TURTLE season is in full swing at Raine Island National Park (Scientific) at Queensland’s northern tip, with more than 20,000 green turtles waiting in the sapphire waters to nest on newly profiled…
LIVE coral fragments have been successfully collected and installed in the first offshore coral nursery being trialled on the Great Barrier Reef in a bid to regenerate damaged areas of the world’s…
Details of the new-look Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina have been made public and their Development Application – available for review on Council’s website – reveals that their masterplan calls for a…
The Douglas Theatre Arts Group (DTAG) is in dire need of a horse – not the four-legged kind, but someone who can fill the role of Noah “Horse” Simmons in the stage production The Full Monty. And…
A GLOBAL Tourism Hub for Cairns is one step closer with the project being taken to community consultation. Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones said the hub, including a casino, was an…
Police today confirmed that a 26-year-old man from Julatten, who was last seen on December 15 last year, is still missing.
And police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Reece Kearney…
THE fight to save Queensland’s $600 million banana industry from Panama disease has been boosted by a further $3.5 million. More than $24 million has already been spent to contain the spread of the…
FAR North residents are being warned to take precautions against dengue fever and Zika as the wet season progresses. Director of Tropical Public Health Services (Cairns) Dr Richard Gair said while…
A heartbreaking final letter requested to be shared via social media upon her death by 27 year old cancer victim Holly Butcher has gone viral. Read full letter Holly’s parents posted her letter on…
Researchers from the Queensland Museum have discovered and named a new species of marine spider. During field research held in and around Port Douglas, the team named the unique species after Bob…
