Sharnie Kim

Wayne Marjoribanks always knew his dad was a great footy player. What he didn’t know was that the travelling confectionary salesman was the first Blues captain in what some rugby league historians consider the first ever State of Origin game. 

The day after Zoe Strickland's son took his own life, she picked up a Sharpie pen and drew a picture. It would become the first entry in a series of grief diaries, and the birth of her stick figure character, Doodle Lady.

When Glenn Dickson and Buck Cooper each lost a leg in near-fatal accidents at the age of 25, they never imagined they would go on to make Australian sporting history.

David Byrne is a self-described "73-year-old white guy" and "major nightclub dancer". His journey to becoming the local councillor of a far-flung Aboriginal community is as eventful as his first trip there.

A Far North Queensland town has been without a pub since its publican was killed by a crocodile a year ago. A long-time friend says he couldn't sit and watch his mate's hard work go to waste.

A mysterious and excruciating illness was striking down beachgoers in North Queensland until the 1960s, when a doctor and a "puny little boy" went to extraordinary lengths to solve the mystery.

The closure of Far North Queensland's Mossman Mill will not just affect its workers — sugarcane growers are also facing an uncertain future and many have expressed fears about what will become of their families and their town.

One of the only cane toad-free places in Queensland has had a close call with the invasive, toxic species, prompting rangers to introduce stricter measures to protect native wildlife.

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 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.

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

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.