The inaugural Douglas Hockey Association interschool tournament is set to kick off tomorrow morning at the Mossman Showgrounds. The competition will see teams of grade five and six students from…
The Mossman Botanic Gardens Committee has jumped on board the Douglas Garden Awards as a sponsor after receiving a $100,000 donation from a private donor. Botanic Gardens Chairman, John Sullivan,…
The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is urging Far North Queensland residents to make ‘number two’ their number one priority. June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, a chance to raise…
For ten-year-old Savanah Bender being diagnosed with type one diabetes was a complete shock but thanks to the important work of KIND Inc. she can get back to living a normal life. In May of last…
A Port Douglas couple is laying their relationship bare for all to see on Channel 7’s latest reality TV show The Super Switch. Lachlan Petch, 27, and Miranda Van Lieshout, 24, agreed to work through…
Warren Entsch, the Federal Member for Leichhardt and the Coalition’s Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef, has issued a clear message to Douglas Shire residents to decide how they want their…
A deceased Crocodile found on Oak Beach earlier this month will not be examined by the Department of Environment and Science to determine a cause of death. The two-metre reptile was found by Oak…
A Mossman woman has overcome broken bones to travel around the world with the help of a specialised piece of equipment. ? Adventure-seeker Tahni Rush, 33, had been planning her travels for months –…
Douglas Shire Council has taken a significant step to become the country’s newest carbon neutral region. In resolving to work with Qantas, Tourism Port Douglas Daintree (TPDD) and GreenCollar,…
Douglas Shire Council have voted to join the Healthy Reef Partnership including engaging in a carbon trading scheme with the County of Rawbelle, inland from Bundaberg. The plan had the…
