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1381. Mossman Mill hits the market
Date: 24-02-2025
Mossman Mill has hit the market, with Colliers last week listing the 42ha site at 34 Mill Street with expressions of interest closing at 4pm on March 20. The Colliers Cairns listing details that…
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast for a tropical low off the North Queensland coast to develop into a category two cyclone today, but tracking of the system gives a strong indication it will…
1383. HOW WE SEE IT! Saturday Snapshot
Date: 22-02-2025
All good things come to an end Our love affair with Ol Mate Fisherman - that’s the Shire and our own Newsport crew I’m talking about -  has again had its ups and downs this past week. Just…
Double Island will be turned into a “forward-thinking eco-tourism” venture, with the State Government paving the way for further development there. The site of the former resort on the island -…
After the Christmas break, a new excitement filled the air: the return to school for St Augustine’s young learners.  The school gates opened and there was lots of noise of children reuniting…
READ THE STORY Ben Adams If Tanks can get Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey, Port Douglas should be able to get at least a few similar artists. Have always been a fan but You Am I were very…
More than $4.5m of Federal Government money is set to be spent in Douglas Shire to help strengthen the region for times when severe weather hits. The cash, pledged in the lead-up to the federal…
Citizens of the Reef has announced that in partnership with the Reef Cooperative and the King's Trust Australia, a cohort of young Indigenous leaders have graduated from the Get Into Reef…
Queenslanders are urged to take measures to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes amid detections of Japanese encephalitis virus and Ross River virus among some mosquito populations across the state. …
Tourism Port Douglas Daintree will be welcoming in a fresh era after announcing a new chair with more than 40 years’ experience in the industry. Rosie Douglas will start on Wednesday, March 5,…
Who are the big bands coming to Port Douglas for Savannah Sounds? This is the burning question on the lips of many Douglas Shire locals following yesterday’s announcement of a brand new weekend…
1392. Ol Mate's gone missing again
Date: 20-02-2025
The saga continues for the Ol Mate Fisherman statue with a check by Newsport late Tuesday of the location where it was reportedly discarded revealing it missing once more. The artwork's creator…
Running across three days from May 23-25, the Savannah Sounds Port Douglas program, presented by Douglas Shire Council and major sponsor Newsport, will kick off with a Friday night party, followed…
Far North Queensland residents are being reminded to update their cyclone plans with a tropical low moving down the coast set to dump more rain on the region in the next week. The Bureau of…
It's really frustrating when people move to a new place and want to change it. I can't pretend that it doesn't annoy me when I see people waving flags from their former country that was so bad that…
The next phase of the dismantling of the Mossman Mill operations has been well underway over the past fortnight as dozens of cane cages and railstock are scrapped. With the work has come a flow of…
Tourism Tropical North Queensland has published its first annual Sustainability Report charting the extensive work undertaken to guide the industry towards reducing carbon emissions and contributing…
Officers from the Tablelands Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) charged 10 young people with more than 50 offences on Friday, February 14. Detectives have released vision after police from the…
The winning streak has come to an end for the 2nd Grade Port Douglas Muddies cricket team after a heartbreaking five-run loss on Sunday. The team had won 39 games in a row up to the end of…
Local business owner and tourism operator Andy Garrity has moved to shut down any suggestion Cassowary Falls is linked to a spate of waterfall deaths after an image of the place he hosts hundreds of…