Save Our Cairns Yacht Club Building

‘Well Done FNQ!  

Petition Tally – 9984 as at 20.08.08’ 

 It is 18 years older than the Heritage Listed Wharf and 28 years older than Heritage listed White’s Shed.

The Cairns Yacht Club Building can trace its origin right back to 1895.

 Welcome to the home page of PADYC - People Against Demolishing the Yacht Club

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MORE INFO & RETURN FORMS TO: Wendy Richardson, Coordinator PADYC People Against Demolishing the Yacht Club Ph 07 4034 2248 Mobile 0418 196 011

The aim of PADYC is to coordinate the efforts of the many organisations and individuals who are opposing the imminent demolition of the historic Cairns Yacht Club building.   On the following pages and links, you will see the history of the building, originally a rice mill built in 1895, then the home of the Cairns Aquatic Club, later known as the Cairns Sailing Club and until now, the Cairns Yacht Club.   It is important however, to understand that PADYC is not associated with the sporting organisation the Cairns Yacht Club.   PADYC is concerned with the broader issue of saving an historic building for the people of Cairns, Queensland, and Australia, and the thousands of tourists who would be intrigued to understand our links to the past.

We invite you to cruise through our pages to;

• Learn more of the building’s history and architecture  
• See which heritage organisations already acknowledge the building’s heritage value  
• Follow the controversial, failed process for Queensland  Heritage Council listing  
• Read what PADYC is doing to oppose this final act of destruction  
• Register your own concerns via our comments page  
• Tell us your concerns and stories
• Contact us  

It is our greatest wish that the Cairns Port Authority, a statutory body of the State Government, and the State Government itself, would rescind the decision to demolish or remove this building from its site.

We ask that in preparation for next year’s 150^th Anniversary of the establishment of the State of Queensland, that it be given it back to its rightful custodians; the people of Cairns.