MAYOR ON A MISSION
For your information… The Cairns Post – Thursday 15th January 2026 MAYOR ON A MISSION…
MAYOR ON A MISSION
For your information… The Cairns Post – Thursday 15th January 2026 MAYOR ON A MISSION Tim Little While Kuranda residents plead for extra police resources, the regions Mayor has taken the case directly to Queensland’s top ministers and chiefs but so far help has not arrived. The Cairns Post last week revealed a number of…
CRIME IS ‘KILLING’ KURANDA
For your information… The Cairns Post – Wednesday 7th January 2026 (front page and page 5) CRIME IS ‘KILLING’ KURANDA TIM LITTLE Queensland’s village in the rainforest used to be a Far North must-see, but after another wave of break-ins business owners fear escalating crime will demolish the town’s already struggling businesses. At least three…
Picturesque mountaintop town: Fed up Kuranda locals reveal what needs to change
For your information The Cairns Post – Monday 12th January 2026 Picturesque mountaintop town: Fed up Kuranda locals reveal what needs to change Tim Little Kuranda residents dealing with constant break-ins and assaults are urging all levels of government to solve escalating crime before frustrated residents take ‘matters into their own hands”. When people stop…
‘Whole town been taken ransom’: Quaint village’s fall from paradise
For your information The Cairns Post – Monday 12th January 2026 ‘Whole town been taken ransom’: Quaint village’s fall from paradise Tim Little I first came to Kuranda 12 years ago as a bug frantic teenager on holiday, obsessed with nature and mesmerised by Far North Queensland. When I returned more than a decade later…
Crime Statistics – Kuranda
For nearly three years now we have spoken out publicly about the issues affecting Kuranda that nobody else wants to talk about, whether it be through non disclosure agreements or through the constant fear of retribution by the minority (?) of the 12% minority, we have been almost the ONLY voice of dissent. We will…
Currently Speaking…
Since we shared the video of Lester, who ran across the road on Sunday morning to abuse me at our neighbours place for putting videos up of his family fighting each other on the streets of Kuranda last week, he’s become somewhat famous. At last count that video has had 4.3k views and has been…
The Kuranda Paper Monthly Wrap – December-January 2025/26
Through the looking glass…36 pages and as usual our comments are initalics. For your information… Page 2 – Letters Saturday Opening for Library Please “Our Kuranda library is an excellent resource for our community. Unfortunately, it is closed on Saturdays, when school children and people who work outside of Kuranda could access it. Saturday mornings…
Mareeba Shire Council Monthly Roundup – November 2025
Each month we sift through the 100’s of pages of MSCs monthly meetings to keep you up to date about what’s being done (and what’s NOT being done) for our community here in Kuranda by those over in Mareeba. This month we’ve narrowed it down to 12 pages (from 388)… Any comments we have added…
AI’s Take on Mareeba Shire Council’s Annual Report 2024-25
After completing our take on the Councils recently released Annual Report 2024-25 we thought we’d ask AI to rewrite our article asking it to: “Please rewrite the following text as if it was to be a feature article in a popular magazine or daily newspaper in a more attention grabbing way without leaving too much…
Mareeba Shire Council Annual Report 2024-25
For your information… 101 pages (we’ve narrowed it down to 11 Kuranda specific) Highlights Page 2 (PDF page numbers we’re using) A Growing, Confident, Sustainable Shire. The 2024/25 Annual Report serves as a key communication resource, demonstrating Council’s dedication to the community by progressing the strategic priorities set out in the Corporate Plan 2024–2028 and…
