The sale of the Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre to US-owned tourism company Journey Beyond was finalised this week, paving the way for the company to stamp its own identity on the gateway to one of…
Details of the death of a 23-year-old spear fisherman at popular Batt Reef, in waters off Port Douglas, on Saturday remain unclear, as local operators and participants in the sport share their…
A trio of Mareeba teenagers have been arrested following a break-in at a Mason Street property on Sunday, February 22.
Police allege a group of teenagers broke in and stole electronic devices…
Weather experts are monitoring two low pressure systems which pose a double cyclone hit on Far North Queensland, locking the Cape Yorke Peninsula in a cyclone sandwich as early as next week.
The…
The body of a man was pulled from waters off Port Douglas on Saturday afternoon ending the search for a 23-year-old who had fallen overboard from a vessel earlier in the day.
Authorities suspended…
The region’s youngest environmental champions will head to Four Mile Beach on March 1 for Port Douglas C&K Community Kindergarten’s Clean Up Australia Day event - a hands-on lesson in shared…
The heat has been on in Douglas Shire in the past fortnight, with the Heatwave festival in Port Douglas and the Douglas Heat basketball sign-on day in Mossman.
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Bill Pitcher
Yes needs several 1.2 m culverts on the approaches to the bridge to lift the road. Not a big job.
Kim Christensen
Needs an overpass, lots of people get stuck…
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after he reportedly posted a video on social media of himself in a car stolen from Trinity Beach.
Police arrested the boy in the early hours of this morning…
Most people love a good mystery, so let’s play: Guess the mysterious development.
In the latest Douglas Shire budget update, released this week, “building and property-related fees are $113k above…
Cooya Beach basketballer Khyjuan Walker is getting set for the adventure of his young lifetime, with a tour of US colleges on the horizon.
The small forward, 18, has enrolled in the Strive…
About 24,000 belly dancers from more than 90 countries are preparing to soon shimmy together in a global push to raise awareness for domestic violence programs, including one special team based in…
It is time to get down to business in Douglas… the business of building better infrastructure, job opportunities and the best workplaces in Far North Queensland.
A raised Bushy Creek bridge and a…
One of Port Douglas’s most recognisable tourism icons is up for sale.
The Shaolin Chinese junk boat and charter business has hit the market for an asking price of about $740,000.
Owner Kate…
After a lot of hard work, Port Douglas institution Santiego Seafoods is finally fully operational again after an Italian tourist was arrested in late November following the theft and vandalisation…
A familiar Port Douglas favourite, penny-farthing rider Gary Trounson, will soon take his final Sunday spin in town after five years of turning heads and raising smiles.
Rarely did a Sunday…
A sand quarry at Killaloe opposed by more than 700 people has been rejected by Douglas Shire Council planners.
The council refused the application on several environmental and planning grounds.
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Thirty years ago (March 2, 1996), the defeated Prime Minister Paul Keating said: “When you change the government, you change the nation.” It was one of the most profound and prophetic statements in…
The constant flooding of Bushy Creek Bridge near Julatten has been cutting off one of the only two access routes from the south into Douglas Shire regularly once again this wet season, prompting…
Cooya Beach residents and visitors have been reminded to be Crocwise when in Croc Country, with local Shanice McLean capturing footage of a cruising crocodile at the boat ramp on Sunday.
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