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As numerous towns and cities across the country honour and remember those who perished at the Gallipoli disaster from February 17 1915 to 9 January 1916, the question remains whether our veterans…
The Sharks have proved that a few weeks is a long time in rugby league after turning in a season best performance to overcome competition favourites Brothers in Mossman. Still licking their wounds…
3143. Crocs pipped at the post
Date: 25-04-2022
Port Douglas have lost no admirers and remain a firm premiership threat after losing a tough, see-sawing ANZAC weekend battle against Central Trinity Bulldogs. Up by a point at three quarter time at…
3144. Mossman Anzac Day Dawn Service
Date: 25-04-2022
Thank you! Newsport thanks its advertising partners for their support in the delivery of daily community news to the Douglas Shire. Public interest journalism is a fundamental part of…
Douglas Shire Council has advised that the Daintree River Ferry will close from 6pm today (Sunday) due to flooding in the Daintree River creating unsafe conditions at night. If conditions allow, the…
3146. Flooding concerns at Daintree River
Date: 24-04-2022
Daintree River Ferry services will likely be disrupted today after the Bureau of Meteorology issued a moderate flood warning for the Daintree River. Heavy rainfall is expected to continue through…
The curtain has closed, the audience has gone, the actors and backstage people have all gone back to their day jobs and the Clink stage is once again empty, but the recent smash hit run of Priscilla…
3148. Big auction weekend ahead
Date: 22-04-2022
Port Douglas real estate agents are set to host a big weekend of auctions with nine houses to go under the hammer on Saturday 23 April. Raine & Horne, the Pink Company, LJ Hooker and Ray…
Douglas Shire councillors will be able to respond to a Council recommendation to waive infrastructure charges for a RV Park at Mossman Golf Club, located at 51 Newell Road, at Tuesday’s open session…
3150. Douglas buzzes over Easter period
Date: 22-04-2022
Two years of heartbreak, pain, frustration and uncertainty caused by the COVID pandemic has been washed away in a mere four days as Port Douglas returned to its former glory over the recent easter…
The very first meeting of the Port Douglas Neighbourhood Centre’s ‘Chatty Cafe’ took place this morning at the Tin Shed. With a warm and friendly welcome from Sharon, a Community Development…
3152. Big red eyesore lands in Oak Beach
Date: 21-04-2022
Oak Beach is a quiet place where residents and holiday-goers are normally very chilled but since a large shipping container appeared in Oak Street about six weeks ago, that cool has changed to being…
The $41.4m Wangetti Trail is on track as far as the Cairns Regional Council is concerned after locking in the design of the southernmost stretch. At their most recent meeting, they approved plans to…
3154. Campaign to attract more Kiwis
Date: 21-04-2022
The Port Douglas shire can hopefully expect an increase in Kiwi visitors in the wake of fresh campaigns created to attract more New Zealanders back to Queensland and the Far North. “The Palaszczuk…
Queensland’s first Chatty Café in partnership with the Port Douglas Neighbourhood Centre will be launched at the Tin Shed at 10:00 tomorrow morning (Thursday). The Chatty Café Scheme was started in…
Bodies In Motion Dance School student Olivia Ward finished number one in the national Highland Dance Competition “Champion of Champions” in Tasmania beginning this month. The dance competition is…
Sherwood – vehicle and bicycle incident Paramedics transported a male patient to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a stable condition following a vehicle and bicycle incident on Sherwood Road at…
The Sharks face an early test of their premiership credentials when they clash against Brothers in a round four blockbuster in Mossman on Saturday night. Still licking their wounds following a…
In what has been described as ‘massive’ and among the bigger purchasing offers in the shire, Port Village is up for sale along with four neighbourhood retail centres across the country. JLL (Jones…
It’s been a long time coming and it has been floated before on troubled waters, but the Port Douglas water precinct complete with pool and landscaping, took a step towards becoming a reality today…