On November 28, 1961, a Kuku Yalanji couple from Mossman, and three of their six children, received a letter from the Queensland Director of Native Affairs granting them an exemption from the ...

A Cooktown man has been charged with multiple offences after a white MG was rented in North Cairns and then disappeared. The MG3 was due to be returned to the car-hire business on Wednesday, May 28, ...

You have the whole road on the closure day. I note bikers already practising riding with car trucks etc all on this road this week. Safety is for all road users not just the cyclists to add further ...

Eco-tourism is often mentioned, but not always well understood. For Port Douglas reef operator Sailaway it’s a guiding principle.

Plenty of local characters feature in Newsport’s gallery of the best May photos. If you have a great photo taken in June which you want included, send it through to [email protected].

Mitch Worth has joined Raine & Horne Port Douglas | Mossman, bringing his people-first mindset and diverse experience to a new career in real estate.

Douglas Shire’s peak tourism body will closely examine this Sunday’s Ironman Cairns event to see how improvements can be made for locals and tourists, but the council will not ...

Chillagoe SES will upgrade its kitchen and storage facilities with more than $11,000 in grant funds. Critical funding to strengthen the emergency response capability of State Emergency Services (SES) ...

A teenage boy has died after crashing his e-scooter into a parked car in Mareeba last night. At between 10.30pm and 10.50pm yesterday (Tuesday, June 10), the boy was travelling along Strattmann Street ...

Police have confirmed an abandoned red tractor just south of Wonga Beach with a bright yellow police notice on it is not the one an escaped Lotus Glen prisoner drove last week. A Queensland Police ...

At first, seeing my cafe full of cycling types, I assumed that while the road was closed for a day, it would be offset by increased trade around the event. That lasted for about two years. Perhaps ...

New Port Estate Stage 2, comprising up to 39 blocks, stalled in 2022. They may not be enough to save Douglas Shire from a chronic housing shortage, but there are currently more than 50 blocks of land ...