Hometown Matilda’s soccer team hero Winonah Heatley has impressed as part of the “evolution” of the side, one of eight players in the AFC Asian Cup squad for the first time.
Heatley’s performance…
The Douglas Shire community came together at Salsa Bar and Grill on Friday, March 6 to celebrate International Women’s Day, with an afternoon of connection, generosity and support for…
A war by any other name would still be the cause of as much misery, to reapply the Shakespearean quote.
The two so-similar autocrats, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald…
A Daintree River passenger boat and bus service has started operating from 6am today, with the ferry not expected to be back in service for at least two more weeks.
State Government Emergency…
Four Far Northerners have been appointed to the Regional Development Australia (RDA) Tropical North Board to ensure cross-sector regional expertise in supporting the Federal Government’s Regional…
The cricket season finished with a whimper for the Muddies this year, with both games again abandoned on the weekend without a ball bowled.
The Thirds team ended up one place out of the top four…
Video footage of the Crocodile Express Jungle King tour boat from more than 60km out to sea near Saxon Reef shows the 50-seater boat upside down and badly damaged.
Someone close to the Croc…
E-bikes and scooters travelling faster than 25km/h in Douglas Shire may soon have to be ridden by a licensed rider and be registered under a raft of major changes recommended by a State Government…
Residents and visitors north of the Daintree River are effectively cut off after the Daintree River Ferry broke free from its moorings during intense flooding. Cape Tribulation operator Ocean Safari…
A 22-year-old Port Douglas man has been arrested in Cairns after a 54-year-old woman was injured during a bag-snatching incident on Saturday.
At about 10.30am on March 7, the woman visited a…
A charity fundraising drive for crocodile tour company Solar Whisper has raised more than $110,000 in a weekend after the business’s boat was swept away by floodwaters early Friday morning.
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Douglas Shire Council has confirmed that an interim passenger ferry and bus service cannot begin until the northern landing area at the Daintree River is made safe, with engineers advising that…
The night closures of Kuranda Range Road have finished up for the rest of March.
The State Government Transport and Main Roads Department has announced this morning’s closure, which finished at…
With International Women’s Day approaching on March 8, we’re shining a light on the women who help shape the Douglas Shire through their everyday contributions, including Port Douglas Surf Life…
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Russell Cook
Yassss won’t have to run on the highway.
Celia Fuller
That’s brilliant!!! Yet maybe keep the carriages around as they are part of the amazing history. Let someone…
Amazing video has emerged of the Daintree Ferry and part of the wharf stranded in the middle of the Daintree River following flooding overnight.
Filmed by Daintree resident Jarrah Smith, and sent…
The temporarily closed Mossman Goodstart childcare centre has been getting a makeover while the management works on recruiting more staff to help run the troubled branch.
A Goodstart spokesperson…
A Daintree River wharf has been ripped off the riverbanks during overnight flooding, sweeping away boats including a Solar Whisper crocodile tours vessel.
Solar Whisper owner David White said he…
The Daintree Ferry has been closed this morning after breaking free from moorings following heavy overnight flooding of the Daintree River.
"Overnight flooding has caused the Daintree Ferry to…
The workers who built Quaid’s Road have come together after nearly 40 years to catch up at the Mount Molloy pub.
The crew, from site foremen, engineers, surveyors, machine operators, truck drivers…
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