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Tropic Issue 18 tropicnow.com.au
June-July 2019

EDITOR
Welcome, dear reader, to the half way point of 2019 and Tropic’s epic Gavin King
100-page issue. [email protected]
For the first time in our three-year history, it includes a cheeky EDITORIAL
sealed section. Enjoy! Renee Cluff
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DESIGN
CONTENTS Caitlin Brennan
Amy Waddell
UPFRONT ADVERTISING
10-17 Tim Cooke
Start fresh with our Upfront section, featuring the Editor’s Letter, Day in the Life with [email protected]
Coburn Architects’ Alanna Coburn, our new favourite things in What’s Hot, and more. 0418 671 379
BRIEFINGS DIGITAL
Can Kara
18-31 SOCIAL MEDIA & EVENTS
Essential reading on local issues including the environment, real estate, agriculture and Courtney Meredith
tourism, along with business advice, including Eva Grabner’s column.
OPERATIONS
COVER STORY Leah Horstmann
33-39 INTERN
We celebrate the Cairns Indigenous Arts Fair’s tenth birthday. Eden Moller
TROPIC HEALTH WRITERS
40-47 Dr Alex Bernhardi
Rebecca Cotton
Our expanded health section features Cairns Private Hospital, the Float Studio, Dr Alex’s Foodvixen
column, a chat about mental health with Triple M’s Elliot Lovejoy and the Healthy Hub. David Forrest
SEALED SECTION Eva Grabner
51-58 Kate Hennessy
Nicky Horstmann
Tropic gets a bit racy with our special sealed section delving into a decade of kinky fun at Elliot Lovejoy
Gilligan’s Annual Sinner’s Ball. Andrew Magoffin
PROFILES AND FEATURES John Martin
Nicholas Slatyer
60-65 Ali Slotemaker
Meet the teams at Collins Constructions FNQ, Mihaven and the MaraWay. Paul Sjogren
OPINION Megan Thomas
Adam Volcov
66-69
Tropic columnists wax lyrical with a range of ideas and opinions. CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
Paul Furse - Front Row Foto
FOOD & DRINK COVER
71-76 Models: Kris Brackins, Nauma Wren,
Foodvixen’s column, White Whale’s low-down on cafes, an exciting new Three Wolves Sara Fagan
venture and Harbourside Bar & Kitchen takes our Tropic Chef Challenge. Photo by Wade Lewis Art
Styling by Suede Hair Skin Body
CARS
79-81
We take the Audi A4 for a test drive and reveal the local company investing in Tesla
limousine service.
SOCIALS
84-89
See who’s networking and partying at recent events by the Cairns Chamber of Commerce, STOCKISTS
Riley’s Eleme day spa and the inaugural Craft Beer Festival at Hemingway’s Brewery. Tropic Magazine is distributed to over
100 cafes, waiting rooms, shops, hotels
ART and other outlets across the region
90-94 including Cairns, Innisfail, Port Douglas,
and the Tablelands. To stock copies,
We showcase some amazing local pieces from Cairns Art Gallery, check out UMI Arts’ please email us:
new location and find out why JUTE Theatre Company has rebranded. [email protected]
HISTORY Published by
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