The latest Daintree Ferry breakdown has generated widespread frustration and anger across the Douglas community, and brought renewed calls for quicker action to replace the run-down vessel.
The…
Come August 18th, the Douglas Shire will once again witness a celebration of community as the Annual Brian Sorensen Cup hits the Palmer Sea Reef golf course for the 16th time, but this year, there’s…
The Port Douglas Reef Raiders are back in action this weekend when they take on Barron Trinity Bulls at the Port Douglas Sports Complex.
Currently sitting second on the championship ladder, the…
Have your kids ever asked you what type of ant is crawling along the patio? What about the one they spotted in the backyard or discovered while out camping? Now the answers to those tricky questions…
So far, so good are the reports coming in about the haulage of cut sugar cane on the Captain Cook Highway from Mossman to Gordonvale.
The single season contract for transportation of the Douglas…
It has been stirring the curiosity of avid weather watchers and enthusiasts for months: what is the strange ‘ghost’ like pattern on the Willis Island weather radar?
The remote sand cay about 450…
Tourism accommodation operators and their guests will have to put up with building works noise starting as early as 6.30am from a new villa development near Flagstaff Hill – for as long as it takes…
Douglas parents are looking forward to taking their kids to the long-awaited new playground in Rex Smeal Park near the Port Douglas foreshore this weekend.
The $0.5-million playground has been…
*UPDATE: Douglas Shire Council has advised that the Daintree Ferry is back in operation again.
Council said the ferry required a replacement part, and that the repair work has now been…
In a sign that families are moving away from or to other areas within Douglas Shire due to changing economic and job circumstances, the region’s locally based major transport company says the number…
BUSINESS FEATURE
Port Douglas boasts a reputation for its abundance of top-tier seafood restaurants and while many dishes feature wild-caught barramundi, there’s a growing demand for an…
There are concerns that a large part of the rebuild and repair of Cape Tribulation Road in the Daintree might not be finished in time for the next wet season, potentially risking further major…
Rental affordability in Port Douglas has worsened in the past year – with new data showing rent now makes up 42 per cent of the area’s household income on average.
The high proportion of rental…
After months of operating from a van due to severe flooding during Cyclone Jasper, the Mossman branch of Cairns Regional Domestic Violence Service (CRDVS) is back in its building and fully…
Tourism operators near Flagstaff Hill are calling on Council to better regulate the level of building works noise on a new luxury villa complex behind their properties in Macrossan Street.
The…
The burnt out wreck of a car recently seen by motorists on the main road into Port Douglas has prompted Newsport contributor Paul Makin to look more closely at the hows and whys of car fires, and…
Police have charged a man after he allegedly threw a spear at a car in Mossman.
The 24-year-old Hope Vale man was charged with one count each of wilful damage, going armed to cause fear and…
BUSINESS FEATURE
The most daring adults-only cabaret in Australia, Paramour Cabaret, is coming to The Clink Theatre on August 2 and 3, launching their Australian tour right here in Port Douglas…
As first foreshadowed during an exclusive interview by Newsport, a new water intake on the Mossman River to shore up the Shire’s water security has now been fully funded.
The state and federal…
What do you believe is a reasonable price to pay for a schooner or pint of beer or a glass of wine at your local watering hole in Douglas?
Since the last time Newsport did an article on beer…
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