WET TROPICS DISCOVERIES – SEA TO SUMMIT 23 APRIL

Join CAFNEC and the Wet tropics Management Authority at the Cairns Botanic Gardens as some of the region’s eminent scientists and ecologists present new plant discoveries and ornithological data from our mangroves and shores to our mountains. Date: Saturday 23 April...

Easter Holiday Bat Chats

Bat Chats is an informal guided tour of the vulnerable Spectacled Flying Fox roost outside Cairns City Library and vicinity. People will learn about how the Spectacled Flying Fox is a “keystone species” which has a key role in seed dispersal around the...
World Wetlands Day – Mangroves Matter

World Wetlands Day – Mangroves Matter

DATE: Tuesday 2 Feb 2016 TIME: 5:00pm – 6:30pm LOCATION: On the grass between the Fig Tree Playground and Mondo’s CAFNEC are encouraging the people of Cairns to join in a community picnic this World Wetlands Day to celebrate the magnificent wetlands and...

Cairns Premiere of ‘Black Hole’ documentary

“Every Australian should see this film” – Bob Brown We invite you to Cairns’ ONLY SCREENING of ‘Black Hole’ – a documentary telling the story of the struggle against Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine in the Leard State...
Cairns People’s Climate March

Cairns People’s Climate March

The Cairns People’s Climate March was a huge success! On Saturday 28 November 2015, more than 400 people took part in the Cairns People’s Climate March. The event attracted excellent media coverage (radio, print and TV) and was mentioned in Queensland...