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PakMag - Best Of Cairns 2011

PakMag's Best Of Cairns 2011 - Results

We finished 2011 with a bang, and we want to say a huge congratulations to the following businesses that were voted “The Best” by our readers.

    Best family restaurant- Red Beret
    Best Family Medical Centre- Apple Tree Medical
    Best Café- Muddys
    Best Free Day Out- The Cairns Esplanade
    Best Childcare Centre- Redlynch Kindy
    Best Family Dentist- Steve King Smile Corner
    Best Family Health Provider- Chiropractic Works
    Best Family Hairdresser- Blondies Kuts and Kurls
    Best Mobile Business- GoNJump
    Best Family Owned Business- Wonderfair Amusements
    Best Family Mechanic- Gary Tenni
    Best Family Takeaway- Muddys Cafe
    Best Local Tourist Attraction- Skyrail
    Best Local Recreational Activity- Dancescapes
    Best Children’s Party Entertainer- Geckos
    Best Party Supplier- Cairns Recreation Centre
    Best Family Accommodation- Cairns Coconut Holiday Resort
    Best Family Markets- Rustys Markets
    Best Family Swim School- C-Me-Swim
    Best Family Camping Spot- Lake Tinaroo
    Best Family Swimming Hole- Crystal Cascades
    Best Local Park- Sugarworld

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This Months Editors Picks

Taming the Dragon

TAMING THE DRAGON By Jutta Dempsey Children often feel confused, anxious, hurt, disappointed, frustrated and angry in their efforts to deal with the world around them. Their age, temperament and emotional maturity will largely dictate how they handle these intense emotions but other influences include how anger has been role modelled in the home. Children’s anger becomes..

Playing Music: Benefits to Kids

Learning how to play a musical instrument has many benefits for children, but when is the best time to start? By Nicole Tobin-Donnelly Most parents would like their child to learn a musical instrument at some stage. There are no hard and fast rules for choosing an instrument although I firmly believe children should not be permitted to hop from one to another. You need at least a year on an..

Total Optical: Total Vision

There’s more to vision than 20/20, writes Jane Chin. It often comes as a surprise to parents to discover that although their child has 20/20 vision they are having problems at school due to their visual skills but there’s a lot more to the process of vision than how well you can see. Good vision allows us to plan how we physically interact with our environment and it’..