Mark Rigby is the cross-media reporter at ABC Far North, producing online articles, photo stories and radio packages. Mark tweets under the handle @Mark__Rigby.
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A former salvage diver is intent on finding the final resting place of Australia's first submarine, AE1.
Topics: world-war-1, oceans-and-reefs, navy, history, maritime, human-interest, lifestyle-and-leisure, cairns-4870, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedWith northern Australia now officially in the midst of cyclone season, the State Emergency Service wants you to be prepared.
Topics: emergency-planning, cyclones, cairns-4870
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An Australian kayaker who paddled solo around the world has arrived on home soil, completing a 23,000 kilometre journey between Germany and Australia.
Topics: canoeing-and-kayaking, human-interest, women, community-and-society, lifestyle, rivers, oceans-and-reefs, travel-and-tourism, cairns-4870, torres-strait-islands, germany, papua-new-guinea
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A collaboration between two Australian artists and a German artist takes Indigenous culture to Cologne, Germany.
Topics: indigenous-culture, indigenous-music, performance-art, travel-and-tourism, dance, cairns-4870, torres-strait-islands, germany
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On World Teachers Day, we ask teachers from prep to principal what they get out of their job.
Topics: teachers, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedA midwife and childbirth educator takes a no-holds-barred approach to teaching parents what to expect.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, womens-health, mens-health, infant-health, adult-education, doctors-and-medical-professionals, family-and-children, cairns-4870
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Scientist, lecturer and drone pilot, Dr Karen Joyce is on a mission to attract more women to the fields of science and technology.
Topics: science-and-technology, women, university-and-further-education, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedVirtual reality tours of Queensland's far north are being offered to international students in a bid to entice them to study in the region.
Topics: computers-and-technology, education-industry, university-and-further-education, travel-and-tourism, cairns-4870, japan, germany, united-kingdom, spain, italy
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They may not hold the official title anymore, but Cairns water-skiers who set a world record 30 years ago still believe they are at the top of their game.
Topics: water-skiing, awards-and-prizes, clubs-and-associations, community-organisations, cairns-4870, tas
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| UpdatedResearchers document inter-species behaviour during one of the world's densest animal aggregations in far north Queensland.
Topics: research, animals, animal-behaviour, rain-forests-and-forest, cairns-4870, bamaga-4876
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A young Down syndrome wrestling fan learns there are more good people in the world than bad.
Topics: wrestling, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, diseases-and-disorders, arts-and-entertainment, cairns-4870, surfers-paradise-4217
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Social media users condemn the actions of a customer who refused service from a Cairns cafe worker because of the colour of the worker's skin.
Topics: discrimination, social-media, hospitality, cairns-4870, south-sudan
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Vanessa Seekee is on a mission to preserve the history of Horn Island, which became one of the nation's most important defensive positions in World War II.
Topics: world-war-2, historians, torres-strait-islands, cairns-4870
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A group of female Bhutanese refugees use the world game to integrate into Australian life.
Topics: refugees, women, soccer, religion-and-beliefs, clubs-and-associations, cairns-4870, bhutan, nepal
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A plume of black smoke hangs in the air over Mount Mulligan, marking the 95th anniversary of Queensland's worst mining disaster.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, death, history, dimbulah-4872, cairns-4870
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The Ukulele Angels, a group of students from St Andrew's Catholic College in Cairns, volunteer their time to brighten the lives of cancer patients.
Topics: music, cancer, secondary-schools, community-and-society, volunteers, youth, travel-and-tourism, cairns-4870, japan, hawaii
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| UpdatedAn Australian adventurer is nearing the end of a journey that has taken her from Germany to Australia — in a kayak.
Topics: canoeing-and-kayaking, travel-and-tourism, oceans-and-reefs, lifestyle, community-and-society, women, human-interest, history, cairns-4870, papua-new-guinea, germany, cyprus, india, bangladesh, sri-lanka
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| UpdatedFar north Queensland police help a child with cerebral palsy tick standing on mainland Australia's northernmost point off his bucket list.
Topics: police, cerebral-palsy, human-interest, family, cairns-4870, bamaga-4876
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Behind the closed doors of a methadone clinic addicts look for help to stay clean.
Topics: heroin, healthcare-facilities, drugs-and-substance-abuse, cairns-4870
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A far north Queensland man's social media video showing the region's bored youth how they can spend their time proves popular.
Topics: social-media, lifestyle, human-interest, youth, cairns-4870
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When the Hassoun family first fled war-ravaged Syria they believed they would return in a matter of months. Almost four years later, some of them are making a new home in Cairns.
Topics: refugees, women, human-interest, community-and-society, family-and-children, unrest-conflict-and-war, cairns-4870, syrian-arab-republic, lebanon
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To celebrate her 99th birthday Edna Taylor and her family have been treated to a scenic rail journey past the lookout named after her father.
Topics: human-interest, women, history, older-people, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, cairns-4870, kuranda-4881
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| UpdatedA new anti-litter campaign aimed at reducing the amount of cigarette butts on Australian streets is tapping into the competitive side of smoking litterbugs.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, community-education, tobacco, cairns-4870, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000
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The population of a remote Cape York community has nearly tripled with the deployment of a special regiment of Army personnel.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, army, building-and-construction, community-development, laura-4871, cairns-4870, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, perth-6000, darwin-0800
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Indigenous Marathon Project graduate Elsie Seriat will trade marathons for management after landing her dream job under the wing of Robert de Castella.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, diet-and-nutrition, health, thursday-island-4875, cairns-4870, canberra-2600