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TROPIC • UP FRONT

CACAO OVER COFFEE
Perhaps the best alternative to coffee,
cacao is rich in theobromine – a gentle,
long-lasting stimulant that doesn’t
come with caffeine-induced jitters. WHAT’S HOT
It also contains more antioxidants than
green tea! The recently-launched Soma
Cacao, based in Wongaling Beach,
sells cacao grown and ground in the
Tropical North. Find them at the
Mission Beach Markets, where they also
sell the drink by the cup!
MORE: somacacao.com.au

BUSHCRAFT CAMP
Learn how to start a fire with only sticks, weave hats
out of coconut fronds and make a rope with the land’s
own resources. Hartigan Bushcraft has recently
started running workshops and camping trips at the
picturesque Emerald Creek, where you can learn some
valuable survival skills and spend time reconnecting
to nature. A bunch of woven baskets and woodwork
pieces are also up for sale!

MORE: @hartigan_bushcraft

READ, WATCH, LISTEN

Here’s what the Tropic team will be
reading, watching and listening to
this Summer.
LISTENING TO Fame & Fortune by
Desmond Cheese, Dance Hits 2000s WHAT’S NOT
(Spotify), Treats by Sleigh Bells,
LAUREL, Alternative 10s (Spotify), OVERCROWDING AT CAIRNS HOSPITAL
Nevermind by Nirvana There’s long been a lack of action on Cairns Hospital’s
capacity, with no real solution in sight. At least 15 code
WATCHING The Serpent, The Queen’s yellows (the hospital’s internal emergency system for
Gambit, Locke and Key Season 2,
Gruen, Astrological Guide for Broken coping with overcrowding) were declared in 2020, and
that’s before any COVID-19 outbreak. While the wheels
Hearts (worth it for the music alone)
turn slowly on the new James Cook University Hospital
READING Klara and the Sun by Kazuo and mental health unit, emergency department ramping
Ishiguro, Beauty by Bri Lee, Sapiens by is only increasing.
Yuval Noah Harari, The Crimson Petal
and the White by Michael Faber

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