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On Friday afternoon, Cairns Regional Council hosted a lovely afternoon tea ceremony to present the award winners of this year’s Parade of Lights. Mayor of Cairns Regional Council, Val Schier was pleased to perform the honours and presented the following:

Third place: Ms Elvis and the crew from the Barrier Reef Rockers
Second place: James Jones, Birch Carroll and Coyle representing the 4CAFM/BCC Madagaskar float
First place: Balloons Etc – Natalie broke from a busy schedule to accept the Mayor’s Trophy that dates back to the first Parade winner in 1967.

Balloons Etc has now won all three places in the past seven years of Festival Cairns Parade of Lights. She was elated and commented that it was really great fun.

Narell Black also took the opportunity to speak at the afternoon tea and said it was the people who participate who make Festival Cairns the successful spectacle it is today. A gathering of no less than around 30,000 turned out in force for the finale highlight on Saturday 20 September.

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