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11 October, 2023
Cemetery vigil
GORDONVALE resident Tony Gibbs, who has erected two crosses not approved by the Cairns Regional Council at the town’s cemetery, is maintaining a vigil every work day.
He said he had been at his wife’s graveside as well as his reserved plot every day from 7am and 4pm in a bid to stop council staff removing the structures. The council has told Mr Gibbs that if he doesn’t take the crosses away, their staff will.
“I’m staking the place out except for the three-day holiday weekend when there were no staff working,” he said. “I can’t sleep, I’m worried they will take them away,” Mr Gibbs said.
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