Cape York Weekly WHAT A CROC FREE – #245 | Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Editor Lyndon Keane: 0419 891 666 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
INSIDE TODAY
Far North MPs at odds over saltie management Photo: Australia Zoo.
TENT MASCOT RETURNED Page 2
WEIPA PARTIES FOR HEALTH Page 7
David Kempton and Shane Knuth have traded barbs over their positions on how Queensland’s saltwater crocodile population should be managed. Read the story on Page 4.
Business brilliance
AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS Pages 8 & 9 COWBOYS HEAD FOR CLASS Page 22
CAPE BUSINESS OPERATORS SHINE AT AWARDS
Two well-known Cape York companies have popped the Champagne corks after their owners cleaned up at a women’s business awards gala in Cairns last week. Find out who brought home the silverware on Pages 14-15.
WHAT’S ON AT THE ALBY... THE DECK
Open 7 days 6 – 8.30pm
MONDAY
$18 PASTA NIGHT
TUESDAY
TACOS: Sports Bar 6 – 8.30pm
WEDNESDAY
$15 Rump + TRIVIA from 7.30pm
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 FROM 5PM
WEIPA RODEO RAFFLE FUNDRAISER NIGHT É $5 Mechanical Bull rides É Raffle tickets É Raffle draw É $5 tickets
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NO COACH, NO WORRIES Page 23
CAMERON CUSACK LIVE FROM 5 TO 8PM followed by MUSICAL BINGO