MOSSMAN Golf Clubs Anzac Day event sponsored by the Courthouse Hotel was won by Jim Geddes with 39 points on a count back to Mark Geddes and Steve Warden finishing in third. NTP: Wayne Christensen…
IT'S a crocodile’s equivalent of an all-you-can-eat buffet. A three-metre Far North crocodile has just been removed from a barramundi farm near Innisfail after it was captured in a drag net.
The…
THREE men were located safe and well early this morning following a night at sea on their broken down vessel. The trio left Yarrabah yesterday to go fishing. One of the men phoned his girlfriend at…
THE battle to stop the spread of the destructive Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (CoTS) on the Great Barrier Reef has received a major boost. A innovative method of killing the pest has been proven safe to…
DOUGLAS Shire Mayor Julia Leu says Council is on track to meet a budget surplus by 2019/20 after announcing it will be completely debt free by June 30. Mayor Julia Leu said her team had resolved to…
ROUND four was played at the Croc pit to catch up on the missed round when Cyclone Debbie approached Queensland. After five games and 10 weeks of training we are starting to notice a great…
PORT Douglas captain Kye Chapple and Jesse Mawson have combined to kick 22 goals between them in the Crocs 283-point whitewash of Cairns City Lions on Saturday. Chapple was irrepressible at…
IS Malcolm Turnbull determined to lose the 2019 election? His statement this week that the Government could underwrite the rail line for the Adani mine would have increased the anger among small…
ENVIRONMENT Minister Dr Stephen Miles has agreed to upgrade the crocodile zoning of some areas in the Douglas Shire, but it’s still unclear whether Four Mile Beach is one of them. Mayor Julia Leu…
THE National Broadband Network will be fully connected across the Douglas Shire by September 30 this year in a huge step forward for the region. Often maligned for having ‘third world’ internet…
