Friday, October 9, 2020

FRAGMENTS FROM THE PAST: CAIRNS

Well worn l966 Date Book  advertising Walker's Book Shop , Lake Street, Cairns, North Queensland .The cover was designed by American Hallmark artist  Robert Schneeberg. Dates to remember included Australia Day, Anzac Day, Jewish New Year and Melbourne Cup  Day. There  is  a long list of  people  in the back of the  book  living in various parts of Australia , one  employed by Hong Kong Airways, a couple residing in  Fannie Bay, Darwin, others in Townsville ,Sydney ,Western Australia.  

Torn from the Cairns Post came the  following story about a pelican following  a man and his dog begging for a feed on the  Esplanade at Cairns. The photo, taken by  Post photographer  Andrew James,  had won a prize in the Nikon-Kodak Press Photographer of  the Year (1998).It was  to  be used in  the   Cairns Post 1999 calendar .