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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!

01/11/2025

We are STOKED to announce the club rhino committee for 2026🎉🦏🥁

Thanks to everyone who applied and congrats to everyone who received a role- we can’t wait to see you guys smash it next year and continue to grow club rhino.

Also a massive thanks to everyone involved in club rhino this year- from our exec team, club members, and sponsors, we wouldn’t be able to achieve all the things we have without you, so THANK YOU!💌

Finally, good luck to everyone during exam season! Remember to look after yourself, your mates and be proud of your hard work throughout the year.🫵

Bye for now!
Clubrhino🦏⭐️

12/10/2025

A big congrats to our 4th year allied health reps for finishing! We were super lucky to be able to sponsor their recent physio conference too.
If you’re in allied health and want to be part of the rhino committee in 2026 it’s not too late to apply!
Send an email to secretary.clubrhino@gmail.com expressing your interest.

11/10/2025

TIME TO VOTE PEOPLE!!
Have your say on who you want on your 2026 rhino committee by voting via the link below. We’ve got some amazing candidates to choose from!

Voting will close next Thursday Oct 16th at 5pm.

**only members can vote, & 1 vote per person

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZaoVEv2F95z2auzoq9ZMVoWlpix-DWgvAtW6dnf4V_3EiVw/viewform?pli=1

02/10/2025

Time to get ready for that steamy FNQ summer we all know and love (hate) by purchasing some of our club rhino budgies!!
🌴👙🌺🏊‍♀️🩲☀️🪼

Head to our website to take a look at the different style and colour ways we’ve got on offer. If you’re unsure of sizing, head to the budgie smuggler website for more info. While you’re on our website, check out the other merch we have, including work shirts, socks, shorts and shirts.

We’ve designed these ourselves, with bold and bright blues and oranges to make sure you stand out at the beach, in the pool or at your family Christmas bbq🫡.

Orders are to be placed before oct 15th!!

30/09/2025

A huge thankyou to melvillesfarm, Magnums Catering Townsville and Ron & Deb Duo for making our 2025 Gala Ball possible! 🦏💛

27/09/2025

PLS READ BEFORE THIS AFTERNOON!! 🚨

Before the nights festivities, we’ve got some exciting games of touch and footy played by our very own Rhino’s. Swipe to see some of the stars taking to the field🏃‍♀️⭐️🦏

A reminder the girls will be playing at 2:30, followed by the boys at 3pm. We’ll start scanning tickets at 4, for a 4:30 departure from Joe Baker field.

Hope you’ve got your dancing shoes ready to go, see you tonight🫡

19/09/2025

BALL UPDATES !! 🏀🥂

As we edge oh so close to our infamous gala ball next Saturday, we’ve got some important info for you to familiarise yourself with.

We’re super excited to be continuing the tradition of our footy matches prior to the gala ball commencing. These will be played on Joe Baker Field at uni at the following times:
💃Girls: 2:30 (touch football)
🕺Boys: 3:00 (rugby)

Once these games are finished, we’ll start scanning everyone’s tickets around 4pm for you to hop on buses.
🚌 Buses will then depart Joe Baker at 4:30 to take everyone to our secret venue🤭.

Once we arrive at our venue, the fun will begin with plenty of drinks, boogying and nibbles. Buses will then return to JCU around 11pm, for you to either kick on at town🪩 or head home to bed🛌

More info will be shared throughout the week, but for now…enjoy your weekend!

19/09/2025

As the amazing 2025 team get ready to hang up their boots, it’s time for YOU guys to join Rhino in 2026 whoop whoop!
We’ll be holding our AGM on Wednesday the 8th of October .

If you’re interested in one of the committee positions, please email your name, a bit about you and a picture of you to secretary.clubrhino@gmail.com
THESE ARE DUE 6th Oct by 7pm!!

Below is the link to the committee manual which details what is required by each of the positions.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z5e6z4gv_G7PxNvCIkXAPNL5X55nv-cU/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwVERFWAM55iVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrBsyjpoVL2B33Bxqfc6TgyCrvpTkj60RO7VM8u_FxC0TCQsyhZIjreLAuTw_aem_AJYMVZV2_-Zq_h7O14QhcQ

We can’t wait to receive all your amazing applications and see what you guys bring to ClubRhino in 2026!!

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

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!! 🌭

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!

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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!

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