The response to our Operation Leap Frog Photo competition run in conjunction with the Cairns Post Weekender magazine was just amazing, a huge thank you to everyone who submitted their favourite frog photo – all 700 of you - and to the thousands more who logged on to Cairns.com.au to view the entries. To view all 700 entries Click here.
And CONGRATULATIONS to our three category winners, Melanie Osborne, Katie Russo and Danielle Goodwin as judged by frog expert Dr Martin Cohen, Cairns Post photographer Marc McCormack and ARF Patron, Lynne Cosgrove.
Also a huge thank you to our prize sponsors. We know Melanie will just love her tree house getaway at Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat, while Katie will head to the reef with Ocean Free and a friend, and Danielle will enjoy Trinity Inlet with Cairns Habitat cruises and her family. Not forgetting the framing voucher for the Reef Centre and vouchers for Wet Rezolution camera shop.
The winner of the Operation Leap Frog (Category 1: Over 18) Cairns Post weekender photography competition will enjoy a two night stay in a luxurious and private handcrafted pole and timber tree house and is guaranteed an unforgettable bush and rainforest experience.
A hideaway in the highlands, the award winning Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat borders ‘a million wild acres’ of protected forests beside the World Heritage listed Wooroonooran National Park.
Wildlife is abundant at the retreat with regular sightings of the orange-thighed tree frog during the wet season. Others spotted are – little red frog, green-eyed tree frog, common tree frog, robust frog, common nursery frog, graceful tree frog, northern dwarf tree frog & the cane toad. Even the occasional wild cassowary saunters through the property’s 230 acres of private tropical forests.
Jon & Peta Nott own, operate and host Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat, a true family businesses with guests from all over the world marvelling at our piece of paradise in the rainforests of tropical north Queensland.
Find out more about this prize at www.rosegums.com.au
PLUS THE WINNER WILL ALSO WIN $150 framing voucher for the Reef Centre. Visit 100 Lake St Cairns or call 4031 3122 for all your custom framing and specialist development needs. |
The lucky winner of the Operation Leap Frog (Category 2: 14-17 year old) Cairns Post weekender photography competition and a friend will Cruise, sail, snorkel, and scuba dive aboard one of the best kept secrets of the Great Barrier Reef – Ocean Free.
Ocean Free’s small number of passengers (35) offers you the opportunity to experience the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef as it was intended.
Find out more about this prize at www.oceanfree.com.au
PLUS THE WINNER WILL ALSO WIN $100 voucher for Wet Resolution, Shop 3/71 Lake St, Cairns, Ph: 4031 9661. |
The lucky winner of the Operation Leap Frog (Category 3: Under 14 years) Cairns Post weekender photography competition and their family will enjoy a calm water cruise along picturesque Trinity Inlet with Cairns Habitat Cruises.
Our winner will discover the secrets of this unique and special mangrove-lined waterway and all that lives in and around it, including crocodiles, native birds and over 70 species of fish. There is also an opportunity to join the Crocodile Farm Tour.
Find out more about this prize at www.cairnshabitatcruises.com.au
PLUS THE WINNER WILL ALSO WIN $100 voucher for Wet Resolution, Shop 3/71 Lake St, Cairns, Ph: 4031 9661.
There are also two family passes to Cairns Tropical Zoo as encouragement awards.
Find out more about the prize at www.cairnstropicalzoo.com.au |
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