Babinda Taskforce

03/06/2026

🌸 Exciting New Initiative in Babinda! 🌸

Have you heard about Blooming Abilities? It’s a wonderful new program running right here at the Babinda Taskforce (51 Munro St), designed to give everyone a place to connect, grow, and be productive.

As a social enterprise, Blooming Abilities isn't about making a profit—it's entirely about making a positive impact in our community. The program was specially designed with NDIS participants in mind, providing a welcoming space to learn new skills and thrive.

🌱 What’s Growing?
Currently, three fantastic Babinda residents and their support workers meet for 90 minutes each week. They’ve been hard at work planting, nurturing, and cultivating beautiful hanging baskets!

🏡 Beautify Your Home & Support a Great Cause
These locally grown hanging baskets are now available for purchase at the Babinda Taskforce!

- Where: 51 Munro St, Babinda
- When: Monday to Friday

Why: 100% of the proceeds are reinvested right back into Blooming Abilities to keep this amazing program running.

🙏 A Huge Thank You!
This program was sprouted thanks to a successful grant from the Community Underwriting 2025 Small Grants Program. This funding generously covered the cost of the flowers, baskets, potting mix, gardening gloves, and tools to get our participants started.

Keep an eye on our page for when these gorgeous baskets hit the shelves. Let’s get ready to support our local growers and add some color to Babinda and surrounds! 🌺✨

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02/06/2026

📰 Babinda News: June Edition Out Now!

The latest edition of the Babinda News is officially here - take a look at what’s inside:
💐 Babinda's Blooming Abilities: A new initiative for residents to connect and be productive with their support workers.
💲 Saving Money Tips with QCWA: Read our article and grab a copy of the whole booklet from Babinda CWA on Wednesdays between 9am-2pm.
👍 Babinda Gives A Thumbs Up To: Sarah, our amazing local librarian! The kids are so excited that she is back!
⚽️ Calling All Soccer Stars: Soccer is now in Babinda thanks to Innisfail Tigers!
👩‍⚕️ Trilogy Care: Thanks to Paul and Allan Border AO for visiting Babinda to talk to us about Aged Care opportunities.
AND LOADS MORE!

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Babinda News - HJune 2026

31/05/2026

Babinda gives a thumbs up to…Brian James!

For over 40 years, local snake man Brian James has been assisting our community with snake relocations. Brian has dependably made himself available to remove our slithery friends and return them to the wild.

Over the years Brian has offered snake related education and helpful advice to our community. We would like to thank Brian for prioritising the safety of our community members, both human and scaly!

Please contact Brian if you require any snake removals: 0400 752 977.

29/05/2026

The Innisfail Circle of Security Parenting program starts next week - there are still a few spots available!

28/05/2026

📢 CAIRNS AQUATIC FACILITIES STRATEGY – UPDATE FROM COUNCIL

For everyone who made a formal submission, completed Council's feedback form or the Babinda Taskforce survey, or has been following the Draft Cairns Aquatic Facilities Strategy – Cairns Regional Council has provided an update on where things are at.

Here's what we know:

🏊 Consultation closed on 30 April 2026, after being open for more than four months.

📊 Council received:
• 1,095 responses via the 'Have Your Say' survey
• 21 responses from local schools
• 19 submissions from community members and groups via email and mail

📝 Council officers have started a detailed thematic review of all the feedback.

👉 Councillors will be given access to every submission so they are fully informed of community views.

⏳ Given the volume of feedback, working through it will take time and multiple Council workshops.

🗓️ The proposed final strategy – including any changes from community feedback – is expected to be presented to Council late in 2026.

✅ Council has confirmed that no decision has been made on the final strategy, and aquatic facilities will continue to operate as they do now in the meantime.

👏 Thanks to everyone in Babinda and surrounds who took the time to have their say – your voices are part of that 1,095.

We'll keep you posted as further reports come through. ✊

25/05/2026

❄️ IMPORTANT UPDATE: Babinda Aqua Therapy is moving indoors for the season! ❄️

Babinda Winter Therapy Classes are on tomorrow morning!

Even though the pool is closing for the winter, we aren’t stopping! The Babinda MPHS CAN is incredibly grateful to the Babinda RSL for generously welcoming us into the RSL Hall so our community can keep moving together.

When: Tuesdays at 9:15am

Where: Babinda RSL Hall (instead of the pool)

Cost: $11 per session

Join Bianca, our local Physiotherapist, for safe and supportive therapeutic exercise on land. These classes are perfect for all adult ages and focus on:

🧘‍♂️ Gentle strengthening

🚶‍♀️ Improving mobility & balance

💪 Building muscle in a safe, low-impact environment

☕ Exercising in a warm, supportive community space

For more information, please call: 4067 8223

22/05/2026

Yes, we know it rains enough in Babinda that we could practically swim down the main street—but we still want our pool! 🌧️🏊‍♂️

It’s front and foremost in our minds, and it looks like Allan Border AO and Paul Gleeson are ready to dive into the deep end with us. Thank you both for the legendary support.

With backup like this, we're bound to make a splash! 💦

22/05/2026

We had a wonderful meeting on Wednesday with the team from the Trilogy Care Foundation to discuss their Community Management Program!

A huge thank you to Paul Gleeson (Community Engagement Manager) and Trilogy Care Ambassador Allan Border for making the trip down to Babinda. We appreciate your time and insights! 🙌✨

18/05/2026

Don't forget - Council is offering residents FREE green waste drop off from 16-24 May 2026.

Cairns Free Green Waste is happening for 2026. From 16-24 May residential green waste can be disposed of free of charge at Council transfer stations.

14/05/2026

ONE BIG WINNER. $2,000 CASH. WILL IT BE YOU? 💰✨

To celebrate an incredible milestone—20 years of Community Bank Babinda and over $1,400,000 returned to our town—the Babinda Taskforce is proud to present the Support Local Competition!

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of our local Community Bank, we are giving away a $2,000 prize fund to one lucky person.

HOW TO WIN:
🛒 SHOP: Make a purchase at any participating Babinda business.
✍️ ENTER: Fill out an entry form at the counter.
🎉 WIN: Join the celebration for the big draw!

⚠️ THE GOLDEN RULE: You MUST be there in person to win. If we call your name at the draw, you have 60 seconds to reach the front, or we redraw immediately! ⏱️

THE BIG DRAW: 📍 Munro St (Between the Kingsbury Building & the Hotel)
🗓️ Saturday, 6th June 2026 @ 11:30 AM Sharp.

📢 ATTENTION LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS:
We want everyone involved! If you are a local business and we haven't caught up with you yet to drop off your entry box and tickets, please reach out to us!

📞 Call Babinda Taskforce on 4067 2900 to get your shop set up.

Support the local shops that keep Babinda’s heart beating. Get shopping and get your entries in!