Sharnie Kim

Inside a watch house in Cairns, children as young as 10 are locked into cells designed for adults, sometimes four at a time with their mattresses on the floor.

Driving in the dark, Les Edmistone didn't see a massive gap in a collapsed bridge in Queensland's Gulf Country until it was too late. All he could do was hold on and "go with it".

Nearly three weeks after ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper crossed the coast, one community is still without basic amenities and another is completely cut off by road, prompting calls for help from the Australian Defence Force.

The popularity of real Christmas trees surged during the pandemic and is continuing, but some growers are having trouble keeping up because of bad weather conditions affecting supply.

Pensioner Gail Couchman was living on an old bus before she found an affordable rental home thanks to the efforts of her local Lions Club.

Even people who have flipped, bogged or drowned their cars can't get enough of this gnarly four-wheel-drive adventure, famous for its near-vertical drops, footwell-flooding creek crossings and stunning scenery.

In a feat that would be pretty much impossible today, a group of water skiers strode onto the Cairns navy base nearly 40 years ago to execute an audacious plan to get into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Simon Zaicz went from tour-managing rock bands like Split Enz and Australian Crawl to become Pa to a legion of bush doofers.

Simon Zaicz went from tour-managing bands such as Australian Crawl and Split Enz to become one of Australia's oldest trance DJs on the festival circuit. The 68-year-old DJs as Psymon and OM River. He has 13 grandkids and describes himself as technologically challenged but is still a master at getting dance floors heaving to the latest progressive trance and bass music tracks.

Second bone found by police divers in Mossman Gorge where a woman disappeared in January

After nearly two decades serving up their famous enormous burgers, rescuing dozens of stranded motorists and seeing a three-fold increase in traffic, the owners of one of Australia's most remote roadhouses have handed over the keys.  

Throwing apple cores and fruit peel out the car window might seem harmless but a wildlife group says it can have tragic consequences.

Bailey Seamer has conquered much of her gruelling trek up Australia's east coast, checking into a mental health hospital twice along the way. She wants people like her to know they are "capable of achieving great things".

This farmer can only see the world through a spot the size of his thumbnail, but he has amassed an impressive collection of classic Ford motors.

Anglers are hooking more massive barramundi in parts of Queensland where commercial net fishing was banned eight years ago, according to a new report.

A retired admiral says psychedelic drugs can treat mental illness more effectively than commonly prescribed pills, but health authorities disagree.

Police and the RSPCA are investigating after a lace monitor is found heavily bound with rope, spray-painted and padlocked to a gate at a car dealership in Cairns.

Since 1977, Tilmann Waldthaler has cycled through 143 countries, been held at gunpoint in Iran, hit by a bus in India, and sat next to reggae legend Bob Marley on a plane.

A Far North Queensland man — who once weighed more than 100kg and could barely run a few hundred metres — is set to attempt a 100km Cairns marathon.

Australian Paralympian Grant "Scooter" Patterson says he struggles to see the Tokyo Games proceeding this year but is continuing to train at full tilt.

Car dealerships around the country say it is still "extremely difficult" to source stock amid a global shortage of new vehicles and they are unsure when supply will recover to meet demand.

Federal Government backbencher Warren Entsch says many businesses will need financial assistance beyond March when JobKeeper ends and is confident more support measures will be announced.

MP Bob Katter says turning a derelict "resort in paradise" into a facility for international arrivals is a better idea than mining camps or COVID "breeding ground" hotels.

The "large and majestic" palm cockatoo is known as the "Ringo Starr" of the bird world due to its unique and rhythmic drumming ability. There are only 1,500 birds left in the wild and zoologists say the species is under threat of extinction.

A Cairns woman whose partner died in a plane crash on Cape York Peninsula earlier this year has completed a solo hike to raise money for a cause dear to his heart — homeless dogs and cats.