The once popular Mossman Street Festival made a welcome return on Friday night after an absence of 13 years and was heralded a success. And Douglas Shire Mayor Michael Kerr said: “I think people...
This week’s G'day Port Douglas & Daintree introduces local volunteer, Vivienne. In the video above, Vivienne tells us how she came to end up in the Douglas Shire. Starting from humble...
Dear Editor, This week Douglas Shire Councillors considered the results of its recent survey about options for crossing the Daintree.
The survey results confirm the views of DSSG members that a...
The art world is mourning the loss of local artist Jill Booth after her health had suffered some challenges in the past couple of years. She was 87 and had lived in the Douglas Shire for more than 30...
New research commissioned by ‘buy now, pay later’ platform, Laybuy has revealed Australia’s eccentric Christmas habits which include the good, the bad and the just plain odd. Completed by over 1500...
Friday is the 100 th anniversary of the Royal Assent to the UK Parliament’s Government of Ireland Act which partitioned the island of Ireland to provide two Parliaments, the Parliament of Southern...
Best described as unprecedented and tumultuous, this is a year many can’t wait to end. COVID-19 has impacted the Douglas Shire with job losses, businesses closing and impacting the tourism industry....
Have you ever wondered how divers capture those surreal underwater images of a candid turtle backlit by a kaleidoscope of blues framed with the shimmering sun scaped surface? Now is your chance to...
Detectives from the Child Protection and Investigation Unit have charged a 65-year-old man from the Mossman area with attempted indecent treatment of a child and possession of child exploitation...
A statement from Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young regarding the New South Wales Northern Beaches COVID-19 cluster: As thousands of people in Sydney’s northern beaches area have...
