POLICE have confirmed a baby girl drowned yesterday at a home in Cooya Beach. An ambulance was called at around 5.15pm where paramedics tried to revive an 11-month-old at the residence. She was…
MOSSMAN author Bill Wilkie has been nominated for a Queensland Literary Award for his outstanding book The Daintree Blockade. It documents the campaign to stop bulldozing of the road through the…
PORT Douglas will again play host to some the brightest stars in the Australian film industry next month. Emerging filmmakers will get the chance to learn from some of the countries biggest names as…
AN early bird discount will be trialled on the Daintree Ferry this school holiday period to entice visitors to travel at earlier times. The ferry has experienced record numbers over the last 18…
MOSSMAN-born songstress Samantha Paterson is coming home to perform with Belladiva this Friday night. Belladiva will see four stunning individual voices combine at The Clink Theatre to perform…
UPDATE: The hunt is on for the winner of last night’s entire $30 million Oz Lotto jackpot prize, with Golden Casket narrowing the search for the state’s newest multi-millionaire to the Fraser…
LEVEL two water restrictions will start tomorrow after a prolonged dry spell and a spike in water use across the region. Douglas Shire Council said intake levels for all water supplies are on a…
LOCAL adventurer Nick Vasicek believes he may have found proof of the existence of Kuku Yalanji people in the Mossman Gorge ‘pre-Captain Cook’. The experienced explorer has discovered a meeting…
FORKING out roughly $3 for a mango is something this Port Douglas tourist was having none of yesterday. A man’s fruit picking expedition took a turn for the worse when ambulance and fire crews were…
RELATED: - Riders pumped about new track
THE Port Douglas PUMP track has opened with a bang.
A huge turnout of Douglas Shire kids were treated to an exhibition of tricks from a number of…
