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The Kuranda Media Association is a not-for-profit voluntary association established in 1991. November 2012 saw the paper as full colour throughout, 32 page.

Advertising revenue from The Kuranda Paper enables the KMA to provide this community resource, which supports local community groups and projects. The first Kuranda Paper (Kuranda Community News) was produced in July 1991, as an 8-page B&W tabloid. The Kuranda Media Association founding committee was: Joan Dods (President), Jean Anderson (Vice President), Krishna Buhler (Secretary), John Woodbridg

e (Treasurer) and Lydia Graham (Committee). The Production Team was listed (in addition to the committee) as Shep Humson, Steve Dimitriou, Allison Buckley, Sammy Humston. By issue #6, the name had changed to "The Kuranda Paper", pages had grown to 12 tabloid, print run was 1300, and the Production Team now included Gayle Hannah and Susie Serleto. The December 2011 edition saw colour for the first time, on 4 pages, with a distribution of 2400. A 40 page edition was produced in December 2012. The Kuranda Paper is now regularly 32-36 pages and has a print run ( post COVID-19) of 4500 and growing again, and is delivered by Australia Post to approximately 2300 Post Office Boxes and home letterboxes in the Kuranda, Speewah, Koah and Myola areas. In addition, bundles of the paper are delivered to multiple distribution points around Kuranda, including around the village and Speewah, Koah and Oak Forest, Then outlets in Mareeba, Tolga, Atherton and Smithfield. A full list of stockists appears on Page 2 of every edition. The present KMA Committee consists of Nettie O'Connell (President/Production), Kerstin Brown (Vice President), Gayle Hannah (Treasurer/ Production), Trish Green (Secretary) and Toni Rogers (Members Representative). The KMA organisation is volunteer run and the Committee and Production team is supported by a team of proof readers and our heroic paper folders, who no matter the weather, assemble at dawn once a month to lovingly quarter fold 2900 copies of 4500 copies, so they fit snuggly into every post office or mail box in the Kuranda district. The Kuranda Paper is funded entirely by advertising, and profits after production costs support local community groups and projects. The Kuranda Paper is also available to read online at www.kurandapaper.com. All past editions have been loaded onto the website, providing a unique record of local history stretching back over 31 years.

04/12/2024

DELAYED! The Kuranda Paper December 2024 / January 2025 edition #371.

***UNFORTUNATELY THE HARD COPIES OF THE PAPER HAVEN'T BEEN DELIVERED TODAY. WE'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT THEY WILL COME TOMORROW, SO OUR FAITHFUL PAPER FOLDERS WILL BE BACK TOMORROW TO FOLD AND AUSTRALIA POST WILL DELIVER THEM TO RESIDENTS TOMORROW. WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE...BUT YOU CAN READ IT ONLINE NOW!***

Get your copy of The Kuranda Paper online here:
https://www.kurandapaper.com/_files/ugd/f0cb2f_518cccd5637b4d18979106ffd4baecdf.pdf

After tomorrow you can find your hard copies at:
KURANDA: Kuranda Post Office (Thoree St), Sprout Café
(Coondoo St), Kuranda Visitor Information Centre (Centenary Park), Kuranda Neighbourhood Centre (Rob Veivers Dr), Kuranda Pharmacy & Newsagency (Coondoo St), Kuranda Arts Co-op (Coondoo St), Cornetts IGA (Thongon St), Annabel's Pies (Therwine St), Honey House (Therwine St).
KURANDA DISTRICT: Speewah Service Station & Convenience Store, Koah Service Station.
Mareeba and Atherton deliveries will be done on Tuesday.
MAREEBA: Piagno’s News (Byrnes St), Mareeba Heritage Museum & Visitor Information Centre (Byrnes St), Mareeba News (Byrnes St)
TOLGA: The Humpy
ATHERTON: Atherton IGA (Silo Shopping Centre), Atherton Visitor Information Centre
SMITHFIELD: Totem Clothing (Smithfield Shopping Centre), Smithfield Library
CAIRNS: Cairns Library

22/11/2024

HEADS UP! Ho Ho Ho! It's the last paper for 2024! Don't forget it's a double edition with December and January rolled into one.

Production of The Kuranda Paper is now underway. Deadline for the December 2024 / January 2025 edition #371 is Thursday 28th November 2024.

We are always happy to receive early submissions 😃

Please send all submissions and advertising to [email protected]

30/10/2024

OUT NOW! The Kuranda Paper November 2024 edition #370.
Get your copy of The Kuranda Paper online here:
https://www.kurandapaper.com/_files/ugd/f0cb2f_6c3b36e56ac848499d4d3dab499c02e2.pdf

or from:
KURANDA: Kuranda Post Office (Thoree St), Sprout Café
(Coondoo St), Kuranda Visitor Information Centre (Centenary Park), Kuranda Neighbourhood Centre (Rob Veivers Dr), Kuranda Pharmacy & Newsagency (Coondoo St), Kuranda Arts Co-op (Coondoo St), Cornetts IGA (Thongon St), Annabel's Pies (Therwine St), Honey House (Therwine St).
KURANDA DISTRICT: Speewah Service Station & Convenience Store, Koah Service Station.
Mareeba and Atherton deliveries will be done on Tuesday.
MAREEBA: Piagno’s News (Byrnes St), Mareeba Heritage Museum & Visitor Information Centre (Byrnes St), Mareeba News (Byrnes St)
TOLGA: The Humpy
ATHERTON: Atherton IGA (Silo Shopping Centre), Atherton Visitor Information Centre
SMITHFIELD: Totem Clothing (Smithfield Shopping Centre), Smithfield Library
CAIRNS: Cairns Library

17/10/2024

HEADS UP!

Production of The Kuranda Paper is now underway. Deadline for the November 2024 edition #370 is Thursday 24 October 2024.

We are always happy to receive early submissions 😃

Please send all submissions and advertising to [email protected]

02/10/2024

OUT NOW! The Kuranda Paper October 2024 edition #369.

Get your copy of The Kuranda Paper online here:
https://www.kurandapaper.com/_files/ugd/f0cb2f_a43fc7ddcacb42f6b4f71fe4748743d4.pdf

or from:
KURANDA: Kuranda Post Office (Thoree St), Sprout Café
(Coondoo St), Kuranda Visitor Information Centre (Centenary Park), Kuranda Neighbourhood Centre (Rob Veivers Dr), Kuranda Pharmacy & Newsagency (Coondoo St), Kuranda Arts Co-op (Coondoo St), Cornetts IGA (Thongon St), Annabel's Pies (Therwine St), Honey House (Therwine St).
KURANDA DISTRICT: Speewah Service Station & Convenience Store, Koah Service Station.
Mareeba and Atherton deliveries will be done on Tuesday.
MAREEBA: Piagno’s News (Byrnes St), Mareeba Heritage Museum & Visitor Information Centre (Byrnes St), Mareeba News (Byrnes St)
TOLGA: The Humpy
ATHERTON: Atherton IGA (Silo Shopping Centre), Atherton Visitor Information Centre
SMITHFIELD: Totem Clothing (Smithfield Shopping Centre), Smithfield Library
CAIRNS: Cairns Library

20/09/2024

HEADS UP!

Production of The Kuranda Paper is now underway. Deadline for the October 2024 edition #369 is Thursday 26 September 2024.

We are always happy to receive early submissions 😃

Please send all submissions and advertising to [email protected]

28/08/2024

OUT NOW! The Spring edition of the The Kuranda Paper September 2024 edition #368.

Get your copy of The Kuranda Paper online here:
https://www.kurandapaper.com/_files/ugd/f0cb2f_0fa183e2b0a34b1787a393bf8f6f9c9f.pdf

or from:
KURANDA: Kuranda Post Office (Thoree St), Sprout Café
(Coondoo St), Kuranda Visitor Information Centre (Centenary Park), Kuranda Neighbourhood Centre (Rob Veivers Dr), Kuranda Pharmacy & Newsagency (Coondoo St), Kuranda Arts Co-op (Coondoo St), Cornetts IGA (Thongon St), Annabel's Pies (Therwine St), Honey House (Therwine St).
KURANDA DISTRICT: Speewah Service Station & Convenience Store, Koah Service Station.
Mareeba and Atherton deliveries will be done on Tuesday.
MAREEBA: Piagno’s News (Byrnes St), Mareeba Heritage Museum & Visitor Information Centre (Byrnes St), Mareeba News (Byrnes St)
TOLGA: The Humpy
ATHERTON: Atherton IGA (Silo Shopping Centre), Atherton Visitor Information Centre
SMITHFIELD: Totem Clothing (Smithfield Shopping Centre), Smithfield Library
CAIRNS: Cairns Library

15/08/2024

HEADS UP! Spring is nearly here!

Production of The Kuranda Paper is now underway. Deadline for the September 2024 edition #368 is Thursday 22 August 2024.

We are always happy to receive early submissions 😃

Please send all submissions and advertising to [email protected]

31/07/2024

OUT NOW! The Kuranda Paper August 2024 edition #367.

Get your copy of The Kuranda Paper online here:
https://www.kurandapaper.com/_files/ugd/f0cb2f_018fae6ccff6413fa15d0a2ff8100537.pdf

or from:
KURANDA: Kuranda Post Office (Thoree St), Sprout Café
(Coondoo St), Kuranda Visitor Information Centre (Centenary Park), Kuranda Neighbourhood Centre (Rob Veivers Dr), Kuranda Pharmacy & Newsagency (Coondoo St), Kuranda Arts Co-op (Coondoo St), Cornetts IGA (Thongon St), Annabel's Pies (Therwine St), Honey House (Therwine St).
KURANDA DISTRICT: Speewah Service Station & Convenience Store, Koah Service Station.
Mareeba and Atherton deliveries will be done on Tuesday.
MAREEBA: Piagno’s News (Byrnes St), Mareeba Heritage Museum & Visitor Information Centre (Byrnes St), Mareeba News (Byrnes St)
TOLGA: The Humpy
ATHERTON: Atherton IGA (Silo Shopping Centre), Atherton Visitor Information Centre
SMITHFIELD: Totem Clothing (Smithfield Shopping Centre), Smithfield Library
CAIRNS: Cairns Library

18/07/2024

HEADS UP!

It may be Show Day holiday today, but this is your friendly reminder that production of The Kuranda Paper is now underway. Deadline for the August 2024 edition #367 is Thursday 25 July 2024. Enjoy your day off!

We are always happy to receive early submissions 😃

Please send all submissions and advertising to [email protected]

26/06/2024

OUT NOW! The Kuranda Paper July 2024 edition #366. Happy 33rd Birthday to us!! ❤️

Get your copy of The Kuranda Paper online here:
https://www.kurandapaper.com/_files/ugd/f0cb2f_81826aa1b0644266801f73b743ed2415.pdf

or from:
KURANDA: Kuranda Post Office (Thoree St), Sprout Café
(Coondoo St), Kuranda Visitor Information Centre (Centenary Park), Kuranda Neighbourhood Centre (Rob Veivers Dr), Kuranda Pharmacy & Newsagency (Coondoo St), Kuranda Arts Co-op (Coondoo St), Cornetts IGA (Thongon St), Annabel's Pies (Therwine St), Honey House (Therwine St).
KURANDA DISTRICT: Speewah Service Station & Convenience Store, Koah Service Station.
Mareeba and Atherton deliveries will be done on Tuesday.
MAREEBA: Piagno’s News (Byrnes St), Mareeba Heritage Museum & Visitor Information Centre (Byrnes St), Mareeba News (Byrnes St)
TOLGA: The Humpy
ATHERTON: Atherton IGA (Silo Shopping Centre), Atherton Visitor Information Centre
SMITHFIELD: Totem Clothing (Smithfield Shopping Centre), Smithfield Library
CAIRNS: Cairns Library

22/06/2024

Less than 12 hours to go! Deadline is midnight tonight ( Saturday 22 June). Some great entries received but we would love more. Calling all young writers in postcode 4881!

Last chance to enter The Kuranda Paper's short story competition. Theme is "A Spirited Tale/Tail" in the Children and Young Adult Categories.
Get writing as the competition closes midnight 22 June 2024!!!

See details below ...
We have added "A Spirited Tail" to our "A Spirited Tale" theme to tap into the wild imaginations of our younger writers and even unleash their spirit animal. So be it a Spirited Tale or a Spirited Tail, their stories must be submitted by midnight Saturday 22 June 2024.
CATEGORIES
Child’s Short Story: Open to all children aged 12 years and under who are current residents of postcode 4881. Your entry needs to be 800 words or less, all your own work and not previously published. The prize for the winning entry is $100.
Young Adult’s Short Story: Open to young writers aged 13 to 18 years, who are current residents of postcode 4881. Your entry needs to be 1500 words or less, all your own work and not previously published. The prize for the winning entry is $250.
HOW TO ENTER:
Email your story in a Word doc to [email protected]. Also please send with it a signed cover sheet detailing your name, address, age and contact details (phone and email).
Deadline: midnight Saturday 22 June 2024. LATE ENTRIES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Open to all children and young adults under the age of 18, currently living in the Kuranda district (postcode 4881). Entries from writers outside of the Kuranda district are not eligible. All entries MUST BE original, the work of the person submitting and must not have been previously published. All entries must be 800/1500 words or less (depending on age group – see above).
The winner will be notified in person. Winning entries will be published in The Kuranda Paper August 2024 edition. Members of the Kuranda Media Association Management Committee and their direct family are not permitted to enter.

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The Kuranda Paper is a free independent monthly community newspaper produced and published by the Kuranda Media Association Inc (KMA) a not-for-profit voluntary association. The first Kuranda Paper (published as the Kuranda Community News) was produced in July 1991, as an 8-page B&W tabloid. KMA founding committee: Joan Dods (President), Jean Anderson (Vice President), Krishna Buhler (Secretary), John Woodbridge (Treasurer) and Lydia Graham (Committee). Head of Production was Shep Humston. By issue #6, the name had changed to "The Kuranda Paper", pages had grown to 12 tabloid, print run was 1300, and the Production Team now included Gayle Hannah and Susie Serleto. The December 2011 edition saw colour for the first time, on 4 pages, with a distribution of 2400. November 2012 saw the paper as full colour throughout, 32 page. A 40 page edition was produced in December 2012 and most recently in February 2020. The Kuranda Paper is now regularly 32 - 36 pages, has a print run of 5000, and is delivered by Australia Post to over 2000 Post Office Boxes and home letterboxes in the Kuranda, Speewah, Koah and Myola areas. In addition, bundles of the paper are delivered to multiple distribution points around Kuranda, Mareeba, Tolga, Atherton and Smithfield These distribution points are targeted towards both locals and tourists, and include service stations, surgeries, tourist information centres, coffee shops, newsagents etc to ensure very wide coverage throughout the area. Profits generated by advertising in The Kuranda Paper support local community groups and projects. The present Committee consists of President Michelle Murray-Beckman, Vice President/ Production Nettie O’Connell and Treasurer/Production Gayle Hannah (back to the paper after being a foundation member 29 years ago). The Production team as of February 2020 consists of Gayle Hannah and Nettie O’Connell. Support for production includes proof reading by Toni Rogers, Sue McArthur, Kerrie Foster and Garth Owen as well as an intrepid band of paper folders, who once a month gather to fold thousands of papers to enable them to fit in thousands of mail boxes. Technical support to The Kuranda Paper is provided by Thomas Verfuth ( Cairns Computer Support, Speewah based).