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!

🚨Win a free ticket the RACGP GP25 Conference 🚨Are you a medical student or prevocational doctor? The Royal Australian Co...
27/08/2025

🚨Win a free ticket the RACGP GP25 Conference 🚨

Are you a medical student or prevocational doctor? The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) invites you to express your interest to enter the draw to win a ticket to GP25 where you’ll enjoy:

A curated conference program exploring innovation, technology and research
Networking with RACGP leaders, GPs and rural generalists.

Gaining valuable insights from expert speakers including keynotes Leigh Sales AM, Professor Michael Kidd AO FAHMS and Lorraine Finlay.

To be eligible to apply for one of 15 two-day conference passes, you’ll need to be:

A medical student currently studying at an Australian university or
A prevocational doctor working in an Australian hospital who hasn’t accepted a position on an RACGP training program by the time of the conference.

RACGP will also be supporting up to 10 lucky recipients with a travel bursary.

Submit your expression of interest by 11.59 pm (AEST) Wednesday 10 September.

Apply using the link below!

https://racgp.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8pScCXp8qz3BP2m

Come celebrate the planting of our very first bush medicine garden on our Bebegu Yumba campus !! When: Friday 19th Septe...
27/08/2025

Come celebrate the planting of our very first bush medicine garden on our Bebegu Yumba campus !!
When: Friday 19th September
Where: outside med labs 👩‍🔬
No excuses kids, you’ll be in the area so come along during an anki break.
Free sausages too!! 🌭

Girls this one’s for you! 🧡🩷💜Want to know more about women in rural health? Join us September 16th for a special night i...
15/08/2025

Girls this one’s for you! 🧡🩷💜
Want to know more about women in rural health? Join us September 16th for a special night in cairns listening to some inspiring guest speakers share how YOU can become a leader in women’s rural health.
Rally up your girls group and come along, we’d love to see you!

HAPPY SUNDAY RHINOS! Speaking of Sundays, join us on Sunday Sep 14th for a little social event on the green in cairns. W...
10/08/2025

HAPPY SUNDAY RHINOS!
Speaking of Sundays, join us on Sunday Sep 14th for a little social event on the green in cairns. Who doesn’t love lawn bowls, free food and a bar tab??

Tickets will go on sale soon, but for now, enjoy your Sunday🫡🦏🦒🍸

🚨REGISTER YOUR INTEREST NOW🚨Rural School Visits are back for 2025! This year, you can pick your adventure; to the high s...
05/08/2025

🚨REGISTER YOUR INTEREST NOW🚨

Rural School Visits are back for 2025! This year, you can pick your adventure; to the high schools in the rainforest of the Atherton Tablelands, or head out west to the outback and spread the good word about a healthy life and a health career in the Great North to distance education primary school kids in Croydon 🤠.

Whatever your health discipline, get your name in now for the expression of interest! We can't wait to see new faces take part in one of the best trips the club & uni have to offer.

Use the link below to register🦏

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdpu6BtnGUr-cOOKn8Mem0xJn8Z3bhqlxd3S0Br9bOdTHNqw/viewform?usp=dialog

‼️ 🚨GALA BALL TICKET RELEASE🚨‼️Hey RHINOs🦏💛Use the link below to secure your night filled with live music, country danci...
23/07/2025

‼️ 🚨GALA BALL TICKET RELEASE🚨‼️

Hey RHINOs🦏💛

Use the link below to secure your night filled with live music, country dancing and many bevs with friends 🕺🤠🥂

https://www.trybooking.com/DCGGU

🚨GALA BALL TICKETS GO LIVE TOMORROW  🚨Tickets will go live at 6pm via a link posted on our socials. Tickets will be disc...
22/07/2025

🚨GALA BALL TICKETS GO LIVE TOMORROW 🚨

Tickets will go live at 6pm via a link posted on our socials. Tickets will be discounted for members, so this is your time to sign up and save a couple bucks!
https://club-rhino-jcu.square.site/membership

💰Non-members: $140
💰Members: $115

If your laptop freezes, you’re done for.
If your mum calls at 5:59, immediate decline.
This is not a drill ladies and gents. May your fingers be fast and your wifi stable.

Ticket rules:
- Maximum two tickets per person
- We will be checking names with membership registration so don’t try and be sneaky
- The ticket has to be under your name, or the name change has to be approved by Club RHINO Exec with proof of purchase

We wish you luck🙏

RHINO GIRLS WE WANT YOU!! We’re looking for expressions of interest for our annual pre-gala ball footy competition, exce...
22/07/2025

RHINO GIRLS WE WANT YOU!!

We’re looking for expressions of interest for our annual pre-gala ball footy competition, except this year it’s touch instead of league!
Perks:
✅ fun game of touch before you dance the night away
✅ guaranteed gala ball ticket at a discounted price🤭
✅ no tears or stress from trying to buy a ticket

If you love a bit of friendly competition and want to secure a ticket to the infamous gala ball and save yourself some stress, send us a message.

We’ve only got 20 spots available so get in quick!

🚨RHINO BALL UPDATE🚨📣G'DAY RHINOs!🦏💛It’s finally happening…GALA BALL TICKETS DROP THIS WEDNESDAY 23RD JULY @ 6PM!! 🎟️🤠🕺 D...
18/07/2025

🚨RHINO BALL UPDATE🚨
📣G'DAY RHINOs!🦏💛
It’s finally happening…
GALA BALL TICKETS DROP THIS WEDNESDAY 23RD JULY @ 6PM!! 🎟️
🤠🕺 Dust off your cowboy boots and get ready to boogie! 🤠🕺
Tickets will go live at 6pm via a link posted on our socials. Tickets will be discounted for members, so this is your time to sign up and save a couple bucks!
https://club-rhino-jcu.square.site/membership

💰Non-members: $140
💰Members: $115
🗓️ Event date: Sat 27th Sept | Location: TBA
Tickets will fly, so set your alarms and don’t miss out! ⏰

Ticket rules:
- Maximum two tickets per person
- We will be checking names with membership registration
- The ticket has to be under your name, or the name change has to be approved by Club RHINO Exec with proof of purchase

RHINOs🦏💛Rural School Visits are back for 2025! This year, you can pick your adventure; to the high schools in the rainfo...
17/07/2025

RHINOs🦏💛
Rural School Visits are back for 2025! This year, you can pick your adventure; to the high schools in the rainforest of the Atherton Tablelands, or head out west to the outback and spread the good word about a healthy life and a health career in the Great North to distance education primary school kids in Croydon 🤠.

Whatever your health discipline, get your name in now for the expression of interest! We can't wait to see new faces take part in one of the best trips the club & uni have to offer.

Use the link below to register🦏

Howdy RHINOs! 🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏 This year for our Rural Schools Visits, we have the exciting opportunity to be visiting both high school students in the Atherton Tablelands, and 100+ prep to year 6 students from the Northern Gulf in Croydon. We need enthusiastic students to get involved to help c...

Rhino’s we’ve smashed our goal by over 2000km🤯🤯As marathon in May has come to an end, we want to say a BIG thank you to ...
04/06/2025

Rhino’s we’ve smashed our goal by over 2000km🤯🤯
As marathon in May has come to an end, we want to say a BIG thank you to everyone that participated and helped us achieve such a massive result- $1700 to go towards NQ Cowboy Foundation . Congrats to our final prize winners, plus an extra shoutout to our top performers and best pics:
🏃‍♂️Jordy kindness
💪🏽Ayoke wong
📸Lizzie Perrin
Can’t wait to see you all back next year🫡🦏

29/05/2025

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RHINO is the official student rural health club of James Cook University across its three main campuses of Townsville, Cairns and Mackay and Central Queensland University across 5 campuses of Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Emerald 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! With an ever increasing number of students and their growing interest in rural health, RHINO keeps expanding. 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!