Catch up with the road train as it heads from the Top End across Queensland.
Coming to Cairns
Catch the Nine Network’s Today show team in action on Friday, August 31, from 6am on the Cairns Esplanade. From 9am, The Weekly team will entertain you with food demonstrations, beauty makeovers, fashion parades, interactive finance workshops, important health information and a live performance by country singer Felicity Urquhart and others.
A helping hand
The Commonwealth Bank, as part of its Community Spirit program, has donated to a charity in each of the towns the road train has visited, contributing more than $40,000 since January. The road train has also teamed up with the National Breast Cancer Centre to provide information on breast and ovarian cancer, as well as supporting Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, Relay for Life, Clean Up Australia Day and Smile Day. We’ve also been joined by Lions, Country Women’s Association and Rotary groups around the country, which have provided barbecues and morning teas.
What’s on: Young Australian of the year
Visit the road train in Cairns to see Young Australian of the Year, Tania Major, who will talk candidly about her experiences and the issues facing the welfare of young indigenous Australians. To make a nomination for the Australian of the Year 2008, visit a Commonwealth Bank branch or go to www.commbank.com.au/aoy. Nominations close August 31. The Commonwealth Bank is proud to be the major sponsor of the Australian of the Year Awards, helping to recognise those in our community who make us proud.
Welcome aboard!
The road train is on the move again from Darwin, heading through Queensland to the coast. By the end of August, it’ll be in Cairns welcoming some special guests.
- Mount Isa, Sunday, August 19
11am-1pm: Mount Isa Civic Centre lawns, West Street.
- Longreach, Wednesday, August 22
11am-1pm: Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Landsborough Highway, Longreach.
- Emerald, Saturday, August 25
10am-1pm: Under the giant sunflower painting at Moreton Park, corner of Capricorn Highway and Dundas Street.
- Port Douglas, Wednesday, August 29
10am-1pm: Market Park.
- Cairns, Friday, August 31
6am-9am: Today show, then The Weekly team, 9am-3pm, on the Esplanade.
For details of road train locations and times, visit our website at www.aww.com.au/roadtrain or email [email protected]
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