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Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Event Calendar

Cairns and Tropical North Queensland are home to some of Australia's greatest events and festivals. Choose from cultural festivals, sporting competitions, art exhibits, music festivals and community events - all scattered around the diverse region of Tropical North Queensland. Browse events in the List View, or see what's on this month.

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Showing events that fall on 1 August 2013

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26 July - 10 August

Like A Fishbone by Anthony Weigh was first co-produced in Australia by Griffin Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company in 2010. ... A remote valley. An unspeakable crime. A prominent architect is commissioned to design a memorial to the victims. ... Like A Fishbone is both a psychological thriller and a haunting puzzle about faith, compassion...

8-11 August

From 8 to 11 August in 2013, Cairns will host the inaugural Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. Presented by the team behind the Gold Coast’s biennial Pan Pacific Masters Games using the same successful blend of sports and social programs, this exciting new event will see thousands of masters-aged men and women from across Australia, Oceania an...

8-11 August

The Baseball part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... Thursday 8 August: 3.30pm – 8.00pm ... Friday 9 August: 10.30am - 9.00pm ... Saturday 10 August: 12.30pm – 5.00pm ... Sunday 11 August: 9.00am – 4.00pm ...   ... A maximum of eight teams will be accepted ... The provision of an accredited umpire and scorer per tea...

8-12 August

The Basketball part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... Thursday 8 August: 10.00am - 4.45pm ... Friday 9 August: 9.00am - 3.45pm ... Saturday 10 August: 9.30am - 4.00pm ... Sunday 11 August: 9.00am - 2.00pm ...   ... Depending on the number of team nominations received, the tournament may only be required to be played on Friday 9 &nda...

8-11 August

The Cricket part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... The competition is presented by the Cairns Cricket Association Inc. and the Mulgrave Combined Cricket Association Inc. and is supported by Queensland Cricket.

8-11 August

The Hockey part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... Depending on the number of team nominations received, the tournament may only be required to be played on Friday 9 – Sunday 11 August ... The competition is conducted under International Hockey Federation (FIH) rules. ... The competition is sanctioned by the Oceania Hockey Federatio...

8-11 August

The Lawn Bowls part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games.

8-11 August

The Softball part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... The first day and a half of competition will be used as a grading round for the women 35+ divisions only.  After this teams will be placed into their medal divisions.  Every effort will be made to place into competitive divisions. The women 45+ and men 35+ will not be graded....

9-11 August

The Road & Trail part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... Friday 9 August: 8km Trail Race ... Saturday 10 August: 4km Trail Race ... Sunday 11 August: Road Half Marathon ... Trail Races will be run on established mountain biking tracks and include steep climbs, single tracks and shallow creek crossings. ... The Half Marathon is a road...

9-11 August

The Beach Volleyball part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... Friday 9 & Saturday 10 August – Men’s and Ladies’ Pairs ... Sunday 11 August – Mixed Fours ... Friday 9 August: 1:30pm - 5:30pm ... Saturday 10 August: 8:30am - 5:30pm ... Sunday 11 August: 8:30am - 5:00pm ... All games will be duty refereed. ... Comp...

9-11 August

The Futsal part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... Competition is conducted under Australian Futsal Association Rules. ... All players within a team must have the same colour shirts. ... Shin pads, long socks over shin pads and non-marking shoes are compulsory. ... The competition is presented by Futsal FNQ and is sanctioned by the Austra...

9-11 August

The Golf part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... All events will be conducted in accordance with the rules of golf as approved by the R&A Golf Club of St Andrews and the USGA and such local rules as approved by the match committee. ... The tournament is presented by the Half Moon Bay Golf Club. ...

9-11 August

The Netball part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... All Games will be 4 x 10 minute quarters. ... Competition will be conducted under the All Australian Netball Association rules. ... The competition is presented by the Cairns Netball Association and sanctioned by Netball Queensland. ...

9-11 August

The Squash part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... Competition will be conducted in accordance with Squash Australia Rules. ... Competition is sanctioned by Squash Australia and is presented by Sportsworld Fitness. ...

9-11 August

The Swimming part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... World records will not be recognised as this meet is not a FINA event ... Any swimmers can set a Great Barrier Reef Masters Games record. ... Any Masters Swimming Queensland member can break Queensland records. ... Any Masters Swimming Australia member can break national records. ... Co...

9-11 August

The Tennis part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games.

9-11 August

The Touch Football part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... The competition will be conducted under the Touch Football Australia (TFA) ‘6-a side’ rules. ... The competition is presented by the Cairns Pirates Touch Association and is supported by North Queensland Touch Association and Touch Football Australia. ...

10-11 August

The Track and Field part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... Athletes in sprint events must record their best time in the previous 12 months in the space provided to assist heat seeding. ... High jump and pole vault entrants must record their starting height. ... Pole Vault athletes will be required to supply their own poles. ... A final p...

10-11 August

The Dragon Boating part of the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. ... Race format will be a 13km endurance event around Admiralty Island ... A crew may consist of no more than 26 members inc drummer and steerer. ... Races will consist of a maximum of 20 paddlers, a drummer and a steerer. ... Mixed divisions must be 50/50 split (10:10 ratio). ... A c...

15-18 August

Arts Queensland is partnering with the Far North's arts and cultural organisations, Indigenous artists, Traditional Owners and Cairns Regional Council to stage CIAF Presents. ... CIAF Presents is a homegrown, Far North Queensland event celebrating the state's Indigenous arts and culture with a major free concert on 16 August, dance gather...

24 August

The 7th Annual Cairns Underwater Film Festival will be held on Saturday 24th August 2013 at the Cairns Civic Theatre. ... Cairns Underwater Film Festival is a celebration of underwater photography and filmmaking. The festival combines an underwater film and photo competition (which focuses on the rich and diverse beauty of the Great Barrier Reef a...

31 August

Bring a rug or chair and picnic supper. Lay back and take in the lush garden surrounds while you relax to the mellow tones of some of our best local jazz ensembles.