272/36373/489719.html

to attend. Kick start the racing season at the Cairns Jockey Club Racing Season Launch in the Member's Bar with drinks and canapés

15 provided by the Cairns Jockey Club, Carlton United Breweries and Treasury Wine Estates. This calls for a cocktail! Cairns Jockey Clubs’ very own NEW signature Cocktail – ‘The Cairns Easy Rider’ will also be unveiled at the Racing Season Launch. Brought to you by our new beverage sponsor Schweppes in conjunction with Diageo.

7 – 8 May Reiki 1 Shoden Course with Julie, Rainforest Reiki - Contact Julie for bookings on 0438537365 or email julie@rainforestreiki.com.au

or go to www.rainforestreiki.com.au

7 – 9 May St Augustine's College proudly presents the smash hit musical "Return to the Forbidden Planet." This winner of the 1990 Oliver Award for Best Musical bursts with red hot rock and roll hits, including "Great

Balls of Fire" and "Good Vibrations" with the plot taken from Shakespeare's "The Tempest." So fasten your seat belts, set your ray guns to stun and get ready for a cosmic adventure of meteoric proportions!

7, 8 & 9 May, 7.30pm, 8 May, 10.30am. Evening Performance: Adult $25, Concession (Gov Benefit

Holder) $15, Seniors Card Holder $20, Youth (18-21) $15, Child (3-17) $15, *Group (10+) $15. Matinee

Performance: Adult $15, Concession (Govt. Benefit Holder) $10, Seniors Card Holder $10, Youth (18-21)

$10, Child (3-17) $10, *Group (10+) $10 more info & booking call 1300 855 835

7 – 22 May Volunteer tutor training – are you interested in helping people from migrant and refugee backgrounds to learn English? Are you a retiree who is passionate about helping others? Enquire now at TAFE to become a volunteer tutor. No tuition fees however eligibility reuirements apply. For more info call Andrea on 4042 2383

7 May – 11 Jun “HELP”, I’ve got a Teenager - HELP course for people with children twelve years and older. The course runs for six weeks with two and a half hour session held weekly. Build a better relationship with your teen.

Great information and strategies, discuss ideas, share experiences and increase your parenting skills.

Discuss solutions, supportive and thought provoking. Topics include:

■ What behaviours are helpful

■ What behaviours are unhelpful

■ Understanding yourself and your teen

■ Encouraging cooperation and problem solving

■ Using consequences to build responsibility

■ Identifying triggers

■ Responding differently

■ Communicating positively

UnitingCare Community, 188 Aumuller Street. Bungalow, 5.30pm to 8.00 pm each Thursday, Cost:

$60.00 per participant or parent couple, Course includes weekly handouts and tea/coffee. All enrolments and enquiries please phone UnitingCare Community Family Support on 4050 4955. The Family Support

Program is a joint initiative of UnitingCare Community and the Department of Communities

7 May – 11 Jun Kids Fine Art Classes at Kewarra Beach with Adrienne Shaw, artist for 6 - 12 years, Thursdays 3.30 -

5.00pm, Cost $110, This popular children’s program is designed for the budding young artist wanting to further develop their skills in making and looking at art. Term One will focus on drawing and painting skills using pencil and charcoal techniques which will then be applied to create a finished project for the end of term. Term two - May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, Bookings essential as spaces are limited: 4048 4888,

Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott & Shields Street

7 – 8 May Reiki 1 Shoden Course with Julie Heskins, Rainforest Reiki, Bayview Heights, more info email: julie@rainforestreiki.com.au

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Cairns netball season begins

Masters of Jazz, featuring Bob Barnard, Carol Ralph, John Morrison, George Golla, Paul Furniss, Kevin

Hunt & Jonathan Zwartz, Tanks Arts Centre, Tank 5, $45/40, 7.30pm, more info & booking call 1300 855

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8 May Free & Fun – Laughter Yoga event – come along – just for a laugh, 6 – 7pm, Chrysalis Relaxation

Centre, Mulgrave Road, Cairns, more info call Kashonia on 4096 3299

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8 – 10 May Theta Basic Workshop to be held in Cairns. Fri evening 8 May, all day Sat 9th & Sun 10 th . Learn this amazing technique and become a Theta Healing Practitioner! Theta Healing(TM) and Soul Realignment

(R), Holistic healing including nutritional cleansing. Call Robyn: 0438 578 769 www.selfhealingwithrobyn.com

8 – 10 May Basics of Buddhism from a Female Perspective with Sarah Primus – 8 May: 7.30 – 9pm – Introduction to

DW Buddhism, 9 May: 2 – 3.30pm – Compassion & wisdom, 5 – 6.30pm – Female aspects of Buddhism,

10 May: 11am – 12.30pm – Buddhism in daily life, 2 – 3.20pm – Student & teacher. $75 ($65 concession) for 5 sessions or single session $20, 12 Majestic Street, Kamerunga, more info & booking call 0415 422 321 or 0419 772 812

9 May Say G’Day to some of the other friendly residents of South Cairns – meet new people, make new friends.

The Community Champions of South Cairns will be at Mt. Sheridan Plaza to say G’Day with free community activities for children & free coffees for parents. Find out about the new Residents Guide to the Southern Suburbs, lucky draws, goodie bags and lots of community information. 10am – 2pm, more info call Trish 0439 982 336 or Anne 0419 652 452

9 May FRACK OFF! Fundraising gig - 17:00-22:00hrs Machans Beach Community Hall. Live Music at Machans

Beach Community Hall with Jeremiah Johnson, Andy Andrew Brassett, Josh Hoare, DJ Norequest and more. Tacos and bar available on the night. Proceeds to CSG Free NQ. Details www.csgfreenq.com

Taco van onsite many thanks to Taco Loco. Bar, info and letter writing stall inside.

9 – 10 May Laughter Yoga – 2 day leader training, $395, Chrysalis Relaxation Centre, more info & booking call

Kashonia 4096 3299

10 May Mother’s Day

10 May Cairns Bushwalkers Club – Sunday bushwalk. Meet 07:30hrs. For more information https://www.facebook.com/groups/552222434845237/ http://www.cairnsbushwalkers.org.au

Mob: 0451


10 May Cairns Children’s Festival – a giant one-day program and all-of-site event full of fun for all the family, to celebrate 7 support learning, play, curiosity & discovery for children & their families, Tanks Arts Centre.

Roving bubble machine, lantern making workshop, paper plane launch pad, market stalls, food 7 refreshments, parents’ room, gold coin donation for Tank 4 (The tinkering tank) and Tank 5 (The galaxy tank), rest of site free.

10 May The Listies - Following last year's highly successful, inaugural CAIRNS CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL (CCF),

Tanks has invited THE LISTIES to be our festival feature event in 2015 – yippee!! Australia's most sought after kids' comedians, these guys are raucous, laugh out loud fun for the entire family (even Dads)!

Imagine The Young Ones hosting Play School! "The Listies Make You LOL!" Show features alien attacks, toilet paper guns, spew, the rudest word in the world and the most disgusting pair of undies you have ever seen in your entire life. You'll be LOLing, ROFLing and ROFLSHALBOWCOing* (Rolling On the

Floor Laughing So Hard a Little Bit of Wee Came Out). Tanks Arts Centre, 46 Collins Avenue, Edge Hill,

10am & 1pm, Adult $20, Government Benefit Card Holder $20, Senior Card Holder $20, Children 3-17 years $20, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

10 May

10 May

Cairns Autism QLD - Social meet up - ♥ You are invited to Kewarra Beach Community Hall (502

Poolwood Road) for a Social Get-Together on Sundays.

♥ A great way to meet other families and create friendships.

♥ All special needs welcome

♥ Indoor and outdoor play.

♥ Siblings and all ages are most welcome.

TIME: 10.00am - 12.00pm. Contact Person: Heidi Heeman, Phone: 040 999 0185, Email: heidiheeman@bigpond.com

FB: facebook.com/groups/cairnsautism

Hand Made Expo Market - 09:00hrs – 14:00hrs Cairns Showground, Fred Moule Pavilion and surrounds

The very best in handmade, baked and grown in the region... with such a huge range of products you are sure to find something you love! Beautiful wide aisles that are pram and wheelchair friendly. Free entry.

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10 May Cairns Children's Festival, Tanks Art Centre, (Mother's Day). Playgroup QLD are contributing to the

Festival with a chill out tent and play area known as Planet Playgroup. The current overview of Planet

Playgroup is: a relaxed reading/cushioned area with a Reading Chair which will have a Taipan and local musician Jeremiah Johnson reading at 11.30 and 2pm respectively; some simple outdoor toys set up for kids to play and relax from the Festival stimulations; a mother's day craft; a white body paint craft for children to then explore the light effects in the Galaxy Tank as a 'whole body experience'. The Festival hours are 9am to 3pm at the Tanks Art Centre. All the Tanks will have shows and activities running throughout the day, including the Tinkering Tank and the Galaxy Tank (an interactive light installation).

There will also be roving entertainers, food stalls and micro activities set up across the venue and gardens. If you would like to contribute to Planet Playgroup as a volunteer we will be setting up from about 7am, welcoming families and children from 9am - 3pm, and then dismantling the tent and toys.

Please contact Brigitte at Playgroup Qld on: bstrivens@playgroupqld.com.au

Let me know what hours you are available and what your interests are for participating in our area.

10 – 31 May The Tinkering Tank, Tank 4, Tanks Arts Centre – a variety of active & passive play opportunities for children, gold coin donation to enter, 9.30am – 4.30pm weekdays, 10am – 2pm weekends, includes rocket-a-maze, ACO (Australian Chamber Orchestra) virtual, power in parasites, newsdesk.


Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Mareeba – Mulungu, call 4092 3428

11 – 12 May Mental Health First Aid -The Boardroom, Level 1/ 104 Grafton St, Cairns, RSVP by 4 May, 8.30am – 4.30 pm, $100.00 Plus GST. SESSION ONE (3 hours) Mental Illnesses -

Spectrum of interventions. Mental Health First Aid - symptoms and risk factors

. Depression -

. SESSION TWO (3 hours). The MHFA Action Plan for depression - for suicidal thoughts and behaviours -suicidal selfinjury. Anxiety -

MHFA Action Plan for anxiety -

Psychosis -

Action Plan for psychosis - behavior. Substance Misuse substance misuse - into this course please email Rhonda.Methven@health.qld.gov.au

. SESSION THREE (3 hours). The risis first aid for traumatic events.

. SESSION 4 (3 hours) The MHFA

. The MHFA Action Plan for

. To book

11 – 17 May Creating Futures 2O15 - Practice, Evidence and Creativity in Tropical and Remote Settings. Shangri-La

Hotel. The Marina, Cairns. Conference website: http://cf15.conorg.com.au

This is the sixth conference in a series in which the populations of interest are Indigenous peoples from Australia, New Zealand and beyond, the residents of Australia’s neighbouring island nations, and people living with and recovering from mental and/or physical illness or disability in remote and tropical areas. As with previous Creating

Futures conferences there will be a focus on evidence and innovation in identifying and addressing the social determinants of mental and physical health and wellbeing. Special areas of interest will include:

• Creativity;

• Addressing social and behavioural determinants of chronic disease;

• Impediments to progress in chronic disease management: policy and practice in substance misuse;

• Sustaining our strength, resilience and imagination: Empowerment starts with Me;

• Detained populations (forensic and other);

• West Papua – forgotten refugees; ... and more.

Building on the success and goodwill generated through previous conferences, the first day will be held at the Yarrabah Aboriginal community located 60km from Cairns and will be hosted by Gurriny Yealamucka, the local Aboriginal health service. The following three days will be in central Cairns at the Shangri-La

Hotel. Each morning and afternoon will commence with internationally and nationally recognized plenary speakers with concurrent presentations and workshops following. Registration: $645 - $770 (Full conference registration includes catering throughout the conference, return buses transfers from Cairns to Yarrabah Aboriginal Community, the Welcome Reception, entry to the Art Exhibition and Digital Hub,

18 and the Conference Dinner.) Register Online - Secure online registration for delegates paying by

MasterCard or Visa is available at: http://cf15.conorg.com.au/registration/

Please Note: Your online credit card payment will appear on your credit card

11 – 26 May BreastScreen Queensland Mobile service - Ravenshoe Railway Reserve Park, Grigg St, to book an appointment call 13 20 50.

11 – 31 May Love to Ride Challenge Cairns. Be a part of Cairns' biggest ever push to get more people cycling! Love to

Ride is a fun, free competition where workplaces compete to see who can get the most people riding a bike anytime between Monday 11 May and Sunday 31 May. Join today! http://www.lovetoride.net/cairns

Why? Healthier, happier people, less congestion, save money on parking and petrol, smell the roses, stick to those new year ’s resolutions, connect with nature, just to name a few reasons...The coming months will be the best time of the year in Cairns to ride your bike, so get started (or get someone else started) today! Check out these beautiful bike paths - you'll be amazed! https://www.lovetoride.net/cairns/pages/info?ic=9ac74778&locale=en-GB&page=2_where-_to_ride


Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Millaa Millaa, call 4097 2223

12 May Birdwatching Walk. Every Tuesday at 08:00hrs. Meet at the Information Centre, Cairns Botanic Gardens in Collins Street, Cairns www.cairnsbirdwatching.com.au


Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Malanda, call 4096 5339

13 May Cairns Climate Action Network (CCAN) meeting. 18:30hrs CAFNEC, 27 Greenslopes St, Edge Hill.

Discuss and plan the future of CCAN, and see how you can become involved in our future community engagement actions. https://www.facebook.com/events/873417726030667/

13 May The Cairns Institute and the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine has the pleasure of inviting you to two free public events to be held in conjunction with the Creating Futures 2015 Conference www.cf15.conorg.com.au

in Cairns. Both will be held at the Shangri La Hotel www.shangrila.com/cairns/shangrila and are open to the public, and both lectures will be chaired by Melissa Sweet

(Croakey).

1a. 1.45pm Nicholas R othwell: "Outsider art and the creative spirit” - A lecture presenting a personal perspective on outsider art —making, examining its special place in the contemporary cultural landscape, and tracing the suggestive parallels between outsider creativity and the contemporary Australian

Aboriginal art movement.

1b. 2.30pm Theo Tremblay: “Boundary riders” - Since 1984 Theo Tremblay has been working with

Aboriginal and Islander artists helping to promote shared learning through the arts; expressing concerns of cou ntry, culture and the “colonial conundrum”. His illustrated talk will feature the artists he mentors as apprentices. “Boundary riders”, as he refers to them, “are gaining confidence and respect by sharing their culture stories, anecdotes, confessions and aspirations with the broader community through printmaking —and other shared collaborative activities.”

7.30pm to 9.00pm Vikram Patel: “Bridging gaps: different contexts different solutions?”

In this public forum an international expert in the area of global mental health, Vikram Patel, will share lessons from his experience over two decades in promoting the importance and realisation of mental health as a core component of global health in pursuing equity in health worldwide, and in eliminating the discrimination and exclusion of people suffering from mental disorders in economically disadvantaged societies. In Australia, an economically privileged society with robust social and health sectors, disadvantage, discrimination and exclusion are pervasive across remote Indigenous Australia and compounded for those with mental health and other disabilities. Two Aboriginal Australians, politician

Allison Anderson and psychiatrist Marshall Watson, will reflect on the salience of those experiences and

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13 May lessons to the political, service and social landscape of remote Indigenous Australia. To register please visit www.alumni.jcu.edu.au/CF15Public

Information source in Murui - Expression of information source in Murui. LCRC seminar by Kasia

Wojtylak. D3.150 Cairns Institute, Cairns, 4pm.

13 May Dive Into Digital Coffee Chat - Caffiend (5/78 Grafton Street Cairns) at 8.30am. The Digital Enterprise

Program delivers FREE group information sessions and provide one-on-one mentoring to help not-forprofit community groups as well as small to medium businesses to better understand how to take advantage of online opportunities such as social media, creating a website, marketing tips, e-commerce, security and legal.

14 May Transport Development & Solutions Alliance (TDSA) Workshop, FNQ Docs Training Room, 117

Anderson Street, Manunda, more info infotdsa@gmail.com

- AM: Succeeding in Social enterprise, PM:

Succeeding in Social enterprise – PANEL – The lived experience - lessons learnt from some who have established enterprises

14 May Safety Connect 2015 – 34 th . Annual safety conference, registration required by 7 May, $100pp (includes morning & afternoon tea, buffet lunch, 12 months membership of FNQ Safety group), Cairns Sheridan

Hotel, Sheridan Street, Cairns, 8.50am – 4.15pm, more info & registration email safetyconnect@fnqsafetygroup.org.au


Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Herberton, call 4096 2222

14 May Far North early Childhood network presents a forum – Play 4 Life – 3.30 – 9pm, B1.0331, JCU, Cairns campus$10pp, more info & registration email fnecn5@gmail.com

14 – 15 May Companion Training for the Young People’s Program - Primary & Secondary Levels - Seasons for

Growth® is an innovative education program for children and young people in Primary and Secondary schools which explores the effects of change, loss and grief. Facilitated by trained Companions within a small ‘peer’ group, the participants explore feelings, memories, loss and grief in a safe and creative way.

Seasons for Growth® is an education program. It does not provide counselling or therapy. Wellspring

House, 62 Golden Grove Drive, Bentley Park, Trainer: Joan Steele - gjsteele2@bigpond.com

- 0417 620

030, Cost: $460 per person (includes Companion manual, morning tea and lunch), Please register online at www.goodgrief.org.au/training

14 – 15 May Squaring the Wheel combines circus, clown, strange mechanisms and contraptions, puppetry, magic and music into an unusual, thingamabobbish theatre extravaganza. A flying broom, two ugly screaming babies, 17 balls, 34 meters of bent steel, 483 welded points and 15 marching eggs are just the tip of the iceberg of unexpected, transformed wacky materials and objects. Unpredictable, funny, touching, highly visual and occasionally out of control, it is a clever theatre adventure for the whole family in thinking out of the box. Topsy-turvy ways to look at things, teamed with imagination, transform a pile of junk into a resourceful repository of gadgets and circus props, into life and friendship supporting odds and ends …all done in an hilarious and ultimately very human way of complicating simple things. Following the show, stay for an interactive workshop into the science behind the wacky contraptions and get inspired to build your own little universe of pulleys, catapults and chain-reaction machines back home. Family show suitable for ages + 5. Centre of Contemporary Arts, 96 Abbott Street, Cairns. Thur 14 May 6.30pm, Fri 15

May 11am, Fri 15 May 6.30pm, Adult $15, Government Benefit Card Holder $10, Senior Card Holder

$10, Child 2-4 years $6, Child 5-9 years $8, Child 11-15 years $10, Family (2Ad+2Ch 2-15yrs) $30.00, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

14 May – 18 Jun EarlyAQtion Cool Little Kids Parent Program - This program is designed for children aged between 3 and 6. The program focuses on teaching young children, through their parents, to build confidence and develop skills to help to manage anxiety and other negative emotions as they grow. The Cool Little Kids

Program is theoretically grounded in the cognitive behavioural approach. It is based on research that has

20 identified some of the key factors important in the development of anxiety across childhood. As this is a small group program with a maximum of 6 attendees, spaces are limited….Don’t miss out… RSVP Now!

Cost: $50. This program is run by our Family Support Worker, Anita Grega and includes afternoon tea and the Cool Little Kids Parent Manual. Autism Queensland Centre of Excellence, 15-17 Marr Street,

Edmonton. Session 1 Thursday, 14th May 12.30pm - 2.30pm, Session 2 Thursday, 21st May 12.30pm -

2.30pm, Session 3 Thursday, 28th May 12.30pm - 2.30pm, Session 4 Thursday, 4th June 12.30pm -

2.30pm, Session 5 Thursday, 11th June 12.30pm - 2.30pm, Session 6 Thursday, 18th June 12.30pm -

2.30pm, For more information phone 4034 6600 or email cairns@autismqld.com.au



15 May Securing the Good Life: Developing Safeguards for Vulnerable People Presented by Michael Kendrick

Cairns Cairns Friday May 15, 2015 – Cairns

About the Seminar

• To be human is to be vulnerable. However, people with disability often live with greater vulnerability than others. In an attempt to keep people safe it is possible to limit their lives by being over-protective and so worried about risk that they have little chance of experiencing the good things in life.

• While a person’s vulnerabilities may not be able to be eliminated, intentional safeguards can assist to minimise or make up for these vulnerabilities.

• This seminar will highlight the importance of recognising and understanding an individual’s vulnerabilities, as well as explore ways to manage these areas in a positive, life expanding way.

Who should attend? People with disabilities, family members, allies, advocates, workers and coordinators, and others who are interested in safeguarding good lives for individuals with disabilities and other people who may be highly vulnerable.

Topics covered will include

• What do we mean by vulnerabilities?

• How to manage vulnerability without being over-protective

• Common sources of vulnerability for people with disability

• What are intentional safeguards and how do we put these in place?

• Examples of this way of thinking and working

• The role of supporters & organisations

How to Register

• Tickets can be booked via our Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/securing-the-good-lifedeveloping-safeguards-for-vulnerable-people-tickets-16528298586

• Ticket sales close Friday 4 May 2015

• If you experience any issues registering for this event, please call CRU on 07 3844 2211.

Event details

• Event runs from 9.30am-4.30pm

• Registration 9.00am

• Cost - $150 Full Fee & $65 for People with a disability and family members

• RSVP by Monday 4th May 2015

• Seville Conference Centre Cairns, 35 Bauhinia Avenue, Earlville, Cairns

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Contact Community Resource Unit Inc.

• Phone: 07 3844 2211

• Email: cru@cru.org.au

Website: http://cru.org.au

Address: Level 2, 43 Peel Street. South Brisbane. Queensland.

In Conversation - Exhibition tour and talk with designers Bic Tieu and Zoe MacDonell, 6.00pm, Cairns 15 May

Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott and Shields Street. Free event, RSVP 4046 4800. Resolved: Journeys in

Australian Design features works by twelve of Australia’s most interesting and inventive contemporary designers.

15 – 17 May 2015 National LETS Conference, Hosted by Tablelands LETS. Our speakers, workshops and forums are being finalized. Our theme is Local Abundance – LETS Share. We intend to showcase LETS and its role

21 in relocalisation. Our first draft program will be released by 1 March 2015. Speakers may include

Annette Loudon, Tim Jenkin, Karel Boele, Tania Brookes, Robin Krabbe, Catie-Lou Manson, Irene

Chapman, Alison Bird and Bel Moore. We will include workshops, social sessions, forums, panels and

LETS trading.

Accommodation

* Quinola Lakes in cabins, dorms and camping.

* Malanda Falls Caravan Park in cabins and motel rooms.

* In the homes of Tableland LETS folk (e.g.: spare room, granny flat).

Food - Our menu will focus on local food prepared by Melitta from that retro cafe and Leeandra from

Love-Lee Cooking. Special dietary needs can be taken into consideration – please advise on your registration form. Food is included in Registration fees. http://www.tablelandlets.org/events-page/2015conference/

15 – 21 May National Families Week - 'Stronger Families, Stronger Communities' Each year, tens of thousands of people and hundreds of organisations celebrate National Families Week - Australia's annual celebration of families. The aim of National Families Week 2015 is to celebrate the vital role that families play in

Australian society. The 2015 theme is 'Stronger Families, Stronger Communities'. This year's theme highlights the important role families play as the central building block of our communities and that community wellbeing is enhanced by family wellbeing. National Families Week is a time to celebrate with your family, make contact with your extended family and friends, and share in the enjoyment of family activities within the wider community. It is a time to celebrate the meaning of family and to make the most of family life. Let’s take the time to reflect on the critical role that families play in teaching, supporting and nurturing children especially as they grow, and in supporting community elders. National Families Week coincides with the United Nations International Day of Families on 15 May. This day is observed by the

United Nations to mark the importance that the international community places on families as the most fundamental units of society, as well as to show concern about their situation in many parts of the world.

All Australians, including community organisations, schools, councils, companies and individuals are invited to participate in National Families Week each year.

15 May – 12 Jul RESOLVED: JOURNEYS IN AUSTRALIAN DESIGN - Resolved features works by twelve of Australia's most interesting and inventive contemporary designers. The exhibition explores the designer's journey, from the initial inspiration and idea through to the finished product. Featured designers include Adam

Cornish, Adam Goodrum, Alex Gilmour, Fukutoshi, Gary Galego, Ben McCarthy, Bic Tieiu and Zoe

MacDonnell. Resolved: Journeys in Australian Design is an Object: Australian Design Centre National

Touring Program. Object: Australian Design Centre has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. Object: Australian Design Centre is supported by the NSW Government through Arts NSW. Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott & Shields

Street

16 May Anh Do - The Happiest Refugee - Live! Support: Joel Ozborn. Anh Do's bestselling book The Happiest

Refugee has made readers laugh and cry, and was described by Russell Crowe as "the most surprising and inspiring read I have had in years." Anh's new stage show takes it a step further, combining stand-up comedy with real life stories, photos and filmed pieces to retell his amazing story. When one of Australia's most talented comedians delves deep into his own life's joys and sorrows, the result is an unforgettable night at the theatre that leaves an audience uplifted and quite simply experiencing... happiness. Cairns

Convention Centre, Cnr Wharf and Sheridan Streets, Cairns, 8 – 9.30pm, Adult $59.90, Concession

$54.90, Senior $54.90, Student $54.90, Group 10+ $54.90, more info & booking call 1300 855 835.

16 May Resolved PLAYTIME WITH Zoe MacDonell, designer for 6 - 12 years, Cost $18 ($16 members), 1.00 -

3.00pm, A unique opportunity to join designer Zoe MacDonell from the exhibition, Resolved: Journeys in

Australian Design. Explore, play and experiment with printing techniques using the kids own drawings and playful designs. Kids will explore pattern making and repetition on various fabrics before printing onto a fabric surface to keep. Please bring along a t-shirt, scarf, bag, pillowcase etc. Parents are also welcome to join in the fun. Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott & Shields Street, Bookings essential as spaces are limited: 4048 4888

16 May The Glenn Miller Orchestra - 25 musicians, singers and dancers on stage in a brand new show. The

Glenn Miller Orchestra returns by overwhelming popular demand for this concert spectacular, to honour the year of the ANZAC Centenary. Featuring America's finest musicians together with the Moonlight

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Adult from Sunday, 29th March $89.90, Pensioners Card Holder $84.90, moere info & booking call 1300

855 835

16 – 17 May Reiki 2 Shoden Course, at Rainforest Reiki, Bayview Heights, more info Contact: Julie on 0438537365 or email julie@rainforestreiki.com.au

or go to www.rainforestreiki.com.au

17 May International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT)

17 May AGM - Bungalow Community Garden AGM, 10:00hrs at the garden, Little Spence Street. Bungalow,

Cairns. Nominations are open for Office Holders. Current Office bearers will resign and New Committee elected or re-elected. Be a part of running the Garden. Nomination forms are available and will be accepted 14 days prior to meeting. Nominations will be accepted from the floor at the meeting

18 May

Serenade Singers and The Broadway Swing Dancers, the concert will pay tribute to the spirit of ANZAC including a special feature of music and songs from the years of the Great War. All the famous Glenn

Miller classics will be performed by the Orchestra playing the original music arrangements; timeless icons of American culture such as Chattanooga Choo Choo, A String Of Pearls, Tuxedo Junction, Moonlight

Serenade, Little Brown Jug and the greatest Miller hit of all time, In The Mood. Cairns Civic Theatre, Cnr

Sheridan and Florence Streets, Cairns, 7.30pm, Early Bird price up until Saturday, 28th March $79.90,

The last decade could rightfully be called the ‘decade of the brain’ as advances in medical and neuroscience have deepened our understanding of brain development and cognitive functioning, more than any other period before. Much of the public discu ssion has related to new knowledge of infant’s brains, however, just as many amazing are discoveries have been made relating to brain development and functioning from childhood right through to late adolescence. These findings often contradict many of the long-held practices that helping professionals, teachers and parents have viewed as best practice.

The result is that there is now a large gap between how people ‘think’ the developing brain functions and what neuroscience research has actually shown to be the case. An understanding of this knowledge and its practical application will help to guide your practice to better meet the behavioural, developmental and educational needs of the children, adolescents and families you work with. You will learn:

18 May cortex, the influence of plasticity, and the reptilian brain. under which the developing brain functions at its best. onditions adolescents? What approaches and interventions work best from a neuroscience perspective and how to turn an outburst, argument or fear into a chance to integrate a child’s brain and foster vital social and emotional development. professionals make when working with young people and which of our current approaches have been shown to be less helpful then we thought. trauma which may have impacted upon their early brain development.

This is an invaluable workshop for professionals working with children, young people and families looking to reinvigorate their practice and enhance their understanding of clients' needs. Full of “aha!” moments, this workshop focuses on different discoveries in neuroscience, explains them in plain English and provides guidance on how to put this knowledge to practical use in the classroom, therapy room and home, with recommendations backed by evidence from neuroscience for optimum social and emotional wellbeing. Nathan’s vast knowledge in this area, combined with his interactive and engaging teaching style and thoughtful use of case study material has made him one of Compass’s most requested speakers. Nathan Mikaere Wallis is an Educational Psychologist with a practice background in teaching, counselling and child therapy. He is a trustee for the Brainwave Trust and is a sought after trainer in the area of neuroscience research and its implications for practice. He also runs a successful consultancy specializing in child development and parenting. CPD Hrs: 5.5. 9:00am – 4:00pm, Mercure Harbourside

Cairns, 209 – 217 The Esplanade, Early Bird $240 Standard $270 – catering and handbook included,

Queries: Contact the Compass Seminars team on 1800 673 385 or office@compassaustralia.com.au

Women’s Health Clinic (Available to Medicare eligible clients). Conducted by an Advanced Practise

Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health,

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19 May healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Edmonton, call 4226 4900

Permaculture Club Meeting - Flexible Learning Centre, 90-92 Clark Street, Manunda, 18:00hrs –

21:00hrs. Open to the public, our monthly meeting provides a regular time for the Permaculture community to meet, share and plan. The evening ’s program includes: Local Product Stalls, Topical

Discussion and News, Guest Speakers, Tea / Supper, ‘Movies That Matter’, a screening of hand selected short films. Also, come and explore t he beautiful Permaculture inspired garden (featured on Costa’s

Gardening Odyssey). A great space to learn and share. All welcome.


Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Cairns North, call 4226 4333


Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Ravenshoe Mamu, call 4097 6502

19 May Kinship: Exploring a trauma informed model of practice - Over the past few years the Out of Home Care landscape has shifted from a focus on Foster Care to a majority of children being cared for by kinship carers. This shift in focus has challenged professionals in the care system to include and incorporate the complex dynamics of kinship families into their models of care. This one day workshop will provide an opportunity for kinship practitioners to explore trauma informed models of practice including a focus on the Kinship system, assessment, child-centred practice, the provision of creative support and the deconstruction of the elements of Family Inclusive Practice. With an acknowledgement and understanding of trans-generational trauma we will focus on creative ways to explore, make meaning and understand the impacts of trauma within kinship and what this means for the child, our practice and the system. Learning outcomes: Participants will:

◾Explore system differences in the care context.

◾Revise and extend their knowledge of assessment models and frameworks relating to complex families.

◾Engage in strategies and activities that build a repertoire for creative child centred trauma informed practice

◾Develop a more complex understanding of Family Inclusive Practice and what this means for Kinship practice.

◾Build skills to navigate the layers of trauma within some kinship care systems in order to support the healing required within the family

Who should attend: All professionals working in the Out of Home Care & Kinship Care sector, Family

Services case managers and support staff and those working with children and families within Kinship placements. To be held in cairns CBD, Standard: $300 (GST inclusive) online $280, Earlybird: $270

(GST inclusive) online $250. Discounts apply to online registrations which will be processed by credit card only. Register at http://www.childhood.org.au/for-professionals/workshops-andseminars/register?url=http%3a%2f%2fnetcommunity.childhood.org.au%2fK-

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19 – 23 May Barbara O'Neill - Self Heal by Design – Lectures, more info Email relax@mmh.com.au

20 May Meryam Mir LCRC seminar - Non-spatial setting in Meryam Mir. LCRC seminar by Nick Piper. D3.150

Cairns Institute, Cairns, 4pm.

21 May Cairns Tropical Branch Inc. National Seniors Association - Our Branch meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at Cominos House, 27 Greenslopes Street at 7.00 pm, $2.50 levy per person, 7.00

–7.10 sign-in, 7.10

–7.45 Meeting, 7.45 Program/Guest Speaker - Members stories. Share stories of your heritage, past adventure or notable events. Cairns & District Family History Society, Presenter: Louise

Coakley, session 2 Ancestry through DNA More info contact President:- Bob Stemp. Ph: 40930328,

Email: cairns.tropical.nsa@gmail.com

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21 – 23 May Nice Work If You Can get It - Cairns State High School presents Nice Work If You Can Get It - a 1920s love story between a charming and wealthy young man, Jimmy Winter, and a rough female bootlegger

Billie Bendix, the weekend of his wedding. Billie and her cohorts pose as servants at the wedding, causing hijinks galore. Wonderful classic Gershwin hits like "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "Someone to

Watch Over Me" and "Fascinating Rhythm" make this musical highly entertaining. Cairns Civic Theatre,

Cnr Sheridan and Florence Streets, Cairns, Thursday 21 May, 7.30pm, Friday 22 May, 12.30pm (CSHS students only), Friday 22 May, 7.30pm, Saturday 23 May, 7.30pm. Evening: Adult $35, Concession (Gov

Benefit Holder) $28, Child (3-17) $15, Group (10+) $28. Matinee (for Cairns State High Students only):

Child (3-17) $12, Group (10+) $28, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

22 May Exhibition Opening Event - Transparent: Watercolour in Queensland 1850s-1980s, 6.00pm, Cairns

Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott and Shields Street. Free event, all welcome to attend, RSVP appreciated

4046 4800. Showcasing more than 50 e xquisite watercolours by some of Queensland’s most renowned watercolour artists, including Conrad Martens, J.J. Hilder, Vida Lahey, Kenneth Macqueen, Joe Rootsey,

Margaret Cliento and Joy Roggenkamp.

22 May Kingswood – Melbourne rock band, Tanks Arts Centre, Tank 5, 7.30pm, $25/20, more info & booking call

1300 855 835

22 May – 5 Jul TRANSPARENT WATERCOLOUR IN QUEENSLAND 1850S - 1980S - Transparent showcases more than 50 exquisite watercolours by some of Queensland's most renowned watercolour artists, including

Conrad Martens, J.J. Hilder, Vida Lahey, Kenneth Macqueen, Joe Rootsey, Margaret Cliento and Joy

Roggenkamp. The exhibition traces the important role of watercolour in Queensland's visual arts history, from its earliest colonial beginnings through to modern watercolour developments in the early twentieth century and the more recent and exuberant watercolours of the 1980s. Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr

Abbott & Shields Street

23 May The Etta James story with Vika Bull, Australian soul singer, $45/40, Tanks Arts Centre, Tank 5, 7.30pm, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

24 May Mareeba seed saver and gardening group meeting, 10:00hrs to 16:00hrs. Here are the directions on how to get there: At Biboohra (follow the signs to Mareeba Wetlands), turn left into Pickford Rd. Go app. 3 km turn right at rural number 326. There is an old red bed at the drive way. Special guest speaker at

13:00hrs. Kerri Redding, Subject: Attracting more birds to your garden and the benefit it brings. Please bring binoculars and bird book if you have such items. Hope to see you all there.

24 – 25 May Level 1 Healing Touch Certificate Program with Aust. Foundation for Healing. The Healing Touch

Curriculum is clinically based and the treatments come from a variety of healing traditions that compliment many types of healing practices, more information contact Kay on 0417 332 904

25 May Working Across Cultures - The value of culturally appropriate care - FAMILY SUPPORT WORKERS

NETWORK PRESENTS A SPECIAL PANEL EVENT - This is a FREE Professional Development opportunity for Family Support Workers. Guest Speakers

Dr. Narayan Gopalkrishnan, Course Coordinator, James Cook University, Cairns - Beyond Cultural

Competence: Working across cultures through Culturally Dynamic Partnerships

Ester Bahatie, Community Member - Walking in a new land. Ester will speak to her experience of settling in Australia, high-lighting the opportunities and challenges.

Yvonne Petrusma, Volunteer Coordinator, Centacare Migrant Services - How to use an interpreter. How to determine English adequacy. Communication and being self aware.

Siobhan Delgado, Coordinator, Port Douglas Community Neighbourhood Centre - Q & A

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—11.30 (Please arrive at 9.15 for tea/coffee and registration), TAFE Room J120 and J121, Limited seats available RSVP 18/5/15 evonne.kennedy@centacarecairns.org

25 May Working with Adult Survivors of Complex Trauma: ASCA Professional Development Training for Health

Professionals. Complex trauma is cumulative, underlying and interpersonal. To minimise the risk of retraumatisation, working with adult survivors of complex trauma requires specialist knowledge which is both trauma-informed and grounded in research into the neurobiology of attachment. By attending this one-day professional development training participants will learn about the difference between single-

25 incident and complex trauma, their respective impacts on the person and intervention modalities.

Participants will acquire a grounding in the latest research around the neurobiology of attachment and recovery and the core principles of working safely with adult survivors of complex trauma. They will take home tips to engage in safe and collaborative interactions with clients as well as strategies for professional self-care. By attending this professional development training participants will:

•Understand trauma, complex trauma and how to apply the principles of trauma-informed practice

•Learn about attachment and child development in the presence of stress, coping strategies and their impacts on adult

•Learn about the brain, stress response, the importance of neural integration and implications for practice

•Acquire the key principles for working with adult survivors: safety, stabilisation, self-regulation

•Understand the relationships between professional self-care and client safety; acquire self-care strategies

Who should attend? Psychologists, clinical psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists, mental health nurses, social workers, general practitioners, psychiatrists working in therapeutic contexts with adults survivors of complex trauma. 9:00am to 5:00pm (Registration from 8:45am), Fees: Full - $290.00,

Concession - $230.00, PROF Member - $261.00, Rydges Esplanade, 209-217 Abbott Street, Cairns. To register go to https://asca.memnet.com.au/MemberSelfService/EventBooking.aspx?selectedEventId=62

25 – 27 May Triple P International is looking to host a Primary Care and Discussion Group Open Enrolment course in

Cairns. If you are interested in attending one or both of these courses, please complete the Cairns

Registration Form and email this to training@triplep.net

by Thursday 30th April. For further information on these courses, please head to the Triple P Website or contact Dominica Raffa, Manager, Training

Support, Triple P International Pty Ltd on 3236 1212.

26 May Understanding Behaviour – A step by step guide for parents – an Early Days Autism Spectrum workshop on * how to understand your child’s behavior * ways to select and teach your child new behavior * how to promote positive behaviours, free, lunch & light refreshments provided, childcare is NOT provided, 9am –

3pm, Cairns Early Years Centre, Bentley Park College, Borrowdale Close, via McLaughlin Road, Bentley

Park, register at workshops@autismqld.com.au


Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Atherton – Midin, call 4091 6103

26 May Life ATSI Suicide Bereavement Support Group meeting will be held today, between 10am – 12 noon, at



27 May Cairns Regional Council Ordinary meeting, 9am, Council Chambers, 119 Spence Street, Cairns. Public welcome to attend.


Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Atherton PHCC, call 4091 0263

27 – 28 May 2015 QLD PARENT/CARER WORKSHOPS, CAIRNS - Positive Partnerships provide free parent/ carer workshops for families of children who are school-aged and have an autism spectrum disorder. Please note registration for these free workshops open 6 weeks before the date of the workshop. If you are unable to attend a workshop, there are also great free resources on the website as well as our online learning platform. More info at www.positivepartnerships.com.au

27 May Dive Into Digital – Free seminar “Creating a Website”, 17:30 – 19:30hrs, Terrain NRM Office, Mossman.

(Corner Mill Street and Junction Road - entry up the stairs). This free information session for small to medium businesses and not-for-profit/community groups gives you practical tips for getting your organisation online. It will look at your website building options including costs and how to build and

26 maintain a free website. Participants at this session are then eligible for up to 4 hours free one-on-one follow-up mentoring sessions at their place of work/organisation. Registration - http://www.diveintodigital.com.au/events

27 – 29 May Popstars - Nice-guy Mark is head over heels for his popular girlfriend Shannon - that is until she dumps him in front of the whole school. Shannon does not have time for boys now that she and her friends have formed a girl-band, and are out to win the Talent Show, unfortunately they can not sing. Luckily, shy geek

Charlie can and she's just what the girls need. Meanwhile Mark's grunge-band mates agree the best way to get back at Shannon is to beat her at the Talent show and they form an amazing boy band! The only problem is they have to dance and they can't! Enter the confident and cool new girl, Ella. She agrees to help the boys remake their band into a sleek rhythmic boy band. But with Shannon scheming behind the scenes, can Mark win the girl, the talent show and a recording contract? It's boy band vs girl band in this

90's jukebox musical spectacular. Cairns Civic Theatre, Cnr Sheridan and Florence Streets, 7pm, Adult

$25.00, Concession (Gov Benefit Holder) $20.00, Seniors Card Holder $20.00, Youth (18-21) $20.00,

Child (3-17) $15.00, Family (2 Adults + 2 children) $70.00, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

27 May – 17 Jun Creating possibilities through art therapy, which can assist with:-

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Helping to improve various mental and physical symptoms including reducing pain, anxiety and tension.

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Processing emotions and feelings that you might be struggling with

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Improving your sense of self or self-awareness

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Removing social isolations and improving social skills.

All materials and tea/coffee supplied, 10am – 12 noon weekly, Uniting Care Community, 188 Aumuller

Street, Bungalow, register by calling 4050 4955


Mobile Women’s health Nurse from QLD Health. Services offered include: pap smears, sexual health screening, education/information on menopause, breast health, nutrition, contraception, bowel health, healthy lifestyle etc. Women of all ages, including QLD health staff) are welcome and appointments can be made by phoning the number listed. Today: Mareeba Hospital, call 4092 9311

28 – 29 May Radiant Life Festival, as part of Port Douglas Carnivale, at the iconic Sugar Wharf – free demos such as yoga, tai chi, and dance, inspiring speakers, free workshops and many market stalls and exhibitors.

29 May Cairns Regional DV Forum - 9:30am to 4:00pm, Hilton Hotel, 34 Esplanade, Cairns, Breakfast ($50),

Workshop ($175), Ambassador Evening ($40). Violence against women is a man’s issue too. Building community and national action to prevent men's violence against women. In conjunction with Cairns

Regional Domestic Violence Service, the forum workshop will follow the annual Domestic Violence

Prevention Month Breakfast. The workshop will take place from 9.30am - 4pm with keynote speakers: Dr

Michael Flood and Dr Michael Kaufman. Purchase tickets at http://www.whiteribbon.org.au/shop/tickets/white-ribbon-regional-forum-cairns



29 May Lateral violence workshop, Cairns - Lateral violence is when the oppressed become the oppressors, and they use destructive behaviours to exert their powers over others by engaging in behaviours such as gossiping, back-stabbing and creating situations which are emotionally and physically destructive to others. The Lateral Violence workshop is an in depth workshop exploring the behaviours related to lateral violence and how these behaviours impacts of individuals, families, communities and organisations. The Lateral Violence Workshop will assist Workers and Organisations to better understand the dynamics which effect many of our clients, and will ultimately improve service delivery and provision.

Understanding the effects of lateral violence in the workplace is a MUST for all Workers and

Management - In the near future it is envisaged that the term lateral violence will replace the words

“bullying, harassment” and other such associated behaviours. Participants will be encouraged to create

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Organisations who are undergoing change within their work environment

Workers within a workplace which specialize in working with high needs or minority groups

There are limited places available, so please book in advance to ensure a place in this training.

Registration can be done on line at www.aboriginalculturaltraining.com.au

Should you require further information, please don’t hesitate to contact 0418 477 093

29 May The Audreys - A most excellent, triple ARIA Award-winning Australian folk-rock band, who've released four albums, won a bunch more awards and toured all 'round the world. And now they're coming to

Cairns, and there's two of them – Taasha who sings and plays tiny guitars and keyboards and Tristan who plays normal-sized guitars and doesn't sing. Sometimes, they tell goofy stories about when they used to be married, but always they play the songs their fans adore – going back to where it started with

"You & Steve McQueen", from their debut album Between Last Night And Us. Tanks Arts Centre, 46

Collins Avenue, Edge Hill. Support, Leanne Tennant 7.30pm, The Audreys, 8.30pm, This performance is fully seated. Seating cannot be reserved. Select your own seating upon arrival. Adult $30, Govt Benefit

Card Holder $25, Senior Card Holder $25, Tertiary Student $25, Youth 15-17 $25, *Group 10+ $25, more info & booking call 1300 855 835.

29 May FNQ Foster Carers Host Australia’s BIGGEST Morning Tea, 10.30am, ‘Pirate ship’ ….the Esplanade,

Expresso Coffee mobile will donate 50c from all sales, Scrumptious morning tea: $2 per plate, All proceeds donated to Cancer Council to raise vital funds for cancer research, prevention & support. Bring the kids, your friends …it’s a great cause, don’t forget a chair/ blanket.

29 May – 7 Jun Inaugural North QLD ECOweek – an excvitin collaboration for regional sustainability. Local community groups, learning institutions, businesses & government agencies are invited to register their eco-friendly events on the ECOweek website at http://ecoweek.org.au

29 May – 13 Jun Is My Lipstick On Straight? - In this delightful, heart breaking, funny one woman show written and performed by Susan Prince, we are taken on a very personal journey through life as a performer with epilepsy. Susan takes us through her life through the eyes of the characters she has played. Each character telling us about her life behind the scenes. What drives her to create, how love, motherhood and epilepsy have all shaped her performances and vice versa. Susan has created a delightfully theatrical telling of a life in the theatre.

JUTE Theatre, 96 Abbott Street, Cairns, $39/34/25, more info & booking 4050 9444.

29 May – 5 Jul NICKEEMA WILLIAMS: KERKAR MAR-ASMER - This exhibition explores issues of reconnection, family, culture and history. Kerkar Mar-asmer means new reflection/s. The artist explains that the works are her early steps towards understanding, documenting and learning about her Torres Strait Islander heritage.

Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott & Shields Street

30 May Jaya Goddess Jewellery Workshop with Jenna Lee Sai, $50pp, more info & booking call Jenna 0497 009

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30 May Graphite Saturday with Julie McEnerny - We sketch outdoors in the Botanic Gardens in the morning so remember to dress for the weather! After lunch we reconvene in the Visitor Centre to refine our drawings and learn new skills. Bring your own materials for this workshop: sketchbook/journal and pencils (eg 2H,

HB, 2B). Lunch can be purchased at either of the Garden's eateries or byo (fridge available). Tea and coffee provided. Last Saturday of every month. Cost: $80 Bookings essential (small groups): gardens@cairns.qld.gov.au or phone 4032 6650. 10am – 3pm, Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre and outdoors

30 May Exhibition Opening Event - Nickeema Williams: Kerkar Mar-Asmer - 2.00pm, Cairns Regional Gallery,

Cnr Abbott and Shields Street. Free event, all welcome to attend, RSVP appreciated 4046 4800. This exhibition explores issues of reconnection, family, culture and history. Kerkar Mar-asmer means new reflection/s. The artist explains that the works are her early steps towards understanding, documenting and learning about her Torres Strait Islander heritage.

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30 – 31 May Big Boys Toys Expo – bikes, boats, trucks, cars, jet ski, fishing, football, sports, body building, pool tools, fashion, fitness, gadgets, technology, careers, Fred Moule Pavilion, Cairns Showgrounds, more info call

4041 6981

31 May Cairns Eco-Fiesta (formerly Sustainable Living Expo) - Cruise Liner Terminal and adjacent parkland. We have been busily planning for the 2015 Sustainable Living Expo and have some exciting news to share!

Council has partnered with James Cook University to align the 2015 Expo with the JCU Sustainability

Symposium – that is, to have two complementary events in the same week. Townsville Council is following suit, partnering with their JCU campus to align their Council’s annual environmental festival with the JCU symposium, which is run concurrently at both campuses. The aim of these partnerships is to create a platform for a regional ‘Eco-Week’, where Councils, JCU, schools, TAFE, community / environment groups, businesses and individual community members hold their own new or existing event

/ activity during Eco-Week (29 May to 7 June) to benefit from cross promotion and wider media exposure.

The Sustainable Living Expo will now be called ‘Eco-Fiesta’ to align with the Townsville event and better reflect the event message of – planet, people, prosperity. The new name is also a nod to CAFNEC’s

Enviro-Fiesta from yester-year. The Cairns Eco-Fiesta will be held on Sunday 31 May 2015 at the Cruise

Liner Terminal and adjacent parkland – this venue combines the best of both worlds – indoor exhibition space for businesses and outdoor ‘festival’ space where event attendees can enjoy a day out in a relaxed atmosphere. We believe this collaborative approach to align sustainability events across the region will create many synergies, including widening the appeal of individual events. We are writing to highlight the

‘Eco-week’ concept and to invite you to think about how your organisation might like to participate in this collaborative model by holding your own event during Eco-Week. So if you like the idea, please get in touch so we know what your thoughts are and can plan accordingly. The green edge of the business community is also welcome to participate either by having a stall at the Eco-Fiesta, using the week as a platform to promote their green credentials, fundraise for an eco-cause or anything else that makes a positive contribution to the week. We are still in the early planning stages and welcome any input to make

Eco-Week and the Eco-Fiesta the premier sustainability event in regional Australia. Please contact one of the team at any time. It’s going to be a big job to bring it all together but we’re really positive about where this can go. Stay tuned for more updates early in the New Year.

Jun 2015

2 Jun Training: Supporting People who have an Intellectual Disability through the justice system, Cairns

Magistrates Court Training Room, 5D Sheridan Street, Cairns, 8:45 for 9.00am – 1:00pm, $40 includes morning tea. Quick and easy online registration - www.wwild.org.au

. See “Upcoming Events” on the right hand side of homepage. This training will give you practical skills and knowledge to better support people who have an intellectual disability who have been a victim of crime and are entering the justice system.

You will gain knowledge about: tudes which disadvantage people with intellectual disability in the justice system easures within the court system

Contact WWILD for more information on PH: (07) 3262 9877 or Email: gillian@wwild.org.au

This training examines a typical pathway through the justice system in Queensland for a person with an intellectual disability, utilizing an extended case study that illustrates poor practice developed in consultation with Queensland Police Service, Victim Assist Queensland, Legal Aid Queensland, PACT, and a range of other stakeholders. We aim to offer participants ideas about best practice ways to work with people with intellectual disability in the justice system, while acknowledging that each person is unique and there can be no ‘one size fits all’ approach. This training is suitable for a range of professionals working alongside people with intellectual disability. Recognising that some attendees will be coming from disability service backgrounds and some from justice-oriented backgrounds, we aim to provide an overview of both areas.

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3 – 4 Jun QuIHN are delivering an ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills training) 2-day training workshop from the cairns QuIHN office. $150 pp which includes workbook, certificate, lunches, morning & afternoon tea, more info and booking call Vanessa on 4032 1463

5 Jun Jazz Up North – Monique Dimattina & James Sherlock - Combining a solid jazz/roots tradition with a distinctively Australian voice, this is a show that will mesmerise and delight. The superlatives run thick and fast when critics describe Monique DiMattina's playful and inventive style. Words like 'dynamic',

'astonishing' and 'sophisticated' abound in rave reviews about this singer/songwriter who has played alongside the likes of Lou Reed, Bjork and Jimmy Cobb. Teamed with guitarist James Sherlock, this is contemporary jazz at its best. $30/25, Tanks Arts Centre, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

6 Jun Free Community Workshop at Hambledon House, Edmonton - Writing Submissions for Funding

Snacks, cold drinks, tea and coffee provided. 10am – 12pm, RSVP to Anne: bapt01@bigpond.com

7 – 14 Jun Cairns Airport Adventure festival, featuring Ironman Cairns on the final day. Visit Ironman website for details at: http://ap.ironman.com/triathlon/events/asiapac/ironman/cairns.aspx#axzz3Sne7zwM9

8 Jun Queen’s Birthday Holiday

9 Jun Tolga Seniors Afternoon – 1 – 4pm, Tolga CWA Hall (disabled access), for Seniors or any other interested people are invited to an afternoon out with entertainment and guest speakers at the Tolga

CWA hall. The program for the day will be informal but will include:

1:00 pm: Guest Speaker – Different topic each month, Followed by Questions.

1:45pm Second Guest Speaker if applicable, Followed by Questions.

2:15pm: Volunteer entertainment from a range of local artists including keyboard music (suitable for dancing or singing), accordion music, guitar, song, reciting, piano, and anything else we can drum up.

It would be appreciated but not essential if volunteers offering to perform would ring Matt on 4095 5271

2:45 pm: Share a cuppa and chat or just sit and listen, dance or sing. Announcements and more entertainment.

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Tea and coffee will be provided however those who are able, please bring a plate.

Please bring a gold coin to cover expenses.

Any inquiries call Matt Newport on 4095 5271.

11 Jun GOLD The Ultimate ABBA Show - Happy Days Records are thrilled to present them once again in 2015 for their new show celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Mamma Mia. Four decades on since the release of

Mamma Mia, which was the opening track of their 1975 third self-titled album, it was Australia's adoration of the Swedish pop group that forced pressure on the groups record label and management to eventually lift the track as a single in September 1975 - a single that rocketed to the top of the Australian singles charts where it remained for ten straight weeks. The Album sold eleven times platinum. GOLD The

Ultimate ABBA Show is all about giving audiences a true ABBA experience and this will prove no different once again featuring internationally recognized ABBA performers who have taken to the stage globally with both Kathleen Maloney (Agnetha) and Kirsten Elliott (Anna-Frid) commanding attention and respect in their performances on the most recent 2014 New Arrival Tour. Cairns Civic Theatre, Cnr Sheridan and

Florence Streets, Cairns, 8pm, Adult $60, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

12 Jun Mary Wilson: Up Close - Meet Mary Wilson of The Supremes – Motown royalty, cultural ambassador and iconic entertainer. In this special concert you're invited to get up close and personal with Mary and hear stories from across her celebrated career, and thrilling performances of classic pop songs and the standards. The Supremes were the most successful vocal group in American history, with 12 #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, countless international tours, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and

Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. In

Mary Wilson: Up Close you'll hear hits such as 'My World Is Empty Without You' as well as Wilson's own impeccable versions of standards such as 'New York State of Mind', 'I Am Changing' and 'Both Sides

Now'. Cairns Civic Theatre, Cnr Sheridan and Florence Streets, Cairns, 7.30pm, Adult $65, Concession

(Gov Benefit Holder) $54.90, Seniors Card Holder $54.90, Youth (18-21) $54.90, Child (3-17) $54.90, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

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13 Jun Say G’Day to some of the other friendly residents of South Cairns – meet new people, make new friends.

The Community Champions of South Cairn s will be at Mt. Sheridan Plaza to say G’Day with free community activities for children & free coffees for parents. Find out about the new Residents Guide to the Southern Suburbs, lucky draws, goodie bags and lots of community information. 10am – 2pm, more info call Trish 0439 982 336 or Anne 0419 652 452

15 Jun Morning Melodies - John MacNally - Love & Roses - Returning by popular demand! John's dynamic stage personality and glorious voice are reflected in his more than 40 phenomenally successful albums. Songs include; "Lady in Red", "Unchained Melody", "La Vie En Rose", "How Great Thou Art" and "Danny Boy".

Don't miss this singing sensation! TICKETS $20 | GROUP/SEASON $18, Cairns Civic Theatre, 11am,

Complimentary morning tea from 10am, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

16 Jun Permaculture Club Meeting - Flexible Learning Centre, 90-92 Clark Street, Manunda, 18:00hrs –

21:00hrs. Open to the public, our monthly meeting provides a regular time for the Permaculture community to meet, share and plan. The evening ’s program includes: Local Product Stalls, Topical

Discussion and News, Guest Speakers, Tea / Supper, ‘Movies That Matter’, a screening of hand selected short films. Also, come and explore the beautiful Permaculture inspired garden (featured on Co sta’s

Gardening Odyssey). A great space to learn and share. All welcome.

16 Jun Life ATSI Suicide Bereavement Support Group meeting will be held today, between 10am – 12 noon, at



16 – 17 Jun Positive Partnerships have prepared a new schedule of workshops - Positive Partnerships provide free parent/ carer workshops for families of children who are school-aged and have an autism spectrum disorder. Please note registration for these free workshops open 6 weeks before the date of the workshop. If you are unable to attend a workshop, there are also great free resources on the website as well as our online learning platform. Workshop dates can change, so please check the website for updates. www.positivepartnerships.com.au

17 Jun Transport Development & Solutions Alliance (TDSA) Workshop, FNQ Docs Training Room, 117


- AM: Legal skills for community services,

PM: Managing workplace complaints and investigations

17 Jun Dive Into Digital – Free seminar “eCommerce”, 17:30 – 19:30hrs, Arc Disabilities Service, 92 Little St,

Manunda. How can the internet help my organisation? This information session introduces you to a range of online tools that can be used to help your organisation run more efficiently. These tools can help you reduce costs, better manage customers or volunteers and remotely manage your organization. It includes an overview of online communication tools, working remotely, online book-keeping, customer management tools, online government services, online training resources and business networking online. Participants at this session are then eligible to apply for up to 4 hours free one-on-one follow-up mentoring sessions at their place of work/organisation. (A regional consortium led by Regional

Development Australia Far North Queensland and Torres Straight (RDAFNQTS) received federal funding to manage the Digital Enterprise Program in the region. The group includes Advance Cairns, Far North

Qld Regional Organisation of Councils (FNQROC), Gulf Savannah Development, Cape York Sustainable

Futures, Cairns Chamber of Commerce, Digital Economy Cairns and advice provided by TNQ Institute of

TAFE). Registration - http://www.diveintodigital.com.au/events

17 – 18 Jun More pirates, more ice cream and more laughs! Cairns had such a ball with The 13-Storey Treehouse that we wanted to see the next installment so we've invited them back for more, thirteen storeys more, and you're invited! More inventions – like the 78 flavour ice-cream-dispensing robot and the brain bamboozling Maze of Doom (not to mention the self-inflating underpants) and more things to go wrong – will Andy and Terry push Jill, their EX-stage manager, to her absolute limits? Who is this shady Hector

Houtkop, with a really bad pirate accent? And what about all those pirates? Adapted by award-winning playwright and author Richard Tulloch (The Book of Everything, Bananas in Pyjamas), The 26-Storey

Treehouse is brought to you by the same cracker team that delivered the smash-hit stage version of The

13-Storey Treehouse. Cairns Civic Theatre, Cnr Sheridan and Florence Streets, Cairns, 7 June, 12pm &

6pm, 18 June, 9.30am & 11.30am, For special access requirements, please make your booking by phone on 1300 855 835. Tickets $17, *Group (10+) $13

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Ramadan begins

Cairns Tropical Branch Inc. National Seniors Association - Our Branch meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at Cominos House, 27 Greenslopes Street at 7.00 pm, $2.50 levy per person, 7.00

–7.10 sign-in, 7.10

–7.45 Meeting, 7.45 Program/Guest Speaker - Presenter: Werner Rossbach, Seniors and the May Budget. More info contact President:- Bob Stemp. Ph: 40930328, Email: cairns.tropical.nsa@gmail.com

20 Jun Cairns Cabaret will hosting their first DINNER AND SHOW for 2015. Tickets will go on sale April 1st @

$40 pp - and no that is not a joke - Enquiries to cairnsdancers@gmail.com

20 Jun The Beatles 50 years on - A music tribute to the Beatles recreating Beatlemania concert. Direct from a sensational sell-out tour of Australia & New Zealand, the world's premier 'Beatles' band, The Fabulous

Beatle Boys are bringing their highly acclaimed recreation of the Beatles one and only tour to Cairns. 50

Years On is a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience an unforgettable piece of Australian music history, twice if you were there in '64. It changed social and cultural attitudes in this country overnight creating a whole new pop culture. It changed fashion and it changed us. Boys started to wear their hair longer and girls their skirts shorter. We changed and we never looked back. Audiences will see the original '64 tour show as it was performed all those years ago in Australia. The identical song set, the outfits, the instruments and atmosphere will be faithfully recreated. Cairns Civic Theatre, Cnr Sheridan and Florence Streets, Cairns, 8pm, Adult $69.90, Government Benefit Card Holder $64.90, Senior Card

Holder $64.90, more info & booking call 1300 855 835.

20 – 21 Jun Australia Classic - A classic car rally incorporating two full days of driving on some of the greatest roads in North Queensland. Held on public Roads alongside regular traffic, includes 600 Kms of animated driving with 16 timed challenges measured to 100th of a second. A myriad of prizes. Classic cars made prior to 1986 are eligible to enter with the addition of an "open class" for replicas, hot roads and supercars. Starts at 8am, Cairns, more info Email: info@australiaclassic.com.au

22 – 23 Jun Mental Health First Aid -The Boardroom, Level 1/ 104 Grafton St, Cairns, RSVP by 15 June, 8.30am –

4.30 pm, $100.00 Plus GST. SESSION ONE (3 hours) Mental Illnesses -

Spectrum of interventions. Mental Health First Aid - . Depression - symptoms and risk factors depression - injury. Anxiety -


. SESSION TWO (3 hours). The MHFA Action Plan for for suicidal thoughts and behaviours -suicidal self-


Psychosis -

Action Plan for psychosis - behavior. Substance Misuse substance misuse -



. To book into this course please email Rhonda.Methven@health.qld.gov.au

22 – 23 Jun Peer Skills Facilitator Training Information Cairns 2015. Contact Details: Francesca Lejeune, Peer Skills, phone 3624 2439, mobile 0439 870 117. The Peer Skills Mission is to “improve the wellbeing of young people by increasing skills that: support respectful engagement with each other, families and communities; build capacity to cope and empower young people to confidently and compassionately support others.” UnitingCare Community is pleased to offer facilitator training to schools and agencies wishing to implement the Peer Skills Program as part of their work with young people. P Peer Skills

Facilitator (2 -day) Training:- Day 1: Monday 22nd June 2015 – 8.30am to 4.30pm, Day 2: Tuesday 23rd

June 2015 - 9am to 4.00pm, Cairns Training Venue, UnitingCare Community Training Room, 188

Aumuller St, Bungalow. $380, Morning tea and lunch is provided on both days. A facilitator manual is provided at the training and access to the Peer Skills Members site is set up before the training. Final details will be provided approximately a week prior to the training. Registration Process - Please discuss the program information with your school or agency and if interested forward the completed Registration

Form to: peer.skills@uccommunity.org.au

Information about the Peer Skills program is available on the

Peer Skills section of the UnitingCare Community website www.uccommunity.org.au/peer-skills Please note: training places are limited to 16 participants. Peer Skills Information What is it all about? In 2006,

Lifeline Community Care (now Uniting Care Community) undertook carriage of the Peer Skills program

32 developed by Kids Helpline. UnitingCare Community aims to offer training to suitable workers in your area to incorporate the delivery of the 2-day Peer Skills Workshop into their current work with young people. The program includes innovative ways of working with young people that are fun and engaging.

Using an experiential learning mode of delivery, the program is based on the philosophy of empowerment and is young person centred in its approach. Why Peer Skills? The program was developed as a response to the recognition through calls to Kids Helpline that young people often turn to their fellow students for support in difficult times, before they turn to parents, counsellors or school staff. The workshop is designed to acknowledge and build on existing skills with ideas, knowledge and strategies for helping young people in their own lives and when they are supporting a peer. Should you require further assistance please ring Sharon on 07 3624 2457

23 Jun Social Buzz Training & Networking, Double Tree Inn, Esplanade, Cairns, $57, 7am - 8.30am,

Registrations close 10th March, Go to www.socialmediaspecialist.com.au to make booking

24 Jun Cairns Regional Council Ordinary meeting, 9am, Council Chambers, 119 Spence Street, Cairns. Public welcome to attend.

24 – 26 Jun Suicide & Self-harm Prevention Conference, Cairns Convention Centre - Bringing together researchers, practitioners, health workers, the “key players” within the suicide prevention sector, those within the community and anyone affected by suicide. The Conference will be impressive with a stimulating program that aims to challenge and stimulate discussion surrounding the Conference theme of “Suicide &

Self-harm Prevention: A cross the lifespan: different ages and stages”. Themes for the conference will include:

-harm prevention & in post suicide support

Key Note Speakers:- Professor Darcy Haag Granello, Associate Professor Paul Granello, Professor

Diego De Leo, Mr Warren Mundine, Dr Lesley van Schoubroeck, Professor George Patton, Professor,

Helen Christensen, Associate Professor Judith Murray, Professor Komla Tsey, Ms Alexandra Culloden,

Professor Graham Martin, Mr Pino Migliorino, Professor Edward Helmes, Dr Michael Dudley. More info contact the Dr. Edward Koch Foundation on 4031 0145.

25 – 26 Jun Help Me From Sinking: survival skills for service managers, co-ordinators and room leaders. Topics include:-

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How to have difficult conversations with staff

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How to create a culture of accountability

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What are staff appraisals and how to undertake them

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How to manage the paper work and your time effectively

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Caring for yourself as a leader and manager

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Managing performance of staff

Presented by Colin Slattery & Benjamin Walker, $350 (includes morning tea & lunch), Cairns Convention

Centre, cnr. Wharf & Sheridan Street, to register go to www.semannslattery.com

Last day of QLD public School term 26 Jun

26 Jun Outcomes Working Group – Cairns - QCOSS invites you to attend the Outcomes Working Group session for 2015. This session is part of a series of ten monthly workshops, co-facilitated by the Queensland

Council of Social Service and the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services. The workshops are aimed at establishing a suite of outcome measures, tools and guidance for gathering evidence and will initially focus on refining a core set of generic outcome measures and tools for use in service agreement negotiations. The work will then extend over the year to developing a broader suite of outcome measures which community-based organisations may choose from. Participants will also have an opportunity to contribute to discussions on: useful tools for gathering data, guidance on systematically gathering evidence of progress towards outcomes and implications for service agreement negotiations.

Videoconferencing will be available via Adobe Connect to regional participants where required. 9:00am –

12:00noon (a light morning tea will be provided), Boland's Centre, 14 Spence Street, Cairns. Any enquiries please contact Donette Fanti on 07 3004 6936. Please let us know if you will be videoconferencing, via Adobe Connect (video connection can be done from a PC with camera,

33 tablet/iPad or smart phone). If you are not able to participate in this workshop but would like to get more involved in the policy and research work of QCOSS in 2015, please let Valmae Rose know by emailing valmaer@qcoss.org.au

Register at https://www.qcoss.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=116&reset=1

26 Jun – 4 Jul Funny Money by Ray Cooney • Directed by Wayne Rees, ‘Farce lovers are in for…inspired, demented bliss’ Rondo Theatre, 46 Greenslopes Street, Edge Hill, 7.30pm, more info and booking call 1300 855

835

27 Jun Free Community Workshop at Hambledon House, Edmonton -

Gender Issues. Snacks, cold drinks, tea and coffee provided. 10am – 12pm . RSVP to Anne: bapt01@bigpond.com

Fair’s Fair for Boys and Girls – or is it? –

27 Jun Graphite Saturday with Julie McEnerny - We sketch outdoors in the Botanic Gardens in the morning so remember to dress for the weather! After lunch we reconvene in the Visitor Centre to refine our drawings

13 Jul

14 Jul and learn new skills. Bring your own materials for this workshop: sketchbook/journal and pencils (eg 2H,

HB, 2B). Lunch can be purchased at either of the Garden's eateries or byo (fridge available). Tea and coffee provided. Last Saturday of every month. Cost: $80 Bookings essential (small groups): gardens@cairns.qld.gov.au or phone 4032 6650. 10am – 3pm, Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre and outdoors.

27 Jun

April 1st @ $40 pp - and no that is not a joke - Enquiries to cairnsdancers@gmail.com

27 Jun – 3 Jul Cairns to Karumba bike ride, road ride or mountain bike ride, more info call Steve on 0439 975 759 or go to www.ridefnq.com

St. John’s Community Care – Greek Festival, Redlynch, 10am – 4.30pm. 28 Jun

Jul 2015

4 Jul

11 Jul

Cairns Cabaret will hosting a repeat of their first DINNER AND SHOW for 2015. Tickets will go on sale

Professional Bull Riders, Cairns Convention Centre

AFL – Western Bulldogs vs Gold Coast Suns, Cazalys, 4.35pm, tickets from www.afl.com.au

or Cazalys Reception. www.ticketdirect.com.au

or

First day of QLD public School term

Professor Ortwin Renn, an eminent sociologist on risk governance from the University of Stuttgart in

Germany, will be visiting Cairns. Hosted by The Cairns Institute, Professor Renn will be giving a public lecture on 14 July 2015 on risk governance and the conceptual tools available to deal with a broad range of contemporary risks. Details of the public lecture will be posted on The Cairns Institute’s What’s

Happening page at http://www.jcu.edu.au/cairnsinstitute/events/index.htm

15 Jul Transport Development & Solutions Alliance (TDSA) Workshop, FNQ Docs Training Room, 117


- AM: Measuring and marketing the social value of your organization (value for money), PM: Government outsourcing: for service providers

15 Jul Dive Into Digital – Free seminar “Marketing Tips” (Repeat), 17:30 – 19:30hrs, Arc Disabilities Service, 92

Little St, Manunda. Let web users know about your organisation and its online presence! Once you have established an online presence, effective marketing is an important way to get the most out of the time and money you have invested in bringing your business online. Effective online marketing can help make sure people know about your online presence. It can let you in on what people are saying online about your organisation. And it may help you to use data about how your online presence is used to continuously improve your operation. This session provides an overview of online marketing tools, increasing website traffic, marketing with social media, online feedback, measuring your online success.

Participants at this session are then eligible to apply for up to 4 hours free one-on-one follow-up mentoring sessions at their place of work/organisation. (A regional consortium led by Regional

Development Australia Far North Queensland and Torres Straight (RDAFNQTS) received federal funding to manage the Digital Enterprise Program in the region. The group includes Advance Cairns, Far North

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19 Jul

27+ Jul

30 Jul

Aug 2015

3 – 4 Aug

Qld Regional Organisation of Councils (FNQROC), Gulf Savannah Development, Cape York Sustainable

Futures, Cairns Chamber of Commerce, Digital Economy Cairns and advice provided by TNQ Institute of

TAFE). Register: http://www.diveintodigital.com.au/events

Eid-Ul-Fitr

Parenting Beyond Violence - A group for women who’ve experienced domestic violence, who may or may not have children currently in their care. Parenting Beyond Violence (PBV) explores the dynamics of domestic violence and the impact it may have on women and their children, focusing on how domestic violence influences parenting. This group openly discusses:

Duration: 6 weeks, Dates: Mondays 27.07.15 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, 03.08.15 10.00 am – 12:00 pm,

10.08.15 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, 17.08.15 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, 24.08.15 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

31.08.15 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. This group is free-of-charge, however there is an expectation that participants will attend all 6 sessions. Group size: 6 – 15. Where: CRDVS, Calanna Pharmacy Complex,

Woree. An intake & assessment appointment is essential before commencing this group. To book or find out more information, please contact Eleanor or Gill at Cairns Regional Domestic Violence Service:

Phone 4033 6100 email office@dvcairns.org

Closing date for Intake & Assessment: 20.04.2015 www.dvcairns.org

For School Leavers and Carers/Parents of School Leavers - Come and see your choices and options at the Cairns Transition Networks Annual Expo at Cairns Colonial Club.

8 Aug

10 Aug

Mental Health First Aid -The Boardroom, Level 1/ 104 Grafton St, Cairns, RSVP by 30 July, 8.30am –



. SESSION TWO (3 hours). The MHFA Action Plan for

-suicidal self-

. SESSION THREE (3 hours). The


Psychosis -


. SESSION 4 (3 hours) The MHFA s

.


. To book

Dylan Moran – Off The Hook Australian Tour - Dylan Moran, star and creator of ABC TV's 'Black Books' is back in Australia with a brand new show, 'Off the Hook'. Moran's legendary stand up rants have sold out across the world, cementing this unkempt wordsmith's reputation as one of the foremost comics of his generation. Ageing, religion, kids, and relationships intertwine with the general absurdities of life. Searing observations and sumptuous imagery, painted across a large fraying canvas with cruel, curmudgeonly

'Moranesque' brush strokes and all delivered with Dylan's renowned, shambolic charm...It's simply unmissable. Labelled 'The Oscar Wilde of comedy', Dylan is unpredictable, bizarre, elegiac, often cruel but above all painfully funny. Moran sees through the joys and disappointments of human existence with the sensibility and intense perception of a man teetering on the edge. He chews life up and coughs it out.

His big screen appearances have included 'Run Fat Boy Run', 'Shaun Of The Dead' and 'Calvary'. For any lover of comedy, this is the must see show of 2015. Don't miss Dylan Moran on his 'Off the Hook' tour this July and August. Cairns Convention Centre, Cnr Wharf and Sheridan Streets, Cairns, 8pm, Premium

$89.90, A Reserve $79.90, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

Morning melodies - Lucky Starr - Solid Gold Sixties - The iconic Australian 60's recording star famous for

"I've Been Everywhere". Lucky performs many of the 60's hits and popular country music songs with memories of national television shows Bandstand and Six O'Clock Rock. TICKETS $20 |

GROUP/SEASON $18, Cairns Civic Theatre, 11am, Complimentary morning tea from 10am, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

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11 Aug Tolga Seniors Afternoon – 1 – 4pm, Tolga CWA Hall (disabled access), for Seniors or any other interested people are invited to an afternoon out with entertainment and guest speakers at the Tolga

CWA hall. The program for the day will be informal but will include:

1:00 pm: Guest Speaker – Different topic each month, Followed by Questions.

1:45pm Second Guest Speaker if applicable, Followed by Questions.

2:15pm: Volunteer entertainment from a range of local artists including keyboard music (suitable for dancing or singing), accordion music, guitar, song, reciting, piano, and anything else we can drum up.

It would be appreciated but not essential if volunteers offering to perform would ring Matt on 4095 5271

2:45 pm: Share a cuppa and chat or just sit and listen, dance or sing. Announcements and more entertainment.

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4:00 pm:

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Conclusion

Tea and coffee will be provided however those who are able, please bring a plate.

Please bring a gold coin to cover expenses.

Any inquiries call Matt Newport on 4095 5271.

14 Aug Equus (Mongolian/Middle East), Tanks Arts centre, $30/25, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

20 – 21 Aug Flamboyant friends Zebra, Lion and Moose each think they know how to solve the bear's crankiness but their shenanigans just make him even crankier! It takes a humble and empathetic sheep with an open heart and listening ear to solve the bear's woes. Cranky Bear, adapted from the best-selling book, The

Very Cranky Bear, by Nick Bland, is a rollicking cabaret-style show by Patch Theatre Company for 4 – 8 year olds packed with music, laughter and mayhem. Cairns Civic Theatre, Cnr Sheridan and Florence

Streets, Cairns, 20 August, 6.30pm, 21 August, 9.30am & 12:30pm, Tickets $17, *Group (10+) $13. For special access requirements, please make your booking by phone on 1300 855 835.

21 – 29 Aug Neville’s Island by Tim Firth • Directed by Narelle Shorey, ‘A comedy in thick fog’ Rondo Theatre, 46

Greenslopes Street, Edge Hill, 7.30pm, more info and booking call 1300 855 835

22 Aug FNQ Premier Rugby League Quarter-finals

28 Aug

29 Aug

29 Aug

Jazz Up North – The Catholics, $35/30, Tanks Arts Centre, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

FNQ Premier Rugby League Semi-finals

Cairns Hockey Grand Final

30 Aug

Sept 2015

3 Sep

5 Sep

6 Sep

7 Sep

Cairns District Rugby League Minor Semi Final

FNQ Premier Rugby League Grand Final

AFL Cairns Semi Final at Cazalys Stadium

Cairns District Rugby League Major Semi Final

Professional Development Training - Cairns Regional Domestic Violence Service (CRDVS) is the specialist domestic and family violence agency in Cairns providing dedicated services to those affected by domestic violence/family violence, and professional development for stakeholders. Module 1:

Recognising & Responding to Domestic & Family Violence. Learning outcomes for this training: omestic and family violence

9.00am – 4.30pm, Centacare Cairns, 22/34 Aplin Street, Cairns. Registrations close 28.8.15, $25

For registration forms please visit our website www.dvcairns.org

For further information contact Gill at

Cairns Regional Domestic Violence Service commed@dvcairns.org

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8 Sep

9 Sep

Professional Development Training - Cairns Regional Domestic Violence Service (CRDVS) is the specialist domestic and family violence agency in Cairns providing dedicated services to those affected by domestic violence/family violence, and professional development for stakeholders. Module 2a: The

Effects of Domestic & Family Violence on Children & Young People. Learning outcomes for this training: ay cope with these effects

Prerequisite: To attend this child-focussed training, applicants must have completed CRDVS Training

Module 1. 9.00am – 4.00pm, Centacare Cairns, 22/34 Aplin Street, Cairns. Registrations close 28.8.15,

$25. For registration forms please visit our website www.dvcairns.org

For further information contact Gill at Cairns Regional Domestic Violence Service commed@dvcairns.org

Professional Development Training - Cairns Regional Domestic Violence Service (CRDVS) is the specialist domestic and family violence agency in Cairns providing dedicated services to those affected by domestic violence/family violence, and professional development for stakeholders. Module 2b:

Responding to Child Witnesses of Domestic & Family Violence. Learning outcomes for this training: dren living in the home where domestic and family violence is occurring

Prerequisite: This training is targeted for workers who work directly with children and adolescents. To attend this child-focussed training, applicants must have completed CRDVS Training Modules 1 & 2a.

9.00am – 4.00pm, Centacare Cairns, 22/34 Aplin Street, Cairns. Registrations close 28.8.15. $25 For registration forms please visit our website www.dvcairns.org

For further information contact Gill at Cairns

Regional Domestic Violence Service commed@dvcairns.org

10 – 11 Sep The Cairns Institute is proud to collaborate with Mission Australia, the Benevolent Society, QLD

Department of Education and Training – Early Childhood Education and Care, the Department of

Communities Child Safety and QLD Health to host and organize the 2015 Early Years Conference:

Today’s Children Tomorrow’s Future—Strengthening collaboration and practice across the early years.

This holistic and cross sectional collaboration will create a unique opportunity to have a strong state and regional focus on the importance of birth to 12 in regards to evidence based planning with a community collective impact. The conference which has been funded and co-hosted by Mission Australia and the

Benevolent Society since 2012 will be held at The Cairns Institute. The conference will attract early childhood educators, teaching staff, family support workers, child and family health professionals and counsellors, community workers, program managers and staff from the Communities for Children

Program and Child Safety staff. The conference will also attract a range of national and international keynote speakers and details of keynote speakers will be announced soon. The conference will also feature a range of interactive workshops and concurrent sessions. A call for papers and details of how to register will be available soon from the website: www.earlyyearsconference.com.au

11 – 13 Sep NRL Qualifying Semi Finals

12 Sep AFL Cairns Preliminary Final at Cazalys Stadium

12 & 14 Sep Level 1 Healing Touch Certificate Program with Aust. Foundation for Healing. The Healing Touch

Curriculum is clinically based and the treatments come from a variety of healing traditions that compliment many types of healing practices, more information contact Kay on 0417 332 904

13 Sep

14 Sep

Cairns District Rugby League Preliminary Final

Jewish New Year (5776)

Last day of QLD public School term 18 Sep

18 Sep

18 Sep

Jazz Up North – Monica Trapaga, $40/35, Tanks Arts Centre, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

Cairns District Rugby League Gold Medal Dinner

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18 - 19 Sep AFL Semi Finals

18 – 19 Sep NRL Semi Finals

19 Sep AFL Cairns Grand Final at Cazalys Stadium

20 Sep Cairns District Rugby League Grand Final

20 Sep Palm Cove Peace Day, 9am – 4pm

Sep 21 – 22 Mental Health First Aid -The Boardroom, Level 1/ 104 Grafton St, Cairns, RSVP by 29 August, 8.30am –




. SESSION TWO (3 hours). The MHFA Action Plan for for suicidal thoughts and behaviours -suicidal self-


Psychosis -

Action Plan for psychosis - behavior. Substance Misuse


. The MHFA Action Plan for substance misuse - into this course please email Rhonda.Methven@health.qld.gov.au

. To book

23 Sep Jewish Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

23 Sep Eid-Ul-Adha

25 – 26 Sep AFL Preliminary Finals

25 – 26 Sep NRL Preliminary Finals

26 – 27 Sep The Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to Australia with Swan Lake…the most loved classical ballet of them all. This masterpiece ballet is presented in three acts and follows the original storyline. Subtle revisions and variations have been introduced by Gediminas Taranda, Artistic Director of the Imperial

Russian Ballet Company. Swan Lake crosses the world of magic and mystical creatures with that of the real world. It is a story where the virtues of love and forgiveness in the end conquer evil and betrayal. The

2 Oct

3 Oct

3 Oct

4 Oct

5 Oct

Imperial Russian Ballet Company was formed in 1994, headed by the Bolshoi Theatre soloist Gediminas

Taranda. The Imperial Russian Ballet Company comprises 40 dancers from the major ballet schools of

Russia. Cairns Civic Theatre, Sat 26 September, 8pm, Sun 27 September, 2pm, Adult $86.90,

Concession $76.90, Child (3-17) $66.90, Group (10+) $77.60 (plus one complimentary ticket per 10 booked.) More info & booking call 1300 855 835

26 Sep – 11 Oct Australian Men’s Masters Hockey Championships, North Cairns

28 Sep Commands - Commands: The Twelfth International Workshop organised by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and

R. M. W. Dixon, D3.150 Cairns Institute, Cairns, 9am – 1pm.

Oct 2015

TEDxJCUCairns

AFL Grand Final

NRL Grand Final

Daylight saving in selected states begins

Labour Day Holiday

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6 Oct First day of QLD public School term

11 – 17 Oct Anti-Poverty Week - Poverty and severe hardship affect more than a million Australians. Around the world more than a billion people are desperately poor. For more information and ideas: www.apw@antipovertyweek.org.au

. In Anti-Poverty Week help fight poverty and hardship. Why not organise a display, stall or award? Maybe a workshop, lecture or forum? Interest has been growing steadily in Australia in recent years and activities such as public lectures, workshops, conferences, debates, concerts, displays, sports days, media briefings and other events have been organised. Last year, at least 600 organisations around Australia participated in more than 400 activities during the Week, with a total participation of more than 10,000 people. Some Plans and Suggestions:- Everyone who wants to reduce poverty and hardship is encouraged to organize activities during the Week or join in some being organised by other people. The activities can be large or small, and activities at local levels are especially welcome. They can be on whatever topics, and whatever days, suit their organisers.

Official opening activities will be organised on Sunday 11th October and Monday 12th October. It is suggested that people could organise local anti-poverty forums on Wednesday 14th October, perhaps inviting local MPs and mayors to attend. To notify your plans or get further information, contact us at:

1300 797 290 or apw@antipovertyweek.org.au

12 Oct Morning melodies - Keith Potger - From The Seekers to Nashville - A consummate performer, Keith will take you on an up-beat, heart-warming journey across 40 years of the international music scene with old favourites from The Seekers, a touch of Nashville and beautiful original ballads. TICKETS $20 |

GROUP/SEASON $18, Cairns Civic Theatre, 11am, Complimentary morning tea from 10am, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

14 Oct Muslim New Year (1437)

16 – 24 Oct Away by Michael Gow • Directed by Kevin West, ‘Three internally conflicted families holiday on the coast for Xmas’, Rondo Theatre, 46 Greenslopes Street, Edge Hill, 7.30pm, more info and booking call 1300

855 835

23 Oct Bandaluzia Flamenco (Spanish), Tanks Arts Centre, $30/25, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

24 Oct United Nations Day

24 – 25 Oct Celebrations to mark the Centenary of the Dedication of the St. Saviour’s Anglican Church Kuranda, more info contact Archdeacon Chris Wright on 4093 8735

30 Oct Jazz Up North – Iiro Rantala (Finland), $30/25, Tanks Arts Centre, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

30 Oct – 1 Nov EMDR Institute Basic Training: Cairns Weekend 1: Friday 30 October – Sunday 1 November 2015,

Venue: To be notified, Fee: $880 (includes GST), To register for the training go to www.emdr.com.au

to take you to EMDR Training Australia and New Zealand

Dr Francine Shapiro is the originator and developer of the EMDR approach to psychotherapy. Rigorous research has established the efficacy of EMDR as a front line treatment for PTSD. Research has now extended well beyond the trauma field with supportive studies in the areas of phobias, panic disorder, grief, sexual dysfunction, chemical dependency, sexual addiction, pathological gambling, dissociative disorders, performance enhancement, somatic disorders and a variety of other diagnosis. In 1990 Dr

Shapiro founded the EMDR Institute which today provides trainings throughout Europe, Asia, USA,

Canada, and South America. It is the only training offered in Australia and New Zealand which has this international recognition and maintains the internationally required high standards. The EMDR Institute

Basic training is an accredited EMDR training which is conducted over six days to ensure that participants may optimise their exposure to the practice of EMDR with six separate practicum sessions.

The six days are broken into two, 3-day trainings named Weekend 1 and Weekend 2. Each three day training is followed by a five hour supervision component. Group supervision dates are usually determined by the participants at the training. The training is an interactive learning experience participants are required to bring a minor issue to address at the training. Sigmund Burzynski is a member of the EMDR Institute faculty and is in private psychological practice in Geelong, Australia. He has an extensive clinical background and has worked in the Victorian prison system for six years. He has

39 been in private practice since 1994 and an EMDR Institute trainer since 1998. He has provided EMDR training in Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, and throughout Australia. In 2010 he presented a case study on trauma based anger at the inaugural EMDR Asia conference in Bali. He is also extensively involved in the supervision and training of psychologists and has lectured on EMDR at the University of

Indonesia, and Tarumanagora University Indonesia. He provides supervision and training to psychologists nationally and internationally. Eligibility: Those eligible to attend the training include psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and counsellors (must have a minimum of a four year tertiary qualification)

Nov 2015

2 – 3 Nov Mental Health First Aid -The Boardroom, Level 1/ 104 Grafton St, Cairns, RSVP by 30 Oct, 8.30am –




. SESSION TWO (3 hours). The MHFA Action Plan for

-suicidal self-


. sk factors Psychosis -

Action Plan for psychosis - behavior. Substance Misuse


. The MHFA Action Plan for substance misuse - into this course please email Rhonda.Methven@health.qld.gov.au

. To book

3 Nov

11 Nov

13 Nov

Melbourne Cup Day

Remembrance Day

Jazz Up North – Palimpsest featuring Tyrone Noonan from George, $30/25, Tanks Arts Centre, more info

& booking call 1300 855 835

23 Nov Morning melodies - Debra Byrne - Australia's TV & Theatre Legend - From Young Talent Time, aged 12 to hit singles; "Hr's a rebel" and "Da Doo Ron Ron", to her own ABC TV series, two Logie awards and a stage career including "Cats" and "Les Miserables" this lady has done it all! Enjoy a memorable morning with Debra. TICKETS $20 | GROUP/SEASON $18, Cairns Civic Theatre, 11am, Complimentary morning tea from 10am, more info & booking call 1300 855 835

23 – 26 Nov 2015 TASA conference - The Cairns Institute and the College of Arts, Society & Education at James

Cook University are delighted to host the 2015 The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)

Conference, Neoliberalism and contemporary challenges for the Asia-Pacific, in Cairns. As a global structure, neoliberalism has impacted lives around the world in far more than an economic sense. This conference provides us with the opportunity to further understand the global effects of neoliberalism, but especially the ways neoliberalism is experienced in different local contexts. The experiences of Australia and New Zealand are different from those of Asia and again of the Pacific. What challenges and opportunities does neoliberalism present and how does sociology respond to those challenges? Keynote speakers will be Professor Eva Cox and Professor Vedi Hadiz. A third keynote speaker will be confirmed soon. For more information please visit www.tasa.org.au/tasa-conference/2015-tasa-conference/

30 Nov St. Andrews day

Dec 2015

11 Dec Last day of QLD public School term

14 – 15 Dec Mental Health First Aid -The Boardroom, Level 1/ 104 Grafton St, Cairns, RSVP by 7 December, 8.30am

– 4.30 pm, $100.00 Plus GST. SESSION ONE (3 hours) Mental Illnesses -

Spectrum of interventions. Mental Health First Aid - symptoms and risk factors

. Depression -

. SESSION TWO (3 hours). The MHFA Action Plan for depression - non-suicidal self-

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25 Dec

26 Dec injury. Anxiety -



.

Psychosis - symptoms and risk factors


. SESSION 4 (3 hours) The MHFA tions. The MHFA Action Plan for

. To book

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