Cook Shire Council has awarded Indigenous advocate Maureen Liddy Citizen of the Year at the annual Australia Day celebrations at the Cooktown Botanical Gardens. Ms Liddy, who was unable to attend…
The Douglas and Cook Shire regions have been inundated with rain in the last 24 hours causing road closures and flash flooding around the region. The Low Isles lighthouse recorded 114mm of rain…
It’s all systems go for the Douglas Netball Association with pre-season strength and conditioning sessions being held over the next couple of weeks at St Augustine’s undercover area.
Participation…
Douglas Shire Council has been forced to reschedule their Australia Day festivities and citizenship ceremony due to inclement weather. In a statement released today, Council reasoned the safety of…
Cook Shire will be celebrating Australia Day and the Shire’s centenary in Cooktown’s Botanic Gardens with special guest speaker Tasman Bain.
The winners of the Cook Shire’s Australia Day awards…
In Australia’s early settler days, capital punishment may have been common practice but in Queensland, there was only ever one woman sentenced to hang and she was from here in Douglas Shire. Ellen…
Crystalbrook Collection will not commit to when development of the $200m Port Douglas Marina would start despite reports it could be as early as September this year. “It really is too tough to say…
Recent wet weather and forecast heavy rainfall has delayed the opening of Diggers Bridge for at least a further week. Mowbray River Road will be closed to all traffic at Diggers Bridge until at…
A Port Douglas mother and child were left devastated yesterday when they found a set of swings at Anzac Park had been completely destroyed. Serena Garretty and daughter Asha, 4, went to the park…
There are those who like to believe they have a strong command of the English language. This ‘esteemed’ group will lead you to believe they only ever use words in the appropriate context and…
