Palm Cove Newsletter 09/2003

Palm Cove News
SEPTEMBER 2003

Another great Fiesta lunch on the way

CORPORATE tables, food stalls, musicians, and entertainers will stretch from Beach Club to Reef House on Sunday,Sept 21 between 12 noon and 4pm. It's the Hot and Spicy Fiesta, and it means extra bite to hearts, minds and appetites. Cove's top chefs promise gourmet food not only at the corporate tables but also at the many food stalls under shady palms and melaleucas. There will also be bagpipes, a fly past, sailing regatta, life saving displays, sand sculpture competition, waiters race, mini craft market, rides for kids, outrigger race, beach volleyball, big name entertainers - in other words a great day out! One change from last year's occasion is the absence of pre-sold picnic hampers.
There is no admittance charge for the public, and people can buy entrees, main courses and desserts at the various stalls, which will have beer, wine and everything from a sausage sizzle to seafood. But please bring your own chair or beach blanket if you want to sit down.

Corporate tables cost $850 for 10 which includes champagne, a four-course meal, wines and beer.

PARKING restrictions may become legal in Cove this month, the council's customer service centre has advised. "Local Law 25 (Regulated Parking) may be amended at the next council meeting," the centre said.
In November last year, the council provisionally voted for a three-hour parking zone on Williams Esplanade between Harpa Street and Cedar Road.
When approved, the zone is expected to be signposted and enforced by council inspectors. Parking meters are not on the agenda.

TWELVE people had their heads shaved raising $5,000 for leukemia research at Apres Bar and Grill on August 24, restaurateur Robert van der Hoven said. Those who lost their crowning glories were Robert, local tourism chief Alex Whyte, four Tasmanian tourists (they raised $1,240), and five male and one female Apres staff.
"Two well-known identities promised to be in it but didn't show. Would that be worth about $1,000 each, do you think?" Robert pondered.

After returning home to Melbourne recently from a four-week holiday in Cairns and Palm Cove, we would like to thank the many people who helped make our holiday so enjoyable.
Everyone was very helpful, courteous, and friendly, particularly the hotel and resort staff, the Sunbus drivers, and Glenn at the post office at Palm Cove.
We look forward to returning to Cairns and the Northern Beaches to enjoy your clean and tidy city and your warm weather.
Helen & Richard Gray, Canterbury, Vic.
(Reprinted from Cairns Post, Aug 26.)

I avidly await your newsletter on the Internet each month.My husband and I stayed in Palm Cove in March 2001at Azure Waters, which I can't praise highly enough. We absolutely fell in love with Palm Cove!
We had only two weeks but it was the best holiday ever. I booked the holiday as a 50th birthday present for my husband and he didn't discover where we were going until he was half-way to Australia!
We loved the rain forest and the Barrier Reef (we visited Green Island), and Palm Cove is a gem. You are so lucky living there though I hope that progress doesn't spoil the relaxed ambience. It would be a shame if Palm Cove became the same as every other resort. Our High Streets in theUK are almost identical with the same chain stores everywhere.
Jo Dyson, Macclesfield, UK.

CAIRNS and Tropical North Queensland will increase in population by 43 percent in the next 25 years, a state government study has shown.
In 1976, there were 125,000 in the far north which increased by 80 percent to 224,200 in 2001. The population will be about 328,000 by 2026, making the region one of Australia's fastest growing.
"Most of the growth will occur in Cairns and along the coast and be driven by interstate and overseas migration," the study reported.

The Environmental Protection Agency has changed the classification of a piece of land between Clifton Beach and Palm Cove from "endangered ecosystem" to one "of concern."
The original classification would have prevented the planned link road between Linden St and Triton St.
However, a spokesman for Cairns City Council said the road would not be built unless the community wanted it.

DEVELOPER Frank Vita says his company, FTV Pty Ltd, will probably start building Triton Palace late this year or early next year.
"We're finishing the shopping centre at Clifton Beach first," he said. "I must confess it's my baby at the moment."

"I'M MARRYING four couples in Palm Cove on October 18th and, sorry, can't fit in another," the marriage celebrant said to Cairns' Fleur Colvin who wanted that day for her wedding.
"The busy season is more than just accommodation," said Fleur.

HOUSE and land, 15.2m (50ft) frontage, next door to Azure Waters, Esplanade, sold recently for $1,200,000.

NEW resident at Foley Road's Island View Estate Darren Still has volunteered to deliver Palm Cove News to letterboxes in the new Foley Rd estate. Darren is on 4055 3624. Also, taking over from Ruth Bury who is moving (thanks, Ruth) is Judy Arndt of Buchan St, who will be delivering PCN to Buchan Point. Ph 4055 3506.

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