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                                                The Chambers to open


                                    One of the city’s most anticipated developments is set to unveil itself in
                                    coming months after an incredibly detailed, respectful restoration. This
                                      restaurant, café, bar and office space project in an old bank on the
                                           corner of Spence and Lake Sts will be worth the wait.




















































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              Hemingways Brewery               Expansion of Cairns              Trinity Inlet dredging to
              Cairns to open                   Convention Centre                start?



              They’ve nailed it in Port Douglas and in   The $176 million expansion of the Cairns   Another Labor Government promise from
              mid-2018 it will be Cairns’ turn. Located   Convention Centre will begin this year,   last November’s state election could begin
              on the waterfront at the Cruise Liner   shortly after the Commonwealth Games   this year – and it’s one of the most drawn
              Terminal, Hemingways is set to be a beer   basketball matches are played here in   out, exhaustively-debated projects in the
              drinker’s delight for locals and tourists   April. Once complete, the expansion will   city’s recent history. Is 2018 the year we
              alike. Food menu on offer looks good too.   bring an additional 25 large conventions   finally see Trinity Inlet dredged? The
              The brewery will house seven, 7000-litre   and events and around 20,000 additional   government says its $120 million proposal
              fermentation tanks. That's a lot of beer.  visitors per year to Cairns.  could be approved and underway very soon.
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