Friday 30 November 2012
Grabau and Rychart celebrate milestones
Skytrans Cairns Taipans veterans Dusty Rychart and Aaron Grabau will celebrate their 300th and 400th National Basketball League appearances respectively when they suit up…
Friday 30 November 2012
Top lifesavers honoured
by Melanie Goodman Port Douglas Nippers and senior lifesavers celebrated the end of another successful season recounting the many thrills and spills at carnivals and honouring outstanding…
Thursday 29 November 2012
Shelter handover imminent
The keys to the newly constructed Port Douglas cyclone shelter will be handed to the State's Education department and Council's Disaster Co-ordination Centre a week before Christmas. …
Thursday 29 November 2012
Christmas-ify your shop and win!
Tired of waiting for someone else to deliver your Christmas spirit? The Newsport wants local Douglas-based businesses to harness their Christmas cheer and spruce up their shops to…
Thursday 29 November 2012
$75 000 in RADF grants awarded
Projects including visual arts, community construction, theatre and workshops are among eleven successful projects in the latest Regional Arts Development Fund grant round from…
Thursday 29 November 2012
Blue baggers in sledging row
Muddies Blue headed to Morrow Park for a 1pm start and a 30 over a side match against Atherton. Muddies Blue knew that with this win they would secure a semi-final place in the…
Thursday 29 November 2012
Green continue top form
Having set a defendable target of 170 runs Muddies Green discussed pre-game the importance of “no mistakes, no chances” against the talented Mareeba batting line up that last year…
Thursday 29 November 2012
U12 Muddies in tied thriller
For the first time this season the Under 12s played at the Port Douglas Sports ground on the turf wicket. As captain this week Doble lost the toss and his team was sent into bat…
Wednesday 28 November 2012
Mossman golfers come out to play
by Shona Barbour The fine weather has ensured plenty of run on the fairways at Mossman Golf Club. Last Tuesday’s Stableford event was won by Wayne Soxsmith with 44 points ahead…
Wednesday 28 November 2012
2013 can't come soon enough
It seems some people are gluttons for punishment. Within days of the running of the Solar Eclipse Marathon on 14 November, several athletes were expressing strong interest in next…
Wednesday 28 November 2012
Xmas comes to Cairns
The sights and sounds of Christmas will engulf the Cairns foreshore next Monday, when Mayor Bob Manning switches on the Esplanade Christmas tree lights. The event traditionally signals the…
Wednesday 28 November 2012
New committees named at Mossman Bowls
There was plenty of action over the last week at Mossman Memorial Bowls Club, while the structure of the new committees was announced at the AGM. Men’s Results Bunn and…
Wednesday 28 November 2012
Insurance project "major step forward"
Federal MP Warren Entsch has welcomed the Insurance Council of Australia’s decision to embark on a research project aimed at helping better understand and assess the risk…
Wednesday 28 November 2012
Land returned to traditional owners
The Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed the Queensland government’s return of the 241,637 hectare Batavia property to Traditional Owners under the Cape York…
Wednesday 28 November 2012
U16 Muddies thump opposition
The Under 16s Muddies took on the Mareeba/Rovers at Port Douglas Sporting Complex over the past two Saturdays where Mareeba/Rovers won the toss and sent the Muddies in to bat. …
Tuesday 27 November 2012
'Go big!' G tells Taipans
The Taipans, after fiscally saving the club, have a glass only half full as they are now struggling to win any games. It’s been a great effort to bring the club back from the brink of…
Tuesday 27 November 2012
Scrappy affair sees Raiders triumph
by Mark Letcher After the first bruising meeting between the Raiders and Innisfail at the beginning of the season this was bound to be a similar hard-fought game. This it…
Tuesday 27 November 2012
U12 Raiders no push over
The Port Douglas Under 12 Rugby Union team took on the competition leaders TAS JCU on Friday night in Cairns. Only able to field a team of 12 players through injuries and players away,…
Tuesday 27 November 2012
Vikings pillage U14 points
The Under 14 Reef Raiders headed down to take on the Innisfail Vikings on Friday night at Mann Street in Cairns. They started slowly out of the blocks with some silly errors and…
Tuesday 27 November 2012
Whileaway Book Club - Little Bee
Author - Chris Cleave Chris Cleave has done something truly stunning with language in this book, but it's not just the language. The story is fascinating and utterly…
Tuesday 27 November 2012
Collyer quits
Council's Regional Manager for Douglas, Liz Collyer, has tendered her resignation with the senior Council officer reportedly announcing her decision to councillors on Friday. Ms Collyer took the…
Tuesday 27 November 2012
More Juniper properties hit market
Some of Port Douglas' prime retail real estate is on the market as Juniper continues to offload assets in Far North Queensland. Shops in the Saltwater building and Coconut Grove…
Tuesday 27 November 2012
Quad-bikes to grab footpath footage
Quad-bikes are taking to the streets as Cairns Regional Council assesses the quality of footpaths throughout the region. The vehicles are fitted with mounted cameras, which…
Monday 26 November 2012
Asthma Training in QLD
Brooke Rigby, local AFQ Trainer has advised The Newsport that The Asthma Foundation are holding a one day asthma training course in Port Douglas.
The course covers: What is…
Monday 26 November 2012
Cairns to host annual Rugby League fixture
Far North Queensland rugby league fans will be delighted to hear that Cairns is to host a NRL Premiership match in June. State Minister for Tourism, Major Events,…
