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MAKIN’ WHOOPEE
Makin’ Whoopee, one of our favourite
havens for all things local and
handmade, is nearing its biggest annual
event – the Christmas Markets!
On the morning of Saturday 13
November, around 40 local makers and
food vendors will gather in Cairns State
High School’s Crosswell Hall to sell their
best wares and fares. In celebration, EVERPRESS HQ
Makin’ Whoopee is offering one lucky Not only is UK-based clothing brand Everpress one of
Tropic reader a hamper of goods worth the grooviest labels we’ve come across, it does good
$440 in total. Head to tropicnow.com.au/ things for our planet and creative people. Focusing on
win to enter. graphic tees and long sleeves, all designs are done by
MORE: @makinwhoopee.makersmarket grassroots designers and made to order. As a result,
Everpress only prints exactly what’s sold, meaning
fewer tees are made and fewer tees wasted.
Anyone can create their own illustration too,
and immediately share it with a global audience.

READ, WATCH, LISTEN MORE: @everpresshq
Here’s what the Tropic team will be
reading, watching and listening to this
October and November.
LISTENING TO Postmodern Jukebox,
Deathwish by Stand Atlantic, Life is
Strange by Angus & Julia Stone, Love WHAT’S NOT
Signs by Jungle Giants, Sneakernomics
(BBC podcast) CBD BASKETBALL COURT
The only basketball court in the Cairns CBD is in need of a
WATCHING Blindspot, How to Sell Drugs serious upgrade. Not only is it just three-quarters the size
Online (Fast), Turning Point: 9/11 and the of a standard court – leaving it unable to host even 3-on-3
War on Terror, Squid Game, competitions – the enclosed fencing also poses a hazard to
Sex Education, Sisters, Titoudao, overcrowded players, as well as an annoying barrier when
Clarkson’s Farm
fetching balls. Sand also regularly blows over from the
READING The Girl with Seven Names adjacent beach volleyball courts. Check out Cairns Street
by Lee Hyeon-seo, Parwana: Recipes Ball on Facebook – the group has put together a petition to
& Stories from an Afghan Kitchen by build two NBL-sized basketball courts, which it will soon
Durkhanai Ayubi, This Must Be the Place submit to council.
by Maggie O’Farrell, Honeybee by
Craig Silvey

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