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BUSINESS FEATURE If you’re hopelessly hooked on Netflix’s Selling Sunset, and the jaw-dropping luxury homes it parades across your screen, here’s a surprise plot twist: You don’t need to cross the…
982. Community first for 70 years
Date: 09-06-2025
The Mossman Rotary Club has marked an impressive milestone, celebrating 70 years of community service with a dinner and drinks event at Hughies in Mossman on May 31. The celebration brought…
With winter under way, now is the time to start looking out for whales.  Tens of thousands of the majestic beasts, including humpbacks and minkes, are currently migrating from the south along…
Daintree Village residents are readying themselves for a rare community celebration this weekend following the official opening of the famous CREB Track, paving the way for eager offroading…
Bianca Velder says she is excited that her artwork Mellifera has become the public face of the latest Douglas Arts Studio Gallery (DAB) exhibition Sweet as Sugar. The piece, which features on the…
986. Splash Park set for September debut
Date: 06-06-2025
Families can look forward to using the new Port Douglas Splash Park during the Term 3 school holidays, with the $4.75 million project due for completion in time for the September break. The next…
READ THE STORY John Owen How many cruise ship passengers use it , isn’t what drives Port nowadays? Mandy Jason Wasley $9 million so people who drive their caravans up can do it more easily…
Uber Eats has started up in Port Douglas this week as part of a major push into regional areas across the country. The food-delivery service is kicking off in 14 more Queensland towns, with…
A prestige car rally is making its way into our Shire this weekend as part of a coastal drive from Mission Beach to Port Douglas.  Full Throttle Tropics, staged by motoring event organiser…
Douglas Shire Council has renewed its commitment to the region’s tourism industry by endorsing a new $1.5m funding agreement with Tourism Port  Douglas Daintree (TPDD) in what is described as a…
Big ships are big news for Port Douglas and Newsport Daily’s latest Free Print edition out today has the news on a bold plan to reboot a shipping industry in the Shire. Some heavyweights have…
A 35-year-old Cooktown woman has been arrested after a truck ramraided a Yorkeys Knob service station. Police raided a Clifton Beach home yesterday (Wednesday, June 4) and charged the woman with…
Malaria has impacted Boigu Island on the Torres Strait with one local resident on the most northern island of Australia contracting the mosquito-borne disease. Torres and Cape Hospital and Health…
A multimillion-dollar development at the Port Douglas south wharf region is envisioned to create hundreds of jobs and reinvigorate the Shire economy. Some heavyweights of government and tourism…
995. How to train a Douglas United Dragon
Date: 04-06-2025
Training up little Dragons is becoming second nature for Douglas United soccer club junior coordinator Trent Berry. Berry’s children have been playing for the Douglas United Dragons for three…
A Mareeba farmer has launched a petition calling for the removal of salt-water crocodiles from more parts of that region. George Adil circulated the petition at last week’s FNQ Rotary Field Days…
There has been a fair amount of picking over the entrails of the Liberal Party after the election, including a lot of gazing at the navel. It has been localised and introspective. A broader…
Close to 160,000 people have signed a new petition in the past week calling for the Queensland Government to stop trying to control shark numbers. Queensland uses shark-control methods at 86…
A prominent First Nations organisation and enthusiastic local primary school students are teaming up to transform a recently removed tree into a traditional canoe, in a unique cultural and…
In what is sure to be a welcome Christmas time boost for Cairns and Far North Queensland tourism, award-winning airline Cathay Pacific is coming back to Cairns Airport this summer. The return of…