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Tropic Issue 14 tropicnow.com.au
SPECIAL EDITION
October-November 2018
EDITOR
Gavin King
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DESIGN
CONTENTS Tim Cooke
Caitlin Brennan
DIGITAL
This is a very special edition of Tropic, for a bunch of reasons. At 132 Can Kara
WRITERS
pages, it’s our biggest since we launched in 2016, when we started with Janie Barton
a modest 68 pages. This edition is large because we’re celebrating two Shaun Donaldson
momentous milestones in the city’s history. Pete Faulkner
First up, our editor Gavin King waxes lyrical about the future of Cairns Foodvixen
in his Editor’s Letter (p10), followed by our Up Front section featuring Eva Grabner
popular regular columns like Tropic Recommends, Day In The Life, Nicky Horstmann
Nikki Huddy
Scene Around, In Season, On My Desk and Just One Word (p12-17). Nicky Jurd
Our business and industry pages are next (p18-23), covering the latest Sam Kennis
in tourism and real estate. Read on to find columnists Eva Grabner Danny Maher
from Elite Executive and Danny Maher from Fiducia Private Wealth Paul Sjorgen
Management (p24). Ranjit Singh
Megan Thomas
Our cover story (p31-37) celebrates the opening of Crystalbrook Adam Volcov
Collection’s first resort with an in-depth look at the faces behind the PHOTOGRAPHERS
brand. We profile a range of local businesses (p26-49), including My Paul Furse Front Row Foto
Pathway, MacDonnells Law, Elite Executive, KUR-Cow, Cairns Private Maren Katharina
Hospital, Resort Brokers and Cairns Family Law Group. COVER
Next, the second element of our biggest edition: our very special Cairns Crystalbrook Collection crew at
Riley by Paul Furse
Taipans feature celebrating the club’s 20th season in the NBL (p50-82).
Tropic’s collective of opinion columnists is back, along with our new
regular columnist Ranjit Singh from Holding Redlich (p84-85).
A special report looks at the second wave investment needed in Cairns
to get our economy firing (p87-89), while Pete Faulkner analyses the
latest employment figures (p90). Then you can check out some stunning
art deco images from Innisfail (p93-95). That wraps up our business and
industry section. ADVERTISING
Our lifestyle section kicks off with all things food, including Tropic Tim Cooke
columnists Foodvixen and Nicky Jurd (p97-98), followed by our new [email protected]
Tropic fashion section embracing self love, eco-fashion and a unisex 0418 671 379
fashion shoot (p104-113). OPERATIONS
We get social with a bunch of cool pics from Gilligans (p114) and Status Leah Horstmann
Plus talks kitchen trends in Tropic Abode (p117). You can get creative STOCKISTS
with our art pages (p118-119), while sport and fitness fans can check out Tropic magazine is distributed to
some show stopping Targa Great Barrier Reef shots (p121) and Megan over 100 cafes, waiting rooms, shops,
hotels and other outlets across the
Thomas from PhyxMe answers your physio questions (p122). region including Cairns, Innisfail,
Finally, make sure you support the small businesses featured in our Port Douglas, and the Tablelands. To
TropicGo section (p123-127) and check out what our team at Tropic stock copies, please email us:
[email protected]
Group has been up to (p129) before we finish off with our regular
Regional History column (p130). Published by
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