THE honours and recognition keep pouring in for Port Douglas resident and respected tourism industry veteran Wendy Morris. At the Queensland Tourism Awards, held in Brisbane on Friday night, Ms…
RELATED: - Amazing Clink Theatre celebrates 25 years
“The ‘old girl’ is alive and well. Long live the ‘old girl’ and may she survive for another 25 years.” With this introduction by current…
PORT Douglas butcher Sam Rogers has always had a thing for food. “I always enjoyed being able to craft it with my hands,” he explains. “I just loved to cook and play around with food, and becoming…
OPINION: THE release of the Paradise Papers in the week of the centenary of the Russian Revolution and in a week when the peaceful leaders Catalonian independence were branded criminals should…
RELATED: - Tickets on sale for Douglas Business and Tourism Awards night of nights
A NEW online voting system has seen an unprecedented number of votes collected for the Douglas Business and…
GREAT Barrier Reef Legacy will launch a groundbreaking 21 day expedition from Port Douglas next week searching for the ‘super corals’ of the worst hit parts of the regions reef. The research trip is…
THE Captain Cook Highway is closed near Wangetti after a two-car smash. Two women are reportedly trapped inside one of the cars, with emergency services currently trying to free them.
They're not…
RESIDENTS living from Cardwell to Cooktown can experience the beauty of the Daintree Rainforest for free over the next four months. The Douglas Card is now available and offers residents in the…
THE Port Douglas Marlin Challenge starts today, with organisers predicting ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’ to be spent in the town. The challenge, which runs from November 9 to 12, is hosted by…
THE Department of Environment and Heritage Protection will not remove a crocodile carcass in Cooper Creek despite the request of Daintree tourism operators. The crocodile, estimated to be four…