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    <title>Piermonde 1302 News</title>
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        <title>Port Douglas Carnivale 19th-29th May</title>
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        Port Douglas Carnivale 19th-29th MayUpdated: 04-Mar-2011 

Theres music, arts, sports, food, culture and all styles of entertainmentand absolutely every reason you need to hang out in Port Douglas!
For 10 balmy days and nights each May (May&amp;nbsp;19th - 29th 2011), the festival of Carnivale takes over the seaside resort village of Port Douglas offering a chance to flirt with life and engage in a kalidescope of free and ticketed events.
Now 18 years old, Carnivale has grown from a street fiesta to a broad program which involves the entire community.
There are family favourites like the Street Parade, the Seafood Extravaganza,&amp;nbsp; the Four Mile Beach Day and the AME Bullride Spectacular.&amp;nbsp; Get a taste of the tropics at the Sheraton Mirage Longest lunch, The Food, Wine &amp;amp; A Taste of Port Event, or eat out on Wharf street at the new Plates Of Port event.&amp;nbsp; Sports lovers can play in the Port Douglas Golf Challenge held at Sea Temple Golf Club and Mirage Country Club, or catch the action in the Exemplar Clipper Cup regatta.It's still early days and many events dates are yet to be confirmed.&amp;nbsp; The following events for the 2011 programme are confirmed.&amp;nbsp; 
19th May:&amp;nbsp; Carnivale Club Comedy Night at Sugar Wharf20th May:&amp;nbsp; Sheraton Mirage Longest Lunch20th May:&amp;nbsp; Carnivale Street Parade20th May:&amp;nbsp; Opening Gala at Sugar Wharf21st May:&amp;nbsp; Exemplar Clipper Cup21st May:&amp;nbsp; Airing of the Quilts21st May:&amp;nbsp; Bulls Masters T20 Games21st May:&amp;nbsp; Food, Wine and a Taste of Port22nd May:&amp;nbsp; Wildlife Wonderland22nd May:&amp;nbsp; Exemplar Clipper Cup22nd May:&amp;nbsp; Seafood Extravaganza22nd May:&amp;nbsp; Port Douglas Carnivale Market Day22nd May:&amp;nbsp; Airing of the Quilts23rd May:&amp;nbsp; Port Douglas Golf Challenge Perpetual Trophy24th May:&amp;nbsp; Port Douglas Golf Challenge Perpetual Trophy25th May:&amp;nbsp; Fashion Retailers Showcase and Wine Tasting at the Sugar Wharf26th May:&amp;nbsp; Neil Murray Live in Concert at the Clink Theatre27th May:&amp;nbsp; Food Fight and Wharf St Food Fair28th May:&amp;nbsp; Four Mile Beach Day28th May:&amp;nbsp; Exemplar Clipper Cup28th May:&amp;nbsp; Daintree Station Bullride Spectacular28th May:&amp;nbsp; Douglas Songwriters Challenge Grand Finale at Carnivale Club28th May:&amp;nbsp; Palates of Port28th May:&amp;nbsp; Theatre Sports Competition at the Clink29th May:&amp;nbsp; Port Douglas Carnivale Market Day29th May:&amp;nbsp; Exemplar Clipper Cup29th May:&amp;nbsp; RRR Mountain Bike Challenge29th May:&amp;nbsp; Coral Coast Triathlon29th May:&amp;nbsp; Greaat Barrier Reef Ocean ChallengeLast year, Port Douglas welcomed thousands visitors from Australia and overseas who partied with the locals of the village under the clear blue skies of May and found, as those who live there already know, there is much to celebrate here.
Carnivale Facts:
Getting there:&amp;nbsp; Qantas, Virgin Blue and Jetstar have daily flights to Cairns. Express Chauffer Coaches offer transfers between Cairns and Port Douglas.&amp;nbsp; www.portdouglasinfo.com&amp;nbsp;
will be happy to arrange your accommodation and transfers.&amp;nbsp; Skysafari can arrange helicopter transfers from Cairns to Port Douglas.
Further info:Port Douglas Carnivale, (May&amp;nbsp;19th - 29th 2011),&amp;nbsp;Email: info@carnivale.com.au&amp;nbsp; Web:&amp;nbsp; www.carnivale.com.au        ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thursday, May 05 2011</pubDate>
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        <title>Coral Coast Triathlon 29th May</title>
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        Coral Coast Triathlon 29th MayUpdated: 04-Mar-2011 
CORAL COAST TRIATHLONThe Coral Coast Triathlon is a tradition in Tropical North Queensland that will join the Challenge Cairns festival of events for the first time in 2011.&amp;nbsp; Taking place the weekend prior on the 28th-29th May 2011, the Coral Coast Triathlon starts and finishes in the paradise of Port Douglas with a course featuring Four Mile Beach.&amp;nbsp; Olympic, Sprint and Enticer distance options will be available for both individuals and teams.        ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thursday, May 05 2011</pubDate>
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        <title>Trip Advisor rates Cairns as Queensland's # 1 for holidays</title>
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        Cairns is the perfect city for merry revellers, passionate divers and adrenalin junkies, offering booming nightlife and heart-pounding adventure amid a vibrant, tropical setting, TripAdvisor spokeswoman Emma OBoyle said.
This friendly Queensland city of 130,000 is a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, Daintree National Park, Cape Tribulation, Cooktown and the rest of Cape York Peninsula.
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        <pubDate>Thursday, May 05 2011</pubDate>
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        <title>No flooding in Cairns</title>
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        The Australian Newspaper called our office yesterday and spoke with Kim about the perceived flooding in TNQ.The article was published today. Here is the link:Queensland Tourism Back In Business        ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Friday, January 21 2011</pubDate>
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