ZOMBIES are coming to Cairns.

On October 31 zombie enthusiasts will gather to take part in the first Cairns Zombie Shuffle. Owner of Cairns’s Luigis Video Games, Charles Kennell, is the brains behind the event.

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“I have been trying to host geek-orientated events,” Mr Kennell said. “Geeks are the type of people who don’t tend to socialise much so I try to host these events to get them socialising a bit.”

Mr Kennell said having a zombie-related event was a natural choice for him.

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“I thought zombies because everyone loves zombies plus it would be pretty cool to see what Cairns would look like during a zombie apocalypse,” he said. “Cairns seems to get left out a bit so I wanted to host this event to get Cairns a bit of action.”

The Cairns zombie team will meet at the Jungle Bar, 25 Spence St, at 3pm for registration where the supply of makeup will be available for a donation to the brain foundation ... because, Mr Kennell said, “ zombies love brains”.

Then at 5.30pm the city will be taken over by zombies with the group walking down Lake St to the Esplanade.

“It is going to be a slow sort of walk because we will be walking like zombies, slowly lurching along,” Mr Kennell said.

For more information on the Cairns Zombie Shuffle see their facebook page at facebook.com/cairnszombieshuffle or phone 4032 5398.