ARE you a local who loves living in tropical paradise? Tourism Port Douglas and Daintree (TPDD) is searching for five ambassadors to showcase the region in their latest ‘Show Me Your Paradise’…
SENATOR Cory Bernardi’s statement that he wants to restore integrity and confidence in Australian politics as he ratted on the party under whose banner he was elected is about a credible as the…
ARIA-award winning artist Ben Lee will perform in Port Douglas in May in a major coup for the town. The internationally acclaimed musician will play a once-off show at Rex Smeal Park on Saturday May…
EIGHT-year-old Richard Baird was happily playing with his brother and a couple of mates near a storm water drain in the Northern Territory when tragedy struck. The wet season had just started in…
TWO sheep swept away in flood water have been found alive and well more than a kilometre from their home. Although still holding out hope for the third sheep washed away in the torrent that hit a…
WORDS by Jeremy Lebeuf THE magical musings of crystals have some serious celebrity clout. They are Miranda Kerr’s angelic secret, Katy Perry roars by them, and Victoria Beckham has a posh…
ACCLAIMED romance novelist Barbara Hannay will visit Mossman next Saturday as part of the Library Lover’s Day. The Atherton Tablelands-based writer has penned more than 40 novels set in rural and…
AS the struggle for power continues in the Daintree region, the Daintree Rainforest Power Committee was today presented with another option when Queensland Resources Council chief executive Ian…
NORTH Queensland's largest reef operator is close to finalising plans for its new state-of-the-art dive centre in Port Douglas. Quicksilver Group Managing Director Tony Baker said construction of…
COUNCIL officers got more than they bargained for while conducting a cassowary survey north of the Daintree River last week. A curious cassowary wandered over to them as they delivered forms on…
