Cairns Taipans
BREAKING NEWS, SUNDAY 7PM. The Taipans beat the New Zealand Breakers in double overtime. We’re off to NZ to settle this one, folks. Well done to Fairsfair and all the other Taipans supporters - Punch eds
The Brown Snake and the Swan. One is venomous, dangerous and as the old saying goes more scared of you, than you are of it. The other is the namesake of the Australian professional Basketball team, representing the regional city of Cairns. Both are fighting to remain relevant this weekend.
Today is Easter Sunday, Resurrection Day, the day Jesus rose from the dead. It is a day of celebration.
The Easter Bunny has been but as we are busy gorging ourselves on chocolaty goodness, some can not relax. This afternoon in this great far northern city, our National Basketball League representatives the Cairns Taipans take on the New Zealand Breakers, at home. Oh and he who never stops, the Nation’s Treasurer and Acting PM is here too.
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