CRAFTY kids are invited to come along and turn trash into treasure at the inaugural Plastic Free Douglas “Rubbish to Art” workshop on Saturday. The free workshop, to be held at the Port Douglas…
THE Building Active Connected Communities (BaCC) celebrated raising more than $1million for local organisations at the Clink Theatre in Port Douglas last night. The BaCC initiative, which began in…
RESEARCHERS from the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service were kept busy on their first trip to Raine Island this month for the current green turtle nesting season, tagging more than 1200 turtles. …
LOCAL fish and chip shop Dave’s Takeaway is gunning for a third straight gong at the 2016 Douglas Business & Tourism Awards this Friday night. The iconic takeaway store in the heart of Port…
DOUGLAS Shire locals can cash in on special off-peak season deals and free travel on the Daintree River ferry these coming holidays. Douglas Shire Council together with Tourism Port Douglas and…
A MARINE biologist who discovered dwarf minke whales and snubfin dolphins in Australian waters has had a reef named in his honour.
Dr Peter Arnold devoted his life to marine science in a variety of…
A Kewarra Beach man found dead in a helicopter crash 40km north west of Port Douglas was initially overlooked by emergency services, it has been revealed. The 25-year-old plumber was a passenger of…
QUEENSLAND Shadow minister Tim Nicholls attended a public meeting in Port Douglas on Saturday on the bubbling crocodile management issues of the region. Nicholls and former Member for Barron Michael…
MARK Twain’s famous quote – “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life” – has stood the test of time despite the numerous challenges employees face in an…
THE principle that humans will act “rationally” was part of the bedrock of economics, at least until the 1980s when behavioural psychology started to infiltrate the dismal science. Behavioural…
