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1021. JUNGLE DRUM: Thirty years of success
Date: 28-05-2025
For me at least 1995 was a pivotal moment in time. It was the year we "got real" and the wonderful situation we are in today is the well-deserved result. As a tour operator, my first memory that…
Harvesters are firing up across the Tablelands district this week to begin Queensland’s 2025 sugarcane crush. It marks the start of a new season that growers hope will bring better fortunes after a…
BUSINESS FEATURE  At first glance, a massage might seem like a simple luxury, but at Cora Remedial Massage & Bodywork in Cooya Beach, Cora offers something more: targeted, therapeutic…
The Jardine River Ferry is back in service after being removed from the river for emergency repairs after it began taking on water overnight last Friday. Social media posts gave advice to…
When you visit the Great Barrier Reef, it’s important to do it responsibly, not just for the experience, but to help protect the reef itself. One operator helping make that possible is Ocean Safari,…
Police raids relating to $2m worth of tax fraud have led to 18 people being arrested in Mareeba, Atherton and other North Queensland regions. Investigations into alleged “large-scale deceptions…
1027. Raiders down in crunching encounter
Date: 27-05-2025
The Reef Raiders went down to Cairns Wanderers 13-27 at home in Port Douglas on Saturday in Far North Queensland Rugby Union. The match started with a tense nil-all stalemate for the majority of…
A bid to revive a 2018 plan to redevelop the Port Douglas wharf region south of the yacht club has been launched by Douglas Shire Council, industry body Tourism Port Douglas Daintree and an…
From the parade on Friday night to the Pooch Party, the Family Beach Day, Savannah Sounds music festival, and all the other amazing events, Port Douglas Carnivale turned on the fun this year. In…
The road to Silky Oaks Lodge is closed until further notice after a truck knocked down powerlines onto the road. Finlayvale Road has a road block not far past Anichs Bridge, with two…
Port Douglas Carnivale has been hailed by organisers as a huge success, with venues and events packed out across the entire weekend. The parade on Friday night attracted thousands of onlookers who…
A teenager who robbed the Port Douglas IGA last year has been sentenced to three years in jail, but released on parole after already serving 11 months behind bars. Samuel John Cooper, 19, also…
Every hospital within the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service has now been converted  from paper to digital health records in a significant improvement to health services across…
Carnival 2025 has arrived in Douglas Shire. Driving into Port Douglas along the main road into town early this afternoon, you were greeted with a sea of white tables and colourful diners as the…
1035. YOU SAID IT! The great egg shortage
Date: 23-05-2025
READ THE STORY Jane Plane IGA has eggs, usually Ian Glanfield YAMAGISHI EGGS are the superior egg. Leith Keegan It's the magic bird flu that apparently only effects commercial chickens…
The Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre (MGCC) has marked a dual milestone, celebrating its 100th NITA graduate and launching Australia’s first fully electric 9-metre shuttle buses with disabled access. …
I haven’t been gripped by any egg shortage, with a steady flow of the brekky favourites coming from my parents’ production facility, the chook house on their neighbouring farm. But I have only…
A Far North Queensland tour operator has captured a stunning video of a 2.5m scrub python. FNQ Nature Tours filmed the huge reptile during a recent night tour. “When it comes to native…
The Light Up the Park event in Mossman on Friday, May 9, the Neighbourhood Day at the Port Douglas Neighbourhood Centre on Tuesday, May 13, and the opening night of the Maho Magic Bar on Wednesday,…
When self-confessed Australian rock “elder statesman” Glenn Shorrock makes his long-awaited Port Douglas debut at Savannah Sounds this Sunday, it will be the closing of one music history chapter and…