Mossman’s Goodstart childcare centre will remain closed until at least February despite assurances from the owners in November that it would be reopening at the start of this week.
A Goodstart…
Heartless thieves have stolen a pair of large shade sails from a Wonga Beach playground at the peak of the wet-season-build-up heat.
Both sails were cut down from the Wonga Beach Community Park…
Back in the olden days it seems everything was cheaper. Somehow in the late 80s I could afford to pay the bank 17% interest! That figure would bankrupt the nation these days.
It seems that each…
Two international campaigns celebrating the Great Barrier Reef have earned Tourism Tropical North Queensland the Initiative of the Year in the global Regenerative Travel Impact Awards 2025.
The…
End of year celebrations, beautiful scenery and weather events dominated our December photo galleries, with Newsport photographers out across the district to capture all the people and places that…
Cooktown Police are seeking to find the owner of a number of items located in the Lakefield National Park in October.
A duffle bag was located on Lakefield Road and handed to police. The bag…
BUSINESS FEATURE
This month, Port Douglas food lovers have a rare chance to experience a taste of Berowra Waters Inn as head chef Jack Brown joins Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort for two…
Detectives from the Mareeba Rural and Stock Crime Squad have appealed to rural communities across their vast Far North patch to stay alert and provide assistance as they work to curb livestock theft…
The Muddies cricket teams are all primed to return to the field this weekend after the Christmas break, weather permitting.
Despite the Bureau of Meteorology predicting heavy rain for the weekend,…
A good Samaritan from a Douglas Shire yacht club has stepped in to help a vehicle owner whose car and trailer had accidentally ended up underwater at Port Douglas.
According to witnesses, the Port…
Swollen rivers and ongoing isolated showers have helped cause several incidents in the region across the past 48 hours involving vehicles trapped in flood waters - and more monsoonal rain is…
Former 40-year veteran Mossman Sugar Mill worker Warren McCoist has shared his delight, and a bit of disappointment, in tracking down the Mossman locomotive over the Christmas break.
It is safe…
A repeat drink driver from Laura and a Trinity Beach man are among the 10 drivers charged by officers from Cairns Highway Patrol Unit for Christmas holiday period drink driving offences between…
Blink or you’ll miss it... but Quicksilver skipper Ashton Davenport didn’t blink and didn’t miss a spectacular lightning display from his Wonga Beach vantage point on New Year’s Day, capturing it…
Rivers have risen and roads have been shut down across the region as the Douglas Shire faced flash flooding, power outages and isolation with roads, including the Captain Cook Highway, cut as a…
More than 1000 people packed out the Cairns Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, December 13, to witness Bodies in Motion Dance School's 25th Annual End of Year Production NYC.
The show…
Port Douglas’s very own Indiana Jones-style adventurer has released all of his videos made across more than 20 years on YouTube.
Nick Malachi, who has been trying for more than two decades to…
We asked a group of young Port Douglas State School children about what they will be doing this Thursday, December 25.
Here are some of their super-cute and charming answers:
What is your…
The pieces of the new Crocs AFL leadership puzzle have started falling into place, with former reserves coach Matty Laskey taking over the reins of the club this month as president.
Laskey…
SEPTEMBER
The Craiglie carwash was allegedly damaging cars following an upgrade and the Gran Fondo cycling race was held for the last time following a drop-off in entries.
The Crocs AFL side…
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