South Side Bites

Thank you to the Cairns African Association

South Side Celebration

Music by Trent Bray and Big Pups Also in the picture is Alicia Clark the event organiser

South Side Celebration

Thank you to Gimuy Walabura Yidinji Dance Group

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Thank you to all involved in the South Side Celebrations held on the 30September 2021.

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My South Side Story: Genevieve Meldrum

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My South Side Story: Nicki Millen

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South Side Story: Edmonton Community Garden

The Edmonton Community Garden inside the grounds of Sugarworld Botanic Gardens is the result of a...

My South Side Story: Anna Wairimu Jones

Location: Mount Sheridan My roots I am from Kenya, Eastern part of Africa. I left Kenya in 2008...

My South Side Story: Paula Castle

I feel blessed to say that I live in Gordonvale with my amazing family. I emigrated from England...

My South Side Story: Kumi

We used to live in the Parramatta Park area. When we were looking at purchasing a house we...

My South Side Story: Azariah’s Homeschooling Story

My name is Azariah Uelese I am 9 years old. I am of Samoan heritage and my parents and I moved up...

My South Side Story: Sarah Leavers

I’m Sarah, I’m originally from New Zealand and my husband Dylan is from Victoria. In 2007 a friend...

My South Side Story: Aquilar Luki

I was born on a small Polynesian island in the Pacific close to the Cook Islands, Tonga and Samoa....

My South Side Story: Maria Holt

I'm a born & bred South Cairns local having grown up in Bayview Heights and I have fond...

My South Side Story: Sandra Charlton

Gordonvale is my hometown, it's where I was born and educated. My father was the local dentist and...

Food Bank renamed to Food Pantry

As of 1st July 2021 Food Bank here at Hambledon House Community Centre will be know as Food...

My South Side Story: Mike Friganiotis

In 2003, I returned to Australia, after having spent 10 years working in Dubai, United Arab...

My South Side Story: Sophia Kawane

My name is Sophia Kawane and I’m currently 11 years old. I was born on Thursday Island, a tiny...

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South Side Story: Men’s Sheds

There are over 1000 Men’s Sheds in Australia. We are fortunate enough to have two of them on the...

My South Side Story: Joel Prior

Growing up in Far North Queensland, the Southside of Cairns was not such a foreign place to settle...

My South Side Story: Fran Lindsay

The Ellacott family arrived in Edmonton from Gordonvale in 1952. Ernie and Jean and their four...

My South Side Story: Rob Pyne

I was born in Gordonvale and grew up in Edmonton. Edmonton was just a small country town. It was...

My South Side Story: Tanya Johnson

I have been living in Edmonton now for 20 years. I moved into my house in 2001. When I moved...

My South Side Story: Cassy Bishop

Cassy Bishop I am Cairns born and bred but I grew up in mainly Manoora for the first 13...

My South Side Story: Niyasz R Ibrahim

After many a long winter down in Melbourne where I had settled into the Aussie way of life I was...

My South Side Story: Myra Jensen