Skills Explorer

18/03/2026

Skills Explorer is so proud of the achievements of these wonderful ladies!
They are amazing! Thank you The MaraWay for the wonderful support!

16/03/2026

☘️🇮🇪Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!
☘️🇮🇪Happy St Patrick’s Day!

16/03/2026

We have an exciting opportunity for women in Cairns at no cost to participants!
Contact Colleen - details below…for more information and we will check your eligibility!
Small number of places still available!

23/12/2025

Have a safe and peaceful season!

14/10/2025

We were very honoured to be invited by Mr Shingo Higashimoto, Director/Consul, to meet with him at the Consulate-General of Japan in Cairns, to discuss Skills Explorer and how we support adult literacy. Thank you Consul for your interest in the work we do.

25/09/2025

Delighted to attend the launch of this excellent resource! Thank you for the opportunity to speak at the event!
Colleen Holmes - Thank you Cairns Chamber of Commerce

We have received amazing feedback from the launch of the Cultural Awareness Handbook. Thanks to everyone who supported the event and for the coverage Cairns Post

We hope to get this publication into as many hands as possible and to continue to build a region that is welcoming, inclusive and proud. We love this region, and we want others to love it too, to feel at home here - to thrive here!

That starts with awareness. It starts with us.

30/07/2025

Colleen Holmes, Skills Explorer was delighted to present the Award for for Trainer / Teacher of the Year at the Queensland Training Awards Winner Paul Pardini with Finalists Stacey Walters and Troy Bloustien. Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!

Skills for Queensland

30/07/2025

Thank you for the invitation to chat this morning. It was great to hear the other contributors too!
Thank you Trevor and Ruby!

24/07/2025

We had a wonderful celebration yesterday with our ‘explorers’! They have been working on ‘Everyday English’! Congratulations!
Thank you all for sticking with it over the three months and a huge thanks to Centacare FNQ for the support!
🙌🏻Skills Explorer team!

19/07/2025

Spent the whole day at Cairns Show yesterday! Received a lovely gift! Lots of laughs!

31/05/2025

Another fabulous event for Cairns African Festival! Each year we expect to drop in for a short while and stay to the full event and walked in the Lantern Parade again this year! The music, dancing, food and stalls get better and better!

Congratulations Anna, organisers and volunteers on your success!

Some of our photos include…
Cairns African Association
Cairns African Festival
The MaraWay
Centacare FNQ
Centacare Connect
Matt Smith - Labor for Leichhardt
Charis Mullen MP
Mayor Amy Eden
Cathy Zeiger
Members of Police Liaison and Home Affairs and the wonderful little lady in the ‘explore’ tshirt with ‘mum’ who was catering (gave permission for the photo)!