Cooya Beach residents are busy adding “buy a letterbox” to the to-do list after a long-running campaign to bring Australia Post mail deliveries to the region has finally paid off.
Australia Post…
The clouds parted mid morning yesterday to reveal a beautiful day in Douglas Shire, and the crowds turned out on cue to celebrate the 74th edition of Mossman Show.
Sideshow alley was popular, as…
Douglas Shire is officially a “regional growth hotspot” after making a first appearance in the latest survey of where Australians are relocating to across the country.
The Douglas region has come…
The State Government is estimating an extra $225m will go into its coffers across the next two financial years primarily from new traffic cameras being rolled out across Queensland.
The new…
Daintree Village streets and shops have been reopened by police after they were shut down this afternoon when multiple witnesses reported a single gunshot ringing out about 200m-300m from the main…
The Douglas NAIDOC Street Parade took place this morning at 11am along Front Street in Mossman, with the smiles and laughter of the participants lighting up the street on a perfect sunny day.
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Almost two years after an election commitment - and two cyclone seasons later - the Crisafulli Government is delivering three more satellite-powered ARNI communication trailers in Far North…
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When I first visited Mossman over 40 years ago, those raintrees were the first things I loved and marvelled at. And every day I went there, I admired those…
A Mossman Gorge walking trail will be given a more than $600,000 facelift thanks to a State Government allocation in the budget.
Improvements to the Mossman Gorge Rainforest Circuit - a…
The start of the Shitbox Rally from Port Douglas to Melbourne on Saturday morning and the launch of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair last Thursday were two events Newsport attended in the past…
The Mossman Show is on this weekend, and five-year-old Imogen says she is most looking forward to the showrides - and the baby-animal petting zoo.
Her sister Ashleigh, 3, is probably more…
Getting a grip on Airbnbs, or an idea of the number and impact of them in the Douglas Shire, is making news for this week's fresh FREE edition of Newsport Daily Print.
The number of Port Douglas…
The number of Port Douglas Airbnbs has grown by 7 per cent in the past year, with close to 50 more coming online since the end of June last year.
The total number of Airbnbs in the popular tourist…
One of Australia’s most iconic Outback car events, the Shitbox Rally, left Port Douglas on Saturday morning bound for Melbourne.
The charity car run, which follows different circuits around the…
Two young men who once struggled to find their path have engineered a bright new future for themselves among the grease and gears of the Port Douglas Bike Shop & Hire.
Workshop mechanics…
I’m not sure what it is, but I’ve been thinking when on the weekly run down the range to the big smoke - well they think they’re a big deal down that way at least - that I need to make a new mixed…
They are a Fisho Fashion statement, and the unofficial uniform of any Cape York traveller… long-sleeved, colourful and even a little bit crazily designed UV protection tops.
But which whistlestop…
Eight-year-old Alex Clarke is certainly mastering the arts of speech and writing, if his latest medal haul is anything to go by.
The Miallo school Year 3 won seven awards at the recent Cairns and…
Tourism Port Douglas Daintree has launched a bold new destination campaign designed to inspire Australians to choose Port Douglas and the Daintree for their spring escape, introducing a fresh…
The Port Douglas Surf Life Saving Club nippers’ program is in full swing now, with some graduates receiving their Surf Rescue Certificates on the weekend.
Nippers is open for children aged…
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