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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 12 October 2013

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28 September - 5 October

Eight unforgettable days of cycling: climbing through the rainforest covered mountains in the Wet Tropics area between Innisfail, Ravenshoe and Cairns. ... Over 500kms on mostly remote dirt roads with minimal traffic. ... Spectacular scenery including waterfalls and gorges, rainforest and open forest, hard to access country that many locals have no...

16 October

Light the night brings people together to honour the memory of those we have lost and celebrate those who have survived or currently undergoing treatment. Join hundreds of people and walk with the Leukaemia Foundation to show your support. From Fogarty Park Cairns Esplanade - along the picturesque boardwalk up the Cairns Base Hospital and back agai...

16 October

The Ride2Work Program is a nationally run, year round program that encourages thousands of Australians to get started and keep them riding to work. ... Ride2Work has a strong influence in the dramatic increase of people choosing to ride to work, with an amazing 47% of new riders registered in 2012 still riding to work when surveyed five months afte...

19-27 October

Explore some of the toughest and most beautiful regions of Australia - on your bike! The Crocodile Trophy is known as the hardest and most adventurous Mountain Bike (MTB) stage race in the world and, starting with a circuit race at Smithfield near Cairns, over nine days you will ride for 1,000 kilometres on challenging and technical terrain, throug...

20 October

The Tastes of the Tablelands festival is to be held this year in the grounds of the Chinese Temple. It is a showcase of all the best that our region has to offer in the way of food, wines, music and arts and crafts. It provides a great stepping stone for new, small producers to introduce their wares to a much wider market than would normally be ava...

23-28 October

Cairns International Futsal challenge is open to all International and National mens teams. The winning team will receive up to a maximum of AUD10,000 prize money. Whilst in Cairns teams can take advantage of everything that Cairns has to offer from the a trip to the Great Barrier Reef or ride the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway which gives you an amaz...

24-28 October

Tablelands Folk Festival is held in Yungaburra 65 minutes from Cairns on the Atherton Tablelands. Yungaburra is on the Gillies Highway and is 10 minutes from Atherton, the closest regional centre. ... Celebrating music, friendship and cultural understanding, the Tablelands Folk Festival is the longest running folk festival in Queensland. Held annua...

25-27 October

Reef Feast - the best of Palm Cove, is a three day food event showcasing the local produce at its peak, and is in the hands of some of Tropical North Queensland's most creative and imaginative chefs. This year will be bigger, brighter and better than ever, with restaurants and cafes offering tastes to tempt the most discerning palates. Marquees off...

27 October

Cairns' youngest new residents will be the centre of attention at Cairns Regional Council's annual Baby Welcome and Family Expo. ... Registrations are now open to families who have welcomed a new addition since October 2012 and would like to be part of this special event. ... Mayoress Claire Manning will formally welcome each baby into the communit...