tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post5017832806418552968..comments2023-04-20T04:34:11.624+10:00Comments on CAIRNS HILLBILLY WATCH - DAILY LIFE IN CAIRNS, QLD EXPLAINED BY RATIONAL, THINKING PEOPLE: AS AQUIS RAMPS UP, BIG-NAME ENTERTAINERS START TO TARGET CAIRNS - DESPITE OUR CRAPPY THEATER THAT WILL NEVER BE REPLACEDUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-9805283247655919952014-03-08T11:40:44.279+10:002014-03-08T11:40:44.279+10:00Funny that,billionaire Hong Kong Businessman Cars...Funny that,billionaire Hong Kong Businessman Carson Yeung has been gaoled for six years in Hong Kong for money laundering,seems he also had interests in a Football team in Birmingham England.Ivornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-46754309471967684962013-12-29T21:56:18.445+10:002013-12-29T21:56:18.445+10:00Really Anonymous 12.11! Manning doesn't have ...Really Anonymous 12.11! Manning doesn't have to bother showing any interest whatsoever in the community. Ditto most of the Unity Team members. They're all on lucrative salaries, and will probably all piss off to a comfortable retirement at the next election. There are several Unity Councillors nobody ever sees or hears and because The Cairns Post is now under the LNP command, they receive no criticism for their invisibility and inertia. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-68407748828974901412013-12-21T12:11:03.397+10:002013-12-21T12:11:03.397+10:00Val, as Mayor, also attended the Junior Eisteddfod...Val, as Mayor, also attended the Junior Eisteddfod at different sessions. The Mayor of Cairns is always the Patron. Manning hasn't been seen at any Junior Eisteddfod presentations since becoming Mayor. He sends Schilling or Claire. Not good enough for these your aspirants Bob. Wake up please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-6032650101019085232013-12-19T09:03:05.193+10:002013-12-19T09:03:05.193+10:00Anon 18/12/13 11:54
That rarely happens when the ...Anon 18/12/13 11:54<br /><br />That rarely happens when the CBD was never the attraction in the first place. Few visitors come to see the CBD. It has always been a base. Port Douglas was popular for those that wanted the attraction to be where they stayed. How many that stay in Port have an urge to visit Cairns CBD? <br /><br />The only reason they will go to town will be to depart the reef and then after driving through town to get there will have no motivation to come back for any other reason.<br /><br />Plus what are casinos designed to do? Keep them on the premises, every trick in the book will be used to get them to stay on the property. You do not invest 4,2bn to have your guests wander off and spend elsewhere.<br /><br />They will offer a free bus and with nothing to do in Cairns at night there will be more CBD based guests being ferried to the casino than casino guests being ferried to town.<br /><br />I also imagine some budget accommodation popping up around Yorkeys Knob to trade in on the water park. Add some resorts that appeal to westerners so it may kill off Port Douglas as well. Why bother upgrading marina then? Ella Bay, why bother? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-5454847559260424422013-12-18T19:58:34.286+10:002013-12-18T19:58:34.286+10:00Here is the bull shit of compost,
Poll results, &q...Here is the bull shit of compost,<br />Poll results, "Has council taken the right approach to dealing with bats in the CBD".<br />Today No.34%/ yes 66%, yesterday arvo was 300 votes, No 240 Votes, yes 60 Votes, so what happens with these arseholes is they stop their poll when ever it suits so as to continue their propaganda to support their conservative business advertisers, tell everybody that you are being fleeced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-75745918154102858612013-12-18T11:54:19.618+10:002013-12-18T11:54:19.618+10:00Yeah right, compare a development that brings an e...Yeah right, compare a development that brings an extra estimated 10,000 people at any given time to Cairns to a shopping centre? If anything, with the old casino earmarked as a campus (=students) as well, the CBD is set to revive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-57722229300842964222013-12-17T22:36:29.159+10:002013-12-17T22:36:29.159+10:00
AQUIS say they will generate 36000 jobs for what ...<br />AQUIS say they will generate 36000 jobs for what 8000 average occupancy? Of course they plan to kill the CBD by sucking in all visitors, not just the ones that stay in their hotel. The magic bus will be taking your business away but hey, they are adults and can choose their poison? So we are told.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-26936020240917717152013-12-17T21:00:24.899+10:002013-12-17T21:00:24.899+10:00i see where 2 local bookies are given less than a ...i see where 2 local bookies are given less than a 1$ for wanking to hold his seatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-51714852111970964792013-12-17T17:49:56.997+10:002013-12-17T17:49:56.997+10:00Aquis will be able to attract all the top acts as ...Aquis will be able to attract all the top acts as well as most of the conventions. The CBD will be left as dead as a door nail, just like what happened when Cairns Central opened and the CBD just instantly went into death throes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-83003159137760887812013-12-17T14:31:58.512+10:002013-12-17T14:31:58.512+10:00Elmer Manning baulked at air conditioning the tank...Elmer Manning baulked at air conditioning the tanks because he's never been there. Besides, there's a lovely air conditioned theatre on the river down the road in Brisbane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-28985759169795442832013-12-17T12:08:26.441+10:002013-12-17T12:08:26.441+10:00You won't find any "fake" music acts...You won't find any "fake" music acts at the Tanks Arts Centre, just high quality fare. Incidentally, while Val Schier was a regular there during her tenure as mayor, 'Sleepy' Manning has yet to be spotted attending a performance at the Council's premier performance space. Oh, of course Hortense, Batman goes down souff for his jollies.Tony Hillierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811119917896735831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-49287071138501748022013-12-17T11:57:07.814+10:002013-12-17T11:57:07.814+10:00With a resort like Aquis we may actually see the r...With a resort like Aquis we may actually see the return of the above acts and the real deal instead of copy cats. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-70977982294097939122013-12-17T11:02:16.635+10:002013-12-17T11:02:16.635+10:00Hamish, thanks to the internet I don't have to...Hamish, thanks to the internet I don't have to listen to the crap that passes for radio in Cairns or read the seriously degraded Cairns Post yet I can still be kept up to date with local info as well as what is happening in the real world. Pity more locals don't do the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-87365313538053931062013-12-17T07:56:28.830+10:002013-12-17T07:56:28.830+10:00And do we have fake & pretend radio stations a...And do we have fake & pretend radio stations and newspapers???Hamish krintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-3261638744868267972013-12-17T07:19:50.395+10:002013-12-17T07:19:50.395+10:00Does anyone else notice that after the infamous ep...Does anyone else notice that after the infamous episode when the then top councillor Byrne ordered the "noise" to be turned down on the ACDC concert at the showgrounds some 2 decades ago the big music acts have all but dried up. We once had, Dire Straits, Dylan, Joe Cocker, Tina Turner,UB40 and the list went on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-5113493664980923622013-12-16T22:50:14.665+10:002013-12-16T22:50:14.665+10:00I see that the Cairns Choral Society still reeks o...I see that the Cairns Choral Society still reeks of nepotism for the chosen families and all still happy to perform in the crappy civic theatre with the shit chairs..... Never a criticism of the current mayor and his bumbling loss of all the state and federal money for a new state of the art performing arts centre. Inbreds the lot of them and hyper jealous of any new talent that might move into town. I refuse to watch any of their shows and so do many of my friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-48737874714540469972013-12-16T17:14:15.556+10:002013-12-16T17:14:15.556+10:00Well we have fake and pretend MPs such as Wan King...Well we have fake and pretend MPs such as Wan King and Backhoe Trout so why is anyone surprised by this musical revelation?The Love Warriornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-90894996192258592002013-12-16T12:56:51.592+10:002013-12-16T12:56:51.592+10:00A bit of a turn up for the books, Hillbilly not ba...A bit of a turn up for the books, Hillbilly not bagging any locals for a change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-20851191949115715582013-12-16T11:36:28.129+10:002013-12-16T11:36:28.129+10:00
A potential plus from AQUIS is that they draw peo...<br />A potential plus from AQUIS is that they draw people from the CBD so it will decline further. Once rents are low perhaps we see it emerge as a music scene, cheap eats, local arts and crafts etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-45992617096909785652013-12-16T08:16:51.591+10:002013-12-16T08:16:51.591+10:00Maybe Fung Shway will be able to bring in the real...Maybe Fung Shway will be able to bring in the real thing (apart from those who are dead of course) to his magnificent theatre complex which will seat thousands and make the admission price cheap - hah!Hamish Krintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-3747878573358875312013-12-16T08:00:01.364+10:002013-12-16T08:00:01.364+10:00What do you expect? Any musician with ambition an...What do you expect? Any musician with ambition and talent leaves this back water. The best we can hope for is the Barbary coasters, Nigel "I'm the only drummer in the village" Pegrum and Chris "back to the future" Lloyd. Thank fuck for I tunes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-55261166172872348732013-12-15T20:15:23.271+10:002013-12-15T20:15:23.271+10:00Anonymous 19:36, this is a town with a larger than...Anonymous 19:36, this is a town with a larger than normal proportion of sub-intellect mouth-breathers, therefore, it is likely that many do think they are going to see the real thing. And there's your link: this same group are falling hook, line and sinker for the Aquis con job. It's Skase and Qintex all over again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-49151787506510916192013-12-15T19:36:18.697+10:002013-12-15T19:36:18.697+10:00Geez Hillbilly, got a bee in your bonnet? Or just...Geez Hillbilly, got a bee in your bonnet? Or just a chuckle of the week?<br /><br />If anyone is silly enough to believe they're going to be seeing the real thing they deserve what they get. <br /><br />Seems to be drawing a pretty low bow to link this to Aquis in any way, shape or form. <br /><br />That said, thanks for taking the time to write this blog, it's very enjoyable and sorely needed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com