Crocodile arrives just in time for Cairns Post’s video PC!
Thanks to the sterling efforts of our IT department, our new multimedia PC was installed in the newsroom this morning. Right on cue, a saltwater croc …
18 Jun
We live in Paradise, FNQ
We live in Paradise, FNQ
Cairns is 15,000 km from swinging London, but thanks to the wonderful web, we’re right on the zeitgeist. I have been living in Far North …
05 Jun
Challenge Cairns: testing out our new video kit
Challenge Cairns: testing out our new video kit
Fantastic day out in the field (on v.little sleep after House Leaving party), working at inugural Cairns Airport Challenge Cairns. Organisers say the event will …
16 May
Happy Monday Far North Queensland!
Happy Monday Far North Queensland!
Had such a joyous weekend I simply had to record it. Chilled with my missus on Friday night, dove on the Great Barrier Reef with …
09 Apr
Way out west to Outback Far North Queensland
Way out west to Outback Far North Queensland
On a steamy day in the sultry tropical heat and humidity of Cairns, it’s hard to believe that the Outback’s wide open dustiness is just …
09 Apr
Is the internet making life easier or harder? It’s taking over right!?
Is the internet making life easier or harder? It’s taking over right!?
My job requires me to be online for large stretches of my working day. Like anyone working for a medium to large sized organisation, I …
26 Mar
Yongala Centenary Expedition 2011
Yongala Centenary Expedition 2011
This week I revisited the Yongala shipwreck, the best dive I have ever done, on an Anniversary Expedition to commemorate the centenary of her sinking. History. …
12 Mar
A world first? Today’s Weekend Post column, created at #cairnstweetup
A world first? Today’s Weekend Post column, created at #cairnstweetup
This week a group of dedicated social networkers gathered at Salt House in Cairns for Tweet Up, a sociable offline gathering where conversations are not …
26 Feb
Does a mobile phone powered, location-based social network sound like fun?
Does a mobile phone powered, location-based social network sound like fun?
Or is sharing your every movement creepy and dangerous?Are you on Facebook? Twitter? Flickr? Tumblr? LinkedIn? I am an eager adaptor of almost every social …
19 Feb
Social media played a vital role in the Egyptian revolution…
Social media played a vital role in the Egyptian revolution…
In June last year, a young Egyptian man named Khaled Mohamed Saeed died after being arrested in a cybercafe in Alexandria. Within days, photos of his …