RHINO - Rural Health in the Northern Outback

RHINO - Rural Health in the Northern Outback With an ever increasing number of students and their growing interest in rural health, RHINO keeps expanding.

Rural Health In Northern Outback (RHINO) is the representative body for all students enrolled in a health degree

https://club-rhino-jcu.square.site/ RHINO is the official student rural health club of James Cook University across its three main campuses of Townsville, Cairns and Mackay within North Queensland. RHINO was founded in August 2000, with the aim to promote rural

health issues and opportunities within the health disciplines of the university – medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and many more. RHINO provides many rewarding activities for its members that are both fun and educational.These include trips away to rural locations around Northern Queensland, guest speakers from around Australia and the world, skills nights, social events, conference attendance and heaps more! In 2009, RHINO extended to the Cairns campus of James Cook University and in 2013 RHINO extended to the Mackay campus. In 2016, CQU officially joined Club RHINO and we anticipate a bright future ahead for both university members!

THANK YOU SO MUCH RHINOS!! Wow, doesn’t a month pass quickly?!With your support, we have travelled a whopping total of 1...
01/06/2026

THANK YOU SO MUCH RHINOS!! Wow, doesn’t a month pass quickly?!

With your support, we have travelled a whopping total of 14, 703km during May. This means you have helped us raise $2940 for the , which will be funnelled towards helping Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in Townsville, as well as funding programs to support disadvantaged youth, unemployed persons and their families within the community.

We seriously could not have achieved this without each and every one of your support! A massive thank you to ALL our fabulous sponsors: Annees, Baskin-Robbins, LSKD, Samba Bowl, Urban Climb, and NQRTH. 🫶

We really enjoyed seeing everyone at our BBQ breakfast events, following along on your Strava journeys and watching you hit those PBs! Congratulations to our overall prize winners for May (swipe on post!), including Alexi Cross for taking out the most total kilometers travelled during May (341.1km)!!🤩🏃
LSKD Baskin-Robbins Northern Queensland Regional Training Hubs

Our Marathon in May BBQ + Run events were a success! 🤩🏃‍♀️We extend many thanks to North Queensland Regional Training Hu...
28/05/2026

Our Marathon in May BBQ + Run events were a success! 🤩🏃‍♀️

We extend many thanks to North Queensland Regional Training Hubs for sponsoring these events and allowing us to provide a well-earnt brekky for those raking in the km’s this month!

There’s 3 days left in MAY - let’s end with a bang. Ensure you upload your walk/run to CLUBRHINO Strava as well as TAG us + NQ Cowboys foundation to go into the draw for our final prizes. ‼

Northern Queensland Regional Trainin g Hubs

ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO RHINOS! Thank you so much for another fantastic week of supporting our Marathon in May fundraiser. 🦏...
24/05/2026

ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO RHINOS! Thank you so much for another fantastic week of supporting our Marathon in May fundraiser. 🦏🏃🏽

We are so excited to announce that we have hit our MASSIVE goal of 10 000km! We achieved another 3417km this week, meaning we have now collectively travelled 11,181km!!!! This means you have all helped us to raise $2000 so far for the NQ Cowboys Community Foundation. Let’s push hard over this last week to see how much we can surpass our goal.

To motivate you in the last week of MiM, we have saved our best prizes for last. Next week, we have 3x $50 LSKD vouchers up for grabs and will also be announcing our overall prize winners.

Congratulations to our Wk3 lucky prize winners (see post details) and a massive thank you to our sponsor for providing the vouchers. Remember to share your walk/run to Strava / social media and tag .rhino and to go into our weekly lucky prize draw!

Howdy RHINOs! 🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏We are stoked to announce that our 2026 Rural High School Visits will be heading to the Whitsunday/Is...
19/05/2026

Howdy RHINOs! 🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏

We are stoked to announce that our 2026 Rural High School Visits will be heading to the Whitsunday/Isaac Regions and the Central West Region this year!🤩

We’re looking for enthusiastic students to get involved in creating and delivering engaging presentations and workshops, helping inspire kids growing up in rural areas to consider a career in health🩺🌅

We encourage students from all backgrounds and disciplines to get involved.
For both trips we need approximately 6-8 student volunteers from a wide range of disciplines including:
Medicine, Dentistry, Vet, Nursing + Midwifery, OT, Physio, Speech Pathology, Exercise Phys/Science and Pharmacy.

🏜️ Moranbah trip (Whitsundays + Isaac Region): 28th to 31st July 2026
Schools include = Bowen, Collinsville, Moranbah, Clermont, Dysart, Glendon, Capella and Blackwater

🛤️ Longreach trip (Central West Region): 31st August to 4th September 2026
Schools include = Charters Towers, Hughenden, Winton, Longreach, Barcaldine, Blackall and Aramac.

(NOTE: these dates fall during the semester - we can help with leave applications if needed)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_JSa2CelmTzH3WdawqYaaSR1eXb9xvEg8ZGEfrmr8JehCgQ/viewform

🟡🔴⚫Mob in Healthcare – NAIDOC Week Celebration 🟡🔴⚫Tickets officially drop at 5:00PM TONIGHT!! ⏰Come celebrate NAIDOC Wee...
17/05/2026

🟡🔴⚫Mob in Healthcare – NAIDOC Week Celebration 🟡🔴⚫

Tickets officially drop at 5:00PM TONIGHT!! ⏰

Come celebrate NAIDOC Week with your mob in healthcare for a night of connection, culture, community, and yarns. Whether you’re a student, clinician, researcher or ally, everyone is welcome as we come together to honour First Nations voices and celebrate incredible people shaping the future of healthcare.

Tickets are $25 with canapés + pizzas provided on the night🤩
With limited tickets available, make sure you’re ready when sales go live! 🎫
📍 The Beach Hotel
📅 24 July
🕡 6:30PM
We can’t wait to celebrate with you all 💛

HALFWAY THERE RHINOs!! Wow, week 2 of Marathon in May done and dusted. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us in To...
17/05/2026

HALFWAY THERE RHINOs!! Wow, week 2 of Marathon in May done and dusted. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us in Townsville and Cairns for our brekky BBQs this weekend! Next weekend on the 23rd we will be hosting our Mackay BBQ event, hope to see you there 🍳🦏🏃🏽

We have now accumulated ….. km over two weeks! Keep up the amazing work everyone and thank you all for your engagement on the Strava page.

Congratulations to our week 2 lucky prize winners! Thanks to our Wk2 sponsors Baskin-Robbin’s, Urban Climb (TSV) and Samba Bowl (CNS) 🫶🏻

Remember to share your walk/run to social media and tag .rhino and to go into our weekly lucky prize draw! Next week, we have three $25 Annees coffee vouchers up for grabs 🤩☕️

Multidisciplinary Skills Night - NEXT MONDAY 🤩Our allied health MDSN is next Monday. Join us for a hands on evening wher...
14/05/2026

Multidisciplinary Skills Night - NEXT MONDAY 🤩
Our allied health MDSN is next Monday. Join us for a hands on evening where you’ll get to learn new skills, network and find out more about rural health. If you’ve already booked online you’re all set, otherwise use the link below to secure your free spot. Or use the QR CODE

🗓️When: Monday 18th of May
📍Location: building 46
⏱️Time: 6pm

Plus free food😉 see you then!

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1585835

RHINO are stoked to be partnering with Riverway Parkrun (TSV) and MBBS Run Club (CAIRNS) this weekend to host a social w...
12/05/2026

RHINO are stoked to be partnering with Riverway Parkrun (TSV) and MBBS Run Club (CAIRNS) this weekend to host a social walk/run event, followed by a free BBQ breakfast! Thank you to NQRTH, who have kindly provided the funding for our BBQ event!

Enjoy a walk/run, followed by BBQ Breakfast

Saturday 7am - Townsville - Riverway
Sunday 7am - Cairns - Esplanade, Muddy's Cafe

WHY: RHINO is raising funds for the NQ Cowboys Community foundation during our annual Marathon in May event! For every 5km our students travel, RHINO donates $1. Join our Strava group to participate and tag us on socials to go in the draw to win a weekly lucky prize

Marathon in May WEEK 1 = INCREDIBLE EFFORTS🤩HOLY CARDIO! We have been blown away by your support during our first week ...
10/05/2026

Marathon in May WEEK 1 = INCREDIBLE EFFORTS🤩

HOLY CARDIO! We have been blown away by your support during our first week of Marathon in May. Thank you so much to everyone who has joined the Strava and is tracking those kilometers.

So far, we have travelled a staggering 4060 km over the first week. We have loved seeing your posts on social media and your engagement in the Strava page.

We were so blown away by your support that we are offering DOUBLE prizes for the first two weeks. Our week 1 winners have won themselves a 1x piece of RHINO merch and 2x Baskin-Robbins ice cream scoop vouchers each! Congratulations to our week 1 lucky prize winners!

Remember to share your walk/run to social media and tag .rhino and to go into our weekly lucky prize draw! Next week, we have more Baskin-Robbins vouchers, Urban Climb vouchers (TSV) and Samba Bowl (CNS) vouchers to give away

✨Annual RHINO Gala Ball✨Save the date🤩
07/05/2026

✨Annual RHINO Gala Ball✨

Save the date🤩

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