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We've had an incredible history, jump into each year and see for yourself!
| Year | Location | Fast Facts |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Townsville | The inaugral event - 15,000 attended the Opening Ceremony |
| 1986 | Mount Isa | Over 6,500 participants, recording Mount Isa's first ever traffic jam (seriously!) |
| 1988 | Cairns | Coincided with Australia's Bicentennial |
| 1990 | Mackay | Supported by Suncorp, starting a 20-year relationship as Major Sponsor |
| 1992 | Townsville | 4x Olympic Gold Medallist Dawn Fraser was the NQ Games Special Guest |
| 1994 | Mount Isa | The Baby Animals performed at the Opening Ceremony in front of 10,000 |
| 1996 | Cairns | 30 Cyclists carried the Games Torch from Mount Isa to Cairns 1200 kms |
| 1998 | Mackay | Included a cycling event with a $7000 prize pool |
| 2000 | Townsville | Natalie Cook was one of several Olympians competing mere months before taking out Olympic medals at Sydney 2000 |
| 2002 | Mount Isa | The final edition of the NQ Games in Mount Isa. The Western Games would replace the void of competition in the next decade |
| 2004 | Cairns | 3559 Competitors, despite torrential rain cancelling some sports on the weekend |
| 2006 | Mackay | Wallabies coach John Connolly attended the Suncorp Rugby 7s event |
| 2008 | Townsville | Special Guest Shane Webcke |
| 2010 | Cairns | The Men's and Women's Open 1500m events were held during the Opening Ceremony |
| 2012 | Mackay | Closing Ceremony took place at Halftime of the Storm v Bulldogs NRL Games (which would be the Grand Final matchup later that year) |
| 2014 | Townsville | 45+ Sports |
| 2016 | Cairns | Gold Medallist Jon Sieben was special guest |
| 2018 | Mackay | Games Ambassadors included Rugby League World Cup winning Captain Renae Kunst and Olympic Gold Medallist Linda Single |
| 2022 | Townsville | 40 Sports & 4349 competitors back out and competiting after initial postponement in 2020 |
| 2024 | Cairns & Surrounds | 20 Sports and 1800 competitors despite ongoing Disaster Recovery post- Tropical Cyclone Jasper |
