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3041. Local boaties encouraged to practice safe behaviours
Date: 04-10-2022
This week is National Safe Boating Week and Marine Rescue Port Douglas is right behind it. “Every week should be Safe Boating Week, but as the weather changes and seas are calmer more people go to…
3042. Opinion: Lessons for Australia
Date: 04-10-2022
Looking at recent events in Britain and the US, Australia appears to have had a lucky escape. Britain’s mad electoral system and elitist selection of its Prime Minister has led to a catastrophic…
3043. New faces to help arts and cultural ideas become a reality
Date: 04-10-2022
The arts priorities of communities throughout Tropical North Queensland are being identified following the appointment of four arts workers to the newly formed Regional Arts Services Network Tropical…
3044. Ferry congestion
Date: 03-10-2022
What’s the saying? Build a bridge and get over it” Well, a while back the Shire had the chance to do that at the ferry crossing over the Daintree River, but a detailed survey carried out by Douglas…
3045. Movement at the Mossman Botanic Garden
Date: 03-10-2022
There was a time the Mossman Botanic Gardens (MBG) was on everyone’s lips in the Shire and excitement surrounded this amazing concept. A world-class rainforest garden and tourist attraction plus…
3046. Much loved facility officially open to Douglas Shire community
Date: 03-10-2022
Close to 100 Douglas Shire residents have attended the much-awaited official opening of the much loved Paws and Claws in Craiglie. The weekend’s official ceremony was an opportunity for the local…
3047. Festival confirms judge and ambassador for upcoming event
Date: 03-10-2022
Just weeks out from one of the most anticipated events on the annual Douglas calendar event organisers have locked in further high profile talent to help showcase and promote the must see event in…
3048. Johnston electrifying, gives Savannah fans amazing performance ahead of Nashville move
Date: 03-10-2022
Exactly a year after launching his festival career in Far North Queensland one of the most popular country music acts in Australia returned to do it all again tonight. It was on this main stage a…
3049. Huge crowds and perfect weather as legendary frontman closes out brilliant second day of Savannah in the Round
Date: 02-10-2022
Fans have continued to lap up the incredible vibe and feel of this year’s Savannah in the Round, with legendary Australian rocker Jon Stevens officially closing out day two of the festival. Hitting…
3050. Noll rocks opening night as Savannah in the Round kicks off with a bang
Date: 01-10-2022
Savannah in the Round officially began with a bang last night as thousands of fans including hundreds from across the Douglas Shire packed out Mareeba’s Kerribee Park to enjoy a range of music from a…
3051. Premier shelves land tax after pressure from property investors
Date: 30-09-2022
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has decided to call off a new state land tax designed to gain revenue from investors who own properties interstate. Ms Palaszczuk’s intervention occurred…
3052. The most exquisite holiday home in the Douglas Shire you should stay at once in a lifetime
Date: 30-09-2022
Living in our beautiful paradise is a dream in itself but there are bound to be a few mindblowing places in the area you haven’t yet visited, let alone spend the night at. There is a good chance that…
3053. 5 stunning Instagrammable spots in Port Douglas you haven’t discovered yet
Date: 30-09-2022
We all know the most popular and standard Instagram spots such as Rex Smeal Park, Flagstaff Hill and Four Mile Beach. But have you already discovered any of the following picturesque places in Port…
3054. St Marys church well attended for Police Remembrance Day
Date: 29-09-2022
A church service at St Marys By The Sea in Port Douglas to honour police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty was well attended on Thursday. Douglas Shire Mayor Michael Kerr,…
3055. Local business chamber likely to become “another sort of entity”
Date: 29-09-2022
Douglas Chamber of Commerce has not elected or re-elected a President, Secretary and other voluntary officeholders, and instead will be managed by a committee of eight until its future is…
3056. Land tax changes scare off rental property investors, likely to lead to further rental squeeze
Date: 29-09-2022
A key property investment group has sounded warnings that the changes to land tax rates in Queensland will further affect the already dire availability of rental accommodation in Douglas…
3057. Cooper steps down from Crocs after guiding club to an astonishing six premierships in eight years, leaves legacy for many years to come
Date: 28-09-2022
The man renowned as one of the most successful country footy coaches in Australia has stepped after 10 years at the helm of the mighty Port Douglas Crocs. Brad Cooper is revered in Far North…
3058. Mexican marriage leads to legendary cafe
Date: 28-09-2022
It’s visited by so many from the Douglas Shire as they drive through the tablelands to Mareeba. A little taste of Mexico at the Lobo Loco Cafe or to give it its Australian name, the Mount Malloy…
3059. Cooya Beach mail service, Wangetti Trail latest and Mossman pedestrian crossing all discussed at Douglas Shire Council ordinary meeting
Date: 28-09-2022
The quest for Cooya Beach residents to attain a regular mail service is far from over with a potential re-vote a distinct possibility next January or February. Over the past few months Cooya Beach…
3060. OPINION: Labor should fix medicare and dental
Date: 28-09-2022
In four weeks the first Budget of the fifth Labor Government since World War II will be brought down. The first four tackled the big medical elements of social security. Chifley did the…