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Civil works are progressing on the Rainforest Edge Estate at Mt Sheridan, featuring a lush backdrop of greenery and superb views. Pictures: Supplied

Green backdrop

NESTLED in elevated living where the lush rainforest meets the energy of Cairns’ southside, the re-introduction of Rainforest Edge Estate offers something increasingly rare: a life

12 February, 2026

Smithfield Shopping Centre customers are enjoying the venue’s dining precinct. Picture: Smithfield Shopping Centre

Local News

Food precincts lure people

Wet season circa 1947. A car is submerged on the appropriately named Lake Street. Picture: Supplied

Cairns News

Roads connecting our city

Fourth-year James Cook University medical students at The Yeinie Building, the new home of medical training in Cairns, (from left) Aoife Puri, Christopher Messina and Charlize Harris. Picture: Hugh Bohane

Cairns News

Notable learning space

HEH Civil general manager Luke Bird. Picture: Supplied

Far North News

Fresh face in charge of group

Former federal MP Warren Entsch with retirement educator Dr San (Sandra Walden Pearson). Picture: Hugh Bohane

Far North News

Retirement angst

Before restoration works of the pathway commenced. Pictures: Cairns Regional Council

Caravonica News

Lake Placid restored to centre of leisure activity

Local character Herb Taylor keeping a close watch on the nesting magpie geese. Pictures: Gary ‘Gazza’ McIlroy

Port Douglas News

Magpie geese go to eggs-tremes

Andrew Lizzio and Regina Meyer. Picture: Hugh Bohane

Smithfield News

Take the AI challenge

Bree James MP, Craig Davidson and Mark Olsen speak to the media at the Cairns Convention Centre during the global market briefing. Picture: Hugh Bohane

Cairns News

Tourism lessons

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (centre) with Senator Nita Green and Member for Leichhardt Matt Smith. Picture: Hugh Bohane

Edmonton News

Urgent care clinics ‘worth it’

Included at the $1 billion masterplan for Cairns Hospital announcement were (in front from left) Mulgrave MP Terry James, Health Minister Tim Nicholls, hospital CEO Leena Singh and Nick Tromp of Advance Cairns with an image of the new health innovation and surgical centre, Picture: Advance Cairns

Cairns News

$1bn hospital build

Visitors enjoy the serenity and beauty of the Babinda Boulders, near the wettest town in Australia in 2025. Picture: Tourism and Events Queensland

Babinda News

Wet, wetter, wettest

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