Palm Cove News
Tropical North Queensland

SEPTEMBER 2007

Deadly snake terrorizes Terebra St

MIKE GRIFFIN arrived home from the city last month when his neighbour Margaret Daley said a five-foot snake was sitting on their mutual side fence. Mike rang a snake catcher in Gordonvale and gave him a description of the reptile.
"He said it was a harmless brown tree snake and I should let it be," Mike said. However, Margaret rang Trinity Beach snake expert Rick Colebrook who, coincidentally, was having a BBQ on Palm Cove Beach. Rick said it wasn't a brown tree snake. "It's an Eastern Brown, the second deadliest snake in the world," he told the two residents. "Look at the pink spots under the lower jaw."
Rick said it was a healthy young male which made it particularly ferocious.
He captured the snake and released it on the hillslopes above JCU at Smithfield.
Mike can be seen parading his backyard with a big stick muttering : "How the devil did something like that end up on my fence."

Snake man Rick is on 0419 758 396.

We're going European!

NATIONAL print media are in raptures about Leigh Ratcliffe's proposed Village Palm Cove which will have an Italian style town square and a cultured emphasis.
Several newspapers and magazines have reported architect/developer Ratcliffe's project which is to be under construction about Easter next year. The project, now with council approval, will include the square, a fountain, and a town bell which will strike the hour at 5 pm.
The plan features 195 accommodation units as well as space for shops, restaurants, and outdoor facilities.
In designing The Village, Ratcliffe has drawn inspiration from quintessential villages such as Italy's Cinque Terra and the Mexican Riviera's Porta Vallata to create the town centre. Cr Sno Banneau, who represents the area, was pleased.
"The entire $500 million project should be finished by 2010 and will become a second southern town centre for Palm Cove," he said.
He added that the environmental impact would be "minimal."
The Cairns Post said the development looked as though it would bring commercial and lifestyle benefits while preserving what was special about the region.
Business Week said developers and town planners faced a difficult balancing act.
"On the one hand they must cater for the droves of people moving here while trying to maintain our unique environmental and lifestyle standards," it said.
Classical musicians are expected to provide regular entertainment in the piazza; roof-level tennis courts at night will become out-door cinemas.
The future town centre is situated between the Royal Palm Cove site on Triton Street and the highway.

Nu Nu grabs fame

PALM COVE'S Nu Nu restaurant has been recognized as one of the top places to eat in Australia.
"It's a genuinely superior dining experience in all respects and worth a detour," Gourmet Traveller magazine said in its 2008 Restaurant Guide.
The magazine awarded Nu Nu Regional Restaurant of the Year.
It was one of only seven Queensland restaurants to make the exclusive list which was dominated by Sydney and Melbourne establishments.
Co-owner and chef Nick Holloway said the restaurant was given a two-star rating. The highest rating is a three.
However, no Queensland restaurant made it into a three rating.
"If you tried to set up a three star in a city or somewhere, you'd be spending huge amounts of money outfitting the restaurant.
"Here we have just let the views of the gorgeous beach and coastline do it - we didn't have to spend much at all," Nick said.
High-priced Sydney restaurant Pier was named Restaurant of the Year.

(If you missed our Sept 04 edition and wondered why the name Nu Nu, here it is again.)

Nick and his partners moved their restaurant Husk from Melbourne to Palm Cove but found the Husk name had already been taken. Nu Nu means nude coconut. Nu in Portugese means nude, and nu in East Timoresee means coconut. So without a husk it's now a nude coconut.)

BRAIN TEASER

WHAT do you give a man who has everything? The answer is : nothing. How come?
Everyone knows that the gift we all prefer is something we don't already have.
Your man has everything, so the only thing he does not have is : nothing.
Since he would appreciate something he does not have, you should give him exactly that - nothing.

Jerry Dukes

Australia up and down in poll

FIRST the good news. Australia is still top spot as the holiday destination "if money is no object."
We rank as the country richest in natural beauty, closely followed by New Zealand.
The Anholt Nations Brand Index poll is conducted quarterly after the interviewing of 25,000 people in 35 developed countries.
Now the not so good. Oz has dropped to second place below Canada as the world's friendliest nation.
We were also bumped down two places in brand name valuation from nineth to eleventh as China made its debut in the top 10.
"Although Australia may have slipped from being seen as the world's friendliest nation, its reputation has improved in exports, governance and culture," the brand name index company's Mr Anholt said.
"The world is perhaps starting to take Australia a little more seriously," he said.

(Ref : Cairns Post 2/6/07)

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

* The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

* No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.

* Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

*You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

(Ref : Cairns Post 6/6/05)

Published by Jerry Dukes
52 Terebra St
Palm Cove 4879 QLD
Ph 4059 1610 Fax 4059 0058
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