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TROPIC • COVER STORY Bake Free Baked on Red Hill balay Vandyke Bambino Eating Audi Centre Cairns Australian Education Overseas Like It Hair & Beauty Cairns Convention Centre Athletic Queensland Limited ANZ Art Work Space Pty Ltd As You Amadio Property Group Amy Eden Anglicare North Warehouse All Things Old – New Again Allaro Homes AirBridge Networks Pty Ltd AJ Hackett Alive Pharmacy Clients: 27 Degrees Cafe Advance Cairns Ae

Botanic Republic
Rum's Mixing Lounge
Mission Beach Holidays
First National Cairns Central

Mojo Coco Sushi Coffee NQ Coral Expeditions
Joe Vella Insurance Brokers John Griffith Dental
Slap and Pickle Sandwich Bar SmartCrete Floors
Gustocard Guyala Cafe Hairhouse Warehouse DFO
Passions of Paradise People Strong Perfect Teeth
Flight Centre Business Travel FOHER Co Foursight
Sheldon Realty Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort Port
Cairns Halpin Partners Hanoi's Harbourside Bar &
Botanica Lifestyle Resort Brother Jenkins Brothers
Builders Licks Gelato Lillypads Cottages LJ Hooker
Laboratory JUTE Theatre Company Kahler Lawyers
Australia Kenick Constructions KORU Furniture and
Medical Centre Elite Executive Elite Real Estate End
Ltd Caffiend Cairns Airport Cairns Amateurs Cairns
Crystalbrook Bailey Crystalbrook Flynn Crystalbrook
Lush Burgers Macalister Brewery MacDonnells Law
Hub Cairns Key Real Estate Cairns Language Centre
Stop Property Our Place Restaurant outofcourt Oven
Pty Ltd MyStyle Homes Nambini Coco Shop National
Madame Kransky's Mainie Australia Makin' Whoopee
Homewares Kur-COW Pty Ltd Law Solutions Layover
Park College Bidfood Cairns Blade Consultancy Blaq
Catering & Baking Scuba IQ Sea Swift Senator Susan
Property Office South Cairns Regional Council Cairns
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Cairns Indigenous Tourism
Endeavours Pty Ltd Fruits of Paradise Tropical Sorbet
York Expo Dumpling Studio Dutch Delights Eaglegate
Industry One Coffee Pty Ltd Ireland's of Cairns James
Kitchen Haymes Paint headspace Cairns Y(E)P Young
Chamber of Commerce Cairns COUCH Limited Cairns
Accountants Global Forwarding Grant Thornton Great
Entrepreneurs Project Hemingway's Brewery Herding
Regional Council - Cultural Services Cairns State High
Ransom Specialty Coffee Roasters Rattle N Hum Apex
Douglas Shine Strong Psychology SilkAir Silky Oaks -
Ochre Restaurant O'Connor Law Olivetree Fine Foods
N Sweets Melanesian Luxury Yacht Services MiHaven
Team Cairns Wake Park Candy Cafe Bar CaPTA Group
Milk Bar Reef Restoration Ree's Book Shop Remedial
Hindquarter Meats Holding Redlich Holiday Inn Cairns
Together Hilton Cairns Hinchinbrook Adventure Tours
Credits Film Club Enterprise Management Group Envy
Espresso Eorth Espresso & Co Cafe Bar Evolve Loans
Backpackers Hotel & Resort Gin Social GKS Chartered
& Co. Lend Lease Property Management Liam Gilligan
Mena Northern Queensland PHN Novotel Cairns Oasis
Gift Shop Mama Coco Mamma Mia Italian Eats Mantra
Cairns Edge Hill LNP LP Records Lulubelles Clothing
Rehabilitation Pinnacle Tourism Marketing Planz Town
Pearl Blazing Saddles Blue Moon Grill BOQ Specialist
Aquarium Cairns Art Gallery Cairns Art Society Cairns
Council Catholic Education Cathy Zeiger Cazaly's CBC
Barrier Reef Tuna Fiducia Private Wealth Management
Hot Global Q Snoop Dogz So Hangry Social Swag Soho
College St John's Community Care Ltd St John's Greek
& Me Bang & Grind Barrier Reef Brewing Co Bay Road
Lawyers Early Settler Earth Toys East Coast Paella Co
Cairns Language Man Cairns Cars Cairns Performance
Brewing Bazaar at QT Port Douglas BDO Nth QLD Beck
Olivia Smith Ollie's Italian On Demand On Oceania One
Sparkle Pacific Home Improvements Paella Time Palm
Amore Pty Ltd Pullman Cairns International Quaid Real
Projects Prime Constructions Property Shop Providore
Planning Popping Mad PPNQ Developments Prettejohn
DIGIR Group of Companies DoubleTree by Hilton, Cairns
Leagues Club BSE Maritime Solutions CA Architects Pty
Co. Savage Architecture Savvy Hair & Make-Up Scratch
Harbourside Hopscotch & Co House of Archeion Howlin
Perrott Engineering Petit Cafe PhyxMe Physiotherapy &
Splish Splash Swimwear Spoonies St Andrew's Catholic
Jays Ian Lydiard Il Palazzo InCapital Financial Advisers
Media Group Solomons Flooring Cairns Sound Australia
Staff Selection CCIQ C'est Bon Chapter One Chateau de
Smithfield Shopping Centre Smoke N Steel BBQ Smokin
Aqueous Port Douglas Marlin Coast Glass Pty Ltd Marsh
Baillie Lodges Sipping Duck Skybury Tropical Plantation
Estate Quicksilver Raging Thunder Ramsay Health Care
School Cairns Tourism Industry Association Cairns Unity
Maquillage Cherries Chez Loulou Cite Legal Clean Care
Cove Spa & Beauty Palm Tree Recycling Paradise Palms
Family Law Group Cairns Foton Cairns Gastroenterology
Property Martinelli Pizza Bar Maxa Constructions Meats
Australia Bank National Drones Nerada Tea NOA Nonna
Pty Ltd Carelynx Cart Wheels Cassowary Coast Regional
Douglas Shire Council Dr Phoebe Hong Cooktown & Cape
Construction Queensland Jaques Coffee Java Boy Jimmy
Samgasat Thai Three Wolves Satay Shack Sauce Brewing
Eden House Retreat Edge Hill Butchery Edmonton Family
Sabi Sabi Sailaway Port Douglas Salt House Sam Marino
Riley Garda Capital Group GBR Realty Australia Gilligan's
Industries Pty Ltd Designer Doughnuts Diane Laingschild
Kalesa Street Feast Kenfrost Mojo Street Food Kiddimoto
McDonald Serra Drilling Pty Ltd ShangriLa Hotel, Cairns
Rio Tinto River City Dental Rohr Remedy Rusty's Markets
Moontide Swimwear Motel Nomad Mr Soy Boy MSF Sugar
Cairns Pty Ltd Cmk Hair Studio Coburn Architecture Coco
CQUniversity Australia Creative Spaces by Miss Marci CSF
Building Pty Ltd Bec's Bites Belle Property Cairns Bentley
Resort NQAV Nu Nu Restaurant Oaks Kitchen and Garden
FAmazing Far North Sport Fishing First Class Investments
Mike Ball Dive Expeditions Pty Ltd Miss Chief Bar & Eatery
Bank Cairns Bus Charters Cairns Business College Cairns
Massage Cairns Plastic Surgery Cairns Plaza Hotel Cairns
Plus Resort Brokers Richard's Salt & Pepper Richie Bates
Memory lane
MAGAZINE MILESTONE
Tropic is celebrating the launch
of its 30th edition.
Words: Renee Cluff
Is it the dirty thirties (no!) or the flirty
thirties Tropic has entered into?
We’d prefer to use a little creative rhyming
licence and go with sturdy thirties,
as our magazine moves to a new level
of maturity. 1
Really, the publication’s only five years old
but with six editions a year, it’s certainly
evolved since the first issue imagined Williams for CIAF in Issue 6). The day the utilising the skills and talents of our
what Cairns would be like in 2030. Prime Minister visited our office is also cutting-edge designers, and events such
The wish-list included another national particularly memorable. as Meet Eat Repeat. The changing of
sporting team, the opening of Aquis Tropic’s commentary on local economic the guard was a major milestone for
Resort, a light rail system and a thriving conditions, industries and politics is Tropic in Issue 27 as Gavin embarked
small bar and laneway culture. I guess treated with as much respect as our on new challenges.
one out of four ain’t too bad with another food reviews and our ‘support local’ The magazine also wouldn’t be what
nine years to go. philosophy. Tropic is all about promoting it is today without input from our
That approach of sparking conversation the region and its people – and asking the contributors. Nicky Horstmann and Dr
and debate about current issues while tough questions when required. Alexandra Bernhardi have particularly
providing solutions and effecting change We report on local organisations from devoted many hours and energy whilst
remains a mainstay of the magazine. the Cairns Taipans to CQU, Hospo Group sharing their knowledge and advice
The follow-up is just as important. and Cairns Regional Council. Individuals through their regular segments In Season
Over the years, we’ve kept a keen eye get a shout-out from time to time, too, and Health respectively.
on what’s happening across news, as seen in Tropic’s Power 50 list in Issue 9 There’s plenty to look forward to over the
innovation and events in Cairns. and the Top 20 under 40s in Issue 11. next 30 editions as Cairns, the country
We’ve also been central to important Founding editor, Gavin King, certainly and the world claws its way out of a
development announcements, from built a solid base, which with the global pandemic. We’re excited about
Crystalbrook Collection’s arrival in assistance of dynamic staff like Tim what the future holds and are ready with
town (owner, Syrian billionaire Ghassan Cooke (another loss!) has continuously a complete redesign of the Tropic Now
Aboud, first made an appearance in Issue been expanded, nurtured and tweaked. website. For now though, the team is
3), to the coming-of-age of the Cairns What started out as a magazine and just going to take a moment to stop and
Indigenous Art Fair (perhaps our most news website made from a home office reflect with pride at what’s been achieved
recognisable cover features Nikeema has grown to include a creative studio so far. Our baby is growing up.
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