UPDATE: Ergon Energy has advised that by 3:00pm crews had restored power to all but 15 customers in the immediate vicinity of the damage, which was caused by a falling tree branch. Network repairs…
An idea following the 2019 Douglas Shire garden awards Let It Grow presentation night with Costa Georgiadis, has resulted in Open Gardens Douglas Shire, which takes place on October 3-5. It is a…
Councillors at tomorrow’s open Council meeting in Mossman will vote on a recommendation to enter a three-year Resource and Performance Agreement with event organisers for the Hot & Steamy…
A 12-episode teen mystery drama is set to begin filming in Port Douglas next month before being released in 2021 on an Australian commercial broadcaster and globally to over 190 countries on Netflix.…
The ninth annual Ironman Cairns has wrapped with over 1,000 athletes competing in the IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 events in warm conditions on Sunday.
Max Neumann and Amelia Watkinson came…
In in a bid to re-vegetate the repaired hill slopes, native seedlings have been added to three large landslips on Murphy Street, Port Douglas
Douglas Shire Council is nearing the end of the $3.1…
Remember when political parties were condemned for being “poll-driven”. If only they were poll-driven (rather than donor-driven) now. We would have good population, climate, energy, tax and defence…
Douglas Shire Council is currently reviewing an application for an over-50s housing estate which will be located at 111-119 Port Douglas Road, Port Douglas.
The development application identifies…
A survey entitled “Bridge or Ferry for the Daintree River?” has been sent to residents who will get the opportunity to consider their options for this hotly-debated issue.
In August the Douglas…
Around the world events and races have dropped off social calendars at a hastening pace amid global coronavirus concerns and to those that have spent months in training this can be disheartening to…
