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Linda Walker
Thank goodness these communities have access to services and in particular essential services like medical supplies, fresh produce and access to leave the area in the…
Douglas Shire Council is coordinating a series of community recovery pop-ups to help residents access disaster hardship assistance.
The Australian and Queensland Governments have activated…
“Last Thursday I had a shocking experience at the Daintree Ferry!
Picked up the kids in Mossman, even left a bit early because I could see the river was rising fast.
Got to the ferry…
If you can feel your mouth watering and your taste buds tingling, it likely means you can sense Tasting the Tropics is just around the corner.
A host of Douglas Shire venues are jumping on board…
Government emergency payments of $180 per person and up to $900 for families of more than four have been made available for those affected by Daintree region flooding last Friday.
The joint…
Readers of Newsport Daily Print, Douglas Shires’ FREE and full colour glossy newspaper, this week get a taste of everything from high stakes sell-offs of a key tourist attraction through to flood…
The Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre and Ayres Rock Resort have been sold off after last year’s Federal Budget papers revealed the government-backed owners of the tourism enterprises owed about…
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…
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