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Tropic Issue 19 tropicnow.com.au
August-September 2019

EDITOR
Here we are, already, so quickly into the second half of 2019. Time to Gavin King
slow down? Tropic’s latest 100-page issue is the way to do it. [email protected]
Relax. Read. Enjoy. EDITORIAL
Renee Cluff
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CONTENTS DESIGN
Caitlin Brennan
UPFRONT Amy Waddell
12-18 ADVERTISING
Start fresh with our Editor’s Letter, Day in the Life with Cairns Family Law Group’s Tim Cooke
Catherine Ross, our new favourite things in What’s Hot, and more. [email protected]
BRIEFINGS 0418 671 379
20-33 DIGITAL
Essential reading on local issues including the environment, real estate, agriculture and Can Kara
tourism, along with business advice, including Eva Grabner’s column. OPERATIONS
COVER STORY Leah Horstmann
35-39 WRITERS
Meet the force behind AirBridge Group, the Cairns company shaking up the global Dr Alex Bernhardi
telecommunications industry. Pelham Collins
Beck Cotton
PROFILES Amy Eden
40-43 Foodvixen
Insights into success from MacDonnell’s Law and First National. Eva Grabner
Amalie Grima
TROPIC HEALTH Nicky Horstmann
45-49 Nikki Huddy
Our comprehensive health section features NDIS one-stop-shop the Thrive Hub, Dr Alex’s Sam Kennis
column and a chat about alcohol-fuelled violence with Triple M’s Elliot Lovejoy. Marsha Klipp
Elliot Lovejoy
MIKE BALL DIVE Eden Moller
53-55 Catherine Ross
We dive deep into the rich history and future plans for Mike Ball Dive Expeditions as it Paul Sjogren
celebrates an amazing 50 years on the Great Barrier Reef. Nicholas Slatyer
Ali Slotemaker
OPINION Adam Volcov
56-59 CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
Tropic columnists wax lyrical with a range of ideas and opinions. Paul Furse - FrontRow Foto
SPECIAL REPORT COVER
60-61 Doug Stephens from AirBridge Group at
We peer into the construction crystal ball as the cranes from Ghassan Aboud’s hotel sites Mount Mulligan
Photo shoot by Paul Furse/FrontRow Foto
come down.
TROPIC’S NEW LIFESTYLE SECTION
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Our shiny new section featuring the best in local food, drink, fashion and fun. Spring racing
fashion with Cairns Central, Motel Nomad profile, cocktails with Sam Kennis and more.

SOCIALS
84-89 STOCKISTS
See who’s networking and partying at recent events including the Cairns Indigenous Arts Tropic Magazine is distributed to over
Fair, Gilligans Sinners Ball and Meet Eat Repeat on Florence. 100 cafes, waiting rooms, shops, hotels
and other outlets across the region
ARTS including Cairns, Innisfail, Port Douglas,
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